'When You Use Real Instruments Instead Of Synthesizers'

[grunau_baby]

Bjoern: some classics for ya, it was only 1987 when this band broke up:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoID=697963908
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6nX0mGv7-4&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-TccVzt0gU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NFJ8YB203Q

Great, now I'm offended. No one calls Biffy mainstream! NO ONE! D:

Just kiddin`;-) Never heard of them, so I enjoyed this new audio-experience.

Asian bands somehow don't tingle my music receptors at all.
Must be the language.

Well who cares what they sing about, as long as it sounds great. Maybe you like this stuff more, not so wicked:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkP2Fo2yGQM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epzb-uI4YN8&feature=related
or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkI0ZqFyDok&feature=related

Regards
Alex

 

[Bjoern]

Bjoern: some classics for ya, it was only 1987 when this band broke up:

Well, his newer stuff sounds better than their older stuff. Too much punk and, sadly bad mixing (a usual characteristic of older music in the more alternative genres, e.g. albums from Fugazi and Quicksand). Too little bass.

Well who cares what they sing about, as long as it sounds great.

I do. As I said, vocals and lyrics (in a language I can understand) are among the most important elements of music for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkP2Fo2yGQM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkP2Fo2yGQM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epzb-uI4YN8&feature=related

Quite nice, maybe I'll check them out some more at one point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkI0ZqFyDok&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkI0ZqFyDok&feature=related

Screamed lyrics in a language I don't understand. Two no-gos at once.


This is the only non-engish/french singing band I occasionally listen to:
[YOUTUBE]YUYuTH2wJ68[/YOUTUBE]

Don't know why I can stand listening to them. Maybe because italian sounds slightly similar to french?

I also don't like listening to german vocals. Not the best language for vocals...

 

[Ken Stallings]

you know, for sound qualityi don't know of anything that can beat vinyl.

But that's only true the first time you play the vinyl record! After the first time the needle drags through, the recording loses quality.

I had heard that the best recordings are from the wide track tapes - true?

Ken

 

[cheezyflier]

you mean 8 track tapes? they were pretty good, but i never had one that wasn't in a car that needed a muffler so i can't say definitively. the part i remember was that as long as you had a matchpack to wedge in there they played pretty good most of the time

 

[Ken Stallings]

you mean 8 track tapes? they were pretty good, but i never had one that wasn't in a car that needed a muffler so i can't say definitively. the part i remember was that as long as you had a matchpack to wedge in there they played pretty good most of the time

No, not eight track. I believe 16mm tape. The kind that is played on large machines and used to record masters.

Ken

 

[Wiens]

Reel to reel tapes are reported by some to be the best analog recording.

Kevin

 

[cheezyflier]

we did a demo on once (back in the day) on a reel set up with 16 tracks. it was high falutin stuff back in 1983 when you only had a couple hundred bucks. i'm glad no one knows where that tape is now.
there's no way we were as good as i remember us being.

 

[grunau_baby]

Well, his newer stuff sounds better than their older stuff. Too much punk and, sadly bad mixing (a usual characteristic of older music in the more alternative genres, e.g. albums from Fugazi and Quicksand). Too little bass

That what "real" alternative was all about, DIRT!;-) Actually the thing I am missing most with modern digitally mastered music! If you like it better produced try their following albums: Candy Apple Grey (last and best), Flip your wig (solidly produced rather tame), Warehouse (a bit trashy surfpunklike sounding)

 

[Bjoern]

That what "real" alternative was all about, DIRT!;-)

Yay, let's stay true punk, baby!

Actually the thing I am missing most with modern digitally mastered music! If you like it better produced try their following albums: Candy Apple Grey (last and best), Flip your wig (solidly produced rather tame), Warehouse (a bit trashy surfpunklike sounding)

I'll check them out should the need arise.

Until then, I'll stick to my cleanly produced, modern alternative.