quoted 11 lines Miles Egan wrote:> Miles Egan wrote:
>
>>>> Just got the Basic Channel comp. in the mail (thanks Des!) and
>>>> I'm floating about two feet off the ground. This is some crazy stuff!
>>>> Parts of it sound like a meeting between a mellow mu-Ziq and Asmus
>>>> Tietchens and the rest of it is even stranger. Very Industrial, in a
>>>> way, but not at all abrasive.
>
> For me the basic reference is Dub (the style) and rain (the natural
> phenomenon). mu-Ziq and Tietchens are, in my eyes, strange comparisons ...
> tell me more.
I've only just bought the compilation (yesterday) so I've only heard it once,
but earlier yesterday I spent some time sampling several of the BC releases in
a store, and got the general idea. I can kinda see the Teitchens comparison.
quoted 8 lines CiM replied:> CiM replied:
>
>>> Interesting. Apparently the CD comp is a collection of edited, EQ'd and
>>> generally fucked versions of the originals ...
>
> Not all of the material on the comp is based on Basic Channel vinyl. One
> (two?) tracks are the same as the vinyl versions, some are, as CiM says,
> generally fucked.
My copy of the comp has a mini-discograpy on the back. Doesn't everyone's?
It looks like the first 3 tracks are not from BC01-BC09 at all.
Of the remainder, I see the word "edit" next to 6 of them ...
(Or should I say "tide"? (-: )
quoted 5 lines James Skilton writes:> James Skilton writes:
>
>> I love this comp. Not having any of the originals made it even more special.
>> My only other BC-related purchase is MO4/M04. One of these is a fucked up
>> scratchy quiet version of the other, similar to the tracks on the comp.
What's "MO4"?
quoted 6 lines Yes. The feel of the CD comp, as has been pointed out earlier (by Dave> Yes. The feel of the CD comp, as has been pointed out earlier (by Dave
> Walker?), is different to the vinyl however. The vinyl tracks are very long
> usually, between 12 to 25 minutes, and what makes the Basic Channel vinyl
> special is the resulting spaciousness, and what makes them fascinating is how
> they don't get boring or, rather annoying (boring/not boring is a distinction
> that doesn't really make sense with this kind of music).
This is definitely true. The 12"ers are 33 rpm, and go on for days in a very
slow repetitive fashion (at least, the ones I spun in the store did). Very
much a "play this in a club/rave to people who eat up good train-track German
Trance" kinda thang. Whereas the CD seems to have been "adjusted" for home
listening, feel-wise.
I have this sneaky feeling that there's a reason for this; hmmn, wot's this
exhortation - "buy vinyl!" - at the bottom of the mini-discog sticker???
quoted 11 lines The discog. at Hyperreal, useful as it is, is sketchy.>>>> The discog. at Hyperreal, useful as it is, is sketchy.
>>
>> I have a query about this. Does anyone out there have the comp, AND any of
>> the originals, and can tell me what the track order is on the disc. I have
>> deciphered the barely legible listing on the sleeve, but the listing in the
>> discog appears to be reversed from my first guess. Due to the text being in
>> mirror image, it is clear how this could be the case - can anyone tell me?
>> I have asked Will-E but he doesn't know as he doesn't have the comp, and I
>> have tried looking here ...
>
> The listing in Will-E's comp is indeed reversed.
I guess I do not understand the question? The first track on the CD that
matches a name in the mini-discography is "Quadrant Dub I edit", and that's
BC06.
Does the track order of the actual tracks not match the presumed running order
that the mirror-image labelling implies?
quoted 9 lines Multipara has some good Basic Channel info at his WWW site. There's a link>>> Multipara has some good Basic Channel info at his WWW site. There's a link
>>> to it from my home page (URL in .sig)
>>
>> ... and I can access CiM's page, but the link to multipara's is refusing me
>> at the moment.
>
> I'll fix this as soon as I can access the server again (which is different to
> the one I get my mail from). Hopefully next week I'll be back (with updates
> again).
Thanks; I just got rejected too :-)
quoted 1 line All of them should still be available.> All of them should still be available.
I was just in a store yesterday (Beat Non Stop, Hollywood California - not
normally known for the best selection ever) that had 7 of the 9 BC releases.
There was also another one - shrinkwrapped so I couldn't see the matrix # -
which was in the BC bin, but it had a mostly red label with 2 strange
characters on it (kinda like letters, but they didn't look like a "B" and a
"C", let's put it that way). If this is BC, it was either BC01 or maybe BC03.
So if that's the case, this shop has 8 of the 9 (Miles are you listening (-: ).
quoted 3 lines I also plan to include the M (for Maurizio) releases with the discog. I have> I also plan to include the M (for Maurizio) releases with the discog. I have
> #4 (the one James refers to), Ploy, and Domina. I don't have any others
> (e.g., #4.5). Any help would be appreciated!
I assume you're talking about M releases and not BC releases here?
- Greg