also, uh, jaxon, there's a link to their west coast 12" in a thread linked to in this thread
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:31 (sixteen years ago) link
i highly recommend strategy's "future rock" for anyone who is feeling studio
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:39 (sixteen years ago) link
http://brainwashed.com/common/htdocs/discog/krank108.html
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
i agree about the vocal songs.. pretty shit.. but lifes a beach? jesus.. really nice.. this is one of the best produced records (yearbook 1) ive heard in a long time.
the vocals on the strategy album are a total bummer. whats going on here?
― nikbozic, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:46 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe you just don't like vocals
― cutty, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm waiting for my yearbook CD after really enjoying the remixes 12", the Todd Terje is fantastic, pitched on the edge of being, like the record shop label said, 'chilled out bar groove', I'm amazed they get something so great out of these rainforest and hippy signifiers. Certain points in that track, a bit more colour is gradually added and it feels like a huge psychedelic build, but still fairly restrained and smooth overall.
― Alex xy, Monday, 9 July 2007 19:26 (sixteen years ago) link
'west coast' is amazing
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
hang on, no, i mean 'out there'
― lex pretend, Monday, 9 July 2007 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
i think the terje remix is anything but chilled out, but that's a minor quibble as it's one of my favorite remixes in a year that has been jammed with them. i haven't heard the album yet. can't believe i missed this thread the first time around.
― tricky, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 02:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, it's a great disc. Those upthread who drew comparisons between this and The Cure are OTM.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:07 (sixteen years ago) link
maybe i should try to download the 2 Life's a Beach remixes and actually, you know, like listen to them. i just figured it wasn't something i'd ever play out (like that happens so often), so i didn't need to own the vinyl
― jaxon, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:11 (sixteen years ago) link
i was really surprised to read your comment upthread! the bassline in the terje is just too boogie to be house. it reminds me of the mary jane girls. so there's the rick james thing and on top of it there is cure (meets basic channel) san francisco summer beach atmospherics. and then fat techno claps and cowbells and a sense of humor. i am so smitten by this song.
― tricky, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:35 (sixteen years ago) link
What the where the who. This all sounds potentially interesting.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:40 (sixteen years ago) link
i love how enigmatic the band name and album title are. cover art is great too.
― tricky, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:47 (sixteen years ago) link
jaxon - for some reason when i ripped the promo CD i got, iTunes listed the artist as "A Studio" so I would guess your rip came from that as well...
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 07:00 (sixteen years ago) link
you know, you fellas are right! this is great! agree w/ all the aforementioned reference points, but would add in the mood of all those great Associates 12"s w/ the cool b-sides. and special commendation for the exquisite guitar. thank you ilx!
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Ned I sincerely believe you will love them.
It's kinda of odd how similar the Prins Thomas and Todd Terje remixes of "Life's a Beach" are - both have the funky bassline, the endless layering of effects, the faithful redeployment of the guitar. The Terje remix is slightly more brisk and uptempo, and I slightly prefer it, but they're both great.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Cutty those Strategy samples are excellent. Will have to track that album down.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:13 (sixteen years ago) link
fwiw, Out There is my least favorite track.
now to track down the remixes...
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/aeroplanemusiclove
^ sooo good.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i downloaded Life's a Beach remixes. eh. prins thomas remix is cool. kinda spaced out, but i still stand by what i said. it lost the balearic rock edge that i liked and just became sorta "dance music". no need to keep 12"
― jaxon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
"West Side" does = the Balearic Cure. Out've the forest and onto the beach.
― Raw Patrick, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
this has been repressed. hooray!
― haitch, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
That Yearbook cover art is fantastic.
― admrl, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Has Spencer seen it or heard this, I wonder?
― admrl, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Cutty! That Strategy album is like... Luomo making a post-rock record? Or a post-rock group making a Luomo record? Whatever, if I had a Microsoft Wizard program that made albums for me at least one of them would probably turn out like this. Not sure if I love love love it yet but will def. keep listening.
2007 is so the year I became a corny balearic fuxx.
― Tim F, Thursday, 12 July 2007 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i think balearic is one of those words like minimal. it has meaning that is more like residue. i like a lot of recent music like this because it is musical as opposed to most of the contemporary dance music i immerse myself in which is music that for most of the 00s has been design-obsessed (similar to a lot of contemporary pop and hip hop and even alterna-rock). it's just tiring after awhile.
― tricky, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
tim have you heard kuniyuki takahashi?
― tricky, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm glad you like it tim--i've been listening to it quite a lot, maybe it needs its own thread
― cutty, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I want this and the Strategy record. I want them now.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 08:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Was 'West Coast' just an EP then? Does 'Yearbook 1' have different versions of these songs?
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
yearbook 1 has longer versions of two songs, a shorter version of one, and two extra songs from this 12". those aren't on the west coast reissue that's just come out, but it has the full versions of everything else (and is a double 12" if you have it on vinyl).
this is really fantastic. up there with the LCD record, for me.
― haitch, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
yes please!
― admrl, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Has it even gotten a legit release yet?
― I eat cannibals, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
am i on everyone's killfile or something? yes, it has been reissued.
― haitch, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought they were talking about the Strategy record, lil man
― jaxon, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Strategy record has definitely been released - saw it in the shops the other day.
― Tim F, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I have a real copy of it in my office now and am listening to it - released mid-July in the UK, got it from Amazon.
Very good indeed, btw.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
HAS L0u1s J@gger HEARD STRATEGY?
Taking L0u1s J@gger (By Strategy)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahaha I like how L0u1s J@gger is auto-encrypted.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, Ned would like this.
You would, Ned.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
please don't spoil a good thread
― creme1, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Have I not recommended this to Ned before? It's like a birthday cake for Ned with sparklers that explode when you light them forming fireworks in the shape of "NED RAGGETT!!!"
― Tim F, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
You totally recommended it to me upthread! And quite happily I am getting a promo copy this week.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought that was The Studio? Which should be waiting at home for me. Is there a separate Strategy thread now?
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
apparently there is an epic studio remix of the new a mountain of one single!
― haitch, Monday, 30 July 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
leo?
― jaxon, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
no, LEO!
Pre-ordered it from this stateside seller; saved a few on shipping in the process.
https://www.pbvinyl.com/collections/recently-added-presale
― Evan, Thursday, 22 April 2021 14:48 (two years ago) link
cheers Evan... wish this dude would release stuff on CD but the Under Allt stuff sounds great so I'm in
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Thursday, 22 April 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
New Lissvik production:
https://r1ch3s.bandcamp.com/track/light-of-dawn
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 20 January 2022 17:27 (two years ago) link
anyone listened to his latest projecthttps://underallt.bandcamp.com/album/mellanrum
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Monday, 10 October 2022 09:46 (one year ago) link
this is good, sounds more like "Studio" to me than the Atelje album
― sleeve, Monday, 10 October 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
can we get a west coast repress or what
― the late great, Monday, 10 October 2022 18:58 (one year ago) link
Yes, this album was released last year. It's great but too short. I think the Crepes album is one of the best things Lissvik has done outside Studio but unfortunately, that has been removed from streaming platforms. Kind of weird that they'd take their stuff off streaming when it is impossible to find in shops or online (unless you buy second hand). It's not like spotify is costing them sales when their shit isn't for sale. Anyway, Dan Lissvik is my favorite musician/producer of the last 15-20 years. Would like to have the money to buy one of his big artworks but unfortunately, i'm just a worker bee, not a CEO.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 10 October 2022 19:30 (one year ago) link
Same! Though I've purchased prints of his years ago. Those are very nice. However he puts stuff up for sale very rarely these days I think.
― Evan, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:13 (one year ago) link
have the prices gone up? he had some handmade clothes up on his site awhile back, think a hand dip-dyed sweatshirt might have been $150? not cheap but not that expensive, like hip cool guy brand prices but not like fashion world commes des garcons or prada prices. i remember some ceramics that weren’t too bad either. but this was around early 2016 (i remember because i was considering throwing in a tshirt and vase w my preorder of 50/50 EP and meditation repress)
but shipping a big painting, yeah the cost of dhl would probably kill you. plus maybe now that he has a fancy gallery it’s more expensive. i agree though, i love his paintings, particularly the plant ones, and i love his airbrushed / spray painted (?) weird foamy / melted looking sculptures
― the late great, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:18 (one year ago) link
i meant early 2017*
he really seems like the chillest, one of those “figured out how to live” guys that eats breathes and sleeps balearic vibes
― the late great, Monday, 10 October 2022 21:20 (one year ago) link
― the late great, Monday, October 10, 2022 2:58 PM (eleven months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Fresh confirmations from the horses mouth on insta today, claims by 2024
― Evan, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 18:31 (six months ago) link
holy shit that would be amazing - a white whale in my library
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 19:33 (six months ago) link
I wonder which version will be repressed, double or single
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 5 October 2023 05:38 (six months ago) link
ahhhh i hope so. one of my biggest music-related regrets is losing my copy of this record, got misplaced during a move
― Roz, Thursday, 5 October 2023 06:47 (six months ago) link
nice, i saw lissvik post some tape reels and "west side" lyrics recently that made me wonder if he was doing something with the old studio stuff
― circles, Friday, 6 October 2023 15:05 (six months ago) link
im 75% sure I lost my copy of this in a move too. what is it about west coast that makes it socks in the drier
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2023 16:56 (six months ago) link
*checks record collection nervously*
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 6 October 2023 16:57 (six months ago) link
Just checked and phew, still have my CD version. (Mint copy of the LP currently going for £190 on Discogs.)
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 6 October 2023 19:12 (six months ago) link
I def had a copy of the LP in great condition. Its now in a storage pod or it was lost
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2023 19:14 (six months ago) link
the cd is still widely available
― brimstead, Friday, 6 October 2023 19:36 (six months ago) link
true, but that damn long version of Self Service remains lost on the first single-LP pressing for some insane reason
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 6 October 2023 20:08 (six months ago) link
I think the short version is probably better than the long version, but it would be great to have the long version for sure.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:19 (six months ago) link
The short version might be better overall perhaps but the long version has higher highs, I think.
― Tim F, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:21 (six months ago) link
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/under-allt-3-lp-pre-order-under-allt/192075
― Evan, Sunday, 22 October 2023 14:57 (five months ago) link
listening to the previews and wishing this had came out six months sooner for summer
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 28 October 2023 14:08 (five months ago) link
Lissvik has 9 copies of the 4 LP Archive up on bandcamp. $50.
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0035495181_10.jpg
― mizzell, Monday, 25 March 2024 11:46 (three weeks ago) link
And now there are 9 copies remaining of "7 Trx + Intermission" on bandcamp
― sombrerodetuned (sombrerodetune), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 17:26 (three weeks ago) link