Top 25 Tracks as selected by fans for the Warp20 Boxset

some great tracks here. it's going to be a bit tough to pick between LFO and windowlicker.

LFO

i might have to go with "Atlas"

Kind of light on early years stuff for my tastes, but I guess that's represented well on the Early Years comp.

no Satanstornade, no credibility

Broadcast - Come on Let's Go

i guess this was limited to one track per artist? kinda baffled that the ae choice is Gantz Graf.

it's going to be a bit tough to pick between LFO and windowlicker.

it's tough but i would go for LFO at a push.

i did too

My Red Hot Car is so meh

"Freeman, Hardy And Willis Acid" is an awesome track forreals

LFO

the Rudy Giuliani one

Track I like best: probably "Windowlicker".
Track I was most pleased to see on the list: Seefeel - "Spangle" (honourable mentions to Broadcast and Drexciya).
Track I have the biggest not-heard-in-ages nostalgic desire to put on after seeing list: "Freeman, Hardy and Willis Acid", "Wilmot".
Tracks most likely to make me shout "fuck off" at the speakers: anything post-2002 which isn't Battles, !!! or "I Love Acid", and listening to that without the video is a missed opportunity.

Guess that's a vote for "Spangle" then.

Where the fuck did this list come from again?

Atlas. played it at a party last night around 5 am and people went nuts dancing

"Gantz Graf", I mean what the fuckity fuck?

Mind you, it's a toss up between Wilmot and ROYGBIV for me, but this really isn't a representative list.

Gantz Graf isn't even music.

I love a lot of these songs but no "Arch Carrier" or "Rae" seems offensive. That might just be my craziness though.

Also Aphex Twin can go fuck himself. kxthbai

"Gantz Graf", I mean what the fuckity fuck?

Gantz Graf isn't even music.

HI GRANDADZ.

better gantz graf than some boring '92 era shit off incunabula.

AE 4 LIFE

hahahaha

Where the fuck did this list come from again?

― dog latin, domingo 21 de junio de 2009 01:24 AM (19 hours ago)

There's a link up there... but anyways... Warp made a site where users could vote for their favorite track on the whole Warp catalogue. The final charts only show the top voted track from each artist. These are the top 25 tracks on the final chart.

better gantz graf than some boring '92 era shit off incunabula

QFT

Drexciya probly. Or LFO or "Butane Bob" or "Windowlicker" or slightly maybe Broadcast.

Incunabula is great, but why not something from Chiastic Slide?? Or if you want to some confrontational "difficult" listening, "Pen Expers" or "Drane 2"? Seriously, "Gantz Graf" isn't even the best track on its EP.

If you click on Autechre at the site, you'll see just how extensively the vote got split between a million tracks that are all better than "Gantz Graf."

people voted Gantz Graf largely because of the Alex Rutterford video

i mean as great as Windowlicker is as a track i'm pretty sure the video was also a big part of why it came top

That's probably true but I do think the tune itself stands out as a big crystallization of various Aphex-y strands at the same time as it's a lot of fun and flirts with the dancefloor.

surprised Come To Daddy and Come On My Selector weren't higher tho so i may be over-estimating video/image power here

If this was just about videos I'd've thought "Come On My Selector" would've beaten "Red Hot Car".

oops xpost yeah exactly

LFO

but why not something from Chiastic Slide

yeah surprised cichli didn't get higher, i thought it was everyone's fave jam.

The list lacks some of my favourite Warp acts (The Black Dog, Two Lone Swordsmen, Mike Ink, Red Snapper, DJ Mink) and has many which I don't much care for (Aphex Twin, Autechre, Squarepusher, BoC), so it's a choice between LFO and Drexciya. I was really hoping "Aftermath" would've been the NOW tune to make it (I voted for that), but of course it had to be "Les Nuits".

Jimmy Edgar - I wanna be your STD

What the hell is this? The title sounds like it's a punk song or something...

not like Les Nuits is really an improvement on Nights Interlude/Introlude either. Aftermath def the best NoW track.

LFO is gonna walk this isn't it?

Yeah, it's kinda funny that NOW had to release "Les Nuits" three times before it became a hit. I think the version on Smoker's Delight (is that "Nights Introlude"?) is probably the best of the three.

The list lacks some of my favourite Warp acts (The Black Dog, Two Lone Swordsmen, Mike Ink, Red Snapper, DJ Mink) and has many which I don't much care for (Aphex Twin, Autechre, Squarepusher, BoC), so it's a choice between LFO and Drexciya. I was really hoping "Aftermath" would've been the NOW tune to make it (I voted for that), but of course it had to be "Les Nuits".
― Tuomas,

I didn't make the list bigger because very long polls tend to yield very uninteresting results (as opposed to mildly uninteresting results) but they're all definitely on the chart. Just because I have too much time on my hands I'll write down the top voted track from each of those artists you mention:

#36 Black Dog - Psycosyin
#40 Dj Mink - Hey hey! Do you relate?
#42 Two Lone Swordsmen - Brootle
#49 Mike Ink - Paroles
#57 Red Snapper - 4 Dead Monks

LFO, with wilmot second, shame there is no sweet exorcist, black dog or TLS in the top 25. Utterly baffled that red hot car is the top squarepusher.

no plone???

I'd better not be the only one of you fuckers to vote for 'Wilmot'

Utterly baffled that red hot car is the top squarepusher.

Cos you don't like it, or...? I mean it's probably his best known song and a lot of other ppl on here are represented by their best known songs as well

no maximo park??

j/k

voted for broadcast

Jimmy Edgar - I wanna be your STD

What the hell is this? The title sounds like it's a punk song or something...

― Tuomas, domingo 21 de junio de 2009 10:16 PM (1 week ago)

As bad as the title makes it sound, this song is actually pretty wicked. Can't find it on youtube but I definitely recommend it. It's not a punk song but some sort of electro-hip-house... hmmm to be honest don't really know what genre it would fit into but I reckon it would sound amazing blasting from a boombox.

After heavy thought my vote goes for tea leaf dancers.

Wilmot, but there are at least 5 others I could've voted for equally enthusiastically

went with LFO but could have easily voted for Windowlicker, the Plaid song, Seefeel, and a few others.

Windowlicker FTW

Should have been "Come To Daddy" IMO.

Down to these three for me:

Boards of Canada - Roygbiv
Battles - Atlas
!!! - Me & Giulianni Down by the Schoolyard

[x-post]

Much as I like Come to Daddy, I think that Windowlicker is the definitive synthesis (no pun intended) of RDJ's various talents. I just love how his (twisted) pop sensibility is afforded a rare opportunity to seep through the trademark queasy electro.

It's between "LFO" and "Windowlicker" for me too...

Anyone else submit comments when they were collecting votes? The tracklist for this kind of sums up how an online vote tends to go, but I thought it'd be neat to have my quote make it into the packaging.

just looking at my previous posts around here is enough to put me off immortalising my comments for all eternity.

Has to be Squarepusher's "My Red Hot Car (Girl)".

LFO. Gies a pill!

Would have voted for Girl/Boy over Windowlicker.

Am I the only one who doesn't really understand the appeal of the LFO track?

Sounds to me like one of the least interesting songs in here.

it is the best.

tho i do love me some seefeel

But can someone please explain me what makes it one of the best songs on the label? Perhaps i'm missing some historical context? was this some massive hit back then and this are all nostalgia votes? it sounds like a slice of pretty average acid techno to me, I get it might be a pioneering song for the genre but speaking as someone who just very recently listened to it for the first time I don't find it as unique as most of the other songs it competes against.

it was THE massive hit. i would give it another shot on a soundsystem that is good all the way down to 20 hz, loud (cannot emphasize that enough!), or on a good club system.

there are more reasons that could be described far more eloquently than this, but: it was a hit, it cemented a genre (bleep techno), it invented sub-bass, it still finds its way into sets by all kinds of djs, it has a funky beat and you can dance to it :D xp

yeah, i'm not sure how to advocate for it because it hit me instantly the first time i heard it. i think i had been waiting for it, having heard all sorts of other stuff that came from it. i knew there was some great source for it.

for it all, i mean

also, i curse the omission of "on" by aphex twin

first time I heard it was on this Saturday night video show on a PBS channel (in Denver of all places) and I loved it immediately. I can totally see someone not loving it immediately after hearing it for the first time in 2009, though. song just has an amazing atmosphere. for me personally, it prepared my ears for Aphex, Black Dog, Autechre, and so on.

well, polygon window is there. that's my other choice aside from lfo. not the same thing, obviously, but still an exemplary dark UK techno track. always thought surfing on sine waves was underrated. xp, again

(i meant not the same thing as "on". not so obvious!)

what the hell is Pivot?

newish warp signees from australia. they did an RA podcast earlier in the year- http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=140

ahh cool...
youtube clip there is pretty nice, could do without the post-rock drums, though, dude should switch to an electronic kit

also, xposts-

yeah, i'm not sure how to advocate for it because it hit me instantly the first time i heard it. i think i had been waiting for it, having heard all sorts of other stuff that came from it. i knew there was some great source for it.

^^^this.

and yeah i think i would dig that pivot podcast a lot more if it weren't for the inclusion of a couple of their songs in the mix

Looking pretty good, how I'd wish those were vinyls and not cd's:

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Tracklist has been revealed as well:

Warp20 (Chosen by fans)
Chosen 1 - selected by fans on Warp20.net
01. Aphex Twin - Windowlicker
02. Boards Of Canada - Roygbiv
03. Squarepusher - My Red Hot Car
04. Battles - Atlas
05. LFO - LFO (Leeds Warehouse Mix)
06. Plaid - Eyen
07. Luke Vibert - I Love Acid
08. Autechre - Gantz Graf
09. Jimmy Edgar - I Wanna Be Your STD
10. Clark - Herzog

Chosen 2 - selected by Warp co-founder Steve Beckett
01. Broadcast - Tender Buttons
02. Squarepusher - My Sound
03. Boards Of Canada - Amo Bishop Roden
04. Battles - Race : Out
05. Flying Lotus - GNG BNG
06. Black Dog Productions - Xeper Carceres Ex Novum
07. Nightmares On Wax - I'm For Real
08. Mike Ink - Paroles (Original)
09. Aphex Twin - Bucephalus Bouncing Ball
10. Jamie Lidell - Daddy's Car
11. Squarepusher/AFX - Freeman Hardy & Willis Acid
12. Seefeel - Spangle
13. Autechre - Drane

Warp20 (Recreated)
Double CD. Presented in deluxe case-bound 10-inch folder, exclusively packaged for this box set.

Recreated 1
01. Born Ruffians - Milkman/To Cure A Weakling Child (Originals by Aphex Twin)
02. Jimi Tenor - Japanese Electronics (Original by Elecktroids)
03. Tim Exile - A Little Bit More (Original by Jamie Lidell)
04. Rustie - Midnight Drive (Original by Elecktroids)
05. Luke Vibert - LFO (Original by LFO)
06. Autechre - What Is House? (LFO Remix) (Original by LFO)
07. Russell Haswell - Cabasa Cabasa (Original by Wild Planet)
08. Clark - So Malleable (Original by Milanese)
09. Diamond Watch Wrists - Fool In Rain (Original by Pivot)
10. Hudson Mohawke ft. Wensday Night - Paint The Stars (Original by Jimi Tenor)

Recreated 2
01. Mark Pritchard - 3/4 Heart (Original by Balil - Black Dog Productions)
02. Mira Calix with Oliver Coates - In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country' (Original by Boards Of Canada)
03. Pivot - Colorado (Original by Grizzly Bear)
04. Bibio - Kaini Industries (Original by Boards Of Canada)
05. Jamie Lidell - Little Brother (Original by Grizzly Bear)
06. Leila - Vordhosbn (Original by Aphex Twin)
07. John Callaghan - Phylactery (Based on Tilapia by Autechre)
08. Gravenhurst - I Found The F (Original by Broadcast)
09. Plaid - On My Bus (Original by Plone)
10. Seefeel - Acrobat (Original by Maximo Park)

Warp20 (Unheard)
Triple 10-inch Vinyl. Housed in uncoated card sleeves with debossed typography. (Unheard) will initially only be available in Warp20 (Box Set). Vinyl version will always remain exclusive to this edition.

Unheard 1
A1. Boards of Canada - Seven Forty Seven
B1. Autechre - Oval Moon (IBC mx)
B2. Clark - Rattlesnake

Unheard 2
C1. Plaid - Dett
C2. Elecktroids - Elecktroids Bonus Circuit
D1. Flying Lotus - Tronix
D2. Nightmares On Wax - Biofeedback Dub

Unheard 3
E1. Plaid - Sam Lac Run
E2. Nightmares On Wax - Mega Donutz Dub
F1. Broadcast - Sixty Forty
F2. Seefeel - As Link

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

the 'Chosen' and 'Recreated' discs have found their way onto the interwebs now, o no!

so far only listened to 'Recreated' but some serious highlights from it:

Luke Vibert's take on "LFO" is pretty fun, slowed way down, but in doing so really brings the funk

Seefeel doing Maximo Park's "Acrobat" is really pretty, and sounds amazing in headphones

Nightmares on Wax's "Hey Hey Can U Relate" may be my favorite thing on the disc so far - at least on first impression

Gravenhurst's "I Found The F" sounds pretty dreamy and twinkly - really takes a lot of the life out of it, but replaces it with pastel impressionism

Mira Calix "In A Beautiful Place" sounds faithful to the original, in a very unfaithful way, if that makes any sense.

anyone else have opinions

yeah, i have an opinion. i think the warp "recreated" discs are really nice. though i'm not sure what you're talking about w/r/t "hey hey can u relate" ... is there a hidden cover of that somewhere?

Yeah this is news to me also

Luke Vibert's take on "LFO" is pretty fun, slowed way down, but in doing so really brings the funk

um I'm pretty sure it's about the same tempo - I respect Vibert but it seemed basically pointless to me, a carbon copy but for the more modern production. i did like the Seefeel one, and Autechre's crack at LFO, and John Callaghan of all ppl

i'd love a swinging jazz version of 'Laughable Butane Bob'