Drift Ep. 5, Part 1 - Toluca Stars (Film Edit)

[TheBang]

https://underworldlive.com/drift-parts/toluca-stars/

“Look at you, don’t you look great? Shakin’ the juice”

“Are you ready for the sky?”
“No weapons beyond this point.”

Some Underworld records sound like they were made for dark, inside spaces. And some… some don’t.
Like the first wisps of daylight breaking the horizon, Toluca Stars is vast and wide-open, a place where a beautifully minimal vocal floats on a gentle, persuasive pulse before giving way to a poetry that speaks of odd days ahead.

“We started writing Toluca Stars in Mexico, in a hotel on the outskirts of the City of Toluca. It struck us as being odd and a bit stark, but everyone working in the place had this upbeat energy and we ended up writing some of our favourite tracks there. Looking back we always say we wish we’d had someone filming us, to show you the scenes on the streets outside, things I’ve never seen in my life – surreal and at the same time heartbreaking.” – Karl

If you like... Eight Ball, Motor Home, Cut Clouds, Low Between Zebras... then Toluca Stars (Film Edit) belongs to you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB6G7KgBX24

[saintrik]

Damn. That’s beautiful...

[purlieu]

Gorgeous track. Wouldn't have minded a little more of the string sounds, but otherwise superb.

[iamneorev]

https://youtu.be/eB6G7KgBX24

[holden]

So lush and peaceful. The pacing of lyrics and sparse sounds stand out against the static beat.
Been on repeat all morning!

[khouri]

Excellent. One of the best Drift tracks, easily.

[Billy Goat]

I didn't feel it at all! I was fed up with the beat after about a minute and it didn't change for 10mins! I like all the other elements of the song but I'm not sure I can listen to that beat again anytime soon!

It's fascinating how we all love Underworld yet all react differently to each song! 😀

[negative1]

yeah, it's kind of mellow for me too.
wish it had more of a development in it.

later
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[dubman]

i wish the background was in the foreground and vice versa


it's ambiguous enough that i don't really know how i feel about it. they've done these kind of things before but this is the first time i got genuine 8 ball vibes


that beat is a bit... unwieldy though

[WhiteNoise]

I like it, but it has no reason to be 10 minutes long. It repeats the same damn thing for so long that by the time something happens you're a bit sick of i.he whole thing Condense this down to 4-6 minutes and it's a great little work.


Same problem as Altitude Dub.

[dubman]

times like this i wonder what "film edit" really means

[domsgotsideburns]

times like this i wonder what "film edit" really means
same here. there's so little variation going on in this track that it's just really... boring. there's nice sounds but it's boring. quite the underwhelming start to episode 5 :(

Same problem as Altitude Dub.
at least Altitude Dub actually has more varied sounds going on and changes substantially from the start to the end. Toluca Stars, like i just said, hardly goes anywhere at all.

[dubman]

same here. there's so little variation going on in this track that it's just really... boring. there's nice sounds but it's boring. quite the underwhelming start to episode 5 :(
at least Altitude Dub actually has more varied sounds going on and changes substantially from the start to the end. Toluca Stars, like i just said, hardly goes anywhere at all.

I wouldn't go that low on it. condense the first 4:30 into 90 seconds, build on the background elements further on into the track, and you've got something absolutely gorgeous. it's almost there!

[TheBang]

For those keeping track of differences, the audio on the film fades out about 10 seconds sooner than the audio from the digital single, for some reason (no other differences). So, I guess, technically, the film uses Toluca Stars (Film Edit) (Film Edit).

[Yannick]

love it :) walking around song.

[potatobroth]

i love it but also feel what others are feeling about the repetition. this does feel like it could transition into another section after 4min or so

[philth]

Really have to question the pricing of some of these individual releases to download. €10.99 on iTunes and €8.99 on Google. I'll just wait for the boxset to arrive later in the year.

[34958hq439-qjw9v5jq298v5j]

I dig it. if anything it ends too early. would've loved it to be extended a few minutes. or maybe just lop off some of the beginning.
I agree the beat is a little strange. Perhaps inspired by their locale

[holden]

For me, the words "immersion" and "expansion" come to mind. Though unvaried, the beat sort of becomes hypnotizing, and so the sparse words and hints of melody/sounds just wash over me. Yeah, it's long, doesn't really evolve, but it find it calming, meditative and hardly boring. An edited version might pack more punch, but to different effect.

[mark3]

For me, the words "immersion" and "expansion" come to mind. Though unvaried, the beat sort of becomes hypnotizing, and so the sparse words and hints of melody/sounds just wash over me. Yeah, it's long, doesn't really evolve, but it find it calming, meditative and hardly boring. An edited version might pack more punch, but to different effect.
Agreed. Worth waiting an extra week for, absolutely lovely track.

[saintrik]

Really have to question the pricing of some of these individual releases to download. €10.99 on iTunes and €8.99 on Google. I'll just wait for the boxset to arrive later in the year.

Pricing is definitely erratic:
http://pulltabtoopen.com/hostedimages/UW-TolucaStarsPricing.png

[TheBang]

Yeah, it's like that across all retailers for some reason. In UK/EU, it got priced as an album or EP. In the US, it got priced as a single track.

[Billy Goat]

This has happened for the first tracks of a couple of the episodes and usually gets sorted after a few weeks or when the final track of the episode is released and individual tracks less than 10mins then come down to 79p or 99p and the full album about £5.99. You just need to wait. In the meantime rip the track from YouTube!

[taotsu]

Loving it. I won't buy it though, rather stream till the ep is out and that I buy without thinking. So, yeah, loving it to death. That track is just what I need right now to calm my mind.