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'Solutions', a working title of 'Supercollider', was one of the titles that appeared on the blackboard the band used during two weeks of rehearsals from september 19th to 30th 2005. At the end of that session, Colin posted a picture of this board on Dead Air Space on september 30th, unfortunately (and probably intentionally) in rather low resolution, so that some of it can't be deciphered:
On April 1st 2008, Thom played a first hint of this song right before 'Everything In Its Right Place' during the evening show for the BBC:
During the In Rainbows tour in 2008, 'Supercollider' was one of three songs that Thom would play on his own at the piano to open the second (and sometimes the first) encore. It had its debut on June 6th. The performances given here are from June 7th and 10th:


  In Rainbows tour june 2008 july 2008 august 2008 october 2008
Super Collider [4] 06 07 10 01
Cymbal Rush [11] 15 24 06 08 08 13 25 28 02 04 08
Fog [1] 02
During the initial touring for the "Atoms For Peace" project, the song was played twice during Thom's solo acoustic section as one of ten previously unreleased songs:
The recording of the studio version of 'Supercollider' was started during the The King of Limbs sessions and it was finished off in March of 2011, after The King of Limbs had been released. The song was put out on a limited edition 2-track 12-inch vinyl to mark Independent Record Store Day on April 16th 2011.
Around May 26th 2011, the song had its full band live debut at BBC Maida Vale Studios as part of the From the Basement programme:
7. circa may 26th 2011 From the Basement London UK Link
Live performances #8 to #17 during the touring for The King of Limbs:
  The King of Limbs tour (1st half) 09/'11 02/'12 march 2012 april 2012 05/'12 june 2012
Supercollider [10] 29 11 12 17 29 31 01 03 06 08
The Daily Mail [21] 28 29 27 29 01 05 06 07 09 11 15 09 11 12 14 29 31 01 05 08 15
Staircase [25] 28 29 27 29 01 05 06 13 11 12 14 17 18 21 29 31 01 03 05 06 08 10 11 13 15
These Are My Twisted Words [5] 03 07 09 12 05
Live performances #18 to #24 during the touring for The King of Limbs:
  The King of Limbs tour (2nd half) july 2012 september 2012 october 2012 november 2012
Supercollider [7] 11 29 30 11 14 18 06
The Daily Mail [14] 13 22 23 25 26 29 06 08 09 12 15 09 13 17
Staircase [17] 10 15 29 20 22 23 26 29 30 08 09 11 12 16 09 12 16
These Are My Twisted Words [6] 29 06 08 15 12 17