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Ramzy wrote: Fri 05 Sep 2025, 11:22 pm And finally, if I understood correctly, the first piece in the score - Comrades - was based on yet another piece of music Chris wrote while they were trying to generate a hit single for PopArt, an activity that seems to have produced most of an album (didn't someone here add up all the songs that originated in these sessions recently?).

DopeFiend wrote: Sat 06 Sep 2025, 5:11 pm Did someone record the Q&A? I would have sneakily had my phone on voice recording.

Ramzy wrote: Fri 05 Sep 2025, 11:22 pm Well that was a great evening - the Potemkin soundtrack sounds so much better and makes so much more sense alongside the film (which is incredible).

Neil was on form and very witty, if a tiny bit brusque with a fan who overdid it when telling a personal anecdote during the q&a. He revealed that (unless we already knew this?) they're working on a studio recording of A Man From The Future with the Manchester Camerata. Something I found intriguing that I'd not heard before was that the lyrics to After All were partly not about the film at all but inspired by the 2003 Iraq war protests. He also said the footage they screened in Trafalgar Square was simply taken off a DVD they bought in Our Price and that the version that's now being shown is actually a different cut, though somehow it all seems to line up. I'm not clear whether the full Men and Maggots has been restored - didn't they cut it for the original soundtrack release - but I can't imagine they edited the film so I suppose it must have been. And finally, if I understood correctly, the first piece in the score - Comrades - was based on yet another piece of music Chris wrote while they were trying to generate a hit single for PopArt, an activity that seems to have produced most of an album (didn't someone here add up all the songs that originated in these sessions recently?).

The soundtrack is really a lot better than I ever gave it credit for. It's clear with hindsight how much it prefigured Fundamental - not just in the orchestrations and electronics (some of the sounds are quite similar) but in the subject matter.

ICHH is still a bit insane and there's something odd about the sound design, the way the music goes in and out of focus, that I hadn't picked up watching it on VHS/Blu-ray, but I enjoyed subjecting three new people to it.

Lastly, someone in front of me had a cute cartoon version of the Nonetheless cover on a t shirt, which I'm assuming was someone here...? Hello if so!

PSBForTheMasses wrote: Sun 07 Sep 2025, 10:57 am Thankfully this caused a surge in Youtube video views. Their daily average is between 380 and 420 thousand views. The figures are now doubled and in some tracks, tripled. This will probably last for a few days. I am sure the same thing goes for Spotify. Hope they have gained some new fans or those who had pushed them aside as a 1980s band. This once more proves that visibility is everything in this age.