Search And Destroy: Warp Records

destroy: nightmares on fucking wax, red goaddamned snapper, and nothing's american distribution deal. i'll be damned if i buy something with your vanity label on the spine, reznor. fuck you.

Destroy: B12, Squarepusher's more pompous stuff.

destroy: the whole idea of post-rave music - this "intellectual" shite that uses dance music tropes but can't be danced to. Dance music should be all about getting E-ed off your tits and dancing your nuts off, not standing around stroking your chin.

Search: No-one's mentioned Seefeel yet, so I will.

Destroy: Vincent Gallo. Personally - the humane thing would be to have him put down like the rabies infected canines he resembles.

Destroy: Squarepusher & Aphex Twin, for obvious reasons... does the world need any more "drill n bass"?

Everyone has been telling me "Oh, how can you listen to crap like Radiohead? Kid A and Amnesiac just sound like second generation Warp rip-offs". So I've been desperately trying to find the Warp (and related) stuff that *does* sound like Kid A, because I always thought I hated Warp. (Well, apart from Broadcast, but they're not exactly typical of the style.) Kid A may sound like "Warp" but bloody hell, what on Warp sounds like Kid A?

Autrechre was just squelching noises and non-rhythmical beats to my ears. Mouse On Mars just sounded like being in a dormitory where 4 people around you were playing different techno records. Boards of Canada was just boring to me. Squarepusher I just turned off, it was so irritating.

The first record I've found that I've actually enjoyed or listened to more than once is Two Lone Swordsmen, because it manages to combine complex yet still followable (not a word?) beats with sonically interesting textures.

Now maybe I'm disapointed, because I was led to beleive that all Warp artists would be something that sounded like Sonic Boom's EAR set to beats, and so far 2LS is the first thing that's even come close to what I want out of music. But my question is, Paul has a whole load of these records in his collection, which ones should I bother listening to?

Other than that, "Kid A" the song is a bit like Plone, with snatches of Black Dog/Plaid and Aphex Twin too... It's not nearly as close a match as it's made out to be; the "Radiohead are just copying Warp" accusation is on the whole pretty lazy IMHO, not to mention meaningless (it's like, people don't attack the Warp artists *themselves* for sounding like Warp, do they?).

Oh, and Seefeel! I loved Seefeel, they was techno for shoegazers. Though everything I have by them is packed up in boxes back in the States, due to its being all on vinyl. Didn't know they were on Warp now, I'll have to go and try to get me some more.

That said, I never did see them live.

Listening to my old CDs and found The Koner Experiment, and this is what I wanted Warp to sound like. Sigh.

Gareth's right - I also saw Seefeel (supporting Spiritualised at the Shepherd's Bush Empire, i think) and they were without doubt one of the WORST groups i've ever seen. Big time dud. Saw E.A.R. supporting Pavement at the Forum Kentish Town, and they were terrific - one v.v.loud drone for fourty odd minutes. Think they had Eddie Prevost on drums that evening.

I'd recommend Boards of Canada unreservedly (though the "BoC Maxima" stuff is *far* better than "Music Has The Right To Children" IMHO) but I just can't imagine Kate liking them. Maybe it's a terribly amateurish piece of cod-psychology, but I find it very hard to envisage, from what I can work out.

I like what I've heard of Autechre, and I think Kate might like them more than BoC.

ILM changed my opinion of Paranoid Android and now I think it's quite funny - thankyou whoever gloriously pointed out that it's about young urban professionals eating pork scratchings and Thom getting annoyed with it.

D!- um, Black Dog.

Mercedes Bentley Vs. Versace Armani
I Love Acid
Hey Hey Can U Relate (Luke Vibert remix)
Basscadet
Plainsong
Wilmot
70s/80s
LFO (Leed Warehouse Mix)
Nightmare
Children Talking
Chase The Manhattan
Ghostlawns
Come On Let's Go
Point To B
In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country
Come To Daddy
Wesley Don't Surf
Plock
Freak
Eyen

my favourite bit is the extract of Broadcast's 'Poem Of Dead Song' over a HIP HOP BEAT

Okay, not early early Warp - the bleep & bass stuff which I adore but know pretty well - but all that stuff that they released between 92 and 95 which sorta fell into a black hole.

By which I mean, when Warp weren't releasing Artificial Intelligence comps and Black Dog and Aphex Twin and Autechre, they were releasing albums from people like RAC, Coco Steel & Lovebomb, Wild Planet, Rhythm Invention, The Elektroids, and comps with titles like "Strictly 4 Groovers" and "Tequila Slammers & the Jump Jump Groove Generation". I have not heard any of these! Tell me about them.

I own this! It's still in its tube. I should find a frame for it. Or maybe I should stick it on ebay. Or maybe somebody here should offer me a stupid price for it. :)

This comp is a bit bleh. It sounds very 1992, if that makes any sense. I don't listen to it much (even though I was thrilled to pick it up for five bucks at Amoeba in SF!)

Coco Steel and Lovebomb were great, but cruelly ignored since their album was released right in the wake of the AI series, not to mention that nobody looked to Warp for house music at the time. The Nightmares On Wax album suffered a similar fate.

Finnily enough I was also reminded of early St Etienne at times on that record. 'Feel It' is such a classy track.
-- the music mole (colinsbarro...), March 13th, 2004 9:46 PM. (colin s barrow)

KENNY LARKIN = even less impressive, frankly.

ELECKTROIDS = fan-fucking-tastic!! drexciya at their most spacy, dubby and microtextured. don't think neptune's lair or the work as shifted phases - think other people place or transllusion (the LP on supremat, not rephlex) - lush, r&b + freestyle influenced midtempo electro with tons of mad crazy detroit synthi fuckery. go to bleep.com and listen to "future tone" / "japanese electronics" / "silicon valley" / "midnight drive" ... tell them i told you

And just to clarify, in my previous comment I'm referring to NOW's "Smokers Delight" (1994), not their debut.

destroy: interpol, morris dancing

Warp20 (Recreated)
Double CD album
2 x CDs featuring twenty brand new cover versions of Warp songs by Warp artists past and present; including tracks by Autechre, Harmonic 313, Jamie Lidell, Plaid, Clark, Maximo Park, Seefeel, Luke Vibert and more... Packaged in deluxe case-bound 10" folder exclusive to this box set.

woo!

Maximo Park doing 'Tricky Disco' i hope (not)

I'm digging the new Tim Exile album "Listening Tree" - epic stuff!

it will sell out within days of going on sale.

"Due to the premium specification of the item, there can only be one pressing. The quantity manufactured will be based largely on these early preorders, so ordering before 5th July will also guarantee you a copy."

Guaranteed sell out!

color me bojo, i just ordered one.

I'd looooove to get the other 10+ box sets (I have the remixes one). never really bothered with ebay or anything, but I don't think those go cheap either.

10+2 is £8 from bleep. i guess 10+1 has licensing issues...

10+1 still on amazon
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Warp-10-Influences-Various-Artists/dp/B00002MR3Q

I should have mentioned: on vinyl (where on amazon there is reportedly 1 copy of 10+1 new from £149.99)

I am endlessly astounded how much some of my records are worth. (some obtained for free whilst I worked for Warp). The Warp 10 compilations are pretty great.

i think the artwork for this is pretty boring. might've been cool as illustration-based (rare for warp i guess).

Ed, or anyone else on this thread: if you happen to own a CD copy of It! by Coco Steel & Lovebomb and want to sell or trade it, I'd be interested. I've been looking for that one for ages.

tuomas: http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?master_id=80284&ev=mb

wish i'd never sold 10+3 though at the time i seem to recall it was all boring post-rock

Warp20 (Box Set)
First tracklistings confirmed
Special pre-order ends Sunday

I dreamt I bought this last night. It was huge - 1m x 2m.

Warp20 (Recreated)

Double CD. Presented in deluxe case-bound 10" folder, exclusively packaged for this box set.

Disc 1

01. Born Ruffians 'Milkman/To Cure A Weakling Child' (Originals by Aphex Twin) (5:30)
02. Jimi Tenor 'Japanese Electronics' (Original by Elecktroids) (5:25)
03. Tim Exile 'A Little Bit More' (Original by Jamie Lidell) (4:03)
04. Rustie ' Midnight Drive' (Original by Elecktroids) (3:37)
05. Luke Vibert 'LFO' (Original by LFO) (5:47)
06. Autechre 'What Is House? (LFO Remix)' (Original by LFO) (4:25)
07. Russell Haswell 'Cabasa Cabasa' (Original by Wild Planet) (4:59)
08. Clark 'So Malleable' (Original by Milanese) (4:57)
09. Diamond Watch Wrists 'Fool In Rain' (Original by Pivot) (5:29)
10. Hudson Mohawke ft. Wensday Night 'Paint The Stars' (Original by Jimi Tenor) (3:04)

Disc 2

11 Mark Pritchard '3/4 Heart' (Original by Balil - Black Dog Productions) (7:12)
12. Mira Calix with Oliver Coates 'In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country' (Original by Boards Of Canada) (6:16)
13. Pivot 'Colorado' (Original by Grizzly Bear) (4:13)
14. Bibio 'Kaini Industries' (Original by Boards Of Canada) (3:40)
15. Jamie Lidell 'Little Brother' (Original by Grizzly Bear) (4:41)
16. Leila 'Vordhosbn' (Original by Aphex Twin) (5:00)
17. John Callaghan 'Phylactery' (Based on Tilapia by Autechre) (5:34)
18. Gravenhurst 'I Found The F' (Original by Broadcast) (3:25)
19. Plaid 'On My Bus' (Original by Plone) (4:15)
20. Seefeel 'Acrobat' (Original by Maximo Park) (4:02)

Warp20 (Unheard)

Triple 10" Vinyl. Housed in uncoated card sleeves with debossed typography. (Unheard) will initially only be available in Warp20 (Box Set). Vinyl version will always remain exclusive to this edition.

10" 1

A1. Boards of Canada 'Seven Forty Seven' (8:36)
B1. Autechre 'Oval Moon (IBC mx)' (7:18)
B2. Clark 'Rattlesnake' (2:01)

10" 2

C1. Plaid 'Dett' (5:08)
C2. Elecktroids 'Elecktroids Bonus Circuit' (2:48)
D1. Flying Lotus 'Tronix' (3:45)
D2. Nightmares On Wax 'Biofeedback Dub' (5:14)

10" 3

E1. Plaid 'Sam Lac Run' (4:00)
E2. Nightmares On Wax 'Mega Donutz Dub' (5:15)
F1. Broadcast 'Sixty Forty' (4:31)
F2. Seefeel 'As Link' (3:12)

Mmm

Plaid 'On My Bus' (Original by Plone)

lookin fwd to this 1 most

I fancy that, plus Mira Calix doing "Beautiful Place" and Vibert doing "LFO".

after the U2 thing i wonder if an ILX covers Warp compilation would be sacrilicious

Bibio 'Kaini Industries' (Original by Boards Of Canada) (3:40)

ooooh

John Callaghan 'Phylactery' (Based on Tilapia by Autechre) (5:34)

could be intrestin

We should just cover SAW II

Born Ruffians 'Milkman/To Cure A Weakling Child' (Originals by Aphex Twin) (5:30)

what

Nah I dunno, I have a weakness for 'unusual' cover versions and suchlike and some of this sounds great (Plaid, Jimi Tenor, maybe Russell Haswell) but Pivot covering Grizzly Bear is a kind of magnet pulling me over to the side of the boring IDM fux who think Warp stopped in 1999 or whatever

This looks really good.

Did anyone check out the Tim Exile album I mentioned upthread? Was listening to it last night. "Fortress" especially, sounds like a Depeche Mode cover of a Bal Sagoth track remixed by Matmos... (on acid)!

This isn't perfect but I like a lot of it. Most of the covers are at least done well and some of them are great. That Born Ruffians one is actually pretty good!

The only cover I really liked was the Jamie Lidell version of "Little Brother."

Mark Pritchard, Jimi Tenor, Seefeel, Born Ruffians, Autechre, Russell Haswell and Clark all did the biz for me

the prints are nice, and almost affordable (i'd buy one if i had somewhere to put it). but why aren't they square?

The Gravenhurst cover of Broadcast is the best thing on this... The Bibio one is also really nice,

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/1939/warp.png

and there you have it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2414/2496112532_cf9b82fa05.jpg

"Plaid to support 'have nots' "

haha on the bbc website, obv an election thing but still, i had to read twice

Totally lost track of Warp ... didn't even hear the Leila album (or feel a huge compulsion to, either).

Taking over NTS radio all weekend starting now: https://www.nts.live/projects/wxaxrxp

This Plaid set is ❄︎ and unlike anything I’ve ever heard from them

bumping for Myriad live

warp is now on bandcamp!
https://daily.bandcamp.com/features/warp-records-comes-to-bandcamp

AI reissue?

pic.twitter.com/z1PRNCjqen

— Warp Records (@WarpRecords) October 29, 2022

ok fine cool i guess, but where’s the early bleep reissues? black dog productions? sabres and two lone swordsmen?

by early bleep i mean nightmares on wax first album, sweet exorcist singles and album, forgemasters, dj mink, tuff little unit and tricky disco singles, tequila slammers comp … coco steel and lovebomb album not too hard to find yet but that would also be cool!

i am not too hopeful for black dog reissues because i know the plaid dudes hate the other dude, but someone should really try to make that happen. i recently grabbed a copy of the “trainer” comp and man that’s a garbage pressing, even by 90s uk idm standards

weatherall i suppose must not have had his estate in order, i would think reissues would be a no-brainer!

warp 10+2 >>>>> AI

agreed but only one or two >s

Warp 10+2 is great yeah

i know the plaid dudes hate the other dude

did you see the tweets where tBD dude said "i don't live in the past, i'm not gonna play Bytes live, ask the Plaid guys, those losers will do it" and one of the Plaid guys responded "yeah it would be pretty messed up for you to play our music"

yes, i’ve long considered grabbing warp 10+2 4LP, there are reasonably priced copies out there (as opposed to the black dog and sabres albums) but i have warp 10+1 4LP and generally do not play it due to similar pressing issues, so not too excited by the prospect

discogs breaks down pretty well who did what on bytes! ken downie gets a ton of shit for acting like a massive ass (deserved imo) and his albums on dust science etc aren’t great. honestly if it was late 90s and my bandmate wouldn’t shut up about william burroughs cut ups and machine elves and reality hacking bla bla bla i’d probably bail too, he seems pretty unchill

on the other hand, iao “mongol hordes” is neatly tied with “olivine” and “object orient” for the best track on bytes, so i’d like to see some reconciliation (or at least a complete reissue)

i think i like “spanners” best though! imo their weirdest album and also the one where all the various threads mesh together best

sometimes i assume all the tracks w sampled breaks (like “chase the manhattan”, “raxmus”) or aggressive arpeggios (“utopian dream”, “chesh”) are downie (since that was his style on “mongol hordes” and “carcares et novum”)

similarly i assign the stuff with weird spiraling latin melodies with pinging mallet sound fx (like “barbola work” and “frisbee skip”) to plaid.

maybe an overly simplistic schema

tBD dude is awful. incredible they were ever able to work together at all. the pre-warp 12"s are some of my favourite recors of the era and i always assume the tracks i love were made by the other two.

i think i like “spanners” best though!

few arguments to be made against an album that has Chesh on it

I took the kids roller skating today and there was a 10 year old there with a WARP Records hat on. what the fuck

i find strange comfort in still receiving warpbot updates