From pHlow Sent Fri, Sep 4th 1998, 13:16
On Wed, 2 Sep 1998 18:04:12 -0500 (Central Daylight Time), matt <xxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> said: >i checked out the new reviews at > >http://www.sonik.demon.nl/forcefield/forcefield.html > >which were mentioned earlier today on this list, and it >sounds to me like the realaudio clip of aemic's "ADSL" >is at the wrong speed. at least, i like it much better >at 45 rpm. i hate to dive into the record speed conflict which we seem to usually drop into with MaS releases, but I have to side with delsin/ forcefield and vote for 33. at 45, you miss much of the sonic and harmonic subtlety, and the percussion degrades from tension-soaked vunderwerks to mediocre drillnbass (IMHO). one puzzler is that the posted tracktime of 4:45.567 correlates more closely to a 45rpm speed than a 33rpm. it's a beautiful track at 33 and i just can't find the magic at 45. NP: third electric: gentle beat peeeeeeeeeece, -- Jeff Davis xxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx P:518.475.5042 F:518.475.5657 ICQ:17028671 pHlow.linx: home.earthlink.net/~phlow/ Bochum Welt: www.bochumwelt.com Rotator Locator: hyperreal.org/music/rotator/