― Frank Booth (Frank Booth), Sunday, 29 June 2003 23:59 (twenty-two years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 June 2003 00:04 (twenty-two years ago)
That's why I was hoping the Astrobrite material was better produced.
― Frank Booth (Frank Booth), Monday, 30 June 2003 03:34 (twenty-two years ago)
He did -- the first album, at least, was recorded solely on a four-track machine using such a tape. I believe the second one was as well -- since then he does a lot of recording to computer though I'm not sure of the mix. You can argue (reasonably) that this is a case of lo-fi being a virtue; I'm just thinking that it's more what he had to hand.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 30 June 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)
The only one I heard thats already been released was from Pink Shiny Ultrablast. Is that a good record?? or should I get Crush?? or is there something else I should try to track down?? I'm loving the lo-fi sound, so I'm guessing Pink Shiny Ultrablast or Crush over Supercrush right??
Ned!!
― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Monday, 29 January 2007 04:59 (nineteen years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 29 January 2007 05:01 (nineteen years ago)
― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Monday, 29 January 2007 05:06 (nineteen years ago)
― gaseous (gaseous), Monday, 29 January 2007 09:50 (nineteen years ago)
― Sir Echo (Sir Echo), Monday, 29 January 2007 16:40 (nineteen years ago)
uh wow i didn't know this band existed until i found them on last.fm. and i'm a lovesliescrushing fan. wow wow wow.
their records are hard to find and expensive, though.
― GÖTT DAT SCHING (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 4 May 2009 17:05 (seventeen years ago)
mostly wowing about "crush" right now because that's the only one i've heard all the way through, and it fits nicely between my late obsessive listening to black tambourine and medicine.
― GÖTT DAT SCHING (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 4 May 2009 17:06 (seventeen years ago)
Sounds about right...
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 4 May 2009 17:51 (seventeen years ago)
Crush is being reissued on vinyl by a new label here in Chicago, never heard it before this last weekend, but it is excellent! It is (seems to me) very, very heavily indebted to MBV, but of course it's home recorded 4-track. That said, it is astonishing to me how he is able to capture the emotion of these kinds of layered sounds with such limited tools.
Ned's review above is spot on. Info on reissue here:
http://blvdrecords.com/?p=106
― Mark, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 01:48 (fifteen years ago)
Whitenoisesuperstar is the most recent one I know of.
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 5 April 2011 01:51 (fifteen years ago)
He did -- the first album, at least, was recorded solely on a four-track machine using such a tape. I believe the second one was as well -- since then he does a lot of recording to computer though I'm not sure of the mix. You can argue (reasonably) that this is a case of lo-fi being a virtue; I'm just thinking that it's more what he had to hand.― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, June 29, 2003 11:44 PM (9 years ago)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, June 29, 2003 11:44 PM (9 years ago)
the first Astrobrite album (Crush) was re-recorded a in much higher fidelity and released as Super Crush, with some re-recorded EP tracks thrown in. the re-recordings are far superior to the originals, and it seems weird that Crush was the one that was reissued last year.
― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 02:11 (thirteen years ago)
(tbf, only about half the tracks from Crush were re-recorded)
― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Tuesday, 18 September 2012 02:19 (thirteen years ago)