Rob Bong Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 (edited) Children of the Bong It's been a while...25 years in fact! Check out the new site www. childrenofthebong.com for all things Bong; like: how we got started or the 'making of' SIRIUS SOUNDS or what we did next, with stories, photos and music. Let me know what you think! Rob Bong.x #COTB25 Edited May 23, 2019 by Rob Bong Fixed link to website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Nice to hear from u guys. 'Sirius Sounds' might be my faourite psy-chill album from the 90s! I do also have all the tracks from the two "untitled" cassettes you once made. There's a couple nice tunes on those as well... any chance you'd release more material from those days? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanosp81 Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 8 hours ago, Rob Bong said: Children of the Bong It's been a while...25 years in fact! Check out the new site www. childrenofthebong.com for all things Bong; like: how we got started or the 'making of' SIRIUS SOUNDS or what we did next, with stories, photos and music. Let me know what you think! Rob Bong.x #COTB25 Link needs fixing. Other than that, wow, the memories Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Bong Posted May 23, 2019 Author Share Posted May 23, 2019 2 hours ago, Oopie said: Nice to hear from u guys. 'Sirius Sounds' might be my faourite psy-chill album from the 90s! I do also have all the tracks from the two "untitled" cassettes you once made. There's a couple nice tunes on those as well... any chance you'd release more material from those days? You've got the cassettes??? Excellent!! Thanks for the support Funnily enough, I've just been going though some of the tracks that didn't make it on to Sirius Sounds (due to time limits on the double Vinyl and CD) and the stuff we did after that didn't get released and its pretty dammed good (even if I do say so myself)! So... watch this space 35 minutes ago, thanosp81 said: Link needs fixing. Other than that, wow, the memories Thanks for the heads up! Link now fixed (I hope). The website is basically a digitised version of my memories and a box full of photos etc that I found. A lot of things are a bit hazy these days... but I can't remember why...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padmapani Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 it's interesting to read how that iconic album came about, but i was really hoping that you'd come back with some new sounds for us. 2 hours ago, Rob Bong said: Funnily enough, I've just been going though some of the tracks that didn't make it on to Sirius Sounds (due to time limits on the double Vinyl and CD) and the stuff we did after that didn't get released and its pretty dammed good (even if I do say so myself)! So... watch this space ah, well. old rediscovered sounds are equally good :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Eye Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 One of my favourites from the early '90s too (Sirius Sounds), and this post reminded me that I actually haven't listened to it in ages 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanosp81 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 T-shirts don't look bad either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 19 hours ago, Rob Bong said: You've got the cassettes??? Excellent!! Thanks for the support Funnily enough, I've just been going though some of the tracks that didn't make it on to Sirius Sounds (due to time limits on the double Vinyl and CD) and the stuff we did after that didn't get released and its pretty dammed good (even if I do say so myself)! So... watch this space I don't have the physical releases but managed to get a rip of the cassettes nevertheless. On them I find couple really strong tunes that should be released: Cosmic Flash Ultraviolet Catastrophy Ultrascope Inflight Trance Maybe a few others to go with those? You'd have a buyer here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thanosp81 Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Bong Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 21 hours ago, thanosp81 said: T-shirts don't look bad either Oh man, I forgot to mention the T-shirts, thanks for reminding me!! If you haven't seen, we've just sorted some brand new t-shirt designs based on the artwork from Sirius Sounds and more! Check out our shop and let me know what you think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Bong Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 15 hours ago, Oopie said: I don't have the physical releases but managed to get a rip of the cassettes nevertheless. On them I find couple really strong tunes that should be released: Cosmic Flash Ultraviolet Catastrophy Ultrascope Inflight Trance Maybe a few others to go with those? You'd have a buyer here! Ha ha, a rip of a cassette? Quality!! Those tracks were definitely among the ones I was looking at. They were never mastered originally so they would sound much better if released! 'Ultraviolet Catastrophy'? I've had a few of those but didn't call a track that.... 'Ultraviolet Frequencies' maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Eye Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Maybe Oopie was thinking of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oopie Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Yes 'Ultraviolet Frequencies' indeed mate! I do like one of the hoodies and the mug's sweet as well... I'll support u guys just need a bit of balance on my paypal account first. Can't honestly believe you recorded Sirius Sounds in 14 days? Talk about real musicianship... it takes 1-3 months for me to just finish a single track. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Bong Posted May 25, 2019 Author Share Posted May 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Oopie said: Yes 'Ultraviolet Frequencies' indeed mate! I do like one of the hoodies and the mug's sweet as well... I'll support u guys just need a bit of balance on my paypal account first. Can't honestly believe you recorded Sirius Sounds in 14 days? Talk about real musicianship... it takes 1-3 months for me to just finish a single track. Well to be fair, we recorded it (as in mixed/remixed) in 14 days but had written most of it before then in our bedroom studio! I think nowadays we can infinitely tweak our tracks and keep going back to it so easily that its hard to say its actually finished, back then it was a real pain to set up all the synths and mixing desk again so you worked on the same track until it was done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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