purlieu Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Biosphere continues his reissue campaign with a 2CD version of Substrata. This is essentially the same as the Substrata2 double CD issue, but reverting to the original 1997 artwork, and including an extra 14 minute track, 'Laika'. Also in a much slimmer digifile sleeve, if anyone else is like me and desperate to minimise the physical size of their collection. Shipping on 6th January. There's also a 2xLP edition which, as far as I can tell, features the original 11 track album, plus the 14 minute bonus track 'Laika'. Shipping on 20th January. https://biosphere.bandcamp.com/album/substrata-with-bonus-album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Jan Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 Noice. I remember Laika was on his old website for free, together with a whole bunch of great commissioned works (Fluxgate, Levende Fangst, etc.). I still have it tagged as "Laika, Trømsø, 2000". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lada Laika Posted December 11, 2016 Share Posted December 11, 2016 He's finally releasing my song! But seriously, I need to nab me one of those double LPs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 already have the *first* reissue of this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamourfou Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Ahhh finally, he's onto re-releasing the middle era records, my favs. Want that 2xLP real bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 ambient on vinyl (especially this one) makes 0 sense to me but hey w/e Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Friendly Foil Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 One of the best albums ever made to be factual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Bit odd that he's doing this after Cirque rather than before. So I reckon we'll get Shenzhou, Autour and Dropsonde over the course of 2017. Then he'll consider doing N-Plants and decide against it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamourfou Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Bit odd that he's doing this after Cirque rather than before. So I reckon we'll get Shenzhou, Autour and Dropsonde over the course of 2017. Then he'll consider doing N-Plants and decide against it. that's what i'm hoping for (Shenzhou). actually i would love Dropsonde too. what's not to get about ambient on vinyl? sounds warm and lush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted December 12, 2016 Author Share Posted December 12, 2016 Gotta say, Substrata isn't an album I'd enjoy flipping every 16 minutes, needs to be seamless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamesqdot Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Bit odd that he's doing this after Cirque rather than before. So I reckon we'll get Shenzhou, Autour and Dropsonde over the course of 2017. Then he'll consider doing N-Plants and decide against it. It's probably just because it's been reissued several times before already. Cirque is seriously underrated and I was glad to see it got reissued quite quickly after Patashnik. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xox Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Gotta say, Substrata isn't an album I'd enjoy flipping every 16 minutes, needs to be seamless. yes. vinyl as a mobius strip loop only Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Trying to curtail my music buying and this falls into the "not essential" category for me, unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Getting my dick all the way out for this. Second best ambient album of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamourfou Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Getting my dick all the way out for this. Best ambient album of all time. fixed that for you. (what else you like?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blir Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Xerrox Vol 2 slightly edges it for best ambient album. Not much in it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 If it was the best ambient album of all time, I would imagine it would be dick and balls out. *edit* Not imagining anything. Move along people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr lopez Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 SAW II lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Bit odd that he's doing this after Cirque rather than before. So I reckon we'll get Shenzhou, Autour and Dropsonde over the course of 2017. Then he'll consider doing N-Plants and decide against it. I like N-Plants. In fact, just listening to it again now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Xerrox 2 is an Alva Not album? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polytrix Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Sorry to bump a really old thread here, but I recently bought the 2011 LP repress of Substrata and I'm finding it a really noisy pressing. This is with a carefully calibrated Technics SL1210MK2 and a relatively new needle and clean virgin vinyl...as in mint condition. Even after additionally cleaning the records the noise is still there. I'm quite disappointed: kinda wish I'd bought the CD version now. Anyone else experienced this? I expect a few people bought the LP version of the represses. https://www.discogs.com/Biosphere-Substrata/release/3107918 See link above for details: I think there was a repress run of the LP in 2011/2015/2017 There is actually someone complaining about the same issue I'm experiencing on Discogs there. I've sent some emails to ask about returns etc but it makes me wonder if it's a bad pressing all round so simply best to revert to getting the CD instead? Seems a shame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polytrix Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I suppose it's really difficult to press ambient albums onto vinyl without noise becoming too much of an issue. This doesn't seem right though, it's pretty intrusive and annoying to hear whilst all the lushness goes on in the background. Should I bother requesting a better pressing do you think? Maybe this wasn't the best choice? :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purlieu Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 I've owned a fair bit of quiet vinyl over the years, plenty of ambient, classical, solo instrumental etc. sounds great as long as it's a good pressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kichiguy Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Xerrox Vol 2 slightly edges it for best ambient album. Not much in it though. Hey man we have the same taste :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polytrix Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Just to update this. I've heard back from Biophon and they are sending me a fresh copy! They also sent me a download code for the digital files. I've learnt from this to buy as directly as possible from an artist when you can as I presume there's better quality control and service! Just happened to be in a record store when I saw it was all! Nice one Biosphere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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