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quoted 21 lines Anyway, I'm probably not the only one, but I love jungle that is

>>Anyway, I'm probably not the only one, but I love jungle that is >>pressed on vinyl at 45 rpm, so that I can play it at 33 rpm, where >>it turns into nice break-trance if done right. There are a few >>releases that work that way, including some old Photek and >>Creative Source. >> >>My request is that anyone who posts about jungle vinyl here tell >>us the speed of the pressing, and optionally, what it sounds like >>at 33 if pressed at 45. > >Ack! By gods, this is pure heresy! Whats the point of someone going >through all the trouble of careful drum programing and looping if >we're all going to play it too damn slow? Jungle is meant to be >fast and freaky. I hope none of you bad kids :) out there are doing >this, cause it goes right into the hall of shame along with the old >practice of speeding up hip-hop records to make them breakbeat >tracks and giving all the rappers high and whiny voices. I've heard >both of these practices, as I'm sure all of you have, and it sounds >pretty weak... > > -Fresh

Really kids, haven't we all learned by now that it doesn't matter what speed you play your records at. If it sounds good just play it. Discreetly Jeff

On Wed, 3 Apr 1996, Rob Thorley wrote:

quoted 2 lines I heard that when Ritchie Hawtin DJs his own stuff, he plays it at 45

> I heard that when Ritchie Hawtin DJs his own stuff, he plays it at 45 > (but the album plays at 33).

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