Forced Exposure's pretty good on BC/CR stuff. The stuff that's in print anyway.
― Alex in SF, Tuesday, 25 September 2007 20:52 (sixteen years ago) link
"Magenta" still floors me every time I hear it. And def search Rhythm & Sound's "Trace/Imprint" 12" as well
― President Evil, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 03:54 (sixteen years ago) link
and jesus, get all the quadrant stuff. fuckin sick.
― the table is the table, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 03:56 (sixteen years ago) link
mark you'd be wanting this: http://hardwax.com/basic-channel/
― haitch, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 04:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Ah get all of it! It all sounds the same anyway! But if you see the above, etc.
― President Evil, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 04:06 (sixteen years ago) link
these guys just had a showcase on this stuff
http://hypnotic-breaks.blogspot.com/
― Jena, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 04:11 (sixteen years ago) link
s: basic channel t-shirt
― haitch, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 04:23 (sixteen years ago) link
QUADRANT
― I know, right?, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 10:19 (sixteen years ago) link
-- haitch, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 05:23
if i saw someone in a basic channel t shirt, i'd give them a little nod and then maybe they'd nod back or grin like "'sup".
― max r, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 10:27 (sixteen years ago) link
is that site giving away entire EPs (indeed, practically entire catalogues)? if so, that's pretty fucked.
― pshrbrn, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 12:45 (sixteen years ago) link
they're sort of working off the same idea as Discogs Report, but with even more downloads of more stuff.
which is pretty fucked.
also pretty fucked: i was going to do a little thing on the basic channel family on my blog. now i have to stick to chain reaction stuff.
― the table is the table, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 14:58 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm all in favour of music blogs posting up some digitized old vinyl that's been out of print for 10 years or whatever but this is all still available to buy, isn't it?
and given that the only way to download all that is to give rapidshare some money this is like, illegal x100000 - also i hate rapidshare, have i mentioned that?
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
@_@
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i be like damn
new model 500! cool!
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
that deepchord album (coldest season) is probably the best electronic lp from this year
― tricky, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 19:25 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, but the echospace stuff like vahid linked above pisses me off with it's extremely limited availability. I haven't been able to get any of them yet and I've wanted them all. Still haven't even heard a rip of the CV313 and I need to!
― matt2, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
Well I guess I should've looked at the blog Jena linked above. They're all there. But I still want the vinyl! And I agree with the others, giving away readily available releases in their entirety just pisses me off.
― matt2, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:22 (sixteen years ago) link
next time you feel stupid for wasting time arguing on ILX, consider that some people address their need for attention by stealing music and posting it on the internet
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
wow i just clicked over to that blog! a mint original pressing of the quadrant ep on r&s is going for 50 euros on discogs..
i have slowly been collecting all of the basic channel releases from hardwax (on fat colored vinyl even)
― tricky, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
hong kong by monolake is going for 100 euros in the metal tin
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
someone paid $30 for *JUST THE CD* on ebay last month
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:40 (sixteen years ago) link
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat
― am0n, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
I feel bad for posting that link now :/ I've got about 15-20 of blogs like this in my bookmarks, and I'm not even really looking.
― Jena, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:46 (sixteen years ago) link
the dude who sold "just the CD" = first case of the metal tin breaking the metal tin
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 20:55 (sixteen years ago) link
i liek 2 downlode
― am0n, Tuesday, 9 October 2007 22:31 (sixteen years ago) link
are the echospace 12"s different from the cd's tracks in any way?
― babedad, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
Something I read seemed to suggest that the cd tracks were actually extended versions (or maybe different mixes) of the 12" tracks in certain cases.
― matt2, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 14:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Got the Scion "Arrange and Process" in the mail yesterday. Overall it's more upbeat techno than expected, but it sounds great. So far it seems BCD1 is a deeper listen, and wish the vinyl series was available on CD or official download.
― no-nonsense, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 14:24 (sixteen years ago) link
those echospace detroit releases aren't particularly limited. they keep on repressing them. they are, however, ridiculously expensive.
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 14:27 (sixteen years ago) link
i sold my monolake metal tin for in excess of $80 last year. it's getting reissued so get on it.
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 14:28 (sixteen years ago) link
wish the vinyl series was available on CD or official download.
torrenttorrenttorrenttorrenttorrenttorrenttorrenttorrent
― am0n, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 14:48 (sixteen years ago) link
the vinyl series mp3 rips i've heard on soulseek are horrendous quality
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I've seen the blog link upthread but the old-fashioned warm fuzzy feeling of supporting the artists really adds to my enjoyment of the music.
― no-nonsense, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:03 (sixteen years ago) link
i LOVE that arrange & process record. at first i wasn't so into it, but i came to it over time.
― the table is the table, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:10 (sixteen years ago) link
-- resolved, Wednesday, October 10, 2007 11:01 AM (21 minutes ago)
i must have the good rips then :_)
― am0n, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:24 (sixteen years ago) link
who knows, i'm comparing to how the records sound through an ok stereo so it's never going to be a fair contest. real master-sourced mp3s would be so much better but i highly doubt it's ever going to happen.
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:36 (sixteen years ago) link
"sound quality" is sorta missing the point w/r/t basic channel, no?
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 15:55 (sixteen years ago) link
way xpost
You know I just saw that the cv313 echospace was re-pressed resolved. I'll definitely try to get one of those, but it's kinda weird they're doing that after all the talk of these limited pressings.
― matt2, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 16:02 (sixteen years ago) link
xp, i always thought the point was a kind of hi-fi lossiness. you are gonna lose the hiss with compression!
― tricky, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 16:03 (sixteen years ago) link
no i don't think saying vinyl rips of basic channel aren't up to scratch is missing the point. obviously the series is imperfect sounding but it's a calculated imperfection, widescreened and bassy -- both of which are lacking from VINYL RIPPED 192 mp3s. although clearly they're far better than nothing if you don't want to buy a turntable/all the records.
it all depends on the 12" anyway. if you're saying superior sound quality doesn't add any extra value to eg bc04 we'll have to agree to disagree.
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 17:22 (sixteen years ago) link
well, i know that the original pressing of round two sounded like utter crap and not on purpose. and there was sand or dirt on the stamper for the repress of lyot reshape. i don't think the poor sound quality was always calculated.
― elan, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:29 (sixteen years ago) link
but you are right about them wanting to sound imperfect. the best description i ever heard of their sound was "like hearing a dope warehouse rave from a couple blocks away"
― elan, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:30 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah some of the pressings are quite sloppy, i'll give you that -- but the clear version of bc04 -- oof. one of the best sounding records i own.
i dunno about the crackly press of lyot remix being unintentional though... i actually think it sounds better that way! as hardwax notes about its dancehall: "Most of these are Jamaican pressings, with crackle and dust built in. This is how it’s supposed to be!"
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:41 (sixteen years ago) link
rhythm and sound no longer together?
http://www.eleventhvolume.com/miscellany/2007/08/04/sad-news/
― nikbozic, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 19:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i'd say moritz von oswald doing a remix of 2raumwohnung is a fairly strong indicator they're on a break at least. whatever happened to that luciano remix he had scheduled on ostgut ton?
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
holy blargh.
Anyway, if the warehouse rave thing is true of Basic Channel, then I feel like Fluxion is hearing a dark warehouse rave from inside a gigantic tank of water.
― the table is the table, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 20:15 (sixteen years ago) link
also. UR mix of Ploy is great, had never heard it before a few days ago.
― the table is the table, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 20:16 (sixteen years ago) link
they both did separate remixes of Tony Allen this year too.
― jed_, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 20:34 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah i know but the relative insignificance of 2raumwohnung just set the really set the alarm bells ringing for me...
― resolved, Wednesday, 10 October 2007 20:38 (sixteen years ago) link
“later” was the wrong term, i mean the r&s stuff after mango drive and showcase (mid period?)
the later stuff i guess is really the second set of burial mix releases (see mi yah, king in my empire etc) which i think are really great in their own way, which is not so much a dub techno way but more of an effort to make a good background for the vocalists that is also compatible with electronic music but is not some sort of laswellian frankenstein
― the late great, Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:09 (ten months ago) link
laswellian frankenstein
haha love this
― broken breakbeat (sleeve), Thursday, 25 May 2023 16:12 (ten months ago) link
I love Roll Off / B so much. vast broken sheared off flotsam, the size of planets, meeting, rebounding, complaining, reconciling, breaking apart, recombining
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:09 (ten months ago) link
dark ambient on top o dub techno is otm for that stuff. it's pure mood music set to all dark colors.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:17 (ten months ago) link
Listened to a bunch of R&S today including that comp and I do like the instrumental stuff more, even though the vocalists are great in their own right.
I still think that the more it leans into dub reggae tropes (skanking organ chords, basslines, cross-sticks) the weaker it gets. But the Demdike Stare and dark ambient references make sense to me, I love all the weird surface noise loops. Also still think it's more effective when they apply dub techniques to different vocabularies, although I bet the R&S records sound crazy on a soundsystem.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:29 (ten months ago) link
browsing through this thread and the ra piece and thinking i’d never listened to any of this congeries of dub and techno i realised (listening to it now) that i actually *bought* the rhythm and sound tikiman showcase comp when it came out. it never really blew me away at the time but it’s v nice to revisit.
― Fizzles, Thursday, 25 May 2023 17:51 (ten months ago) link
idk, the vocal r&s stuff on decent speakers at a decent volume achieves a level of absolutely monumental dread that i find undeniable, it really casts a spell that is sustained by the repetition and minimalism, dub tropes don't detract from that for me because it is dub music. the see mi yah remixes are good, but they're something totally different
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 25 May 2023 19:50 (ten months ago) link
yeah i was going to say … imo a close listen of the see mi yah remixes tells you more about the remixers than it does about r&s
― the late great, Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:01 (ten months ago) link
and i agree with karl. the burial mix stuff is not just influenced by reggae, it IS reggae
― the late great, Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:03 (ten months ago) link
of course the remixes tell you more about the remixers than r&s! they take the minimalism and turn it into dance music. soundstream one is so enjoyably bouncy.
i don't hear dread in either "king in my empire" or "queen in my empire", i hear spiritual triumph and jubilation. not sure which of the other vocal tracks might feel more dread-y. but reading back what you said, i get you on the volume and the singular presence of the sound, it's very powerful.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:10 (ten months ago) link
It's a me thing, once you really get into dub territory I miss all the beautiful & detailed drumming (and bass playing) that's as much a part of the appeal for me as the dub mixing. But I know this has its own thing, it's cool.
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:12 (ten months ago) link
i feel you on liking 'actual' dub more than these records tbr
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:17 (ten months ago) link
the dread is in the suffocatingly thick prescence of the sound, the power comes from how methodically it rolls out and sets a scene that stays still as it moves. in 'king in my empire' the lyrics describe the whole world in jah's hand but the vocals don't rejoice, they leer and promise a comeuppance, 'i'm like a burning fire, leave me you old vampire'
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:24 (ten months ago) link
damn, nice read. there is definitely comeuppance in it. i love that track to pieces. campbell is so amazing on it.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:27 (ten months ago) link
i feel like the vocal versions of the see mi yah riddim are generally more "dread" than the king in my empire version
i forget exactly which it is but one of the remixes is really sparse and scary. maybe the sleeparchive "dem never know" mix?
― the late great, Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:49 (ten months ago) link
the one about the lover cheating with the best friend, i can't remember the title, that one i remember feeling spooky, a little like a ghost story.
the carl craig "poor people must work" is pretty haunting imo.
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 May 2023 20:52 (ten months ago) link
that carl craig remix is stunning and eerie, also love the sleeparchive. despite both being dated by some clicky 00's percussion, that might just be my hangup though
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 25 May 2023 21:10 (ten months ago) link
yeah pretty much all of those remixes sound a little dated tbf
― ꙮ (map), Thursday, 25 May 2023 21:14 (ten months ago) link
back in style in five years, when mnml revival happens
― the late great, Thursday, 25 May 2023 21:20 (ten months ago) link
i'm fine with that just please no clicks this time
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 25 May 2023 21:29 (ten months ago) link
how about some roland hand claps?
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 25 May 2023 21:36 (ten months ago) link
eternal
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Thursday, 25 May 2023 21:39 (ten months ago) link
Definitely get that sense of dread from Rod of Iron’s vocals on Lightning Storm
― I am using your worlds, Friday, 26 May 2023 08:15 (ten months ago) link
I think Pole is the closest comparison to sound the Basic Channel guys achieved with R&S, but even more faded, degraded and glitchy.
― Critique of the Goth Programme (Neil S), Friday, 26 May 2023 10:15 (ten months ago) link
the dubplates & mastering-centered group of the time
― mh, Thursday, 1 June 2023 03:06 (ten months ago) link