anyone remember a free magnetic fields tribute 'album' released around 99 or 2000?

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does anyone remember a free magnetic fields tribute 'album' released around '99 or 2000? (i DO NOT mean the much more recent free 'it's meaningless' tribute, which seems to not be online anymore anyway....) the one i need was available on the web as MP3s, with a black and white printable CD cover and whatnot. i downloaded it and burned it to disc back then, but this was before the era of massive and really cheap storage, so back then i didn't keep MP3s around after burning them to disc. i've lost my CD copy. and now i really want to hear it, and i can't find any reference to it online - though i can't actually remember what it was called... but it was pretty decent, the artists were all REALLY unknowns, and one of them was a guy who lived near Binghamton, NY. if anyone can help me on this, it's ILM.

― chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Saturday, 7 January 2006 21:57 (twenty years ago)

It was called "Verfrumdungseffekt"-and yes, that's a misspelling of "Verfremdungseffekt."

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 7 January 2006 23:05 (twenty years ago)

hilarious

― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 7 January 2006 23:30 (twenty years ago)

It's so not worth rescuing. (And I say that as someone who actually contributed to the damn thing.)

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Sunday, 8 January 2006 02:32 (twenty years ago)

Here's a zip file with all MP3s and album art (53 MB):

http://s59.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2N4E5GDRSW8531XKD2NA8D9LEF

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Sunday, 8 January 2006 18:37 (twenty years ago)

good lord, that was fast... and i was really only hoping for a little info. THANKS, ernest p! err... wait - that zip file seems to be converting my machinXe into%(^ some kind of zOmb1e sp@m slaveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

― chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Monday, 9 January 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

Listening to it now. It's very "lofi." It's amateurish, cute.

― Stephen C (ihope), Monday, 9 January 2006 00:36 (twenty years ago)

Oh hey, Myke from Science Park! I enjoyed your track and later on bought Disinformation because of it.

― Ernest P. (ernestp), Monday, 9 January 2006 01:12 (twenty years ago)

Thanks Ernest. :-)

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Monday, 9 January 2006 05:04 (twenty years ago)

and let me revise my previous statement about the unavailability of "it's meaningless" (the more recent tribute) - it now appears to be up and available at http://www.itsmeaningless.com/MFT.html

― chr1sb0y (chr1sb0y), Monday, 9 January 2006 14:13 (twenty years ago)

I raise my glass to "Ascension Island"

― zaxxon25 (zaxxon25), Monday, 9 January 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)

I raise my glass to "Ascension Island"

You're too sweet. I'm proud of that song in particular.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:46 (twenty years ago)

ooh i have that 45

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 03:53 (twenty years ago)

oh shit no i don't, must be one of three motorway 45s i actually don't have :( :(

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 04:00 (twenty years ago)

oh shit no i don't, must be one of three motorway 45s i actually don't have :( :(

That would indicate why I never saw any royalties. Nobody bought it! LOL.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 11:21 (twenty years ago)

haha i don't think that would be the (only?) reason! the motorway story seems to have ended in shady circumstances

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 11:37 (twenty years ago)

haha i don't think that would be the (only?) reason! the motorway story seems to have ended in shady circumstances

It was an odd deal, to be sure. Very little communication before and nothing once the actual 7" was released.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 23:19 (twenty years ago)

getting hold of the records was an absolute nightmare, too. which is a shame, because 90% of what he released was top drawer stuff.

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 January 2006 23:20 (twenty years ago)

getting hold of the records was an absolute nightmare, too. which is a shame, because 90% of what he released was top drawer stuff.

Yeah. I saw the Science Park single on Darla and only a few other places. Personally, It was nice just for the validation of having my stuff available on actual vinyl and on a label that wasn't being run out of my apartment.

― Myke Weiskopf (Myke Weiskopf), Wednesday, 11 January 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

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