Monkeys Fist 42264 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 I’m sure I’ve told the tale of my “ One of These Days” trip, but it’s worth retelling. So, staying at my mate’s student digs in Hyde Park in Leeds. We take our dose and wait. Sooner than I thought I found myself stood, staring at some traffic lights, letting the raindrops (it was Leeds, course it was raining) hit my open eyes and freaking out at the amazing light show only I could see After wandering about for fuck knows how long, when the streetlights on the other side of the valley spelt out “FUCK OFF!” we decided to head back to his digs. On went Floyd, off I went. At first I was regular me, but flying horizontallly at about 100ft, and at supersonic speed. Every hit of bass on the record corresponded with some “space energy rays, maaan” hitting me and making me grow By the time I got to the North Pole,( for that was indeed my destination), I was pure energy and about 3 miles tall. I was floating above the Pole and could see Europe and Africa, and was still getting laced by space rays. Fucking mint tbh, and as I said, this bit felt like it lasted for hours but the songs only 5 minutes long. ( I was going to say “Imagine I looked like Dr. Manhattan, then realised not everyone is The Fish, so looked for a pic… I found the one below which, if I’m honest, is so accurate to what I experienced that its freaked me out a bit, as the trip I’m talking about was sometime in 1989 or 1990, way before t’interweb and that. ) Song ended, I opened my eyes, and I was back in a student hovel, regular sized, no space rays. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35000 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 54 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: despite my semi-traumatic experience, it remains one of the best mixtapes of all time Aye. It’s brilliant. Probably the first time the idea of a ‘studio mix’ was first realised, instead of just a mastered version of a club mix. It helps that the tunes are class too like 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Passat GTE. This is middle age. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35000 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 33 minutes ago, Dr Gloom said: it's a line from a tune from the coldcut mixtape - do you know it? it's probably the greatest of all time. absolute genius - all done in one live take on turntables too. no prost-production cleaning up and goes through about as many genres as you can think of - dnb, house, techno. funk. hiphop, triphop, ambient, and dr who I’m pretty sure it was studio-mastered like. Or rather bits mixed live then re-edited bits patched together. With voice samples added too. James Brown dubbed over Plastikman’s techno funk was genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15480 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 24 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Hyde Park in Leeds Oo, I've done the parkrun there! (sorry, Fish) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21878 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 8 minutes ago, Alex said: I’m pretty sure it was studio-mastered like. Or rather bits mixed live then re-edited bits patched together. With voice samples added too. James Brown dubbed over Plastikman’s techno funk was genius it sounds too good to be "live", but i recall reading something that said it was done in a single take. i'll see if i can dig it out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15480 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Just now, Meenzer said: Oo, I've done the parkrun there! Not on acid, mind. (Yet.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21878 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 11 minutes ago, trophyshy said: Passat GTE. This is middle age. allow that. what else are we do but reminisce about the good old days at our age? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Just now, Dr Gloom said: allow that. what else are we do but reminisce about the good old days at our age? For me, it's k. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42264 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 13 minutes ago, trophyshy said: Passat GTE. This is middle age. Maroon or Bronze? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42264 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 3 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Not on acid, mind. (Yet.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35000 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 Just now, Dr Gloom said: it sounds too good to be "live", but i recall reading something that said it was done in a single take. i'll see if i can dig it out I think they might’ve just said that to blow people’s minds a bit at the time it came out? I’ve read interviews where they talk about how they did it. Not that I’m very savvy about that sort of thing but even by it not being a ‘live’ single take, it was technically difficult back then. Which is a big part of the reason no one else had done anything quite like it. Not like a decade or so later where you could have a bit of software auto mixing / beat matching four tunes simultaneously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 10 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Maroon or Bronze? Pushed the boat right out and got the Dorset Brown one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15480 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 13 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: Our Irish friends can correct me, but I believe that's basically a translation of this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 18 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Not on acid, mind. (Yet.) Are you in Germany still or am I years out of date? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15480 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 4 minutes ago, trophyshy said: Are you in Germany still or am I years out of date? Don't be so hard on yourself (but it is the latter, yes) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howmanheyman 32972 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Monkeys Fist said: I’m sure I’ve told the tale of my “ One of These Days” trip, but it’s worth retelling. So, staying at my mate’s student digs in Hyde Park in Leeds. We take our dose and wait. Sooner than I thought I found myself stood, staring at some traffic lights, letting the raindrops (it was Leeds, course it was raining) hit my open eyes and freaking out at the amazing light show only I could see After wandering about for fuck knows how long, when the streetlights on the other side of the valley spelt out “FUCK OFF!” we decided to head back to his digs. On went Floyd, off I went. At first I was regular me, but flying horizontallly at about 100ft, and at supersonic speed. Every hit of bass on the record corresponded with some “space energy rays, maaan” hitting me and making me grow By the time I got to the North Pole,( for that was indeed my destination), I was pure energy and about 3 miles tall. I was floating above the Pole and could see Europe and Africa, and was still getting laced by space rays. Fucking mint tbh, and as I said, this bit felt like it lasted for hours but the songs only 5 minutes long. ( I was going to say “Imagine I looked like Dr. Manhattan, then realised not everyone is The Fish, so looked for a pic… I found the one below which, if I’m honest, is so accurate to what I experienced that its freaked me out a bit, as the trip I’m talking about was sometime in 1989 or 1990, way before t’interweb and that. ) Song ended, I opened my eyes, and I was back in a student hovel, regular sized, no space rays. That's great but what happened when you dropped the acid? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7083 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 23 minutes ago, Meenzer said: Don't be so hard on yourself (but it is the latter, yes) They are still selling acid legally over there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21878 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Alex said: I think they might’ve just said that to blow people’s minds a bit at the time it came out? I’ve read interviews where they talk about how they did it. Not that I’m very savvy about that sort of thing but even by it not being a ‘live’ single take, it was technically difficult back then. Which is a big part of the reason no one else had done anything quite like it. Not like a decade or so later where you could have a bit of software auto mixing / beat matching four tunes simultaneously. you’re probably right. I can’t find the article. Either way, it’s a work of art 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42264 Posted March 30, 2023 Share Posted March 30, 2023 1 hour ago, Howmanheyman said: That's great but what happened when you dropped the acid? I bought a Passat GTE. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10824 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 16 hours ago, Meenzer said: Oo, I've done the parkrun there! (sorry, Fish) You used to run around Hyde Park, I used to run Hyde Park, we are not the same. @Monkeys Fist What year did you trip the light fantastic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42264 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 33 minutes ago, The Fish said: What year did you trip the light fantastic Time is, like, an abstract concept dude, free yourself from its constraints man. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10824 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 Just now, Monkeys Fist said: Time is, like, an abstract concept dude, free yourself from its constraints man. anytime between 03 and 07, I may have been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 42264 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 This was 89/90. We used to go to the Royal Park pub to score, it was like a Wild West saloon then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinRobin 11221 Posted March 31, 2023 Share Posted March 31, 2023 18 minutes ago, Monkeys Fist said: This was 89/90. We used to go to the Royal Park pub to score, it was like a Wild West saloon then. MF is here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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