I'd like to announce the formal release of _The Five EPs_ by Disco Inferno

I'll have full details later, but Ian Crause contacted me earlier today to confirm this news.

* Its current release date is September via One Little Indian

* Fuel, the designers of the original single sleeves, will be doing a new cover for this collection.

There's other news but I'll save that for later. I'd just like to say that this is really one of the most enjoyable pieces of news I've ever received, and I'm very, very glad to have played a small part in the story of the band. I can't thank them all enough for the work they did all those years ago.

Anyway. Just wanted to pass that on to everyone.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6iK5oZSY-Go/Rsru2vIuPdI/AAAAAAAABD0/4s1Q3rs028w/s400/yay.jpg

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG

Color me insanely excited for this, will be ordering as soon as it is physically possible.

neat!

hey, that's fantastic news...it's been a long time comin', but REALLY looking forward to this now.

Thrilling news! This was long, long overdue.

Whoa

I will part with whatever amount of shekels they ask for for a copy. They deserve it.

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

:-)

This is great news! Another eager customer here.

Ned, you state your role in this great occasion with great humility. As one of the many Disco Inferno fans who can trace their appreciation directly back to you, let me just say thanks for keeping the flames burning these past years, and congratulations on helping to make a dream come true.

Just did what I could. Much thanks.

Srsly Ned you're the reason I discovered these guys.

cool now i can finally pay for them :)

Hey Ned you'll finally be able to find out what the correct track titles are for 'A Rock To Cling To'!

They were actually called "Deef the Wonder Horse" and "Fred, A Carpenter's Tale"

Great news, can't wait!

although i welcome this news, am i the only one who feels like something somewhat private might get torn away? i mean, disco inferno was always that group i could go to when i met another music nazi... but i guess di go pop and technicolour got rereleased without my world falling apart... still, they are my secret weapon of "i am better than you" death-to-nazis...

there'll always be something else

yeah, this is def good news

although i welcome this news, am i the only one who feels like something somewhat private might get torn away? i mean, disco inferno was always that group i could go to when i met another music nazi... but i guess di go pop and technicolour got rereleased without my world falling apart... still, they are my secret weapon of "i am better than you" death-to-nazis...

― zingzing, Thursday, April 15, 2010 7:11 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark

Yeah, 'cause there's going to be a huge advertising campaign, placards at HMV, video hits, the works.

Hooray for Ned!

Ned is a HERO

brilliant news!

About ten years overdue, but hey, I'll take it anyway. Nice work, Ned!

Congratulation Mr. Raggett!

Congratulation to NEDGMT for their upcoming album.

i missed-out on this group the first time around. i've heard almost nothing from them.

is what's currently available on emusic a good and/or representative sampling of their work?

By the way, Ned, you introduced me to this band also. I treasure my CDr copy of The Five EPs and I will buy the shit out of this formal release as well. Cannot thank you enough for introducing me to this collection of tunes.

I only really got into this band last year and had been holding off downloading the EP's until they got re-released, I finally caved last week. I knew this would happen!

I'm really excited though, they are an incredible band.

OK, my curiosity has finally gotten the better of me. Mr Raggett, what was your role in this band?

bongos obv

"The Long Dance" has appeared on many a mix, congrats on the release.

What exactly are the mp3s I have been listening to, just a mutt fan comp?

skip:

Ned has offered CD-Rs of the long, long out of print 5 EPs, gratis, for almost a decade. D.I. is appreciated today on ILX and in the larger world far more than in their own day in no small part due to Ned's enduring fandom.

Thanks, that's good to know. I saw them at the Purcell Room sometime around '95 or so. It was a pretty uninspired gig tbh and the frontman acknowledged as much with his parting words from the stage, which were something like "thanks, that was pretty shoddy". In fairness it was a totally unsuitable venue for them. Don't know the studio releases, will check them out.

In fact now I come to think of it I'm fairly sure they were supporting some other band that night but I can't remember who it was.

Excellent news.

Thanks for the info Sanpaku. I would see the two full-length albums at Amoeba all the time and kind of took it for granted that the 5 EP's was a proper compilation.

There's other news but I'll save that for later.

I'd like to think this involves the esteemed Mr. Raggett writing the liner notes for a compilation he basically willed into existence. It would certainly gel with the timeline of his being contacted ~5 months before the release.

But, I suspect we'll know more when the time's right.

finally be able to replace that low quality cd-r rip some guy burned for me ;)

Thanks all -- first, just to clear up a quick point that's weighed on my mind a bit since reading some of the initial reactions, I had no role at all in the plans for a formal release! I had heard some rumblings here and there over the last couple of years but Ian's note to me yesterday was the first formal confirmation. So I'm sorry for any confusion that may have resulted.

To answer ilxor's post just upthread -- sleevenotes will not be included with the collection, per Ian's wish, but I will receive a credit in the liner notes, which I'm more than fine with. Good friend/ILX veteran donut b., who helped in the initial creation of the project, will also get a much deserved credit. I've been lucky enough to be in a number of liner note mentions here and there over time -- Jennifer Gentle, Bobb Trimble, among others -- but this is the pinnacle so far.

I am however planning some sort of story or something to appear concurrently with the release and will be talking to a couple of folks this weekend at EMP about it. At the very least, being the person doing this for a decade is a story in and of itself.

Speaking of which -- as you might guess, this also means the end of the CDR burning project, which I'm more than happy to stop now that this is occurring. There are a couple of folks who have outstanding requests for a copy out -- I hope nobody minds if I ask them to be patient at this point for the formal release. This is a task that I was glad to have done all these years and which I am even gladder is no longer necessary. The work will stand for itself.

Ned, just curious -- approx. how many CDr copies do you think you burned/distributed over the last decade?

^^^ DMCA STOOGE

Dude don't blow my cover!!

I retreat from lurkerdom more or less once every 5 years, so this time I'd like to say: thanks Ned :-)

In response to the DCMA stooge oh wait -- not sure. I certainly wasn't burning them every day or even every month.

And you're all welcome, of course!

Could I ask which of the following 6 releases does not count as one of the '5 EPs'?

Science
Summer's Last Sound
A Rock To Climg To
The Last Dance
It's A Kid's World
Second Language

I own the first four of the above on 12" vinyl and then I sort of lost interest in DI at around 1993 (for some crazy reason). So I'd be interested in getting the final 2 releases in a physical format.

Science, right?

http://rateyourmusic.com/release/unauth/disco_inferno/the_5_e_p_s/

#6 unauthorized/bootleg release of all time

OK, thanks. I never know how to define these things, to be honest. Science has 4 tracks and ~20mins running time, A Rock To Cling To has only 2 tracks and ~12 mins running time, but none of that probably means anything!

xpost

Yeah Science is the one out, it got reprinted on In Debt anyway.

This is fantastic news. I'll definitely be picking this up, as I hope everyone who Ned sent a copy to will as well.

:-)

I thought an update on the thread might mean further reissues by the band.
Didn't think any of the others had been redone since the mid 90s but now seeing that One Little Indian did the Goes Pop lp back in April.
Still In Debt & Technicolour are still only available in nearly 20 year old editions.
If you can get In Debt at all, rising prices on Amazon at least.

Yay Fact Magazine:

http://www.factmag.com/2012/08/29/disco-inferno-the-5-eps/

Doesn't Jonny Mugwump have connections to the brilliant-in-their-own-right Position Normal?

he is the man behind exotic pylon records, if that helps

just got my 5EPS vinyl... looks utterly gorgeous! full liner notes on the gatefold inside, plus a great 7"-sized booklet with Ned's oral history... feels like a brilliant document... and a great job by FatCat's Dave Thomas doing all the design work...

Got mine as well. Such a strange, weird and wonderful feeling.

I want one of these shirts so bad.

http://www.discoinfernoofficial.com/di_index.html

Picked up my copy today!

Charlotte Church also got hers:
https://twitter.com/charlottechurch/status/243458174332571650/photo/1/large

Okay which one of you is secretly Charlotte Church?

Ned, obviously.

I had to start somewhere.

Really, Ned, Gavin Henson?

I was young and naive!

Why yes I am as happy as all get out:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A2tjdJ9CcAA7rRs.jpg

I've never felt less bad about ordering a shirt for a band I've never seen.

ilx favicon font...

I think I will order one come payday.

Logo looks like a stripey bobble hat imo

Ha!

The quality of those tees look a little suspect, how are they Ned?

Side C of this vinyl is utterly perfect. Damn.

Ha, that's more the quality of my phone, I'm sure. The T-shirts themselves look fine! Haven't run 'em through the wash yet or anything.

I'm gonna have to buy one. Give some more money back after listening to an (ahem) CD rip all these years.

I think it must have been you that sent me the CD back in 2001/2. No other strangers on the net were sharing the CD at that time, I guess.

I guess it was! I pretty much was the person doing that all this time, but obviously it broke out into the wild over the years. Happily.

Hey all, a new podcast from Paul Willmott is up now on the FatCat site:
http://www.fat-cat.co.uk/site/news/new-podcast-by-paul-willmott-disco-inferno-now-online

I bought two of these of vinyl. I have no idea why. Total panic buy.

I thought it would sell out quickly and I'd burn my copy out and wish I'd bought another at the time, I was beyond reason. Low and behold though, it's fucking everywhere to be found online, even Charlotte Church has a copy!

It's often the way. Does anyone know how many of the vinyl albums were issued?

I did the same thing with the first Clams Casino Instrumentals vinyl. I thought I'd play it away from its grooves it was on so much - so I (probably drunkenly) bought another. Aaargh. FFS.

xpost -- my understanding was that the run was 500 total.

xp - The first CC one I got was the coloured vinyl though, and urban legend says they die sooner. I think. Is that true? Probably not.

Oh right. Not that many then - esp. if some of us are buying two.

Some things just aren't fair. Why don't people want to hear this wonderful band?

That's totally not in any way a dig at you by the way IA!

I didn't buy two copies of it looking to gain anything financially in the future. Heck, I have most of them of CD and vinyl as it is and I'd never part with them. There's just something very special about seeing them together on one LP, in order, with a cover and everything. I kinda hoped Ned's review and feature on the band and the unanimously gushing reviews they got would pip peoples interest a bit. Then again they are one of these bands I just can't see beyond. Despite the complexity and restless ambition of their music I always imagined them to be quite inviting and appealing from the get go. Maybe that was just me. Either way it's a physical thing now and I don't think that's detracted from any of its enduring magic.

http://fuckyouneilkulkarni.blogspot.com/2012/09/disco-inferno-ep-review-1994-new.html

Essentially an uncut version of Neil's Quietus interview with Ian.

Paul Wilmott mix up at FACT: http://www.factmag.com/2012/10/29/fact-mix-354-disco-inferno/

And I should start a new thread for this but for now:

Ian Crause has just announced details of his first song release for almost 14 years.
The track, The Song of Phaethon, is an 8 minute track based on the ancient myth of Phaethon, the boy drove the sun into the world. The track will be the first of 2 about the myth, the second being the latter half of the story.
He's described it as some of the most radical music he has released and says the track will be available to download in the near future from Bandcamp. Exact details of the release will be passed on as they become available.

And in case you were wondering about "More Earthly Concerns" from earlier in the year:

MECs was a track posted for people to hear that I was still alive and in full charge of my musical faculties after so long away and when I still had the expectation a record label would be interested in me, which they’re not. I have also been working on structurally (though not sonically) more conventional songs which I had intended would make up an album. Now I’m thinking to just release them as individual tracks. But this track mentioned above is probably the best statement of intent, musically speaking. The other track you mentioned was free to listen to but it will be released properly in time. My guess is that this first release will be followed by a selection of the other tracks I’ve been recording, which are generally pretty political, and the second Phaethon track will follow them.

All that from

https://www.facebook.com/discoinfernouk/posts/384163368326234

he's an interesting cat

I somehow missed the first run of this on vinyl, but I found a copy yesterday (did they repress it I wonder?). It sounds absolutely magnificent, probably one of the best sounding new pieces of vinyl I've ever bought. Whoever mastered this thing should win an award.

It's chills-all-over good. I've always been in love with the texture of the bass on their records, and that intro to "From the Devil to the Deep Blue Sky" just almost melted me.

Was that booklet reprint of my Pitchfork piece in your copy?

Sadly, no!

glad I snagged that vinyl when I did.

"From the Devil to the Deep Blue Sky" sure sucks.

no

What he said.

Damn. Fuck. We're fucked. I've been listening to 5 eps / Go Pop / Technicolour pretty much non-stop on a random loop today. It's incredible music but it seems to make so much sense now in this prejudiced ill unenlightened country. I'm sick and I've drunk too much. What has happened?

Heard the "Last Dance" on the radio recently