Various Artists - The Conet Project: Recordings Of Shortwave Numbers Stations

I've completely blown my budget this month and I expect this one will be sold out by the time I can afford it, but the wonderful Conet Project has been re-released with an additional CD, 80 page booklet and postcards - http://boomkat.com/cds/676374-various-the-conet-project-recordings-of-shortwave-numbers-stations-expanded-5cd-edition

For those that don't know what this is, it's a compilation of recordings from various Number Stations, an example of which is this:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/02/Tcp_d1_4_phonetic_alphabet_nato_irdial.ogg

I remember first hearing about this project about 10 years ago and got totally freaked out by the concept of it all

Edited March 15, 2013 by Redruth

Way too expensive since you can find most of this stuff online, but The Conet Project is awesome. Definitely nightmare fuel.

OOoh, found a cheaper way of getting it (well, downloading it) and funding the project directly - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/tcp1111

Love this project!

I DL'd the 4-disc version this morning for free by signing up for a free trial at Audible.co.uk (via a link from my Amazon account).

 

It's split into two huge tracks and is in some weird format that I've never used before but it plays fine in iTunes and saves me digging out my old MP3s which are archived on a DVD god-knows-where.

 

Listening to this stuff has a curiously meditative effect on me. The vocal snippets have a mechanical rhythm which can send you into a trance pretty easily.

love the original, not in a financial position to buy this. But if I were...

  On 3/14/2013 at 11:31 PM, mcbpete said:

I remember first hearing about this project about 10 years ago and got totally freaked out by the concept of it all

 

Same, although I seem to recall reading about it either before or around the release of MHTRTC. In fact, I think it was an early Napster grab for me, probably by virtue of the file sizes being small, and quicker to download than full music tracks during the dial-up days!

 

It's a nice looking set, good to see it get a reissue, with an extra disc's worth of recordings too.

  On 3/14/2013 at 11:36 PM, mcbpete said:

OOoh, found a cheaper way of getting it (well, downloading it) and funding the project directly - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/tcp1111

Did you actually get to download it yet? I bought the £8 download, but I can't find any download link. I don't know how this works.

  On 3/18/2013 at 11:26 AM, Gretsky 3D said:

 

 

  On 3/14/2013 at 11:36 PM, mcbpete said:

OOoh, found a cheaper way of getting it (well, downloading it) and funding the project directly - http://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/tcp1111

Did you actually get to download it yet? I bought the £8 download, but I can't find any download link. I don't know how this works.

 

 

Unfortunately no, according to the project page it still has a release date of TBC so I'm not entirely sure how Boomkat have it to purchase already. I think once it's ready we'll either get download links directly into our email inbox, or we get them from the login page ( https://www.pledgemusic.com/sign_in )

I ordered this from Boomkat within seconds of reading their email advertising it. Got me into yet more debt but glad about it today when I opened it up. Always wanted the 4 CD version, ace booklet and postcards chucked in and so far the fifth CD sounds like discarded demos for Confield. Pardon my jazz, but anyone know why the bonus CD is dedicated to B.C. Gilbert (presumably he formerly of Wire)?

So it is out then.... So why the bloody hell can we not download it from that website :angry:

The Conet Project is indeed some intriguing shit... I had an obsession with UVB-76 for a while, that keeps getting reignited every so often, apparently it was pretty active in January, I listened in for a bit to the frequency and you could hear odd speaking in the background and someone rustling with papers and such.

Any domestic (US) shops carrying this yet?

For those that ordered through Pledgemusic you should have download links in your inbox now. 2 gig of lovely distorted creepiness !

Still not seeing it. Some vague message about MD5-something...

Damnit, I didn't properly read it: "We have uploaded the FLAC and MP3 package to Pledge Music, in preparation for release. We are aiming to push the button this Friday"

I have the original - excellent compilation of really creepy stuff. DO NOT listen to this in the dark late at night.

  On 3/20/2013 at 2:45 PM, mcbpete said:

Damnit, I didn't properly read it: "We have uploaded the FLAC and MP3 package to Pledge Music, in preparation for release. We are aiming to push the button this Friday"

Ah good, I thought I was the one who misread/misinterpreted it.

Somehow seems appropriate to download these pieces at 96kbps. I'd be intrigued to try and find these on an old shortwave radio, can't lay my hands on one though and I'd be afraid to be flagged by MI5 by buying one through Amazon.

  On 3/20/2013 at 3:37 PM, Joyrex said:

I have the original - excellent compilation of really creepy stuff. DO NOT listen to this in the dark late at night.

I can 2nd this... I once tried listening to it at night to fall asleep while being sleep deprived (I have no idea why I thought this was a good idea), an overwhelming sense of paranoia crept over me, nightmare fuel

  On 3/19/2013 at 8:03 AM, Mellow U said:

Any domestic (US) shops carrying this yet?

 

I have the same question.

You chaps have any luck downloading?

Buying the boxed set once pay day rolls in tomorrow.

I got an update email from Pledge Music with an exclusive bonus track, but have yet to see a link for the full download...

i like this stuff but i don't need 4 cds worth.