Drift Ep. 2, Part 6 - Appleshine Continuum

[lloyd]

This is utterly brilliant.
A collaboration with an experimental jazz band is clearly what we had to wait for to get what is one of their top 5 pieces of music.

This combo needs to tour the world.
6 hour 360 degree podium quad sound experience. Where do I sign up for tickets?

[holden]

Well, despite a few preview listens last Wednesday, it was wonderful to get the download today and enjoy the intricacies. It really is the fastest-seeming 47 minutes! I put this on at work and next i knew, track was in the home stretch. Lot's of variety, but still a common thread throughout.

[saintrik]

Strange that Appleshine Continuum is available on Qobuz... I am certainly hoping that they'll repackage DRIFT, Episode 2 in lossless format, like they did for Episode 1.

Anyone got any info?

[jetpig]

In the first minutes there's a vocal sample back in the mix a little bit. I didn't hear it in my (noisy) car, but picked it up immediately in my headphones. It's most easily heard starting at 2:10, but gets used earlier, too. It's the same one from the lead into Trim during the Peel Session.

[darktrain]

Originally Posted by jetpig

In the first minutes there's a vocal sample back in the mix a little bit. I didn't hear it in my (noisy) car, but picked it up immediately in my headphones. It's most easily heard starting at 2:10, but gets used earlier, too. It's the same one from the lead into Trim during the Peel Session.

You can also hear a few of the screeching sounds from BYTWB around the 34 min mark.

[TheBang]

Originally Posted by saintrik

Strange that Appleshine Continuum is available on Qobuz... I am certainly hoping that they'll repackage DRIFT, Episode 2 in lossless format, like they did for Episode 1.

Anyone got any info?

Yes, it looks like they pushed this out to all the retail platforms (iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, etc.). Apparently, this is the "single" release for Episode 2, the way Another Silent Way was for Episode 1.

Don't pay Qobuz's exorbitant price. As a single track, it's available at regular single track prices on other platforms, like Tidal ($3.59), and Tidal's one of the more expensive ones. Although, I just remembered that TIDAL only does 16-bit lossless. So, you may want to wait for the other 24-bit retailers to list it, like 7Digital, Acoustic Sounds, HDTracks, and ProStudioMasters. They're usually a few days slower than Qobuz at listing new releases, but they'll probably have it for $2.

The full Episode 2 bundle is next week's Thursday Drift release, released on all regular retail and streaming platforms. The tracks may be mixed like they were on Episode 1, so this single release might still be a unique unmixed version, if you're into collecting (24-bit) lossless.

Edit: Appleshine Continuum is only $1.49 on Qobuz US. And it looks like they pushed it out only in 16-bit, no 24-bit.

[philth]

Originally Posted by saintrik

Strange that Appleshine Continuum is available on Qobuz... I am certainly hoping that they'll repackage DRIFT, Episode 2 in lossless format, like they did for Episode 1.

Anyone got any info?

Should be released towards the end of next week (March 7th) if the info I got is right (see attached image).