From Kiya Babzani Sent Tue, Dec 23rd 1997, 05:27
From Kiya Babzani Sent Tue, Dec 23rd 1997, 05:27
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, that's the reason all the singles come in two parts on vinyl, because at 45 you can only fit one track on each side. even both cichlisuite 12"s are played on 45. and almost all the Musik Aus Strom 12"s that are singles. usually a easy way to tell is to time the track on 45, if it's about 5 to 7 minutes long or longer then it's probably the right speed, if it ends up being shorter than 4 minutes than it's probably being played to fast (so 33 would be the "right" speed). personally i like listening to the tracks on the speed the artist intended for me to hear the track, but then it's music and it should be whatever makes my ears happy...but it doesn't work that way. -kiya np:lisa germano (underdog remix 10")