― f. hazel, Saturday, 14 April 2007 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
I've been *cough*downloading*cough some D.I. and quite liking it, but I'm confused about the track(s?) "A Rock To Cling To." Two entirely different songs with that title seem to exist, one a 9:41 instrumental and the other a 3:53 song with vocals. The latter starts abruptly, such that it almost sounds like an edit from a longer version, but the two tracks are not similar. I can't find a citation online for this latter track. Anyone? Anyone?
― ctrl-s, Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:02 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah, this was talked about earlier in the thread (thus it behooves you to read it all ;-) ) -- for the longest time I thought "A Rock to Cling To" was the longer track, but after friend donut found the original vinyl, it turned out that was the shorter song. The abrupt start is intentional.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:03 (seventeen years ago) link
Ah, thanks!
"it behooves you to read it all"
Duly noted.
― ctrl-s, Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:05 (seventeen years ago) link
p.s. Maybe update the AMG page accordingly? :)
― ctrl-s, Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:18 (seventeen years ago) link
Stranger has occurred.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 May 2007 03:23 (seventeen years ago) link
So what is the longer song called? "It Behooves You to Read it All"??
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 31 May 2007 04:29 (seventeen years ago) link
Nevermind!
― Spencer Chow, Thursday, 31 May 2007 04:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Hooray!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 May 2007 04:33 (seventeen years ago) link
Crause actually sings the phrase "I just need a rock to cling to" at some point in the shorter of the two. The CD single packaging makes the titles difficult to judge, though. I think I need to retag in iTunes. BECAUSE I TRUSTED NED AND HE LIED TO ME.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 31 May 2007 08:22 (seventeen years ago) link
Poor soul.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 31 May 2007 12:04 (seventeen years ago) link
Hm.
RickyT sent me "the 5 eps" some time ago (or posted it online or something) and I gave it one listen, went "ooh, curious" and didnt pursue.
Now I am giving it another listen and I am extremely intrigued. I cannot find a point of reference for these guys at all. Maybe a tad AR Kane, maybe a tad GYBE, maybe a little Tear Garden... argh! It is getting into my head!
― Trayce, Monday, 23 July 2007 10:39 (seventeen years ago) link
Ooh "The Last Dance" is lovely. Its like Durutti Column. I *like* this.
― Trayce, Monday, 23 July 2007 10:41 (seventeen years ago) link
As grimly said upthread I hope I never really get my head around this stuff, this is awesomely complex and strange, wow.
― Trayce, Monday, 23 July 2007 10:52 (seventeen years ago) link
nothing like it before or since
― uptown churl, Monday, 23 July 2007 16:19 (seventeen years ago) link
Yes to all that (but I would say that). Though this reminds me I need to check out the Studio, which good Mr. Finney proclaims has a D.I. feel to it (and that's all the justification I need to investigate further!).
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 July 2007 16:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Who / what is / are The Studio?
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 23 July 2007 17:59 (seventeen years ago) link
Behold:
The Studio - West Coast
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 July 2007 18:01 (seventeen years ago) link
I must say this has also gotten me to check out Bark Psychosis who Ive been meaning to for YEARS (literally), having heard all the ARKane/Papa Sprain comparisons.
Also VERY AWESOME. I am insane for not having checked either of these bands out sooner, my god. They are brilliant.
― Trayce, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 01:39 (seventeen years ago) link
I've heard a couple of tracks off the Studio album. It's good, but I don't really hear the Disco Inferno connection unfortunately. I guess I'm just starting to accept the fact that there isn't much out there that approaches the sound of DI.
― Bill in Chicago, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 11:56 (seventeen years ago) link
I don't hear DI in the Studio sound either...
― henry s, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:48 (seventeen years ago) link
Ya got me but there Tim's comments are and all.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 13:13 (seventeen years ago) link
I found (and bought) "Technicolour" in an Oxford Street HMV the other day! :p
― Just got offed, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 21:45 (seventeen years ago) link
hey, i found and bought "technicolour" last week!
i'm sure i'm not adding much to the discussion by just saying it's good and i like how they kind of got poppier than "go pop" while still being in the same vein. i still prefer "go pop" though.
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Thursday, 9 August 2007 02:15 (seventeen years ago) link
I'm more in love with this band by the day.
― Trayce, Thursday, 9 August 2007 03:52 (seventeen years ago) link
Although there's still a couple songs I find a bit over-cutsey and difficult, that said, like "A Night on the Tiles".
― Trayce, Thursday, 9 August 2007 03:53 (seventeen years ago) link
Ha well it is a b-side.
― Tim F, Thursday, 9 August 2007 04:05 (seventeen years ago) link
what say we all chip in and get that Floorshow LP released?
― henry s, Thursday, 9 August 2007 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link
Floorshow?
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 9 August 2007 13:06 (seventeen years ago) link
the post-DI Ian Crause band, who apparently recorded an LP only to have it nixed by the record company...Robin Guthrie then remixed it, and it still got rejected...folks, it's out there, ready to go...and you know you want it!
― henry s, Thursday, 9 August 2007 13:13 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd just like Rough Trade to gather all the five EPs and stick 'em on one CD. I'd wanna hear Floorshow too, maybe, but I wasn't struck by his solo work.
― Scik Mouthy, Thursday, 9 August 2007 13:16 (seventeen years ago) link
I'd just like Rough Trade to gather all the five EPs and stick 'em on one CD.
And I'd love to write the liner notes!
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 August 2007 14:01 (seventeen years ago) link
Hey Mr. Ned: Is that offer to burn the 5 ep's still open? I'd love them.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 9 August 2007 16:14 (seventeen years ago) link
Yup, drop an e-mail with your address.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 9 August 2007 16:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Thanks. I just did it.
― kwhitehead, Thursday, 9 August 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link
didn't they do this in 1999?
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Friday, 10 August 2007 03:26 (seventeen years ago) link
Nope.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 August 2007 03:58 (seventeen years ago) link
i've heard that album isn't very good, from someone who heard it
― akm, Friday, 10 August 2007 04:42 (seventeen years ago) link
is this a bootleg, then?
http://rateyourmusic.com/release/comp/disco_inferno/the_5_e_p_s/
― GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ, Friday, 10 August 2007 04:51 (seventeen years ago) link
Yeah whats "the 5 eps" that I have then?
― Trayce, Friday, 10 August 2007 05:05 (seventeen years ago) link
the album I was talking about is the floorshow album
― akm, Friday, 10 August 2007 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link
btw
and the 5 e.p.s comp referenced there is, yes, the same comp everyone with the e.ps winds up making (or copies of ones that people got off ned, bootlegger extraordinaire)
― akm, Friday, 10 August 2007 05:15 (seventeen years ago) link
I was gonna say!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 10 August 2007 05:26 (seventeen years ago) link
"Technicolour" going for £1.31 on amazon.co.uk new.
― acrobat, Monday, 13 August 2007 08:24 (seventeen years ago) link
remind me never to go to hmv ever again
― Just got offed, Monday, 13 August 2007 19:10 (seventeen years ago) link
Anyway, I gather some more folks have the EPs now...the offer, as ever, remains standing.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 18 September 2007 15:55 (seventeen years ago) link
Can anyone help me find decent-sized images of the EP covers online? Ideally 250x250pixels plus in size? Big kisses to anyone who can help!
― Scik Mouthy, Saturday, 30 August 2008 08:38 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, wtf, this page - http://www.last.fm/event/529497 - reckons they played a gig in April???!!!
― Scik Mouthy, Saturday, 30 August 2008 08:41 (sixteen years ago) link
Found 'em!
http://lamaraba.blogspot.com/2008/05/some-disco-inferno-epssingles.html Got Love Stepping Out off emusic.
― Scik Mouthy, Saturday, 30 August 2008 08:50 (sixteen years ago) link