From Kiya Babzani Sent Thu, Dec 25th 1997, 07:50
From Kiya Babzani Sent Thu, Dec 25th 1997, 07:50
You wrote: > > > >xxxxxx@xx.xxxxxx.xxx wrote: > >> On 12/20/97 16:30:02 you wrote: >> >> > >> >Yes, mainly with Autechre's releases! They almost always sounds 'better' >> >at 45rpm, but are 'supposed' to be played at 33rpm. Please someone tell >> >me the correct speeds for Cichlisuite 12"s 1 and 2 and Envane (Laughing >> >Quarter 12")!!! And the Higher Intelligence Agency Reform EP! Designers >> >Republic have an aversion to putting them on the discs (probably to do >> >with the Autechre's style - not imposing speeds on the listener, machine >> >noise, randomness, 'mechanically reconstructed' and all that'). >> >> actually ALL autechre 12"s released after the garbage ep are "supposed" to be played at 45, > >correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Autechre 12" single for "we r are y..." was >released after the garbage ep and is supposed to be played at 33 > > > i think it's played at 45 for a couple of reasons, for one thing i read some place in a interview sean and rob saying something along the lines of them liking the way the 12"s sound when being played on 45 as opposed to 33 because of the higher sound quality, another reason is that the "snare" sounds used in the two tracks sound more "correct" at 45, at 33 the tracks sound like they're being played at slow motion because the beats sound like they're dragging along (or something to that effect), and the last reason being, they sound better at 45. -kiya np:argonort-mingus ep (dot) get this just for the first track, can we say middle eastern breakbeat w/ a hint of that 007 stuff... these people know there pads and such<<<