Wot's uh the deal?
https://namlook.bandcamp.com/musichttps://airmusik.bandcamp.com/https://silencemusik.bandcamp.com/
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Friday, 12 November 2021 19:19 (two years ago) link
Hmm...wonder who's behind this? Never heard of Silent State. Glad this stuff is getting out there, in any case
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 November 2021 19:39 (two years ago) link
yeah, i picked up on all this stuff this week as well.from what i have gathered, no-one seems to know re the legit nature of it.the AIR stuff has been remastered which kind of indicates it has been given the all clear, but who knows.
― mark e, Friday, 12 November 2021 19:44 (two years ago) link
I'm pretty sure Pete had a daughter, maybe she's involved?
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 November 2021 20:13 (two years ago) link
I almost revived this thread last week. When I mistakenly asked Siri to look up 2350 Broadway on Spotify, I noticed that a bunch of Namlook is on there ... is that a recent development?
― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, 12 November 2021 20:22 (two years ago) link
absolutely.would like to hope that there is a level of legitimacy of it. Petes legacy totally needs to be given the TLC it deserves.
― mark e, Friday, 12 November 2021 20:23 (two years ago) link
xpost.
NTI : this seems to be a very recent development from what i can tell.
― mark e, Friday, 12 November 2021 20:24 (two years ago) link
I've never really gotten into Namlook - partly because his discography is so bewildering. Looking through the stuff on Spotify and wondering which, like, three things I could start with?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 12 November 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
The Ambient Cookbook : a 4 cd collection of the classic early era.from that collection you will know where to go next.i.e. all of it.
― mark e, Friday, 12 November 2021 20:54 (two years ago) link
the two "ambient" things are 'name your own price' on bandcamp and look good and varied
― koogs, Friday, 12 November 2021 20:56 (two years ago) link
damn, so they are.well there you go VP.dive in!
― mark e, Friday, 12 November 2021 21:06 (two years ago) link
Yikes. Wow. Well, here goes...
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Friday, 12 November 2021 21:12 (two years ago) link
My favorite label.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 12 November 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
It seems like they had the Dreamfish releasees available but the page has been taken down, so I guess things aren't entirely straightforward with rights, although that's to be expected and the first one is still available on Bandcamp from another label in Israel.
The Silent State Recordings label details naming one Nils Wortmann were entered on Discogs by a shop in Frankfurt.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Saturday, 13 November 2021 08:58 (two years ago) link
Really wish more of this was on Spotify.
― groovypanda, Saturday, 13 November 2021 13:24 (two years ago) link
Well, there’s definitely more of it than I remembered the last time I checked. But it’s a little hard to figure out how much as Spotify doesn’t seem to like when I put “Fax +49-69/450464” in the label search function. Still, there are a couple of playlists that pop up that give an idea: https://open.spotify.com/user/s1ckh4nds/playlist/6SJGjTq2cr70mhVqOi9XMl?si=SKMHLwQHSjCkRrAsSDHPUQhttps://open.spotify.com/user/tschak-uk/playlist/32sgvAYsygAL85u0ldSAQ8?si=iqj_lTDQTHGOZIwdwEcN4Q
― Naive Teen Idol, Saturday, 13 November 2021 14:52 (two years ago) link
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― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 13 November 2021 16:32 (two years ago) link
I was looking for pictures of Pete's studio and came across this interview with Daniel Pemberton. I remember seeing this young kid around those ambient parties, Morris kind of took him under his wing as he says.
https://nmlkfax.blogspot.com/2013/06/daniel-pemberton-interviewed.html
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Saturday, 13 November 2021 17:56 (two years ago) link
there was a point where it seemed around 50% of all BBC output was composed by Daniel Pemberton.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:08 (two years ago) link
yeah, i still does me in to think that the daniel pemberton FAX album was made in his bedroom when he was 16.and it still sounds brilliant.once of my faves.
― mark e, Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:10 (two years ago) link
actually, in that article i think the 'kevin' he mentions is strictly kev/dj food.
― mark e, Saturday, 13 November 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
It is, funny he says "this guy called Kevin", although I suppose he was at the time. The first (I think) of those Fish parties was in the Dulwich flat*, later they were in various squatted spaces around Brixton.
* it was Kev, Dave and this guy called Mario who were all still students I think. Dave's art is on things like Morris's 'It's Tomorrow Already' album (and his partner set up the Clear label). Chantal had moved in a bit later, maybe before or around the time of that party I guess.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Saturday, 13 November 2021 19:17 (two years ago) link
Now I think about it there was definitely talk of getting Pete Namlook over to play but unless I've a complete memory hole it never happened. Probably hard to get him to spend that much time away from the studio.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Saturday, 13 November 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
still not sure re the legit nature of this new reissue label.however, all of the seasons releases are now 'name your price' for a limited time.(something to do re petes birthday apparently .. )have had spring/autumn and summer for years, was never able to source winter, so yeah, i am grabbing it ...
https://namlook.bandcamp.com/music
― mark e, Thursday, 25 November 2021 20:29 (two years ago) link
just received word that the fella behind this label has been given the all clear from the Namlook estate.
― mark e, Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:45 (two years ago) link
(i am still not 100% convinced given the complexity of the labels releases to be honest, but hey, grab what you can while its there !)
― mark e, Thursday, 25 November 2021 21:55 (two years ago) link
Dreamfish I and II are back up for €5.
Not on Fax but there is supposed to be a reissue of Mixmaster Morris & Jonah Sharp (+ Haruomi Hosono)'s Quiet Logic album at some point. The opening track is somewhere in the region of School Of Fish and Sharp's Regenz stuff with David Moufang. Which is a very good place to be.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Monday, 13 December 2021 17:08 (two years ago) link
Flying High has supposedly been picked up by WRWTFWW as well.
― feed me with your clicks (Noel Emits), Monday, 13 December 2021 17:11 (two years ago) link