Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Danderyds Psykhus, Stockholm
Modern techno with deliberately bad mastering?
Is this a thing? I've found heaps of great tracks that sounds like they've been ran through a vacuum cleaner's dust bag before they were pressed to vinyl or released as web.
Here are two examples:
Patricia - Foie Gras
Masks - Vapors
Nov-23-2014 20:42
Woony
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Sep 2009
Location: Berlin
"Well, this mixdown sounds like crap. Whatevs, i'll send it to mastering anways and tell everyone it's super raw underground sound..."
Registered: Aug 2010
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Wouldn't surprise me at all, goes hand in hand with the retro-focussed trends of today, I think much of today's techno sounds significantly worse then it needs to be and it's starting to irk me a little bit. There's just no need for it.
Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Danderyds Psykhus, Stockholm
Makes me think about the true norwegian black metal.
Nov-23-2014 21:37
Vector A
Your petrochemical arms
Registered: Apr 2011
Location: U.S.
They vaguely remind me of some of the tracks w__ashley posted.
Nov-23-2014 22:53
Sykonee
Supreme EMCritic
Registered: Dec 2004
Location: Vancouver, Canada
I've heard a few 'witch house' tracks that sounded like they were recorded on third-generation demo tapes from the '80s.
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Nov-23-2014 23:42
AlphaStarred
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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Brooklyn, NY
That is rather unfortunate - two very good tracks, could have been great if they weren't so muffled, whether intentional or not.
A slightly similar problem with this, from 2006:
Nov-23-2014 23:57
MSZ
godspeed
Registered: Jun 2005
Location: kill me
There is nothing unfortunate about it, production aesthetic is an extension of the art-form and I can totally appreciate it. Seems popularized in the Nordic region for some reason?
Nov-24-2014 00:10
Mattsanity
Supreme tranceaddict
Registered: Aug 2003
Location:
this thread couldn't have come at a better time because I wanted to gripe about Trancesetters - Roaches, the original mix. it's probably best known for the peace division and slacker remixes, but the original mix is an older jackhammer of a track that unfortunately sounds off with the mastering of it. I tried to EQ it to bring it to life when I featured it in my hard techno mix, but it still sounded so muddy. I have to apologize to those who listened to my mix and heard the muddiness of Roaches compared to the other tracks in the mix.
Nov-24-2014 00:23
AlphaStarred
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Registered: Jul 2002
Location: Brooklyn, NY
quote:
Originally posted by MSZ
There is nothing unfortunate about it, production aesthetic is an extension of the art-form and I can totally appreciate it.
Great. And I'd probably appreciate those tracks more if they sounded more clean. There's also a difference between "dirty" tracks and those that simply sound muffled.
