Re: Always Loved A Film
 

is this sarcasm or are you serious?

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Absolutely totally serious.

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Digital Single Release on Aug. 31:

http://om-records.com/releases/838-always-love-a-film

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wow, they couldn't even spell the title correctly.

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Thats great, but tell me please that we will have 12" inch too;) I would like it so much:)

EDIT: I discovered from Stimpee link that we will have 12" inch too, thats great, seems to be full single from Barking, Im looking forward to the extended mix.

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always with the hating before the listening...

not saying that the remixes of uw singles or that of almost any single is better than the original, but remixes make the world go round and i'm enjoying a new variety of mixers names being used - underworld like to use current and also big name remixers - Michael Woods is pretty much ambienty / dubby, and i think will suit UW, ffs half of what uw did with the RRP's was that style...

I like michael woods...

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Look, here's the video for the extended version

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWACKO-K600

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Surely that's the album version. The other one was the radio edit.

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Hmmm...kind of disappointing :(

I think we all yearn for the days of the Pearl's Girl-style EPs and I can't see a better track for this than ALAF...there's like 6 different versions now, one of which is a radical departure and has been asked for by the fans for years, plus there's like a zillion unreleased tracks out there...

I know the remix is a huge part of the electronic scene and all but I can count the number of good UW remixes on one hand, most of the remixers just don't seem to be trying too hard...too much "grab something out of the garbage can that wasn't good enough to make your album, add the UW vocals, stretch out to 9-10 minutes, presto"

Still hope I'm surprised by this one, I mean I really do like what's become of the album track...

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That's what I assumed. Hence 'extended' as opposed to 'edit'

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Exactly. The best Underworld remixes out there are generally their early self-remixes. Their single releases really started going downhill around Beaucoup Fish-era when the majority of the content on them was outsourced remixes.

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ALAF Remix: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHO3Vb-GxE0

Per the uploader's notes, dunno if this is an official remix. Given the use of the samples though, it likely is.

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Is that the artwork for the single? Very nice if it is.

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It's not one of the remixes listed above. It's along the same lines the Michael Woods one but a bit deeper if you get me.

It's the same as I the artwork I've seen, but the colours are different. The main background is yellow on that.

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"Pearl's Girl-style EPs" will be great in this time when "zillion unreleased tracks" are out there at the moment. I agree with that you said, you pointed out to the right direction:)

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Not sure if this has been posted yet...

Here's a preview of the SOLO remix:

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very bouncy :)

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Very very very booooring house music. If there will a physical single I hope it's not on it.

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That was horrible. I want my 3 minutes back. The song went no where, just kept repeating with a few odds and ends thrown in there.

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somewhat on topic--I found an old improve from ILT Japan/2000 that is indeed, Beautiful Burnout. Goes to show how long they were working on that idea... 7 years at least.

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I loved it. Think this one's going to be big. 'kept repeating with a few odds and ends' is basically the definition of house music. This remix is fun and bouncy. Getting more excited now.

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what he /\ said - can imagine it going down a storm in 'a big room' - beats the original hands-down!

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I agree, but it's disappointing to see yet another Underworld remix that's just a song by the remixer with Underworld vocals occasionally thrown on top (Switch, I'm looking at you).

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Remix culture has been this way for more than a decade now, close to two decades where that's the norm.

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sad to see Underworld flow that way... but they've been flowing that way for sometime, right.

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Uh, except for their own reworks just about every single remix of Underworld from Alex Reece to Switch has been this way. Don't try to rewrite history. Remixes where the original is just chopped and extended went out the window in the late 80s/early 90s.

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new cover (or is it just for Japan?)

http://om-records.com/files/release_images/000/006/343/large/uw_alaf_japan_digital2.jpg

I can't tell which one I dislike more

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Well, I prefer this one. The other one is way too sparse.

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Agrred, this cover art is better, in keeping with the album theme. The single color one with the floppy letters looks like a greeting card.

oh, this remix is not good. Totally random loops and sounds and the vocal effects sound like they were programmed with the CASIO SK-1 keyboard (circa 1989, $5 on ebay, great for making burp noises in different keys or, as i used to do, sample 1.5 seconds of drumbeats from Propellerheads CDs to use as background for sounds made on other Casios!). From the horns to the vaguely bossa-nova tempo and all the bells and whistles in between, this could have been made with any number of demo loops discs in about 5 minutes. Sorry, SOLO, try harder.

And yes, i realize this is how "remixes" are done these days. A shame. A really successful remix, imho, brings out the best elements of the original track. Take Trentmoeller's mix of "What Else is there?" by Royksopp, or the Pete Heller vox mix of UW's "JAL to Tokyo" - these are remixes from the past 5 years that i can get behind... they're reminiscent of the originals, they're beefed up, and they have something like a structure, not just a bunch of everchanging loops. But i digress...

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I like the new cover, it's superb!

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(over may be nice; but the book...?)

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i ONLY like the other cover. i love the minimal flat colors ones quite a bit.

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At first, by how people were talking... I was kinda expecting something like the Switch remix, or something along the lines of those old FSOL remixes from the mid 90's - where "it's like a whole different song"

but this... IT DOESN'T EVEN SOUND LIKE A SONG. It sounds unfinished.... like someone playing around with their new "dj remixing software program".

Some of the sounds/ samples sound like presets that are way way way out of place. Like that little bell ring sound, the horn section... ugh

and then the bit where the vocal comes in - just annoys me

It sounds like the "remixes" I used to do with "Mixman" back in 1998

come to think of it - the warble on the vocal section sounds almost EXACTLY like the warble effect in Mixman (if I remember correctly)

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remix has clearly split the viewers - we have those who can see this in club, and those who can't see the wood for the wires! ;)

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too many people here are not gonna like disc one of this album (and any the remixes)

disc two will be ok... they seem like old dated versions, where underworld are not progressing and moving with the times... this remix is awesome, kinda like the fake blood style remix of ring road - bring it on... you boring techno loving fools...

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Its an interesting mix. Which cheese your waving this time BSS..Stilton or Edam....!? :D
Its a good thing surely that all elements in electronic music see Underworld as pretty much the Dons....

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I've had a chance to listen to all the remixes a good few times now and much as it pains me to say it I don't really like any of them save for the extended mix by UW themselves.

I've been a DJ for 15 years now and remixes are my stock in trade, and usually I can find a place for different mixes in different sets, but these are just bland in different ways.

The Breakage remix is functional dubstep. It sounds quite nice but does nothing really.

The Michael Woods versions are souped up for the big clubs with big building synths only to kick into a stripped down tech beat. It's a bit like crossing Jacques Lu Cont remixes with minimal! They will work for the crowd they're aimed at but I can't see myself playing them.

The Solo remix is trying to be in the Duck Sauce / Fake Blood style but lacks any of the hooks associated with those acts. Again it just feels functional.

I have to say the original has grown on me. I thought it was too polished the first few times I heard it, especially after being used to the Brixton versions, but it's clearly got radio play in its sights, and it deserves to get it.

Still, can't wait to hear the version on CD 2. :)

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Oh, how I wish Underworld would do something with Stuart Price. I'd have been thrilled if he co-produced the whole record.

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I'm definitely in the 'I want 3 minutes of my life back' camp.

I'm sure there is a market for contentless bouncy cheese loops, but I can't see much overlap with Underworld's mature, intelligent fanbase.

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LOL! I still have some of my Mixman mixes from 1998... :D