(idm) 33/45rpm

From lwtcdi
Sent Sat, Dec 20th 1997, 22:39

>I am not a huge vinyl freak (sorta just started buying rekkids)

Tsk tsk :-)

>so tell 
>me doesn't really fucking matter? I mean it's what my ears like right?
>Somehow my guilty conscience says "No gil, the artists recorded the 
>track to be played at 33, therefor to get what he/she wants to 
>communicate with you, play it at the correct speed." Ugh, I'm ruined.
>Do many of you go thru this?

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').

>one rekkid that blew my mind being spun at the wrong speed was Aphex's 
>ON (second track 73-yips). If you have 1200's play it at the slowest 
>possible speed.

33rpm at -8? Didn't sound that good to me, but like you say it's *your*
ears that like it!  I prefer it pitched up to +8 at 45rpm and mixed with
Gang Related/Mask's 'Ready Or Not'... 

Generally, I don't like many records at the wrong speed, don't know why.
The only one that does it for me is the last track on Squarepusher
Plays... (Deep Fried Pizza, I think) at 33rpm. That funky bass slowed
down a bit and the drums pitched down give it a lazier funk feel which I
like much better than the original. Nice!!

Gb.

PS. Handy Tip: Most crap records sound better on 45rpm because they end
quicker that way...
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