And me pointing out that there hasn't been anything worth featuring lately...
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sputnik really is doomed
anyhow, are you planning on picking up the review game again anytime soon?
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if he gets paid better
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i can paypal you a few cents if that helps :')
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can i interpret the lack of an answer as a yes
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Album Rating: 4.5
Picked up the vinyl of this, gonna have to grab the Lullaby/Petrichor 12" too though because I can't not have those.
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Nice! Although I hate it when the vinyl version of a techno / electronic record skips on tracks that have come out as singles already. I'm missing half of Untrue's tracklist because of that. :[
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah but I'd rather they do something like that than compress the tracks to try to make them all fit on 2 12"s.
Untrue is a little different though because only Ghost Hardware had a previous release. I never bought the vinyl of that (have the CD though!) just because I think the way the album works as a whole is so important, and In McDonalds and Dog Shelter are not only tragically missing but also unavailable elsewhere on vinyl. They might be ambient tracks but they're also 2 of the best IMO. Always bothered me.
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Yeah, I agree. I'm actually thinking of trading it in for the CD. On the other hand, I do like having the full-sized artwork on the cover.
Regarding the compression factor for putting more stuff on a side: I don't think that should necessarily be a problem if you have someone good at mastering. Alternatively, look at a lot of Ninja Tune releases: they manage to fit everything by sometimes slightly rearranging the tracklist.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Yeah truthfully I don't know enough about the process to know if it is or isn't possible - saw someone on discogs saying that there was clearly room (just physically looking at the grooves) for In McDonalds and Dog Shelter so IDK.
But I own a few full albums pressed to 2 12"s that were clearly compressed which I never get with singles. But you're probably more correct in saying it just comes down to the quality of the mastering (and pressing).
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And to be fair, unless you have an somewhat upper-end system (even then), I don't believe you can actually hear many problems with roughly 90% of independent artists, if you use a lossless source (CD or vinyl).
To use an example, Arctic Monkeys' debut is supposed to be a terribly compressed record. I have it on CD, and I agree is pretty loud with no impressive dynamics; just the nature of the music. But using my imo really decent player and headphones, I can't say I hear actual distortion in the recording.
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good album
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good year for techno
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Album Rating: 4.5
plaintive is amazing
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Album Rating: 4.5
came back to comment on how hard plaintive jams but already took care of that apparently^^
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i need dis i think
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Album Rating: 4.5
yes
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Album Rating: 3.5
tight stuff
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Album Rating: 3.0
dang this is so good
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