"visa" <v.kuoppala@pp.inet.fi> wrote:
quoted 6 lines Yeah, soulseek is a p2p application dedicated especially to
>Yeah, soulseek is a p2p application dedicated especially to
>underground/experimental (electronic) music. Basically the new
>Napster/Audiogalaxy/whatever. They've had some problems with their domain
>name, but it can be currently accessed through http://www.slsknet.org/. It's
>quite interesting that you hadn't heard of it, considering how large role it
>plays in the current IDM scene...
i've been finding my electronic music through trips to halcyon (a
lounge and store where you can listen to CDs before you buy), as well
as reading reviews in magazines (like grooves and a new one called
ei) and then doing searches on amazon or google to find short sound
clips if i can. recently i found a lot of good stuff on
www.epitonic.com, and i think there are some other online stores that
have sound clips.
quoted 2 lines You are probably not able to use it at your job, though, as it seems they
>You are probably not able to use it at your job, though, as it seems they
>have some firewalls set.
they use a blocking service called websense designed to keep out
anything that might bog the network down, so no downloading mp3's or
mpegs (even if you can get to the host server), and major sites like
mtv.com, heavy.com, and of course, all the porn they can find.
quoted 7 lines of course, i know that. however, i'm generally of the opinion that
> > of course, i know that. however, i'm generally of the opinion that
>> if a crappy realaudio sample or half-assed mp3 can pique my interest,
>> the album is probably worth getting.
>
>Sure, but it might happen that the crappy and short realaudio sample loses a
>lot of the essence of the original work. It wouldn't then arouse ones
>interest, even tho the album might be very much worth getting.
it's possible. when i first heard joy division's 'unknown pleasures'
it was on a bad cassette copy and i thought it was awful, but around
the same time i heard 'closer' on CD and loved it. i thought they
just got better from one album to the next.
still, most of the time, i figure that sound quality is going to vary
depending on if i play it on a boom box, discman, home stereo, or
computer (as well as speakers vs. headphones), so if the "essence" is
too much tied to sound quality it may not be the thing for me anyway.
i mean, brian williams says everyone listening to lustmord CDs should
have a subwoofer or they're not getting the full effect. i don't,
and i love his work. then again, that always gets played on the home
stereo.
quoted 5 lines there's only been a couple of
> > there's only been a couple of
>> cases where the inferior sound quality actually made it sound better
>> and i was disappointed with the real thing. funny that.
>
>Actually, that has happened to me too. Utterly unexplainable...
sometimes the human ear craves grittiness.
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