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Davism wrote:
I was late to the electronic music game, but when I visited AZ in 2004, I discovered Little Fluffy Clouds and had it on repeat as I would go out and paint from the landscape. I also discovered AFX's SAW II while I was driving through the Rockies. It's funny how electronic music is so connected to nature for some of us.
Nothing is Real might be the best nature hike song.
d3v3l wrote:Davism wrote:
I was late to the electronic music game, but when I visited AZ in 2004, I discovered Little Fluffy Clouds and had it on repeat as I would go out and paint from the landscape. I also discovered AFX's SAW II while I was driving through the Rockies. It's funny how electronic music is so connected to nature for some of us.
Nothing is Real might be the best nature hike song.
I LOVE Little Fluffy Clouds - they get the sunsets here they're amazing. 100% agree when it comes to nature and it's relationship with electronic music - some of my most memorable experiences while listening to music was when I was out in the middle of nature.
One time my buddies and I went out to a secluded spot in the Amazon forest - sat down with some local shamans and let's just say me and nature had a rather close relationship that day. We were able to DJ our own songs and BoC was in my list that day for sure. Things like that are way more popular now compared to how they used to be (Retreat Guru).
Echelon wrote:I think we should take bets on who's going to release an album first: BOC or their often cited heroes, Ween.
Sherbet Head wrote:Echelon wrote:I think we should take bets on who's going to release an album first: BOC or their often cited heroes, Ween.
Or their other heroes, MBV?
Their last album came out a few months before Tomorrow's Harvest and Kevin Shields has been promising a new one for a few years now.
I'd be very keen for new Ween though! Has anything been said about new material? or are they just gonna tour the US for all eternity?
bungler666 wrote:Deaner was asking fans for heroin? Brown boognish sugar? Damn, should've stuck with Scotchguard...
When was this?
Echelon wrote:I remember hearing from a big Ween fan friend that those two were really hanging together because the brand name paid the bills. Since Gene was clean and Dean was still a junkie, they didn't jive creatively anymore.
Sherbet Head wrote:Echelon wrote:I remember hearing from a big Ween fan friend that those two were really hanging together because the brand name paid the bills. Since Gene was clean and Dean was still a junkie, they didn't jive creatively anymore.
That's sad to hear, but always kind of expected when a band reforms solely as a touring act. Didn't realise Deaner was on the smack either. Brutal.
Echelon wrote:If it's any consolation, my same friend in 2019 (who's probably more savvy about what's going on with Ween than me since he goes to their concerts and whatnot) mentioned that they were attempting to record a new album. But I honestly get the same feeling about the new Ween album as the new BOC album, it's purely hypothetical and simply based around a few hints. But who knows maybe, this might be our year for both of them
Jango9 wrote:Echelon wrote:If it's any consolation, my same friend in 2019 (who's probably more savvy about what's going on with Ween than me since he goes to their concerts and whatnot) mentioned that they were attempting to record a new album. But I honestly get the same feeling about the new Ween album as the new BOC album, it's purely hypothetical and simply based around a few hints. But who knows maybe, this might be our year for both of them
By that token, maybe this'll be the year that the Butthole Surfers finally drop that album they mentioned working on a few years ago
Echelon wrote:Jango9 wrote:Echelon wrote:If it's any consolation, my same friend in 2019 (who's probably more savvy about what's going on with Ween than me since he goes to their concerts and whatnot) mentioned that they were attempting to record a new album. But I honestly get the same feeling about the new Ween album as the new BOC album, it's purely hypothetical and simply based around a few hints. But who knows maybe, this might be our year for both of them
By that token, maybe this'll be the year that the Butthole Surfers finally drop that album they mentioned working on a few years ago
I think one of the worst things about modern times versus the sixties, is respectable bands would actually throw out an album every year. I guess the world of sound had yet to be mined so artistically minded artists could easily find ideas that hadn't been used yet.
Nowadays, these bands we list (Ween, Butthole Surfers, MBV, BOC) who strive for higher artistic ideals probably have a lot more trouble finding ideas and chord progressions that haven't been used inventively.
BTW, somewhat unrelated, but I'm kind of happy that on the Warp website. BOC are listed in "Current Artists." Which means, they're active on the Warp label. Perhaps the sheer lack of product this year from Warp may possibly lead to something big from BOC. I still think pushing Squid back to May signifies something.
Moloch wrote:The band could be dead and still be labeled as "current" in their roaster
Moloch wrote:Currrent means they're still signed to WARP and their music is licensed by them. The band could be dead and still be labeled as "current" in their roaster (for represses, merch and the like for instance).
NorthSaturnian wrote:Moloch wrote:The band could be dead and still be labeled as "current" in their roaster
That's the case with LFO. (RIP Mark Bell)
Echelon wrote:With LFO though, they still released an archival release; The WXAXRXP sessions. So I guess Warp can still release things despite being him being dead, by whoever is the beneficiary.
Sherbet Head wrote:Echelon wrote:With LFO though, they still released an archival release; The WXAXRXP sessions. So I guess Warp can still release things despite being him being dead, by whoever is the beneficiary.
There was a lot of controversy surrounding that release. Gez (the surviving member of LFO) claimed Warp released that WXAXRXP session without his permission, but that's just the tip of the iceberg... he'd planned/is planning to sue Warp for unpaid royalties over the LFO release from 1990. He currently has a crowdfunding campaign to raise missing royalty money from the general public, so perhaps the legal battle ended in Warp's favour and he's resorting to this? Who knows? Very messy situation regardless.
Echelon wrote:Would be funny if they casually said "Hey we'll throw in LFO too" without realizing they'd piss off this Gez fellow in the process.
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