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Northern Exposure Recordings: at it again! (pg. 2)
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| GrimReaper |
Brilliant label. I appreciate their efforts in giving us some tracks which have been pretty hard to find in decent sound quality on any format for years.
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
Frankly I'm not really interested in "today's digital standards". I'm interested in the music. The sound quality on a couple of these re-releases might be slightly lower than a brand new release, but if that's going to stop you appreciating some great music then you have only my pity.
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Agreed. It's just that many people today who are used to the crystal clear, boosted up sounds of modern productions filled with countless layers of elements, don't think the older, more quieter and simpler sounds are that special compared to the new sounds. Yet quite often when old tracks are being "remastered", the only thing done with them is the increase of volume, sometimes even to levels where it gets distorted.
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A lot of the new mixes on this label aren't up to much, granted, but certainly in the case of Sacred Cycles it was new remix packages that gave us most of these great remixes. The Gary D, Jens and Yum Yum remixes all came years after the original, and then there's the Quivver remix which is also on Beatport that was released six or seven years after the original.
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Yeah some of the new Wavespeech mixes are horrible.
But for Sacred Cycles, actually Gary D, Jens, Yum Yum and Planet B.E.N. mixes all came out already in '94 - the same year than the original did, only splattered across several releases then. Only the mixes released on Hooj were the ones released years later. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| quote: | Originally posted by GrimReaper
But for Sacred Cycles, actually Gary D, Jens, Yum Yum and Planet B.E.N. mixes all came out already in '94 - the same year than the original did, only splattered across several releases then. Only the mixes released on Hooj were the ones released years later. |
I stand corrected. I have it in my head that the Yum Yum mix was 96/97 time because of their Remixes anthology it's on, and I've only heard the Gary D and Jens remixes played on stuff from 1995 and later. |
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| Paradox Lost |
Rumor is that Dammerung is next.
It also looks like (again, not confirmed) that Frontside was able to offer up the samples to this one, so they'll be fresh remixes as well. |
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| RebeL9 |
| I'm surprised to see the entire Blue Planet Corporation album up there. It's easily one of the best trance albums from the 90s. I hope they pull up more classics for digital release. |
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| Chimney |
| Where can I gain more information about this label, releases etc? |
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ_Lord
i don't know why but i find lack of creativity in this idea of a label. |
Easy, you're an idiot. |
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| DJ_Lord |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
Easy, you're an idiot. |
No, wosbitchmother******.
The reason is, and I quote:
| quote: | Originally posted by Progsounds
And well, new remixes are all well and good but I think there has to be a certain standard to be met rather than just letting the latest random production outfit to emerge out of Russia or some barely established trance producer lose on some of these tracks.
The other point to be raised is that some of these classics have been resurrected previously (in some cases more than once) and all the previous reimagingings and reinterpretations pretty much cover all bases, making some of the releases this label outputs pretty unnecessary. |
Exactly what I was thinking when I originally wrote my first post.
Besides, why are you being so aggressive? Your imaginary bitch finally told you she's cheating on you? :clown: |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| Newsflash: the release this thread is about doesn't have any new mixes. I think it's obvious that the new mixes are secondary to the point of this label, which is to give the people the tracks they've been searching for. |
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| kitphillips |
| quote: | Originally posted by Progsounds
What I meant that a lot of these labels back in the day had a very low volume level. The point I was actually getting at is that some of the original labels these tracks came out on no longer exist, and even if they do, half the time the labels dont have a proper digital master and use a recording from the vinyl as the source for the digital release. |
If they have a low volume level then it probably just needs to be raised, its not that hard. If you mean that they aren't mastered with as much limiting, then again thats a matter of changing production values, and really isn't a problem. No one looks at a Jimi hendrix track and says, I like it but its volume is too low to listen to... You have to approach the track on its own terms. The same applies for older dance music.
A 44.1 khz CD is perfectly adequate as a master, unless you're remastering it. Which you wouldn't since remastering usually ruins good tracks. I agree if its still only on vinyl it might be a problem. But I'm sure they have CD/ADAT/Tape masters of most tracks. If not, maybe they could contact the artists and get something off them.
Talking about today's digital standards is a bit meaningless really, the tracks were good quality when they came out, and remain good quality now IMO. |
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| Progsounds |
| quote: | Originally posted by kitphillips
If they have a low volume level then it probably just needs to be raised, its not that hard. If you mean that they aren't mastered with as much limiting, then again thats a matter of changing production values, and really isn't a problem. No one looks at a Jimi hendrix track and says, I like it but its volume is too low to listen to... You have to approach the track on its own terms. The same applies for older dance music.
A 44.1 khz CD is perfectly adequate as a master, unless you're remastering it. Which you wouldn't since remastering usually ruins good tracks. I agree if its still only on vinyl it might be a problem. But I'm sure they have CD/ADAT/Tape masters of most tracks. If not, maybe they could contact the artists and get something off them.
Talking about today's digital standards is a bit meaningless really, the tracks were good quality when they came out, and remain good quality now IMO. |
The problem about masters is that a lot of the labels folded / went into administration and as such many of the old labels lost possession of such source masters. Additionally you would be surprised just how crap some artists are at archiving their previous works or retaining the source materials of these yesteryear classics, meaning sadly the use of a vinyl rip is an all too regular occurance. |
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| Progsounds |
| quote: | Originally posted by Paradox Lost
Rumor is that Dammerung is next.
It also looks like (again, not confirmed) that Frontside was able to offer up the samples to this one, so they'll be fresh remixes as well. |
I'd be surprised if this came about as there have been other labels over the last few years who have looked to re-release this and it never came to anything. In fact I believe Jonathan Lisle looked to contact them and do something with it when he compiled his Bedrock 0S02 a few years ago using material from other artists from the past such as Young American Primitive. |
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