LP5 - Inferno

[akirako]

This is just a semi-pisstake so please don't get too angry at me.

[Glen_Glog]

my bleep was delivered with my vinyl inferno but the box was stolen with a bunch of other albums and the boc hat. I am very upset

[GeometricPish]

Yes, actually, and it was both one of my favorite R35TT tracks + one of my favorite TH tracks (both two of my favorite BOC tracks in general!)

It's A14: compare it to New Seeds

The initial synth line from Cold Earth also seems to borrowed from ATP track 2:

[Widmerpool]

Hey!

Despite the sunny weather there's a gloomy and introspective side to Catalonia. Barcelona is a post-industrial town and it didn't rust to death because of the service economy, but nobody's exactly happy about the way things are going and even the Olympic redevelopment/gentrification scheme was sort of traumatic. Except for St Miquel and Barceloneta all of the beaches are artificial and built on brownfield/former industrial waste disposal pipelines. The Forum is built on Francoist execution grounds. They were killing so many people they'd make them stand in a row, then mount a machine gun on a car and drive by until nobody was standing. Plus if you go back in history there's not a lot of happy times. Basically everyone has a list of people they'd kill if another civil war broke out lmao, we're just too polite and cowardly in a twisted way (despite being such an insufferably loud and brash town). You know, like how nobody tells the guys rapping in the metro to fuck off but everyone rants about them in private. It's also like that when things get ugly because, despite being loud as fuck, nobody wants to stand out like that.

But Primavera Sound for instance started in Barcelona and it does employ a lot of locals in decision making positions. I don't like their business model but I mean there's definitely a strong local musical intelligentsia. Canada the artsy advertising/music video studio is also from Barcelona and they've made some stuff for Warp bands, Battles iirc. Vagina Dentata Organ, the guy that rants about serial killers on that Whitehouse album was from Barcelona too, etc.

There's a fair bit of local experimental music too but I guess yeah, that's not even close to where the mainstream has been for ages, and since both Spanish and Catalan public TV has become dreadful I don't think there's going to be much in the way of making any sort of less mainstream music reach the public. It used not to be like that, and at least 5 or so years ago betevé had a couple of good programmes, I wonder what it's like now. Overall the scene is in a deep crisis but it has more to do with how difficult it's become to book a venue and how much of a right-winger in disguise Collboni is, rather than lack of interest. Sad times but being bitter and complaining all the time, then not doing anything about it is the quintessential Catalan character trait

Absolutely spot-on on the understated gloomy aspect of Catalonia. Even without delving as deep into our sociohistorical wounds as you did it just lends itself naturally to brooding.
(Or maybe that's just me.)

In Barcelona itself I make a point to avoid the most touristic areas. They are crazy and not in a dainty, picturesque way, but fucked up and drained of identity, not to mention dangerous. Between drug-peddling gangs, greedy and/or everlastingly wasted foreigners who fancy the city as their toilet and the infamous local police I don't know what I dread the most. Ironically it's often the most lumpen quarters (like in the outskirts and the área metropolitana) that are teeming with a soul of its own, seeping through the cracks of a grotesque urban planning: a ragged, almost psychedelic feel not too different from how Marsé portrayed it in his post-war novels. One day, soon I am due a good stroll with Inferno on my headphones.

Sadly I haven't kept up with its music scene as I don't *really* live there any longer, but there used to be more than a few local and experimental-minded venues sprawled across the city, if you ignore the big salas and festivals. Despite the crisis it still seems to attract musicians like very few places do in Europe. I *kind* of miss that, personally, if anything.

[PlatrixECV]

My bleep order (with clothing bundle) arrived today. I am in California, US. Shipping originated in Michigan which I suppose makes sense as the Western Hemisphere pressing in made in Canada.

[outhudd]

Fingers crossed for today here (now 7 days since dispatch).

I'm very happy I listened to the digital as soon as it came out.

I've been listening 3 or 4 times per day since last week, often restarting as soon as it's finished. I'm a huge record collector and it's been the only physical format I buy for 15 years now, but I think CD or digital is the best format to listen to this album in terms of how it can be experienced as a whole in one sitting.

They released the Continuous Mix version to avoid split second gaps between tracks. I think it's best avoiding the 3 gaps from changing record sides too. Just my own personal thought on it.

[outhudd]

Stock running out of the deluxe version now, only 1 left at Juno: https://www.juno.co.uk/products/boards- ... 151781-01/

[Moloch]

My LP + shirt still hasn't arrived. I'm afraid it's either been lost or stolen. What an ordeal!

[Rikkiebags]

Number 2 in the current midweek charts behind some bloke.

[Den]

I thought it was cool that Inferno and Paul McCartney’s album dropped on the same day.

[Widmerpool]

My LP + shirt still hasn't arrived. I'm afraid it's either been lost or stolen. What an ordeal!

Damn it... Courage to you. Sometimes the most unfortunate and painstaking the wait the more enjoyment once it finally turns up.

[portiss]

The 1 I ordered through Rough Trade is still in pre-transit, with an ''Unknown Estimated Delivery Date''.
Really hope this doesn't screw up and I can't get my hands on the limited edition anymore.

[Redd Panderson]

In case it can set anyone's mind at ease, the tracking for my Bleep bundle never updated, but I still received it in under 7 shipping days after it shipped.

[GeoDose]

I thought it was cool that Inferno and Paul McCartney’s album dropped on the same day.

That and the 'Backrooms' movie, which apparently has 'The Word Becomes Flesh' as the end-credits music!

Meaning there was collaboration between Warp Records and A24 WELL BEFORE the release of the Backrooms film.

Pretty darn cool!

Edit: Oops, I see we're all aware of this already! Moving to the other thread now....

[GeoDose]

Number 2 in the current midweek charts behind some bloke.

That's fantastic! Wow.

Good luck to those who are still waiting for their vinyls / bundles! I feel for you guys.

[akirako]

Hey!

Despite the sunny weather there's a gloomy and introspective side to Catalonia. Barcelona is a post-industrial town and it didn't rust to death because of the service economy, but nobody's exactly happy about the way things are going and even the Olympic redevelopment/gentrification scheme was sort of traumatic. Except for St Miquel and Barceloneta all of the beaches are artificial and built on brownfield/former industrial waste disposal pipelines. The Forum is built on Francoist execution grounds. They were killing so many people they'd make them stand in a row, then mount a machine gun on a car and drive by until nobody was standing. Plus if you go back in history there's not a lot of happy times. Basically everyone has a list of people they'd kill if another civil war broke out lmao, we're just too polite and cowardly in a twisted way (despite being such an insufferably loud and brash town). You know, like how nobody tells the guys rapping in the metro to fuck off but everyone rants about them in private. It's also like that when things get ugly because, despite being loud as fuck, nobody wants to stand out like that.

But Primavera Sound for instance started in Barcelona and it does employ a lot of locals in decision making positions. I don't like their business model but I mean there's definitely a strong local musical intelligentsia. Canada the artsy advertising/music video studio is also from Barcelona and they've made some stuff for Warp bands, Battles iirc. Vagina Dentata Organ, the guy that rants about serial killers on that Whitehouse album was from Barcelona too, etc.

There's a fair bit of local experimental music too but I guess yeah, that's not even close to where the mainstream has been for ages, and since both Spanish and Catalan public TV has become dreadful I don't think there's going to be much in the way of making any sort of less mainstream music reach the public. It used not to be like that, and at least 5 or so years ago betevé had a couple of good programmes, I wonder what it's like now. Overall the scene is in a deep crisis but it has more to do with how difficult it's become to book a venue and how much of a right-winger in disguise Collboni is, rather than lack of interest. Sad times but being bitter and complaining all the time, then not doing anything about it is the quintessential Catalan character trait

Absolutely spot-on on the understated gloomy aspect of Catalonia. Even without delving as deep into our sociohistorical wounds as you did it just lends itself naturally to brooding.
(Or maybe that's just me.)

In Barcelona itself I make a point to avoid the most touristic areas. They are crazy and not in a dainty, picturesque way, but fucked up and drained of identity, not to mention dangerous. Between drug-peddling gangs, greedy and/or everlastingly wasted foreigners who fancy the city as their toilet and the infamous local police I don't know what I dread the most. Ironically it's often the most lumpen quarters (like in the outskirts and the área metropolitana) that are teeming with a soul of its own, seeping through the cracks of a grotesque urban planning: a ragged, almost psychedelic feel not too different from how Marsé portrayed it in his post-war novels. One day, soon I am due a good stroll with Inferno on my headphones.

Sadly I haven't kept up with its music scene as I don't *really* live there any longer, but there used to be more than a few local and experimental-minded venues sprawled across the city, if you ignore the big salas and festivals. Despite the crisis it still seems to attract musicians like very few places do in Europe. I *kind* of miss that, personally, if anything.

I'm actually moved to see you totally get our hometown. Thank you
Salut company!

[superuser]

濁ったプリズムの向こうに浮かび上がる狂気

That’s the tagline written on the obi strip in the Japanese edition of the vinyl/cd

It translates to “the madness emerges from behind a clouded prism”

[Redd Panderson]

濁ったプリズムの向こうに浮かび上がる狂気

That’s the tagline written on the obi strip in the Japanese edition of the vinyl/cd

It translates to “the madness emerges from behind a clouded prism”

DAMN, love that.

[The Other]

濁ったプリズムの向こうに浮かび上がる狂気

That’s the tagline written on the obi strip in the Japanese edition of the vinyl/cd

It translates to “the madness emerges from behind a clouded prism”

Foreshadowing a track name from a forthcoming EP?

Doubt it...but i thats neat anyway. Thanks for sharing.

[Decorah]

The 1 I ordered through Rough Trade is still in pre-transit, with an ''Unknown Estimated Delivery Date''.
Really hope this doesn't screw up and I can't get my hands on the limited edition anymore.

I ordered through Rough Trade, it started the shipping process on 5/29 and now USPS tracking shows an ETA of 6/8. Better late than never? Yours will ship, I'm confident.