Lindstrom & Prins Thomas are the shit

Always wanted a sequel to Todd's "A Treatise on Cosmic Fire," actually...

Prins and Ralf Hütter of course

P4K are streaming a track from the album:

http://pitchfork.com/news/59356-todd-rundgren-lindstrm-serena-maneeshs-emil-nikolaisen-share-put-your-arms-around-me/

Sounds a bit mental on first listen.

Ugh. Totally not for me, sadly. Sounds kinda desperate, somehow.

Note to self, make animated GIF of Lindstrøm revving an imaginary motorcycle from this interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nR0Sh0odN0

I know this is a proper collaboration but I don't understand how this can sound like such a trainwreck when "Home Tonight" sounds so refined and majestic.

Trainwreck might be putting it a bit harshly. It's definitely not my cup of tea and sort of awful, but I'm imagining this as a Jon & Vangelis 'The Friends Of Mr. Cairo' type of thing.

Note to self, make animated GIF of Lindstrøm revving an imaginary motorcycle from this interview

lol, yeah sound would help, but this is still pretty great!

Erol Alkan rework of the title track:
https://soundcloud.com/erolalkan/runddans-erol-alkan-rework-192

I quite like "Put Your Arms Around Me", but then I love Six Cups Of Rebel to bits, so...

the less said about the album the better. Don't think trainwreck is too harsh. "Home Tonight" starts off uncharacteristically bland but then turns a corner and becomes prime Lindstrom. Lindstrom & Christabelle style vocals and hooks plus these piano fills, I'd buy that over and over and over again.

Stereolab & High Llamas remix of "Put Your Arms Around Me":
https://soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound/rundgren-nikolaisen-lindstrom-put-your-arms-around-me-stereolabthe-high-llamas-remix

an EYE remix to come too

i really like runddans. it kinda evokes initiation.. it's a total trip.

Yeah, this is listenable all the way through for me, even if it's bitty and messy in places. I was a fan of Todd and Initiation, though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2BXyn6ZgA4

That's a horrible song. The remix may or may not be good but I suppose I'd have to listen to the original to find out and I probably won't do that.

http://www.forcedexposure.com/App_Themes/Default/Images/product_images/close_up/e/ESK507275_CU.jpg

http://www.forcedexposure.com/Catalog/prins-thomas-paradise-goulash-3cd/ESK.507275.html

pretty good! you can buy it digitally for 7/8 quid...

i've had one listen all the way through - feels like something that'll unfold itself over time

I couldn't really get into Rainbow Disco Club but a Prins mix is always a buy-on-sight thing for me, way more than any of his actual albums. Psyched for this.

it actually seemed kinda hard to find digitally without the 30 quid usb stick plus cds thing. i got it on amazon in the end. perhaps it's on itunes but i googled to find it and went amazon.

Is this one of those things where you get the mix as one track and then everything unmixed as a compilation? Fucking hate that. I like being able to see track titles in the mix itself.

I'm just ripping it from good, honest old fashioned CDs. Looking forward to hearing it...

on amazon you get the individual tracks and the three mixed files.

I see why they do that now that so many people have shitty phone players without gapless playback, but it irritates me.

on a second listen i reckon cd3 is the best #liveblog

It's available on bleep in various for formats and bitrates as well.

This is predictably awesome...

New quadruple ambient album inspired by 90s IDM coming in February.

https://soundcloud.com/smalltownsupersound/b-1/s-wxBet

it's a double album in the 21st century

did prins thomas just buy a house or something?

PT says 4 x LP is "the only way to fit 70 minutes of music on a good, loud-sounding vinyl pressing!"
http://www.factmag.com/2015/10/22/prins-thomas-interview/

forgot they did the same thing with L & PT II. 1 song per side.

that's a little ridiculous.

picked up "paradise goulash", not so sure how i feel about it. i like disc 1 a lot, not totally sold on discs 2 and 3. i really think he's much better at the cosmic / balearic thing than the techno thing. has he always been this techno?

I enjoy it but it is kinda out of character I agree, the techno parts sound like something one of the Get Physical guys would have done about 8/9 years ago, like kind of trance inflected minimal.

yeah! very ... amorphous

it was all p cool but it is the first mix i've paid for (as opposed to it being shared freely) in years and years, and there are so many better free mixes this year in which i discovered more music.

PT's "Live at the Robert Johnson" is definitely more techno-heavy, and comes highly recommended. Paradise Goulash is really good but doesn't quite cohere in the way Cosmo-Galactic Prism did, but then again the latter is all-time

Yeah I feel like if you're going to actually sell a mix these days it has to justify being onsale. That either means being way better than the sort of thing you'd give to RA or a blog or something for free, or it has to feel more considered, or definably a bit more like an album. DJs like Mayer and Weatherall are consistently good at this, but I think the whole randomness of Prins's approach makes this more difficult, especially when there are jobbing Balearic guys whacking really good free mixes up every week.

I dunno, I'm a bit old fashioned when it comes to commercial v free mixes. I like decent sound quality, I like being able to see artist names and track titles, I like the implied permanence of a really good mix album, otherwise I'd rather just listen to a live recording or radio set. Doesn't help that there's just this enormous glut of free mixes out there and they're quite a time investment given that, unless you know the DJ, you don't know what you're getting into at the start.

you just have to start using soundcloud in the right way, then the good free mixes will flow like wine

it's the same as anything, a bit of nosing around, following some known djs, seeing who they follow. i tend to crave mixes at work though so i get through a lot. you do discover v good djs who aren't really well known.

I find Soundcloud quite an annoying interface to use, I can see why people like it but I find dutifully clicking through web interfaces (Soundcloud or Youtube or whatever) to be a really joyless way of listening to music. I'm looking at it now and there are like 14 Lord of the Isles mixes staring at me, it feels like homework and I can't be arsed.

I can't really listen at work, so any mixes I do listen to will be on my commute, and that's premium listening/reading space. Maybe I should make a new space, like incorporate techno cooking into my life or something.

you just have to start using soundcloud in the right way, then the good free mixes will flow like wine

it's the same as anything, a bit of nosing around, following some known djs, seeing who they follow. i tend to crave mixes at work though so i get through a lot. you do discover v good djs who aren't really well known.

Definitely the case, you come to realize how much name DJs are phoning it in. But it is the idea of nosing around, like going for a walk in the woods instead of going to the exhibition, then in the woods you suddenly realize there is a dappled light, its really quite something

I feel like its the difference between doors open 7.30 pint 7.45 band 8.30 pint 8.45 band two 930 pint 945 headliner 11 out treated like cattle, cloakroom queue, on the one hand - and a rolling meandering trip on the other, who knows where we shall end up, iim sure Montmorency will come back by nightfall

I dunno, the woods are enjoyable wherever you are, which is more than can be said for looking at an ugly orange webpage on your computer, slogging through some nondescript deep house in case something good comes up. That's not a walk in the woods, it's like shopping for shoes.

Oh I dont look at the page! I look at a picture of Kielder Forest!

It is true that most music is not only nondescript but offensive antagonistic garbage though, this i have learned through experience

https://thump.vice.com/en_us/article/prins-thomas-dug-deep-into-his-crates-and-found-his-7-favorite-ambient-records-of-all-time?utm_Soruce=thumptwitterus

Album streaming on NPR

http://www.npr.org/2016/02/10/466134588/first-listen-prins-thomas-principe-del-norte

...and it's fantastic