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From:
Sam Frank
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Wed, 15 Dec 1999 17:16:22 -0500 (EST)
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Re: (idm) Thomas Brinkmann
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quoted 6 lines This is purely a digital v analog transfer Q; As the variations were recorded> This is purely a digital v analog transfer Q; As the variations were recorded > via vinyl, do the sounds exposed transfer better through digital audio or > does it lose the dynamics when analog (use of dub plates) transfer is applied. > What would TB have to say?? What would he prefer? Does the Cd version elicit > sounds which we would't find on vinyl? Is this music idm or imm (intelligent > minimal music)? Anyone?
A friend who's exchanged emails with TB sez that Brinkmann is fascinated with vinyl's decay--the fact that each time it plays, it sounds a little different. Which isn't to say he despises CDs, but that he works with vinyl for a reason--it's "real," whatever that means. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: idm-unsubscribe@hyperreal.org For additional commands, e-mail: idm-help@hyperreal.org