Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Yet another version of Dune. On the album version, there are 3 sections, at 8:13-8:26, 9:08-9:22, and 10:03-10:17, where Rick has put a new, interrupted drum pattern to break up the flow, compared to the EP version.

Custard Speedtalk and Poet Cat appear identical to the EP versions.

This Must Be Drum Street, lots of changes. Loses its 8-count kick drum intro. New guitar drone starting at 0:44. Starting at 3:24, Karl becomes a less pushy salesman, as every other instance of "Do you want to buy my car?" is dropped. A new coda begins at 5:43.

Pinetum appears to be identical up to the point the original fades out and the new one continues with an extended outro for another minute and a half to a proper ending. That is, the one included with Episode 3 appears to be a fade-out edit of the full track included in Series 1.

I'm not sure what Do Breakers Trip is, but I think I hate it even more than I hate Molehill. I can't imagine intentionally wanting to listen to this again.

Seven Music Drone, what a great groove. I bet it would have been highly lauded if it'd been released as one of the weekly tracks. I'm sure it will also get many comparisons to Twenty Three Blue.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Thanks for listing the differences. Much appreciated.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Got my disc 1 download email. Only 320 mp3s it seems even though the album name on the tracks themselves is "DRIFT Series 1 HD-Audio Download". It'll do for now. I can wait until the actual boxset arrives.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Episode 4 sees the fewest changes. Listen to Their No, Schiphol Test, Hundred Weight Hammer, Doris, Altitude Dub, and Border Country all appear to be the same as the EP release.

Big Bear is an interesting groove. Reminds of Beebop Hurry for some reason. I'd like to give this a few more listens. My son has a stuffed animal named Big Bear, so it's a little weird to me to have a song named after him.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Does the download link web address itself have MP3 in the address? I ask because sometimes with The Prodigy store download links, I was able to replace MP3 with FLAC or WAV in the web address and it gave me the different formats.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Not for this one as far as I can see. The URLs end "download.php?f=18167" for example, so I could mess around with the number to see if I get different formats maybe but ... effort. 😂

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

lol ah, ok. Damn.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

DRIFT SERIES 1
16 BIT - £25.49
24 BIT - £35.99
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/dr.../m1akhd2kwvuvb

DRIFT SERIES 1 SAMPLER EDITION
16 BIT - £11.99
24 BIT - £16.49
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/dr.../lzlb0j06uc7ba

Hi-res is,24/48

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Adding to the end of each MP3 download link worked for me. The FLAC versions are still 16/44.1. I don't know how one would get the HD audio versions.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

i've yet to listen to and dissect the entire Series 1 release, but i immediately have to note that the Another Silent Way medley is remarkable. i firmly believe that is the craziest track they have made in a long time. ASW is already one of my most favourite DRIFT tracks, but in this continuous form (a return to the prolific slashed title tracks from the 90s!) with all these wild spoken word bits ("Better Than Diamonds" is going to be stuck in my head for a long time), it's a completely new beast. i looked forward to the Reykjavik snippet the most and whilst it hasn't been entirely replicated in this definitive form, i couldn't be any more satisfied.