Shipping Change: 3.29.10
First off, click for the snazzy new website of Speaking in Code. Thanks to Nick Hubben (who designed this blog 5 or so years ago) for the great new look. Other big stuff continues to happen on the DVD front. Steve Mizek turned in a sparkling review of the film over at well-established electronic music website Little White Earbuds. He says Speaking in Code “successfully personalizes the realities of music obsession, from packed stadium triumphs to tribulations that require self-sacrifice in pursuit of satisfaction.” For his full review, click here. We’ve also recently updated Speaking in Code at Wikipedia.
In addition to extra content you can find at LWE and at Beatportal, we were also able to share one extra with Pitchfork Media and their Pitchfork.tv website. This is one of the extras which appears in the DVD, along with extended interviews, an essay and live footage of Modeslektor at Sonar:
Most newsworthy, though, is after getting a substandard protoype from a manufacture (who was randomly referred to us), we have decided to move the shipping date of the DVD back to March 29th and use a new company who will provide a much more satisfactory product.
Duplium, a Canadian company with locations in Canada and the US, will be servicing the Speaking in Code DVD to the world, now, but they need 10 business days to get our orders out to you. So despite having a release date of March 12, 2010, we will not begin shipping until the week of March 29, 2010.
When the quality of end product (flimsy plastic, cheap paper) was substandard, we felt like we had to make a change. When the DVD shows up at your door, we want it to be the best product possible. Our former distributor also had little experience with international shipping, and nearly half of the pre-orders so far are for Europe (and beyond Europe!). We of course want to be sure you get your DVD safe and sound.
So watch for a shipping email confirmation during the last week of March. You will still get your DVD when everyone else does, so you won’t be missing out. Thanks to all who have ordered Speaking in Code ordered so far. You can still pre-order the DVD at the website. If you have any questions, please drop us a line as always: info@squar3.com
In the meantime, the readers of the squar3.com blog may have missed the inaugural Speaking in Code podcast(!), from our long-time collaborator Baltimoroder. It includes some music from the film, some music we remember hearing while making the film and other music from the artists who appear in the movie. The mix was so good, in fact, that our friends at Pitchfork Media put it in their Forkcast section. They called it a “pretty amazing mix.”
Baltimoroder - Speaking in Code Podcast 01
The tracklisting:
1 “Fragile” - Monolake (Imbalance Computer Music)
2 “Wombat” - The Wighnomy Brothers (Kompakt Extra)
3 “In The Moog For Love” - Steadycam (K2)
4 “For Penny and Alexis” - The Rice Twins (Kompakt Extra)
5 “You Might Say Im Ruminativen (Parfum rework)” - WB (WB Records)
6 “Enjoy The Silence (Timo Maas Extended Remix)” - Depeche Mode (Reprise Records)
7 “Milk & Honey” - Philip Sherburne (Lan Muzic)
8 “Maps (Michael Mayer & Tobias Thomas Mix)” - Ada (Areal Records)
9 “Regensburg (Gas Mix)” - Markus Guentner (Kompakt)
10 “Kappsta 2″ - The Field (Kompakt)
11 “Vote or Die” - Modeselektor (BPitch Control)
12 “Way Out” - Ellen Allien & Apparat (BPitch Control)
13 “I Love You” - Modeselektor (BPitch Control)
14 “No 7-11’s (Akufen’s Chill Em All Mix) - DJ Champion (Saboteur)
Keep an eye out for the next podcast, with Tobias Thomas (Kompakt)! And the DVD will start shipping on March 29, 2010 … I guarantee it!
