Ellen Allien - "Thrills"

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would love to hear 'Down' in a techno set

Sororah T Massacre (blueski), Thursday, 15 December 2005 13:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Apart from "turning the knobs is endless fun" I didn't remember her saying much interesting in that particular interview w/r/t producing? Here, if anyone wants to read it [mods plz delete links if I am killing print media & putting alex out of a job :( ]

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There's a list of all the gear she uses at the end of this piece though, which might be interesting (if you understand anything about that stuff, I don't) - http://www.shejay.net/articleDetail.php?articleID=185

login name (fandango), Thursday, 15 December 2005 16:27 (eighteen years ago) link

playing them out, it may be hard to modulate them enough to keep them from sneaking out on their own and making you feel like you're just taxiing her music around. although i personally wouldn't have a problem with that. But beyond that issue, I think the tracks themselves have great potential for dancefloor/club environ.

Your Body is My Body -- even at 8am on the subway, I'm totally in the hands of that heavy chugging sound mixed with the metal swirlies

Come as some sort of opening, definitely.

Brain is Lost when you're assured that no one in the room is sober or can move quickly.

and I can't remember what the others sound like. Lex, I'll have to listen to Washing Machine again b/c I can't remember why I didn't like it.

Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 15 December 2005 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link

Ellen Allien & Apparat "Orchestra of Bubbles" =)

frickin' username (fandango), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 03:48 (eighteen years ago) link

it's called 'orchestra of bubbles'?! OMG.

i didn't mean how ellen made the album in a technical sense, more her motivation ("to turn myself inside out" etc) and what drives her to make sounds like that. i really love that piece.

The Lex (The Lex), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 19:20 (eighteen years ago) link

via earplug - "Ellen Allien and Apparat are finishing up their first collaborative album; the Bpitch Control proprietor promises a blend of "open-air dance tracks, breakbeat beauty songs with my voice, and listening tracks — with guitars, bleeps, and emotional waves growing and jumping from one track to the next"

I'm somehow more excited about the 'listening tracks' that the rest of it, perhaps because I'd rather this was a total detour than "Berlinette" revisited... but I'll surely be excited about it all the closer it gets to April. Maybe time for a new thread in 2006?

Merry Christmas (fandango), Thursday, 22 December 2005 19:33 (eighteen years ago) link

The new thread must start out with a brownish square!

Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 22 December 2005 20:24 (eighteen years ago) link

i just realized i don't have access to promos anymore. i'm in the arms of fucking sadness. i could even be in the arms of sadnesses fucking.

the square! i totally associate that color with Thrills now.

Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Thursday, 22 December 2005 21:19 (eighteen years ago) link

I swear the square was a link to the Thrills album cover at one point.

Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Thursday, 22 December 2005 23:06 (eighteen years ago) link

six years pass...

Felt compelled to listen to Thrills all morning. Despite its title Your Body Is My Body is probably my favourite track, for the hum that drifts in at 1:20 and for nailing the album's cold/warm vibe. Surprised at how little it's mentioned in this thread.

And whatever happened to Susan Douglas?

Jedmond, Monday, 21 May 2012 03:11 (eleven years ago) link

the kiki remix of "your body..." is superb as well

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UciALMrsE0k

liberté, égalité, beyoncé (lex pretend), Monday, 21 May 2012 09:23 (eleven years ago) link


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