XYZ (33 RPM)

Fireal420 · Post by **Fireal420** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 1:36 pm

a few weeks back i heard 747 played at 45 rates per minute, for the first time. to say the least i was pretty blown away, couldnt believe how many instruments were locked up in that track, just waiting to be unlocked.

well, i was just looking around on youtube, and found xyz, slowed down to 33 rpm. after hearing the track slowed down, i am pretty sure this has to be the way the track is meant to be heard. it makes the track sound much more relaxing, and much less frantic. the track is a much easier listen at this speed in my opinion. the vocal samples, instrumentation, drumming, and birds chirping all now seem to be at correct speed. you guys be the judge.

chronical · Post by **chronical** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:49 pm

this is.. beautiful

thanks for this, I never thought of listening to it that way. shows how much attention to detail the brothers have..

pianoforte · Post by **pianoforte** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 4:48 pm

Wow. That's really nice.

Was this uploaded by one of Twoism's own, Patryk Ludamage?

bleak. · Post by **bleak.** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 6:23 pm

breathtaking...much prefer this version.

Dudeman162 · Post by **Dudeman162** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 7:50 pm

This is off the chain, yo.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 8:44 pm

Incredible. Thanks for sharing. Mr Ludamage doing the business again.

Anyone else think the intro, particularly the effects on the vocals and the bass sound like an outtake from Tomorrow's Harvest??

Goiter Sanchez · Post by **Goiter Sanchez** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 9:05 pm

Prefer the normal speed myself.

several · Post by **several** » Sun Mar 16, 2014 10:46 pm

chopped n screwed?

zeitgeist · Post by **zeitgeist** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:46 am

IMO, every thing in this version sounds much better than the 45, besides the "X-Y-Z" at the beginning--really distracting for me. But yeah, the birds definitely sound a lot better/more normal

re-phaelam-ed · Post by **re-phaelam-ed** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 7:18 am

doesn't sound like a bird....so much as someone screaming.

Fireal420 · Post by **Fireal420** » Mon Mar 17, 2014 6:02 pm

re-phaelam-ed wrote:doesn't sound like a bird....so much as someone screaming.

listen to the track, there are def. birds chirping after 3 minutes in

with that said. when i was listening to xyz at 33 rpm for the first time yesterday. i noticed that about midway through the track, at about every 10 second interval, you can hear what sounds like a horrified scream. its not just my mind playing tricks on me either, give it a listen. one example is between the 5:18-5:19 mark

zeitgeist · Post by **zeitgeist** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:04 am

Fireal420 wrote:
re-phaelam-ed wrote:doesn't sound like a bird....so much as someone screaming.

listen to the track, there are def. birds chirping after 3 minutes in

with that said. when i was listening to xyz at 33 rpm for the first time yesterday. i noticed that about midway through the track, at about every 10 second interval, you can hear what sounds like a horrified scream. its not just my mind playing tricks on me either, give it a listen. one example is between the 5:18-5:19 mark

Haha, I definitely hear that scream at 5:18. Neat. Sounds like the movie Psycho

Hitecherous · Post by **Hitecherous** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 6:31 am

Which album is this off? I thought XYZ wasn't released on the Peel Session album.

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:38 am

Correct, but it's been floating around the internet for years, together with the short interview they did with John Peel shortly before/after playing the track.

Stickyfingers72 · Post by **Stickyfingers72** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 5:16 pm

Hitecherous wrote:Which album is this off? I thought XYZ wasn't released on the Peel Session album.

There was me this afternoon grabbing my peel sessions cd and thinking for some reason it was on there and intended to play it at 33 rpm on one of my CDJs and take it all in for 2 reasons.. It sounded dope slower and secondly I wanted to make out what species of bird they had used this time. DOH!!

Anybody got a digital rip they would kindly provide me with a link?

Fearless Flounder · Post by **Fearless Flounder** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:17 pm

Peel was known for playing records at the wrong speed haha, but yeah this was recorded at BBC with the band talking beforehand. Did they mention something about it being their fastest yet (so maybe they did notch up the speed a bit from what was originally intended) and did we ever figure why it was left off the peel sessions....there was mention of that tangerine dream sample. Perhaps that was it?

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 7:44 pm

Indeed they did say that, in between congratulating him on his OBE and saying the the rumours about them being recluses hiding away in the Highlands was somewaht exaggerated. They end the interview saying they're off down the pub, which always endears them to me

For those who've never heard it, it's an interesting few minutes.

arvy · Post by **arvy** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:07 pm

This is only one entry, where you can hear them speaking live? lol, funny show !

Mexicola · Post by **Mexicola** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:19 pm

Seek and ye (tube) shall find

Goiter Sanchez · Post by **Goiter Sanchez** » Tue Mar 18, 2014 8:36 pm

Fearless Flounder wrote:...did we ever figure why it was left off the peel sessions....there was mention of that tangerine dream sample. Perhaps that was it?

I'd say it was the Edgar Froese sample since it isn't altered all that much and loops throughout the track. For those who haven't heard it: