Drift Episode 4 “SPACE”
 

SPACE is… techno as bright and brilliant as midday sunlight, it’s wild detuned bass and discomfiting vocals. It’s the boom-boom of digital dub and it’s gorgeously evocative ambient music. It’s music for fields, music for tents and for headphones; music to lose yourself in and to. SPACE is deep, it’s wide, and nearly forty minutes of new music.



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It’s up for purchase on TIDAL right now, as well as Japanese retailers. It should hit iTunes, Amazon, Qobuz, and all the others soon.

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First episode that it appears that the final release tracks are all identical to what was released each week.

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I've noticed 'Doris' is slightly longer- a little intro bit at the start which isn't on the Street Poem soundtrack version.

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Both of which were longer than the YouTube video they posted for the track on the week of...

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Ah, yes, you're right. So, there's the score version and the longer EP version. The EP version has a 5 second drone added to the beginning and 4 more seconds of fade-out/silence at the end.

The YouTube version was intentionally cut by Simon (I asked), but it's a very blunt, 53-second jump cut at the 2:57 mark, so I'm not sure if that can be counted as a proper version because it's not a proper edit.

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I am on my way to work, so I cannot compare waveforms, but I am very sure that Listen to their No and Schiphol Test have some subtile difference and altitude dub sounds like it has a slightly different mastering, but that my just be because of iTunes.
Doris was already mentioned. The EP is also about a minute longer, but again no time to see the exact differences.
Definitely not the same tracks. But also my mind might device me :)

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I did a pretty thorough A-B listen of all the tracks, and they all sound the same with the exception of the previously noted Doris differences.

Even the mastering sounds pretty much the same, which is different from the previous episodes (Episode 2, in particular).

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Once again, the sum of the parts exceeds individual tracks.
I really enjoy "Listen To their No", "Schiphol Test", and "Border Country".
"Doris" is fine, but a bit out of place given its origin.
Really not a fan of "Altitude Dub" and especially not "Hundred Weight Hammer"

But put it all together, and it somehow works better.
In context, the duds are smoothed over, the vibe different.

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I guess it’s my headphones and wishful thinking.

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Hi-Res for sale
https://www.qobuz.com/gb-en/album/dr.../mwikalsxkjoxc

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i really need to reflect on this one - SPACE has undoubtedly been the most challenging yet rewarding DRIFT episode thus far. i think each episode leading up to this one has had at least some kind of cohesive theme; DUST in its first half is focused on abrasive, hard-hitting techno; ATOM is an explosion of colour and rich soundscapes, almost like a very well-rounded album; HEART still stands as the most ambient release...but SPACE though? it isn't too surprising for the band to include one of those trip-hop tracks (Boy x3, Ring Road, etc.) like Hundred Weight Hammer be on the same release as career highlights Listen To Their No or Border Country, but come on! something about the juxtaposition this time around has been really sensational. it's really had me wondering, where will DRIFT go on from here?

it's remarkable that these peculiar batch of tracks managed to be compiled together. Listen and BC are, of course, the titan tracks on this release, but the rest of the difficult material just doesn't entirely fit - yet it still sounds great as a whole. pretty much all of the material has warmed up to me from consistent listens (maybe an unpopular opinion- Schiphol Test isn't my favourite of the bunch). Karl and Rick are doing overworldly wonders with this whole project. i still yearn for the Reykjavik promo to be released (sounds like Another Silent Way if it were more fierce... can already tell it's going to be a favourite of mine), but regardless of that, bravo to the boys for gifting us with all of this new material.

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This is true - was less a "this is an edited version" and more a "slightly different version" in the technical sense, but I agree... hardly counts as a different version.

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Ep4 is pretty fantastic. In an odd way, it's pushing for best 'intro to underworld' release. They really touch on all their different moods in this one and in particularly good fashion. There's *something* in here for everyone, and if you like most or all of it, well then I got some concert bootlegs to show you...

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I hear you. For me it is the opposite, though. Listening to what I can make out from the lyrics and following the sounds, I would have moved border country behind Schiphol Test and possibly move Doris to the end.
But besides all that, I find it tells a story from meeting over being together, bliss (in Doris) doubt (Altitude Dub) and in the order it stands now, leaving and moving on.

Like a portrait of a relationship. Taking up a lot of space in once life. :)

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EP4 is one of the best UW releases ever!

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I think so too.