Lovely Broken Thing : A message from Rick and Karl

[Yannick]

thanks for your patience, we know it's been annoying, we're even scared to say it but.................we're ready!

Tomorrow/today (depending on where you are) will see the release of the first new underworld material for................well, ages.......and here's the how, why and where.

we will be releasing music as a series of downloads exclusively from underworldlive.com (http://www.underworldlive.com/) and wanted you to be the first to know.

the downloads will consist of 5/6 different pieces interwoven, mixed, blended, whatever you want to call it into a single piece 25/30 minutes in length. the releases will sometimes follow a rough musical theme (there's a dub influenced one already in the can) sometimes they won't - but the idea is to give us the chance to stretch out into areas we have only been able to touch on with traditional album releases, and give you the listener an underworld experience over the time it takes to listen to one side of an old vinyl album.

after years of recording, promoting, touring and falling out we think it's time for us to step off the treadmill and give our time to a number of projects and ideas some of which have been kicking around for years, firstly the score to anthony minghella's (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443456/) new film, followed swiftly with some remixes/collaborations with some of our favourite underground dance producers/djs..............and there will be more, much, much more.

another aim of changing things is to give us the chance to respond to what's happening musically out there in the world and put an underworld spin on things more than once every three years - like the way things happened in the days of white-labels, selling records from vans and junior boys own....we hope you'll be able to hear this in the music. it will also help us refresh the live set with more new songs in a way we haven't been able to in the past, something we've wanted to do for a long time now.

none of this spells the end of traditional albums, remixes, tours, gigs it's just a way of getting music to you without the help of a multinational every time we feel inspired. expect too see underworld in the charts, on the radio, in the press and in your town again but in the meantime fill you're boots at underworldlive.com (http://www.underworldlive.com/).

rick and karl
9th november 2005

[aNt]

sod that DUUUDDDDEE!!! ITS LIVE!!!!!!

HURRAAYYYY!! new stuff!! NEW STUFF!!!!!!!

HAHAHA- CAN I SLEEP NOW?

aNt

[dubnobasswithme]

hotttttttttttttttt :)

*currently adding to shopping cart*

[potatobroth]

welp.

1) it wont download to my comp. that redirect is causing all sorts of issues.
2) USA is at the bottom of the list. not in alpha order. bizarre.

any ideas? im on a PC and its trying to download the page 'download.html' rather than the .zip

[testudo]

what's the quality of the MP3????

[Yannick]

good work ant boy !! go to bed now :)

[potatobroth]

ok. im havin issues here. in my downloads list, i see Lovely Broken Thing listed 10 times, but ive yet to be able to get it.

edit: works in Firefox. just doesnt work with IE.

problem solved. (solution: dont use IE)

edit2: im super excited. great work all. cant wait!!

[aNt]

pm me yer email address dude... we have tested it on all sorts of computers
and its all cool... i can take a look for u, see if i can sort it... what browser/computer are u using?

[crank]

pm me yer email address dude... we have tested it on all sorts of computers
and its all cool... i can take a look for u, see if i can sort it... what browser/computer are u using?

ANNNNNNNNTTTTTT.
thank you for all your hard work. RIccccKKKKKKKK THANK YOu for all your hard workkkkkk. Karl, CHERrrss for all your hard workkkkkkk
crankkkkkk

[dubnobasswithme]

what's the quality of the MP3????

192 kb/sec for this one

[holden]

Happy happy happy! 28:36 of sounds, both familiar and new!:D

Anyone find a tracklist in the bundle?

[Yannick]

"jal to tokyo", "billy goat", "peggy sussed", "dub shepherd", "lenny penne", "monkey wink" and "witness".

[aNt]

works on IE here- humm odd will have a real hard look- cheers for the info dude....

[potatobroth]

listening and loving.


ant - sent you the info. ill try and get screenshots for ya.

[dan_wp]

this is sweet. cheers guys, this is a great idea.:)

[the mongoose]

hey...someone upload it here already! Seriously j/k.:p

I'm sooo excited but I gotta wait to borrow a credit card later to get it.

Myyyy Prrrrecious....:D

[shieldwolf]

listened through it already, soaked in the pretty pictures and lovely words. feeling sunshine-y . . .

it's really, really good, all, rest assured. mmmmmm...boys done right by me.

[BeautifulBurnout]

Ohhhhhh yessssss!!

And so happy this is available today, so I can dwl it and get in the mood for Tilburg tomorrow night! w00t!

Excellent work all. Thanks!

[aNt]

/pats the server- OHH thats a bit hot. "hope she can take it captain!"
"someone get a this thing a Stolly and Tonic!!"...

[thee carp dreamer]

hmmm

as i'm 17, i don't have a credit card.
as i'm at uni, i can't ask my parents.

fuck!

well.........anyone want to help me out? i'd be very very happy to send em a cheque or something.....

pm me please!!

[Eikman]

2) USA is at the bottom of the list. not in alpha order. bizarre.



that's where the USA belongs ;)

[Jason Roth]

that's where the USA belongs ;)

depends who's on top. ;)

[jose]

so so happy right now!!

[sanakan]

:D

my birthday present one day early :p
thank you so much for letting this happen! cheers to everyone involved, too!

currently dl'ing... boy, my musicplayer won't have a free minute tonight...

some impressions:
- the shop seems easy to browse & manage, even under linux ;) thanks for using proper html!
we are not using any copy protection or drm as we prefer to start from the point of trusing our customers. thanks for this too! no DRM! hooray! my linux box would be pissed otherwise...

- i'd be nice to know the size of the package, so one knows how long the download will take.

[votingfloater]

Well, unzipped it's 47 MB.

Plaudits for the lack of DRM from me too - I can play it on my mp3 player!

[Thing In A Book]

Very cool indeed. And you're right. They should add a size or time it takes to download stuff from their site.

About the music:

I love that first tune JAL in tokyo. Also Lenne Penny is a cool one. Seems a bit drum and bass like. Like that other band, Kosheen. Only then with a underworld sound to it :)

Hope to hear more of this in the future! I think we're heading to a bright one (future that is) :)

[joethelion]

well - I had to re-register...

and there was initial difficulties with the billing stuff...

but I just got the complete download... and about to LISTEN!!!!!!

yayayayayayayaayyaya


(edit)

and JAL to Tokyo sounds soooooooooo MUCH BETTER!!!!
I mean, it's been growing me over time
...but now that you can actually hear Karl and the bass, as it's not recorded off a stream or the radio... I officially love it!!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

(edit 2)
oh! and it's got that jam track from one of the dirtyradio broadcasts... you know, the one where it goes into a sample of Karl going "halleluya"

[votingfloater]

Bit confused here. Bought and downloaded fine (didn't like my credit card first time, took it the second).

Went back to look at the members section and see the downloads, credits links. Click on them out of curiosity... and now I have three links to the new package in Downloads. Is the credits link to request a repeat download of one we've paid for? Or does it just issue a new link every time I go to Downloads, and I now have >1 because the old ones haven't expired, or what? Some info on these pages might help dim bulbs like myself who can't contain their curiosity. :D

[*_*]

listening... LIKING!!! you can hear the Ableton Live 5 goodness! :)

[potatobroth]

Bit confused here. Bought and downloaded fine (didn't like my credit card first time, took it the second).

Went back to look at the members section and see the downloads, credits links. Click on them out of curiosity... and now I have three links to the new package in Downloads. Is the credits link to request a repeat download of one we've paid for? Or does it just issue a new link every time I go to Downloads, and I now have >1 because the old ones haven't expired, or what? Some info on these pages might help dim bulbs like myself who can't contain their curiosity. :D

i had this same issue and sent screenshots over to ant. its just an IE glitch the way i see it. wouldnt worry about it.

[aNt]

votingfloater (member.php?u=115) narr dude- thats my bug. nice find dude. will fix in the morning, need food and sleep... its not dangerus its just a silly loop bug...

[lbergstr]

please consider encoding mp3s as variable bitrate (VBR) in the future - you can get better sound quality for the same filesize.

[Bargo]

Ordered and downloading. This is awesome, thanks a million guys.

It was mentioend earlier, but for future releases an indication of download filesize would be great so that us poor dial-up losers know how feasible it is to download.

[dan_wp]

hmmm

as i'm 17, i don't have a credit card.
as i'm at uni, i can't ask my parents.

fuck!

well.........anyone want to help me out? i'd be very very happy to send em a cheque or something.....

pm me please!!

what year are you in? i'm in nottingham uni too

[thee carp dreamer]

what year are you in? i'm in nottingham uni too

fresher. in newark hall, studying economics.
:)

[Yannick]

I don't have a credit card either ! I want to hear it too !! :mad:

[DaddyAdv]

How about PayPal ?
Would be nice so people w/o credit cards (like me) could get the music.

DaddyAdv

[gambit]

:D:D:D

Made my day.

[mousebone]

hell....i am really angry about that credtcard-thing.........forced to keep my mouth shut......:mad:
.
aargh !

[Yannick]

no notice i just wrote the title wrong hahaha

Lovely Broken Thing it is

[orangepants]

Two listens and loving it mostly so far... 'JAL To Tokyo' is IMMENSE though - NEEDS a limited print on 12" though ;)

So far the excitement has come from the photography more than anything - I walk through several of these subways on my way to and from work every day and a lot of these shots were taken literally across the road from my flat, so why haven't I bumped into Karl out with his camera so far? ;)

[jmvive]

Dude...I had a simialr problem. The file doesn't show up on my computer after it looked like it was downloading. At the end of what looked to be the download, the file said corrupted and I can't find it anywhere. My email is jmdrums@hotmail.com

Peace,

Jon Malone

[undarrenworld]

Here it comes. Im so happy.

Thank you

[rayray]

It is a Broken Lovely Thing - LOL - :D
Does not work for my address information - any thoughts on how/why would
be appreciated, after you've eaten well, slept in your bed, and bathed of course. Can't wait, thanks all this is a great direction!

[essbee]

Can't wait, can't wait - any ideas how big the zip is? ... I'm on dial-uuuuuuuppppp!

[Thing In A Book]

Size: 45.6 MB (47,881,117 bytes)

[essbee]

Ta, think I'll have to sit back for a while yet then :cool:

[aNt]

ok seems some people have having problems on IE and downloads. this is a
bug i never ran into (running XP here). have to get my hands on a copy of windows2000 tomorrow and give it a test run...

i would recommend downloading using Firefox as a quick workaround. and will be on this soon as i can...

thanks for spotting this bug- and thanks microsoft for such a great browser :P

[Dirty0900]

Im at a mates house so i cant download to home till tomorrow! Man its sounding good and promising!

[Mil]

I just bought it (I think) and it did the whole card checking process and then forwarded me right back to the front page without an error message or download link or anything. How do I know if it's actually processed or not? Anyone else having problems like this?

[GoatSucker]

Thanks to everyone involved for this - it's a lovely release. Here's some quick comments:

Ordering process:
Went ok, but could be smoother. Had to use a 2nd credit card, after the first one was declined for some reason (it normally works fine for web purchases). PayPal would be a nice option.
Had to download about three times because it kept on stopping half way. I guess this could be down to the server load, and it got there in the end.
The download link appeared about 8 times - I understand this will be fixed soon.

Package:
Really nice to have artwork and bonus photos. Makes it something extra special that retail albums don't have.
MP3 at 192Kbps makes me a bit unhappy. Would have expected 320Kbps VBR, and would have liked a lossless version as an option (FLAC/WAV).
Come on R&K... lossy audio is SO 90's.
Also, it would have been good to know it was only 192Kbps before downloading. A single MP3 is ok, but a cue sheet would have been useful for burning.

Music:
Nice selection on tracks. No killer tracks ('Moaner' / 'Pearls Girl' quality), but hopefully those will be waiting for the next album. I know the point of this release is to make something slightly different, anyway, so for that I'm grateful. The first part is very nice indeed.

Overall: Top release, and keep it coming :)

[rayray]

Now it's a Working_Lovely_Thing
And it sounds great - thanks

[stauff]

I had to try my CC twice as well, but it worked fine the second time around... just like the download ;)

JAL to Tokyo sounds sooo much better in good quality...

- Matthew

[Caprice]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

is at the very bottom of the country pick list for the order form. Under Z. I dont know if this is a practical joke or what.

[Caprice]

I really like this. Im a 3 minutes into the record and i already like it. Im so happy with how everything is going. Finally, NEW MUSIC!!!!!! :)

the built in webpage gallery is also very awesome.

thanks!

great idea!

[crank]

ok seems some people have having problems on IE and downloads. this is a
bug i never ran into (running XP here). have to get my hands on a copy of windows2000 tomorrow and give it a test run...

i would recommend downloading using Firefox as a quick workaround. and will be on this soon as i can...

thanks for spotting this bug- and thanks microsoft for such a great browser :P

Too bad you all don't use a real Operating system...
COUGHOSXCOUGH

[rtzig]

Answered my own question.

[potatobroth]

I just bought it (I think) and it did the whole card checking process and then forwarded me right back to the front page without an error message or download link or anything. How do I know if it's actually processed or not? Anyone else having problems like this?]

Mil, try going to the Downloads section of the site. you should see it listed in there ready for you to get.

[MN-Jeff]

1. When you add the audio to iTunes, it says "River Run Project"
2. Who gives a damn that the U.S. is listed at the bottom? Good god, stop watching fox news.

[potatobroth]

1. When you add the audio to iTunes, it says "River Run Project"
2. Who gives a damn that the U.S. is listed at the bottom? Good god, stop watching fox news.

2. because when i did it, my list was off the screen and i couldnt find my country to order the songs. whats with the fox news comment? is there something the matter with alphabetical order these days?

[mark3]

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

is at the very bottom of the country pick list for the order form. Under Z. I dont know if this is a practical joke or what.
United Kingdom is listed at the very top. You often seen the 'important' countries (important when it comes to expected number of customers) listed first.
USA was probably supposed to be listed there as well and then someone fucked it up and placed it at the bottom. Or they did it deliberately. http://www.dirty.org/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[testudo]

OK i think I have a few dumb questions, but could someone please help,
or better yet: please help me :D

So I am trying to order, but since i live in US of A. Could someone please help me with the credit card address ordering. we don't have districts...

Thank you in advance!!!

[viddy]

for those in the USA, this worked for me:

house number = the number on your house/apartment
house name = empty
street = the name of your street
district = empty
county = the state in which you live
post code = zip code

[gambit]

I didn't have to worry about state or county when I paid for it. But otherwise, I needed to go through it a few times before it accepted that I, indeed, existed. :D

[dan_wp]

fresher. in newark hall, studying economics.
:)

nice one. i'm third year, living in lenton (not much of a surprise). you enjoying nottingham?

just finished listing to lovely broken thing, love the idea of releasing music in this way, looking forward to hearing some of the other stuff:)

[Forgotten Sanity]

I really, really like Billy Goat. I'm also, of course, digging Lenne Penne and Electronic... the other stuff though is just ok... but this is great!

Thanks guys!!!

[the real stuff]

Billy Goat is really good. I love it and JAL to Tokyo the most.

This made my day. Thanks R&K and everyone involved :) Love it!

[ndrwrld]

jeesh...i go away for 2 days, and i come back to this fabulous news.
and, like another person on here, i ALSO dont have a credit card.
ARGH shakes fist.:mad:

[MN-Jeff]

for those in the USA, this worked for me:

house number = the number on your house/apartment
house name = empty
street = the name of your street
district = empty
county = the state in which you live
post code = zip code

Similar, but in "house name" I put the name as it appears on my credit card, and under city/town, I put both the town and the state, and left the county blank.

I think all you need is to fill in the same billing address as your credit card. I don't think it really matters what goes in what proper blank space, as long as all the numbers and letters match in the end.

[grady]

happy to finally be hearing new material after reading this thread constantly today at work.

when is the next release coming?

[yard]

so are these releases going to be available for a long time/indefinately/for a limited time only? will they ever see the light of day on a cd or something?

thanks!!

[dubman]

augh, finally!

i read it this morning, and then spent the rest of the day thinking about when i was going to be able to get it.

which was sorta surprising... i mean, i liked the new previews from live shows, but i wasn't quite feeling the spark yet, so i thought i might not be as fanatical, but 12 minutes into it and god do i love this beyond anything else right now.


it feels good.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

Yes...this is very nice :)

That it contains the last bit of Lonely Bollock from the Dirtyradio show...I loved the ending of that tune, very nice to get an actual version of it. Can't wait to keep this on repeat for my drive back home Friday...

I think tomorrow I'm going to cue all these tracks up so I can split them up...makes it easier to listen to them seperately. It's late here in THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA so I'll do it tomorrow and post where I split everything...

P.S. JAL to Tokyo is :o

[Bargo]

ant, will there be any support for the ability to resume downloads (via browser or getright, etc) in the future? My download died at 37mb so I'm off for attempt #2 overnight. Damn dial-up sucks. :(

[mmm skyscraper]

The second bit ("billy goat") sounds destined for a DFA remix.

I'm using IE 6.0.2800.1106 on Windows 98 4.10.98 and the download worked fine.

[Cadevil]

Anyone worked out a cue sheet for this yet?'

Not sure if this is an okay question seeing as how R&K noted that they sort of wanted it to be one listening experience, but I'd really like to cut these into tracks...

What a great package overall. UW does it again. :D

[thee carp dreamer]

someone please help me!
no credit card!
i'll send cash/cheque/whatever!
come on!

[dog]

doesn't REALLY seem like they've trod any new ground. seems like b-sides from the AHDO era.

i like it though.

looking forward to upcoming work.

[the mongoose]

GOT IT!:)

Jal to Tokyo (aka Electronic Part 1) sounds a fucking shitload better on this recording....the echoed background noises come to life!:eek:

more on it as I listen but so far so good.:cool:

[viddy]

Really hoping for a clean sounding version of Biro The Leggy at some point here fellas...

Who's with me?

[MN-Jeff]

Anyone worked out a cue sheet for this yet?'

Not sure if this is an okay question seeing as how R&K noted that they sort of wanted it to be one listening experience, but I'd really like to cut these into tracks...

What a great package overall. UW does it again. :D

1. JAL To Tokyo 5:36
2. Billy Goat 6:03
3. Peggy Sussed 2:21
4. Dub Shepherd 2:30
5. Lenny Penne 7:03
6. Monkey Wink 3:22
7. Witness 1:39

[the mongoose]

wow......:cool:

[Dirty0900]

so i guessthis is the 25 minute piece of music that tong went on about.Im guessing this is what he played and the actual track is not that long.[JAL]

[GoatSucker]

Here's a quick .cue file for the track, based on MN-Jeff's times above:

PERFORMER "Underworld"
TITLE "BrokenLovelyThing"
FILE "audio.mp3" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "JAL To Tokyo"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Billy Goat"
INDEX 01 05:37:00
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Peggy Sussed"
INDEX 01 11:39:00
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Dub Shepherd"
INDEX 01 14:00:00
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Lenny Penne"
INDEX 01 16:30:00
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Monkey Wink"
INDEX 01 23:33:00
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Witness"
INDEX 01 26:55:00


Works fine in FooBar2K, should work in other players that can accept cue files. This stuff gets better every time I listen :)

[holden]

i listened to Lovely Broken Thing, walking home last night in the rain. It works on so many levels...From beat-heavy jams like in the live shows to ambient soundscapes, insistent lyrics, flow, build up and come down.

Thank you so much, Rick and Karl, and everyone involved in this new phase of releasing music! Can't wait for what's next!
:)
holden

[rayray]

finally got a listen on a system with a bottom end - this is a really tight release JAL to Tokyo is a great track - thanks for the music r&k.

[Cadevil]

doesn't REALLY seem like they've trod any new ground. seems like b-sides from the AHDO era.

i like it though.

looking forward to upcoming work.

Hmmm...I think it sounds more like STITI era stuff.

In fact the entire time through my first listen, I kept likening the sound to STITI. I think it a lot of it is as "distinct" as the sound on that record...if that makes any sense.

[K.O.S:]

OMG....its so fucking perfect!!!!


Thx underworld

[aNt]

i hope she holds out over the weekend *pats server*....
i've filled her up with a nice drink and plenty of ice she should be ok.

ive also tested the site on win2000 IE and the download worked for me :(
bugger also tryed on 98 and 95 and it worked fine... part form the
normal windows stuff. also downloaded it to winCE and Symbian all worked

sorry to the people having hassles. very odd.. not sure how to test that.
the fix using Firefox seems to be helping there so cool..

added cart feedback so u can see how many items u are poping into it
on the shop page.. thought it my help..

ok- im offline till monday... have fun!

[sloff]

Of all the times to be without internet service at home...
downloaded it at work and love it!

I too was a bit confused about the USA not being in alphabetical order, even switched browsers to see if the list was generating wrong. stupid me :p

Thanks for the cue times guys.

[Dirty0900]

Downloaded it fine.No probs at all.

[spacejunk]

Downloaded it fine.No probs at all.

Same here.

Great stuff boys. Great idea too.

[yard]

great release K&R! really enjoyed the beats, and the rain ambience is top notch! I like how everything moves along nicely in a mix. the photos are quite nice too. nice journey with visuals, text clue ins and audio. brilliant!

cheers!
chris

ps..a flac release in the future would be much appreciated for this type of release...

[aceface]

Wow...25-30 minute mixed songs, just like off the singles in the old days...and this is only the first and there are 5 coming. Is this not what every underworld fan has been asking for since Beaucoup Fish? I love it.

[potatobroth]

i dont know about the 5 coming part, but there certainly are more coming. this is going to be absolutely fantastic when we have a few in our ipod queue to choose from to suit the mood.

[Dirty0900]

Only thing that annoys me is i cant change the info on iTunes to put the genre in!

[Dirty0900]

Here's a quick .cue file for the track, based on MN-Jeff's times above:

PERFORMER "Underworld"
TITLE "BrokenLovelyThing"
FILE "audio.mp3" WAVE
TRACK 01 AUDIO
TITLE "JAL To Tokyo"
INDEX 01 00:00:00
TRACK 02 AUDIO
TITLE "Billy Goat"
INDEX 01 05:37:00
TRACK 03 AUDIO
TITLE "Peggy Sussed"
INDEX 01 11:39:00
TRACK 04 AUDIO
TITLE "Dub Shepherd"
INDEX 01 14:00:00
TRACK 05 AUDIO
TITLE "Lenny Penne"
INDEX 01 16:30:00
TRACK 06 AUDIO
TITLE "Monkey Wink"
INDEX 01 23:33:00
TRACK 07 AUDIO
TITLE "Witness"
INDEX 01 26:55:00


Works fine in FooBar2K, should work in other players that can accept cue files. This stuff gets better every time I listen :)

Thanks for the times.I might split them up via Adobe Audition so i have the mix and the seperate files.

Im also finding it hard to get the file to save to Itunes.It wont drag in, and wont save in.So everytime i exit iTunes i have to add it again which is annoying.

[holden]

Thanks for the times.I might split them up via Adobe Audition so i have the mix and the seperate files.

Hmmm...suit yourself, making it like a traditional album...though since this is quasi-mixed, i'm enjoying taking the whole thing at once...can always FFW (though why'd one need to skip any!).

[Dirty0900]

Just easier to listen to different tracks if i feel the need.Rwally liking the last song on Lovely Broken Thing.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

Wow...25-30 minute mixed songs, just like off the singles in the old days...and this is only the first and there are 5 coming. Is this not what every underworld fan has been asking for since Beaucoup Fish? I love it.

Yeah, I was thinking of this...it could be like the old days of Pearl's Girl, Dark and Long, you know...plus I really like how it just comes across as one continuous song...kind of reminds me of the old progressive classics, Tarkus, Supper's Ready, Thick as a Brick, Close to the Edge, and so on...

Only real disappointment is the 192 kbps. Some of the vocals seem a bit muffled and to be honest 5 pounds for 7 songs is still kind of on the high end of pricing, which I wouldn't mind if the sound quality was like --aps or something...

[holden]

Only real disappointment is the 192 kbps. Some of the vocals seem a bit muffled and to be honest 5 pounds for 7 songs is still kind of on the high end of pricing, which I wouldn't mind if the sound quality was like --aps or something...

i respectfully disagree...could just be the mix, but the vocals sound crisp to me, especially JAL to Tokyo...much better than either of the Tong broadcasts (although they were 96 and 128 kbps).

And the price? i;m just a poor student, but $8.60 USD for 7 songs is a deal, considering what CDs cost. Sure, slightly more than iTunes, but whatever, it's fair.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

i respectfully disagree...could just be the mix, but the vocals sound crisp to me, especially JAL to Tokyo...much better than either of the Tong broadcasts (although they were 96 and 128 kbps).

And the price? i;m just a poor student, but $8.60 USD for 7 songs is a deal, considering what CDs cost. Sure, slightly more than iTunes, but whatever, it's fair.

Well, it mostly sounds great, but I think my problem are with the vocals in Lenny Penne...they just don't sound all that great at all, but I'm not sure if that's a problem with the sound quality or just a bad recording, or what.

Also, just want to point out another thing...the tracks Dub Shepard and Lenny Penne don't really have a good divide point, so it's probably best to leave them just as one.

[carlstep333]

Rick, Karl - big hand from me. Broken Lovely Thing is both fresh and refreshing, fantastically familiar; that sublime, superb Underworld sound still makes me smile.

To everyone else - remember this is a new direction for these guys, i'm sure this download only project will grow to be something really special http://www.dirty.org/forums/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif! For now, i'm just going to enjoy the moment.

[third.toughest]

I had no prob dl'ing it.
OMFG!!!! It is spectacular!!!
Thanks UW, now come to the US and I can die a happy man.

Just have two questions:
1. I can't get teh photo's to play
2. How do you break it into separate tracks. I am going to wait and dl them all and then burn them to disk. I would like to have separate songs.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

third;

one, image files aren't meant to be played, you're supposed to look at them
two, google meda mp3 splitter, this program will help you

[King of Snake]

just downloaded this. From what I've heard so far, I wouldn't call it spectacular, but I understand that this is not neccesarily comparable to the traditional album stuff, but rather someting a bit different than they would have been able to release when tied to a record company. I really love and appreciate the idea and the direction this is/could be going and it's good to hear that there will still be a "proper" album somewhere down the line.

[Future Proof]

And the price? i;m just a poor student, but $8.60 USD for 7 songs is a deal, considering what CDs cost. Sure, slightly more than iTunes, but whatever, it's fair.

I disagree, based on the strength of this first release (3 songs in here that I like, ~$3/song isn't the end of the world) but I do feel that R&K should know that since they're using the Download project as a vehicle to drop some stuff on people that the band's not known for. But that's the thing, you know? There could be a ton of these downloads that may have nothing but crap in them, and I'd feel slighted then.

Of course, my primary concern was to come in here and give the guys major props on what I felt was a strong way to kickstart this thing into motion. But my advice to them - keep your price in mind before each release. If you know you're going to drop some real risky stuff, throw the people a bone and cut the price down.

[Hex]

I really like this idea. I like that I can directly support Underworld (and this project) by tossing a few $$$ their way. All of us have tonnes of bootlegs etc. that we listen too (some downloaded from UWLive, with more upcoming), for hours on end. Underworld (or their crew) don't see a dime for this, though it's pretty good advertising for how good they can be. And no matter how anti-filesharing you are, some of their rare stuff can't be bought in a manner that directly supports Underworld (i.e. Ebay). So if I can toss some $$$ their way and buy Rick and Karl and Darren (and Ant!) a latte, even indirectly, I'm loving the chance.

Remember, when you buy the tracks, you're also indirectly buying the bootlegs on UWLive....so to quibble over $2 a track or whatever for "Broken Lovely Thing" with some you like, some you don't, seems pointless when you look at the two bootlegs they have up right now being 12 parts and 18 parts, of high quality (soundboard?!?!?) bootlegs. So that's like...$10 for 37 tracks. We are getting a deal. :) (And that's not including the 3 other concerts they have posted in the past, and misc random/live studio stuff, which new/old UW fans can take advantage of without peer to peer.)

Heck, I'm more likely to buy high quality bootlegs than the studio material.

Thank-you Underworld!

-- hex

[underneath_my_radar]

Guys,


Thanks SO much for continuing to provide us rabid fans with great music. I, like many others on here, I'm sure, cannot WAIT to listen to this new phase of Underworld, and I know I'll be buying this ASAP.

Keep up the great work, and those of us in the states hope you come back sooner rather than later...

[underneath_my_radar]

Remember, when you buy the tracks, you're also indirectly buying the bootlegs on UWLive....so to quibble over $2 a track or whatever for "Broken Lovely Thing" with some you like, some you don't, seems pointless when you look at the two bootlegs they have up right now being 12 parts and 18 parts, of high quality (soundboard?!?!?) bootlegs. So that's like...$10 for 37 tracks. We are getting a deal. :) (And that's not including the 3 other concerts they have posted in the past, and misc random/live studio stuff, which new/old UW fans can take advantage of without peer to peer.)

Heck, I'm more likely to buy high quality bootlegs than the studio material.

Exactly...the cost is nothing comparred to what I'm sure we'll all get access to via this new way of bringing the music to the fans.

I applaud these guys and hope that this works out HUGE for them.
-m-

[Future Proof]

That's a good way to look at it, and something I hadn't considered. :)

[the mongoose]

It's like the Pearl's Girl EP....lots of weird b-side stuff and a single (in this case two singles, Jal and Lenne).

I paid more for the Pearl's Girl EP.....so I can't complain;)

Not album quality but a great little listen nontheless:) Totally worth it.:cool:

[dog]

update: after many many listens - i think its fantastic.

[Cadevil]

yeah, I agree with dog.


I definitely think it's album quality...MHO

[third.toughest]

Thanks 3459... Are these tracks exclusive to this dl only or will they be on a studio release? Just wondering.

[mmm skyscraper]

I wish they would give all the tracks for free and put up a paypal donation button. No donations = no new material. Of course you would have a lot of leechers, but that seems to be what happens eventually anyway.

I felt that the 'fee' for the new stuff was just a donation and anything I got out of it was a bonus. I would still rather have a cd or vinyl release. Even a C90 tape would be welcome. But beggars can't be choosers, so whatever we get is fine. The story with the pictures was a nice touch.

[holden]

The story with the pictures was a nice touch.
Yeah, liked the variety...i justy flipped through, but liked the sequencing and repeated themes...

Has anyone tried viewing the photos as a slide-show while listening? Wonder how that would synch-up?

[Céj]

Yeah, liked the variety...i justy flipped through, but liked the sequencing and repeated themes...

Has anyone tried viewing the photos as a slide-show while listening? Wonder how that would synch-up?
i tried that, doesn't really sync but it fits the mood, i'm thinking of making a director projector with the art and the music as a slideshow

[gambit]

Wow, I'm liking this the more I listen to it. The mood and vibe is the right mix of light and dark. I'm even liking "jal to tokyo" and "lenny penne" now. I want to hear more.

[Jamiel]

Hi

Love the new release, and I love this as a way of releasing material. The artworks, and photos make this a complete audiovisual experience, as you would expect from Underworld/Tomato.

I would like to echo Chris's request, and some of the messages on the RTSR forum, that a Flac release would greatly be appreciated.

I would be happy to pay double for the quality. I would also be happy to pay for a Flac version of the free live material.

Thanks

Jamie

PS. Does anyone know what the font used on the cover is?

Looks like a variation on Palatino, the serifs on the 'T' lean out. Maybe my linotype version is slightly different from other foundaries, my 'T' has vertical serifs.

Sorry to be so 'typo tecky'.





cheers!
chris

ps..a flac release in the future would be much appreciated for this type of release...

[dubman]

update: after many many listens - i think its fantastic.

yep, i even like everything about JAL to tokyo now :D

but guys. seriously.

peggy sussed.

f'real.

[Whyshooteye]

Hi
I just download Broken Lovely Thing. I really like Jal To Tokyo,Billy Goat is cool too,i hope peggy sussed wil be remix by a hard core techno dude to make it more danceable,dub shephers sounds like a piece out of movie,lenny penne yes i can't stand still with this one,monkey wink has a ambient sound and witness is too easy for me
hope the new album will be great,the 2 gigs at 013 were really great,a shame that i didn go to luxemborg and gent but my money tree is empty and my girl need me

[spacejunk]

In 5 words fooken ace!

[Lou]

Hi


Hi Jamie! nice to see you here! :)

[Icke]

Hi

You Bastard.

[Whyshooteye]

I wasnt me icke
so call someone else a bastard

['(a lot of poisson)']

peggy sussed has been played at the atelier yesterday, and the live version was very pumpy, everybody was jumping (especially me :p)
i need more listenings make my own opinion on lovely broken thing..

[scary man]

Diggin the tunes - However, I have downloaded the file to a freinds computer and can't get the fucking thing off his hard drive. Can I get back to the site to download it to my computer when I get home without paying for it again, and if so, how?

Cheers

[Dirty0900]

Diggin the tunes - However, I have downloaded the file to a freinds computer and can't get the fucking thing off his hard drive. Can I get back to the site to download it to my computer when I get home without paying for it again, and if so, how?

Cheers

Just log in to the members section of uwlive with your details.Its your account so it should be there for you to download.becuase you've paid for it, its there in your section to redownload.

[Suzanne Kay]

Downloaded it fine - quality!!
Thanks for a fantastic gig in Luxembourg on Friday 11th - was totally awesome; a pleasure to see you in a small venue. Absolutely amazing it was.
Still love the big events though. I Love Techno in Gent tonight - it will be awesome, but cannot do two big nights in a row - shame I know.

Respect to Karl - what a mover...........

[scary man]

Just log in to the members section of uwlive with your details.Its your account so it should be there for you to download.becuase you've paid for it, its there in your section to redownload.

Cheers

Maybe I'm being thick, but once I've logged in I can't see where to download it without going through the whole buying process again.

Do I do this?

[Icke]

One of my favorite radio djs (Job de Wit) played JAL to Tokyo in his show (http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/maps/programs/episodes/index.jsp?portals=2534202&maps=2535284&programs=19921998&episodes=23900201) on 3FM (Dutch radio station) yesterday.
He also told people how and where to buy it etc :D .

[Dirty0900]

Cheers

Maybe I'm being thick, but once I've logged in I can't see where to download it without going through the whole buying process again.

Do I do this?

Once you log in, go to the members section.There you can find it.

[aNt]

i want to tell u wants going to happen next- but no-one got me a beer this
weekend so im not cut or hungover in anyways :)

[scary man]

Once you log in, go to the members section.There you can find it.
Thanks. Yep I can sort it now.

[Lou]

aNt! i sent you a beer last friday! didn't you open your floppydrive? ;)
the site is great, purchase worked flawless, download as well
you all have done a great job bringing us the new material :D

[cheshkat]

LOVE IT, thanks heaps :D

[stimpee]

Downloaded it fine - quality!!
Thanks for a fantastic gig in Luxembourg on Friday 11th - was totally awesome; a pleasure to see you in a small venue. Absolutely amazing it was.
Still love the big events though. I Love Techno in Gent tonight - it will be awesome, but cannot do two big nights in a row - shame I know.

Respect to Karl - what a mover...........
I say that Lux was much better. they rolled out the big guns for ILT but it was way too hot and full and they ran out of water at the bar! it was like a sauna in there. Lux was amazing, and they played new stuff too :)

[potatobroth]

oh please visit New York soon!!!

[IsiliRunite]

Wait.....I thought it was free.

[ultradave]

Karl... Rick... Cheers... Excellent...
;)

[Bargo]

Love the tracks, love the art. Thank you Underworld. Looking forward to the next one. :)

[suicidalpenguin]

HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!

After paying for new file,
Watching it download

I CAN'T OPEN IT

Winzip says file is not valid + must download again but when i do this it gives same message
I have Firefox so can't be IE bug - Suggestions ANYONE PLEASE???:eek::eek::eek::eek:

[potatobroth]

HHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLPPPPPPPPP!!!

After paying for new file,
Watching it download

I CAN'T OPEN IT

Winzip says file is not valid + must download again but when i do this it gives same message
I have Firefox so can't be IE bug - Suggestions ANYONE PLEASE???

did you unzip the file? (had to check)

[suicidalpenguin]

Bugger, knew doin somethin wrong :D

No, seriously though this is not good!!!

downloads fine (or so i think)
get it onto my desktop fine
open with winzip (not fine!!!)
Tells me the zip file is not valid - is a bad file, or split file and need to download again but when i download the same thing happens

other downloads, including credits and cover picture work fine, but not the audio file itself

Its so close i can almost smell it - NOOOOOOO

[stimpee]

empty your cache, or use another browser (like opera 8.5). its probably not downloading it again. it might be "downloading" the one in the cache.

[stimpee]

Review:

Underworld released first new material in 2 years

Underworld released their first new material in 2 years, but for the first time they are releasing download only 'packages' available globally and exclusively from their website www.underworldlive.com.

• Anyone looking for a definition of the meaning of psychedelia in the twentyfirst century should reach for their ipod now. We are pleased to announce a new way of listening to music from dance music’s most innovative, cerebral and experimental group – Underworld. They’re about to raise the bar a notch with regard to their own output.

• These will be a series of listening experiences which are neither singles nor albums, but an entirely new way to hear their music. Featuring a series of interwoven pieces. It’s an opportunity for the band to venture into whichever direction they like, and release their latest music directly to you, whenever and wherever you want it.

“The idea is to give us the chance to stretch out into areas we have only been able to touch on with traditional album releases, and give you the listener an underworld experience over the time it takes to listen to one side of an old vinyl album. Another aim of changing things to this more immediate format is to give us the chance to respond to what's happening musically out there in the world and put an underworld spin on things more than once every three years. None of this spells the end of traditional albums, remixes, tours, gigs it's just a way of getting music to you without the help of a multinational everytime we feel inspired. Expect to see underworld in the charts, on the radio, in the press and in your town again but in the meantime fill you're boots at www.underworldlive.com ”
- Rick & Karl (2nd November 2005)

So here’s the deal. Taking time out from the corporate waltz which forces bands into a Groundhog Day style loop of recording and touring, Underworld plan to swerve standard procedure. From November 9th 2005 Underworld will issue a series of download-only listening experiences that will be an entirely new way to hear their music. Starting with ”a lovely broken thing” which morphs into a hypnotic bleep odyssey during which we get barely audible snippets of conversation (“When I was in New York she said”/”Get your legs waxed!”) technicolour flashes of glam techno and blitzkrieg sub-bass, all laced with sub-aquatic shuffles, the sound of heavy rainfall and one soporific passage which sounds like a lullaby by Kraftwerk. The overall effect feels more like a dazzling, disorientating moodscape to match the disconnected ambience of ‘Lost In Translation’. Think of it as putting the synth into absinthe. By the end, the stormclouds finally break and suddenly we‘re in the elevator to heaven, Karl beatifically crooning: “You smell good/ Touching skin to skin/Familiar/This is me/Where are we?” Even better, there’s already second instalment recorded.

And this can be all yours for just a fiver. Really, what are you waiting for?

The band are busier than ever. A quick rummage through Karl and Rick’s diaries reveals all manner of surreal adventures, from Karl’s recent graphic novel to an on-going collaboration with a certain sonic futurist, to a soon come film score to Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella’s next flick Breaking And Entering.

Underworld will see you in the speakers.

Source (http://www.beatfreax.nl/s/760edfdc1f/art_id/1588/Underworld_released_first_new_material_in_2_years/)

[GoatSucker]

suicidalpenguin - Sounds like a genuine corrupted download. I had the same problem a while ago when I got a new machine. Anything over 2Mb would get corrupted, so web browsing was fine, but downloading large files always corrupted them.

Ended up getting a seperate network card and everything was peachy, as it seems some on-board network connectors just don't work reliably.

I'd try downloading on someone else's machine, to see if that fixes the problem.

[stimpee]

Review:

'WORLD PARTY
Download ace Underworld digital single NOW
09 Nov 2005

Dance boffins Underworld are giving you a wee snack before the feast of their new album and tour with a digital release that'll set you back a mere fiver.

'Lovely Broken Thing', which is a great name in our book, is live as of 16.00 this evening, and you can get your hands on their first material in two years by visiting this here website.

It's dead good too, and veers between lush ambient bits with rain sounds that make one need a wee, weird vocals about walking on water, and some damn fine sheets of perforated industrial noise.

'Lovely Broken Things' will apparently be just the first in a series of special digital releases from Underworld, who issued a statement saying that: "The idea is to give us the chance to stretch out into areas we have only been able to touch on with traditional album releases, and give you the listener an underworld experience over the time it takes to listen to one side of an old vinyl album."

We're having a sneaky listen now, and it's damn good

Source (http://www.playlouder.com/news/+world-party/)

[Bongo]

broken frustrated thing.
took me ages to work out the registration didn't like email addresses with hyphens.
absolutely no combination of CC details would allow me to buy LBT.

[potatobroth]

Dance boffins Underworld are giving you a wee snack before the feast of their new album and tour with a digital release

....wrong?

(can we please remove that lame 10-characters requirement?)

[suicidalpenguin]

Thanks Stimpee, potatobroth + goatsucker

Got it sorted finally - more than likely a network problem

Thank god!

its all good.. :D

[dubman]

....wrong?

(can we please remove that lame 10-characters requirement?)

where is it wrong?

that's what's going to happen....

[aNt]

oops wrong thread....

[potatobroth]

where is it wrong?

that's what's going to happen....

oh, i guess i just misunderstood the way it was worded. i dont see these as a sneak-peak at an upcoming album, but a complete album of sorts in and of itself.

its not like these are tidbits of unfinished work, right? these are complete pieces.

[ultradave]

broken frustrated thing.
took me ages to work out the registration didn't like email addresses with hyphens.
absolutely no combination of CC details would allow me to buy LBT.

where are you connecting from, the Congo? I'm in the US and we're at the bottom of the barrel and had no problems at all registering and d/l LBT... but then again, I am on a Mac
;)

[oversight]

Really hoping for a clean sounding version of Biro The Leggy at some point here fellas...

Who's with me?
Definitely!

[dubman]

oh, i guess i just misunderstood the way it was worded. i dont see these as a sneak-peak at an upcoming album, but a complete album of sorts in and of itself.

its not like these are tidbits of unfinished work, right? these are complete pieces.

i'm pretty sure they are, at least, let's hope so...

[undarrenworld]

Originally Posted by viddy
Really hoping for a clean sounding version of Biro The Leggy at some point here fellas...

Who's with me?



Im with you. Definitely

Judge:

http://s22.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=05H3YFA5COLZV2ETGB29TG6SML

;)

[stimpee]

And the price? i;m just a poor student, but $8.60 USD for 7 songs is a deal, considering what CDs cost. Sure, slightly more than iTunes, but whatever, it's fair.Actually, iTunes in the UK charges £0.79 per tune and this is £0.71. I also read that of the $0.99 the US iTunes charges, only $0.16 goes to the artist whereas I suppose most of this will be going to Underworld/Tomato... and of course, there is the addition of a 1419x710 size cover for printing and the numerous weird pics.

[stimpee]

Hi
Love the new release, and I love this as a way of releasing material. The artworks, and photos make this a complete audiovisual experience, as you would expect from Underworld/Tomato.
Thanks
Jamie
PS. Does anyone know what the font used on the cover is?
Looks like a variation on Palatino, the serifs on the 'T' lean out. Maybe my linotype version is slightly different from other foundaries, my 'T' has vertical serifs.

Sorry to be so 'typo tecky'.dont apologise. i was trying to do a back tray for the release. it does look like Palatino but the way the 7 and 3 are dropped and the 1 and 2 are superscript makes it hard to reproduce. the superscript 1 and 2 i can do, but i'll have to work on the other. the upper case text also looks more spaced than Palatino Linotype. The 9 is also more Garamond than Palatino.

So I would check out Garamond. I have three Garamond's. Apple Garamond, Apple Garamond Light and Garamond and its the latter which fits the bill the best i think.

[testudo]

dont apologise. i was trying to do a back tray for the release. it does look like Palatino but the way the 7 and 3 are dropped and the 1 and 2 are superscript makes it hard to reproduce. the superscript 1 and 2 i can do, but i'll have to work on the other. the upper case text also looks more spaced than Palatino Linotype. The 9 is also more Garamond than Palatino.

So I would check out Garamond. I have three Garamond's. Apple Garamond, Apple Garamond Light and Garamond and its the latter which fits the bill the best i think.


see garamond premier pro, it is something*

http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/landing/garamond/garamond.html

http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/GRPP/GaramondPremrPro.pdf (http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/GRPP/GaramondPremrPro.pdf)
http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/GaramondPremierPro.pdf (http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/GaramondPremierPro.pdf)

or see the old adobe g:
http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/GARP/AGaramondPro-Regular.pdf (http://store.adobe.com/type/browser/pdfs/GARP/AGaramondPro-Regular.pdf)

Note: Adobe Garamond Pro has titling capitals built into the base font. Garamond Premier Pro does not, because it has a full set of optical size variants as separate fonts.

[Random Steve]

It's impossible to get this download for me! When i click "buy now" i'm taken to the payment page, i enter all the correct data from my visa card; and when i click "continue" all it does is take me to the same page again, oly with the visa card number and security number erased. And yes it's the right number. What's wrong here? Why is there no error message? Is there no other way to get this? And why o why isn't there a help page so i don't need to post this sor of thing here?

- end rant.

[Nothing]

hi all,
i was looking through this topic and it botherd me that some people were moaning about the mp3 quality of lovely broken thing. i dont know why - as you cant even hear the mp3 compression at that setting anyway - the differnce is inuadible! - muppets!

anyway i think its wicked - has a nice raw edge to it like b fish - and i think underworld are gonna kick back again

[GoatSucker]

i dont know why - as you cant even hear the mp3 compression at that setting anyway - muppets!


But knowing that it's been compressed is itself a problem - knowing that the details have already been removed by the compression. We can only guess at what it should sound like...

[Jan]

They really should have compressed it with lame... (something like -V2).
The mp3 encoder they use produces those horrible gaps between the tracks:( (e.g. Blue Mountain is messed up completely)
I'd say that was the reason LBT was not cut into pieces;)

[gormster]

This EP is absolutely fantastic. I'm loving every minute of it. It's great to see UW pushing the boundaries of their own style of music, which is already pretty wide. It's fantastic.

Question: where did the tracklist come from? I've looked around but haven't found any evidence of it anywhere in the package...

[Dirty0900]

This EP is absolutely fantastic. I'm loving every minute of it. It's great to see UW pushing the boundaries of their own style of music, which is already pretty wide. It's fantastic.

Question: where did the tracklist come from? I've looked around but haven't found any evidence of it anywhere in the package...

Came from Yannick, he is our offical UW news filter.

[xolbe2]

Question: where did the tracklist come from? I've looked around but haven't found any evidence of it anywhere in the package...

If you go to the shop on uwlive.com, and click 'preview' it gives you a bunch of blurb about the release which has the track titles in there ...

[gormster]

ah, cheers guys.

[paul de aragon]

------------------------------------

[lostboy]

I look forward to downloading this release when it's released in a lossless format. Has this been confirmed or not?

[dubman]

ah-heh.

guys it's encoded at 192. it costs $9. they're not going to sell you a crap mp3 for $9.

i mean, lol.

[paul de aragon]

------------------------------

[Jan]

yeah, but its not lame:(

[paul de aragon]

-------------------------------------

[lostboy]

ah-heh.

guys it's encoded at 192. it costs $9. they're not going to sell you a crap mp3 for $9.

i mean, lol.

I'm not worried about it being a crap mp3, I'm generally happy with and do download 192kbs mp3s but when I start buying music online I expect it to come in a lossless format. Depending on the sound system you listen to them on it will make a difference. I can quite easily tell the difference between a high quality mp3 and flac of the same performance which is why when I pick up bootleg I always take the time to wait for a lossless format release.

If there definately isn't going to be a lossless release, i will get it as it is; otherwise I will wait.

[lloyd]

While searching for something else...
Rob da Bank one music 20005.11.10
Partly transcript:

JAL to Tokyo notes:
Karl: This is the most exciting and rewarding record release in the whole of the last 26 years togehter. This was the first track we recorded using our laptops , Rick wrote the music on a Japanese Air Lines flight to Tokyo and Karl wrote the text, walking the streets of Melbourne. The vocals were then recorded in a hotelroom above the casino in Melbourne.

Peggy Sussednotes:
Karl: This came together very quickly, recorded down in Lemonworld in Romford and studio Rick. This the second version of the vocals he did as the first one sounded like Mick Jagger. The lyrics came from a vision Karl had after meeting Mickey Mouse.

Dub Shepard notes:
Karl: The Dub Shepard likes reagge and owns a flock of red gold and green sheep. They use the track in the live show, it's one of the new pieces they've done. There is absolutely no resambelance whatsoever to how it started out and is a product of jamming by swapping laptops.

Monkey Wink notes:
Karl: This was apperently written all over Essex, Rick liked it's brutal simplicity and the ambiguity of the polyrhythm. The discription is as minimal as is the music.

[Cadevil]

While searching for something else...
Rob da Bank one music 20005.11.10
Partly transcript:

JAL to Tokyo notes:
Karl: This is the most exciting and rewarding record release in the whole of the last 26 years togehter. This was the first track we recorded using our laptops , Rick wrote the music on a Japanese Air Lines flight to Tokyo and Karl wrote the text, walking the streets of Melbourne. The vocals were then recorded in a hotelroom above the casino in Melbourne.

Peggy Sussednotes:
Karl: This came together very quickly, recorded down in Lemonworld in Romford and studio Rick. This the second version of the vocals he did as the first one sounded like Mick Jagger. The lyrics came from a vision Karl had after meeting Mickey Mouse.

Dub Shepard notes:
Karl: The Dub Shepard likes reagge and owns a flock of red gold and green sheep. They use the track in the live show, it's one of the new pieces they've done. There is absolutely no resambelance whatsoever to how it started out and is a product of jamming by swapping laptops.

Monkey Wink notes:
Karl: This was apperently written all over Essex, Rick liked it's brutal simplicity and the ambiguity of the polyrhythm. The discription is as minimal as is the music.

great stuff...thank you. :D

[paul de aragon]

.........................

[Icke]

if its 192 thats fine by me.192 is losless in lame anyway.if it was vbr i wouldnt bother.

mp3 is, by definition, not lossless, not even with LAME.

[TheBang]

mp3 is, by definition, not lossless, not even with LAME.
You sure showed him! 7.5 months too late, I'm afraid. :D

[stimpee]

I wonder where this is available to buy these days.http://www.underworldlive.com/music/2005/01/lovely-broken-thing/

Its not available on:
iTunes
Google Play
Amazon
7Digital
Beatport
Juno
Bleep.com


...or Underworldlive.com

[joethelion]

wow - I didn't realize you couldn't get it on UW live anymore

why don't they simply open up a Bandcamp account? There are so many UW live / Dogboyheadset exclusives that aren't available anymore. It'd be unbelievably easy for someone to upload & sell them there

[dubman]

think it's been this way for awhile, but would be nice to get a vinyl release, maybe side d can be a picture disc...? baffled as to why something this loved hasn't been given a proper treatment of some kind

[iamneorev]

I really hope they don't skip over this era after A Hundred Days Off reissue. The whole Riverrun Series era needs to be reissued digitally/physically. One of my favorite periods of the band. This music deserves to be readily available. I hope they don't skip it and go straight to Oblivion With Bells.

[dubman]

do we know there's an AHDO re-issue btw?? i thought it was just the three classics and done.

[TheBang]

do we know there's an AHDO re-issue btw?? i thought it was just the three classics and done.

http://www.underworldlive.com/news/2014/06/dubnobasswithmyheadman-20th-anniversary-re-issue-show-2/

"Dubnobasswithmyheadman is the first remastered work to be released, there are plans in place to remaster and reissue all of the Underworld’s studio albums in the next few years."

[dubman]

oh yeah, i remember reading that and just not really believing that it would get past BF. I still feel like i'll believe it when i see it.

[iamneorev]

oh yeah, i remember reading that and just not really believing that it would get past BF. I still feel like i'll believe it when i see it.

Underworld also posted this on their Instagram back on September 5th, which I think was a hint at A Hundred Days Off reissue coming...

https://www.instagram.com/p/BnV9IOnnLrT/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=11jq5yyi75e9e

[jetpig]

I asked the UW email about the availability of riverrun and got a basic "not available, sign up for newsletter for any news" response a year and a half ago. Unlikely to see that change. It's up on youtube, though without the added photosets of course.

[stimpee]

Recently spotted these in an online auction in Japan.

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man what a trip to see these old threads. figured the 20 pages meant this board was way more active back in the day but like half the posts are "help, my download doesn't work"

[crank]

Wonder what ever happened to aNt?

[stimpee]

Ant is working for Sony in Silicon Valley I do believe. Went to Seattle for bit before that. Reminds me to get in touch next time im over...