Okay guys and ladies, lets admit it. We need something new and fresh! This topic will be an antidote in times that lack fresh and new things. Let's dust up some old Chems and modern classics made by our psychedic reelers. It works like this:
The doctors prescription beats: consume 1 amazing piece of Chemical brothers music / day. Please restrain yourself and keep it to one track that you will share with your brothers and sisters. As only one track can be shared, make sure you log in early if you have a favourite you'd like to feature. Shouldn't be hard to pick one, as there is such a wealth of "good chemicals": singles, B-sides, live takes, soundtracks, edits, EBW's, etc.) As long as it features at least 50% of the chems it'll suffice as the medicine we'd so desperately need.
Extra: feel free to elaborate why you've chosen this track and the memories / emotions that are evoked by this piece of art.
To start it of:
Day 1 - We Are The Night
Why: There is so much happening in this track: the wierdest bleeps, bass grooves, evolving bell sounds, psychedelic chaos, creepy vocals and tortued synthesizers. This track is one of their best works IMO. I love how they have managed to create such a dark atmosphere with such bright and lush tones. An underestimated track from an underestimated album!
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Posted 07 February 2014 - 4:00 AM
It's interesting how you describe We Are The Night as dark Csar, I've heard multiple people describe that track and the album itself as dark, but I've never thought that or any of the tracks as dark (except for The Pills and possibly Do It Again). To me We Are The Night is like bright lights, neon and advertisements on a coastal city at night, dispelling the darkness - artificial light sure, far from organic, but a contrast against darkness instead of darkness itself.
Oh shit. Nevermind guys - Chemicalreaction said it's dumb. Go home everyone.
chemicalreaction, on 06 February 2014 - 7:34 PM, said:
This is dumb.
Oh shit. Nevermind guys - Chemicalreaction said it's dumb. Go home everyone.
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Posted 07 February 2014 - 5:22 AM
I'll humor you.
Okay great piece of music here. Good pick to start this thread I must say. To me this song should have been played more live but was only included in the WATN tour.There is one badass recording of this on which the buildup takes you to another dimension. Only complaint is the bass, it could have been heavier and the bell synth is pretty much throughout the track which could have been switched in the middle with something else as the lead.Great concept, could have been executed a little better.
Okay great piece of music here. Good pick to start this thread I must say. To me this song should have been played more live but was only included in the WATN tour.There is one badass recording of this on which the buildup takes you to another dimension. Only complaint is the bass, it could have been heavier and the bell synth is pretty much throughout the track which could have been switched in the middle with something else as the lead.Great concept, could have been executed a little better.
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Posted 07 February 2014 - 11:15 AM
WhiteNoise, on 07 February 2014 - 5:00 AM, said:
It's interesting how you describe We Are The Night as dark Csar,
Wait, what? Would you please explain?
E(argasm) = m(usic) x c(hemicals)²
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Posted 07 February 2014 - 4:22 PM
Csar, on 07 February 2014 - 5:15 AM, said:
Wait, what? Would you please explain?
Sorry, used weird grammar, I just put your username in there to indicate I was replying to you.
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Posted 08 February 2014 - 9:23 AM
SETTING SUN - Live Version (From The Private Psychedelic Reel Single) 8:45.
This is the type of thing that makes us all Chemical Brother addicts. We fall in the love with the original studio cut, but once we hear how it's reformatted in a live setting, our minds get blown.
On this particular track, I absolutely love how they stretch and chop the vocal to no end. It is teased throughout the whole length of the track, and is never completed in it's true form.
Additionally, there is some incredible energy packed into this song. It's Chaotic and Loud at times, but never discouraging. A delightful thrill ride for you ears.
This is the type of thing that makes us all Chemical Brother addicts. We fall in the love with the original studio cut, but once we hear how it's reformatted in a live setting, our minds get blown.
On this particular track, I absolutely love how they stretch and chop the vocal to no end. It is teased throughout the whole length of the track, and is never completed in it's true form.
Additionally, there is some incredible energy packed into this song. It's Chaotic and Loud at times, but never discouraging. A delightful thrill ride for you ears.
tom_rowlands_chemical_chi, on 08 January 2003 - 8:53 PM, said:
This old man,
he play beats,
He don't need no music sheets,
but with a snip-snip-snippy-snip
gave his mop a chop,
Old man hairstyles are a flop.
he play beats,
He don't need no music sheets,
but with a snip-snip-snippy-snip
gave his mop a chop,
Old man hairstyles are a flop.
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Posted 08 February 2014 - 3:54 PM
WhiteNoise, on 07 February 2014 - 4:22 PM, said:
Sorry, used weird grammar, I just put your username in there to indicate I was replying to you.
Don't think your grammar was weird. The surprise is that you were replying to Csar rather than say... Eis-T.
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Posted 08 February 2014 - 4:03 PM
You don't care.
You do care.
You don't care...
chemicalreaction, on 07 February 2014 - 1:34 AM, said:
This is dumb.
You do care.
chemicalreaction, on 07 February 2014 - 5:22 AM, said:
Okay great piece of music here. Good pick to start this thread I must say.
You don't care...
chemicalreaction, on 08 February 2014 - 8:58 AM, said:
what happened to the daily dose of chemicals????? Oh that's right nobody gives a shit.
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Bosco, on 08 February 2014 - 9:23 AM, said:
SETTING SUN - Live Version (From The Private Psychedelic Reel Single) 8:45.
This is the type of thing that makes us all Chemical Brother addicts. We fall in the love with the original studio cut, but once we hear how it's reformatted in a live setting, our minds get blown.
On this particular track, I absolutely love how they stretch and chop the vocal to no end. It is teased throughout the whole length of the track, and is never completed in it's true form.
Additionally, there is some incredible energy packed into this song. It's Chaotic and Loud at times, but never discouraging. A delightful thrill ride for you ears.
This is the type of thing that makes us all Chemical Brother addicts. We fall in the love with the original studio cut, but once we hear how it's reformatted in a live setting, our minds get blown.
On this particular track, I absolutely love how they stretch and chop the vocal to no end. It is teased throughout the whole length of the track, and is never completed in it's true form.
Additionally, there is some incredible energy packed into this song. It's Chaotic and Loud at times, but never discouraging. A delightful thrill ride for you ears.
Got to say I absolutely hate what they did to Noel's voice with the live version of this. I've never bothered buying TPSR as a single because, unless I'm mistaken you get the album version of the Reel (already had the album by the time this came out), you get a crappy little poster and you get this live thing with Noel's vocals chopped up beyond belief. It just sounds like butchery to me, and it goes on for ages. My least favourite chems thing ever. I like the original version of Setting Sun just fine though.
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Posted 08 February 2014 - 6:10 PM
skyscraper, on 08 February 2014 - 9:54 AM, said:
Don't think your grammar was weird. The surprise is that you were replying to Csar rather than say... Eis-T.
Hahahahaha *facepalm* My mind literally thought Csar made the first post, was not paying attention at all.
Sorry!
Bosco, on 08 February 2014 - 3:23 AM, said:
SETTING SUN - Live Version (From The Private Psychedelic Reel Single) 8:45.
This is the type of thing that makes us all Chemical Brother addicts. We fall in the love with the original studio cut, but once we hear how it's reformatted in a live setting, our minds get blown.
On this particular track, I absolutely love how they stretch and chop the vocal to no end. It is teased throughout the whole length of the track, and is never completed in it's true form.
Additionally, there is some incredible energy packed into this song. It's Chaotic and Loud at times, but never discouraging. A delightful thrill ride for you ears.
This is the type of thing that makes us all Chemical Brother addicts. We fall in the love with the original studio cut, but once we hear how it's reformatted in a live setting, our minds get blown.
On this particular track, I absolutely love how they stretch and chop the vocal to no end. It is teased throughout the whole length of the track, and is never completed in it's true form.
Additionally, there is some incredible energy packed into this song. It's Chaotic and Loud at times, but never discouraging. A delightful thrill ride for you ears.
I always preferred the 96 performances, which had the original percussion from the song instead of the drum machine driven stuff they used from 97 onward. But this performance is great for possibly being the tweakiest performance of Setting Sun ever, the outros and intro are crazy.
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Posted 09 February 2014 - 1:15 PM
Cool track! I haven't heard this version before. I love the description too!
Day 3 - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
This track is just fun and gives Star Guitar more balls. Not better, but different. I love the energy of this one.
Day 3 - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
This track is just fun and gives Star Guitar more balls. Not better, but different. I love the energy of this one.
Extended versions of your favourite Chemical Brothers tracks: https://soundcloud.com/cb_extended
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Posted 09 February 2014 - 7:43 PM
skyscraper, on 08 February 2014 - 5:25 PM, said:
Got to say I absolutely hate what they did to Noel's voice with the live version of this. I've never bothered buying TPSR as a single because, unless I'm mistaken you get the album version of the Reel (already had the album by the time this came out), you get a crappy little poster and you get this live thing with Noel's vocals chopped up beyond belief. It just sounds like butchery to me, and it goes on for ages. My least favourite chems thing ever. I like the original version of Setting Sun just fine though.
You know they say you should respect people's opinions and shit but yours just fucking sucks dude. The cut up vocals fit perfectly with the mood of the track, ACID RAGE! Listen to it again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp1B9WxOHHU
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Posted 09 February 2014 - 9:46 PM
Eis-T, on 09 February 2014 - 2:15 PM, said:
Cool track! I haven't heard this version before. I love the description too!
Day 3 - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
This track is just fun and gives Star Guitar more balls. Not better, but different. I love the energy of this one.
Day 3 - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
This track is just fun and gives Star Guitar more balls. Not better, but different. I love the energy of this one.
bits of the original remind me of New Order, that version reminds me of them even more.
I liked it
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Posted 09 February 2014 - 11:01 PM
chemicalreaction, on 09 February 2014 - 7:43 PM, said:
You know they say you should respect people's opinions and shit but yours just fucking sucks dude.
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Eis-T, on 09 February 2014 - 1:15 PM, said:
Cool track! I haven't heard this version before. I love the description too!
Day 3 - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Day 3 - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
Bought this in '08 on vinyl. It was released as a cover version rather than a remix. Xfm's Eddy Temple Morris played it a lot and declared it better than the original. I don't know if it's better than the original but I do like it a lot.
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Eis-T, on 09 February 2014 - 1:15 PM, said:
Day 3 - Star Guitar (Shinichi Osawa remix)
I do love the Brookes Brothers remix of this Shinichi Osawa track
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skyscraper, on 09 February 2014 - 5:01 PM, said:
No, what fucking sucks is ripping up a perfectly good vocal. It sucks a lot of the musicality and humanity out of the track and leaves you with an unsatisfying experiment.
Look, I can understand how one might find the vocal a bit grating. But this isn't a sing along. The vocal is used as an effect (as it should be in electronic music). The driving force is the grimy and acidy beat that takes you on an exhilarating experience.
tom_rowlands_chemical_chi, on 08 January 2003 - 8:53 PM, said:
This old man,
he play beats,
He don't need no music sheets,
but with a snip-snip-snippy-snip
gave his mop a chop,
Old man hairstyles are a flop.
he play beats,
He don't need no music sheets,
but with a snip-snip-snippy-snip
gave his mop a chop,
Old man hairstyles are a flop.