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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Silence is actually really hard to find.

Thought about this for a while, then I scrolled up to check your location and it confirmed my suspicions.



Snow absorbs sound very efficiently - especially fresh snow that hasn't been tapped yet. Coming back from downtown late at night (1-2am) in the middle of winter, during or right after a very big snow storm, I go through some quiet country roads with trees on all sides. I can litterally hear my own blood pumping over the sound of fresh snow breaking up under my steps. Definately something to experience at least once. That's the closest you'll ever come to complete silence.

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I listen to music when I walk my dog in the countryside. I always try and soundtrack my walk with appropriate music, and it can really elevate a record. DJ Shadow's Endtroducing sounds fantastic in the autumn, but I cannot play it in the summer. It jars constantly against the tone and mood of the surroundings. BT's ESCM is an album I've often thought was a bit flawed- I gave it 8/10 because I felt it didn't achieve what it was aiming to do. That was playing it indoors. I once played it on a frosty morning walking across crystal white countryside and around a frozen lake and it sounded so beautiful it almost hurt that I wouldn't be able to recapture that feeling whenever I played it.

Sometimes I do stop the music and just listen to the surroundings, especially in summer in the countryside when there's bird song, insect noises and running water. It's a very lush, rich and detailed sonic environment. In winter, more often than not, you just get the sound of the wind which I find harsh. I sometimes wonder if I'm missing out, particularly in summer, by not listening to the natural sounds around me. But then I think back to the ESCM episode and wonder if I'd be missing out musically if I didn't soundtrack.

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Here's one of the recordings I talked about :

http://www.philosophaster.com/music...icket-lobby.mp3

I like to find a place with an interesting "space" if I can. This was recorded in a movie theater lobby that was really tall and spacious, with lots of big, flat metal and glass surfaces. There's a lot of echo in there, so it's hard to tell what people are saying. Toward the end you can hear a sort of crashing sound going back and forth, which was people playing air-hockey in the arcade next to the theater. And you can hear some guy yelling, "Whoa!" at the very end. I don't know what caused him to say that.

Maybe I'm just weird for enjoying random stuff like this.

I'm looking into getting a better microphone, as I lost the cheap one that came with the recorder.

I have never set foot in a club... besides, there isn't one around here for 100 miles. I listen to all sorts of EDM at home... lately trance of various flavors and ambient (especially when studying).

I have never danced before in my life. I digest EDM for the sake of enjoying machines making music.

Of course... my musical tastes wouldn't be complete without the mention of other genres that are acoustic/non-EDM. But that's another story.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Maybe I'm just weird for enjoying random stuff like this.

No, that is supremely cool. You're attaching an emotional meaning to your perception of space through sound. It gives you an interresting perception of the world. I'm listening to the recording right now and I definately know what you're talking about. Then again I know a million people who would just listen to this and just not "get" it.

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Wish I could have had a mic and my recorder the other week when I walked to downtown San Antonio. Lots of interesting sights and sounds, plus on the way there were some protesters singing hymns outside an abortion clinic. If I had uploaded that part without saying where I had recorded them, people would probably just take it as some everyday religious expression. Context is everything I guess.

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Originally posted by palm i MUST listen to it always or i loose myself somehow, my personality fades away and i dont know what the hell im doing. need it for balance and therapy, i usualy listen to edm a couple hours

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Home listener. 3-6 hours (sometimes more) of fairly active listening every day. I listen to edm once in a while but not much in general nowadays (for example i didn't listen to any edm the past 7 days, but i'm listening to some right now). I don't care much for clubbing at all.

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Originally posted by Skov Nothing surpasses the beauty of silence, imo.

Dude, this is just an average tune by Svenson and Gielen, you can find better...!

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Originally posted by SMC Home listener. 3-6 hours (sometimes more) of fairly active listening every day. I listen to edm once in a while but not much in general nowadays (for example i didn't listen to any edm the past 7 days, but i'm listening to some right now). I don't care much for clubbing at all.

I don't consider "Amber" EDM lol (more like IDM which most of the times means experimental electronic music, possibly with some ambient lines and atmospheres, that you can't dance to)



Either way "Amber" is a GREAT album and possibly my most favorite Autechre album. It has this "mystical" childhood essence, its great. Also Arovane's "Atol Scrap" FTW.

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Originally posted by Project-K I used to be hooked to this stuff too back in the day. I'd spend a few hours a day listening to some acid, tech house and stuff like that. Once I started listening to other stuff regularly I found that I listened to less and less EDM, and nowadays I barely ever do. I think it just has to do with getting your ears used to different sounds.

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