Ellen Allien & Apparat "Orchestra of Bubbles"

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i actually really like bpitch when they're being funny on purpose, like "kandahar", early smash tv, feadz, etc.

i was hoping "orchestra of bubbles" would be a little lighter in mood, honestly.

― the fuckablity of late picasso (vahid), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

that modeselektor promo, w/ the cheesy radio announcer interludes, is actually pretty fucking hilarious, albeit in a low-key way!

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 23 June 2006 15:55 (nineteen years ago)

re: the album again. is surprising as a slow grower. as its close to first impression is accessible,poppy. am FINally getting into Do Not Break - the "quiet jumpiness" of the beats feels like exuberance contained but personally relished, and now the rest of it opens up differently/more interestingly than I'd thought; emily b otm on this being dark and warm at same time. but at this point i can't rate Allien albums against each other as they all have such distinct personalities i necessarily need to know. thrills still resonates/thrills me the most tho

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Saturday, 24 June 2006 08:47 (nineteen years ago)

three months pass...

I've cooled on this album more than I'd have anticipated tbh (not that I don't like it still) but I'm SO glad there's finally (acc. to the minisite, so it should be the EA/App't live shebang) going to be another UK date. Nov 11th @ Fabric! I hope to be in attendance :D

― dance dance counter-revolution (fandango), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 16:07 (nineteen years ago)

ahh I still love this , keep going back for more.

― winter testing (winter testing), Tuesday, 26 September 2006 20:22 (nineteen years ago)

nope, still no cooling for me!

― The Lex (The Lex), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:42 (nineteen years ago)

I never managed to get into this. I usually don't really care about cohesiveness but this one feels very disparate, as opposed to the monolith that 'Thrills' was.

― Baaderonixx in the year of the locusts (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 13:45 (nineteen years ago)

I don't listen to it like I did at the beginning... but it is a brilliant record. I actually kind of like it better than Thrills.

― trees (treesessplode), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 17:11 (nineteen years ago)

xpost - yeah, I've come back to feeling exactly how I expected to about this. I like it and love it in parts but it's a bit too all over the place to feel like a 'proper' Ellen Allien record.

Which I do hope she wants to make again (she's hinted about a fourth one long before this came out in some interview), or if another EA/A album... I'd like it to have a bit more steel & focus than this.

― dance dance counter-revolution (fandango), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 19:04 (nineteen years ago)

DO NOT BREAK

― cutty (mcutt), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 19:07 (nineteen years ago)

This worked better live than I would have expected, although I've heard conflicting reports on how much "playing" was being done. Still pretty sweet to hear it on a good soundsystem mixed in with some Ellen stuff.

― mike h. (mike h.), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 19:24 (nineteen years ago)

UNDER

i need to listen to the recent live pa from 10 days off. i think a recontextualization is exactly what's in order to enjoy it again.

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 19:56 (nineteen years ago)

got a link for that? I downloaded something a while back but the audio quality was appaling (like recorded off a mobile phone bad) most of it was somebody elses set and their own material filled out the last maybe 20 mins tops.

― dance dance counter-revolution (fandango), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

now i'm wondering if it's the same thing, with the crap sound. you may know before i get home tonight to check!

HERE

― jergins (jergins), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 21:02 (nineteen years ago)

I'll try it again (it might be, I didn't keep it) anyway, cheers.

― dance dance counter-revolution (fandango), Wednesday, 27 September 2006 21:20 (nineteen years ago)

the beginning of that is her set right? no? anyway, its great, despite the sound problems

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Sunday, 1 October 2006 03:56 (nineteen years ago)

do not break is right!

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Sunday, 1 October 2006 04:08 (nineteen years ago)

five months pass...

c/o - http://www.drogensumpf.de

I will make a note of this day in my calendar because we got our hands on a high quality release of the Summer Set 2006 by Ellen Allien and Apparat.

The Set we published had jumping bitrates and lost 12mins at the end:
Ellen Alien & Apparat @ Summer Mix on Soundlab stepfunk 17.12.2006

Get the HQ mix now:

Ellen Allien and Apparat @ Summer Mix 2006

Thanks and greetings to bpitch control
// camion & KuerbY

― fandango, Thursday, 22 March 2007 20:33 (nineteen years ago)

(oh, and it's a 320kbps mp3, no sound probs at all! super sweet)

― fandango, Thursday, 22 March 2007 20:35 (nineteen years ago)

sounds dirty to me, but bearable. and Jet sounds good in this.

― SusanD, Friday, 23 March 2007 03:23 (nineteen years ago)

well I don't think it's a soundboard recording (there is crowd noise here & there) but it's miles better than anything I'd heard previously... it's only curiousity anyway as I never made it to the live shows in the end :(

― fandango, Friday, 23 March 2007 11:12 (nineteen years ago)

thanks fandango

― jergincito, Friday, 23 March 2007 11:41 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

Okay I've had this for a while and liked Jet nice enough but never, y'know, got that enthused about it/understood the fuss, but I'm listening to it right now at full volume and it sounds like the best thing ever. Metric is AMAZING! It has a deep groovey bass that Berlinette is a bit lacking in and oh shit... Floating points has the best opening since the little cymbol sounds on Silent Shout *tsh tsh thmthshshshshsh*

― I know, right?, Friday, 1 June 2007 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

two months pass...

anyone got the Fabric RADIO MIX CD* promo to upload? (or just email me thru' here...)

*the ones that don't get sold in the shops, 30 mins long, only 5-8 tracks ish

some cnut outbid me by 50 pence on eBay >:x

― fandango, Wednesday, 1 August 2007 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

where do those fabric radio mix cd's get distributed? managed to pick up the akufen one a long time ago which was great. downloaded the luke slater radio mix which was very dull.

would like to get my hands on the ellen a mix myself...

― sam500, Thursday, 2 August 2007 05:08 (eighteen years ago)

fandango: http://www.mediafire.com/?3aiy3zfwlml

― lucas pine, Thursday, 2 August 2007 05:44 (eighteen years ago)

lucas you are a gent :) thank you!

― fandango, Thursday, 2 August 2007 09:08 (eighteen years ago)

three months pass...

‘Boogy Bytes Vol. 4 - Mixed by Ellen Allien’ in march 2008

New Album called ‘Sol’ in the summer 2008

― fandango, Thursday, 22 November 2007 21:44 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

love this album.

― The Brainwasher, Friday, 8 February 2008 19:57 (eighteen years ago)

Listened to it 2 days ago, it really is fantastic.

― mehlt, Friday, 8 February 2008 20:11 (eighteen years ago)

On the playlist here, too. Superb walking-around-in-winter music.

― briania, Friday, 8 February 2008 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

I was also thinking how great "Do Not Break" would sound in hip-hop mix/as a hip hop beat etc.

― mehlt, Saturday, 9 February 2008 02:10 (eighteen years ago)

i think this album is my favorite from either artist.

― later arpeggiator, Saturday, 9 February 2008 02:51 (eighteen years ago)

There is a great dubstep-y song on this disc. Metric, maybe?

― Daniel, Esq., Saturday, 9 February 2008 04:14 (eighteen years ago)

Tracklisting for Boogybytes 4:

01 Agf - Liniendicke
02 Vera - In The Nook
03 Ricardo Villalobos & Patrick Ense - Fizpatrick
04 Melon - Nitzi (In My Mind, So Fine)
05 Andres Zacco & Lucas Mari - Carbonela“ (Seph's Vidrionela Rmx)
06 Konpiùta - Christmas Fairytale“ (Moessap Edit)
07 Sozadams - Eyes Forlon
08 Richard Seeley - Juicy Vermin
09 Lucio Aquilina - My Cube
10 Melchior Productions - Don Juan
11 Friendly People - Music Is Improper“ (Martin Buttrich Rmx)
12 Sascha Funke - Double Checked
13 Gaiser - Withdrawal
14 Kassem Mosse - A1
15 Little Dragon - Twice

'Boogybytes Vol.4' is released on BPitch Control on March 31, 2008

***

I'm still waiting for a return to form after her excellent 'Weiss Mix' (2002). Neither 'My Parade' or 'Fabric 34' did very much for me.

― sam500, Monday, 11 February 2008 06:11 (eighteen years ago)

no, neither did.

― jergïns, Monday, 11 February 2008 06:26 (eighteen years ago)

she's coming to seattle for the first time 5/1 and i don't want the world to hurry up but i also can't wait

― jergïns, Monday, 11 February 2008 06:27 (eighteen years ago)

my favourite bit on the whole album may be when the bass drops on 'Under'

― blueski, Monday, 11 February 2008 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

it's all about 'jet'.

― or something, Monday, 11 February 2008 13:59 (eighteen years ago)

one year passes...

enjoying this today, weeping along to "rotary" ... what happened to the old me that was too happy-go-lucky for this kind of music, i wonder

― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 20 May 2009 00:22 (seventeen years ago)

eight months pass...

I have been playing the fuck out of this over the past week, it's fucking monstrous.

― PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! PIES! (HI DERE), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 18:06 (sixteen years ago)

Metric still kills.

― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 2 February 2010 19:12 (sixteen years ago)

"way out" and "jet" iirc

gotta put this on again soon

― men lie, women lie, hips don't (zvookster), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 19:22 (sixteen years ago)

turbo dreams/way out/jet/do not break

v possibly my favourite dance album of the 00s, so many great memories

SHRINKING WORLD
DRY LAKES---

― لوووووووووووووووووووول (lex pretend), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 19:26 (sixteen years ago)

This is still lovely.

― Salvador Dali Parton (Turangalila), Tuesday, 2 February 2010 19:32 (sixteen years ago)

one year passes...

this is some seriously good shit, slightly below berlinette, which is flawless imo

― prego, Monday, 29 August 2011 13:53 (fourteen years ago)

eleven months pass...

the Apparat RA mix that went up in the past days or whatever made me return to "Orchestra of Bubbles." i'd sort of thought of Ellen as a bit of a joke after what i considered flat efforts (plus the whole going into fashion disaster thing that i hated) of the past few years....

but jesus, now i remember why i played this album so much in 2006. it is fucking awesome.

― for reasons of sass (the table is the table), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 20:03 (thirteen years ago)

I don't think I ever heard this. Should probably fix that.

― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:00 (thirteen years ago)

i've listened to it a couple times in the past week, i really really like it.

― a hoy hoy, Tuesday, 28 August 2012 21:15 (thirteen years ago)

five months pass...

really enjoying apparat's new album: apparently originally intended as a soundtrack to a stage version of war & peace?!

http://www.thefader.com/2013/02/08/stream-apparats-krieg-und-frieden-album/

― lex pretend, Wednesday, 13 February 2013 08:55 (thirteen years ago)

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