on another note, is anyone else frustrated with the RA 160kbps standard? i don't wanna be a churl cuz it's a pretty amazing service, what with all these free mixes which are frequently better or more interesting than commercial ones, but...it still sounds suboptimal :(
And now it's down to 128...
― Goethe*s Elective Affinities, Thursday, 25 June 2009 16:54 (fourteen years ago) link
levon vincent and giles smith both vv good
also can't believe they're LOWERING the sound quality. who knew we were lucky to have 160 kbps?
― psychgawsple, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:21 (fourteen years ago) link
There is (was) kind of a heated debate on RA about it.
Randomly came across the Ame one.
Reposting in case anyone's interested.
― Goethe*s Elective Affinities, Thursday, 25 June 2009 17:26 (fourteen years ago) link
Listening to, and really liking, the nsi. podcast right now. Funny reading all the people bitching about it in the comments.
― the sideburns are album-specific (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:27 (fourteen years ago) link
whats the deal
― Michael tapeworm much talent for the future (s1ocki), Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i think its from some sound engineers at a planetarium? like some birth of the cosmos shit? i couldnt even make it through the whole thing tho
i had forgotten id saved the four tet mix on my ipod and was listening to it again - crazy good
― ♥/b ~~~ :O + x_X + :-@ + ;_; + :-/ + (~,~) + (:| = :^) (Lamp), Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:46 (fourteen years ago) link
xp to vahid
riton and redshape both have had staying power round my place
― andrew m., Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
and more recently, marco passarani
― andrew m., Thursday, 9 July 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
New Pisco Sour mix is great, Dandy Jack and Butane collab as far a I know.
Reminds me a lot of Mariel Ito/Maetrik, or Lusine only very fun and summery.
― Ecchi Sketch, Thursday, 16 July 2009 18:30 (fourteen years ago) link
I really like this nsi. mix.
― Matos W.K., Saturday, 18 July 2009 07:26 (fourteen years ago) link
good work ms fitz!
― moonship journey to baja, Tuesday, 21 July 2009 03:04 (fourteen years ago) link
holy shit THE REVENGE
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 02:57 (fourteen years ago) link
no seriously, this is like everything good about roman flugel's recent HIAF mix x 1000
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 03:05 (fourteen years ago) link
no seriously
― moonship journey to baja, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 03:58 (fourteen years ago) link
yes this revenge mix is fantastic
― psychgawsple, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 04:03 (fourteen years ago) link
<3
― avuenjo, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 06:11 (fourteen years ago) link
man i hope my ipod synced this this morning
― W i l l, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 13:27 (fourteen years ago) link
sweeet
― W i l l, Wednesday, 5 August 2009 13:29 (fourteen years ago) link
s'alright.
― orange (yeah thats right), Wednesday, 5 August 2009 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
catching up, and just starting the Drums of Death one. Anyone know what that Radiohead cover is at the beginning?
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Thursday, 13 August 2009 19:41 (fourteen years ago) link
version of "Everything in its Right Place", I should have said.
― The Devil's Avocado (Gukbe), Thursday, 13 August 2009 19:42 (fourteen years ago) link
From this: http://www.emusic.com/album/Rockabye-Baby-Rockabye-Baby-Lullaby-Renditions-of-Radiohead-MP3-Download/10995093.html
― Matos W.K., Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:16 (fourteen years ago) link
listened to some of drums of death, seemed like a total mess. some cool tracks, though. haven't given the revenge or matias aguayo a proper listen yet. the last one i really loved was the maayan nidam. so great!
― one time, Thursday, 13 August 2009 20:53 (fourteen years ago) link
The 128s are practically unlistenable to me. I'm going to stop bothering with these. I'd love to be able to enjoy this mix by The Revenge but it's just too shitty sounding on the high end.
― brotherlovesdub, Thursday, 13 August 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
^ yeah, it makes me think of quitting RA podcast except if there's one by larry levan or something.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Friday, 14 August 2009 11:19 (fourteen years ago) link
i really like the Aguayo one, but i also have a crush on him and his music, and he gave great answers to some questions i fed him recently...
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:09 (fourteen years ago) link
like this gem:
So "minimal" once was a strategy, a way of working, a way of focussing, and also more than anything an idea of leaving things untold and make the mind and the body do the rest.If it now becomes an overload of technical trickery, linked to a dull laptop shuffle rhythm, for hours around the same bpm, then I must admit I get tired, and start to long for a good sleep.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:10 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah what original sentiments....10/10 matias
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:31 (fourteen years ago) link
sometimes you completely confound me.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i dunno if that is particularly confounding, i love Matias Aguayo but "boring rote minimal is boring" as an opinion doesn't really do anything for me.
― De Mysteriis Dom Passantino (jim), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:37 (fourteen years ago) link
his RA mix is cool, listened to it the last few nights.
jim otm, that quote is the the techno interview's overused static breakdown
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:44 (fourteen years ago) link
plus you know....people have basically been saying that exact thing almost verbatim for what, five years? six years? doesn't speak well of new ideas/perspectives
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:45 (fourteen years ago) link
As opposed to all the new brilliant ideas coming from you, Ronan.
― pipecock, Friday, 14 August 2009 17:48 (fourteen years ago) link
since I stopped blogging I've literally ceased to exist
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 17:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Also, I find it hilarious to see you having guest mixes filled with exactly the kind of shit you used to diss when dick-riding mnml. It's rough out there when you just jump on whatever's currently popular.
― pipecock, Friday, 14 August 2009 17:57 (fourteen years ago) link
Sounds like Ronan's issue is more with the question than the answer. If Aguayo was asked his opinion of minimal and that's what it is, I don't see the problem. I don't really expect him to have some bright new insight.
― lou, Friday, 14 August 2009 17:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Well, to be honest I wouldn't have even read the quote apart from it was singled out as a pearl of wisdom.
As for Tom, that's nice for you. I'm glad you're keeping up to date with my one blog post in the last 3 months.
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 18:03 (fourteen years ago) link
Not really a pearl of wisdom, I just find the 'i long for a good sleep' line to be hilarious. But maybe that's just me.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 18:09 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah btw I wasn't specifically attacking you on it, I just find that kind of comment in various forms seems to run off the tongue pretty easily...
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 18:10 (fourteen years ago) link
Don't mistake RSS feeds for my checking up on you.
― pipecock, Friday, 14 August 2009 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
find someone else to hate dude. good luck with your blog and label.
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 18:16 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah, ronan, i figured that you weren't attacking me, i just thought further clarification of why i posted it was necessary....
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 18:17 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't hate you, you're like a clown to me. And thanks, but I don't need luck or anything else from you.
― pipecock, Friday, 14 August 2009 19:19 (fourteen years ago) link
good then ignore me
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
Quit posting on my Internet and I will.
― pipecock, Friday, 14 August 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
That Matias aguayo mix bores the living fuck out of me. People actually dance to this shit? I want more "Minimal" and less zzzzzzz.
― Mr. Snrub, Friday, 14 August 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
OKAY SHERIFF
― I for one welcome this new Nazi ILX (Local Garda), Friday, 14 August 2009 19:55 (fourteen years ago) link
ridiculous...
anyway, snrub, people do dance to this. http://www.myspace.com/bumbumbox
not necessarily in traditional venues or anything like that.
― nice! he have the balls to say the truth! (the table is the table), Friday, 14 August 2009 20:01 (fourteen years ago) link
rip pipecock, you will not be missed
― omar little, Friday, 14 August 2009 20:06 (fourteen years ago) link