― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 12 March 2003 23:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
As for Boards of Canada, I think they have taken their child-like approach to music too far, so it feels more like an gimmick than the real thing. Haven't heard their latest LP, though. As for Autechre, I haven't heard "Amber", but their latest records sound very boring. They seem to be knob-twiddlers par excellence, just abstract sounds with no feeling or mood whatsoever.
My favorite ambient record is probably Si Begg's "Commuter World". Although it has beats and grooves, they are used to convey certain moods, and the album as a whole works as an ambient experience (it is one of the few theme records which actually works as intended). I also kinda like Biosphere's "Substrata", although some of the tracks do fall into the "new age/meditational" category. As for older stuff, I think few ambient records today can beat Miles Davis' "In a Silent Way" and Herbie Hancock's "Crossings".
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 13 March 2003 08:57 (twenty-one years ago) link
and i guess we all know where tom middleton is at these days, but what of mark pritchard?
― jon dale, Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― jon dale, Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― bulbs (bulbs), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― bulbs (bulbs), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:47 (nineteen years ago) link
i seem to recall the reload remix of slowdive being quite astonishing. what was it with global comm and shoegazers?
― jon dale, Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Sunday, 24 October 2004 03:51 (nineteen years ago) link
i was just listening to "funk in the fridge" - horrific title - global comm at their most ultramarine, it's a dead ringer for something off of "every man and woman is a star". was always well impressed that jason reynolds from summershine released "76:14" in australia with an extra disc of b-sides/remixes. sure made a nice change from velvet crush offshoot records (um, i liked those btw.)
― jon dale, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:35 (nineteen years ago) link
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― jon dale, Sunday, 24 October 2004 05:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 8 December 2005 13:45 (eighteen years ago) link
4: 9 39
― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:22 (eighteen years ago) link
if i've still got their remix of The Grid's 'Rollercoaster' i'll YSI it because it's marv albeit derived from the general 76:14 'schtick'.
― Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 8 December 2005 14:35 (eighteen years ago) link
4: 9:395: 7:39
but one of these is actually x:37 where x = 8 +/- 1
― koogs (koogs), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― flowersdie (flowersdie), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link
― biz, Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:30 (eighteen years ago) link
― cutty (mcutt), Thursday, 8 December 2005 16:32 (eighteen years ago) link
A Chapterhouse sidetrack got me to fish out Pentamerous Metamorphosis tonight. So so great.
― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 29 October 2009 05:27 (fourteen years ago) link
76:14 is an album of true beauty.
― The conflicts, the craziness, and the sound of credenzas falling (Stevie D), Friday, 11 December 2009 04:02 (fourteen years ago) link
omg it is!!!!!
― 102. LJ: British. 5. (acoleuthic), Friday, 11 December 2009 04:20 (fourteen years ago) link
can someone tell me about more moments in music like the moment 10:02 into 14:31, that might be the most sonorous moment i've heard in all my ambient listenings
― dyao know what i mean (acoleuthic), Saturday, 19 December 2009 01:31 (fourteen years ago) link
that track has healing properties for real
― jabba hands, Saturday, 19 December 2009 01:45 (fourteen years ago) link
OMG IT IS!
― crazy shituations (cutty), Saturday, 19 December 2009 01:51 (fourteen years ago) link
the proverbial cloud of titties
― dyao know what i mean (acoleuthic), Saturday, 19 December 2009 01:57 (fourteen years ago) link
I assume you have Pentamorous Metamorphasis and the Remotion remix comp? If not, start there. Then buy John Beltran -Ten Days of Blue. Also very healing but more rhythmic.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 19 December 2009 02:08 (fourteen years ago) link
Haven't even heard of those let alone heard! Will investigate. I'm very much an outsider to techno!
― dyao know what i mean (acoleuthic), Saturday, 19 December 2009 02:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Also digging Tetsu Inuoe a ton right now.
― The conflicts, the craziness, and the sound of credenzas falling (Stevie D), Saturday, 19 December 2009 05:31 (fourteen years ago) link
cloud of titties indeed!
― crazy shituations (cutty), Saturday, 19 December 2009 13:10 (fourteen years ago) link
oh man, just gave this a good listen for the first time the other night and it slammed me in the face with awesomeness
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
i can't remember which tracks besides 14:31 were the best cause they're all silly numbers
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
the titles remind me of the lengths of time that might be etched into memorials or tombstones
― bi(g_n)arbbran, Saturday, 19 December 2009 21:16 (fourteen years ago) link
How expensive is a plane ticket to London these days?
From http://www.bl.uk/whatson/exhibitions/outof/events/event121915.html
The British Library celebrates Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it with a unique music event featuring rare live performances by Global Communication and The Radio Science Orchestra plus exceptional DJs Rob da Bank and Jon Hopkins.The retro-space sound of the Radio Science Orchestra featuring theremin and other futuristic instruments is the brainchild of Bruce Woolley, the phenomenally talented writer and producer of everything from Video Killed The Radio Star (The Buggles) to Slave To The Rhythm (Grace Jones) and A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (The Orb). Tonight’s special show is entitled Return To Mars and features the visionary SF musings of writer Ken Hollings. Closing the night will be Global Communication, Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard’s legendary act conducting a live recreation of the contents of one of the electronica standards of the 1990s, their classic album 76:14. - an ambient masterpiece on The Guardian’s list of 1,000 albums that everyone should listen to before they die. A very special reunion, this will be their first live show in 15 years, and is eagerly awaited!
The retro-space sound of the Radio Science Orchestra featuring theremin and other futuristic instruments is the brainchild of Bruce Woolley, the phenomenally talented writer and producer of everything from Video Killed The Radio Star (The Buggles) to Slave To The Rhythm (Grace Jones) and A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules from the Centre of the Ultraworld (The Orb). Tonight’s special show is entitled Return To Mars and features the visionary SF musings of writer Ken Hollings.
Closing the night will be Global Communication, Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard’s legendary act conducting a live recreation of the contents of one of the electronica standards of the 1990s, their classic album 76:14. - an ambient masterpiece on The Guardian’s list of 1,000 albums that everyone should listen to before they die. A very special reunion, this will be their first live show in 15 years, and is eagerly awaited!
― Stockhausen's Ekranoplan Quartet (Elvis Telecom), Monday, 13 June 2011 21:11 (twelve years ago) link
laid up sick in bed, this is all the help i need
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAO1Q8SlWRo
(bottle of lucozade wouldn't go amiss tho)
― ledge, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 09:10 (twelve years ago) link
Recent ambientish mix I did that features more stuff like this (including Delta Phase from Pentamerous Metamorphasis):
Download: http://www.bmbx.org/2011/08/solar-wind/
Stream: http://www.mixcloud.com/groovypanda/solar-wind/
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 09:30 (twelve years ago) link
great stuff. really liked the atrium sun remix, especially before the drums kicked in.
― ledge, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 11:22 (twelve years ago) link
theres really not another album like this is there? did they make any other stuff?
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
Global Communication? Sure, they released a bunch of records under various aliases, though the stuff I remember hearing was either electro or drum'n'bass. IIRC they did release one ambient album before 76:14, possibly under a different name? Never heard that one though.
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 14:42 (twelve years ago) link
Ah, this is the one I was thinking of:
http://www.discogs.com/Reload-A-Collection-Of-Short-Stories/master/17159
― Tuomas, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 14:43 (twelve years ago) link
That's a lot harder than GC stuff. But aside from 76:14 there's also Pentamerous Metamorphosis, their Chapterhouse remixes, and Remotion, another remix album that includes a couple of the Chapterhouse tracks, and the Rollercoaster remix that I revived the thread with.
― ledge, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:18 (twelve years ago) link
This thread is inspiring me to listen to this again - right away the slowed down tick-tock and descending aircraft noises are really doing something weird to me
― frogbs, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
been listening to theory of evolution as well as a jedi's night out lately, really enjoying both
i have the reload album that tuomas linked upthread but it's a bit ... grim? there's a lot of very serious clanking industrial drum noise on it.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:36 (twelve years ago) link
Must have!
damn, son! CDRs must be expensive in the UK
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
CDr has 'Clone Records Rotterdam' logo.
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:57 (twelve years ago) link
i am sure that tuomas appreciates this about reload, but even on that early set they push too far into aphex territory for me
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 18:58 (twelve years ago) link
i guess when it works it reaches the same area of the brain as the more sublime parts of LFO's advance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2fGQE9Kh44
dolphin noises!
when it fails it sounds like "public energy" era speedy j
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
usually it works though
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_y7niNEVHg
kicks like a mule, in fact
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
i <3 vahid
― geeta, Tuesday, 16 August 2011 19:17 (twelve years ago) link
Great preview. I wonder if it kicks in or floats on.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 5 September 2015 03:00 (eight years ago) link
Basically I'll buy it if it kicks :)
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Saturday, 5 September 2015 03:01 (eight years ago) link
This is just Tom Middleton though, don't think Prichard is involved
― I am using your worlds, Saturday, 5 September 2015 15:04 (eight years ago) link
I didn't realize that 76:14 was relevant to my interests until I put it on today for the first time. like I know in 1994 we were all down with gregorian chant monk albums but this is true heaven here, like if Indy had been able to open the ark with a pure heart, and instead of angels of death melting faces, found a rainbow of fruit flavors, but all those fruits were made of diamonds and when you looked into them, you could see the other end of the cosmos, and yes moby was there making love to david gilmour before some holy sequencer, "boys of summer" indeed.
― Joey Corona (Euler), Monday, 18 May 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
I somehow ended up with 3 copies of the Music On Vinyl reissue. Have 2 still sealed. This may not be official but it's damn good sound quality / pressing. I have the original as well and this one sounds as good (to me better because my OG has some wear).
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 18 May 2020 16:06 (three years ago) link
really wish the Remotion remix album was on streaming sites
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Monday, 18 May 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
Remotion is a lost classic.
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 18 May 2020 18:52 (three years ago) link
I didn't realise the guys were unhappy about the MoV reissue of 76:14, but it seems like it was licensed from Sony so maybe 'unauthorised' but still legal. MoV are also reissuing Pentamerous Metamorphosis next month apparently.
But really I came here to say The Groove, it is good!
― Noel Emits, Friday, 29 May 2020 15:04 (three years ago) link
https://bleep.com/release/191605-global-communication-transmissions?fbclid=IwAR1ONhlFBOXQUgfM7tK9rnUCzZOhwbcljnXnJlOUpLk3cWx3Tahb7o1BoFk
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 12:46 (three years ago) link
Argh, I'd love this but I can't justify buying it for the two tracks I don't already own. It's also a missed opportunity to include all the tracks from the OOP Remotion remix compilation.
― I am using your worlds, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 15:36 (three years ago) link
I guess the 'bonus' tracks aren't going to satisfy everyone unless it's everything. Perhaps stranger that The Groove isn't included, especially as I just bigged it up. There might be cost or.rights issues with some remixes, and the Reload track would properly belong on a reissue of A Collection Of Short Stories, along with the Black Dog remix and the remix of The Biosphere.
Cool though. I wonder if they've remastered 76:14 again, the 2005 CD sounds very good I think. I guess for vinyl.
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 19:49 (three years ago) link
"Meticulously remastered from the original DAT tapes. Every detail has been painstakingly overseen by Mark and I." - from Tom's IG post today.
― brotherlovesdub, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 21:10 (three years ago) link
If that's in reply to my question it doesn't necessarily indicate if it was remastered again.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 10:07 (three years ago) link
I see a few people on WATMM a bit annoyed at the shipping cost for 7LPs to the US - big postage price increases for mail to the US (henceforth known as World Zone 3) from July probably have something to do with it.
― Noel Emits, Wednesday, 10 June 2020 10:24 (three years ago) link
whoa this looks so cool, 76:14 is prob my favoritest ambient album next to The Orb's Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 19:58 (three years ago) link
might pick up the CD version, although I doubt the remasters are that much better than the original CD versions, which sound great
― avellano medio inglés (f. hazel), Wednesday, 10 June 2020 20:15 (three years ago) link
This inspired me to listen to the first Jedi Knights record and holy SHIT is this good
― vision joanna newsom (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 12 June 2020 12:19 (three years ago) link
Lovely album. Can't believe it's 26 years old.
I still remember Andrew Smith's ecstatic review of it in Melody Maker.
― does it look like i'm here (jon123), Friday, 12 June 2020 16:58 (three years ago) link
New album from Tom under the GCOM moniker coming next month. (Preview track is very drum n bass)
https://bleep.com/release/244094-gcom-e2-xo
― groovypanda, Friday, 17 September 2021 11:11 (two years ago) link
sick!
― lukas, Friday, 17 September 2021 17:35 (two years ago) link
https://k7records.bandcamp.com/album/e2-xo
okay what's with the 2nd track on this? It's super glitchy and totally out of place (even the mastering sounds different). Am I the only one thinking someone copied the wrong file?
― octobeard, Thursday, 18 November 2021 03:11 (two years ago) link
okay what's with the 2nd track on this?
― raven, Thursday, 18 November 2021 06:16 (two years ago) link
Not sure when it was added (pretty sure it wasn't there a few months ago) but Pentamerous Metamorphosis is now on Spotify (and, I assume, other streaming services)
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 26 December 2023 19:13 (three months ago) link
Was it recently added? I only learned about its existence a month ago, it's awesome
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 26 December 2023 20:26 (three months ago) link
Meant to say I listened to it on Spotify not knowing it was a recent add
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 26 December 2023 20:28 (three months ago) link