New Lo-Fidelity Allstars album

the jason spiritualized fronting air ones are bad. rest of the album is average.

Oh yes, can anyone else detect a hint of the KLF in the gloriously arrogant "Lo Fi's In Ibiza"? I'm not quite sure why this is, but suspect it's the self-referential soulful vocal coupled with some dodgy rapping.

Can never be repeated enough times.

'battle flag' still bangs.

^^^ban

1st lo fi allstars album is great

yeah some of the tracks on the first one would've been shit-hot instrumentals and battleflag + all the tracks after it still bang for fuckin real.

-- ethan, Sunday, March 3, 2002 8:00 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46_Long

mark of quality

most of the first album is pretty good.

'battle flag' still bangs.

-- That one guy that hit it and quit it, Sunday, October 14, 2007 2:04 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Link

also 'kool roc bass' -- over ten years i've learned to tolerate blokey's voice i guess. obviously it'd be even better with someone else doing vocals, but these tracks are dece. james murphy is blatantly a fan.

lol @ Carmody.

obviously it'd be even better with someone else doing vocals

the list of bands in this category is pretty fucking enormous

Singer guy was obviously a non-instrument playing mate who looked the part (i.e. someone who has been in a pub for 3 days and had then found a coat on his way home)

Lazer Sheep Dip Funk is pretty great too, iirc.

yeah that's one of the best things on it

Quitney have you been listening to this album regularly for the last 10 years or something?

where else was there to go after this zenith?

I think his lyrics quite often bring something to the party that they missed on the second album. http://www.stylusmagazine.com/feature.php?ID=1777

"Useless" singers are often, I imagine, pretty key driving forces in bands. Ian Brown, Danny McNamara, The Wrekked Train. They might have shite pipes but without them the bands may never get beyond the rehearsal room. For better or worse, clearly. Lo-Fidelity Allstars didn't manage much productivity after he left.

shaun ryder never gets this criticism, he's seen as integral to the band's sound.

sumner too for that matter, who can sometimes be harder to listen to than a vocalist like wrekked train, gillespie or, ahem, pete voss

Sumner tries too hard, I think. The others mentioned here don't even bother trying.

rescreened this album recently and i still love most of it. dude's lyrics are hilarious as often as they're terrible. the opening monologue is non-stop lulz.

Sumner tries too hard, I think. The others mentioned here don't even bother trying.

yeah and sometimes the latter really is preferable

Yeah, without doubt.

the opening monologue is non-stop lulz.

Agreed, it reminds me of that rofl-inducing Dave Clarke track with the "scary" vocals on it.

love the monologue at the start of the amazing title track as well

lol i forgot dudes name was wrekked train

a lot of this album sounds like justice

Dear god,
The patient's best intentions have sadly faltered.
Despite his newly installed, varnished brain, and being
Force-fed gallons of viscous demented liquor, he is
Determined to obtain the new drone spiders' trophy.
He dreams of becoming the scorpion who never sweats.
Quite frankly i'm sickened to have this individual infiltrate
My headspace.
He talks of lascivious laughs haunting his every second
As the clock spits, clicks, and time speeds by in the
Form of a neon snake.
Massive delusions?
Very probably.
I fear for my safety.
He is as weak as his fellow man.
I am now surrounded by hypocrites, liars, drunks,
Clowns, fools, sycophants and the desperate.
I insist we barter with the moon to sell the patients
Cohesive lyrical maps in exchange for a vision of the
Future.
Stricken with grief, i have no choice but to turn to lethal
Toxins
Hardcore punk paste.
Allstars takin' over...

sadly the cut the sample where dudes like PICK IT UP MOTHERFUCKER

they cut

the older i get the easier it is to love shit thats totally batshit ridiculous

or i guess i mean unashamedly admit to loving shit thats totally batshit ridiculous

same for hardcore nation of islam black muslim rap.... like, what dude

i like their use of LL 'Don't call it a comeback' on 'Dark Is Easy'

i love the lo-fi's
does anyone remember the side project, Technically Men?. it was like the mondays with luda samples. great silly stuff.

From the Corsair Records mailout last week :

Release 21st July 2008 - Lord Ward - debut single - CR014
"Brooklyn Blister" - Download

The debut solo release from the mainman behind indie-dance crossover pioneer legends the Lo-Fidelity Allstars, Phil Ward. Now based in New York City, "Brooklyn Blister" firmly places his new persona DJ Lord Ward at the cutting edge in a brand new decade.

Wikipedia: The group are currently working on their third studio album "Northern Stomp", featuring the tracks "Northern Stomp", "Smash and Grab World" and "Southside Lowdown" (featuring Greg Dulli).

Wow. I had no idea.

yeah, you can listen to some new stuff on their myspace. it's pretty meh.

after listening to smas and grab world a few times, it's grown on me.

nevermind yr fingers i got blisters on my brain
so increase the chances of goin insane yeeeeeeeeeaaaaaah

Nick's Stylus write-up is OTM. This continues to be cool every time I stick it on. Still can't quite believe my DAD was the one who got me into it. Jesus.

Turns out he also got the second album. Unsure about whether to listen to it.

spamination

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: <ro✧✧✧@il✧✧✧.c✧✧>
Date: Mon, Mar 9, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Subject: Email from user: seb corsair

Lo Fidelity Allstars release their brand new single "Smash And Grab World" in April.

It's taken from the forthcoming album "Northern Stomp" and is their first new material since 2007's "Best Of" compilation.

You can receive an exclusive album track from "Northern Stomp" totally free by sending your email address to

onmymindf✧✧✧@corsair-reco✧✧✧.c✧✧

and we''ll send you a link to "On My Mind" as an exclusive upfront taster of the album.

more details at
www.corsair-records.com
www.myspace.com/lofiallstars

zomg
would be amazed if this is good tho

what a kick ass email to get on such a depressing day.

so i gave my email and got no song...wtf.

they are a small label - give them chance.
i have new single and its a continuation of the bands second album, ie a lot more soulful and song based as opposed to the mass of samples-n-beats that formed the debut.
not too bad, especially if like me,you think that 'don't be afraid ..' is a slow burner of an album.

Yeah, I didn't realise they were spamming people through ILX.

it is crazy inefficient. dude could just post here!

New album out in a couple of weeks called Northern Stomp.

Anyone know what happened to the Wrekked Train?

didn't want to be rock star, went back to work

i think the punk-paste went to his head

either that or the winged beasts and carrions got 'im

take a drag....off of death...

battle flag is still the shit though

whole first album is the shit

but especially battleflag yeah

Am I wrong or is there some connection between these guys and Kasabian (beyond, y'know, being British).

These guys were actually on some sort of cosmic post-rave-fallout bad-trip freakout vibe, Kasabian were always at heart trying to make laddish club-pop...not really the same ballpark. Think of it, stupid as this will sound, as tectonics vs staged detonations

Alex u rong

remixed version of the new single, your midnight, is out there on the wire now.

The Wrekked Train appeared on a 2006 album by The Baldwin Brothers?!?!?!

http://www.baldwinstyle.com/discography/

(not those Baldwin brothers)

Dig the new stuff. Kind of the same as Don't Be Afraid of Love but shorter and a little less beat-oriented. I've been listening to the "best of" 2-disc set a lot lately. Considering it came out before Northern Stomp it is quite notable as it has more tracks than their two studio albums combined. A good portion (nearly an entire disc worth) is new/unreleased/B-side material and a lot of it is very good. Plus many of the album tracks had different mixes.

It actually dated kind of well; I mean the Big Beat/electro-Parliament sound isn't really relevant here in 2011 but the music still sounds good - they did have talent. "Warming Up the Brain Farm" is still the most epic song I can think of that clocks around 2 minutes. Absolutely ridiculous but I love it.

it's pretty good. track 6, "feel like i feel," is my fave song of the year so far--think "digital love" only super-mersh

Listening to this song now for the first time -- pretty nice!

yeah that one's a favorite of mine; the whole album is pretty good but that one's just pure pop heaven

crack you're under attack

anyone heard from them lately?

some tracks from "northern stomp" have been appearing on my playlists lately and they sound damn good

wikipedia states that "feel what i feel" has no samples - how can this be?!?

the older i get the easier it is to love shit thats totally batshit ridiculous

― and what, Wednesday, April 2, 2008 9:22 AM (7 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

listening to the 2002 album tonight and I'm kind of surprised this wasn't huge. it presages a lot of stuff that actually was. its wall to wall bangers. and Bootsy is on a track!

Nice coincidence today; was reading this thread this morning and found a copy of ‘How to Operate With a Blown Mind’ on vinyl in my local shop this afternoon.

Finally remembered to look up the actual James Last sample on the title track only a few months ago. Submitted this to whosampled.com as it was surprisingly not listed already but their backlog can take months.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK3AHo4469Q

turns out that when i ripped the 2cd best of compilation years ago i actually just ripped disc 1 twice !
i only realised thanks to this thread revival, so now i have a whole new chunk of tracks/remixes to check out.

Feel What I Feel has become like a secret weapon during DJ sets, its an incredible track nobody knows, when people ask I'm just like "uhh do you remember Battleflag"

been a long time since i checked this album out, but yeah, this is all time brilliance.
tis in the same sonic area as the much hyped, but totally forgotten now, Sonny J album.
i.e. dig that album out and you have a whole bunch of extra crowd pleasing weapons.