Isles of Wonder - Music for the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games

[holden]

Been loving "And I Will Kiss" and "Caliban's Dream".... would that UW or High Contrast would post some full, unmixed versions of the remixes from the Athlete's Parade segment for DL....

[ThingInABook]

Originally Posted by holden

Been loving "And I Will Kiss" and "Caliban's Dream".... would that UW or High Contrast would post some full, unmixed versions of the remixes from the Athlete's Parade segment for DL....

seconding this.

[testudo]

Originally Posted by ThingInABook

seconding this.

thirds

[big screen satellite]

i know there was a post to the High Contrast Blog earlier, but he's written a few bits since on his Olympic involvement with UW

see here: Part 1

Part 2
Part 3

whatever you old moany bastards say about his mixing of UW he's been involved is involved and is good friends with UW...

UW are not the same band musically as they were - they've evolved, move on and enoy and celebrate UW's new phase with HC and the rest of the people they work with... its a journey you can be on it or not... just enjoy

[TheBang]

Speaking of High Contrast, he is releasing an EP of his Olympic contributions on Monday, Aug. 27. It contains full, unmixed versions of all the songs, including the ones that didn't make it onto the soundtrack album, such as the countdown song that samples "Baba O'Riley".

Digital download: iTunes UK, iTunes US, Amazon MP3 UK, Amazon MP3 US

1. The Road Goes On Forever (One Minute To Midnight Extended Mix) - 3:48
2. Ghost Dance (NHS MIX) - 3:31
3. Reach (NHS MIX) - 6:28
4. Four Years (NHS MIX) - 5:41
5. Strutter (NHS MIX) - 3:39
6. Emotional Vampire (NHS MIX) - 6:22
7. Moonwatcher (NHS MIX) - 3:38
8. The Long Way Home (NHS MIX) - 4:08
9. The Road Goes On Forever (Original Mix) - 5:41

[lemonjelly]

Is there a physical release? Or is it a digital only release?

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by lemonjelly

Is there a physical release? Or is it a digital only release?

I haven't seen any mention of a physical release, so I think it's digital only.

[lemonjelly]

Thanks.
High Contrast has released a fair bit more than I realised.
I thought he was mainly DnB. I really liked his stuff for the opening ceremony, as well as scribble.
What would people recommend of his releases? Specifically stuff like the opening ceremony stuff.

[TheBang]

He is mainly DnB. I'm not familiar with most of his other work, but based on his fans' comments regarding this Olympic release, this work is atypical of his usual output.

[Dirty Canuck]

"And I Will Kiss" is the finest reminder of why I love Underworld in quite some time.