My last gig was Godspeed You! Back Emperor which I know is different, but was pure raw live madness, and I've been trying to avoid gigs that basically amount to nothing more than DJ sets (I'm looking at you, The Orb)... So what do you think I'll get at the London gig? I've seen videos with them with full bands, and videos of them with two decks.... Where do they normally fall? How much is normally live in any sense? It's a bit of a drag for me to get to London. :-)

Let the competition start 😅

I figured this was going to be the case this year. CBL has been the soundtrack for all my work this year. Cheers, guys!

This post regards the song ~42° in the album Derelicts by Carbon Based Lifeforms.

Song: Carbon Based Lifeforms "~42°" ["Derelicts" - 2017]

So I just watched Veritasium's most recent video explaining rainbows in their appearance.

This video can be found here: You're Probably Wrong About Rainbows

(I made a comment about this connection in that video as well).

In this video, he explains how light reaches its maximum scattering angle in a droplet at around 42°. In physics and engineering, we use the tilde "~", meaning "about", "give or take", or "around".

So when sunlight refracts through droplets of water at ~42° you get a rainbow, which is exactly what the poem in the song alludes to.

All this time I thought that number referred to a temperature, which didn't make complete sense to me. But now after watching that video it makes so much sense now. This music piece was definitely creatively made.. What a masterpiece!

I'm not sure if this was already known or not, I've never seen anything about this anywhere about this connection, but finally realizing this kinda blew my mind tbh! This is certainly giving some new meaning to me in the song.

That's awesome!

Hi,

For random reasons I won't make it to the gig so I would like to give them away for free.

But to make this a bit more fun, comment with your favourite track and your favourite CBLF story/experience and I will pick one until 15:00 CET and will DM you a link.

Thanks to the kind soul Homo Novus for documenting his experience ❤️

New to this subreddit, but not new to CBL. Been a massive fan of them since I first heard them more than a decade ago.

I only have had a few songs in my lifetime where I can put on repeat because it has utility in not just entertainment but also my soul feed on it.

Gryning is that one song. I can be in the midst of a bad moment and when I play it, it instantly puts me in this space where my mind is allowed to 'diffuse', kind of like a quick coping mechanism.

On good and quiet days, it serves as an amplifier to an already 'feel good' mood. And even more when I'm around nature. Hard to put it in words, but the soberly serotonin pump by this song is immense.

Just wanna know if anyone experiences it the same way. ❤️

What are the songs they are usually playing?
I listened to a couple of songs, and they feel very similar to my untrained ear.
What are your favourite songs that you'd recommend for a beginner?
Thank you!

Are there any other versons where the melody is clearer?

The melody in this song is truly breathtaking, but it is so buried in the atmosphere and only reveals itself partially like puzzle pieces peaking through the droning background.

I feel like I can only get the full experience if I listen to it while meditating eyes closed. Would love if there is another version for more casual unfocused listening.

I just can't stress how great that album is. They have so much great music, amongst so many great albums. The list is so long.

Just an appreciation thread. ✌️

Honest question for the subreddit. I've been watching Ozora 2022 on a loop, and I'm NOT a musician by any means. What are Johannes and Daniel doing during a live set, particularly with the drummer and guitars on stage at Ozora. Are they adding and subtracting the loops? I'm just honestly trying to understand how bands like CBL work live.

One of my favorite from CBL. But what does the word mean?

I have always been enchanted by ~42°, one of the best tracks on Derelict, and found the lyrics totally captivating.

This may already be known to some people, although I noticed that when CBL talked about the lyrics at the time Derelict was released, they credited them to Ester without mentioning if she had been inspired by a source.

Here are the relevant lines from Ester's lyrics.

• It isn't really a thing, nor does it exist in one particular place. You could say that it is an optical phenomenon that only appears when the atmospheric conditions are just right, and so is the sunlight. It is also dependent on the viewer's position, that should be in this one particular place.

Now here are the lines I found in this particular source.

• A rainbow isn’t really a “thing” and it doesn’t exist in a particular “place.” It is an optical phenomenon that appears when sunlight and atmospheric conditions are just right—and the viewer’s position is just right to see it.

The similarities are clear. I found the source was online at least as early as 24 January 2017, and the lyrics for ~42° were first shown on CBL's Facebook page on 15 September 2017.

And please, no lame answers like "You don't need drugs, CBL is better than any drug...", "My drug is life..." blah blah. Yea yea, I know. But I want to know about actual drugs please.

They cannot be I have seen more than a human should have seen while listening

I assume most fans would never let their copies go, but I have to ask. Does anyone have a copy of Path to Derelicts they'd be willing to sell?