seefeel thread for discussion of relevant informations pertaining to the "quique redux" 2cd superbonus reissue (and other seefeel matters)

y'know, I'm ordinarily not really one for post-rock but I bought the Modern Classics Recordings reissue of Seefeel in a fit of LITA brand loyalty but never bothered to play it until just recently. turns out I love it to death; it feels like it'll slot in perfectly alongside PiL and Harmonia and Kevin Bobby Dunn and other stuff like that. it's a really beautiful pressing too - gorgeous blue vinyl, thick card stock sleeve, nice dust jackets; buy it if you have any interest in this album and ever encounter it while out in the wild.

I was tempted to do so thread necromancy a few weeks ago, but thanks to jamescobo, may I just say:

Anyone who loves 90s Seefeel needs to hear the Eaux album Plastics, from 2014. Spotify.

Yes! I love that Eaux album, still kind of mystified that so few people seemed to notice it.

I was a big fan of the Sian Alice Group, but never really seemed to connect with them when they reconstituted as Eaux. Should listen again...

I really like the Disjecta (sp) album, kind of like the seefeel dude working a wheezy ICBYD-era Aphex vibe

there were two or three (?) disjecta albums iirc

seefeel makes me sick, like leftover salad.

hmm i mean this one, anyway: http://www.discogs.com/Disjecta-Clean-Pit-And-Lid-Promo/master/2452

yeah i love that one

i was thinking of "looking for snags" EP as an album i guess

that one has "kracht", massive beat

the cd ep was originally (simultaneously?) two 12" eps. and has 8 long tracks so you could count it as a compilation lp.

there was a later, self-released disjecta ep on polyfusion, same label as put out the autechre remix of spangle. and almost nothing else: http://www.discogs.com/label/14963-Polyfusia-Records

actually, those two mark clifford eps, #003 and #005 are great. and that second was my first exposure to zavoloka who is worth investigating (ukrainian analogue glitch). (004 was advertised, iirc, as a mira calix release. don't think it ever appeared)

there were a couple of other disjecta tracks on compilations that i have. invisible soundtracks #1, er, others. (oh, discogs says that autechre All Tomorrow Parties lp and one i don't have on Sub Rosa)

two hour seefeel special on nts this afternoon, ch2 16:00-18:00 BST:

https://www.nts.live/shows/in-focus/episodes/in-focus-seefeel-12-th-april-2019

I loved that 2011 album, wish they’d done more with that lineup

they played a couple of european dates this february to celebrate the 25th anniversary of quique - not sure who was in the band though

still love listening to Eyes Alpha/Be Together from Scala's "To You in Alpha"

nts thing is on right now btw, just started

i should listen to these records more.

American tour in November:

http://www.brooklynvegan.com/seefeel-announce-first-ever-north-american-tour-again-finally/

Nov 1 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Nov 3 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
Nov 5 – San Francisco, CA – Slim’s
Nov 7 – Portland, OR – Star Theatre
Nov 8 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
Nov 9 – Vancouver, BC – Biltmore Cabaret
Nov 11 – Toronto, ON – Adelaide Hall
Nov 12 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle
Nov 14 – Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
Nov 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brendas

Some tickets already on sale, others soon to be, so hop to.

Meantime, new live single:

https://seefeelshop.bandcamp.com/album/sp-ga-19

ooh, but also i hope they haven't wrecked this.

If said single is how they're doing their live shows in general, I'm v confident in this. (Almost looking forward to next month's show more than Stereolab next week, just because I've seen the latter so many times and never the former, though I got into both pretty much at the same time in 92/93.)

Doesn't sound at all live to me, sounds like Clifford thought he might put out new remixes of Spangle and Gatha. Or if they are live, they sound mostly like triggered elements of the original recordings. I'm disappointed after the wonderful new directions of the self-titled album, to see them retread the same old same old (which was thoroughly played-out by Ch-Vox, much as I hate to say it).

Is Clifford involved again?

he’s the only constant member

for some reason i thought he was the only one NOT involved in the relaunch (which admittedly I haven't paid much attention to). good work, brain.

Terrific show tonight in LA!

Super excited to see Shigeru and Iida are still in the lineup, they brought amazing power and grind to the sound. Instagram feed showed a recording session the other day - fingers crossed it's a new album, I loved the self-title as much as Succour, my favourite of the first incarnation.

Anyone else seen this tour? Very torn on whether to make the two-hour drive next week.

what was the show like, elvis? curious what kind of material they played

Going to the NY show, looking forward to it

I haven’t listened to the S/T is awhile so I’m not sure what the exact set list was but perhaps half was Quique tracks. Ishihara is definitely the MVP-the low end dub way out in front pulling things along. I wish more bands sounded like this.

were the peel sessions availble before (other than taped off the radio at the time)? they've been released as part of the huge warp box, but are also available separately (digital only?)

https://bleep.com/release/141395-seefeel-peel-session

(reading the link that i posted, they are also on vinyl)

Figured this revive had to do with the show last night. Anyway, they were great! Seemed extremely shy but the tunes themselves were hypnotic.

I wish I went a couple of days ago but sometimes it's really cold out and you just need to sleep. How loud was it?

Pretty loud, but not piercing. Total brain massaging goodness.

i saw them at that empty bottle show! they were great, but to be honest the sound system at the bottle was not quite up to the task. not usually a big deal with a lot of shows there, but a big part of seefeel's appeal (for me at least) is the wonderful quality of the sound that they create, so hearing it (unintentionally) distorted was less than ideal. don't get me wrong, though - they ruled. :)

Only hiccup last night was something not working in the guitar rig on one song, but we wouldn't have noticed if it weren't for him shrugging at the sound guy after twisting knobs on the amp.

Chicago show was great. Definitely not too dynamic on stage but my eyes were closed half the time anyway. Massive basslines a la the Orb maybe, incredible control over endlessly permutating waves of feedback. I'd love to see the signal chain on the guitars, keys, vox. The entire show was nearly seamless. Highly recommended.

just in case anyone needs stuff that strongly resembles Polyfusia

http://rxgibbs.bandcamp.com/album/disclosure-ep

happened across him via his remixes for Dead Leaf Echo, which are strongly worth chasing down.

couldn't find any official announcements on this, but it looks like there are four reissues coming out in may on warped:

Succour (redux) - 3LP vinyl reissue of their second album including bonus disk of unreleased stuff
(ch-vox) redux - 2LP vinyl reissue of their third album including bonus disk of unreleased stuff
St/Fr/Sp - vinyl reissue of the Starethrough and Fractured/Tied EPs on one record
Rupt and Flex (1994 - 96) - 4CD box including all the above material

https://seefeel.bandcamp.com/

i'm not made of money so i'll probably get the CDs - am pretty glad they've done it that way tbh

all mastered by stefan bettke aka pole btw

Ooohhh cool!

Ha! Just came here to post that info! Ordered!

vinyl bundle from Bleep not crazy (ymmv).

Nice t shirt at Bleep too

just to correct my stupid typo because it's bugging me, these are obviously coming out on warp, not warped

the digital versions are £9 each, including rupt and flex which seems to contain all the others. what am i missing?

ha, bit of an oversight there! might be worth contacting the band about that tbh