What's your favourite Warp Records album?

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I don't have THAT many, but at the mo it's a toss-up between Aphex's SAW Vol2 and Broadcast's Work and Non-Work.

Tell me, what is your favourite...?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 6 February 2003 23:56 (twenty-three years ago)

Either Broadcast record, Vincent Gallo, anything by BoC. Typical corny indie dude response, natch

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:02 (twenty-three years ago)

I misread this as "your favorite Wasp Record", to which I was going to offer:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003BHD.01._PE_SCMZZZZZZZ_.jpg

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:03 (twenty-three years ago)

fuck. a great joke thwarted. [And fixed. -- Admin]

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:04 (twenty-three years ago)

"Amber"

― Siegbran (eofor), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:29 (twenty-three years ago)

Very tricky for me since there was a time when I was obsessed with that label... let me see here... I'd have to say the most lasting one is either Autechre's LP5 or Plaid's Restproof Clockwork, the former being the one I can still listen to now and hear something new and the latter the one I've listened to so many times and exhausted to death. The first four songs on Plaid's "Double Figure", though are the best 20 or so minutes ever released by Warp.

― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:31 (twenty-three years ago)

'10+1 Influences' though it's not really fair to pick that one I guess

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:42 (twenty-three years ago)

clearly the golden age is long past. i would have to say either bytes or amber, but i guess that's just the sound i associate with warp.

― arjun (arjun), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:50 (twenty-three years ago)

"Tri Repetae++"

― dan (dan), Friday, 7 February 2003 00:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Richard D James album the one that started it all

― chaki (chaki), Friday, 7 February 2003 01:09 (twenty-three years ago)

started what, exactly?

― arjun (arjun), Friday, 7 February 2003 02:11 (twenty-three years ago)

started the downward slide.

and frequencies, you fuckers!

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 7 February 2003 02:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Go Plastic

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 7 February 2003 02:30 (twenty-three years ago)

aaarrrrrrrggggggggg. i can't decide
nooooooooo don't make me choose
i can't do it

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 7 February 2003 02:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Chiastic Slide.

>"Tri Repetae++"

Technically not a Warp album, a TVT one. The ++ version was US-only.

― fletrejet, Friday, 7 February 2003 02:49 (twenty-three years ago)

I liked when Chiastic Slide came out and I (age 17) was in the store comparing the sleeve w/ Envane and Tri Repetae and going like WHOAAAA high concept.

― vahid (vahid), Friday, 7 February 2003 04:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Fuse's Dimension Intrusion, closely followed by B12 Electro-Soma.

― Jack Battery-Pack (Jack Battery-Pack), Friday, 7 February 2003 09:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Antipop Consortium's Arrythmia LP is one of the best albums of 2002 and of Warp.

― Panagiotis Pileidis (Panagiotis Pileidis), Friday, 7 February 2003 10:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Richard Kirk's "Virtual State". The second album he did for Warp was fairly poor, unfortunately.

― Andrew Norman, Friday, 7 February 2003 10:20 (twenty-three years ago)

either Broadcast album
Sabres Of Paradise 'Haunted Dancehall'
LFO 'Advance'
Blue Jam

― stevem (blueski), Friday, 7 February 2003 13:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Nightmares On Wax - A Word Of Science

― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 7 February 2003 13:17 (twenty-three years ago)

mine is speedy j - ginger.

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 7 February 2003 16:44 (twenty-three years ago)

jack, you like electro-soma better than time-tourist? to my ears time-tourist was more polished and fleshed out, the melodies actually went somewhere. interested to hear what you think

― arjun (arjun), Friday, 7 February 2003 16:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Go Plastic.
What's everyone's favourite squarepusher album?

― edmund Davie, Friday, 7 February 2003 18:04 (twenty-three years ago)

feed me weird things

― arjun (arjun), Friday, 7 February 2003 18:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Music Has the Right to Children.

― David Koresh, Friday, 7 February 2003 21:02 (twenty-three years ago)

i'm torn between i care because you do,saw ii,and richard d james
as far as squarepusher is concerned,i really like big loada,although its not an album,obviously

― robin (robin), Saturday, 8 February 2003 20:40 (twenty-three years ago)

broadcast's "the noise made by people"

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Saturday, 8 February 2003 20:45 (twenty-three years ago)

"Antipop Consortium's Arrythmia LP is one of the best albums of 2002 and of Warp"

yeah, good call.

my alltime favourites would probably be:
Aphex's "I Care Because..."
Broadcast's "Noise Made By People"
Autechre's "Incunabula"
Prefuse 73's "Vocal Studies"
and that APC album mentioned above ("speechless like dick in mouth").

― rentboy (rentboy), Saturday, 8 February 2003 21:59 (twenty-three years ago)

it's the compilations for me. either routine or we are resonable people

that's the best way to listen to warp, little bid o' this and little bit o' dat.

― dyson (dyson), Sunday, 9 February 2003 08:33 (twenty-three years ago)

plone - for beginners piano. I'm pretty sure it was on Warp, like the only Warp record I have, oh wait, I think I have some Authchere, or some band who record "selcetion sixteen", it's in the wardrobe, so I can't check, anyway, whatever it was I thought it was pants.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 9 February 2003 10:23 (twenty-three years ago)

just realised it's squarepusher not authchere.

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 9 February 2003 13:36 (twenty-three years ago)

In descending order: Frequencies, SAW II, A Word of Science, Pioneers of the Hypnotic Beat, Music Has The Right To Children, Rest-Proof Clockwork

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Monday, 10 February 2003 04:12 (twenty-three years ago)

seven months pass...

The Remixes

And yeessssss, Haunted Dancehall.

― adaml (adaml), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 08:23 (twenty-two years ago)

"frequencies" and "spanners"

― jed (jed_e_3), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 08:35 (twenty-two years ago)

well i seem to be going through a warp revival. the antipop release mentioned i found yesterday in the sales and think its the best thing i heard on the label in a long time. along with the new LFO album
so i have dug out all the old stuff and going to give them another spin. even finding Req's album far more fun now than i did when i first gave it a go ..

― mark e (mark e), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 08:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Another vote for A Word of Science. Other early nineties Warp releases (Spanners for example) have probably stood the test of time better sound-wise, but even if it's aged A Word of Science still is one hell of a record. Especially compared to the boring potsmoker soul Nightmares on Wax turned to afterwards.

I also have high love for the mix LP Blech, mixed by PC and Strictly. It has a very coherent feel and it shows what's good about the Warp sound. The only flaw is the Jimi Tenor track which really shouldn't be there.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 13:32 (twenty-two years ago)

despite the glares i would get if we were all in a room together, im gonna have to say confield.

― Felcher (Felcher), Tuesday, 30 September 2003 19:49 (twenty-two years ago)

I Care Because You Do.

― Mike Taylor (mjt), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 00:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Third vote for Nightmares on Wax's 'A Word of Science' right here. What a great, great record.

Honourable runners up:

Unique 3 - "Jus' Unique" - from when it seemed that hiphop and techno were cut of the same cloth.

Sweet Exorcist - "Clonk's Coming". I think I'm the only person in the world that likes this record, which is extremely crazy and twisted. I'm still trying to get people to see the good in it.

By and large I prefer the early Warp years, when the beats were low fi, solid, and up for a really good time.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 04:25 (twenty-two years ago)

And weren't LFO's early 12"'s something? Especially the original Sheffield warehouse mix of their eponymous track. I heard it again recently in a record shop, that was a nice six minutes.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 04:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Autechre - Tri Repetae

― Elliot (Elliot), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 04:58 (twenty-two years ago)

How does one pronounce Autechre?

Is it Ortaker, or Ortekray (as someone pronoucned it to me the other day) or is something else? Or does it matter?

― mentalist (mentalist), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 07:15 (twenty-two years ago)

or-tekker, apparently.

I would rather pronounce it 'ow-techh'.

― colin s barrow (colin s barrow), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 08:38 (twenty-two years ago)

I only own ONE record on Warp - and thats the Blue Jam best of. I don't know if that makes me cooler-than-cool, or uncol to the power of dud.

― Johnney B (Johnney B), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 09:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Frequencies

― stevo (stevo), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 09:17 (twenty-two years ago)

seconded on ginger by speedy j - i still love this record to death

― Dave Stelfox (Dave Stelfox), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Music Has The Right To Children (I know, I know).

― Damian (Damian), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 10:07 (twenty-two years ago)

i've enjoyed autechre's "amber" and prefuse 73 "one word extinguisher" a lot recently. i still say SAW Vol 2 is the one i got the most value from, though. Track 3 is one of my all-time favourite pieces of music.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 10:10 (twenty-two years ago)

no-one for geoggadi?

― dog latin, Wednesday, 1 October 2003 11:46 (twenty-two years ago)

SAWII.

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Wednesday, 1 October 2003 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

the Blech mix is 1000000x the JDJ mix

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:22 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm not getting the votes for "word of science". yes the singles ARE incredible and "mega donutz" is cool (and hokey at the same time) but that leaves like a half hour of not entirely compelling material.

i'm going to vote for the sabres albums (but NOT 'tiny reminders' or 'stay down')

― vahid (vahid), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 22:25 (twenty-two years ago)

uhh....
scratch scratch scratch

so many good early ones..

I really loved the artificial intelligence comps when they came out really turned my head.

amber is tight too

Selected Ambient Works 2

― hector (hector), Wednesday, 1 October 2003 23:14 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm going to vote for the sabres albums (but NOT 'tiny reminders' or 'stay down')

Funny, I was about to say that "Tiny Reminders" is probably my favourite post-golden age Warp LP, and "A Bag of Blue Sparks" is my favourite Warp EP of all time, if only for "Sticky". Can't say I've paid much attention to Warp lately, though.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 2 October 2003 08:59 (twenty-two years ago)

six years pass...

I have yet to find anything I've disliked from this label... also considering I don't even own 1/6th of who they have to offer. Their scouts truly have the fucking eye for great music.

http://warp.net/

Personal votes:
Boards of Canada, Aphex Twin, Broadcast

Thread is also being used to suggest to me my next Warp purchase. thank u thank u.

― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 03:23 (sixteen years ago)

oopz

― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 03:23 (sixteen years ago)

I meant ear, not eye.

― kelpolaris, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 03:24 (sixteen years ago)

clearly you need this

http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/sleeves/97163.jpg

― casio cat (electricsound), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 03:24 (sixteen years ago)

Bytes

― X-101, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 15:32 (sixteen years ago)

Amber, then Bytes.

Warp is to my 90s what 4AD became (retrospectively) to my 80s. A defined aesthetic and nearly impeccable A&R and art design which garners enough respect from me that I'll still give any new signing by Ivo Watts-Russell or Steve Beckett a listen, years after they branched out to other genres and diluted their brand.

― Sanpaku, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:03 (sixteen years ago)

Still LP5. More recently, I really like Oversteps but I don't think I'll ever be as drawn to something and get so excited as LP5.

― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:17 (sixteen years ago)

Fans of Warp and early UK techno/house in general should read this fantastic interview with Chris Duckenfield.

http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/chris-duckenfield-interview

― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:25 (sixteen years ago)

Am I the only person who reckons Warp's "golden age" was from roughly 1995 (Aphex releases "I Care Because You Do") through to 2001 (Aphex releases "Druqks"). I see these two albums bookending my favourite era, with many many good rleeases coming out in and around 2001 alone - among them Double Figure, Confield, Druqks, Plone, Prefuse73, Beautiful Place etc...

― village idiot (dog latin), Wednesday, 21 April 2010 16:26 (sixteen years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/Kenny-Larkin-Azimuth/release/28683

This is a very underrated record, even i slept on it for years, looking over on discogs seems some copies of SAWII brown vinyl(which i have and it sounds horrid quality wise) had this mispressed on one of the discs

― X-101, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 18:07 (sixteen years ago)

LFO - Advance may be one of the most underrated Warp releases.

― brotherlovesdub, Wednesday, 21 April 2010 19:50 (sixteen years ago)

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