Title: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 26 January, 2012, 04:06:19 AM
Post by: Misanthrope on 26 January, 2012, 04:06:19 AM
Geoff Barrow and composer Ben Salisbury are bringing out an album inspired by Mega City 1.
http://www.spin.com/articles/portisheads-barrow-drops-2012-invada-label-sampler (http://www.spin.com/articles/portisheads-barrow-drops-2012-invada-label-sampler)
You can hear a sample of it here.
http://www.invada.co.uk/geoff-barrow-2012-compilation (http://www.invada.co.uk/geoff-barrow-2012-compilation)
http://www.spin.com/articles/portisheads-barrow-drops-2012-invada-label-sampler (http://www.spin.com/articles/portisheads-barrow-drops-2012-invada-label-sampler)
You can hear a sample of it here.
http://www.invada.co.uk/geoff-barrow-2012-compilation (http://www.invada.co.uk/geoff-barrow-2012-compilation)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 26 January, 2012, 06:49:26 AM
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 26 January, 2012, 06:49:26 AM
Odd... just sounds like the Mark Mothersbaugh incidental music from a Wes Anderson Dredd movie.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Colin YNWA on 26 January, 2012, 07:01:48 AM
Post by: Colin YNWA on 26 January, 2012, 07:01:48 AM
You have to wonder if its anything to do with the movie?
Still like it, if it sounds a bit derivative of John Carpenter's sound track stuff.
Still like it, if it sounds a bit derivative of John Carpenter's sound track stuff.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 26 January, 2012, 07:55:30 AM
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 26 January, 2012, 07:55:30 AM
The real soundtrack to Mega City 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDAAjx5l5wg.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: von Boom on 26 January, 2012, 05:18:06 PM
Post by: von Boom on 26 January, 2012, 05:18:06 PM
Anthrax baby, Anthrax:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdsO1mBGE4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdsO1mBGE4)
JvB
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdsO1mBGE4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCdsO1mBGE4)
JvB
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: klute on 26 January, 2012, 06:49:08 PM
Post by: klute on 26 January, 2012, 06:49:08 PM
Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 26 January, 2012, 07:55:30 AM
The real soundtrack to Mega City 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDAAjx5l5wg.
No argument from me it's a stunning album.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:05:27 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:05:27 PM
Never understood why people feel riffy metal/rock is a fitting soundtrack for Mega-City-One or Dredd. It dates things pretty quickly unless it's a contemporay setting or a full pulpy stylistic sci-fi which Dredd really isn't. Maybe ok buried in the background of street atmos but not for the full sound score.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 26 January, 2012, 09:10:24 PM
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 26 January, 2012, 09:10:24 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:05:27 PM
Maybe ok buried in the background of street atmos but not for the full sound score.
No, I don't think Meshuggah (the evil Archies) would make for a good score - but when I listen to it, I feel like the music is an 'aural dystopia'. I think a (dark) classical score is more in order for the film.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PM
Post by: Gonk on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PM
Quote from: Misanthrope on 26 January, 2012, 04:06:19 AM
Geoff Barrow and composer Ben Salisbury are bringing out an album inspired by Mega City 1.
http://www.spin.com/articles/portisheads-barrow-drops-2012-invada-label-sampler (http://www.spin.com/articles/portisheads-barrow-drops-2012-invada-label-sampler)
You can hear a sample of it here.
http://www.invada.co.uk/geoff-barrow-2012-compilation (http://www.invada.co.uk/geoff-barrow-2012-compilation)
Thanks misanthrope, I liked it. It's got a heavy inexorable quality about it, like Dredd's fist! :D
I hope they don't use a crap heavy rock band like "The Darkness" as part of the film score for Dredd, they've made an appearance in American Reaper. Using a heavy rock group would sound cheap and nasty on a Dredd film. Like Queen doing the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, camp rubbish.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: TordelBack on 26 January, 2012, 09:53:48 PM
Post by: TordelBack on 26 January, 2012, 09:53:48 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PMCheap and nasty. Like Queen doing the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, camp rubbish.
I'll pretend you never said that. It's better that way.
Although I agree about the Darkness.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:59:00 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:59:00 PM
It camp
Cos like, the Flash Gordon film wasn't camp.
Quote from: wonkychop on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PM
Like Queen doing the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, camp rubbish.
Cos like, the Flash Gordon film wasn't camp.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 26 January, 2012, 10:01:04 PM
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 26 January, 2012, 10:01:04 PM
But the soundtrack fit. So it's got to be an exception to the "crap rock score" rule, right?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: TordelBack on 26 January, 2012, 10:01:30 PM
Post by: TordelBack on 26 January, 2012, 10:01:30 PM
After Ornella Mutti and Brian Blessed, the Queen soundtrack is the third best thing about Flash Gordon, one of my favourite films of all time. And after Eugene Krabbs the Kurgan, the second best thing about Highlander.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: klute on 27 January, 2012, 07:34:22 AM
Post by: klute on 27 January, 2012, 07:34:22 AM
Quote from: TordelBack on 26 January, 2012, 10:01:30 PM
After Ornella Mutti and Brian Blessed, the Queen soundtrack is the third best thing about Flash Gordon, one of my favourite films of all time. And afterEugene Krabbsthe Kurgan, the second best thing about Highlander.
As cliche as it sounds i would like an industrial sound to the film and i can think of no better band than frontline assembly....listen to their millenium album it's very dark ie sex offender
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 08:54:46 AM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 08:54:46 AM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:59:00 PM
It campQuote from: wonkychop on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PM
Like Queen doing the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, camp rubbish.
Cos like, the Flash Gordon film wasn't camp.
Come of it! :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Bat King on 27 January, 2012, 09:28:40 AM
Post by: Bat King on 27 January, 2012, 09:28:40 AM
Flash Gordon was as camp as Baden Powell holding a jamboree on a Sunday.
That said... it knew it was, it meant to be, it did it right. Classic film from day 1.
Dredd, wouldn't be so good done camp... Yes dredd 'can' be a comedy, a musical, a poem, a romance, a drama, etc on page in 2000AD. Where people can read Dredd in different styles but still 'get it'.
Music for Dredd (film or otherwise) needs to be edgy but timeless.
That said, as an artistic journey, why not use Mega City One as your muse? Might not be for me, but not everything is meant to be.
That said... it knew it was, it meant to be, it did it right. Classic film from day 1.
Dredd, wouldn't be so good done camp... Yes dredd 'can' be a comedy, a musical, a poem, a romance, a drama, etc on page in 2000AD. Where people can read Dredd in different styles but still 'get it'.
Music for Dredd (film or otherwise) needs to be edgy but timeless.
That said, as an artistic journey, why not use Mega City One as your muse? Might not be for me, but not everything is meant to be.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 10:32:22 AM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 10:32:22 AM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 08:54:46 AMQuote from: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:59:00 PM
It campQuote from: wonkychop on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PM
Like Queen doing the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, camp rubbish.
Cos like, the Flash Gordon film wasn't camp.
Come of it! :lol:
That was the joke.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Spikes on 27 January, 2012, 11:13:01 AM
Post by: Spikes on 27 January, 2012, 11:13:01 AM
Quote from: wonkychop on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PMCheap and nasty. Like Queen doing the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, camp rubbish.
Tut.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 12:03:47 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 12:03:47 PM
Well if you like that sort of thing :D I was trying to imply that the Heavy Metal genre as a whole was camp. There is only so much I can take of long haired blokes thrusting their genitals at other long haired blokes in an audience before I think, camp trash. Robert Plant is a prime example of this sort of campness. How it ever got to be associated with being macho I do not know. Bands like that deserved to be laughed at. :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Spikes on 27 January, 2012, 01:17:58 PM
Post by: Spikes on 27 January, 2012, 01:17:58 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 12:03:47 PM
Well if you like that sort of thing :D I was trying to imply that the Heavy Metal genre as a whole was camp.
Well, i agree on that bit, never been a fan of Metal/Rock myself, but always thought Queen's soundtrack fitted the film perfectly. Flash Gordon is camp and silly fun, but played quite straight, and who would have been better than Queen, in combining as they did, equal measures of both theatrical and serious musicianship throughout their career, to provide the songs?
Apologies for the tut, btw - tutting is a bit rude, but it just sorta popped out when i read that post, ;)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 02:13:51 PM
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 02:13:51 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 12:03:47 PM
Well if you like that sort of thing :D I was trying to imply that the Heavy Metal genre as a whole was camp. There is only so much I can take of long haired blokes thrusting their genitals at other long haired blokes in an audience before I think, camp trash. Robert Plant is a prime example of this sort of campness. How it ever got to be associated with being macho I do not know. Bands like that deserved to be laughed at. :lol:
It was always seen as macho for the sheer number of female fans that throw themselves at the band members.
Robert Plant may seem camp to some, but I bet he has had more female action than most of us will see in several lifetimes.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: James Stacey on 27 January, 2012, 02:24:00 PM
Post by: James Stacey on 27 January, 2012, 02:24:00 PM
Queen are heavy metal now ? odd.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 02:31:56 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 02:31:56 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 12:03:47 PMWell if you like that sort of thing I was trying to imply that the Heavy Metal genre as a whole was camp...
How it ever got to be associated with being macho I do not know.
Because young blokes tended to look like that in the 70's anyway. It is a rather simplistic generalisation of metal bands though that's a bit dated.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 03:08:20 PM
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 03:08:20 PM
Wonkychop obviously prefers his men to be as manly as possible.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Toni Scandella on 27 January, 2012, 04:49:29 PM
Post by: Toni Scandella on 27 January, 2012, 04:49:29 PM
Quote from: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 02:13:51 PM
It was always seen as macho for the sheer number of female fans that throw themselves at the band members.
Oh, like Soft Cell you mean :)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 06:05:20 PM
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 06:05:20 PM
QuoteOh, like Soft Cell you mean :)
But the lead singer of Soft Cell would have thrown them back. :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 06:11:25 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 06:11:25 PM
It's not that chaps ( :-*) I just prefer musicians who can remain calm and dignified at all times.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 27 January, 2012, 06:17:49 PM
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 27 January, 2012, 06:17:49 PM
Quote from: James Stacey on 27 January, 2012, 02:24:00 PM
Queen are heavy metal now ? odd.
I was thinking the same thing!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 06:19:43 PM
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 06:19:43 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 06:11:25 PM
It's not that chaps ( :-*) I just prefer musicians who can remain calm and dignified at all times.
I prefer musicians that make good music. What they look like, and how they act on stage, has no bearing on the music as long as it is played well.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 06:29:44 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 06:29:44 PM
Quote from: James Stacey on 27 January, 2012, 02:24:00 PM
Queen are heavy metal now ? odd.
Not really. Freddie Mercury wore black leather and studs and drove around on a Harley in one of his vids. To me , that's an image I associate with the HM genre. Also The Darkness sound just like Queen, The Darkness call themselve HM , ergo Queen = HM.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: TordelBack on 27 January, 2012, 07:05:49 PM
Post by: TordelBack on 27 January, 2012, 07:05:49 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 06:29:44 PMAlso The Darkness sound just like Queen, The Darkness call themselve HM , ergo Queen = HM.
I may have this wrong, being out of touch with Youth and their 'Popular Music' for some time, but isn't The Darkness a spoof glam rock band? I ask in all ignorance.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 07:17:55 PM
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 07:17:55 PM
No. They're a genuine glam rock band.
Only ever heard them refer to themselves as "rock".
Only ever heard them refer to themselves as "rock".
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: TordelBack on 27 January, 2012, 07:33:16 PM
Post by: TordelBack on 27 January, 2012, 07:33:16 PM
Quote from: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 07:17:55 PM
No. They're a genuine glam rock band.
Gosh. I assumed it was all a joke, Justin Hawkins and his trousers and all. A knowing spoof of the excesses of glam rock, a sort of 21st C Spinal Tap, only not really funny. Oddly I had a colleague who was a major fan and swore they were a serious act, but I always thought she was just mad. Shows what I know about music!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: The Adventurer on 27 January, 2012, 08:00:28 PM
Post by: The Adventurer on 27 January, 2012, 08:00:28 PM
Getting back to the DROKK album... I liked those two tracks on the website. I rather like how they aren't the obvious (metal). Rather more of a cyberpunk dystopia/future techno sound. I think it fits and feels right.
But Mega-City 1, the sprawling varied megalopolis it is, can cover a lot of musical variety.
But Mega-City 1, the sprawling varied megalopolis it is, can cover a lot of musical variety.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 08:15:34 PM
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 08:15:34 PM
Quote from: The Adventurer on 27 January, 2012, 08:00:28 PM
Getting back to the DROKK album... I liked those two tracks on the website. I rather like how they aren't the obvious (metal). Rather more of a cyberpunk dystopia/future techno sound. I think it fits and feels right.
But Mega-City 1, the sprawling varied megalopolis it is, can cover a lot of musical variety.
I thought "Justice One" sounded very John Carpenter esque.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 27 January, 2012, 08:43:31 PM
Post by: Dandontdare on 27 January, 2012, 08:43:31 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 27 January, 2012, 07:33:16 PMQuote from: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 07:17:55 PM
No. They're a genuine glam rock band.
Gosh. I assumed it was all a joke, Justin Hawkins and his trousers and all. A knowing spoof of the excesses of glam rock, a sort of 21st C Spinal Tap, only not really funny. Oddly I had a colleague who was a major fan and swore they were a serious act, but I always thought she was just mad. Shows what I know about music!
They've been given the Mills/Langley Coolness seal of approval.
Nuff said.
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 06:11:25 PM
It's not that chaps ( :-*) I just prefer musicians who can remain calm and dignified at all times.
this is possibly the most stupid expression of musical taste that I have ever heard.
Calm and dignified? Fuck off.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:48:15 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:48:15 PM
Quote from: TordelBack on 27 January, 2012, 07:33:16 PMQuote from: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 07:17:55 PM
No. They're a genuine glam rock band.
Gosh. I assumed it was all a joke, Justin Hawkins and his trousers and all.
Yes they were a joke and promoted/prostituted themselves as such but it seemed that when they turned around and said 'yeah we liked having a laugh on our first releases but now we're famous we'd like to be taken serious please' their spotlight inevitably began to dim.
You can't have it both ways, most of the time.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:53:26 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:53:26 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 06:11:25 PM
I just prefer musicians who can remain calm and dignified at all times.
Bwahahahahhaha. Like Men who wear blazers and suits, Eric Clapton or the Shadows maybe?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 08:56:35 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 08:56:35 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 27 January, 2012, 08:43:31 PM
this is possibly the most stupid expression of musical taste that I have ever heard.
Calm and dignified? Fuck off.
Any bunch of musicians, whatever their style of music, who go on stage and refer to themselves as Gods, Kings, Princes of Darkness or whatever will have me laughing at them.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:59:36 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:59:36 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 08:56:35 PMAny bunch of musicians, whatever their style of music, who go on stage and refer to themselves as Gods, Kings, Princes of Darkness or whatever will have me laughing at them.
You've never heard of a bit of theatre darling.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 09:01:55 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 09:01:55 PM
huh, pantomime more like. Bunch of long haired 'nanas :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 27 January, 2012, 09:05:13 PM
Post by: Dandontdare on 27 January, 2012, 09:05:13 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 09:01:55 PM
huh, pantomime more like. Bunch of long haired 'nanas :lol:
Say that to Lemmy
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 09:07:51 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 09:07:51 PM
Dude! He was in Hawkwind. The band famous for having the worse bass player in the world in it. :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 09:09:02 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 09:09:02 PM
Dude, you haven't a notion.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 09:19:09 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 09:19:09 PM
I can't listen to someones' albums after they've appeared in a Bud' commercial and had their best song changed into a laughable country and western p###take. Hayseed Dixie. Pff.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 09:22:07 PM
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 09:22:07 PM
QuoteAny bunch of musicians, whatever their style of music, who go on stage and refer to themselves as Gods, Kings, Princes of Darkness or whatever will have me laughing at them.
So what music do you like watching, then?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 09:47:38 PM
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 09:47:38 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 06:11:25 PM
It's not that chaps ( :-*) I just prefer musicians who can remain calm and dignified at all times.
Like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDktA2j1WUY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDktA2j1WUY)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 09:55:12 PM
Post by: M.I.K. on 27 January, 2012, 09:55:12 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:53:26 PM
Bwahahahahhaha. Like Men who wear blazers and suits, Eric Clapton or the Shadows maybe?
Hoi! Wonkychop is quite clearly an imbecile with no taste in music, but don't you be dissin' The Shadows!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Spikes on 27 January, 2012, 10:01:28 PM
Post by: Spikes on 27 January, 2012, 10:01:28 PM
I must admit im having a hard time thinking of any musicians that fit this bill.
Hey Joe, blazers can be Rock n Roll, its all down to how you wear it ............
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 06:11:25 PMFirst thought was Cliff Richard? but even he's had sex once, Kraftwerk maybe, with their sober teutonic detachment? Dunno. Stumped.
I just prefer musicians who can remain calm and dignified at all times.
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 08:53:26 PM
Bwahahahahhaha. Like Men who wear blazers and suits.
Hey Joe, blazers can be Rock n Roll, its all down to how you wear it ............
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: bigjobs67 on 27 January, 2012, 10:27:48 PM
Post by: bigjobs67 on 27 January, 2012, 10:27:48 PM
Gotta love 'The Rip' offa 'Third'. !! Liked it a bit!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 10:37:32 PM
Post by: Gonk on 27 January, 2012, 10:37:32 PM
Go and look at the album cover to Lemmy's Ace of Spades album. That is camp. If I knew someone who went about looking like that I would be very concerned for them. TBH the band on that album cover look like they just walked out of the Brokeback Mountain film set. Were they xtras or did he play the banjo :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 10:43:14 PM
Post by: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 10:43:14 PM
Quote from: wonkychop on 27 January, 2012, 10:37:32 PM
Go and look at the album cover to Lemmy's Ace of Spades album. That is camp. If I knew someone who went about looking like that I would be very concerned for them. TBH the band on that album cover look like they just walked out of the Brokeback Mountain film set. Were they xtras or did he play the banjo :lol:
Do you like "Under the bridge" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 10:46:48 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 27 January, 2012, 10:46:48 PM
I don't think it's dignified enough for him.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Eric Plumrose on 28 January, 2012, 07:51:07 AM
Post by: Eric Plumrose on 28 January, 2012, 07:51:07 AM
Quote from: The return of Judge Jack on 27 January, 2012, 10:01:28 PMFirst thought was Cliff Richard? but even he's had sex once, Kraftwerk maybe, with their sober teutonic detachment?
Cliff Richard had sex with Kraftwerk?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 28 January, 2012, 09:55:38 AM
Post by: Gonk on 28 January, 2012, 09:55:38 AM
Golly. I wonder what that sounded like!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 10:28:03 AM
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 10:28:03 AM
No 'Portishead' fans out there then?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 January, 2012, 11:14:41 AM
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 January, 2012, 11:14:41 AM
Big fan of Portishead. Two of my greatest ever gigs have been Portishead gigs.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 11:25:45 AM
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 11:25:45 AM
Never seen em live but do love their music. Thought Third was amazin. Think the Charlie Brooker 'Black Mirror' trailers used 'The Rip' in them. Love that tune.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 January, 2012, 11:27:51 AM
Post by: Colin YNWA on 28 January, 2012, 11:27:51 AM
Third is a great record and there's some tracks on that that really wouldn't be out of place in any Dredd soundtrack.
If you ever get the chance to see them live grab it with both hands as they are quite stunning.
If you ever get the chance to see them live grab it with both hands as they are quite stunning.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 11:32:37 AM
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 11:32:37 AM
Will do mate.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 28 January, 2012, 12:31:35 PM
Post by: Gonk on 28 January, 2012, 12:31:35 PM
Quote from: Misanthrope on 27 January, 2012, 10:43:14 PM
Do you like "Under the bridge" by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers?
I always thought they were o.k.. There has recently been a line up change wiht John Frusciante leaving the band so don't know how different they sound. I always thought that Faith No More were a bit better, but that's only my personal taste. As for Lemmy, 'course I'm a fan, 'ave been for years.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: I, Cosh on 28 January, 2012, 01:19:47 PM
Post by: I, Cosh on 28 January, 2012, 01:19:47 PM
That first DROKK track is pure Carpenter pastiche but the second is a bit more interesting and atmospheric. I also liked the Katalyst and Thought Forms tracks.
Metal soundtrack on a film is an instant signifier that the production is being done on the cheap and is overly concerned with appealing to the 15-21 year old spotty herbert demographic. Apologies to non-spotty-herbert metal fans: there's very little metal that I like as I find the rigid adherence to formulaic structures and celebration of pointless virtuosity very dull. On the other hand, I like a lot of techno so feel free to make your own retort about tedious repetition or something.
Third is a good album, even though I only really like three or four tracks off it. The Rip is one of them. Machine Gun is another: I can't get enough of that drum sound.
Metal soundtrack on a film is an instant signifier that the production is being done on the cheap and is overly concerned with appealing to the 15-21 year old spotty herbert demographic. Apologies to non-spotty-herbert metal fans: there's very little metal that I like as I find the rigid adherence to formulaic structures and celebration of pointless virtuosity very dull. On the other hand, I like a lot of techno so feel free to make your own retort about tedious repetition or something.
Third is a good album, even though I only really like three or four tracks off it. The Rip is one of them. Machine Gun is another: I can't get enough of that drum sound.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 01:29:50 PM
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 01:29:50 PM
Mad innit. Love the 'Fog horn' @ the end of 'Threads'! Like a call to arms. Or War of the worlds?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Daveycandlish on 28 January, 2012, 03:46:11 PM
Post by: Daveycandlish on 28 January, 2012, 03:46:11 PM
Just listened to the DROKK stuff there - not bad.
Anyone listened to the Chemical Brothers soundtrack to Hanna? That would fit pretty well into the world of Dredd
Anyone listened to the Chemical Brothers soundtrack to Hanna? That would fit pretty well into the world of Dredd
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 04:07:39 PM
Post by: bigjobs67 on 28 January, 2012, 04:07:39 PM
I haven't mate. I liked their 'Dig your own hole' album. I guess if it's the sound track to one film already it won't be for another. But yeah. Something along the lines of the Chemical Brothers for a sound track.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 29 January, 2012, 08:51:53 AM
Post by: locustsofdeath! on 29 January, 2012, 08:51:53 AM
Quote from: The return of Judge Jack on 27 January, 2012, 01:17:58 PM
never been a fan of Metal/Rock myself, but always thought Queen's soundtrack fitted the film perfectly.
Lost Boys is another film that works well because of a rock soundtrack - the movie simply revels in its "80's-ness". I also love the fact that although the film also has a proper score...it's synth.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Bat King on 29 January, 2012, 09:24:03 AM
Post by: Bat King on 29 January, 2012, 09:24:03 AM
Quote from: locustsofdeath! on 29 January, 2012, 08:51:53 AMQuote from: The return of Judge Jack on 27 January, 2012, 01:17:58 PM
never been a fan of Metal/Rock myself, but always thought Queen's soundtrack fitted the film perfectly.
Lost Boys is another film that works well because of a rock soundtrack - the movie simply revels in its "80's-ness". I also love the fact that although the film also has a proper score...it's synth.
Well said that locust.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 31 January, 2012, 11:22:43 AM
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 31 January, 2012, 11:22:43 AM
Quod erat demonstrandum (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnVb5dQsguE&feature=related)
We can lock this thread now thank you.
We can lock this thread now thank you.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Large48 on 02 February, 2012, 11:16:26 AM
Post by: Large48 on 02 February, 2012, 11:16:26 AM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 26 January, 2012, 09:59:00 PM
It campQuote from: wonkychop on 26 January, 2012, 09:50:50 PM
Like Queen doing the soundtrack to Flash Gordon, camp rubbish.
Cos like, the Flash Gordon film wasn't camp.
Well it has one of the best lines ever which I shall probably misquote now......
" Flash I love you but we only have 12 hours to save the world "
Apart from that it was a bit rubbish.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: TordelBack on 02 February, 2012, 11:23:06 AM
Post by: TordelBack on 02 February, 2012, 11:23:06 AM
Quote from: Large48 on 02 February, 2012, 11:16:26 AM
Apart from that it was a bit rubbish.
A 'bit of rubbish'? It's total rubbish, glorious rubbish, willfully marvelous beautiful rubbish. In short, it's great, and I don't mean that in any hip ironic way.
(14 hours, BTW - 12 hours would be ridiculous: he's just a man, y'know).
EDIT:
Also, I seriously considered suggesting these as wedding vows:
Priest: Do you, Ming the Merciless, Ruler of the Universe, take this Earthling Dale Arden, to be your Empress of the Hour?
Ming: Of the hour, yes.
P: Do you promise to use her as you will?
M: Certainly!
P: Not to blast her into space?
[Ming glares at Priest]
P:Uhh, until such time as you grow weary of her.
M: I do.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Gonk on 02 February, 2012, 11:25:01 AM
Post by: Gonk on 02 February, 2012, 11:25:01 AM
...who can never fail. Oh Flash! :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Emperor on 07 March, 2012, 04:06:43 AM
Post by: Emperor on 07 March, 2012, 04:06:43 AM
DTT have more information, including:
http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2012/03/drokk-me-its-only-some-mega-city-music.html
QuoteWe're told Tharg is delighted by the new album.
"2000AD is delighted that Judge Dredd continues to inspire artists in the year of the character's 35th anniversary, especially such high profile talents as Geoff and Ben," said one of his droids. " You can tell, from their vision of the Big Meg, that they're massive fans of the strip."
http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com/2012/03/drokk-me-its-only-some-mega-city-music.html
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: radiator on 07 March, 2012, 06:13:54 AM
Post by: radiator on 07 March, 2012, 06:13:54 AM
Yhere's an article about this in next months Megazine, isn't there?
Title: Big Meg music
Post by: Heath C Ackley on 09 March, 2012, 07:07:45 PM
Post by: Heath C Ackley on 09 March, 2012, 07:07:45 PM
Another piece of 2000ad news on CBR:
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/03/drokk-its-an-album-inspired-by-mega-city-one/
As a fan of Portishead, I might give this a go.
http://robot6.comicbookresources.com/2012/03/drokk-its-an-album-inspired-by-mega-city-one/
As a fan of Portishead, I might give this a go.
Title: Re: Big Meg music
Post by: The Adventurer on 09 March, 2012, 07:11:00 PM
Post by: The Adventurer on 09 March, 2012, 07:11:00 PM
No mention in the article of when it will come out, or where to get it. That's annoying.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: strontium71 on 09 March, 2012, 07:45:02 PM
Post by: strontium71 on 09 March, 2012, 07:45:02 PM
In the words of someone dear to us ;) , I reckon it'll be out soon and 100% guaranteed - trust me - before 2014.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: BPP on 10 March, 2012, 04:26:39 PM
Post by: BPP on 10 March, 2012, 04:26:39 PM
Am sure I've said this before but Judge Minty and Lets Fxxk by the Forum affiliated You Already Know is a perfect match. More of dirty electro chap myself but that track is a wonderful mix of piledriver riffs and emotion lead guitar, just what action movie editing thrives on.
http://youtu.be/QEw3iu-IflQ (http://youtu.be/QEw3iu-IflQ)
http://youtu.be/QEw3iu-IflQ (http://youtu.be/QEw3iu-IflQ)
Title: Portishead's Geoff Barrow to release Judge Dredd album
Post by: esoteric ed on 11 March, 2012, 02:19:48 PM
Post by: esoteric ed on 11 March, 2012, 02:19:48 PM
Just spotted this on the NME homepage.
http://www.nme.com/news/portishead/62558 (http://www.nme.com/news/portishead/62558)
Ed
Title: Re: Portishead's Geoff Barrow to release Judge Dredd album
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 11 March, 2012, 02:22:33 PM
Post by: Dark Jimbo on 11 March, 2012, 02:22:33 PM
The hivemind are waaaay ahead of you - http://forums.2000adonline.com/index.php/topic,35219.0/topicseen.html
Title: Re: Portishead's Geoff Barrow to release Judge Dredd album
Post by: esoteric ed on 11 March, 2012, 02:25:48 PM
Post by: esoteric ed on 11 March, 2012, 02:25:48 PM
Doh! lol! ::) Hell, I need to read through the rest of the forum more often then just the Latest Prog and Dredd movie updates ;) If any mods want to remove this feel free.
Ed
Ed
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: radiator on 11 March, 2012, 02:28:10 PM
Post by: radiator on 11 March, 2012, 02:28:10 PM
Just a thought - but I read an article that mentioned that the duo behind DROKK were originally working on a film soundtrack that never came to fruition.
Perhaps they were originally slated to work on the actual DREDD soundtrack, but it never happened for some reason, and DROKK is the result of their work?
Perhaps they were originally slated to work on the actual DREDD soundtrack, but it never happened for some reason, and DROKK is the result of their work?
Title: Re: Portishead's Geoff Barrow to release Judge Dredd album
Post by: Emperor on 11 March, 2012, 02:51:05 PM
Post by: Emperor on 11 March, 2012, 02:51:05 PM
Quote from: esoteric ed on 11 March, 2012, 02:25:48 PM
Doh! lol! ::) Hell, I need to read through the rest of the forum more often then just the Latest Prog and Dredd movie updates ;) If any mods want to remove this feel free.
I merged it as I was going to post the NME link, so it saves me the trouble.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 20 April, 2012, 11:38:41 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 20 April, 2012, 11:38:41 PM
DROKK limited edition:
http://invada.co.uk/drokk
http://invada.co.uk/drokk
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dweezil2 on 20 April, 2012, 11:52:46 PM
Post by: dweezil2 on 20 April, 2012, 11:52:46 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 20 April, 2012, 11:38:41 PM
DROKK limited edition:
http://invada.co.uk/drokk
That's a nice piece of kit!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Mr.Fastrope on 21 April, 2012, 12:26:26 AM
Post by: Mr.Fastrope on 21 April, 2012, 12:26:26 AM
t-shirt is look good :)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: I, Cosh on 21 April, 2012, 12:36:47 AM
Post by: I, Cosh on 21 April, 2012, 12:36:47 AM
Lovely looking set. If I was drunk this evening the £60 price tag wouldn't have put me off.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: The Adventurer on 21 April, 2012, 12:43:03 AM
Post by: The Adventurer on 21 April, 2012, 12:43:03 AM
When can I buy the music as a digital download via iTunes, Amazon, or the band themselves. That's all I care about. I don't need 'stuff'.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: I, Cosh on 21 April, 2012, 12:49:09 AM
Post by: I, Cosh on 21 April, 2012, 12:49:09 AM
Quote from: The Adventurer on 21 April, 2012, 12:43:03 AMNow. You can stream it or buy it from the link above. http://drokk.bandcamp.com/
When can I buy the music as a digital download via iTunes, Amazon, or the band themselves. That's all I care about. I don't need 'stuff'.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 21 April, 2012, 12:55:21 AM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 21 April, 2012, 12:55:21 AM
Quote from: The Adventurer on 21 April, 2012, 12:43:03 AM
When can I buy the music as a digital download via iTunes, Amazon, or the band themselves. That's all I care about. I don't need 'stuff'.
It's in the link I provided above.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Large48 on 21 April, 2012, 07:02:24 AM
Post by: Large48 on 21 April, 2012, 07:02:24 AM
I quite likes the sample track, unlike some old fogies on this forum!
They know who they are!
They know who they are!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 21 April, 2012, 08:43:19 AM
Post by: Dandontdare on 21 April, 2012, 08:43:19 AM
is it possible to get that free sample track without one of those smartphone scanner thingies?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 21 April, 2012, 09:01:38 AM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 21 April, 2012, 09:01:38 AM
Think yourself lucky that you haven't heard it!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Albion on 21 April, 2012, 09:33:24 AM
Post by: Albion on 21 April, 2012, 09:33:24 AM
You can listen to it here.
http://drokk.bandcamp.com/
Thanks to crazyfoxmachine for posting this link on Facebook.
http://drokk.bandcamp.com/
Thanks to crazyfoxmachine for posting this link on Facebook.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dweezil2 on 21 April, 2012, 10:11:58 AM
Post by: dweezil2 on 21 April, 2012, 10:11:58 AM
Quote from: Albion on 21 April, 2012, 09:33:24 AM
You can listen to it here.
http://drokk.bandcamp.com/
Thanks to crazyfoxmachine for posting this link on Facebook.
Thanks for passing on the link.
Good stuff that!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 21 April, 2012, 11:20:55 AM
Post by: Dandontdare on 21 April, 2012, 11:20:55 AM
thanks for posting that. I don't do Facebook either (You know as a kid I always thought futises made little sense - you wouldn't call it Future Shock 'cos to you it would be the prersent, it sounded silly. Nowadays I am warming to the idea. I'm one New Web Phenomenon away from running down Deansgate with automatic weaponry!)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Frank on 21 April, 2012, 11:57:30 AM
Post by: Frank on 21 April, 2012, 11:57:30 AM
I want that shirt.
I'm enjoying the album and the idea that this might have been the Dredd soundtrack is tantalising. I'd recommend listening to it on a nighttime drive through the city; there are parts of Glasgow, the elevated section of the Clydeside Expressway that passes the construction work around the SECC, where the city already does a passable impression of the nascent MC1 we see in Origins and Al's Baby.
Apparently, Drokk functions as an alternative soundtrack for the 1995 film too, in the same way Dark Side of the Moon synchs-up with The Wizard of Oz- anyone tried it yet?
I'm enjoying the album and the idea that this might have been the Dredd soundtrack is tantalising. I'd recommend listening to it on a nighttime drive through the city; there are parts of Glasgow, the elevated section of the Clydeside Expressway that passes the construction work around the SECC, where the city already does a passable impression of the nascent MC1 we see in Origins and Al's Baby.
Apparently, Drokk functions as an alternative soundtrack for the 1995 film too, in the same way Dark Side of the Moon synchs-up with The Wizard of Oz- anyone tried it yet?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 21 April, 2012, 12:38:24 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 21 April, 2012, 12:38:24 PM
Quote from: bikini kill on 21 April, 2012, 11:57:30 AMI'm enjoying the album and the idea that this might have been the Dredd soundtrack is tantalising.
I like the music but as a soundtrack to the new Dredd I don't think it would've fully worked nor do I think it is fully up to scratch for those purposes. If they'd made a Dredd film in the 80's this would've been perfect but some of it is too retro-Carpenter.
It remains to be heard what Paul Leonard-Morgan has done but he had this to say about his Dredd-score:
Take a bunch of 80's analog synths, stick them through every distortion pedal known to man, then add on some crunched up beats, and you should be halfway there...
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 21 April, 2012, 01:02:19 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 21 April, 2012, 01:02:19 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 21 April, 2012, 09:01:38 AM
Think yourself lucky that you haven't heard it!
The more I listen to it the better it gets.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Greg M. on 21 April, 2012, 01:27:28 PM
Post by: Greg M. on 21 April, 2012, 01:27:28 PM
For some stupid reason I wasn't expecting this to be my sort of thing, but thanks to that link, I've had a listen and really enjoyed it. Very atmospheric and as Joe says it has a retro-soundtrack vibe that I really appreciate.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Noisybast on 21 April, 2012, 06:28:35 PM
Post by: Noisybast on 21 April, 2012, 06:28:35 PM
Not bad at all (if not really the sort of thing I'd generally listen to). I think it would quite nicely as a movie or game soundtrack, but I can't see this going on heavy rotation for the drive to work.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 21 April, 2012, 06:55:16 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 21 April, 2012, 06:55:16 PM
I was on about the free track not the album!
I may get round to listening to the whole thing before I buy it, through that link.
I may get round to listening to the whole thing before I buy it, through that link.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Mudcrab on 23 April, 2012, 08:00:24 PM
Post by: Mudcrab on 23 April, 2012, 08:00:24 PM
Just got round to checking this out. Can see the "Carpenter film" comparison pretty clearly, but it's also very Koyaanisqatsi (I refuse to look it up to check, so the spelling's probably wrong).
It also strikes me that you could conceivably do a mix of that with Catch 33 and get away with it :D
Also reminding me a bit of Jeff Mills' Metropolis soundtrack. No surprise there though I suppose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBd1X1Qk-g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBd1X1Qk-g)
It also strikes me that you could conceivably do a mix of that with Catch 33 and get away with it :D
Also reminding me a bit of Jeff Mills' Metropolis soundtrack. No surprise there though I suppose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBd1X1Qk-g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBd1X1Qk-g)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Colin YNWA on 24 April, 2012, 03:04:03 PM
Post by: Colin YNWA on 24 April, 2012, 03:04:03 PM
Official press release over at the main site.
http://www.2000adonline.com/news/24-04-2012/drokk_me/ (http://www.2000adonline.com/news/24-04-2012/drokk_me/)
I really want to kid myself that I can justice spending £60 on this, love Portishead, like what I've heard of it, love that t-shirt, like me a nice bit of vinyl, love me some Dredd... but I can't...
... I really can't...
Its times like this I wish I had the same mentality as Commando Forces then this would be mine... sigh...
http://www.2000adonline.com/news/24-04-2012/drokk_me/ (http://www.2000adonline.com/news/24-04-2012/drokk_me/)
I really want to kid myself that I can justice spending £60 on this, love Portishead, like what I've heard of it, love that t-shirt, like me a nice bit of vinyl, love me some Dredd... but I can't...
... I really can't...
Its times like this I wish I had the same mentality as Commando Forces then this would be mine... sigh...
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: brendan1 on 24 April, 2012, 04:26:19 PM
Post by: brendan1 on 24 April, 2012, 04:26:19 PM
Quote from: Mudcrab on 23 April, 2012, 08:00:24 PM
Also reminding me a bit of Jeff Mills' Metropolis soundtrack. No surprise there though I suppose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBd1X1Qk-g (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvBd1X1Qk-g)
I LOVE Jeff Mills. "Robot Replica" off Metropolis is a very ace track.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: gronk guy on 24 April, 2012, 06:13:32 PM
Post by: gronk guy on 24 April, 2012, 06:13:32 PM
7.99 postage too.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 24 April, 2012, 07:06:57 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 24 April, 2012, 07:06:57 PM
I ordered the CD for about £9 the other day and that's what I'm sticking at.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 24 April, 2012, 07:44:33 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 24 April, 2012, 07:44:33 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 24 April, 2012, 07:06:57 PM
I ordered the CD for about £9 the other day and that's what I'm sticking at.
For this week anyway.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Roger Godpleton on 24 April, 2012, 08:00:43 PM
Post by: Roger Godpleton on 24 April, 2012, 08:00:43 PM
I don't have children so I'm perfectly capable of affording this. Don't think I'll do so, though.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 24 April, 2012, 08:13:46 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 24 April, 2012, 08:13:46 PM
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Jared Katooie on 24 April, 2012, 08:57:21 PM
Post by: Jared Katooie on 24 April, 2012, 08:57:21 PM
I always thought that Dredd vs. Death pretty much nailed the tone of Dredd in terms of the soundtrack.
Pretty damn good. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA_9-UMIg8g&feature=relmfu)
And I LOVE the music from Deadworld! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLZUfFWeoik&feature=relmfu)
Pretty damn good. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA_9-UMIg8g&feature=relmfu)
And I LOVE the music from Deadworld! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLZUfFWeoik&feature=relmfu)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dweezil2 on 25 April, 2012, 12:37:15 PM
Post by: dweezil2 on 25 April, 2012, 12:37:15 PM
Drokk received a 4 star (out of 5) review in the latest Mojo magazine.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 04 May, 2012, 08:57:04 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 04 May, 2012, 08:57:04 PM
I gave this a good old listen to last night and could hear numerous influences through the cd. Mostly it reminded me of the music from Dawn and Day of the Dead. It had snippets of Escape from New York and Terminator scattered around the place. There was definitely some John Carpenter in there along with a wee bit of Kraftwork.
To round it all off I just played the start of a certain track to the good lady to see if she would agree with me and she did. There is one track that begins like Kim Wilde's 'Kids in America'
So there you are, go and buy it now!
To round it all off I just played the start of a certain track to the good lady to see if she would agree with me and she did. There is one track that begins like Kim Wilde's 'Kids in America'
So there you are, go and buy it now!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: radiator on 04 May, 2012, 09:25:30 PM
Post by: radiator on 04 May, 2012, 09:25:30 PM
Yep, I really like it too. It's a bit of a mash up of the Terminator, Drive and any 1980s Carpenter soundtrack.
Hope the official Dredd ost is anywhere near as good.
Hope the official Dredd ost is anywhere near as good.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Steve Green on 05 May, 2012, 07:11:59 PM
Post by: Steve Green on 05 May, 2012, 07:11:59 PM
There's going to be a performance of extracts from the album at Orbital Comics on 16th May
http://www.orbitalcomics.com/blog/2012/05/03/drokk-mega-city-one-comes-to-orbital-with-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury/
http://www.orbitalcomics.com/blog/2012/05/03/drokk-mega-city-one-comes-to-orbital-with-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury/
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Emperor on 06 May, 2012, 04:42:27 AM
Post by: Emperor on 06 May, 2012, 04:42:27 AM
There's a big interview with Geoff Barrow about the album and his love for 2000AD:
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/features/301804-geoff_barrow_talks_drokk_2000ad_as_important_me_public_enemy
www.theskinny.co.uk/music/features/301804-geoff_barrow_talks_drokk_2000ad_as_important_me_public_enemy
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Colin YNWA on 06 May, 2012, 07:01:43 AM
Post by: Colin YNWA on 06 May, 2012, 07:01:43 AM
Great interview, very interesting fro a musical point of view (4th Portishead record YAH!). Just a shame that they talk about 2000ad as though its done and dusted!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Greg M. on 06 May, 2012, 09:36:06 PM
Post by: Greg M. on 06 May, 2012, 09:36:06 PM
Having obsessively listened to it on the website since that link was shared a while back, I've finally got hold of a copy and am really enjoying it. The Carpenter vibe was apparent from the outset (shades in particular of 'Prince of Darkness') but the more I listen, the more I'm hearing that healthy Brad Fiedel influence (and maybe even a wee bit of Claudio Simonetti?) Smashing.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Large48 on 06 May, 2012, 10:16:12 PM
Post by: Large48 on 06 May, 2012, 10:16:12 PM
Are they shipping the T-Shirt version yet?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 07 May, 2012, 04:36:31 AM
Post by: O Lucky Stevie! on 07 May, 2012, 04:36:31 AM
Snut! JB Hi Fi --the cheaper music retail alternative here in Auxtralia-- are gouging peeps Au$30.99 for the standard edition & Au$35.99 for the special edition cd:
https://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=drokk&source=all (https://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=drokk&source=all)
Which is pretty snecking steep considering that most other Invada releases range from Au$17.99 to Au$24.99:.
Katalyst: http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?q=Katalyst&source=artist (http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?q=Katalyst&source=artist)
Boca 45: http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=boca+45&source=all (http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=boca+45&source=all)*
*Boca's Jukebox wasn't an Invada release.
https://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=drokk&source=all (https://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=drokk&source=all)
Which is pretty snecking steep considering that most other Invada releases range from Au$17.99 to Au$24.99:.
Katalyst: http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?q=Katalyst&source=artist (http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?q=Katalyst&source=artist)
Boca 45: http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=boca+45&source=all (http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/support.aspx?post=1&results=10&q=boca+45&source=all)*
*Boca's Jukebox wasn't an Invada release.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: radiator on 11 May, 2012, 09:55:24 AM
Post by: radiator on 11 May, 2012, 09:55:24 AM
Nice four-star review of DROKK on Den of Geek:
http://www.denofgeek.com/misc/1277056/drokk_music_inspired_by_mega_city_one_review.html (http://www.denofgeek.com/misc/1277056/drokk_music_inspired_by_mega_city_one_review.html)
QuoteNo crunching dubstep or glitch squeaks in sight. No angsty metal band groaning about being set free while they collect a hefty fee. Every 2000AD fan, electro-kid and soundtrack buff should give Drokk a listen. It's the law.
http://www.denofgeek.com/misc/1277056/drokk_music_inspired_by_mega_city_one_review.html (http://www.denofgeek.com/misc/1277056/drokk_music_inspired_by_mega_city_one_review.html)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Spaceghost on 11 May, 2012, 10:36:42 AM
Post by: Spaceghost on 11 May, 2012, 10:36:42 AM
My copy of DROKK arrived at the weekend and I've been listening to it constantly all week. It's fantastic. As others have said, it's evocative of many classic film soundtracks such as The Terminator, Blade Runner and the soundtracks of John Carpenter.
I would have been enjoying this even without the Dredd connection because I love electronic ambient music and this is a stark, beautiful example.
I hope that the music that's been chosen for the new film sticks to a similar vibe as it's a perfect fit.
Highly recommended.
I would have been enjoying this even without the Dredd connection because I love electronic ambient music and this is a stark, beautiful example.
I hope that the music that's been chosen for the new film sticks to a similar vibe as it's a perfect fit.
Highly recommended.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: radiator on 11 May, 2012, 11:03:46 AM
Post by: radiator on 11 May, 2012, 11:03:46 AM
Yep, I'm really enjoying it too. Funnily enough I actually suggested in the Dredd OST thread that something instrumentally along the lines of Portishead's 'We Carry On' would make for a cool soundtrack to the new film - and that almost came to be - many tracks on DROKK have a very similar sound - especially 'Scope the Block' - one of my favourites off the album.
Every time I listen to the first few bars of 'Lawmaster/Pursuit' I can see the opening scene of the film in my mind's eye - slow fade-in of Cursed Earth desert, panning across to reveal the shimmering lights of Mega-city on the horizon as an introductory crawl appears on the screen in glorious 1980s retro-futuristic Terminator-like font...
According to that quote Joe Soap posted, the official ost will be quite similar - lots of synths, very dark etc.
Every time I listen to the first few bars of 'Lawmaster/Pursuit' I can see the opening scene of the film in my mind's eye - slow fade-in of Cursed Earth desert, panning across to reveal the shimmering lights of Mega-city on the horizon as an introductory crawl appears on the screen in glorious 1980s retro-futuristic Terminator-like font...
QuoteI hope that the music that's been chosen for the new film sticks to a similar vibe as it's a perfect fit.
According to that quote Joe Soap posted, the official ost will be quite similar - lots of synths, very dark etc.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 11 May, 2012, 02:27:04 PM
Post by: Dandontdare on 11 May, 2012, 02:27:04 PM
Quote from: Steve Green on 05 May, 2012, 07:11:59 PM
There's going to be a performance of extracts from the album at Orbital Comics on 16th May
http://www.orbitalcomics.com/blog/2012/05/03/drokk-mega-city-one-comes-to-orbital-with-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury/
woohoo - I'm in London that day by coincidence, so I'll pop along for that
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dweezil2 on 11 May, 2012, 03:00:56 PM
Post by: dweezil2 on 11 May, 2012, 03:00:56 PM
Loving Drokk! It's a fantastic listen and understanding that it started out as a score for the new movie lends it even more resonance.
As already mentioned there's a definite Carpenter vibe-some of it could of been lifted from the Assault On Precinct 13 score and there's a few nods to Brad Fiedel's Terminator stuff.
Great stuff!
As already mentioned there's a definite Carpenter vibe-some of it could of been lifted from the Assault On Precinct 13 score and there's a few nods to Brad Fiedel's Terminator stuff.
Great stuff!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dracula1 on 11 May, 2012, 03:13:54 PM
Post by: dracula1 on 11 May, 2012, 03:13:54 PM
Is a digital download available? :P
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dweezil2 on 11 May, 2012, 03:29:40 PM
Post by: dweezil2 on 11 May, 2012, 03:29:40 PM
Quote from: dracula1 on 11 May, 2012, 03:13:54 PM
Is a digital download available? :P
Take a look here:
http://drokk.bandcamp.com/
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Large48 on 11 May, 2012, 03:45:07 PM
Post by: Large48 on 11 May, 2012, 03:45:07 PM
Anyone know the difference between the standard and special CD's?
Tried looking but can't seem to see anything............
Tried looking but can't seem to see anything............
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 11 May, 2012, 04:15:08 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 11 May, 2012, 04:15:08 PM
They cost more ;)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Large48 on 11 May, 2012, 04:19:27 PM
Post by: Large48 on 11 May, 2012, 04:19:27 PM
CF, where did you get your one for £9 then?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 11 May, 2012, 06:09:37 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 11 May, 2012, 06:09:37 PM
I think it was Amazon.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Frank on 11 May, 2012, 07:40:41 PM
Post by: Frank on 11 May, 2012, 07:40:41 PM
Quote from: dweezil2 on 11 May, 2012, 03:00:56 PM
Loving Drokk! It's a fantastic listen and understanding that it started out as a score for the new movie lends it even more resonance.
As already mentioned there's a definite Carpenter vibe-some of it could of been lifted from the Assault On Precinct 13 score and there's a few nods to Brad Fiedel's Terminator stuff. Great stuff!
Can't agree enough about the quality of DROKK (http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B007KFZ84G/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&seller=). Those reference points are fair enough- and I enjoy the interplay between a prowling electronic bass line and a whip-like syndrum as much as the next man- but there's even more going on than an analogue synth and betamax video nostalgia fest.
Inhale reminds me of The Dust Brothers' disorientating score for Fight Club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWIhaW_BfI), and combines the hypnotic, narcotic rhythm of the best Stoner Rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXGu81Rk1g) and Dub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45jPSb9BS54) with the aural soundscapes of The Orb (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5NsgwDcX8) or Eno (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgQyIMX_XU). When the psilocybin hits the fan, the dominant riff staggers into the worst trip this side of White Rabbit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0) ... then gets up and carries right on as before. I would have loved to see Urban ripped off his tits [spoiler]on Slo-Mo[/spoiler], trying to Carry on Judging, with this in the background.
Even the titles are a class apart; Clone Gunman and Puerto Luminae demonstrate that Barrow's fan credentials are of the highest order, and if no-one takes Miami Lawgiver as the starting point for a Dredd story they must be spoiled for ideas.
Highly Recommended (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Drokk-Music-Inspired-Mega-City-One/dp/B007WR92QW/ref=sr_1_1_digr?ie=UTF8&qid=1336759949&sr=8-1).
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Batman's Superior Cousin on 11 May, 2012, 07:43:54 PM
Post by: Batman's Superior Cousin on 11 May, 2012, 07:43:54 PM
Bought the Mega-City Special Edition of this!!!!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 08:15:09 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 08:15:09 PM
Quote from: bikini kill on 11 May, 2012, 07:40:41 PM
Inhale reminds me of The Dust Brothers' disorientating score for Fight Club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuWIhaW_BfI), and combines the hypnotic, narcotic rhythm of the best Stoner Rock (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAXGu81Rk1g) and Dub (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45jPSb9BS54) with the aural soundscapes of The Orb (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5NsgwDcX8) or Eno (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgQyIMX_XU). When the psilocybin hits the fan, the dominant riff staggers into the worst trip this side of White Rabbit (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WANNqr-vcx0) ... then gets up and carries right on as before. I would have loved to see Urban ripped off his tits [spoiler]on Slo-Mo[/spoiler], trying to Carry on Judging, with this in the background.
Inhale's singular Garage-Rock riff is the one that sounds a little ill-fitting and the tacked-on, uninspired noise-scape don't do much for these bleeding ears, probably the weakest track.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Steve Green on 11 May, 2012, 08:24:32 PM
Post by: Steve Green on 11 May, 2012, 08:24:32 PM
Wasn't that keen on first listen, even as a Carpenter fan, just a bit too stripped down for my tastes - but the album's growing on me.
Don't like Inhale much either...
Don't like Inhale much either...
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 08:32:07 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 08:32:07 PM
Quote from: Large48 on 11 May, 2012, 03:45:07 PM
Anyone know the difference between the standard and special CD's?
Tried looking but can't seem to see anything............
The vinyl & deluxe edition cd -downloadable- have these extra tracks:
Heista
Cal
Dark Judges
Fish
Justice 1 (demo)
Miami Lawgiver (alt. version)
Call-me-kenneth
Scope the Block (alt. version)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Greg M. on 11 May, 2012, 08:37:55 PM
Post by: Greg M. on 11 May, 2012, 08:37:55 PM
Oh, bother. Amazon doesn't give the track listing for the special edition, so I bought the regular cheapo version assuming I was just missing some fancier packaging. Still, I like the fact they've named a bonus track 'Hestia': shows they're not just 'I liked it in the 80s' fans, and that they stuck around through the dark days till the glory of Wagner's return saved us all.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Frank on 11 May, 2012, 09:04:33 PM
Post by: Frank on 11 May, 2012, 09:04:33 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 08:15:09 PM
Inhale's singular Garage-Rock riff is the one that sounds a little ill-fitting and the tacked-on, uninspired noise-scape don't do much for these bleeding ears, probably the weakest track.
You say Garage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rudYFMF5R7Y), I say Stoner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFC5ldFCFSc). Given the Leitmotif - and, presumably, its intended purpose in the film- it's not surprising that Inhale is a change of pace and a digression from the brutal aesceticism of the rest of the album.
Reminds me of Can (http://open.spotify.com/track/255Avr3FBXamIt2Gm0o9Wn), Neu (http://open.spotify.com/track/5ixIjfFd7K2P1TYaHgvaHk) and the best of Krautrock.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Greg M. on 11 May, 2012, 09:13:01 PM
Post by: Greg M. on 11 May, 2012, 09:13:01 PM
Quote from: bikini kill on 11 May, 2012, 09:04:33 PM
Reminds me of Can (http://open.spotify.com/track/255Avr3FBXamIt2Gm0o9Wn), Neu (http://open.spotify.com/track/5ixIjfFd7K2P1TYaHgvaHk) and the best of Krautrock.
Agree completely - I was getting a massive Can - 'Soundtracks' vibe off this one. Shades of 'Mother Sky', methinks.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 09:37:14 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 09:37:14 PM
Quote from: bikini kill on 11 May, 2012, 09:04:33 PM
You say Garage (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rudYFMF5R7Y), I say Stoner (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFC5ldFCFSc). Given the Leitmotif - and, presumably, its intended purpose in the film- it's not surprising that Inhale is a change of pace and a digression from the brutal aesceticism of the rest of the album.
Reminds me of Can (http://open.spotify.com/track/255Avr3FBXamIt2Gm0o9Wn), Neu (http://open.spotify.com/track/5ixIjfFd7K2P1TYaHgvaHk) and the best of Krautrock.
It's definitely Can-flavoured all right and only works played LOUD.
Not sure how much of Drokk was eventually written with the film narrative in mind since they continued with the project after they were 'dismissed', 'specially given the current names of the tracks.
I'm wondering did Barrow & Salisbury's music form part of the edit-room debacle of last year?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Frank on 11 May, 2012, 10:10:14 PM
Post by: Frank on 11 May, 2012, 10:10:14 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 09:37:14 PM
It's definitely Can-flavoured all right and only works played LOUD.
Not sure how much of Drokk was eventually written with the film narrative in mind since they continued with the project after they were 'dismissed', 'specially given the current names of the tracks.
I'm wondering did Barrow & Salisbury's music form part of the edit-room debacle of last year?
Great imponderable there, Soap. This film's caused more punch-ups than Chris Brown's Sent Messages folder, so it's possible (what became) DROKK was another source of friction. It's certainly not the "super-contemporary, propulsive score" Stuart Ford is so proud of. Barrow seems well disposed to all involved, though.
I imagine the tracklistings are retrospective; for 2T(fru)T, read Slo-Mo.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 10:17:24 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 11 May, 2012, 10:17:24 PM
Quote from: bikini kill on 11 May, 2012, 10:10:14 PMGreat imponderable there, Soap. This film's caused more punch-ups than Chris Brown's Sent Messages folder, so it's possible (what became) DROKK was another source of friction.
Considering how much Barrow is willing to state that it's all, all right between us; he's possibly wary of what was reported last year.
That was the first thing that struck us, listening to DROKK – how powerful the music you and Ben created would be, if twinned with the right visual, artistic interpretation of the Judge Dredd universe. Was there any point at which you were tempted to try and get in touch with the filmmakers, and see if anything could be done to join the two projects?
Well, basically, that was the film we were working on. It didn't work out, for lots of different reasons. Because the film's still in production, and there's massive secrecy around the project, I'd rather not go into it. One thing I can say is that it was an absolutely brilliant experience: I became good friends with [Dredd script writer] Alex Garland. The film is going to be fucking brilliant. Categorically, there is absolutely no bad feeling between us and any of the filmmakers. It was just a project which didn't work out, but Ben and I decided to carry on with the project in a different form. But the relationship with the film-makers and with Alex is so good, that there's no way I would want people to think there was any kind of problem between us.
Is there any small part of you that secretly hopes that, once the film's out, someone might take it and remix it, using the music you created for DROKK?
No, not at all! It's not that kind of feeling that I have towards the film, y'know what I mean? The only feelings I have towards the film are massively positive. It's not like they didn't use our music, and we're angry or disappointed, it's not that kind of vibe. At all. That's all I can really say about it. But I am massively looking forward to the film.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dracula1 on 11 May, 2012, 10:32:21 PM
Post by: dracula1 on 11 May, 2012, 10:32:21 PM
Quote from: dweezil2 on 11 May, 2012, 03:29:40 PMQuote from: dracula1 on 11 May, 2012, 03:13:54 PM
Is a digital download available? :P
Take a look here:
http://drokk.bandcamp.com/
Wlll do and thanks for the link l can't wait to hear it!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 13 May, 2012, 11:49:06 AM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 13 May, 2012, 11:49:06 AM
I hope this is the appropriate thread to discuss the album/CD. I got the bunker edition (plus t-shirt)the other day, and have been absorbing it since. I absolutely adore it! It's hard to describe, but it's more of a themed soundscape than, I dunno, the traditional tunes and melodies I'm so used to listening to. It is so wonderfully evocative of Dredd and his world. I think the nearest thing I can relate it to is some kind of Escape From New York/Blade Runner feel.
Anyway, for what it's worth, I recommend it!
Also, awesome t-shirt. I love clothes that are meaningless to all but those in the know (such as the lastexittonowhere stuff) and this is one of them.
Anyway, for what it's worth, I recommend it!
Also, awesome t-shirt. I love clothes that are meaningless to all but those in the know (such as the lastexittonowhere stuff) and this is one of them.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Frank on 13 May, 2012, 12:30:29 PM
Post by: Frank on 13 May, 2012, 12:30:29 PM
Quote from: shaolin_monkey on 13 May, 2012, 11:49:06 AM
I got the bunker edition (plus t-shirt) the other day, and have been absorbing it since. I absolutely adore it Also, awesome t-shirt. I love clothes that are meaningless to all but those in the know (such as the lastexittonowhere stuff) and this is one of them.
If I ever see that pack going for around £25 I'm buying the album twice. I need that T-shirt.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 13 May, 2012, 12:34:05 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 13 May, 2012, 12:34:05 PM
There's also the bonus of the 8 extra tracks.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Frank on 13 May, 2012, 01:13:53 PM
Post by: Frank on 13 May, 2012, 01:13:53 PM
Quote from: JOE SOAP on 13 May, 2012, 12:34:05 PM
There's also the bonus of the 8 extra tracks.
Corporate pimp!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 13 May, 2012, 01:48:43 PM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 13 May, 2012, 01:48:43 PM
Quote from: bikini kill on 13 May, 2012, 01:13:53 PMQuote from: JOE SOAP on 13 May, 2012, 12:34:05 PM
There's also the bonus of the 8 extra tracks.
Corporate pimp!
He's right though, and to my shame I've been so busy listening to the CD and strutting around like a peacock in my new t-shirt I completely forgot to download them! Thanks for the reminder!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 13 May, 2012, 02:23:38 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 13 May, 2012, 02:23:38 PM
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Emperor on 13 May, 2012, 05:55:24 PM
Post by: Emperor on 13 May, 2012, 05:55:24 PM
Quote from: bikini kill on 13 May, 2012, 12:30:29 PMQuote from: shaolin_monkey on 13 May, 2012, 11:49:06 AM
I got the bunker edition (plus t-shirt) the other day, and have been absorbing it since. I absolutely adore it Also, awesome t-shirt. I love clothes that are meaningless to all but those in the know (such as the lastexittonowhere stuff) and this is one of them.
If I ever see that pack going for around £25 I'm buying the album twice. I need that T-shirt.
I was thinking that too - I think the T-shirt'd do nicely being sold on its own. Any chance of that merchandise droids?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: dracula1 on 14 May, 2012, 12:49:07 PM
Post by: dracula1 on 14 May, 2012, 12:49:07 PM
Downloaded the digital copy as recommended and at a reasonable $price :P
Listened to it a few times and feeling it's just ok! Comes across abit rushed and like it was put together quickly to pitch for involvement on the movie sound track. Sounds to familiar and dated for the new Dredd. :')
Time to get Will. I. am on the project pethaps :-)
Listened to it a few times and feeling it's just ok! Comes across abit rushed and like it was put together quickly to pitch for involvement on the movie sound track. Sounds to familiar and dated for the new Dredd. :')
Time to get Will. I. am on the project pethaps :-)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Spaceghost on 14 May, 2012, 01:45:29 PM
Post by: Spaceghost on 14 May, 2012, 01:45:29 PM
Quote from: dracula1 on 14 May, 2012, 12:49:07 PM
Time to get Will. I. am on the project pethaps :-)
His full name is Will.I.Am.A.Massive.Twat.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Emperor on 14 May, 2012, 05:17:57 PM
Post by: Emperor on 14 May, 2012, 05:17:57 PM
A Financial Times review, an impressive achievement - I can't imagine they mentioned 2000AD much since the Stallone film:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:k0ADmJibXwIJ:www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c2d6f5e-997b-11e1-948a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1urPnCbFy
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:k0ADmJibXwIJ:www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1c2d6f5e-997b-11e1-948a-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1urPnCbFy
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 15 May, 2012, 10:58:37 PM
Post by: Dandontdare on 15 May, 2012, 10:58:37 PM
Anyone going to thing at orbital? I'll have a couple hours to kill before my 10pm train so if see a middle aged beardy in a black leather with a dredd badgs, just say: "you are Dandontdare and I claim my free pint."
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 15 May, 2012, 11:08:59 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 15 May, 2012, 11:08:59 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 15 May, 2012, 10:58:37 PM
so if see a middle aged beardy in a black leather
in a black leather...what?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 15 May, 2012, 11:12:20 PM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 15 May, 2012, 11:12:20 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 15 May, 2012, 10:58:37 PM
Anyone going to thing at orbital? I'll have a couple hours to kill before my 10pm train so if see a middle aged beardy in a black leather with a dredd badgs, just say: "you are Dandontdare and I claim my free pint."
I cant make it due to work/travel, though would have loved to have gone. However, keep an eye out for @Judge_Pal - he's been warning the Twitter folk that attendees will be cubed.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 15 May, 2012, 11:12:48 PM
Post by: Dandontdare on 15 May, 2012, 11:12:48 PM
Codpiece - what else???
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: JOE SOAP on 15 May, 2012, 11:14:25 PM
Post by: JOE SOAP on 15 May, 2012, 11:14:25 PM
at least there'll be a clear space around you.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 16 May, 2012, 12:57:11 AM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 16 May, 2012, 12:57:11 AM
I was contemplating going in the uniform but I wouldn't get back in time for work.
Drokk indeed!
Drokk indeed!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Large48 on 16 May, 2012, 08:20:02 AM
Post by: Large48 on 16 May, 2012, 08:20:02 AM
I'll be there but the leather I'll be wearing you won't be able to see..............
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Large48 on 16 May, 2012, 08:54:17 AM
Post by: Large48 on 16 May, 2012, 08:54:17 AM
Mind you Orbital as good as ever, what's the start time?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 16 May, 2012, 12:45:56 PM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 16 May, 2012, 12:45:56 PM
The gig is at 6pm mate. Be warned though:
(Twitter last night)
:lol:
(Twitter last night)
Quote
Me:
@Judge_Pal Hey, Pally o'mine, @2000AD forum members are hitting the @DROKK_ gig in Orbital tomorrow. Whats the prize for narking on them?
Reply:
Thanks Citizen @scowlingmonkey - we're monitoring the @DROKK_ Orbital gig closely tomorrow, and will tally arrests before deciding prizes.
:lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: I, Cosh on 16 May, 2012, 06:48:49 PM
Post by: I, Cosh on 16 May, 2012, 06:48:49 PM
Quote from: Dandontdare on 15 May, 2012, 10:58:37 PMIn an actually almost related coincidence, I am in Manchester tonight to see Tim Hecker. I will imagine having a pint with you.
Anyone going to thing at orbital? I'll have a couple hours to kill before my 10pm train so if see a middle aged beardy in a black leather with a dredd badgs, just say: "you are Dandontdare and I claim my free pint."
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: douglaswolk on 16 May, 2012, 07:18:07 PM
Post by: douglaswolk on 16 May, 2012, 07:18:07 PM
I interviewed Barrow and Salisbury about the album (and about Dredd) over at Comics Alliance:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/16/drokk-interview-judge-dredd-2000-ad-mega-city-one-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury/
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/16/drokk-interview-judge-dredd-2000-ad-mega-city-one-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury/
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Frank on 16 May, 2012, 07:36:44 PM
Post by: Frank on 16 May, 2012, 07:36:44 PM
Quote from: douglaswolk on 16 May, 2012, 07:18:07 PM
I interviewed Barrow and Salisbury about the album (and about Dredd) over at Comics Alliance:
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2012/05/16/drokk-interview-judge-dredd-2000-ad-mega-city-one-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury/
Quote"BARROW: I think "Democracy." You know, that whole thing about the antihero, and reading about Dredd and how hard he is -- if you live your life in a fairly law-abiding way, you want Dredd to exist. But "Democracy" is just so extreme, and it really gets to the character and what he believes in. All these years I thought he was really cool, and it was the most shocking thing to me.
SALISBURY: I've only got a small knowledge of 2000 AD, but I can see why people really got into it. It's very interesting to have this hero character who... is he a good guy? is he a bad guy? I've got stacks of Geoff's comics now. What's the Judge Dredd story I just read? "America!" That was amazing!"
Menschen, both.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 17 May, 2012, 10:37:48 PM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 17 May, 2012, 10:37:48 PM
So did anyone make it? Did you enjoy it?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 18 May, 2012, 12:24:44 AM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 18 May, 2012, 12:24:44 AM
There is a 5 min clip on Facebook and if you look closely, at the start, in the front of the crowd is a tramp in a combat jacket. It's around the 5 second mark :lol:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Emperor on 18 May, 2012, 01:50:48 AM
Post by: Emperor on 18 May, 2012, 01:50:48 AM
There are photos here:
http://dotsandashes.tumblr.com/post/23220697964/drokk
Looks like a good turnout and Orbital and the Drokk team put on a good show.
http://dotsandashes.tumblr.com/post/23220697964/drokk
Looks like a good turnout and Orbital and the Drokk team put on a good show.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dandontdare on 18 May, 2012, 10:34:13 AM
Post by: Dandontdare on 18 May, 2012, 10:34:13 AM
Quote from: Emperor on 18 May, 2012, 01:50:48 AM
There are photos here:
http://dotsandashes.tumblr.com/post/23220697964/drokk
Looks like a good turnout and Orbital and the Drokk team put on a good show.
Ha - my left elbow is in one of those pictures! (6th pic - I'm behind the blurred bloke on the left)
This was good fun. I was totally shattered after two and half days in London, pounding the pavements, galleries, parks and pubs. My back and feet hurt, I was still a bit hungover and there were no seats, so I was glad they only played half an hour. I bought a CD and got it signed - decent music but I can't see many occasions when I'll think "ooh, must listen to the Lawmaster tune.."
I said a brief hi to Large48, but he was hanging with the VIPs behind The Curtain (I swear, access to that Minty footage at a comics event is like turning up to a Hollywood party with all the good drugs and Katy Perry's phone number ;) )
Enjoyed meeting another Dreddhead who had wanted to do a prop for Minty and was gutted when they eventually told him that Planet Replicas were going to be doing them all (I hadn't spotted Guy was there at that point!). Also his girlfriend did some work on the 95 movie. Hi if you're lurking! :wave:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 25 May, 2012, 03:35:25 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 25 May, 2012, 03:35:25 PM
Look what arrived in the post today :D
You should see the little design on the back, very clever ;)
You should see the little design on the back, very clever ;)
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 25 May, 2012, 03:46:12 PM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 25 May, 2012, 03:46:12 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 25 May, 2012, 03:35:25 PM
You should see the little design on the back, very clever ;)
Yeah, I thought the wee decal on the back was a really nice touch!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 25 May, 2012, 03:49:38 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 25 May, 2012, 03:49:38 PM
I forgot to mention. You can buy the T-Shirts individually :thumbsup:
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 07 March, 2013, 11:02:43 PM
Post by: CrazyFoxMachine on 07 March, 2013, 11:02:43 PM
To dredge this thread up from the past for any Bristolians or local folk CHECK THIS OUT - Drokk in Bristol this month!
http://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/4065/will-gregory-moog-ensemble-drokk-music-inspired-by/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Watershed+Whats+On+Fri+8+-+Thu+14+March&utm_content=Watershed+Whats+On+Fri+8+-+Thu+14+March+CID_af76ebc8142ea545c94757618b6dc464&utm_source=campaign+monitor&utm_term=Read+more
http://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/4065/will-gregory-moog-ensemble-drokk-music-inspired-by/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Watershed+Whats+On+Fri+8+-+Thu+14+March&utm_content=Watershed+Whats+On+Fri+8+-+Thu+14+March+CID_af76ebc8142ea545c94757618b6dc464&utm_source=campaign+monitor&utm_term=Read+more
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Stu101 on 08 March, 2013, 12:00:22 AM
Post by: Stu101 on 08 March, 2013, 12:00:22 AM
That looks interesting... may check it out if time/money allows.
Is it safe to presume that the drokk t-shirts are no longer available to buy separately?
Is it safe to presume that the drokk t-shirts are no longer available to buy separately?
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 08 March, 2013, 12:29:51 AM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 08 March, 2013, 12:29:51 AM
Mine is getting a bit tatty, so I emailed invada records to see if I could get another, but no-one replied.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 08 March, 2013, 08:04:48 PM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 08 March, 2013, 08:04:48 PM
Aha! Found 'em!
http://invadarecords.bigcartel.com/product/drokk-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury-inspired-by-mega-city-one-shirt
http://invadarecords.bigcartel.com/product/drokk-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury-inspired-by-mega-city-one-shirt
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Stu101 on 09 March, 2013, 08:15:49 AM
Post by: Stu101 on 09 March, 2013, 08:15:49 AM
Nice! Thanks Shaolin, I think I'll be ordering one of them later...
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 13 September, 2013, 07:30:13 AM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 13 September, 2013, 07:30:13 AM
Nice surprise after work, just had an email informing of the following :thumbsup:
Dear John Burdis,
We thought you'd like to know that your 2012 CD purchase Drokk Music Inspired By Mega-City One by Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury is being added to your Cloud Player library. The MP3 version of this album is now available for you to play or download from Cloud Player for FREE. You can find your songs in the "Purchased" playlist.
With AutoRip, when you buy any CD or vinyl record with the logo from Amazon.co.uk, you'll get the MP3 version of that album delivered to your Cloud Player library for FREE. You can listen to your album everywhere, including on your Kindle Fire, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android devices.
Dear John Burdis,
We thought you'd like to know that your 2012 CD purchase Drokk Music Inspired By Mega-City One by Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury is being added to your Cloud Player library. The MP3 version of this album is now available for you to play or download from Cloud Player for FREE. You can find your songs in the "Purchased" playlist.
With AutoRip, when you buy any CD or vinyl record with the logo from Amazon.co.uk, you'll get the MP3 version of that album delivered to your Cloud Player library for FREE. You can listen to your album everywhere, including on your Kindle Fire, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Android devices.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Dash Decent on 13 September, 2013, 01:21:01 PM
Post by: Dash Decent on 13 September, 2013, 01:21:01 PM
Quote from: COMMANDO FORCES on 25 May, 2012, 03:35:25 PM
Look what arrived in the post today :D
Wow, I didn't even know they made John Burdis standees!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Mardroid on 15 September, 2013, 04:21:25 PM
Post by: Mardroid on 15 September, 2013, 04:21:25 PM
They're particularly effective if you stand them on country footpaths to deter errant cyclists. And cheeky squirrels.
I kid, I kid.
I kid, I kid.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 15 September, 2013, 04:31:55 PM
Post by: COMMANDO FORCES on 15 September, 2013, 04:31:55 PM
;) You can actually have your own standee made through some sites. I think it is near the £100 mark but I can't remember the exact figure!
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: radiator on 24 January, 2014, 02:42:59 PM
Post by: radiator on 24 January, 2014, 02:42:59 PM
Just thought people might be interested - he didn't do Dredd in the end, but it sounds like Geoff Barrow could be scoring Alex Garland's directional debut Ex Machina, according to a Tweet of his.
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 07 May, 2014, 09:16:36 AM
Post by: shaolin_monkey on 07 May, 2014, 09:16:36 AM
Hey folks, if you fancy a DROKK tee for a tenner, invada records have a sale on right now:
http://invadarecords.bigcartel.com/product/drokk-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury-inspired-by-mega-city-one-shirt
http://invadarecords.bigcartel.com/product/drokk-geoff-barrow-ben-salisbury-inspired-by-mega-city-one-shirt
Title: Re: DROKK
Post by: Stu101 on 07 May, 2014, 05:24:55 PM
Post by: Stu101 on 07 May, 2014, 05:24:55 PM
Nice call shaolin_monkey. That's mine ordered. :)