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

"fwiw the original submitted draft read 92 to 96, which *is* correct because if anyone actually looks at the sentence they'll see i'm including technicolour in there"

- sorry... i know it's a bit pedantic but i think technicolor was WRITTEN in 1994-95 and then left on the shelf for a year or more... the band had actually split up by early '95, so i think you'll find that nothing at all was written in '96...

http://thequietus.com/articles/07056-a-new-nineties-an-introduction-part-one-main-feed-the-collapse

not directly about DI, but a great piece of writing that addresses the 90s

I LOVED Hydra Calm but they lost me after that. Too "ambient isolationsim" for my tastes.

Wow, that is a fucking great article.

Speaking of 90s. I have a mix going up soon on french website Hartzine that opens with the recent Seefeel ep and contains old Locust, Disco Inferno and Pram tracks. Ready for the lost generation revival zeitgeist.

I LOVED Hydra Calm but they lost me after that. Too "ambient isolationism" for my tastes.

Exactly why I love their entire career! (Also, Dan, I'm a touch surprised you didn't lock into their sense of rhythm throughout their years because it is there; my good friend Stripey and I are both similarly obsessed with Main's work for precisely that reason.)

Dan: Me too, and that sounds awesome! I eagerly await the 20-year 4-CD + DVD deluxe reissue of Insides: Euphoria in a couple years...

just heard that part 2 is in fact an interview with ian Crause... can't wait!

Nice! I take a tiny amount of credit there, Neil asked me a few months back if I could put him in touch with Ian C.

I haven't heard the following Main releases since college. I just remember really not liking a lot of that, and Scorn. Too much ambient drone, not enough motorik. I'll re-visit.

It's implied motorik -- the sense of rhythm is not in how he creates an overall pulse or groove but how his use of the various elements is essentially rhythmic, layered and collaged, even at its quietest and theoretically most open-ended. Once I figured out that was how to approach it I went from 'nice enough' to 'holy shit, revelation.'

here you go:

http://thequietus.com/articles/07144-disco-inferno-interview

Thank ya!

unbelievably great to see the political / social context spotlit and utterly reaffirming to hear ian remaining as focussed and angry and sussed as ever. i've not met him since interviewing him in 94, but seems like he's a very honest, hardcore autodidact - practices what he preaches, pulls no punches, would rather be skint and keep his integrity than sell himself short... i'm bloody glad they'll never jump on that pension-fund reformation bandwagon... It's a mark of sustained integrity

He's right on about Britpop.

http://open.spotify.com/album/7EiX13wWXfjKqq4Eh2Gwm5

oh that link was already posted. ah well, bloody great to see anyways.

Hai, in-case anybody cares about such things there are 3 DI live recordings on D!m3ad0zen at the moment, they are:

1992-01-31 Rails Club, London
1993-01-20, Powerhaus, London
1993-06-08, Garage, London

All master recordings I think.

Watch this space.

*whistles idly*

*cracks knuckles*

bring it on already Ned, bring it on! :-)

(nominated Dave Howell's sleeve notes for this for the De Capo best writing book)

A fine nomination. Something else may yet excite your interest along those lines.

But if this helps:

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.

― Ned Raggett, Friday, October 15, 2010 7:23 AM (1 year ago)

???

― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, October 15, 2010 7:30 AM (1 year ago)

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

― Ned Raggett, Friday, October 15, 2010 7:30 AM (1 year ago)

Ach, you tease!

― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Friday, October 15, 2010 7:38 AM (1 year ago)

This is the last day of the tease.

if you know something is going to happen but can't say anything about it then it might be better to say nothing at all about it

It is NOT a reunion, if that's what you're wondering. No, it's just another project I've been working on, completed and ready to go. You'll see.

Ned Raggett recites DI

a disco inferno poster?

there seem to be rumors that they will play primavera sound this year. or at least the idea was proposed at some point in time by some person somewhere.

A 12" vinyl box set version of the 5 EPs would not be unwelcome.

xpost -- those rumors were brought to my attention the other day; Paul Willmott confirmed they were just that.

And here ya go!

http://pitchfork.com/features/articles/8758-disco-inferno/

Enjoy.

Oh wow, look forward to reading that!

Hope you like it!

Saving that for a quiet moment tonight, looks great!

Only read the first bit on Summer's Last Sound so far, but this is fantastic reading and kudos to Ned for making this happen. I really, really hope we get more things like this on Pitchfork in the coming months.

I was hoping Neddy was going to start a tribute band, Disco Infernot.

Nice piece. Some slightly uncomfortable reading in some places.

great article, ned. some of the first new info i've had on di in years. i had no idea michael johnson produced last dance (or maybe i did, but i didn't connect it to the new order engineer). it makes perfect sense...

the most intriguing little bit was that stuff about rejected charlie mcintosh material. do you know anything about that? also, i've never really found anything else that mcintosh worked on. any suggestions?

(and just to let you know, all the album covers are coming up negative on the ipad. maybe it's just my ipad--it doesn't seem to like pitchfork's site too much right now.)

Wow! Well you'd hinted that something was up Ned but still this came as a more than welcome surprise (though I really should scroll down on Pitchfork more often!). Hopefully there are still some surprises left with DI in the near future. With this, the long overdue formal release of the 5 EP's and the recent emergence of a handful of live recordings it really is an exciting time for us devotees.

What a joy to read the band speak so openly about their complex and often emotionally fraught history. I'm sure Ned was digging for the answers to some of the questions that have came up throughout the years in ILX threads as well. Now we know at long last, and with some relief, that even Ian can't remember the lyrics to 'D.I Go Pop'!

I'm guessing that there's some folk here who bought the CD of The 5 EP's out of obligation to the vision of seeing it released more than anything and have probably only listened to it a handful of times, if at all. To many of us the songs are so familiar and ingrained that we rarely feel the need to listen to them any more. If that's the case then you really should dig it out, turn it up loud and read through this oral history. Believe it or not, those wonderful songs just got better!

Thanks all! More cohesive responses later...

yeah, that was a fantastic read. loved it.

awesome stuff

wow vinita comes across *really* badly there

Terrific article, Ned. Thank you.

Excellent. Just enjoyed a wonderful hour reading that article along with hearing the EPs.

Thanks, Ned. A wonderful article. Quite inspiring to learn more about the ideas that shaped the music.

Okay! Believe it or not there's some more news to share! Paul Willmott contacted me just now and among other things said:

"You may already be aware, but OLI are planning to release the 5 eps on limited edition double gatefold vinyl, which i'm pretty made up about. You may want to pass this news on."

Also, Paul is doing an Exotic Pylon guest mix this Friday...

http://t.co/L4s5k41U

YEEEEEAAAHHH... That is amazing news.

That interview has been making me ponder the relationship between labels and bands. Che come off quite badly in the quotes but I'm not sure how much a label has to *understand* their bands. Likewise, Rough Trade asking the band to re-record material could be interpreted as interfering or caring enough to push a band.

(Full disclosure: massive Disco Inferno fan and know Vinita).