Hail, Hail... Gæoudjiparl is the name used by Scandinavian out-there computer music wielder Goodiepal since 2002. Maybe Tine and I’m wrong but the only release credited under that name is this untitled double vinyl Gæoudjiparl compilation released by V/Vm in 2005 with the catalogue number vvmt24 stated by V/Vm to be limited to only 100 copies. The audio on this release featured Goodiepal's mechanical birds. The twists, turns and choice of fate have left the Gæoudjiparl disaster where he is today, and reportedly, it will take some time before there will be any new Mr. Pal music out. The 2 x vinyl is very very hard to find.

vvmt24 I believe that this one here on Discogs is wrongly credited as Goodiepal since I think the artist name should be Gæoudjiparl but you never know with this one of my fellow Scandinavians. This release is supposedly one of the rare of all Goodiepal's records stated by V/Vm to only have been released in 100 copies! I have still not found a copy of this release for myself but did download the MP3 files from the Brainwashed website and believe it to be maybe the most collectible of Goodiepal releases but far away from the best. There is a cover version of the Elvis Presley classic “Love Me Tender” and to release a track like that clearly shows me that the Goodiepal most have fallen off a bit or that V/Vm, who did put this one out, must have run short of Goodiepal tracks to release. It does not in anyway come close to the astonishing electric tracks that just seamed to flow from the Goodiepal in the 90’s but when that is said it is very very high on my wish list. Also it is said to be one of the most beautiful records ever released, so I look very much forward to one day have my hands on a record like this.

It's hard to know what to say about the Goodiepal, to say that he's mad is to miss the point, I reckon. He's clearly capable of beautiful, melodic music of an oddball nature and that, for half of this release, is what you get. Compiling up a selection of tracks from the limitd edition Goodie and Demon Bag series of 7"s and putting them onto lovingly crafted split-coloured vinyl records, you get an, at times, incomprehensible selection of tracks that you'll love, hate, loathe, be enchanted by and, ultimately, probably flog on Ebay due to the extremely limited quantity of these in production. Check it out by all means and definitely get it if you have a fetish for funky vinyl (it's also etched by the hand of the Goodiepal in an incredibly detailed way and has beautifully designed stickers on the flipside of each piece of vinyl). I rather like it, to be fair, and I'm sure that there are more than a few of you out there who'll agree with me.

This release isn't all about the packaging, but that's probably the best thing about it. The tracks vary from solid techno to fractured whistling to Elvis-based lullabys. Thanks to the incredibly intricate inscriptions etched into the vinyl, you'll have to lift the tonearm off the record to change tracks sometimes. The work put into the packaging and the vinyl is astounding, and you could probably spend all day looking at it: first off, each piece of vinyl is one-sided, with an enormous sticker on the reverse, each with four drawings (the 'icons' from the ultra-limited icon edition, I believe). The playing side has runic writing, skulls, patterns and other images etched in between tracks, around the edge of the record, in the middle - everywhere. Each record itself is divided in half into two colours. The centre labels have been 'stippled' with some sharp object. The included poster is a double sided, glossy A1 sheet featuring photographs of men playing lutes. There's even a special Goodiepal sticker on the standard V/Vm sleeve. This is the most bizarre record I've ever owned, or probably will ever own.