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― blunt (blunt), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 15:54 (eighteen years ago) link

i havent even brought myself to listen to bmx-2

where is the autechre remix for bmx-3
where is the merzbow remix for bmx-28

― harshaw (jube), Wednesday, 29 March 2006 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link

wtf? no need to slag FK, he's done plenty of great work, past and present. perhaps the quality control issue has something to do with the high quantity of jobs he gets (relative to remix work by younger bucks).

― meth lab for doug flutie (sanskrit), Thursday, 30 March 2006 02:40 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not dissing his past work.
high quantity of jobs regardless, this is a Rhythm and Sound remix, and it's FUCKING AWFUL. no defence.

― a, Thursday, 30 March 2006 06:36 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh fuck, this stuff is incredible.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 30 March 2006 07:11 (eighteen years ago) link

where does all the air in the sound come from? Something to do with compression?

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 30 March 2006 07:15 (eighteen years ago) link

sound is the compression of air, not the other way around.

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 March 2006 07:17 (eighteen years ago) link

ps basic channel is the VU of dance music and i wish they'd go away forever!

― vahid (vahid), Thursday, 30 March 2006 07:19 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not too big on the first R&S remix ep ... it's overly murky to the point where all the tracks sound sloppy to me ... I guess this means I shouldn't be in a hurry to hear the second ep.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 30 March 2006 07:36 (eighteen years ago) link

BTW, my BC POO is "Prescence", or maybe "Octaedre".

Correcting myself -- I meant "Octagon".

VU = BC makes a lot of sense, except for the part about going away forever (on both sides of the equation).

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Thursday, 30 March 2006 07:39 (eighteen years ago) link

this is good too

http://www.kompaktkiste.de/cd/tresor/tresor200.jpg

― smokemon (eman), Thursday, 30 March 2006 23:16 (eighteen years ago) link

yes i've listened to that a few times in the last month. it's great.

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 30 March 2006 23:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Shimmering shimmering air.

It would be nice to have digital versions of the full 12"s.

― hector (hector), Thursday, 30 March 2006 23:52 (eighteen years ago) link

ya it's like hawtin but you can still recognize the bits and morsels

― harshaw (jube), Thursday, 30 March 2006 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link

(speaking about tresor 200)

― harshaw (jube), Thursday, 30 March 2006 23:53 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.basicchannel.com/

i like their site because of the info on a lot of the wackies / replay releases, which helps since liner notes are non-existent.

― smokemon (eman), Friday, 31 March 2006 01:25 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't know how BC achieved their amazing sound, but years ago a friend told me they transferred each track to analogue tape and overdubbed each new track. Anyone know any better?

― Telegram Sam, Friday, 31 March 2006 03:26 (eighteen years ago) link

I heard years ago from The Advent (remember them?) that one member of the BC crew was related to the Bismarcks and that they were therefore super rich and had used family wealth to accrue a v. large collection of antique analogue synths that explained the amazing warmth of their records. True or not it's a lovely tale.

― Treblekicker (treblekicker), Friday, 31 March 2006 12:22 (eighteen years ago) link

ha! dude has an aristocratic air about definitely.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Friday, 31 March 2006 12:24 (eighteen years ago) link

...about him.

― Good Dog (Good Dog), Friday, 31 March 2006 12:25 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't think anything is truly known about their production techniques, they are very protective of them. And the one or two interviews they've done in their career they've asked not to be quoted.

― Michael F Gill (Michael F Gill), Friday, 31 March 2006 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link

there've been some more interviews the past few years (i know because i did one of them, with that 'no quotes' rule)...they seemed wary of the mythmaking and wanted to open up a bit.

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 31 March 2006 14:33 (eighteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

anyone heard this yet?

Burial Mix BMX 3
Rhythm & Sound: SMY Remixes #3 (D 12") @ EUR 8,00 #50885
(3rd in a series of remixes w/ rmxs by Sleeparchive, Vainqueur &
Hallucinator - TIP!)

― manuel (manuel), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:08 (seventeen years ago) link

This looks fantastic, when does it come out? The Sleeparchive remix is excellent, at least judging by one live version of it I heard online. I have high hopes for the Vainqueur as well.

― Jena (JenaP), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:24 (seventeen years ago) link

It's hard to get excited about this even though I love this guys. But it has already been established that I am an Old Man.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:27 (seventeen years ago) link

oooh vainqueur!

― jed_ (jed), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:13 (seventeen years ago) link

oh my word!!!!! my prayers have been answered :

http://www.boomkat.com/promotion.cfm?id=16

― adam kreisel, Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:22 (seventeen years ago) link

oh my word!!!!! my prayers have been answered

ILM minimal/dub massive files for bankruptcy. :)

― Omar (Omar), Thursday, 27 April 2006 20:26 (seventeen years ago) link

could someone who is familar with the wackies / basic replay stuff give us a rundown. i got the keith hudson reissue and i wasn't blown away ... in fact, i've barely listened to it and i always reach for "the keith hudson affair" or "rasta communication" first.

but so much of that stuff is sooooo tempting. junior delahaye? african roots? love joys? creation dub? they all look sooooo cooooool.

i guess i should at least get up on horace andy's "dance hall style".

― DEEDS NOT WORDS (vahid), Friday, 28 April 2006 05:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Creation Dub!!! So...cloudy?

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 28 April 2006 06:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Actually I meant Nature's Dub.

― Omar (Omar), Friday, 28 April 2006 07:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Which Keith Hudson did you get? They reissued two of his and the better one is "Playing It Cool, Playing It Right." I also like Jah Batta "Argument" and the Horace Andy you mentioned. What I've heard of the Roots Underground "Tribesman Assault" and Wayne Jarrett "Showcase" was excellent. I need to get on some of those dub albums but theres so many.

― /me aaaaaaaaaa (eman), Friday, 28 April 2006 11:55 (seventeen years ago) link

Wackies - S/D

― /me aaaaaaaaaa (eman), Friday, 28 April 2006 11:58 (seventeen years ago) link

Hudson's Flesh of My Skin Blood of My Blood is now probably somewhere in my favorite 100 albums of all time.

The recently reissued Dub Unlimited is baaaad.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 28 April 2006 12:17 (seventeen years ago) link

you have a top 100?

― DEEDS NOT WORDS (vahid), Friday, 28 April 2006 12:51 (seventeen years ago) link

If I had to come up with one today, it would probably be in there.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Friday, 28 April 2006 13:08 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

SMY remixes #4.

TIP!

― lil' merzbow wow (haitch), Sunday, 28 May 2006 05:43 (seventeen years ago) link

I bought that domina 12" 3 days ago, I love it.

― Thomas Mehlt (Tokyo Ghost Stories), Sunday, 28 May 2006 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

MEMO FRANCOIS K

RE: SEE MI YAH REMIX

DEAR SIR,
YOU SUCK

VAHID

― JABBA JABBA!! NIB NIB!! (vahid), Saturday, 22 July 2006 06:06 (seventeen years ago) link

Oh? What's he done?

― Telephonething (Telephonething), Saturday, 22 July 2006 06:09 (seventeen years ago) link

vahid you need this

http://www.basicchannel.com/images/records_297/w-1716/1722a.jpg

― Lmaoborghini (eman), Saturday, 22 July 2006 12:09 (seventeen years ago) link

haha that francois k remix DOES suck

― david allen grier (dubplatestyle), Saturday, 22 July 2006 13:53 (seventeen years ago) link

SMY Remixes #2 is probably best forgotten.

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 22 July 2006 14:55 (seventeen years ago) link

SMY Remixes #2 is probably best forgotten.

But the soundstream remix!!!!....

― tylero (tylero), Saturday, 22 July 2006 15:34 (seventeen years ago) link

yeah the soundstream mix is probably my favourite of all. it's really simple but gives the original track alot of space to breathe. very effective.

― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 22 July 2006 18:13 (seventeen years ago) link

& so great to dance to!!!

― jed_ (jed), Saturday, 22 July 2006 18:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Damn, I can't even remember the Soundstream mix, I think it was one of the casualties when my hard drive flatlined a few weeks ago. But what could possibly top the Vainqueur and Hallucinator mixes on #3?

― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 23 July 2006 06:45 (seventeen years ago) link

one month passes...

unbelievable

― hippo eats dwarlf (lfam), Monday, 28 August 2006 01:12 (seventeen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

spain's go mag interviews von oswald and ernestus

(article's in spanish, tho...)

http://www.sufmart.com/index.php/archivos/articulos/basic-channel-rhythm-sound-mira-quien-habla%e2%80%a6-integra/#more-562

― manuel (manuel), Monday, 18 September 2006 04:02 (seventeen years ago) link

i think that website is broken

― a name means a lot just by itself (lfam), Monday, 18 September 2006 04:23 (seventeen years ago) link

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i am never not in the mood for m4, m5, m6

― the late great, Saturday, 20 May 2023 18:12 (ten months ago) link

Great (re)assessments of BC tracks! Quadrant dub: there really are vocals among the haze, as the 12" is versioning Round One's "I'm Your Brother" 12" on Main Street, another BC offshoot label, that has vocals by Andy Caine.

― jvc, Saturday, 20 May 2023 20:57 (ten months ago) link

ah excellent thx. i actually have that one and always play the ron & chez “chicago twisted mix”, must be why i figured it was either a chez damier track or an andy caine track (it was both!)

― the late great, Saturday, 20 May 2023 22:30 (ten months ago) link

It's been a long, long time since I listened to the entire BC series (or the M-series for that matter). I think that Octagon/Octaedre would still be my jam (as it was 16!?! years ago), but I guess I should hear everything again to be sure.

I always thought that Phylyps Trak was overrated. I assume they wanted at least one, no doubt, peak-time club banger to come out of this project, just to prove they could do it while being faithful (kind of) to their overall aesthetic. Phylyps Trak II is much better.

Re: Presence and not always being in the mood to stare into the void: I totally get it. These days, I feel that way about some of these tracks too.

― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 21 May 2023 14:21 (ten months ago) link

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