The Various Production thread

I may be being a total spaz but I can't seem to find the breezeblock mix on www.wordthecat.com. Can someone point out exactly where it is or even ysi it?

― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 5 February 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

http://www.wordthecat.com/goku/?p=81

(the last track, "broken," seems to be missing from that mp3 though)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 5 February 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

I'll tell you what I know (at least some of it anyway!).

The Various guys aren't as secretive as you might think. They are more interested in making music than doing press stuff and creating hpye. Somehow it has had the oppossite effect, as the word has got round that they are something of an enigma.

I have heard some of their newer stuff and it is even better than the stuff you have heard. A track called Sweetness stands out for me.

Look out for news about a record deal / singles / albums. I don't want to say too much as its not really my place. Also expect to see them playing out more in 2006.

― Sweeney, Friday, 3 March 2006 16:48 (twenty years ago)

could anyone repost those tracks? the link on the site is broken.

― sam slothower, Monday, 1 May 2006 23:43 (nineteen years ago)

A post-Sonar trans-European brainwrong
@Sidecar, Plaza Reial, no.7, Barcelona
10.30pm - 4.30am
8 Euros (including free drink)

London meets Barcelona on Sonar Sunday in an underground alternative end to the weekend, featuring XL Recordings' brand new signing Various Production, along with the UK's Po-ski (Werk), Ed Devane (Touchin’ Bass), Arson residents, and a special guest appearance.

Various Production (XL) – Mysterious, UK-based collective of producers and vocalists have had many of the biggest independent labels fighting each other to sign them on the strength of a series of hard-to-find 7” and 12” releases over the last two years. Their entirely unique blend of dancehall, folk, heavy bass frequencies and traditional vocals has torn up the rulebook in 2006 – and this is Europe’s exclusive chance to check them out in a secret appearance during the Sonar Festival.

www.werk-it.com
www.xl-recordings.com
www.various.co.uk

To find out more about Arson 2006:
E-mail: werkdiscs@werk-it.com (UK) / tom@longmate.net (Spain)
Phone: +447990 970267 / 34 667560671

― Darren J. Cunningham (werk), Wednesday, 14 June 2006 10:52 (nineteen years ago)

Anyone been to Arson? Seen Various Production?

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 20:53 (nineteen years ago)

"mysterious grime-folk agitators Various Production" are also playing Futuresonic in Manchester this summer, by the way.

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 21 June 2006 20:56 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=22487

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=22486

check out this 2 link's, some news about various...
i'm happy that i have this 2 copys ;)

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:50 (nineteen years ago)

When is the album supposed to be out?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 22:54 (nineteen years ago)

i'm in contact with various, they did me, end of summer...

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Wednesday, 28 June 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release_zoom.php?item=3166

http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release_zoom.php?item=3167

your last chance!!!

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Friday, 30 June 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.dogdaypress.com/index.php?page=clients&client=80

;)

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Saturday, 1 July 2006 12:39 (nineteen years ago)

Thanks Pasquale. Btw, i ordered the 2 12"s from the link you provided and also the 3x7" pack Cargo was offering. Switched over to Boomkat and bought the CD too. I was first exposed to Various Production in London this winter and was absolutely floored by the sounds and visual presentation on the Hater 7". I need a copy of the Too Lost In You 12" and the Cognac 7" if you've got spares.

I've made a CD with all their tracks and 1 CD with their Breezeblock and the Burial Breezeblock and they've been my soundtracks for a couple months now. I hope this new album can match the diverse, intense beauty on their previous work.

What else do you know about them?

― bld (brother loves dub), Saturday, 1 July 2006 14:28 (nineteen years ago)

do you have soulseek?

http://www.slsknet.org/download.html

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Saturday, 1 July 2006 15:32 (nineteen years ago)

i have the files for those 2 releases, but i don't have the actual records, which i'd like

yes, i use SolarSeek on a Mac though.

― Brian G. (brother loves dub), Saturday, 1 July 2006 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

go to soulseek and add me _peak_ we can talk better and i have some copys for sale :)

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Saturday, 1 July 2006 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

‘Hater’ gets a full commercial release on September 4th

This autumn's biggest hit?

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 1 July 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

Preorder: (Hater & Don't Ask are on there)

http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=22578

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 2 July 2006 15:15 (nineteen years ago)

but this is the complete lp not the maxi ep!!! and i'm not sure if the release date on boomkat is right!? i have the following informations:

Artist: Various
Title: The World is Gone album
Label: XL/Various
Cat Number: XLCD204
Formats: CD/Triple Vinyl/Download
Release Date: August 7th 2006
Website: http://www.various.co.uk

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Sunday, 2 July 2006 16:00 (nineteen years ago)

Yeah, it's the CD/triple LP. That "ships in 11 days" is probably wrong.

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 2 July 2006 16:20 (nineteen years ago)

i certainly hope it ships in 11days. i ordered a copy yesterday. can't wait to get this and those limited 12"s. i even like their irish death folk tunes!

are people in Various Production at all related to the Marcia Blaine Project on HighPoint LowLife?

― sir (brother loves dub), Sunday, 2 July 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

and today it's "ships in 10 days" - even their release date is a mystery, woo!

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 3 July 2006 09:20 (nineteen years ago)

that is a counter that's why now is "ships in 10 days" :)
but i'm still not sure if it's right!? ;)

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Monday, 3 July 2006 13:24 (nineteen years ago)

release date exclusive @ boomkat 14.7.06 :)

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Monday, 3 July 2006 15:22 (nineteen years ago)

\m/

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 06:47 (nineteen years ago)

\m/

can someone explain me what this mean!? :)

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 21:05 (nineteen years ago)

er... I said that the news about the release date ROCKS!

http://www.metal-rules.com/concerts/images2004/inflames--jesper_horns.jpg

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 21:15 (nineteen years ago)

ok, cool...!!!!!! :))))

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 22:18 (nineteen years ago)

and you can still order the limited dub's on cargo records...!!!

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Wednesday, 5 July 2006 22:20 (nineteen years ago)

are people in Various Production at all related to the Marcia Blaine Project on HighPoint LowLife?

Probably not. They're from London, the Marcia Blaine Project is from Glasgow...

Various Production(s) mention why they want to be anonymous in this interview (that mentions their names, duh) and this is their studio, apparently. (first link found by Googling, second is from a message by Mike Paradinas on the Planet Mu board)

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 7 July 2006 08:30 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/release/388974

the fathom remix on this release is from various, they also do a remix for placebo with the same aka :)

― Pasquale C. (peak_it), Friday, 7 July 2006 18:02 (nineteen years ago)

tracklist:

1
Thunnk
2
Circle Of Sorrow
3
Don’t Ask
4
Hater
5
Soho
6
Lost
7
Sir
8
Sweetness
9
Deadman
10
Today
11
The World Is Gone
12
Fly

― pasquale (peak_it), Sunday, 9 July 2006 04:05 (nineteen years ago)

and artist name on xl records is only various

― pasquale (peak_it), Sunday, 9 July 2006 04:06 (nineteen years ago)

now the limited test pressings are sold out!!!

― pasquale (peak_it), Monday, 10 July 2006 14:58 (nineteen years ago)

does anyone know who's doing the illustrations? they're très beautiful

― flëétwøöd måçk (jaxon), Monday, 10 July 2006 16:51 (nineteen years ago)

"bonesy" did the art for Hater/Biker Walk:

http://www.solidsteel.org/mafiagato/images/non_ninja/vars007_back.jpg

(more cover scans here)

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 10 July 2006 18:07 (nineteen years ago)

"Sub-portishead trip-hoppers" Meh review @ BBC Collective (does have three streaming tracks though).

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 10 July 2006 19:48 (nineteen years ago)

Hear previews of all tracks here!

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 10 July 2006 19:55 (nineteen years ago)

stanM do you have a soulseek account?

― pasquale (peak_it), Monday, 10 July 2006 20:26 (nineteen years ago)

No I don't, sorry.

― StanM (StanM), Monday, 10 July 2006 20:57 (nineteen years ago)

Boomkat is shipping in two days' time, I'll wait. :-)

― StanM (StanM), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 10:35 (nineteen years ago)

on xl records the 3xlp is sold out :)

― pasquale (peak_it), Tuesday, 11 July 2006 14:27 (nineteen years ago)

various has made a complete upadate of their site http://various.co.uk/

― pasquale (peak_it), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

there is a picture of vars012 :)

― pasquale (peak_it), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 10:59 (nineteen years ago)

BBC review OTM

*love* their artwork though, if it needs repeating.

― fandango (fandango), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 12:09 (nineteen years ago)

i need the breezeblock session i've lost my copy! who can help me!?

― pasquale (peak_it), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 20:11 (nineteen years ago)

it's here:

http://www.barefiles.com/download.php?id=552

― StanM (StanM), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 20:45 (nineteen years ago)

cool!!! thank you...

― pasquale (peak_it), Wednesday, 12 July 2006 21:01 (nineteen years ago)

is that Damon Albarn on Sweetness?

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 21 July 2006 13:46 (nineteen years ago)

Very nice album, by the way. Favourite new track: Sweetness.

"could see this track be released as a single"/"album track" proportion: 9/3

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 21 July 2006 14:10 (nineteen years ago)

gig in manc tonight. bierkeller 10-3.

― pisces (piscesx), Friday, 21 July 2006 14:40 (nineteen years ago)

It's the dubstep/folk crossover! That may sound crass, but it's exceptionally raealised. Best debut album of the year?

― JoB (JoB), Friday, 28 July 2006 10:11 (nineteen years ago)

It's the dubstep/folk crossover!

TRIP HOP

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 28 July 2006 10:52 (nineteen years ago)

Folktronica (with Momus reference!) (none of the examples listed there remind me of Various or actual folk, though)

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 28 July 2006 11:21 (nineteen years ago)

The singles work as self-contained stylistic exercises, but I found the album underwhelming.

― Crocus Behemoth (modern dance), Friday, 28 July 2006 12:50 (nineteen years ago)

Brilliant electronic singles artist in disappointing album shock!

(yeah, it's a best of, but there's no album feel to it)

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 28 July 2006 13:01 (nineteen years ago)

i dont understand you guys!?!? i like the album very much!

― pasquale (peak_it), Friday, 28 July 2006 17:39 (nineteen years ago)

a got news for you :)

http://www.cargorecords.co.uk/release_zoom.php?item=3241

― pasquale (peak_it), Friday, 28 July 2006 18:50 (nineteen years ago)

is Bruk = Broke?
(and Home(Edit) is Home + Safe Beat from the Breezeblock mix, right?)

nice!

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 28 July 2006 18:59 (nineteen years ago)

i hope that homedit is the version with vocals for me one of the best vp tracks!!!

― pasquale (peak_it), Friday, 28 July 2006 20:20 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.timec.net/ninjatune/index.php/Various-production

very nice site with all various releases!!! :)

― pasquale (peak_it), Friday, 28 July 2006 20:44 (nineteen years ago)

anyone know a source for the "Too Lost In You" remix on vinyl?

― Paul (scifisoul), Friday, 28 July 2006 20:46 (nineteen years ago)

sadly no way, absolute impossible to find!!!

― pasquale (peak_it), Friday, 28 July 2006 21:14 (nineteen years ago)

but i check it for you!!! what are you disposed to pay for this record!?

― pasquale (peak_it), Friday, 28 July 2006 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

who knows where i can find the various live recording @ futuresonic festival

― pasquale (peak_it), Friday, 4 August 2006 23:01 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.solidsteel.org/mafiagato/images/non_ninja/various_sticker.jpg

i want this!!!!!!

― pasquale (peak_it), Saturday, 5 August 2006 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

i still have some various records for sale!! :)

http://www.discogs.com/sell/byseller?seller=ziipfel

― pasquale (peak_it), Monday, 28 August 2006 02:54 (nineteen years ago)

i found a cheap promo copy of the cd and was totally not into it. "Sub-portishead trip-hoppers" kinda sums it up. i seemed really into them when i heard that breezblock mix last year.

― jaxon, Monday, 9 July 2007 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

Saw them live at the Pukkelpop festival in Belgium on Friday, it was a little strange initially (four very different vocalists), but they played great versions of some of the tracks off the album (Hater was longer and had a new big hard finale). Halfway through, the singers left and we got half an hour of brilliant new material, pretty hard (I guess I'll call it dubstep with more percussion and variation than regular dubstep - they played right after an (also great) DJ set from Skream, interesting contrast with what he played).

So, lots of new material on the way!

― StanM, Monday, 20 August 2007 06:25 (eighteen years ago)

pictures of 3 of the 4 singers (4th one looked like Kele Okereke (bloc party)'s skinny brother) here: http://blogs.humo.be/blogs/2007/08/various_chateau.asp

― StanM, Monday, 20 August 2007 08:48 (eighteen years ago)

Figures. Given the crypto-mysterioso nature of this group, this thread is just about as useful as I expected.

I've had "World is Not Gone" since it came out, but the singles are way too expensive for my tastes (no mp3s, please). But, their righteous beats are undeniable - even if they do tend a bit more into house than I typically like.

― suspecterrain, Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:20 (fifteen years ago)

thought their remix of lauren pritchard's "stuck" last year was absolutely gorgeous, shame it didn't get picke dup more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSSs4VDHH5U

― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Sunday, 6 February 2011 18:37 (fifteen years ago)

surely its time for another album ?

whether this is deemed to trip hop/folktronica/dubstep or whatever, i think this album still sounds ace.

― mark e, Thursday, 8 September 2011 14:37 (fourteen years ago)

i'm still looking for the early remix 12"s. got all the 7"s.

― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 8 September 2011 14:54 (fourteen years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-q8QMsT43A

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