Fonestrap

[holden]

i thought this latest version was pretty cool....the text spliced and used as another rhythm. At the very beginning, the colors being called out was a callback of To dream of love, imo. Agreed, it did get a bit messy in the middle, piles of speech. i can't make out the phonestrat lyrics anymore, either. But the beat and that rolly bass got me grooving!

[galama]

Can somebody fill me in on this? I heard phonestrap and autotrader on UWlive...but i'm not quite clear on the creative proccess behind versions 3,4,5 and so on.

[holden]

Originally Posted by galama

Can somebody fill me in on this? I heard phonestrap and autotrader on UWlive...but i'm not quite clear on the creative proccess behind versions 3,4,5 and so on.

i think it's just little documents of Rick and Karl's creative process shaping a track. From version to version, we hear the evolution, what sounds they liked, which fall by the wayside.
Autotrader started with just karl speaking the listing of cars for sale. In successive versions, the words have been spliced a bit, ambient background added, and "music of the streets" included.
Phonestrap has changed a lot from the initial guitar and voice song, to become more electronic.

[negative1]

Originally Posted by King of Snake

wasn't really digging the phonestrap/autotrader thing. Sounded like the two crashed together in a big mess of undefined sounds. Was good hearing a bit more upbeat techno-ish peace from uw again, but there were too many sounds going on imo. It started getting good at the end though when only the bassline and beats where left.

yeah, i agree with this..
however the songs still evolving, so eventually it may get
to be more listenable..

still to early for my tastes..

later
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[phaseblue]

Originally Posted by negative1

more listenable..

Are you kidding me? I mean it wasn't exactly a fine tuned peice of work like Jumbo or Born Slippy, but the way the sampled vocal patterns evolved/changed was just mindblowing! With all the relaxed (and still beautiful) stuff Rick and Karl have been putting out lately, this was a very welcomed, almost old school, Underworld moment!

A pure wall of sound!!!

[irons]

I was almost unimpressed with the individual tracks (the Phonestrap series and the Autotraders); I thought it was nice that we could hear something like that, but they were so raw that I never really considered them "tracks." With the introduction of Phonestrap 6 + Autotrader 4, I really felt a solidness behind the otherwise airy stuff we had received before. On subsequent listens, I have come to agree that there's a heap of sound that wears me down in the song, but it's certainly something "more than the sum of its parts" and it blew me away the first time I heard it. I can't wait for further versions.

[the real stuff]

oh I'm with you, phaseblue. this is good stuff. I've always loved when they use choppy vocal segments (especially in those live incarnations of the original Born Slippy in the 90s ... oh what I would give to see 'em play that again).

it's something to get lost in.

this whole phonestrap process is pretty cool. what more can fans ask for than a glimpse at how an Underworld track evolves? exciting.

[phaseblue]

[quote=the real stuff](especially in those live incarnations of the original Born Slippy in the 90s ... oh what I would give to see 'em play that again).
[quote]

Oh yes!!!!!!

[lloyd]

Original BS was played in Luxemburg again, 2005.
Phonestrap6 vs Autotrader 4 is up UWlive now.

[change]

I officially love this version with autotrader. Something to get lost in indeed. And yes, the choppy vocals are great. My favorite riverrun track was Back in the Fears with the layered vocals... this is similar to that, but more frantic.

I've already said it, but I still think this is an excellent treat as a fan to get a glimpse of the process...

Oh, to raid the Underworld vaults and hear all the wonderful evolutions like we hear with the Phonestraps.