For Jah Wobble fans, you can get the whole of Redux in FLAC for £9.99 here
That’s all 6 discs worth, including the track above.
Good price,the cd is £40
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Second listen. Did give it a first spin on Sat, but had a mate over for one of our regular music/chat nights & this wuz t’ first thing on so the chat was in full flow.
CDR2F.
Was:
Treads much of the same ground as James Blake, only less effectively IMO.
Now
Awesome stuff - on a well-deleted CD.
Ovoc. A limited pressing of 300 on the Polytechnic Youth Label.
I’m not sure how to describe this. The blurb says the LP largely contains “music designed to cope with the noise of motoring in the VW Type 2 and Type 25 Transporter.” Home-studio-assembled using vintage analogue synthesisers, electric guitar, bass, live drums and drum machines, the long-player serves up a mutated but meticulously-fashioned travelogue…".
Summary: It is a very weird, but really enjoyable LP. The jpg of the artwork does this no justice. It is a lovely thing to behold too.
EDIT: No Australians were hurt/used in the recording of this LP. Australian Testing Labs Inc. is apparently an alias for Oliver Cherer who has released work on Polytechnic Youth and Deep Distance as The Assistant, Rhododendron (fucking awesome minimal synth epic) and The Wrestler in recent times.
There is no music that can drown out the sound of our Type 2 with your foot anywhere near the accelerator.
Nope, it is not meant to drown out the sound of the Type 2 motor. Again the blurb is useful:
"Recordings of highway driving were made inside the cab of a 1981 VW T25 Kombi travelling at 80kmh and used to test, compose and mix music that could be heard above or in harmony with the noise of the road and the air-cooled engine. The frequencies used have been carefully selected and rigorously road tested and when played in a moving van, will blend with the ambient sound of the vehicle and create a unique and harmonious driving experience. As each van will differ slightly, so then each user’s experience will differ accordingly, making this a truly unique pleasure for each driver or passenger”.
So basically its just some other noise intended to complement the roar of the engine from the back.
It is possible to listen to music in the van under certain conditions -
- If the vehicle is stationary
- If the vehicle is stationary and the ignition is switched off
- If you play music from a device capable of >95db
Basically yes, but no. Get yourself a copy. It is very interesting.
1a. If the van has broken down?
Its not dead, its just resting.
