Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

Good news:
Frankenstein - The Album will be released soon!

http://www.frankensteinalbum.com/

Preview of one track here:

http://soundcloud.com/underworld/dawn-of-eden

;)

Re: Frankenstein - The Album COMING SOON...
 

I didn't really like it.

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This will really split people, but I wouldn't expect anything traditional so to speak in terms of album releases we've had in the past. This has got to fit a body of work people may be familiar with with what I assume to be a modern twist. Might make no sense until we see it with visuals. Sounds interesting and a challenge for UW not working with Karls vocals.

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I've played Breaking and Entering more times than I've played AHDO or BF. More of that please.

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i liked the mood of that snippet. can't explain why either.

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I am really enjoying this :)

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This has a reminiscent feel to Prelude No-1 - Bach...
Its an joy to the ears. Looking forward to this!

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wow. I can't wait to hear this. talk about new ground being broken.

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Yes!!!

I'm resisting clicking on that link, but I can't wait to hear it as a whole.

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Wow cant wait for this, but might resist listening to the sample before I see the play in a couple of weeks! Unusual for a soundtrack to be released for a play like this, but much better than having to search the web (youtube etc) for samples (like we did for Sunshine until it was eventually released!).

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Trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=0FEakgJj-uA

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Aw yeah, so stoked for this!

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Fron field recording to "8 Ball" to 80's commercial music for Juan Veldez coffee (sorry, can't remember who made that song, but it was choral voices featured in a coffee commercial)... Underworld definitely continue to surprise, all in a few seconds!

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I saw Frankenstein last night and was very impressed.The music for the show is stunning. Think of all the best ambient instrumental UW tracks and you're there. The sample on soundcloud is indicative of the uplifting feel of some pieces. I think it will work without having seen the performance, but let's face it, we're all going to buy the album anyway, right?

Incidentally, bits of the score and some of one of the ambient tracks from Oblivion with Bells (I'll check which one later) was playing as the auditorium filled up. Very enjoyable!

Re: Frankenstein the play (Danny Boyle/Underworld)
 

It's available in the shop now...

"This is a postcard,
a memento,
a short story,
a collection of scenes
& themes from Frankenstein the play. "

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

So much for being "the first to get the latest news" by signing up for the mailing list. :p

Anyway, here are the details:

Release Date: March 17 (for digital downloads. CD's ship at the end of March)
Duration: about 40 minutes

CD: £8
MP3: £5
WAV: £7

It looks like this is an underworldlive.com exclusive?

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

£2.69 Postage?! :eek: Are R&K hand delivering these themselves? :D

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

i hope so! haha

my pocket suffers with the crazy string of releases this month: REM! radiohead! beastie boys next month! and now underworld. ARGH.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

Wait, wouldn't people who bought the CD like automatically get a digital copy like Bleep or not?

Either way, I am buying the physical CD. That cover art is GORGEOUS.

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I got £2.08 postage for UK. Weirdly I got £1.88 postage for NL :)

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I hope so...does anyone know?
Just bought the cd anyroad, looking forward to it.

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Not

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ordered. excited.

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http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/cross...l_march_26.php

Not sure if this was posted before, but there's some new stuff there.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

ordered the cd and the download...

yea - I know it's a bit of a waste, but:

A) I am flying back home to the States on Saturday morning and it'd be great to listen to something NEW
B) I still want the physical copy, and the cover does look neat


btw - It seems the download is active NOW
just have to wait five more minutes until it's finished!

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

seeing as how I'm only allowed to download this once, I'll have to wait until I get home.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

You can download it an unlimited number of times for 48 hours.

And it's a good thing too. I'm currently working on download attempt number 16. Someone at Digital Animal should be fired.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

Yes they should. Its stupid. As is having to order a digital version and a physical version. Someone please fix both of these things?

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It boggles the mind.
Look at KMFDM. I would venture to say that on a worldwide level, they have a similar level of success, if not LESS so than Underworld.
Yet they have a well-run, user-friendly, consistent web shop that offers fans nearly all of their catalog in physical/digital formats, one-offs, exclusive merch, etc. with (from what I can tell) few complaints.
Maybe it's apples/oranges here, but it IS possible to do this well and it guts me that my favorite group can't seem to get it together.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

I just bought the physical version, I've got no codes to download the audio prior to release. Anyone care to share any codes?

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

So, I finally got the download to complete. Here's are a few thoughts after having skimmed through it really quickly without listening to it fully.

Basically, it's fairly similar to their previous soundtrack work on Breaking and Entering and Sunshine. If you're a fan of those soundtracks, you'll like this one.

The soundtrack is 1 hour, 30 seconds. Over 40 minutes of music from the play, plus the Overture which is over 17 minutes.

The Overture is an amazing, layered cornucopia of new and old, released and unreleased Underworld sounds. So far I've identified "ArtJam Untitled-2" (heard in the Beautiful Burnout ArtJam), the drone-y sound used in Sunshine and Loads of Birds, Choppo, Dawn of Eden, Dub Shepherd, Wedding Song and Bedroom, Small Conker and a Twix, Untitled 2004-2 (showed up on a couple webcasts).

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

FUCK FUCK FUCK!!!!!!

Can't anyone at Digital Animal or Emusu make a single fucking release work smoothly?!?

The ZIP download stops over and over at random, timing out or freezing on me..........such bullshit!

Grrr.:mad:

edit: FINALLY worked on like the 20th try......still such a hassle though.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

yea - and check out GusGus's webpage...

http://gusgus.grapewire.net/

not only do they have clothes, but - they have an INCREDIBLE selection of downloads available, all in 320 kbps AAC

like - I'm not 100% positive, but I think you can literally download every single bside and remix of their tracks (even ones done by other artists) and stuff that used to be seriously hard to find (like "This is Normal" as an instrumental album or their first album that was only released in Iceland. Back in the day - I spent waaaaaayyyy too much time trying to find that one -> I've only been able to listen to it since it came on their webshop)

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

FYI, the shop is now saying that the CD will ship in early April.

Also, for the MP3's, it turns out that each MP3 file has the full 1.7 MB artwork jpg embedded in it. It was making my iTunes lag a little bit each time I selected a new track, because it had to read and render that huge artwork file. If you want to save 30 MB of disk space and maybe speed up your player (or at least keep it from loading monster-size artwork; might be an issue for portable players), then clear the artwork on all the files. You can do this in iTunes by selecting all the files, and then choosing Get Info. Put a checkmark in the Artwork box, and then click OK, and it should clear all the artwork.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

Man, I just got a body jolt by forgetting to turn down volume after Overture.....Incubator is loud as hell like a horror movie sound jump scare.:p

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"Industrial Revolution" has Lenny Penne and Dub Shepherd lyrics. :)

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

So true.

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Urgh, no codes have shown up for me at all. Roll on April.

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

Hello Creatures (that's an affectionate term round these parts!)

We're sorry about the bumpy journey into the release last night.

Anyone experiencing problems with getting your download should email sales(at)underworldlive.com and we will get you up and running in no time.

Lots of Love
Victor

Re: Frankenstein - The Album, March 17
 

Dear Underworld HQ,

If I might offer a suggestion: Charge an extra quid for the physical CD and give those who buy it a download code for the digital version. That way you'll bring in a little extra revenue and those who buy the CD won't be encouraged to take part in torrenting to get a copy of the music they just bought.

I'm just sayin'.

Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,
An UW Fan