Soul Oddity - Tone Capsule (Astralwerks; Capsule Freak remaster/reissue)

A collection of the three seminal Soul Oddity EPs from 1996 remastered by Keith Tenniswood (Radioactive Man), pressed on fresh vinyl, launching a reissue series (Capsule Freak) - so watch out for more. Extremely highly recommended.

  On 10/21/2022 at 12:51 PM, dcom said:

Extremely highly recommended.

This.

Incredibly forward thinking, funky, electro/IDM that holds up so well all these years later. If there is anyone here who has yet to hear this classic, I suggest you remedy this ASAP.

yeh real excited for this whole back catalog rerelease thing

Heard it in 96 and have loved it since - will be buying the remaster too! 

still got the original Astralwerks promo CD

wew, this is exellent 

I love Phoenecia but I did not dig their earlier Soul Oddity outputs yet.  let me go for it.

dang took me a couple years to find all 3 records back in the day.  Sadly they are now so worn out they never get played anymore.  Cool to see a repress.  Thx for sharing the info.

IDM (in the US) began in Miami?

  On 11/16/2022 at 6:48 AM, kichiguy said:

IDM (in the US) began in Miami?

not sure about began but merck records, and schematic were making waves in the late nineties/ early 2000s

  On 11/16/2022 at 7:05 AM, exitonly said:

not sure about began but merck records, and schematic were making waves in the late nineties/ early 2000s

Astralwerks, and later Nothing Records also helped to bring the UK sound to American ears, and the music media.

Out now.

First listen through the remaster - super crisp and clean.  Also notice maybe some slight new edits/additions to some of the tracks?  Some of them have extended track lengths from the original release (Fugue is over 1:00 longer, Cruxx also extended by 30+ secs, etc). 

Massive album, highly recommended to anyone that liked anything Phoenecia related and the late 90s IDM sound. This album still sounds so fresh to me and I think I first heard it in about 2006.

https://igloomag.com/reviews/soul-oddity-tone-capsule-control-freak

as far as i know the vinyl hasnt shipped yet.. or at least i never got mine

The bonus track Chrome Ozone is fucking great - I was apprehensive that they'd append a throwaway extra but it's not the case at all. 

  On 1/8/2023 at 5:17 PM, bronchuseven said:

The bonus track Chrome Ozone is fucking great - I was apprehensive that they'd append a throwaway extra but it's not the case at all. 

Always been one of my favorite tracks of theirs. So nice to have it in lossless vs my vinyl rip I’ve been playing for years. 

got my copy in the mail the other day. havent had a chance to play it through yet, but its real!

Got mine too, all the way in the 604.