How highly do you guys rate Astrobotnia?

Part 2 is vinyl only. The "02" you saw is probably that.

I remember the rumours that 02 was done by Richard... lol

  On 9/1/2009 at 11:27 PM, Joyrex said:

I remember the rumours that 02 was done by Richard... lol

yeah, wasn't that an xlt thing? I remember this whole big thread about it.

ovuca said he was listening to a lot of tiger beat music when he wrote part 2.

  On 9/2/2009 at 3:34 AM, sneaksta303 said:

  On 9/1/2009 at 11:27 PM, Joyrex said:

I remember the rumours that 02 was done by Richard... lol

 

yeah, wasn't that an xlt thing? I remember this whole big thread about it.

Yeah, I think Phobiahero claimed he had it "on good authority" or something...

he's one of my favorite composer/producer, since that lovely EP (cant remember its name) on rephlex, i bought every records he made & its truly great. astrobotnia is easily his peak but he has loads of great tracks (from onclements to boom blaster). check out his myspace for bonus trax. he used to release more in the past but remember the record industry is sinking & its gettings truly complicate to put out a record without losing money. i bet some full lenght should see the light soon or later.

Part 3 is really fucking good. I hadn't listened to it in yrs, but wow. Seemed fresh, fun and incredibly well-made. And pleasantly through-composed.

Astrobotnia owns your asses

  On 8/30/2009 at 10:03 AM, LUDD said:

wasted sunday is better than all the astrobotnias in my book

  On 12/9/2013 at 6:01 AM, aencre said:

 

  On 8/30/2009 at 10:03 AM, LUDD said:

wasted sunday is better than all the astrobotnias in my book

 

 

Not even. Although this post was made b4 Astrobotnia Part 00 was released so maybe 8-)

Astrobotnia Part 03 is my favorite, then probably Part 00 ! Such rich color and texture, great metric weaving and juxtaposition. Sentimenthol of Mental Union is pretty special with a great video i thought. Love all the Aleski titled albums, became interested in mainly Wasted Sunday Afternoon under his Ovuca pseudonym. Also yea a few rare tunes on his Myspace page well worth checking out. Excited for the upcoming release, Colundi Sequence..

...(.o.O.o.)...

  On 12/9/2013 at 5:08 AM, dr lopez said:

Part 3 is really fucking good. I hadn't listened to it in yrs, but wow. Seemed fresh, fun and incredibly well-made. And pleasantly through-composed.

yep. it's one of those albums that make people who aren't into electronic music (aka electronic music = david guetta) change their mind about it.

it remains one the best albums i've heard

Not very high tbh. I prefer his self-titled stuff.

very very high. one of the best records rephlex ever put out. part one and two especially. part 3 never clicked with me the same as the two first.

  On 12/9/2013 at 6:01 AM, aencre said:

 

  On 8/30/2009 at 10:03 AM, LUDD said:

 

wasted sunday is better than all the astrobotnias in my book

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My first recollection of Ovuca back in the day. This video, and the tunes on his first album just had that rephlex goodness. He stole the show at a Rephlex party in 2001sh. Some of the most beautiful music I've ever heard. Also love Astrobotnia, Cylobotnia, and the music under his real name. A true charmer. That video above takes me back to some good times.

  On 12/29/2013 at 1:28 AM, Mcdergbit said:

very very high. one of the best records rephlex ever put out. part one and two especially. part 3 never clicked with me the same as the two first.

i'm kinda wasted on a sunday morning but actually listening to MU2 & MU3 instead, i love those bells/harmonics stuff in the background. those 2 records did truly grow on me. a great one is the Boom Blaster MP3 release. weird it was not released on cd or lp. cant wait to listen to the forthcoming Colundi sequence stuff.

Been jamming to the Astrobotnias alot again lately, noticing on 00 that according to discogs the album has 14 tracks.

The version I have from bandcamp is 13 tracks. 

Anybody know where the track #3 "N-Dimension" can be tracked down to purchase?

would love a "complete collection"

these are just god-tier idm no two ways about it

Where can I find part 2? Not on bandcamp...

I'd say along with Boom Blaster and Wasted Sunday, the Astrobotnia releases are among his best.

lactavent is better than wasted Sunday

If you ever wonder where the weird sketch bits in Astrobotnia II Track 5 comes from it's an old Finnish comedy movie called "Näköradiomiehen Ihmeelliset Siekailut"

The track is at 18:12:

For example the long bit after the first half is here at 20:23

There's a bunch of other references to Finnish culture in the Astrobotnia releases, starting from the name which is a pun on Ostrobothnia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrobothnia_(region)

And Asidofilus Bifidus refers to Valio AB piimä which is a common fermented milk sold in Finland.

Just some fun facts for the non-Finns here..

Cheers from a 1/4 Finn.