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Ovucas analouge bubblebath U know different volumes/part Analouge bubblebath 1/ Astrobotnia part 1 etc Its like his aka u know Caustic ; O=) |
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BBC review Theres been a lot of speculation about this release here at BBC Music HQ over the last few weeks. Having been introduced to this little gem through our friends over at Rephlex, there has been one question that's been on our minds since we first whacked this little baby on the CD player: Is this or isn't this a secret release from Richard D. James masquerading under a different name? Recent rumours suggested that it's actually fellow Rephlex recording artist Ovuca, as was apparently announced before a recent Rephlex night in New York; yet scanning the various message boards and newsgroups on the internet, it seems that nobody wants to rule out some involvement from Mr. James, either due to the sheer similarity in sound or perhaps from a desperate need to hear something new from the Cornish superstar. Rephlex told us that it's not actually Aphex (the album would have been released under the AFX title if it was, apprently) but rather the work of one Kristian Richards (apparently dispelling the Ovuca rumour), who seems to be a new artist on the roster making his debut on the label. Regardless of how good a marketing move you might think all of this secrecy and tomfoolery is, the fact remains that Astrobotnia Part 01 is a pretty credible and interesting release even though it sounds a lot like something Richard D James would have been involved with. Released in a series of three parts (2 CDs and one 12" from the looks of things), it kicks off with "Lightworks", a beautiful track whos backbeat is the sampled live recording of fireworks exploding. It then runs through a series of lovely IDM pieces, most of which are accentuated with all the styles you're likely to find on most releases of this genre. We've been here before - the chord patterns, the sound of the ambient pads, the choppy breakbeats, the sampled and processed dialogue - it's Ovuca, Bogdan Raczynski, Aphex Twin, Polygon Window all in one. If it's not James, then someone seems to be mimicking his style in more ways t |
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If it's not James, then someone seems to be mimicking his style in more ways than one yet. One of the things we always loved about the Aphex Twin is his constant evolution of sound and rhythm. With half the world stuck writing badly attempted re-versions of Selected Ambient Works 1 or Druqks, youve got to wonder why Rephlex haven't made more of an effort to stay away from this stereotypical sound. It's not that it's bad, its just that it's not at all groundbreaking. Perhaps we're expecting too much? In any case, you know pretty much what youre getting with these releases (Parts 02 and 03 follow a similar path) and that's probably a pretty good thing considering the following that both the label and Mr. James currently enjoy. For most, Astrobotnia should easily suffice as excellent and satisfying filler until the next Aphex release and who knows when that will be... |
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astrobotnia sounds to me like a Hangable autobulb with SAW II |
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Aarchrival! you never gave me the email address... |
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that's a good analogy cos astrobotnia is an even warmer sound than the usual material (as with aphex) also Astrobotnia = AB Analogue Bubblebath = AB |
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A dream come true :) Just got my copy today (with Trainer and Budukan Mindphone as freebee's - got the latter, the former aint too bad). Can't wait for II and III .. wicked. |
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Yeah .. seems a bit more HAB like than AB like - beat wise .. mmhh. mhhh.. mmmmhhhh... |
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"Kristian Richards"... i don't really buy it... anyway. i think this astrobotnia dude is finnish (like ovuca), or somehow related to this country; some titles are in finnish like "muminaa" and the stupid artist handle "astrobotnia" resembles too much "ostrobothnia", the region in which i'm also living. oh well who cares anyway... |
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They even talk finish in track nr 2 Hallo U can hear Ovucas voice in track 2. |
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yea but you can also hear a bit of aphex twin "milkman" in the last minute of part 01, adding to the confusion |
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tits, it sounded familiar to me too the first time i heard it, but then i think it's not. just similar... and... astrobotnia IS ovuca, just listen to the music... (at least part 01) |
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i agree with you that it is ovuca, i'm just saying it's not totally clear-cut that ab=ovuca. |
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everyone is saying that ovuca is astrobotnia(i love it btw) so u made me buy ovuca-i hope its something like astrobotnia now (im getting it by mail) if its not i'll just send it back hehe |
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yeah i got the astrobotnia, its wonderful !!! fireworks is (wait, why the fuck am i listening to staind on the radio station ? (pops is astrobotnia) will there only be three parts to astrobotnia ? |
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"wasted sunday" sounds alike to me. i like the other (older) 3 releases more though... |
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that was follow-up to tolstoyed... |
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seems to me like there's going to be more than 3 AB parts |
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cool wasted sunday is the one i've ordered if im going to like it, i'll get his older ones aswell thanks |
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what i meant is liking the older 3 has nothing to do with liking wasted sunday. at least for me. try "king stacey"... |
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I don't think it's Kristian Richards, I think it's Keith Richards. It's, like, soooooo obvious! |
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when i was downloading astrobotnia (samples from rephlex) something very weird Happened. i was downloading part 3 with getright.. using segmented downlloading so i could peek at the file every now and then and peek at different tracks... but on these listens to the incomplete track i got to hear cylob's "call call call call" funny track from lobster tracks. not exactly the same track as in lt. .but modified. i was able to listen to it several times. but when i finished the download, i was never able to find that bit anymore. i'm sure i heard the cylob thing. but i don't know what the hell happened... can someone try to keep me from going crazy? |
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someone? |
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as a man just said in the b&w film i'm watching: "you're crazy" |
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man i can't explain what happened then.. i don't have that mp3 on my comp. and i'm positive that what i'm telling you about happened (maybe it happened in a dream but i don't think so) noboday ran across this strange phenomena too? |
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this could happen if you've downloaded that other track before. |
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