Q-Chastic

Hola! Long time lurker, first time poster (oops, guess it's not my first post. been that long I guess). Please forgive a REALLY annoying question, but I'd read that the Q-Chastic EP had leaked. I have my doubts, but I figured I'd speak to the people who would know. So, can anyone enlighten me?

By the way, does anyone here know quite a bit about Warp and it's affiliates? I've got a question about an early Warp release and the folks involved with it's creation. I'll start another topic if I have to, but if you don't want to reply here you can always pm me. Thanks!

Dave3

both (i've heard of two) were fake...one with atmospheric 90s dnb, the other with black dog and some other stuff

Makes sense. Just like the Boards Of Canada's initial albums, lotsa fakes. Thanks for clearing that up for me!

the CAT002 song was on one of the fakes...

there is only one Q-Chastic track (called CAT002) that was released on the Philosophy of Sound and Machine compilation.

anything else you hear is fake.

Good to hear, I didn't know. (Have the fakes but didn't listenned yet).

Q-Chastic

List of the D'n'B tracks used in the fake are in the comments.

I'm inclined to believe there either aren't really 100 copies of it out there or the whole thing is just a put on. I find it hard to believe that after all of these years it hasn't leaked.

There aren't a hundred copies - most test pressings are 5-25 at the most, and considering their cost, I doubt Rephlex in the early days would have spent that much on test pressings, especially a 2x12" that was supposed to be cut as 2x10".

It never leaked because like CAT023, only the top Rephlex bods and friends of Mike and Grant have them, who would never betray their trust.

haha 58 members on discogs own this record

twats

hehe

I have one of the tracks off of the actual test pressing in mp3 form.

I would give it to everyone on the board, but...

...Most of you probably already have it and don't know it. And no, its not the track labeled CAT002 off of the ART2 compilation.

are you joking?

No. The only person I've let in on it is Joyrex, but if you guys dig deep enough through the internet, you can find out for yourselves.

hmm. well then i must have heard it.....this'll drive me crazy

it wasn't one of the untitled peel session songs was it?

shit release

  On 9/17/2009 at 5:35 PM, Super lurker ultra V12 said:

shit release

yes, that's what butts do

  On 9/17/2009 at 5:44 AM, Diao said:

I have one of the tracks off of the actual test pressing in mp3 form.

 

I would give it to everyone on the board, but...

 

 

...Most of you probably already have it and don't know it. And no, its not the track labeled CAT002 off of the ART2 compilation.

Share for great justice?

  On 9/18/2009 at 12:59 AM, Macca said:

  On 9/17/2009 at 5:44 AM, Diao said:

I have one of the tracks off of the actual test pressing in mp3 form.

 

I would give it to everyone on the board, but...

 

 

...Most of you probably already have it and don't know it. And no, its not the track labeled CAT002 off of the ART2 compilation.

 

Share for great justice?

Why the secrecy? I mean, I could really care less but saying that song x was one of the songs on Q-Chastic isn't going to hurt or betray RDJ. Unless of course you just want to retain your uber secret 1337ness.

Quite the opposite, actually. The Rephlex crew is happy with their Q-Chastic secret, along with all their other little mysteries.

megalomaniacs

  On 9/15/2009 at 5:04 PM, Joyrex said:

There aren't a hundred copies - most test pressings are 5-25 at the most, and considering their cost, I doubt Rephlex in the early days would have spent that much on test pressings, especially a 2x12" that was supposed to be cut as 2x10".

 

It never leaked because like CAT023, only the top Rephlex bods and friends of Mike and Grant have them, who would never betray their trust.

That makes more sense. I'm not sure where I heard there were 100 copies. Could have just been bs. Either way, I know how Rephlex like their secrets so it will probably never see the light of day.

  On 9/18/2009 at 7:47 PM, patternoverlap said:

  On 9/15/2009 at 5:04 PM, Joyrex said:

There aren't a hundred copies - most test pressings are 5-25 at the most, and considering their cost, I doubt Rephlex in the early days would have spent that much on test pressings, especially a 2x12" that was supposed to be cut as 2x10".

 

It never leaked because like CAT023, only the top Rephlex bods and friends of Mike and Grant have them, who would never betray their trust.

 

That makes more sense. I'm not sure where I heard there were 100 copies. Could have just been bs. Either way, I know how Rephlex like their secrets so it will probably never see the light of day.

You probably heard(read) it where everybody else did at the time - when Rephlex themselves put out "misinformation" about the early releases (IG-88 CAT003 anyone?), saying there were only 100 pressings, etc. The whole business about it being a 2x10" cut to a 2x12" is only recent (well, in the past 7 years or so), compared to misinformation that's been around since 1992.

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CAT 008 Analogue Bubblebath 3 8 track EP

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  On 9/21/2009 at 5:42 PM, Joyrex said:

Old Rephlex Manifesto:

 

 

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Mugs @ 3.03 pounds

 

I want me a Rephlex mug :/