i love how enigmatic the band name and album title are. cover art is great too.
― tricky, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 03:47 (sixteen years ago) link
jaxon - for some reason when i ripped the promo CD i got, iTunes listed the artist as "A Studio" so I would guess your rip came from that as well...
― BATTAGS, Tuesday, 10 July 2007 07:00 (sixteen years ago) link
you know, you fellas are right! this is great! agree w/ all the aforementioned reference points, but would add in the mood of all those great Associates 12"s w/ the cool b-sides. and special commendation for the exquisite guitar. thank you ilx!
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 03:33 (sixteen years ago) link
Ned I sincerely believe you will love them.
It's kinda of odd how similar the Prins Thomas and Todd Terje remixes of "Life's a Beach" are - both have the funky bassline, the endless layering of effects, the faithful redeployment of the guitar. The Terje remix is slightly more brisk and uptempo, and I slightly prefer it, but they're both great.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:10 (sixteen years ago) link
Cutty those Strategy samples are excellent. Will have to track that album down.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 12:13 (sixteen years ago) link
fwiw, Out There is my least favorite track.
now to track down the remixes...
― nerve_pylon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 13:50 (sixteen years ago) link
http://www.myspace.com/aeroplanemusiclove
^ sooo good.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:54 (sixteen years ago) link
i downloaded Life's a Beach remixes. eh. prins thomas remix is cool. kinda spaced out, but i still stand by what i said. it lost the balearic rock edge that i liked and just became sorta "dance music". no need to keep 12"
― jaxon, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:56 (sixteen years ago) link
"West Side" does = the Balearic Cure. Out've the forest and onto the beach.
― Raw Patrick, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 22:37 (sixteen years ago) link
this has been repressed. hooray!
― haitch, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
That Yearbook cover art is fantastic.
― admrl, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Has Spencer seen it or heard this, I wonder?
― admrl, Thursday, 12 July 2007 16:59 (sixteen years ago) link
Cutty! That Strategy album is like... Luomo making a post-rock record? Or a post-rock group making a Luomo record? Whatever, if I had a Microsoft Wizard program that made albums for me at least one of them would probably turn out like this. Not sure if I love love love it yet but will def. keep listening.
2007 is so the year I became a corny balearic fuxx.
― Tim F, Thursday, 12 July 2007 22:34 (sixteen years ago) link
i think balearic is one of those words like minimal. it has meaning that is more like residue. i like a lot of recent music like this because it is musical as opposed to most of the contemporary dance music i immerse myself in which is music that for most of the 00s has been design-obsessed (similar to a lot of contemporary pop and hip hop and even alterna-rock). it's just tiring after awhile.
― tricky, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:04 (sixteen years ago) link
tim have you heard kuniyuki takahashi?
― tricky, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:09 (sixteen years ago) link
i'm glad you like it tim--i've been listening to it quite a lot, maybe it needs its own thread
― cutty, Friday, 13 July 2007 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I want this and the Strategy record. I want them now.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 08:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Was 'West Coast' just an EP then? Does 'Yearbook 1' have different versions of these songs?
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 10:05 (sixteen years ago) link
yearbook 1 has longer versions of two songs, a shorter version of one, and two extra songs from this 12". those aren't on the west coast reissue that's just come out, but it has the full versions of everything else (and is a double 12" if you have it on vinyl).
this is really fantastic. up there with the LCD record, for me.
― haitch, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 16:28 (sixteen years ago) link
yes please!
― admrl, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 16:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Has it even gotten a legit release yet?
― I eat cannibals, Wednesday, 25 July 2007 23:51 (sixteen years ago) link
am i on everyone's killfile or something? yes, it has been reissued.
― haitch, Thursday, 26 July 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
i thought they were talking about the Strategy record, lil man
― jaxon, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Strategy record has definitely been released - saw it in the shops the other day.
― Tim F, Thursday, 26 July 2007 01:42 (sixteen years ago) link
I have a real copy of it in my office now and am listening to it - released mid-July in the UK, got it from Amazon.
Very good indeed, btw.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:33 (sixteen years ago) link
HAS L0u1s J@gger HEARD STRATEGY?
Taking L0u1s J@gger (By Strategy)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
Hahaha I like how L0u1s J@gger is auto-encrypted.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Also, Ned would like this.
You would, Ned.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
please don't spoil a good thread
― creme1, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
Have I not recommended this to Ned before? It's like a birthday cake for Ned with sparklers that explode when you light them forming fireworks in the shape of "NED RAGGETT!!!"
― Tim F, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
You totally recommended it to me upthread! And quite happily I am getting a promo copy this week.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
I thought that was The Studio? Which should be waiting at home for me. Is there a separate Strategy thread now?
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 14:45 (sixteen years ago) link
apparently there is an epic studio remix of the new a mountain of one single!
― haitch, Monday, 30 July 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
leo?
― jaxon, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:03 (sixteen years ago) link
no, LEO!
that strategy album is just ok. first 2 songs and "Stop Spinning" are nice balearic disco dub (not dubby disco), but the rest of it is kinda mellow shoegazy m83 stuff which didn't do anything for me.
― jaxon, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
same here
― tremendoid, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:09 (sixteen years ago) link
xpost - we should probably just have a nü-balearic thread to differentiate it from the beardo disco thread.
― jaxon, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:10 (sixteen years ago) link
The piano in track 3 of the Studio album is totally AR Kane.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 18:41 (sixteen years ago) link
whatevr jaxon
― cutty, Monday, 30 July 2007 19:11 (sixteen years ago) link
also have a new remix of "west side" by brennan green
I'm liking Strategy WAY more than Studio.
― Scik Mouthy, Monday, 30 July 2007 21:11 (sixteen years ago) link
new remix of "west side" by brennan green
― haitch, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 00:14 (sixteen years ago) link
Meantime, the Studio album is here in the mail, and I will listen in a bit.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 00:17 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay, the Disco Inferno connection I don't sense either, though I can see what Tim is driving at. But the comment in the first post from him -- "superbly glistening eighties art-rock sheen" -- is appropriate for the album as a whole, no question. I'm not feeling immediate overwhelming "Whoa, LUV" yet, but I am v. impressed.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 03:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm with Ned, but I can see grower potential. The glistening bit is spot on. What it reminds me most of, I guess, is early Cure. There's a similar sense of space and that overall mood of chilly summer dawns, that I get from 'Japanese Whispers' or '17 Seconds'.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 08:23 (sixteen years ago) link
But it's more 'up,' to put it simply.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 12:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah if the Cure had recorded '17 sec' in Nassau, it might have come out this way.
― baaderonixx, Tuesday, 31 July 2007 13:03 (sixteen years ago) link
I wonder which version will be repressed, double or single
― I am using your worlds, Thursday, 5 October 2023 05:38 (seven months ago) link
ahhhh i hope so. one of my biggest music-related regrets is losing my copy of this record, got misplaced during a move
― Roz, Thursday, 5 October 2023 06:47 (seven months ago) link
nice, i saw lissvik post some tape reels and "west side" lyrics recently that made me wonder if he was doing something with the old studio stuff
― circles, Friday, 6 October 2023 15:05 (seven months ago) link
im 75% sure I lost my copy of this in a move too. what is it about west coast that makes it socks in the drier
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2023 16:56 (seven months ago) link
*checks record collection nervously*
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 6 October 2023 16:57 (seven months ago) link
Just checked and phew, still have my CD version. (Mint copy of the LP currently going for £190 on Discogs.)
― I would prefer not to. (Chinaski), Friday, 6 October 2023 19:12 (seven months ago) link
I def had a copy of the LP in great condition. Its now in a storage pod or it was lost
― xheugy eddy (D-40), Friday, 6 October 2023 19:14 (seven months ago) link
the cd is still widely available
― brimstead, Friday, 6 October 2023 19:36 (seven months ago) link
true, but that damn long version of Self Service remains lost on the first single-LP pressing for some insane reason
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Friday, 6 October 2023 20:08 (seven months ago) link
I think the short version is probably better than the long version, but it would be great to have the long version for sure.
― brotherlovesdub, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:19 (seven months ago) link
The short version might be better overall perhaps but the long version has higher highs, I think.
― Tim F, Friday, 6 October 2023 23:21 (seven months ago) link
https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/under-allt-3-lp-pre-order-under-allt/192075
― Evan, Sunday, 22 October 2023 14:57 (seven months ago) link
listening to the previews and wishing this had came out six months sooner for summer
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 28 October 2023 14:08 (six months ago) link
Lissvik has 9 copies of the 4 LP Archive up on bandcamp. $50.
https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0035495181_10.jpg
― mizzell, Monday, 25 March 2024 11:46 (two months ago) link
And now there are 9 copies remaining of "7 Trx + Intermission" on bandcamp
― sombrerodetuned (sombrerodetune), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 17:26 (one month ago) link