Rowlands Audio Research

[ThePumisher]

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?

[Wolkenkrabber]

now that we have two new tracks, can we spot the guitar on them?

, no?

(on the long version, I guess

tiny bit too)

[ThePumisher]

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[androidgeoff]

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

[Stefan]

They also have a grey one as spare:
https://twitter.com/Midimatt001/status/1386971213440987140

[Ben_j]

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

[Explud]

They used both on stage (one as a spare).

https://twitter.com/Midimatt001/status/1386971213440987140

[𝒥𝑅𝒮𝒵]

Ok, now tell me... WHAT DOES THE J A C O B MEAN?

[Wolkenkrabber]

So this regram leads to...

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...The Sonar website

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 in the Electric Kool Aid Acid Test. ...Which clearly had a big influence on Chems tracks and albums etc.

[Ak_30]

Let's get entirely and pointlessly too nerdy about this.

The header image is this:



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/

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

The Chemical Brothers are one of the customers.

[Wolkenkrabber]

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:

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30th May:

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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.

[Stefan]

These audio clips definitely have a soundtrack-y vibe

[Stefan]

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Is this a BITE cover/artwork spinning?

[instantreigen]

@cowboy pointed out on the Discord that it could be the BITE slipmat!

[ThePumisher]

So, Tom worked with Kelly Lee Owens on this Track