meterman Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 The psychedelic funk collective I play in released our 1st 45rpm vinyl this week. We did a limited edition of 5” clear vinyl lathe cuts plus digital downloads for the non-physical-format folks. The lathe cuts sold out in a few hours. I was expecting them to take weeks to shift as we’re only a studio concern and have zero live following. Next time tho we will press more physical copies 😎 The little 5” lathe cuts turned out to be a winner. I thought we’d be saddled with unsold copies forever 😂 https://dimerecordsfrance.bandcamp.com/album/pool-phase-hashisch-scene Hope the next ones go okay too. Btw, nobody seemed to mind that we used a cassette 4-track to make a record with. Or a cheapo Squier Jazz bass. If we can do it, anyone can! 😎 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reggaebass Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 Yeah sounds really good meterman, good luck with your sales ☝️ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 1 hour ago, Reggaebass said: Yeah sounds really good meterman, good luck with your sales ☝️ The vinyl sold out within 4 hours 👍 Next time we’ll get more pressed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulThePlug Posted August 6, 2022 Share Posted August 6, 2022 (edited) From 'The-Off'....Air (La Femme... Moon Safari) meets 70' Film Incidental Muisc (Think 'Bullitt')... Both of which i love. But, where is the rest of it? Over too soon... Link to more please. @metermanSweet tone... Edited August 6, 2022 by PaulThePlug 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted August 6, 2022 Author Share Posted August 6, 2022 4 minutes ago, PaulThePlug said: From 'The-Off'....Air (La Femme... Moon Safari) meets 70' Film Incidental Muisc (Think 'Bullitt')... Both of which i love. But, where is the rest of it? Over too soon... Link to more please. @metermanSweet tone... Thank you, and pretty close to the mark influence wise. Our other big faves were early A Certain Ratio, and Can and the early US post punk scene, things like Liquid Liquid or ESG. All the records that got sampled for early hip hop records basically. And yeah, the 45 had to be an edit as a 5” single can only fit 2 minutes per side. The album version will be nearer 6 minutes. With more Minimoog. And Mellotron. And more percussion breaks. 👍 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 @metermanthis sounds fantastic. A really nice sound from a cassette 4 track! Where did you get your 5" lathe cuts done? Cheers Thomas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted January 14, 2023 Author Share Posted January 14, 2023 On 03/01/2023 at 22:08, Woodwind said: @metermanthis sounds fantastic. A really nice sound from a cassette 4 track! Where did you get your 5" lathe cuts done? Cheers Thomas Hi - sorry for the late reply, I haven’t logged in here for a while, the lathe cuts were done in Cardiff by a company called Lathe To The Grave. I’ve done three different projects with them so far and they have been brilliant and easy to work with. Can recommend 100% https://www.lathetothegrave.com 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodwind Posted January 14, 2023 Share Posted January 14, 2023 1 hour ago, meterman said: Hi - sorry for the late reply, I haven’t logged in here for a while, the lathe cuts were done in Cardiff by a company called Lathe To The Grave. I’ve done three different projects with them so far and they have been brilliant and easy to work with. Can recommend 100% https://www.lathetothegrave.com Absolutely no need for apologies Thank you so much for the info on Lathe To The Grave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discojoe Posted February 11, 2023 Share Posted February 11, 2023 The words "psychedelic funk collective" grabbed my attention and your track certainly didn't dissappoint. It's like The Menahan Street Band meets Martin Denny. Mint. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meterman Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 On 11/02/2023 at 15:28, discojoe said: The words "psychedelic funk collective" grabbed my attention and your track certainly didn't dissappoint. It's like The Menahan Street Band meets Martin Denny. Mint. Thank you! 🙏 I admit, I do like The Menahan Street Band and Martin Denny, spot on 👍 We just had a couple of 7” singles out on a label in the US last month as well. Flute, vibraphone, zither, electric sitar, Space Echo, analog synths, drums, pick bass etc. Sort of David Axelrod / Gabor Szabo / Can / The Poets Of Rhythm, kind of thing. But done on a 4-track 😂 Funky but not ‘straight’ if you know what I mean? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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