I'd like to announce the formal release of _The Five EPs_ by Disco Inferno

I only recently discovered the earlier stuff ("In Debt" is on emusic) and man alive I love "Falling Down the Wire".

Ok, 6 - 7 years of lurking and I somehow missed Ned's DI evangelism. Just checked out a few songs on youtube, and need to get my hands on The 5 EPs. I'll be coughing up the money in September, but want to be able to listen in the meantime... Anyone willing to help me get a copy?

Damn, I was hoping the interview would be included with the Five Eps reissue.

Well, can you at least give out a basic idea of what the interviews consists of?

It was done around the American release of D.I. Go Pop, so pretty much that era.

"love stepping out" is so beautiful.

reminds me of durutti column.

i would submit this band's name did them zero favors.

Posted this in "I'd buy that for a dollar!" Great purchases for a buck or less, but hey:

Not exactly $1 on these, but I've been looking for these damn things for so long that it's worth sharing... I found two of the five legendary Disco Inferno EPs (Summer's Last Sound and A Rock to Cling To) for $3.99 each. Two down... three to go.

Of course, all five are being reissued in a few months, per Ned's thread. But I couldn't pass these up in good conscience.

― I just wish he hadn't adopted the "ilxor" moniker (ilxor), Saturday, May 8, 2010 10:15 PM (3 days ago)

I've had a chance to see a rough design of the artwork for the collection, and it's a keeper.

nice!

hey ned i know i should just search and all but i love 5EPs, what to get next by DI?

Well there's not much of a catalog to search for (which is both good and bad, obviously):

In Debt, which is the collection of their first single, album and EP in one place. It starts in full on Joy Division/Durutti Column worship mode but by the final tracks is something else entirely, you can sense the transition happening.

DI Go Pop, which was released in the middle of the EP releases, as it were. Tim Finney put it best when he said that its 'deliberate rejection of beauty' acts in excellent contrast to the EPs, but it is often equally beautiful and wonderful.

Technicolour, which was the final release while they were a going concern. Recorded after the horrific instrument theft and is more of a 'straightforward' rock album than anything else, but still worth the listening.

There's also the Mixing It EP taken from a radio session, plus a variety of unreleased demos from Technicolour that surfaced. And that's pretty much it.

I should also say that DI Go Pop and Technicolour were both reissued by One Little Indian a few years back but I don't know about their in-print status now; similarly In Debt has resurfaced from time to time. Oddly enough the first American issue of In Debt was by the Coctails on their own label!

DI Go Pop and Technicolour were both reissued by One Little Indian a few years back but I don't know about their in-print status now

These reissues can still be had new for $12 apiece on Amazon... looks in-print to me!

And what a bargain!

Also, looking upthread a bit, you can get both Technicolour and In Debt via eMusic:

http://www.emusic.com/artist/Disco-Inferno-MP3-Download/11580018.html

Guys, Technicolour is excellent. Don't sleep on it just because it's not as "experimental" as DI Go Pop or the preceding EPs.

Just sayin'!

That'll do, Ned. That'll do.

I've no doubt.

Everybody I know is getting a copy of this for Christmas. Even my aunt.

Is this CD only or will there by vinyl?

yeah wondering this also

i'm probably one of the few who prefers di go pop over the collected eps, still excited obv

My understanding is that there will not be a vinyl release at this point.

That's a shame, but understandable! Will probably buy a flac release if that is happening?

M@rk R. reflects on DI in today's Resonant Frequency (complete with ILX/Ned Raggett reference!): http://pitchfork.com/features/resonant-frequency/7821-resonant-frequency-71

It's funny, though-- even though the conversations around music are so important to me, they are not everything. There's something wonderful about revisiting music that seems to have been forgotten, and having it be a private pleasure that you carry around like a secret. It's a feeling most music obsessives can probably relate to: You're listening to something and you've never really talked about it with anyone and you're not even sure if you're hearing it "right" or where it might fit or what it might mean. For example, I never knew anything about the English band Disco Inferno while they were active, but someone on a message board burned me a copy of the group's out-of-print EPs years ago, and I was shocked by how much good music was on it. And there's one song in particular that has haunted me ever since, and the way I've experienced it represents how much works for me at one end of this continuum.

Some days, Disco Inferno's "Love Stepping Out"-- with its simple repetitive sequencer, half-spoken lyrics that weirdly mix an expression of romantic longing with violent imagery, and sampled crowd noises that seem to come from an amusement park-- is one of the most beautiful songs ever written. But after all this time, I'm not sure I've ever heard it with anyone else in the room, and I've never written about it or discussed it with anyone in any depth. It's something I listen to and think about and am moved by, but there's no record anywhere of my enjoyment of it, and it's not something I've really talked about. I know almost nothing of the conversations around it. And there's something nice about this feeling, too, to commune with this sound with very little context. Music that could, from another perspective, seem dead because it's not being shared turns into something intimate that sparkles with a very specific kind of life. Sometimes I listen to "Love Stepping Out", and it feels like I have the only copy of it in the world, and it ceases to exist whenever I put it back on the shelf.

"someone" on "a message board"

That's really nice and I've kind of always felt a similar way about Disco Inferno. I guess the band would prefer some more recogniton and money though.

I must have spent about $75 total tracking down all the EPs in the mid 90s

A quick update, reconfirmed via Ian C., that the current release date will now be early November. Otherwise all still good to go.

Awesome.

i'm totally head over heels for d.i. go pop and i just got a tattoo of the radar logo last week...i havent had the chance to hear any of the eps yet so this is very exciting

Ha that makes two people I know of with that very tattoo. It's the new Germs burn.

I think you'll be very, very pleased with what you hear.

So some news:

The release has been slightly delayed again until early next year, but my understanding is they're ironing out last formalities and technical details for the sleeve and so forth. So slight bummer there, obviously, but everything still on track!

Ian mentioned to me that the remastering process brought out details he had forgotten in many songs, or allowed him to hear them in a new way, so that's cool to hear indeed.

I'll have a brief personal essay about my fandom and thoughts about Disco Inferno in the next issue of Yeti, due for release shortly. There's also another project well underway.

There's also another project well underway.

???

And that's all I'm going to say about it for now.

Ach, you tease!

They're doing an album with MBV. It's almost finished.

Dre will be handling the remixes.

Well that's all fine and fucking dandy but who's doing the cover art???

Hipgnosis.

http://www.operatingtheatre.org/images/discologo.JPG

A vision.

Anyway, ilxor, as I said in the opening post to the whole thread...

* Fuel, the designers of the original single sleeves, will be doing a new cover for this collection.

And I've seen it and I can assure you it's quite something.

Thank you Ned Raggett for serious reply to joek question. :)

The suspense is killing me waiting on this release. Haven't looked forward this much to something for so long. Yes, I am sad like that.

When I get some more information from Ian, I will put some details about the release on the DI myspace page.

No update on the date of release but it is forthcoming.

I did receive something the other day, though. With thanks to Ian, and with his permission:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1382/5158516856_70e74c5429_z.jpg

It really is one of the most amazing moments of my life to finally see this.

Tease!

Looks great though, can't wait to hold that in my hands.

Oh wow, that's beautiful!

I remember one time a TV ad came on for a burger called the Baconator, and the moment it was over, my husband said, "I want it!" and drove out and got one. That is the kind of feeling I am having now, but with that CD instead of a Baconator.

i really like the cover. perfect for the music inside.

Fucking wow.

Will there be vinyl?

According to Ian, no. (This was asked and answered above...)

Ned, just got my copy that Ian kindly sent me. I am at work and couldn't wait to get home to listen. I am at my desk, headphones in and I am not doing much work.

It sounds sonically stunning hearing these tracks on a proper CD for the first time.

A review will appear here http://crumbsinthebutter.art.officelive.com/default.aspx

very soon!

I can't but agree to all that.