Drift Ep. 3, Part 1 - Dune
 

Barry white meets UW

https://youtu.be/rBqRaupA6MQ

The DRIFT Series continues tonight with Dune – a hyperspace soul song and a beautifully horizontal slice of life observation that eavesdrops on quiet lives lived in a place where, “they’re digging up the roads, making houses, not roads to join them together”.

Every morning I heard her singing in the shower, oblivious to the world, totally lost in some happy place she never seemed to find anywhere else… – Karl

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Ooh, I like this one.

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No free downloads anymore? Nice though.

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yeah, i'm wondering about the consistency of the download v. streaming options. first Drift had a couple of downloads, second drift was all downloads and now we're back to streaming ... not sure the thought process.

I just want to buy this on physical media. :)

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just by first impressions...

I really hope that they eventually make this downloadable (and I mean, not just 'Apple Music', b/c sometimes releases just become 'unavailable' with no warning)

When "Another Silent Way" was first released, I think it was streaming-only, then you could buy it from the iTunes store (and of course, later as a part of 'Drift Ep 1')

This song is great - I especially like the groove.

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First impression: Sola Sistim/Louisiana hybrid.

As far as availability is concerned, I’m guessing most didn’t buy Ep2 because downloads are available and the released versions didn’t differ from the free downloads. Just a guess...

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very mellow, but cool though.

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I like this one. I'm gonna wait until the whole episode is finished before buying anything; they seem to compile things differently when they're all done.

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Honestly, I would not be surprised to hear something industrial like at some point.
I do like the track, but if someone told me this is underworld and not a Karl collab, I would have not believed you until the last 2 mins of the track.

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Ok, is this only me now or is Dune like the perfect successor to Are you rockstar? I mean, same vocoder setting, same lead?! Just put on Are you a rockstar and wondered why I was listening to Dune. Hm...

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This was released as a digital single download on all retail platforms:

iTunes
Amazon
Qobuz (24-bit)

Should be available on other lossless and 24-bit retailers soon, if not already.

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wouldnt it just be easist to release these as streaming only until its complete, and then sell the set?

edit: or as above. sell each piece.

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Dune uses quite a few elements from the VW Play the Road experiment:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3flwZ8OpXBY

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Yes, yes!! Exactly. There is also a longer version, hosted here: https://www.volkswagen.co.uk/playtheroad. I cannot load page right now, but it was the same video, with Rick and Karl if I remember correctly, but 17:53, with some different elements. I only have the audio, but as always I am more then happy to share.

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Wow, on itunes that's kinda expensive...

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It's $1.29 in the US. How much is it where you are?

Amazon and Google Play should have regional availability everywhere too, if it's too much on iTunes. If you want lossless, it's on Qobuz and should be on 7Digital soon, both of which have wide regional availability.

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£10.99

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:eek: That seems unfair.

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I think it has to be a mistake and that's the Drift part 3 album and they have not put the other tracks in it. But that's not at all clear.

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7 Digital have it priced at from £8.99 for the mp3 but 16 bit or 24 bit flac is also available

https://www.7digital.com/artist/unde...e/dune-9293196

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At this point, and after listening over and over, I do believe that Are You Rockstar should be serving as an official intro / precursor to Dune. Make it track one, Dune track two. It just fits, while not perfectly, well in my ears.

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You know the bit where he sings the word, "Dune"? Am I the only one joins in with, "You chased the day away! High noon! The moon and stars came out to play!"?

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It's been a while since an UW track got me to stand still for a long duration of time. This track just drifts perfectly. I've always loved Sola Sistim... but this track has replaced it as my fave UW chill track.

Drift 3 seems to be much in sync with Edgeland to me, especially Karl's vocals. Especially Dune and Custard Speed Talk. Anyone else hear it?

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there's a drift playlist underworld appear to have created on spotify.
it has 2 versions of dune. the "single" version is over 11 minutes long.
what (if any) are the differences in the versions?

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Discussed in the EP thread. Basically, just the solo drum ending was trimmed.

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Did we ever find out who sings the female backing part in this?

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The box set liner notes reveal that it's Mika Hyde, Karl's youngest daughter.

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I've only just discovered this track on the boxset (what in the world was I doing back in March?). This is just gorgeous. One of my favourite Underworld songs ever, it's just sublime. Wish it ran for thirty minutes.