Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

my money has gone from my card, and the email received to say my box is on the way.
Excited!:)

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

That's really bizarre. Like or dislike the dog, it's the cover. Why remove it for the main physical release?

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

This is a bummer. I bought the digital "box set" edition on iTunes and was disappointed that the digital version of the book wasn't included.
If anyone can let Underworld HQ know that there are some of us (at least me) who would be willing to buy a copy of the PDF, that'd be great.
Alternatively and/or in the interim: if anyone is willing to share said PDF, I'd love to hear from you. ;)

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I did the same but when I realised I could get the pdf from uwlive I cancelled the iTunes order and was refunded and then bought it from uwlive store and got it with the pdf!
I also cancelled the full DRIFT Series 1 that I preordered on iTunes as I was unable to download the new versions of all the tracks I had already bought as singles on iTunes as they were showing as already purchased even though they are different tracks and I had paid the full price! The only track I missed downloading because some of the other tracks didn't work properly was Appleshine Continuum but I've already got the full version so I'm not bothered!
It does seem like there are a few bugs with the tracks on iTunes so watch out if you are thinking about buying them from there!

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

has anyone else taken a closer peek at the description?
do you think they're referring to the WOUW downloads here? if so, that's going to be AMAZING

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Any word if that code is in all of the box-sets, or just the box-sets coming from the official UW store?

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

The code is on the tracklist card that comes in the box, so I'd imagine it's all. It's also the bit that's signed and numbered, though.

My code doesn't actually work however, so I'm going to drop UWlive an email and see what's happening there.


There's a hell of a lot of reading in the book, a lot of it is typically really interesting. I'm only about halfway through but there's lots to reflect and comment on in time. This is a really tremendous set!

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Is it basically like the liner notes that were online for Episode 2?

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

No, not at all, it's basically a very long interview with Karl, Rick, Simon and Robin discussing the process of the whole thing. There are track-by-track notes for each film, but no individual track notes musically, other than the blurbs given with the releases. Lots of photos.

Also, as a first, lyrics to every song.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Whoa. That was on my to-do list. Glad I didn't embark on that project then.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Actually, the bonus tracks don't have printed lyrics, so there's still something to work on there.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Just got my signed box set. It's awesome. Loving the booklet. Only fly in the ointment is that The Sound Of Vinyl download redeption code doesn't work. Does anyone know what exactly is in the download?

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Edit: just got this reply from the Sound of Vinyl people...

Hi - thank you for contacting us.

I am very sorry but there has been a delay in us obtaining the audio for this title from the record label. We hope to receive it in the next few days. You will be able to validate a unique code and download the album once it becomes available.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the wait.

Kind regards
Support

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Check your downloads in My Account in the Underworld store. If you ordered the vinyl, you should now have a download link for the PDF book. Also, if you qualify for a download of the Sampler, there should now be download links for the 24-bit WAV version if you didn’t get that before.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Just popped it on the shelf, the box is larger than the deluxe ones. About a centimetre taller and a few millimetres wider.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Oh, weird, I hadn't noticed this before... But yeah, same for me; any of the ones I'd previously purchased as singles are "missing" from the Series 1 "album" in my downloads. (I also just noticed the same thing happened with the DJ Shadow album that just dropped today.)

I assume there _must_ be a way to convince iTunes to download the box-set versions, but I'm not feeling like fighting with it right now.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I believe that if you excise all the existing (conflicting) Drift tracks from your iTunes library (but keep the files or retrieve them from the Trash), then you should be able to download Series 1 in full. And then add back in the files that you purged earlier.

Alternatively, you could download Series 1 in full on a new iTunes library, either on a new computer, in a new VM, or new library instance. Then, copy the files, and import them into your main iTunes Library.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

We are dogless...

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I deleted all my drift files and they still showed as "purchased" in the iTunes store and I couldn't redownload them. It's weird though because they are different tracks as the full drift series 1 tracks are mastered differently from the eps as they are all quieter than the ep versions. I logged into my wife's iTunes account and bought and downloaded the tracks and copied them in to my library but then felt a bit cheated that for about 8 tracks I'd effectively paid for them 3 times (including the mixed versions on the sampler) so decided to get my money refunded, although for some they gave me credit notes!

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Man, there is a lot to take in in the book. I haven't read the whole conversation yet, but I've been poring over the production notes.

A few things I noticed, that people were asking about. Esme does not appear on any of the DRIFT tracks. Mika Hyde (Karl's youngest daughter) makes her UW debut, with backing vocals on Another Silent Way and Dune (she was not previously credited when these were released earlier).

There are Start dates attached to the production notes of each track. If they're to be believed, the majority of the tracks were begun in 2017 and 2018.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

In the box set tracklisting, how did Doscientos get spelled?

Also, on the Blu-ray, can anyone find out what format the audio is in? I'm hoping for some kind of lossless audio, rather than something lossy like Dolby Digital. Also, how long is the Doris video? The YouTube version had that weird cut, and I'm hoping they were able to fix that and include the whole thing on the Blu-ray.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Here is the info from the blu-ray. Got my box yesterday after some fxxx-up at DHL.

- Deck

Disc Label: UNDERWORLD DRIFT
Disc Size: 37,874,039,763 bytes
Protection: AACS
BDInfo: 0.7.5.5

Notes:

BDINFO HOME:
Cinema Squid (old)
http://www.cinemasquid.com/blu-ray/tools/bdinfo
UniqProject GitHub (new)
https://github.com/UniqProject/BDInfo

INCLUDES FORUMS REPORT FOR:
AVS Forum Blu-ray Audio and Video Specifications Thread
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1155731


********************
PLAYLIST: 00001.MPLS
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<--- BEGIN FORUMS PASTE --->
Total Video
Title Codec Length Movie Size Disc Size Bitrate Bitrate Main Audio Track Secondary Audio Track
----- ------ ------- -------------- -------------- ------- ------- ------------------ ---------------------
00001.MPLS AVC 4:05:56 37,836,540,096 37,874,039,763 20.51 17.82 LPCM 2.0 1536Kbps (48kHz/16-bit)


[code]

DISC INFO:

Disc Label: UNDERWORLD DRIFT
Disc Size: 37,874,039,763 bytes
Protection: AACS
BDInfo: 0.7.5.5

PLAYLIST REPORT:

Name: 00001.MPLS
Length: 4:05:56.574 (h:m:s.ms)
Size: 37,836,540,096 bytes
Total Bitrate: 20.51 Mbps

VIDEO:

Codec Bitrate Description
----- ------- -----------
MPEG-4 AVC Video 17820 kbps 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1

AUDIO:

Codec Language Bitrate Description
----- -------- ------- -----------
LPCM Audio English 1536 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 1536 kbps / 16-bit

FILES:

Name Time In Length Size Total Bitrate
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00035.M2TS 4:05:55.573 0:00:01.000 24,576 196

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I’m not getting my box till Monday, is there a download code for all the tracks ?

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

i suddenly thought of that before leaving the house today and checked. it's "Doscientos"


which, after biking around to it this morning is really quite good. better than the "for fans only" jam i thought it was. shorten that to about three minutes and it's one of those album interludes they like to do.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

there's A code. no one knows what it's for yet. it could be the whole kit and some bonus stuff. the description takes care to mention that it includes material done after the box set was sent to print

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I don't know why the UW store still states that the CD comes with 16 page book, when it has got only a 8 page foldout leaflet.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I am little late to the party with comments. I have been listening to the sampler this week and looking forward to listening the eps next week now the box has arrived.

I’m really into the sampler as a stand alone record. Had we not known anything about the drift series, I would have said this was a return to techno form and it remind me a lot of BF. Track selection is great for a flowing album although I would have made space for another silent way but I guess we will all have our haves and preferred tracks.

I think it would have been good if the Japan version had been more readily available as a sampler. With disc 1 being the straight up class UW and disc 2 showing off the more experimental side of UW.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Nice, thank you, kind lurker. Exactly the spec readout I was looking for.

I am a bit shocked that with over 4 hours of video, the disc was authored to only 75% capacity.

That is good news. Now I can upgrade some of the video only edits in my iTunes Library that were previously just low bitrate AAC rips from YouTube.

Also, based on the chapter runtimes, it looks like each film is identical to what was posted on YouTube (including Doris). And the one film missing from the Blu-ray is Soniamode (pre-Aditya).

Thanks. You got your box already? How did yours ship? Mine was sent by UPS Economy DDP, and it hasn't even been scanned at the carrier yet.

Hm, I'll point that out to them.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

My boxset was scanned in the UK. And scheduled for US delivery on the 27th.
Thankfully, enjoying the tunes on streaming service, but I'm old school and appreciate hearing each episode distinctively,

PS.. my dad recently passed, and was a music enthusiast. He appreciated all the Underworld I played/showed him. I'll miss him always, and am thankful that he loved the music I love.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I ordered my box (and the yellow vinyl) through my local indie shop, and the owner told me it will arrive at the end of november, so I can't enjoy them soon. :/

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Same here

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Someone on Discogs got this reply:
That’s a good sign to me, because obviously there shouldn’t be a delay if it were just the box set audio.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

I have also noticed that there is no mention of Pricey in the liner notes (unless I just missed them). I thought that he was still working with Underworld a few days a week, so I expected to have had some kind of engineering/production input to the Drift series. Maybe he is work on the live set up....

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Ok another question for those with the box in-hand. Is it Seven Drone Music or Seven Music Drone?

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Ok, discogs has never been great at classifying things.

However, the whole Drift series is very messy.

So, are each of the series releases also albums.
Then there's the sampler, which is an album, but is still classified as a sampler.

Then the boxset, which is also under albums, and not a compilation.

And some of the single drift tracks are also under albums, and not singles.

It's hard to locate which tracks are classified as what.

later
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Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Seven Music Drone

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Does anyone else with the box set have that strange paper (semi) glued to the back - with the track listing on it. It's only glued to the box in two places and it already detaching and will get damaged over time - removing in means having to remove the glue from the box without damaging it. Odd.

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Yeah I was a bit shocked. Thought it’d take a week, week and a half but it got here through DHL in three days (!)
#483. Cat’s already stepped on the autographed sheet as I was flipping through the book.
The backing is easy enough to remove without damaging the box, which is good because the looseness of it makes it instantly irritating. The bad news is that it doesn’t fit inside of the box so I’m either going to have to permanently reapply it or... something else. The blank front is still kind of weird to look at. Like a printing error. I mean, I don’t miss the dog, but just a white slate like this?

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

In several interviews and press releases, UW have explicitly said that the Sampler is not an album, but a sampler. And that the box set is the album. So, those are classified correctly. The Box Set cannot be a compilation under Discogs rules because it contains previously unreleased material.

So, UW have never explicitly classified the Episode releases. They never called them EPs or albums, so under the Discogs rules they cannot be tagged with either.

As for the sorting classifications on the Artist discography list, you're just going to have to ignore that. There are some arcane sorting algorithms in the Discogs code that automatically places certain releases in the Albums list (if they're not tagged as an Album) if they have a certain number of tracks and/or exceed a certain total duration. They've acknowledged that some of these algorithms are a bad idea, but at the moment, they have not made any changes to it. You should not make any changes with the goal to defeat the auto-sorting though, as those changes will just be reverted. It's best to just accept that it is currently flawed, but could be fixed in the future.

You might find it easier to look at it from the Series page perspective. Every release has been tagged into the Drift series:

https://www.discogs.com/label/1552220-Drift-3

Re: DRIFT Series 1 - New album, Nov 1, 2019
 

Yes mine is the same and one side has already become unstuck. The boxset isn't perfect packaging. Plus the weird blank front and no Dog..Odd