| From: sugatis@inreach.inreach.com (Sugatis)
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| it's ok if you want to pitch things in wierd ways, but you know,
| the songs weren't really designed that way, now were they?
That's a good question.
If I were listening to your release(s) [Sugatis], then the answer is YES:
they are intended to be interpreted at the speed they were intended, even if
high-speed mastering were used during recording.
However, I am not certain that RDJ intends for his music to be listened to at
a predetermined rate. I've not had the pleasure of hearing him spin, but as
a DJ, wouldn't it be possible that the Twin might intend for his music to be
listened to over a range of pitches/rates? He is certainly aware of pitchable
turntables, and might even notice that an unreleased song of his sounds good
with the sequencer set anywhere from 100 to 140 bpm. Perhaps 33 1/3 or 45 rpm
is just a choice to set the default rate and allow maximum freedom to alter
the pitch. Food for thought, anyway.
As an example, I didn't hear much difference between the afx fast mix and afx
slow mix of time to find me by seefeel. When I play the afx slow mix at 45
rpm, it has a jungle flavor, as if "slow" means that the 33 1/3 rpm on the
label is too "slow" for that song and 45 rpm is how it was intended. For now,
I can only guess.
On that note, there are some electronic artists who have been hoping to get
technology into the home which is much more advanced than today's CD player.
These artists hope to provide raw tracks and sounds on CD with a default mix
or two which arranges those sounds. People with simpler players would only
hear the standard song, but people who have knowledge of the advanced features
could get into the mix and drop tracks completely out, make tonal changes,
perhaps even rearrange the song entirely. With new technology being developed
that holds 16 times as much information on the same CD, this could really
work. I'll admit that these artists are on the creative edge of music, but so
are most IDM artists.
In any event, there will always be artists who have specific intentions for
their music. There is nothing wrong with this in my opinion - it just
illustrates that there are as many ways to create music as there are styles of
music which happen to share common creation techniques.
Brian Willoughby