Go to the n5md site and check out the downloads section. They've got 20min.+ samples from most of the releases you've mentioned. I think they are all good. Koch is a bit schizophrenic. Portland is nice and deep, as is Proem.
.greg.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: visa [mailto:visa.tapani@kanetti.fi]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003, 5:51 PM
> To: hyperreal idm <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Subject: Re: [idm] MD releases
>
> Thanks for the comments.
>
> Yea, I think I'll just check what nMD5 has to offer and then forget all
> about pre-recorded MDs. I still need to decide exactly what to purchase from
> them, though, since I can order only three MDs from nMD5 without being hit
> by VAT.
>
> They are offering the following four records in minidisc-format:
> PROEM / among others
> TIM KOCH / mine is yours
> QUENCH / punctuated
> PORTLAND / distal
>
> So I need to leave one out. 'Punctuated' has received a lot of praise, so I
> guess I need to get at least that one. I've read a few reviews of 'among
> others' as well, but those two others, Koch's 'mine is yours' and Portland's
> 'distal', are entirely unfamiliar to me. What kind of records are they, and
> are they any good? Which of these four would you consider the weakest?
>
>
> thanks
>
> .: visa tapani
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg Clow" <greg@stainedproductions.com>
> To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 2:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [idm] MD releases
>
>
> > At 06:49 PM 30/12/03, visa wrote:
> >
> > >I just got myself a Minidisc Playah and am thereupon looking for some
> actual
> > >pre-recorded albums in this particular format. So: what decent records
> (in
> > >almost any genre, really) have been released as minidiscs?
> >
> > MiniDisc never really caught on as a pre-recorded format, so very few
> > releases were ever made available as MDs.
> >
> > In fact, Sony recently announced that they would no longer be
> manufacturing
> > pre-recorded MiniDiscs, and since they were the only place to get
> > pre-recorded MDs made, that has pretty much killed that aspect of the
> format.
> >
> > It's still great for recording, though. I have a portable Sony from a few
> > years ago, and a desktop JVC MD/CD/radio unit that I have hooked up to my
> > computer which I use to record MP3s and other audio files.
> >
> > Anyway, if you still have your heart set on getting some pre-recorded MDs,
> > pretty much all of the n5MD MiniDisc releases are good, and the Gescom MD
> > on Touch is interesting to play around with. Those are the only ones I can
> > think of off-hand, aside from a few major label releases that came out
> back
> > when the format was first introduced and that are probably long out of
> print.
> >
> >
> > Greg
> >
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