PlatrixECV
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I continue to find this to be the album of 2020. Like precognitive. Already topical with climate change and what not. But I will forever have memories of driving 90 mph on empty Los Angeles in what should have been rush hour during the height of the pandemic quarantine blasting this. Then became perfect for the social unrest following George Floyd. Just in general seems to get the frenzy and pace of life in 2020. Both ominous and ecstatic at the same time. Love it. (Usually just repeat the first three tracks though).
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Reminder: Everyone wash/scrub your hands
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Loving this one. I'm not sure if its music or assault, but its great. Visceral AF. Rakkine is some sort of perfect encapsulation of the modern world with its frenetic pace. PS my favorite Vladislav Delay record is probably Kuopio
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A lot of the amorphous NTS 3 is growing on me. I'm still not certain it's top echelon because my perspective is - is icari really bringing it for 19+ minutes? etc. Same issue with t1a1, which is really really like. Some of the really long tracks are slow burns ... and I guess don't feel epic, although I enjoy Ae basically releasing the full iteration of their ideas for a track (which these are). There's enough mindblowing shit interpersed that all NTS' are great releases, I'm just not ready to call some of these 15+ minute tracks (other than violvoic) on par with the best tracks in the catalogue.
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To all those resisting the supremacy of NTS 2. It's inevitable. Relax and enjoy it.
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Theory: g 1 e 1 is intended to be played at a quiet volume. I've played it in several modalities (car, small speakers. main stereo rig, headphones) and it always has passages that buzz/distort on the speakers when you blast it. This was bugging me, so I found the volume level where this never happens. And POP, the track gets (even more) magical. I believe they designed it intentionally to be played at low volume. In addition to the speaker overload, the variances in volume flatten out at lower volume, and it is super quiet in sections to begin with with the faux fade outs. The main melody or whatever just has a more mysterious quality when it sounds distant and less in your face. Give it a try.
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Upon listening again NTS3 really is all over the place and just outright weird. Some of these tracks may take awhile to click. Some I may never like. A few I already love (clustro casual, acid wman idle, g 1 e 1, and shimripl air) .. mostly on the warm, ambient side.
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I 100% agree.
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I too wish they'd cool it with the high pitched really grating stuff. l3ctrl is another one where it's going on.
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13ctrl was my immediate favorite from NTS 1 and mindblowing, and yah NTS2 almost everything is superior and it's not even close.
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"massive" seems inadequate to describe the last five minutes of violvoice. What's the next level? "Neutron star". I'm not certain light can escape from those slides - do we go "black hole"?
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To be fair, I was talking about NTS1.. I hadn't listened to North Spiral on speakers yet so I put it on... I'd it had a plenty of lows and punch in the bass although i would describe the overall sound range as more .... condensed. But it then opens up more around 11 minutes. There's just not as much bass/lows as basically everything on NTS2 and most of NTS1. As an example the kicks that come in on Gonk starting around :20 are much deeper and rattling than anything on north spiral...
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On e0 the bass stabs are punch you in the face level tactile. Great texture with the mellower elements of this track. And then bell is floating around in the stereo field like its in the wind (a windchime?) Glorious;
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So just for clarity I have a vintage set up with an 8 watt tube amp and two 150 pound each cabinet speakers with 19" full range horns that are about 103 db efficient. I don't have a subwoofer. I don't have bass or treble modifiers, just overall volume. It's a system designed to have crystal clarity and depth of field. NTS 2 sounds remarkably natural and balanced. It's just the low end is fucking huge. It would give the mastering 10/10. It's amazing. Oh and the three dimensional stereo quality is nuts too.
