Oct 2010
October Playlist 2010
10/28/10 01:10
Ariel Pink’s Hauted Graffiti “Everybody” (Madonna cover)
Crystal Castles “Not In Love” (feat. Robert Smith)
TV Girl “If You Want It’
Deerhunter “Halcyon Digest”
Class Actress “Let Me Take You Out”
Millionyoung “Local Joke” (Neon Indian cover)
Wild Nothing “Chinatown”
The Radio Dept. “Heaven’s On Fire” (Lo-Fi-Fnk remix)
The XX “Crystalised” (Edu Imbernon remix)
Delta 5 “Mind Your Own Business” (Man Ray remix)
ESG “My Love For You”
Surfer Blood “Floating Vibes (Twin Shadow remix)
Zola Jesus “Poor Animal”
Wild Nothing “Cloudbusting”
Lower Dens “Twin Hand Movement”
Laetitia Saider “One Million Year Trip”
Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart “ (1980 Martin Hannett version)
Glasser “Home”
El Guincho “Bombay”
Avery Tare “Heather in the Hospital”
Frank (Just Frank) “The Brutal Wave”
Warpaint “Undertow”
Caribou Vibration Ensemble “Every Time She Turns Round It's Her Birthday”
Belle & Sebastian “Write About Love”
The XX “VCR” (Four Tet remix)
Active Child “I’m In Your Church At Night” (School of Seven Bells remix)
Crystal Castles “Not In Love” (feat. Robert Smith)
TV Girl “If You Want It’
Deerhunter “Halcyon Digest”
Class Actress “Let Me Take You Out”
Millionyoung “Local Joke” (Neon Indian cover)
Wild Nothing “Chinatown”
The Radio Dept. “Heaven’s On Fire” (Lo-Fi-Fnk remix)
The XX “Crystalised” (Edu Imbernon remix)
Delta 5 “Mind Your Own Business” (Man Ray remix)
ESG “My Love For You”
Surfer Blood “Floating Vibes (Twin Shadow remix)
Zola Jesus “Poor Animal”
Wild Nothing “Cloudbusting”
Lower Dens “Twin Hand Movement”
Laetitia Saider “One Million Year Trip”
Joy Division “Love Will Tear Us Apart “ (1980 Martin Hannett version)
Glasser “Home”
El Guincho “Bombay”
Avery Tare “Heather in the Hospital”
Frank (Just Frank) “The Brutal Wave”
Warpaint “Undertow”
Caribou Vibration Ensemble “Every Time She Turns Round It's Her Birthday”
Belle & Sebastian “Write About Love”
The XX “VCR” (Four Tet remix)
Active Child “I’m In Your Church At Night” (School of Seven Bells remix)
Twin Hand Movement
10/25/10 23:45
Here’s another album i slept on, but i at least i woke up and realized i was missing out. Check Lower Den’s album “Twin Hand Movement”. My favorite songs, “Truss Me”, “Tea Lights” and “Hospice Gates”. Purchase from Other Music and i get a kick back.
Caribou Vibration Ensemble (ATP)
10/06/10 11:12
All Tomorrow’s Parties
http://www.atpfestival.com/
Exclusively for ATP New York, Caribou will perform as Caribou Vibration Ensemble, with a 4 piece horn section, 4 drummers and a choir and guests that include Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra leader and Arkestra member for over 50 years), Kieran Hebden (Four Tet/Fridge/Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid), Koushik (Stones Throw Records), John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac), Kathryn Bint (One Little Plane), Ahmed Gallab (Sinkane) and more...
* update: the live show at BackBooth was phenomenal! 10-18-09
http://www.atpfestival.com/
Exclusively for ATP New York, Caribou will perform as Caribou Vibration Ensemble, with a 4 piece horn section, 4 drummers and a choir and guests that include Marshall Allen (Sun Ra Arkestra leader and Arkestra member for over 50 years), Kieran Hebden (Four Tet/Fridge/Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid), Koushik (Stones Throw Records), John Schmersal (Enon, Brainiac), Kathryn Bint (One Little Plane), Ahmed Gallab (Sinkane) and more...
* update: the live show at BackBooth was phenomenal! 10-18-09
Upcoming Events
10/05/10 11:48
Vampire Weekend and Beach House at Hard Rock Oct. 11. The School of Seven Bells & Active Child at The Social on Oct. 15th. Gary Numan’s The Pleasure Principle North American Tour will be at Firestone on Oct. 17, and Caribou at Backbooth on the 18th. Sleigh Bells & LCD Soundsystem are performing tonight at Hard Rock Live. I hope November and December is this happening. Only complaint, would like to see some different venues. Anything on International Drive or Downtown Disney is not very ‘indie’. Plus drinking and driving is never fun either.
History of Compact Discs
10/05/10 11:33
After posting the piece on vinyl-records, i decided to research Compact Discs (CD). I always thought CDs had been around forever. The Red Book standards weren’t published until 1980 though.
Wikipedia.org:
“The first test CD was pressed in Hannover, Germany, by the Polydor Pressing Operations plant. The disc contained a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie (in English language, An Alpine Symphony), played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
The first public demonstration was on the BBC television program Tomorrow's World when The Bee Gees' album Living Eyes (1981) was played.
The first CD to be manufactured at the new factory was The Visitors (1981) by ABBA.[12] The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony's CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982 in Japan.”
“The first major artist to have his entire catalogue converted to CD was David Bowie, whose 15 studio albums were made available by RCA Records in February 1985, along with four Greatest Hits albums.”
Red Book
The standard is not freely available and must be licensed from Philips. As of 2004, the cost per the relevant Philips order form is US $5,000. As of 2009, the IEC 60908 document is also available as a PDF download for US $260.
Wikipedia.org:
“The first test CD was pressed in Hannover, Germany, by the Polydor Pressing Operations plant. The disc contained a recording of Richard Strauss's Eine Alpensinfonie (in English language, An Alpine Symphony), played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Herbert von Karajan.
The first public demonstration was on the BBC television program Tomorrow's World when The Bee Gees' album Living Eyes (1981) was played.
The first CD to be manufactured at the new factory was The Visitors (1981) by ABBA.[12] The first album to be released on CD was Billy Joel's 52nd Street, that reached the market alongside Sony's CD player CDP-101 on October 1, 1982 in Japan.”
“The first major artist to have his entire catalogue converted to CD was David Bowie, whose 15 studio albums were made available by RCA Records in February 1985, along with four Greatest Hits albums.”
Red Book
The standard is not freely available and must be licensed from Philips. As of 2004, the cost per the relevant Philips order form is US $5,000. As of 2009, the IEC 60908 document is also available as a PDF download for US $260.
Size and Speed Matters!
10/04/10 21:25
45s on 78 rpm seems to be the optimal size and speed.
The Record (NPR Music News Blog)
“It seems that it's not just about size — speed matters, too. Just as with reel-to-reel tape, the higher the recording and playback speed, the better a recording sounds. Despite the fact that surviving examples can be pretty scratched up, 78s will kick your ass according to Dawson...”
"Record speed improves sound because the needle can get more 'information' per micro-second. Given that the 78 was fast and could accommodate wider grooves (great for bass), it was actually one of the best music carriers; far superior to 45s in that regard. Once you hear 1950s R&B and rock 'n' roll on a 78 jukebox, everything else will sound anemic."
“LPs might have a slight sound quality advantage at the outer rim but by the time the needle gets towards the center, it was noticeably worse. The sound quality of the 45 remained consistent, and was better than all but the outer-inch of the LP.”
The Record (NPR Music News Blog)
“It seems that it's not just about size — speed matters, too. Just as with reel-to-reel tape, the higher the recording and playback speed, the better a recording sounds. Despite the fact that surviving examples can be pretty scratched up, 78s will kick your ass according to Dawson...”
"Record speed improves sound because the needle can get more 'information' per micro-second. Given that the 78 was fast and could accommodate wider grooves (great for bass), it was actually one of the best music carriers; far superior to 45s in that regard. Once you hear 1950s R&B and rock 'n' roll on a 78 jukebox, everything else will sound anemic."
“LPs might have a slight sound quality advantage at the outer rim but by the time the needle gets towards the center, it was noticeably worse. The sound quality of the 45 remained consistent, and was better than all but the outer-inch of the LP.”