This album came out right around the time I started buying CDs (instead of tapes, ya I M old) and somehow I never got around to buying it on CD or on vinyl, even though I had virtually everything else in Seefeel's catalogue on one of those formats. So basically, since all of my tapes are stashed away somewhere now, I hadn't listened to "Quique" in ages before I bought the reissue. And yeah, it was astonishing to hear it again. It sounds so fresh, novel, and unpredictable these days, which is weird because at the time a lot of people dismissed them as MBV/Cocteau Twins rip-off fetishists!
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Monday, 30 March 2009 16:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah this is a 10/10 star totally great album, unfuckwithable. I dug out the reissue last week also and listened to it and was of course blown away.
Does anyone rate the stuff that comes after Quique? I like Polyfusia well enough but haven't given much time to Ch-Vox or that other record of theirs that came later...
― ilxor, Monday, 30 March 2009 18:52 (fifteen years ago) link
The Starethrough EP is pretty great!
― f. hazel, Monday, 30 March 2009 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
anything with "starethrough" on it is necessarily gonna be great, but which one? the warp cd one or the white label?
― GÖDEL ESCHER BOCK BOCK BOCK (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 31 March 2009 01:24 (fifteen years ago) link
aren't they the same?
― f. hazel, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 05:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Still prefer Ulrich Schnauss, mind. :pCraziest talk on ILX yet!
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 09:12 (fifteen years ago) link
Succor remains my favorite Seefeel by a mile.... they've lost some of the shoegazing qualities, in favor of a more ambient/dub/isolationist character. One of the best things Rephlex ever released; still can't understand why this hasn't gotten a reissue.
http://www.discogs.com/Seefeel-Succour/release/3617
― pshrbrn, Tuesday, 31 March 2009 09:16 (fifteen years ago) link
there's things going on almost track for track (like the astonishing bassline on "Industrious") that few of the modern bunch are either able or willing to try
Mebbe cuz the Seefeel guys were at one point rockers? Whereas I could never truly accept M83 as a rock act. Most of Seefeel's distinctiveness, to me, from a 2009 standpoint comes from the feeling that the boundaries between electronic music and rock are still porous.
― death from abroad (lukas), Monday, 4 May 2009 19:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Seefeel fans, set those turntables to stun! Hot off the heels of Too Pure’s revamped reissuance of the late, lamented London quartet’s 1993 opus Quique, we are beyond thrilled to announce that we’ll bringing this outstanding release to your hi-fi as a 4-platter vinyl set early next year. This fabtabulous offering will be limited to 500 copies (100 of them blue) and brought to you in beautiful gatefold packaging. Nearly 15 years after its debut, this daring exercise in ambient glory sounds every bit as ambitious as it did then, so don’t miss this rare opportunity to rediscover this long out-of-print masterwork in fantastic wax.
That was late 2007 on a clairecords newsletter, guess it never happened.
― svend, Monday, 4 May 2009 22:58 (fourteen years ago) link
i thought this was pronounced KEE-KAY, like the diminutive of Enrique. Thank you strongo hulkington (RIP) for educating me so i don't make a faux-pas in a hypothetical future Seafeel conversation that I may have.
― Suggesteban Cambiasso (jim), Monday, 4 May 2009 23:01 (fourteen years ago) link
I prefer the Moby Dick pronunciation of "kwee-kway" but whatever, it's gorgeous.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Tuesday, 5 May 2009 06:16 (fourteen years ago) link
I was sure it was "Keek", at least that's what I remember.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 08:41 (fourteen years ago) link
I have been mentally pronouncing it as "kweekweh" but that is because I keep thinking it's a Latin word like "quisque" or "quoque" and it isn't. But as yet I've never had any call to talk about it out loud.
― a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 10:22 (fourteen years ago) link
Whoops, Succour was on Warp (as the link I provided showed!). And MP3s are available on Bleep.com! Let the record show that I'm an idiot.
― pshrbrn, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 11:37 (fourteen years ago) link
"Keek" is how reviewers were describing the pronunciation at the time...while we on the topic, how's Tricky's debut pronounced?...Max-In-Kway or Max-In-Key?...or neither?...or both?
― henry s, Tuesday, 5 May 2009 14:16 (fourteen years ago) link
had not actually encountered this record before finding it the other day; love the way everything just billows outwards around those basslines.
do you think they'll give the re-ish treatment to any of the other stuff? probably gets a bit complicated when it's spread over different labels.
― the shane bourne identity (haitch), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:26 (fourteen years ago) link
The last School of Seven Bells EP has a remix by Seefeel ("Chain") - didn't seem to attract much attention?
― with hidden noise, Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:29 (fourteen years ago) link
I recently emailed Too Pure begging them to reissue all the other stuff. Still regard "Quique" as severely underrated
― claws of jungle red (Stevie D), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 02:39 (fourteen years ago) link
could listen to 'climactic phase #3' all day - like the long, slow-morph patterns that spiritualized were mining circa pure phase.
― the shane bourne identity (haitch), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 03:50 (fourteen years ago) link
i was just listening to "succour" this morning, it's weird how their whole career was like their music decaying into its most basic elements. and then on ch-vox they lost EVERYTHING but the guitar.
― ETERNAL WAR AGAINST THE DICKS IS ALL WE CAN RESPECT (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 03:51 (fourteen years ago) link
― the shane bourne identity (haitch), Tuesday, August 11, 2009 11:50 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
So funny you say that; I've been really into Pure Phase recently and the two share a very distinct connection
― claws of jungle red (Stevie D), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 04:05 (fourteen years ago) link
definitely my fave spiritualized record. as much as i like the next couple of records, i kinda wish j spaceman had pushed the pure phase envelope a bit further!
― the shane bourne identity (haitch), Wednesday, 12 August 2009 04:34 (fourteen years ago) link
New EP coming out on the 21st. "Faults." On Warp. Excited!
― Metal Lifestyle, Evil, Hatred, Headbanging (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 September 2010 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
http://media.warp.net/images/WARPCD205Packshot_480.jpg
Out 7th February 11Vinyl, Download & CDWARP207
Digital Tracklisting
01 - O-on one02 - Dead Guitars03 - Step Up04 - Faults05 - Gzaug06 - Rip-run07 - Making08 - Step Down09 - Airless
link
― Harrison Buttwhistle (NickB), Saturday, 23 October 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
Hmm. Didn't expect that as a cover.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 23 October 2010 22:00 (thirteen years ago) link
I saw them the other night - my second time since they came back. As support for the NEU - Rother / Shelley thing they were pretty fantastic. As a headline last month at the ICA - meh, not so much.
At the Barbican the other night they were great and I don't think they played many (any?) of the older tracks. The Japanese bass and drums really took over I felt. For the best - loved it. Looking forward to new releases,
― kraudive, Sunday, 24 October 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Anyone heard the Faults EP? Any good?
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Sunday, 24 October 2010 00:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Hoooooly shit I'm kicking myself for not having heard it yet. I'm two tracks in right now and it's VERY good; this will probably be in my year-end top 10.
― mother cabrini maxwell (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 24 October 2010 03:25 (thirteen years ago) link
Oh, they definitely played older material at the Barbican. I'm never good with track names but at the very least they did Time To Find Me.
And yeah, that show made me want to hear the new album now.
― Wheal Dream, Sunday, 24 October 2010 09:29 (thirteen years ago) link
woah I had no idea these dudes reformed! also: cool EP cover
PS thank you ILM for getting me to buy the quique reissue when it first came out, that was a good choice
― quique da snique (bernard snowy), Sunday, 24 October 2010 12:02 (thirteen years ago) link
ah fuck I used my new display name to post in the thread that inspired it, PARTY FOUL
― quique da snique (bernard snowy), Sunday, 24 October 2010 12:43 (thirteen years ago) link
faults is very good, yes. can't decide whether track 4 (which is a lot emptier) is the best or worst thing on it though.
ooh, new gig date, 31st jan. king's place too.
― koogs, Sunday, 24 October 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
btw, the warp link above says you can get free copy of Faults ep for signing up to their seefeel info list.
― koogs, Sunday, 24 October 2010 20:42 (thirteen years ago) link
I am not liking Faults so far. I want to, but it just sounds kinda cheesy and bad and not very Seefeel to me.
― BENDLESS WOOKIEE (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 25 October 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Just checked the Warp link - you get the song, not the whole EP, if you sign up.
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Monday, 25 October 2010 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
ah, ok, just the track for signing up. down a bit it says:
"Preorder at Bleep now to receive the new Faults EP for free instantly(offer expires 17 December 2010)"
― koogs, Monday, 25 October 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I see Succour is available from Bleep on CD again... the original release somehow got lost in the shuffle, but it's a really good album!
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 25 October 2010 18:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Succour was too sparse and not textured enough IMO. The best part of Quique was that it feels so dense; you could get lost in it.
― mother cabrini maxwell (Stevie D(eux)), Monday, 25 October 2010 22:51 (thirteen years ago) link
Yeah but the sparseness is what makes CH-VOX so great. It's a giant spaceship encased in ice.
― corey, Monday, 25 October 2010 23:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Seefeel's original trajectory was kind of like watchin the terminator go from a fleshy bulked up Austrian dude to a metal skeleton.
― BENDLESS WOOKIEE (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 26 October 2010 02:30 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^this makes me want to dig out the entire Seefeel back catalogue and listen to it in slow motion.
― Wheal Dream, Tuesday, 26 October 2010 10:08 (thirteen years ago) link
loads of scrapes and whirrs.
― keythhtyek, Thursday, 27 January 2011 04:11 (thirteen years ago) link
sounds good.
are playing london on monday. am tempted.
― koogs, Thursday, 27 January 2011 13:30 (thirteen years ago) link
(description sounds good, that is. not actually heard it, is on pre-order. ep was promising)
― koogs, Thursday, 27 January 2011 13:32 (thirteen years ago) link
their new self titled album is pretty good. 'dead guitars' has that lovely bent note / chord change thing happening.
― nonightsweats, Saturday, 29 January 2011 03:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Is it officially out?
― scott pgwp (pgwp), Saturday, 29 January 2011 17:16 (thirteen years ago) link
monday in the uk. amazon says mine's in the post...
― koogs, Saturday, 29 January 2011 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
mine arrived, am listening now. sounds like synthesizers were harmed during the making of this album.
went to warp website to check title and tracknames and it's listed as out on the 7th, which is a week later than previously advertised.
― koogs, Thursday, 3 February 2011 16:05 (thirteen years ago) link
"The addition of **DJ Scotch egg** and former Boredoms drummer E-da... immediately align the new-look Seefeel with the aggressive ambience of Oneohtrix Point Never and Emeralds" - Uncut Magazine
!!!!!
lovely lp, if you like dark fuzzy things.
reminds me, somehow, of burial.
― koogs, Friday, 4 February 2011 18:20 (thirteen years ago) link
Ooh, I'll be ordering this. I've been playing Succour a ton lately.
― the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Friday, 4 February 2011 19:55 (thirteen years ago) link
Interesting to hear, ringworm! Wonder if those of us who got the first pressing (at least direct) will get a fix...
― raven, Thursday, 10 June 2021 03:41 (two years ago) link
I thought if anyone was gonna complain about audio quality/glitches they'd be all over it. Sure'nuff a quick google turned up their thread! https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/seefeel-reissues-may-14-2021.1076263/
― ringworm, Thursday, 10 June 2021 08:17 (two years ago) link
Someone pasted this from Bleep, I think"We are aware of this, yes. I have been speaking to the production team at Warp today and they are hoping to get these issues resolved asap in terms of replacing discs (including for those who have already purchased) and updating the digital downloads where necessary"
― ringworm, Thursday, 10 June 2021 08:19 (two years ago) link
Interesting to read in the Simon Reynolds interview that "Charlotte's Mouth" turned into "Starethrough" which then turned into "Ch-vox" – been listening to those for years, but never caught the (pretty clear) similarity until playing them one after another.
― with hidden noise, Friday, 11 June 2021 01:36 (two years ago) link
new interview here:
https://toneglow.substack.com/p/tone-glow-070-seefeel
― disraeli grinds my gears (NickB), Monday, 28 June 2021 13:45 (two years ago) link
Great interview!
I wonder if Mark and Sarah ever saw this? (forward to 9'59")
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLGs41vQ8EU
― Maresn3st, Monday, 28 June 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
"Sarah lived in Basingstoke!" was one of my main takeaways from the interview (I also did).
― djh, Monday, 28 June 2021 18:27 (two years ago) link
KMRU mix: https://bleep.com/release/257438-seefeel-rapture-to-rupt
(or a free version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFaIBt7Akz4)
― djh, Wednesday, 1 December 2021 19:38 (two years ago) link
call me when they make another album with the self-title lineup
― assert (matttkkkk), Wednesday, 1 December 2021 22:29 (two years ago) link
one of the kids on Junior Bake-Off is called 'Quique'
(kee-kay they are pronouncing it, i've always put a w in it, or two)
― koogs, Monday, 10 January 2022 17:47 (two years ago) link
just “keek” isn’t it? Poor kid.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 10 January 2022 19:33 (two years ago) link
It's been a name in Spanish for at least a century if not longer, but sounds like ki-kay.
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 10 January 2022 19:38 (two years ago) link
Oh that’s good to know, I just imagined it was some sad dude like myself imposing his idea of taste. Glad I was merely ignorant.
― assert (matttkkkk), Monday, 10 January 2022 20:10 (two years ago) link
Now his brother Filter Dub...
― Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Monday, 10 January 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
Any idea if ordering this now gets the corrected CDs without the two issues noted above? Anyone ordered a copy recently?
― a superficial sheeb of intelligence (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 11 January 2022 16:18 (two years ago) link
Mark is interviewed in this RA podcast from a couple of months back:https://ra.co/exchange/586
― o shit the sheriff (NickB), Thursday, 20 January 2022 19:17 (two years ago) link