From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Mar 12th 1999, 15:53
From Andrew Duke Cognition Sent Fri, Mar 12th 1999, 15:53
re: feelin' da bass; here's how Pole (Stefan Betke) describes his music: “[it's] very basic, very empty, but the deep basslines are filling it up. You can *feel* the music, you don’t need to listen to it." Andrew :) Alex Reynolds wrote: > >Date: Fri, 12 Mar 1999 14:37:41 +0200 > >From: "Irene McC" <xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> > >Subject: (idm) in praise of bass > > > >Sub-woofers are VITAL, especially to the music we are discussing > >on this list. I've even got one in my car ... when I stop at an > >intersection, the whole car *rocks* - only way to travel :-) > > > >Sometimes when friends are here, I experiment and take the sub > >out and they are amazed ::: it's like listening to only half the record. > > When I managed a student-run art house in Baltimore, I would be left with > three 10' tall 1500W JBL 'Voice of the Theatre' speakers and a 3000W > subwoofer after the films were run. At one in the morning, I'd leave, grab > a bag of warm beers, come back with some friends and a deck of cards and > listen to our music as loud as possible. Campus security's office was right > underneath the theatre and we'd always get the odd visit from a cop or two > about the 'noise.' > > Believe me -- you'll never hear Autechre's Envane in the same way after you > hear it with a subwoofer of that power, though. Bass is essential, because > you not only hear the music, but feel it, too. Bass is just one more > important part of the whole experience of music, up there with reverb and > lava lamps. > > -A. > > __________________________________________________________________________ > Alex Reynolds Distributed Support Specialist > Department of Biology School of Arts & Sciences Computing > University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA -- Andrew Duke Cognition Audioworks/In The Mix 1096 Queen St #123 Halifax NS Canada B3H 2R9 TEL 902-422-7132 FAX 902-422-1262 http://www.globalserve.net/~cognition ONLINE now: Tresor/NLC/B92/Rephlex/Transmat/12k premieres/contests In The Mix show 578:Juan Atkins/Low Res/Crank/Mark Wee