Kennylogg Bubblebath

i'd rather an album, it's been ages since we got a long form afx release. but i'll take anything at this point.

radio 6 is overall very good. i can't think of another popular station that caters for most audiences as well as that. where else would you hear squarepusher, outkast, black flag, aretha franklin and basinski back to back?

nice! although i recognise half of this stuff from the mnlth demo tape. is it all old material?

absolute load of bollocks some of the tunes are actually deece though

my initial plan was waiting for the dust to settle and possibly grabbing it at a later date, but thanks to the intro price it'll likely be an instabuy. it IS kinda gross and hilarious how much mileage rockstar/take two are getting out of this one fucking game, but at the same time i really do enjoy it and i'm definitely willing to splash a few quid on some extra polygons and a framerate bump.

yep, i also recall him making SOSW2 and AB6 playlists. someone must have archived the tracklists, surely? or do afx fans only hoard jpegs of his face?

depends who said it at the risk of sounding elitist... if it was someone on here i'd be pretty stoked, but for some reason i think i'd be annoyed if it was from someone with surface level knowledge of ae/afx. i'd be like "yeah? the fuck do you know?"

whilst i prob wouldn't include any of the individual tunes from geogaddi in my boards top 5, it's by far my favourite album of theirs. the craftsmanship that went into this record was clearly on another level.

just got done listening to the new animal collective record (out today) and it's quite tasty. good blend of exotica and neo-psych.

lmao, suddenly it all makes sense

this should have happened years ago, but i'm glad it's finally happening now, even if it is a blatantly manufactured exodus.

don't sleep on the soft hair record. easily one of the best things he's done.

agreedo. wish they bundled in a bandcamp code with the wax, but hey, it's not like they're the only label not doing it ? here's hoping it'll be up on dave's bc too!

posted on weme instagram yesterday: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY6vsH-sC4L/ "forthcoming Photodementia WeMe 313.32" which when paired up with the cat number on this post shows that it's a 2LP: https://www.instagram.com/p/CYKLz4qsvDK/

i wonder if the "one i won't go into" ended up being ccai pt. 2? perhaps he recorded an albums' worth of electro-acoustic stuff but decided to condense the stronger material into an EP? or maybe it was cheetah and the same thing happened? the cheetah liner notes specifically state it was recorded before syro. and instead, some of the "tracks which don't belong anywhere" actually ended up forming orphaned deejay selek? i reckon this was made after 2010, possibly post-syro or at the very least late-syro. (i have nothing to back up my claim, just pure speculation ? )

godspeed you! black emperor is the closest i've been to bawling at a gig, and i'm sure some of their albums have made me tear up over the years. i found the last track of their latest album to be particularly emotive, esp. when accompanied with the visuals from the premiere stream (below at 46:30)

just finished my first listen and quite enjoyed. it's a miserable, rainy winter's day here so it landed quite well for me. brisk's review definitely has some valid points though. i think with some more focus, this EP could have been something really special.

there's a possibility (albeit a small one) that the IDM moons are about to align we'll get releases from all 4 next year. saw 85-92 will turn 30, didn't rich say he was in talks with r&s to put something cool out? either way, new afx is overdue. boc lunatics think there's something in the 22/02/2022 date (geogaddi also turns 20 next year) autechre usually release something in alternating years and i feel this would be the least surprising of the bunch pusher seems to be back in wizard mode and it's almost been 2 years since his latest, so it wouldn't surprise me if he was itching to get something else out failing the above, we should hopefully get a new future brown record.

yeah, phantom brickworks is ace. probably the only bibio release in recent years that i can enjoy from beginning to end. ribbons has some nice stuff but it's around 15 mins too long, and sleep on the wing felt like a collection of material that wasn't good enough for ribbons. none of the EPs/mini RSD releases are worth anyone's attention either.

a mineral love could've been a solid EP if he cherry picked the best tracks. it's got some absolute corkers but those pseudo-funk tunes tend to leave a bad taste in one's mouth. here's hoping the next record is a bit more refined.

agreed. the viet cong album is indeed the best thing they've done, although i still really like the preoccs s/t. admittedly i'm not huge on a couple tracks, but for the most part it's a ripper. did you ever listen to the viet cong EP? some really nice tracks on there reminiscent of women

kinda agree. he's exhausted the whole r&b shtick for sure, but i'd be down for more tunes in the direction of 'long road home' and 'i don't love me anymore' also i'd be keen on hearing him explore higher bpms. he touched on some faster shit for garden of delete and it was ace imo.

can't they open up a pressing plant instead?

iirc, they completed an album around may/june. my guess is the ol' pressing plant situation causing delays. i just hope the new record is an improvement on their previous effort as i rarely revisit that one. great list, btw! confirmed animal collective - time skiffs burial - antidawn ep earl - sick likely autechre opn preoccupations king gizz rolando simmons bibio eod alex g slowdive mount kimbie unlikely but not impossible boc mbv mnlth afx umo

yeah it's a damn shame. judging by the new shit he was dropping throughout his last tours, it seemed like he was gearing up to release his best material in years.