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#101 Csar   User is offline

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Posted 17 July 2012 - 3:08 PM

Intro is top notch. The rest is... well, I'm undecided whether I like it or not so much... Needs to grow on me.
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 3:24 PM

View PostCsar, on 17 July 2012 - 5:08 PM, said:

Intro is top notch. The rest is... well, I'm undecided whether I like it or not so much... Needs to grow on me.


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Posted 17 July 2012 - 6:22 PM

View PostJacksRevenge, on 17 July 2012 - 5:11 AM, said:

What a banger - completely in love! :)
p.s. is it just me or this song shouts "EAT THIS KRAFTWERK!" ?
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Posted 17 July 2012 - 8:39 PM

I really like the track ! There's an obvious homage to Kraftwerk and I like it, it sounds like Kraftwerk, without ripping them off or sounding cheap, and it still sounds like the Chems.
I feel that the track illustrates cycling pretty good, with that looping apreggio

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Posted 17 July 2012 - 10:49 PM

I Like it , was out last night so just got it on iplayer thing.

I like it because it takes in all the influences, kraftwerk, the cycling, the grandness of the olympics. Its definitely them but it sounds different, like they have made an effort not to just produce a chemical brothers track. Its Class but what i heard is too short. Mixes please.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:25 AM

View PostMadPooter, on 17 July 2012 - 11:22 AM, said:

::laughs:: Ed reads everything. He's a lurker, like the creepy-yet-absolutely-loving uncle who watches you from the closet as you sleep.



lol you just had to go there. Ed's a lurker but that's just creepy, man! :P


View PostBen_j, on 17 July 2012 - 1:39 PM, said:

I really like the track ! There's an obvious homage to Kraftwerk and I like it, it sounds like Kraftwerk, without ripping them off or sounding cheap, and it still sounds like the Chems.
I feel that the track illustrates cycling pretty good, with that looping apreggio



My first impression was a nod of appreciation to Kraftwerk, for sure. I played it for my husband last night and he said it reminded him of some of the more old skool industrial stuff he used to listen to frequently way back when. And I have to agree there. To me there's always been something about their tunes sounding so familiar in some ways, but Tom and Ed always retaining their unique imprint on everything they do that sounds unmistakably Chemical.


View PostChops, on 17 July 2012 - 3:49 PM, said:

I Like it , was out last night so just got it on iplayer thing.

I like it because it takes in all the influences, kraftwerk, the cycling, the grandness of the olympics. Its definitely them but it sounds different, like they have made an effort not to just produce a chemical brothers track. Its Class but what i heard is too short. Mixes please.


Totally agree.

Also hoping the version we heard is the abridged version and a longer mix is in our future!
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 3:20 AM

View PostCsar, on 17 July 2012 - 8:08 AM, said:

Intro is top notch. The rest is... well, I'm undecided whether I like it or not so much... Needs to grow on me.


I'm on the 12/13th listen by now. Still feel the same when I first heard it!
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 7:49 AM

on second listen despite what i said about it being different for them it now reminds me a bit of horse power
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 7:55 AM

I did not mean in anyway it's a Kraftwerk ripoff. It's tough to put it in words. But to me (IMHO) - it sounds like a big nod to Kraftwerk - the man machine (not literally the KW song) vocal, the vibe, but it (again IMHO) kicks Kraftwerk's ass. Yeah I'm weird.
I love this song. I'm so weirded my two top favourite bands have done the two official anthems (fallen in love with the Muse song now - grown grown grown on me) - and my favourite director from back in the day is directing the soundtrack! Full circle!
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:01 PM

View Postinchemwetrust, on 18 July 2012 - 5:20 AM, said:

I'm on the 12/13th listen by now. Still feel the same when I first heard it!


Hm. At the moment the intro overshadows the rest of the track for me. I don't mean it's a bad song at all. But it starts off dramatically and lush and gets a tad "flat" after it.
I really do appreciate the reminiscence of Kraftwerk with the breathing and the vocoder sample. And I do like the effects and segues throughout the track.
I was expecting something eaqually dramatic throughout the rest of the song as promised by its intro. Maybe that's my problem: my expectations :roll: . Let's see whether the bros have a longer mix in store on July 30th.

I guess it's needless to say that I'm very happy they were hired to do a theme for the Olympic games!

Btw, can anyone of you native speakers tell me why Zane was laughing at that "theme" thing? I didn't get that.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:13 PM

View PostCsar, on 18 July 2012 - 2:01 PM, said:

Btw, can anyone of you native speakers tell me why Zane was laughing at that "theme" thing? I didn't get that.


He tends to get carried away when the big boy heroes come in. Anytime i heard him speak to the beastie boys he lost it completely. total bollocks all the way.
I think he just thought it was cool the chems had been hired and its nice to have a theme from the olympics by one of his favourite bands
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:17 PM

Great tune, BUT we need extended mix for....7 minutes will be just ok.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:18 PM

View PostChops, on 18 July 2012 - 2:13 PM, said:

He tends to get carried away when the big boy heroes come in. Anytime i heard him speak to the beastie boys he lost it completely. total bollocks all the way.
I think he just thought it was cool the chems had been hired and its nice to have a theme from the olympics by one of his favourite bands



Ah, alright! Thanks! I didn't know what to make of it.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 12:39 PM

Zane is one lucky guy. Over the last 4 weeks, he's had the privilege of putting out the new Bloc Party, the new Muse, the new Killers, and now the new Chems!
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 2:02 PM

I sense the bros will do more movie soundtracks in the future. It's got some nice movie-esque sequences.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 2:26 PM

I love this track. Totally ramped up arpeggy feel. The snare is interesting though.

Oh and hi all! Been a long time, yeah? :mrgreen:

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 3:08 PM

How about the Tom/Klaxons comment, is there anymore info on this?

I'm finding it hard to deal with as I'm not a fan of Klaxons at all, although ARR
is the best thing they've done and the re-edit sounds amazing in a club.

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Posted 18 July 2012 - 4:37 PM

View PostConsumer, on 18 July 2012 - 4:26 PM, said:

I love this track. Totally ramped up arpeggy feel. The snare is interesting though.

Oh and hi all! Been a long time, yeah? :mrgreen:


Good to see 'round! Hope you're all good.
Yup, that snare sounded like one of my cheap compressed ones.
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Posted 18 July 2012 - 5:44 PM

Interesting sound, especially the 'orchestral' intro! I think there's definitely a Kraftwerk reference there but I also hear a bit of Orbital (I can't think which song). I'm not so sure about the "Vel-O-drome" voice at the minute but maybe it will grow on me.

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Posted 19 July 2012 - 4:52 AM

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