Squarepusher - Ultravisitor 20th Anniversary Remaster

I must say that the new album cover is pretty lame choice 
If it had that white fading into Teal color like the background behind Tom in the OG release it would have been slightly better. 

Anyway I guess I'll go for the digitals only. 

Now please re-release Go Plastic and will be all over it!! 

not an easy album to remaster! exciting stuff, very lovely tracks on this album

weird

  On 9/20/2024 at 12:28 AM, cern said:

I guess I'll go for the digitals only. 

Me too. Unfortunately I can't afford this at the moment

Talking about digitals - hopefully someone can confirm that Tom doesn’t add tracks to albums on his personal bleepstore like Richard does.
 

Need to make sure to buy the digitals on the right platform. Wouldn’t want to splash out all over bandcamp while albums on his bleepstore can have some extra digital goodies.

  On 9/19/2024 at 5:07 PM, thefxbip said:

Someone needs to tell Tom to stop with this remastering business...

His 2000s ears were some of the best in the world. Why mess with these recordings? 

''Never entirely satisfied with the sound of the original release, Tom has taken the opportunity to bring out fresh dynamics and detail in the tracks.''

 

He shouldnt trust his 2024 ears smashed by years of live shows touring...

theses sound crushed and lacking in detail...

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Only gave Iambic 9 a quick listen and I'm no expert but it sounds like theyve given the hi end a boost and widened the stereo field. It does sound a bit more crisp and clean, but also crushed and squashed. It kinda works ok for this track but it remains to be seen how well this approach will sound on some of the more abraisive stuff like Menelec or An Arched Pathway.

I remember being so disappointed by this album due to all the hype you guys threw at it. Still don't like it.

Also, Squarepusher is still a cunt, right?

Best album ever made. Shame there's nothing unreleased on this. 

I have the originals but will likely buy this because I am a cunt.

  On 9/20/2024 at 6:12 AM, Squee said:

Also, Squarepusher is still a cunt, right?

Being silly, pommepusher? Don't be zilty

  On 9/20/2024 at 5:35 AM, Satans Little Helper said:

Talking about digitals - hopefully someone can confirm that Tom doesn’t add tracks to albums on his personal bleepstore like Richard does.

Need to make sure to buy the digitals on the right platform. Wouldn’t want to splash out all over bandcamp while albums on his bleepstore can have some extra digital goodies.

He does. Dostrotime came with the Wendorlan single & remixes, Be Up A Hello with the Lamental EP, Vortrack single, NTS Mix & a Vicsynth test track.

  On 9/19/2024 at 10:13 PM, YEK said:

Why make this limited though? Bad move

I guess a 5000 units pressing is not that limited but I get your point. I think it is for people like me who will read "limited one time pressing" and smash the buy button without using their brain.

  On 9/20/2024 at 8:35 AM, eye said:

He does. Dostrotime came with the Wendorlan single & remixes, Be Up A Hello with the Lamental EP, Vortrack single, NTS Mix & a Vicsynth test track.

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FMWT remaster didn’t come with anything, I think?

Elephant in the room - Methyl Orange/Warp20 tracks were this era so why not throw us a few of them in the package?

Maybe saving for a later epic release?

  On 9/20/2024 at 11:10 AM, pizza said:

FMWT remaster didn’t come with anything, I think?

No but there were some new tracks on the remaster right?

no just pizza

Even though there aren't new tracks from that era, it is still cool to have stuff released from era under one release.

  On 9/20/2024 at 5:59 AM, Key said:

Only gave Iambic 9 a quick listen and I'm no expert but it sounds like theyve given the hi end a boost and widened the stereo field. It does sound a bit more crisp and clean, but also crushed and squashed. It kinda works ok for this track but it remains to be seen how well this approach will sound on some of the more abraisive stuff like Menelec or An Arched Pathway.

Dont fix whats not broken.

Feels off and anachronistic to impose 2024 taste on a 2004 track. 

What i hate the most is that now this most likely be the official standard version that people will encounter first.

  On 9/20/2024 at 5:35 AM, Satans Little Helper said:

Talking about digitals - hopefully someone can confirm that Tom doesn’t add tracks to albums on his personal bleepstore like Richard does.
 

Need to make sure to buy the digitals on the right platform. Wouldn’t want to splash out all over bandcamp while albums on his bleepstore can have some extra digital goodies.

I've had to do some financial juggerling so I can buy this! Just  wondering myself what platform. His bleepstore maybe?

  On 9/19/2024 at 4:25 PM, mcbpete said:

Wasn't expecting Acid Pro to be his DAW of choice, I thought he was still full hardware (and maybe some reaktor) back then. Perhaps chosen, like his brother, for his love for all things Acid-y

Are you sure it's Acid Pro and not Cakewalk Sonar? I think he still did most of his stuff in hardware with some Reaktor/Eventide dsp business. Definitely still using that QY700 and what not, certainly up to Hello Everything. I remember him saying in some old interview that he used something like Sonar to write 50 cycles and that it took him over a month to do all of the edits. Think he did them by cutting/pasting rather than using granulizers and things to get the edits 100% right for the tune. That's what that pic is probably about.

  On 9/23/2024 at 12:47 AM, Mr.Sensi said:

Are you sure it's Acid Pro and not Cakewalk Sonar? I think he still did most of his stuff in hardware with some Reaktor/Eventide dsp business. Definitely still using that QY700 and what not, certainly up to Hello Everything. I remember him saying in some old interview that he used something like Sonar to write 50 cycles and that it took him over a month to do all of the edits. Think he did them by cutting/pasting rather than using granulizers and things to get the edits 100% right for the tune. That's what that pic is probably about.

that's definitely acid pro. i used vegas pro extensively back in the day and always remember the two apps sharing a (pretty much) identical interface. still to this day some of the most intuitive pieces of software i've ever used.

  On 9/23/2024 at 10:24 AM, Kennylogg Bubblebath said:

still to this day some of the most intuitive pieces of software i've ever used.

Absolutely agreed - If it wasn't for work needs requiring Premiere and plugins dropping support I'd probably still be rocking Vegas. Absolutely loved that l'il programme

they couldnt fit all of the shitty Melt/Vacuum tracks?

jk im excited for this just with their was more bonus material

The Vacuum tracks were released with Hello Everything so watch out for whenever that one gets repressed (heh). I don't think theres any relevant non-album tracks left off that I can think of. Theres some music from this era that he played live that never got a release including this piano house phace melter from the 2006 Breezeblock session. (Wasn't it called Upminster something?) and plenty of other fantastic acid stuff that is presumably the mythical Methyl Orange LP that he doesn't want released from whatever reason.

Those demo CD-rs look very tasty tho, I wouldn't mind having a listen of Anstrom Feck-5, 150 Acid, 4004, or Intelli-gent. I wonder if they are the live unreleased tunes, or just simply early titles for UV stuff.

  On 9/23/2024 at 4:15 PM, Key said:

I don't think theres any relevant non-album tracks left off that I can think of.

Hanningfield Window/Exciton was with Hello Everything... I think it was anyway. Maybe that was Zounds Perspex? I remember it had similar photography to Hello Everything when I bought it. Can't be bothered to actually look it up, lol

  On 9/24/2024 at 12:29 AM, Mr.Sensi said:

Hanningfield Window/Exciton was with Hello Everything... I think it was anyway.

yep! included in the Japan version of the album