Am I crazy or did we miss this???
https://soundcloud.com/rowlands-audio-research
There's an RAR soundcloud page that has some of Tom's edit's / mixes... updated 4 months ago... Anyone??
Okay dang. That version of Lack of Love is either the real deal or such a good fan-made edit that it doesn't matter.
huh. cool. i feel like tom should really put out some funky 2-minute bangers of unfinished breakbeats with great basslines and acid bits—like amon tobin's two fingers
Hm, real or fake? Yeah, Lack of Acid sure uses some trademark Chems sounds and samples, even the build-up has similar traits. Nice find!
The profile pic is dope though! Never saw Tom wearing a bun.
Definitely the real deal, the Lack of Love edit sounds too clean and too close to the real thing to be a remake !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3NHUMC0Mcg
Keep comparing Lack of Acid to the Cocorico video. The snares before the drop add up.
Also, can we talk about Bukui Psychedellico Demo. What's this??!!! Direct Buki? Hanna outtake?
It was broadcast at the end of the Apple One Mix. It's plaaaaaaausible someone could have cut together this mix from what's there, but it really doesn't sound like it. The parts where idents and talking would be are too smooth sounding and the structure itself is different.
Let's get entirely and pointlessly too nerdy about this.
The header image is this:
(https://i1.sndcdn.com/visuals-000184892725-mBSqjH-t2480x520.jpg)
It doesn't seem to match images of RAR that we've seen. The lighting, flooring, mixer, layout, etc look like a different setup.
BUT those synths! The one on the right is a Buchla 100 and it appears to be the exact model that Tom owns:
https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/22/the-chemical-brothers-buchla-100/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOjgUi4uM5c
And the one just behind the yellow lamp is an EMS Synthi AKS, also in their collection. So that's certainly their gear. So far I can't find another copy of this image online. Maybe it's an older studio? Or that old version of their studio they created when writing No Geography?
HMMMMMM
The image for Bukui Psychdelico Demo is of a miner and his pit pony, it's a Getty Image and it was recently used in this Guardian Article from 6 months ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/country-diary-pit-pony-procession-halts-traffic-1970
Image for Latenight Psychdelic Mix is of Caja Eric (or Cala Eric), a Ziegfeld girl and performer in the late 1920s-mid 1930s. She wasn't terribly famous?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegfeld_girl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trialsanderrors/2804029225
https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Erik,%20Caja/Annex/Annex%20-%20Eric,%20Caja_01.jpg
The pic of Tom in his man bun glory doesn't turn up on any reverse image searches.
Commence more speculation.
Quote from: rynostar on Sep 24, 2020, 22:18
Am I crazy or did we miss this???
First your Don't Think chat/revelation and now this. Well done Ryno, you win the forum.
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Sep 24, 2020, 22:56
Okay dang. That version of Lack of Love is either the real deal or such a good fan-made edit that it doesn't matter.
I'm gonna assume that this was deliberate considering the intro to this track. 8)
Agree with Ben's "too clean" comment. If I were a betting man I'd put money on these being uploaded by Tom.
On the off-chance that that isn't the case, may I suggest that we DON'T THINK about contacting T&E on social media to discuss. We don't want anything taken down now do we?
BTW has anyone recorded the two most important tracks yet? I'm on my phone but can't see a DL option.
As for the Bukui track, just because the name sounds a bit like Direct Buki doesn't mean the track does (IMHO). Could it be a Trespass Against Us outtake? Who knows!
The TNK is the one they use (modulation effects, etc.) so I think it's legit.
I wonder if that studio pic is an old one before a massive remodel? The NS-10 (white coned) speakers aren't there, so maybe it was a secondary one at the time. The EMS is in the same spot as it is in other photos. Also, a lot of each stuff is stacked, some of the computer stuff looks old and it has the Culture Vulture unit, so I would guess that was around 2008 before it became their main studio?
Edit: This photo shows the API lunch box (small box on the left with blue on the side), the first two modules on the left are the same:
(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/v-9z1jz35pNgGLwYXXtVpKkJoHbeeEth-2y8eSTBQ-ES-_5c4KRZIb_ZE5gf6zQMcTFhCUgYzfjizXViHa_Y8Xj4DFiBIK_8isHh3NNg2UPHDUDJ4_DL5nz-j7GuxUFq3Ho0h2nXCAVxgVn7wkk)
I'm definitely thinking it's an early version of the studio before a remodel and in-wall monitors.
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Sep 25, 2020, 19:10
First your Don't Think chat/revelation and now this. Well done Ryno, you win the forum.
I'm putting this on the mantle with first to id swoon from the fabric dj set and first to acknowledge the etchings on the forum.
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on Sep 25, 2020, 19:10
On the off-chance that that isn't the case, may I suggest that we DON'T THINK about contacting T&E on social media to discuss. We don't want anything taken down now do we?
Seeing as the number of listens has increased exponentially overnight, Tom will likely clue in that we found these "behind the couch tracks" (or read our hype here). Partly agree with Wolken knowing that we don't know the legal state of the track.
Also, I keep considering the upload date of (approximately) 4 months ago. It being end September now and not knowing if that's an early or late 4, I would estimate that this was a April / May upload. Was this a secret lockdown treat from Tom?
Quote from: Biff on Sep 25, 2020, 19:20
The TNK is the one they use (modulation effects, etc.) so I think it's legit.
Same thought, need to go back to the don't think dvd to check as it is one of the more clean versions we have.
Update / Edit: Don't Think DVD cuts off too early to tell.
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Sep 25, 2020, 16:11
It's plaaaaaaausible someone could have cut together this mix from what's there, but it really doesn't sound like it.
Whitenoise, I'm really appreciating the scientific approach to verification.
Looking at the soundcloud accounts he follows is interesting. We can see that Aphex Twin and his more underground user18081971 account (where he posted a ton of unreleased material) are his oldest followed accounts. His reposts of Through Me, Tutti Frutti and Nothing But Pleasure are 4 years old, so the account is AT LEAST 4 years old. Aphex Twin's user18081971 stuff is 5 years old, so maybe Tom joined, inspired by Aphex Twin, with the intention of sharing unfinished or unreleased stuff, and only did so 4 months ago.
or maybe he did share stuff all those years, deleting them after a while and we never knew
Quote from: Ben_j on Sep 26, 2020, 11:21or maybe he did share stuff all those years, deleting them after a while and we never knew
please be wrong (-_-｡)
What a great discovery, You guys are geeking out (with good reason of course) and I'm just over here enjoying the hell out of the Chemical Chill Mix. :P
(https://abload.de/img/eddyboysimons_2020121pukyu.jpg)
I interpret this picture correctly when I say "they're recording new stuff", right? Riiiiight?
Aw yeah Tom's got the guitar out. Come With Us 2 here we go
Just saw this thread
Oh my god I need more of that solo project and mixes from both of Bros.
Lack of Love sounds really interesting.
I wouldn't say, that It's the proper Chems track, but the Proper personal Tom's work for sure!
The vocals are somehow rough and it defo deserves a better mix, but the track itself... I like it!
The only two I see missing from his Soundcloud is his Hearts remix of I Break Horses and his Klaxons collaboration on their trackChildren of the Sun
Hearts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tv2r_2bhdRk
Children of the Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5BUAdJD9mM
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Dec 10, 2020, 19:59
Aw yeah Tom's got the guitar out. Come With Us 2 here we go
now that we have two new tracks, can we spot the guitar on them?
Quote from: ThePumisher on Jun 22, 2021, 10:29
now that we have two new tracks, can we spot the guitar on them?
Here (https://youtu.be/b-mGA4V2LK0?t=218), no?
(on the long version, I guess this (https://youtu.be/e-IK-MRe3h4?t=358) tiny bit too)
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRuJ6LFFYL6/?utm_medium=copy_link
I thought they used a MK II? The grey one
Whatever, I own a white one and I am going to put a little label maker "!!NO!!" on mine now
They also have a grey one as spare:
https://twitter.com/Midimatt001/status/1386971213440987140
Quote from: androidgeoff on Aug 02, 2021, 02:16
I thought they used a MK II? The grey one
Whatever, I own a white one and I am going to put a little label maker "!!NO!!" on mine now
From what I remember, the studio one is the mk2 but the stage one has always been the white one
They used both on stage (one as a spare).
https://twitter.com/Midimatt001/status/1386971213440987140
Ok, now tell me... WHAT DOES THE J A C O B MEAN?
So this regram leads to...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeglfHjOyPA/
...The Sonar website (https://sonar.es/en/2022/news/a-special-message-playlist-and-mix-from-the-chemical-brothers-hq)
On which we find not only a Spotify playlist and a message from the Chems, but also a Soundcloud embed.
And that embed is from the RAR soundcloud page.
As the Chems (and Errol K) appear to have had a hand in this Sonar page, it would seem to dispel any lingering doubts we may have had about the "officialness" of the RAR Soundcloud page.
PS It's appropriate that one of the busses has Further on the front. As per the Further bus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furthur_(bus)) in the Electric Kool Aid Acid Test. ...Which clearly had a big influence on Chems tracks and albums etc.
Quote from: WhiteNoise on Sep 25, 2020, 16:58Let's get entirely and pointlessly too nerdy about this.
The header image is this:
(https://i1.sndcdn.com/visuals-000184892725-mBSqjH-t2480x520.jpg)
It doesn't seem to match images of RAR that we've seen. The lighting, flooring, mixer, layout, etc look like a different setup.
BUT those synths! The one on the right is a Buchla 100 and it appears to be the exact model that Tom owns:
https://www.synthtopia.com/content/2009/04/22/the-chemical-brothers-buchla-100/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOjgUi4uM5c
And the one just behind the yellow lamp is an EMS Synthi AKS, also in their collection. So that's certainly their gear. So far I can't find another copy of this image online. Maybe it's an older studio? Or that old version of their studio they created when writing No Geography?
HMMMMMM
The image for Bukui Psychdelico Demo is of a miner and his pit pony, it's a Getty Image and it was recently used in this Guardian Article from 6 months ago:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/03/country-diary-pit-pony-procession-halts-traffic-1970
Image for Latenight Psychdelic Mix is of Caja Eric (or Cala Eric), a Ziegfeld girl and performer in the late 1920s-mid 1930s. She wasn't terribly famous?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziegfeld_girl
https://www.flickr.com/photos/trialsanderrors/2804029225
https://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Erik,%20Caja/Annex/Annex%20-%20Eric,%20Caja_01.jpg
The pic of Tom in his man bun glory doesn't turn up on any reverse image searches.
Commence more speculation.
Didn't Tom tell in an interview during WATN era that he has a "writing studio"? This could be it. The mixing console is the Zähl Am1.
Here, the console maker:
Zähl (https://zaehl.com/references)
The Chemical Brothers are one of the customers.
Use the Chemicals To The World thread or RAR thread? Tough decision.
Perhaps the newer one of these Insta Reels is from the forthcoming "M, Son Of The Century". Maybe they both are?
EDIT: I didn't read Tom's comment until after I posted the recent Insta clip. I'm pretty sure "Mmmmmmm" is Tom's way of saying it's from M Son Of The Century. My feeling is that the other clip here is not, though. I'm sure he's finished the M soundtrack by now (the recent clip sounds polished), but the clip from 30th May seems to be Tom trying out something new on the Buachla easel. Incidentaly the cellos on the Mmmmmmm reel might be from the same source/synth as Free Yourself's cellos.
New One today yesterday:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8bye3MNz1C/
30th May:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C7mzUo-NpKu/
There used to be a "play" triangle/arrow on insta clips didn't there? But now there isn't. Just click the image anyway to get it to play.
These audio clips definitely have a soundtrack-y vibe
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8ukr-Hto5f/
Is this a BITE cover/artwork spinning?
@cowboy pointed out on the Discord that it could be the BITE slipmat!
So, Tom worked with Kelly Lee Owens on this Track
Tom has produced and co-written the new
Kae Tempest single "
Know Yourself"
Have to say i like those new tracks (Statue In The Square (https://tinyurl.com/2aj83hcz) is also a good listen) of Kae, but i miss a bit the anger and the mirror towards us from some of the old tracks like "Tunnel Vision (https://tinyurl.com/27u563yr)"
[Now, it was our bombs that started this war | And now it rages far away | So we dismiss all its victims as strangers | But they're parents and children made dogs by the danger | Existence is futile, so we don't engage | But it was our boats that sailed, killed, stole, and made frail | It was our boots that stamped | It was our courts that jailed | And it was our fuckin' banks that got bailed | It was us who turned bleakly away | Looked back down at our nails and our wedding plans | In the face of a full-force gale, we said "Well, it's not up to us to make this place a better land | It's not up to us to make this place a better land."]
Gah! You beat me to it by 7 minutes (ok, more than 7 minutes now cos I've been searching Sacem).
For those unfamiliar with this artist, they used to be Kate Tempest. Then Kate dropped the T from her/their name and announced that they were non-binary. It now appears that Kae is a "he" - certainly in terms of the voice, haircut and stubble. Perhaps still officially a "they".
In the the video above you can see the old Kate on the TV screen with longer hair and a more female sounding voice.
From Twitter: "It samples a lyric I wrote years ago, where my younger self is talking to their younger self. A dialogue between selves across time, in real time."
I'd be lying to say that I've ever dug Kate/Kae's stuff, although some of the production underneath the vocals has caught my ear in the past.
I'm probably not going to become a Kae Tempest fan because of this Tom-related track, but it's good to see that Tom is still keeping on and engaging with new things.
From the "Topic" version of the YT video (not really a video, just a still image), we have some credits:
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbUXseO9fQ8
Know Yourself
℗ 2025 Kae Tempest, under exclusive licence to Universal Music Operations Limited
Released on: 2025-04-30
Drumprogrammer, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Composer Lyricist, Bassprogrammer: Fraser T. Smith
Composer Lyricist, Bassprogrammer, Producer, Drumprogrammer: Tom Rowlands
Engineer: Scott Barnett
Engineer: Isabel Gracefield
Engineer: Louis Rogove
Composer Lyricist, Vocalist: Kae Tempest
Stringarranger: Raven Bush
Mastering Engineer: Matt Colton
Same label as the Chems. I don't know if that's relevant TBH.
Also from SACEM:
KNOW YOURSELFSub-Publisher : KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING FRANCE, DOUBLE SIX PROPERTIES LIMITED, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (FRANCE)
Composer/Author : TEMPEST KAE, SMITH FRASER LANCE THORNEYCROFT, OSTYN ROWLANDS THOMAS OWEN M
Publisher : KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED, DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED
Looks like Tom's worked on another track with Kae Tempest as well. From Sacem:
DIAGNOSES (track 8 from the forthcoming album, out July 4th. Lyrics are googlable already)
Sub-Publisher : KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING FRANCE, DOUBLE SIX PROPERTIES LIMITED, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (FRANCE)
Composer/Author : TEMPEST KAE, SMITH FRASER LANCE THORNEYCROFT, OSTYN ROWLANDS THOMAS OWEN M
Publisher : KOBALT MUSIC PUBLISHING LIMITED, BMG RIGHTS MANAGEMENT UK LIMITED, DOMINO PUBLISHING COMPANY LIMITED
Kae has been one of my favorite artists over the last few years. They have a lyrical talent that hits hard. They hooked me with the track Three-sided Coin and the lyric "our leaders aren't even pretending to be demons".
Their transition has been interesting to listen to as they show how they've literally evolved. I've heard that sentiment from many artists, but it's been interesting to see them do it lyrically (and physically) each album. Hearing Statue In The Square threw me for a loop when hearing how hormone therapy changed their voice. I thought it wasn't them at first. Grew to like it. Heard Know Yourself earlier this week and loved the sample effect of using past and current voice to a track that is therapeutic and danceable.
I think the main connection Tom has with this project is Fraser T Smith. I seem to remember hearing that they were either childhood friends or went to the same school.
Fraser is quite a big time producer, I think he has worked with the likes of Adele. He never really registered on my radar until I heard his future utopia project. Which I have enjoyed.
On a few listens today, I can make a reach and hear hints of Tom's production in the track. The lighter parts at the start and on the chorus (piccolo or light wood percussion?) remind me of parts of TDYF (alto sax and glockenspiel).
Quote from: ThePumisher on May 01, 2025, 11:30Tom has produced and co-written the new Kae Tempest single "Know Yourself"
It's playing right now on 6 Music (right after Underworld's 'Push Upstairs' btw). Instantly starting noding my head - but it had taken a few seconds for me to even realize what i was hearing.
Very cool track. Very cool.
Nobody has mentioned Tom's new team-up with Saint Etienne on new single, 'Glad'.
The blue 7" will come with the June edition of Electronic Sound magazine. I can't find the date when that edition will be sent out (sometimes magazines have say, a February date but are actually released in January...). But I guess subscribers will get to hear the track at some point in the next three weeks (?).
Album out in September, so I imagine the track will be freely available to listen to by then, if not before.
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHfoAxriqaw/
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on May 12, 2025, 13:39Album out in September, so I imagine the track will be freely available to listen to by then, if not before.
Well, here it is.
Saint Etienne - Gladhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fWxY9IHkw
Written by Sarah Cracknell/Tom Rowlands/Pete Wiggs
Published by Warner Chappell Music Publishing
Produced by Saint Etienne, Tom Rowlands and Tim Powell
Mixed by David Wrench
Vocals by Sarah Cracknell
Guitar by Jez Williams (He's from the band Doves!)
I believe they have said that the forthcoming album will be their last.
Quote from: Wolkenkrabber on May 23, 2025, 21:31Saint Etienne - Glad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5fWxY9IHkw
:o Too damn catchy! 9/10
Another Kae Tempest tune co-written and produced by Tom
^ Oh, I like the instrumental part in that one.