Rubin Farr Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 yes! the new material begins to surface, even if it's a compilation still good to see activity in the camp. http://nrkmusic.blogspot.com/2011/01/global-communication-back-together-for.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 woa wow at least it is global communication! nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 STFU! sweet. gotta ease back into it doing a mix eh? That was the last thing they did, was the Fabric 26 mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 tracklist 'n' details http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=13818 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 that tracklist is POWERFUL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drix Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Looking goooood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 http://nrkmusic.blogspot.com/2011/03/global-communication-announce-details.html NRK Music's much revered retrospective compilation series, Back In The Box, returns in May with a double mix compiled and sequenced by one of electronic music's most enduring pairs. Not just Back In The Box, but back together, Global Communication, AKA Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard, reunite following a 15 year hiatus to lay down a collection of genre and era defining Techno and Electronica. Following on from previous Back In The Box entrants (Dave Clarke, Joey Negro, DJ Sneak and Louie Vega), Global Communication dig deep into their record collections to revive forgotten gems, lost classics and personal favourites. A true connoisseurs compendium of records that helped shape the Global Communication sound. Concentrating on the early to mid 90s period of electronic music, their Back In The Box mix spans the downtempo atmospheric sounds to the cutting edge Detroit techno of the day. A closer inspection of the mix reveals a journey of two halves, where the wildly experimental sounds and sparse, industrial techno dance beats meet the more reflective and intricate delicacies of the ambience and light breakbeats of electronica. Disc One focuses on the more dancefloor orientated sounds, opening up with a headstrong fusion of some of Detroit's finest music, courtesy of Jay Denham (Fade II Black), Derrick May (here with Steve Hillage's System 7), Kevin "Reese" Saunderson, Carl Craig's BFC project and Anthony "Shake" Shakir, interrupted for a moment by Detroit's possibly first, and only, adopted techno son (just popping over the boarder from Canada), Richie Hawtin, here with a F.U.S.E. classic. The mix picks up a pace with the hardcore assault of Lory D, Neuropolitique and DHS before heading for cruising altitude, with a clever re-pitch of Speedy J's classic "De-Orbit" and then heading into more melodious waters with gems from Flux, Balil, Florence, States Of Mind (Hawtin again) and touching down with some blissful techno from Robert Leiner. Disc Two delves deeper into the electronic underworld, and whilst the BPMs drop, the intensity of the music never let's up. Detroit once again is represented heavily, but showing another side to it's often heavily guarded face. Rare cuts from Yennek (AKA Kenny Larkin, here remixed by Carl Craig's Inner Zone), Octave One (Never On Sunday), Reel by Real (yep, the one sampled by one LTJ Bukem for a d'n'b classic) and that man Carl Craig (Psyche & Urban Tribe here, Global Comm hugely indebted to this man) display more intricate possibilities to the sound, whilst a track from the 'Godfather Of Techno', Juan Atkins, ensures that the Bellevue Three are all here, present and correct (that'll be Atkins, Saunderson and May). The UK cannot be underestimated in this genre either, and fine cuts from our own 'Godfathers' (808 State) are sequenced with UK's As One (Kirk Degiorgio), Balil, Stasis, and the one who broke on through on his own terms, the uncompromising Aphex Twin. Ending the mix with the beautiful ambience of The Irresistible Force (remixing Sven Vath's Barbarella) and Global Communication's Incidental Harmony, the Back In The Box journey is one that transcends continents, tempos and quite possible brain cells as well Back In The Box is released on a mixed 2CD, DJ friendly unmixed 2CD, 12" vinyl samplers, and digital album. Legendary scribe, Kris Needs, supplies the linear notes on the CD packaging. Release date: 30th May 2011. Global Communication - Back In The Box (Mixed) CD01 1) Fade II Black : The Calling (Reprise) 2) System 7 & Derrick May : Altitude 3) Reese : Just Want Another Chance 4) BFC : Galaxy 5) F.U.S.E. : Technotropic 6) Shake : Sonar 123 7) Lory D : Sickness (Sounds Never Seen) 8) Neuropolitique : Mind You Don't Trip 9) DHS : Number 9 Bad Acid 10) Speedy J : De-Orbit (TM Outer Limits Salute Repitch) 11) Balil : Nort Route 12) Florence : A Touch Of Heaven 13) Flux : True Feelings 14) Reload & E621 : Ptyzh 15) States Of Mind : Audio Q5A 16) Robert Leiner : Aqua Viva CD02 1) Link - Intro (The Labels) 2) Ismistik - Flow Charts 3) Yennek - Serena X (Carl Craig Inner Zone Remix) 4) Psyche - Elements 5) Never On Sunday - The Journey 6) As One - Amalia 7) Aphex Twin - Tha 8) Stasis - Point Of No Return 9) Balil - Whirling Of The Spirits 10) 808 State - Sunrise 11) Urban Tribe - Covert Action 12) Link - Places of Origin 13) Model 500 - Infoworld 14) Reel by Real - Surkit 15) Ross 154 - Mayflower 16) Global Communication - Incidental Harmony 17) Barbarella - Barbarella (The Irresistible Force Remix) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 12" sampler out now. http://www.rubadub.co.uk/?node_id=1.3&id=27894 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kineaesth Posted May 5, 2011 Share Posted May 5, 2011 God damn Mark Pritchard has a lot of energy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coalbucket PI Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 What's the deal with a vinyl sampler of a mix? I don't see the pointt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magdog Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Nor do i, other than making £££s :\ Just hope some new good GC music comes out soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 it's going to be a good year. Africa Hitech Back in The Box Tom's Archives Global Communication Tour/New Musics Reload? Maybe Finally... mmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 just 10 more days.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 http://www.percussionlab.com/sets/artists?search=global%20communication some Mark/Tom Archives to chew on until their new stuff arrives.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobDobalina Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 http://www.percussionlab.com/sets/artists?search=global%20communication some Mark/Tom Archives to chew on until their new stuff arrives.... Thanks for these Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 preorder @ juno http://www.juno.co.uk/products/426087-01.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ruiagnelo Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 Is there going to be a digital release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted May 28, 2011 Share Posted May 28, 2011 And there's an unmixed version w/ fewer tracks too: http://www.nrkrecords.co.uk/recordstore/catalog/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 30min sampler mmmmmmm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 http://www.littlewhiteearbuds.com/review/global-communication-back-in-the-box/ Review: Global Communication, Back In The Box If your only point of reference for Global Communication is a 76 minute and 14 second long ambient album that is 17 years old, you may not be prepared for this two-CD mix. The duo of Mark Pritchard and Tom Middleton may well be most famous for their sole album as GC, but they wore many hats before and after; coming up with futuristic techno mutations as Reload, electro funk revivalists as The Jedi Knights and deep house under the Secret Ingredients banner. And if you’re coming at electronic music from a current perspective their separate endeavors — Middleton’s big-room remixes and Pritchard’s experimental hip-hop as Harmonic 313 — it may make this release even more bewildering. This installment in the Back In The Box series widens its aperture, offering a look into what was their modus operandi during the early 90′s: melodic, spacey, and insistently funky techno. It’s essentially a look at what they were measuring themselves against and spinning during their burgeoning production years. After a quick nod to the aforementioned album, a combination of the “global communication” multi-lingual delivery and the tick-tock pulse of “Ob-Selon Mi-Nos,” the first disc fixes aim on the floor by starting with some classic Detroit techno productions. Trademark sounds aplenty: Kevin Saunderson’s menacing Reese bass line and come-hither whispered vocals on “Just Want Another Chance,” Carl Craig’s emotive chords and tough breakbeats with “Galaxy,” while Derrick May’s team up and remix of System 7′s “Altitude” pairs Steve Hillage’s dreamy guitar work against stomping 909 kicks and crashes. On “Technotropic” Richie Hawtin, under his early F.U.S.E. alter-ego, delivers angular bass notes and staccato drum mechanics before a breakdown of oceans waves, digital seagulls and soaring chords that show a side rarely seen since. They build the intensity with a series of harder hitting techno salvos from Lory D, Neuropolitique and DHS before lightening the air with a pitched up edit by Middleton of Speedy J’s lush breaks and bass track, “De-Orbit.” From there the moody quotient is raised considerably with classic techno complexity in the form of Balil’s “Nort Route” and Florence’s “A Touch Of Heaven,” while the oft overlooked “True Feelings” by Flux makes good use of soaring strings and a rubbery DX100 bass line. The blends are solid but not all that long, often relying on a heavy delay of the outgoing track to create the transition. The first CD concludes with the aquatic-acid and whale samples of Robert Leiner’s “Aqua Viva,” showcasing rather heavily the affinity for organic sounds used in electronic music from this period. The second disc opens with a digitized rundown of the influential labels of the era running into the first track, “Flow Charts” by Ismistik. It sets the tone for the mix, as GC focus on more emotional techno and ambient selections. Far too many highlights to shake a stick at as the elegiac synths, crisp drum programming and analog circuitry are in full display on tracks from Stasis, Reel By Real, and Ross 154. The duo don’t spare much time mixing the music, instead segueing between tempos and moods in a way that recalls the side chill out rooms they played at UK parties. It doesn’t always work as evidenced between an awkward transition between As One’s “Amalia” and Aphex Twin’s “Tha,” but with a clever edit sequence added to some it works quite well. It also allows the majority of each track to play through, proving how musically impressive they are. The mix ends somewhat lukewarmly with The Irresistible Force remix of “Barbarella,” an unremarkable ambient track that is too fluffy by comparison to the preceding 32 tracks. The liner notes, written by long-time UK music journalist Kris Needs, and comments by the duo themselves provide a firsthand reference into the background of each selection. Reading through it feels like a trip down memory lane, but if you had any doubts as to the veracity of the gushing recollections, the mix will set you straight. What Pritchard and Middleton have given us is not a history lesson to be schooled on; they’ve shared a mix that feels personal and lives up to the emotional expressionism they originally set out to create. » Kuri Kondrak | May 31st, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted May 31, 2011 Share Posted May 31, 2011 Looks like the digital version won't be out til June 6th... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Bleeps got it digital 31 Tracks umixed and the two full mixes http://bleep.com/index.php?page=release_details&releaseid=30168 The only unmixed tracks missing that are included in the mixes are the Intro and New Track by Link and Tom's Edit/Re-pitch of the Speedy J track (it's in it's original version unmixed) bliss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eh Speedy Posted June 6, 2011 Share Posted June 6, 2011 Waiting on the mixed 2 disc in the mail now. Went w/ the regular mixed full version cause that's sort of the point of this thing. Not sure I trust a Link track that doesn't begin w/ the letter "A". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 http://www.ibiza-voice.com/story/news/3212 If the tracklist doesn't immediately set your pulse racing then it's time to educate yourself and take a trip into a world of techno and electronica, where emotion and technical prowess, aligned to a harmonious balance of eclecticism, make everything seem, on the one hand nostalgic, and on the other, very much at the cutting edge. Global Communication are back after a fifteen year break, and to celebrate they're going to remind us why they were so important in the first place. Maybe they really never got the attention they thought they deserved and it's simply a case of unfinished business, or their versatility and reluctance to be pigeonholed has finally succumbed to entropy. Anyway, asking Tom Middleton and Mark Pritchard, aka Global Communication, to select tracks for NRK's 'Back In The Box' series was inspired; the series being one that lets it's selectors run riot in their crates was always a good concept and one that fits GC like a glove. Not having properly produced or played together since the mid-nineties may have paradoxically been a huge advantage in track selection, not that I'm suggesting they simply put together a set inspired by the last time they did a gig, you understand, but the spirit of the age may have somehow remained fresh within them and setting it free after having bottled it up for so long was only ever going to be a good thing. Now to the music. Disc one and disc two follow a relatively accepted path. The first is the more uptempo of the two, the latter concentrating on the more ambient side of things. Throughout the length of the collection, familiar beats float in and out of one's consciousness; listening to it I was instantly reminded of raves gone by without being able to always put my finger on what exactly it was I was listening to. Detroit opens the proceedings and without wanting to sound too much like a blatant nostalgist, the music from the likes of Fade ll Black, Derrick May, in collaboration with Steve Hillage's System Seven, BFC/Carl Craig, etc still sounds incredibly fresh and transcendental. I suppose we're living at a period in the evolution of dance music when reinvention has never been so hip, and, although the process is continually self-perpetuating, it's rarely been as exciting as now. Moving swiftly on, disc one peaks when it gets a little bit melodically hardcore. However, after 'Number 9 Bad Acid' from DHS seques into Speedy J's 'De-Orbit' we're riding the panpipes back to base with Balil leading the way, bridging the gap onto disc two. Although the more relaxed of the two halves, and arguably the deeper, there's no let up in the musics magnitude. Again, Detroit makes more than a cameo appearance. Yennek, aka Kenny Larkin, remixed by Carl Craig, Never On A Sunday, aka Octave One, the recently rereleased Reel By Real, Urban Tribe and Juan Atkins all feature. Listening to this mix is like being on a techno version of the Hollywood Walk Of Fame, but it's not just about the originators. Their UK peers in the shape of As One, aka Kirk DeGiorgio, 808 State, Balil, Stasis and The Aphex Twin all distinguish themselves as well. The mix comes to a halt with Global Communication themselves contributing a cut, and Mixmaster Morris reshaping Sven Vath. I listened to this mix a lot before writing this review, but in many ways that didn't matter. Ever since I started listening to electronic music in earnest, sounds like those on display here have always been in my mind and, although they rise to the surface from time to time in all sorts of places, experiencing that strange feeling of deja vu has rarely felt as pleasurable as now. 'Back In The Box Mixed By Global Communication' works on many levels, some you are conscious of, others not and, without wanting to sound too pompous, listening to it is an education. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayhook Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 Waiting on the mixed 2 disc in the mail now. Went w/ the regular mixed full version cause that's sort of the point of this thing. Not sure I trust a Link track that doesn't begin w/ the letter "A". Yeah, the two "link" tracks are just an intro and a transitional element, not "songs" per se. the first a list of the labels represented on the comp/the influential labels from back in the day the second a list of the various "places of origin" of the various tracks on the comp both in various vocoder/computerized voices The mixes are great. the unmixed versions are good to have if you are a completist for having all these great tracks in their full versions... The tracks included are all classics that if you were to be a DJ would be good to have in you stash (unmixed) as most are very difficult to find now. emusic is carrying it for $5.99 and here's an interview with the Mark and Tom and the Head of the NRK label regarding this comp: http://www.whatpeoplesay.com/global-communication-nrks-back-in-the-box-interview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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