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Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 1:23 pm
by drivel
Update: The Fashion Fabrique Box Set is shipping as of today, Monday 22nd February.

https://www.musicglue.com/fashion-fabrique-deluxe/products/fabrique-deluxe-box-set

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:48 pm
by omar
Yep. I'm over excited. Ordered mine.

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:06 pm
by postpunkmonk
Have been enjoying mine for over 2 weeks. In the middle of a thorough review.

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2021 10:01 pm
by omar
Disc 1 is awesome. However on bonus discs 2 & 3 i noticed how some of the remixes are segued into one another and are vinyl sourced. But overall it's way better than the Height Of Fashion compilation.

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 7:15 am
by postpunkmonk
The "Mutant Mix Mechanic" on disc 2 is actually the "Streetplayer-Mechanik [Audio Extra]" mix also on disc 3. It's not "Mutant Mix Mechanic." So the 12" A-side of "Streetplayer-Mechanik" is in the box twice on discs 2 & 3, though the EQ on each is quite different on each instance. The same file was not used twice. Which makes sense for this type of error. I'm more crushed by the fade on "Dressed To Kill [double dub]" instead of the echoed cold ending. Careful listening to the 2 files involved also revealed pops in the intro 30 seconds of the track. My first thought was "is this mastered from vinyl?" but the detail sounds too good for that. They might be static pops from the master tape. I'm not 100% certain either way. I wish I had a day to analyze what's one here and to compare it all to my carefully denoised vinyl rips. It does sound much better than "The Height Of Fashion" CD though! That's what makes me think that any pops are on the master tape.

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 8:05 am
by omar
postpunkmonk wrote:The "Mutant Mix Mechanic" on disc 2 is actually the "Streetplayer-Mechanik [Audio Extra]" mix also on disc 3. It's not "Mutant Mix Mechanic." So the 12" A-side of "Streetplayer-Mechanik" is in the box twice on discs 2 & 3, though the EQ on each is quite different on each instance. The same file was not used twice. Which makes sense for this type of error. I'm more crushed by the fade on "Dressed To Kill [double dub]" instead of the echoed cold ending. Careful listening to the 2 files involved also revealed pops in the intro 30 seconds of the track. My first thought was "is this mastered from vinyl?" but the detail sounds too good for that. They might be static pops from the master tape. I'm not 100% certain either way. I wish I had a day to analyze what's one here and to compare it all to my carefully denoised vinyl rips. It does sound much better than "The Height Of Fashion" CD though! That's what makes me think that any pops are on the master tape.



also Love Shadow (7") clearly has some vinyl surface noise at the intro and segues right into Alternative Playback (Half Frame).

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Wed Mar 24, 2021 10:06 am
by DJ Kenny
Looking forward to getting a copy of this. Has anyone heard about any other releases from them? The single "Silver blades"/"A Deeper Cut" doesn't seem to even be on YouTube. Aside from someone recording it off the radio.

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:11 am
by drivel
The individual Fashion - Fabrique CDs are now available to order for £12 / €13.50 / $15 each + postage at https://www.musicglue.com/fashion-fabrique-deluxe/

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 4:47 am
by postpunkmonk
drivel wrote:The individual Fashion - Fabrique CDs are now available to order for £12 / €13.50 / $15 each + postage at https://www.musicglue.com/fashion-fabrique-deluxe/

Impressive! I didn't see that happening but the box was exceptionally well made. A perfect matte black fetish object that the album fully justified. And the booklet was very nice. As a huge fan of the album, i'm happy with the box, but am glad that the CDs are available all carte for others; a best case scenario.

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 10:08 am
by df118
omar wrote:
postpunkmonk wrote:The "Mutant Mix Mechanic" on disc 2 is actually the "Streetplayer-Mechanik [Audio Extra]" mix also on disc 3. It's not "Mutant Mix Mechanic." So the 12" A-side of "Streetplayer-Mechanik" is in the box twice on discs 2 & 3, though the EQ on each is quite different on each instance. The same file was not used twice. Which makes sense for this type of error. I'm more crushed by the fade on "Dressed To Kill [double dub]" instead of the echoed cold ending. Careful listening to the 2 files involved also revealed pops in the intro 30 seconds of the track. My first thought was "is this mastered from vinyl?" but the detail sounds too good for that. They might be static pops from the master tape. I'm not 100% certain either way. I wish I had a day to analyze what's one here and to compare it all to my carefully denoised vinyl rips. It does sound much better than "The Height Of Fashion" CD though! That's what makes me think that any pops are on the master tape.



also Love Shadow (7") clearly has some vinyl surface noise at the intro and segues right into Alternative Playback (Half Frame).


Alternative Playback (Full Frame) also starts with the outro from a previous track (Streetplayer?). A great pity as these tracks were standalone on the 12" singles etc. It does bring into question on the source "tapes".

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 4:33 am
by postpunkmonk
df118 wrote:Alternative Playback (Full Frame) also starts with the outro from a previous track (Streetplayer?). A great pity as these tracks were standalone on the 12" singles etc. It does bring into question on the source "tapes".


There has never been a case of any tracks from "Fabrique" having been segued like that; with the exception of the US promo 12" of "Love Shadow" which has three tracks mixed on its B-side in this order.

B1 Dressed To Kill Double Dub 2:51
B2 Whitestuff (The Unfinished) 4:55
B3 Something In Your Picture (Alternative Playback) 2:44

So the mastering decision was made to perform slight cross fades to a few tracks here. Strange. I would have preferred to have the tracks discreet, but the cross fades are slight enough to not be too obtrusive. I'm more bent out of shape by the fade at the end of "Dressed To Kill [Double Dub.]" That one out of the several anomalies on this box hurts me the most.

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Sat May 08, 2021 12:06 am
by yipyipcoyote
Was hoping for the superb Love Shadow (dub version) on one of these discs. Guess it will be in a future reissue. For now the (thankfully decent quality) mp3 will have to suffice :D

Re: Fashion "Fabrique DeLuxe" Preorder Confirmed

PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 7:58 am
by postpunkmonk
yipyipcoyote wrote:Was hoping for the superb Love Shadow (dub version) on one of these discs. Guess it will be in a future reissue. For now the (thankfully decent quality) mp3 will have to suffice :D

Yeah, Harris put that on his Soundcloud and I was wondering where it was in this set. Ideally, it should have been there. Maybe the quality was deemed to be sub-par. It could have been a cassette dub that he'd had since then for all I know.