Lane Visitor Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 i remember being in high school, probably as a sophomore, reading dantes inferno, listening to this: [youtubehd]k0Mq3jc9wWg[/youtubehd] this was as an mp3 being traded around prior to kid a's release. i've always preferred this version of pyramid song, probably because it was so simple compared to the final orchestrated one. there's something about the crappy audience recording, people talking, thom's voice being very distant and echoey, that makes it more powerful for me. Ahh! Can't agree more regarding Radiohead live recordings. the first radiohead cd i owned in high school was a bootleg i bought at a local record store, of one of their live shows in paris and some other location.. I still think it rivals their studio versions. Something about the OK Computer era, live- those songs sounded astounding and epic in a live arena setting. that natural verb. so lush. esp. on tracks like exit music. those epic builds and operatic parts. nothing compares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 folk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 the final Pyramid Song is probably my favourite thing they've ever done. either that or Codex. Same here, Amnesiac is my favorite Radiohead album actually, I was quite sheltered musically before listening to it - I hadn't even heard Kid A or OK Computer - so it was quite the experience listening to it for the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I have two hard drives I mean to restore sometime in the future, mostly full of music I've either outgrown or since acquired. But I'd love to go through some of the P2P tracks I had found - odd snippets of DJ sets, foreign rap mixtapes in 128kps or lower (I swear I had some in Russian and Japanese that used the same instrumental tracks), odd things like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 the super distorted bass on this recording makes it better. i'd love a really lo fi aphex release. [youtubehd]ng_wgSsVKJU[/youtubehd] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 radiohead bootlegs in late 90's is where it's at. i remember finding a site which hosted a ton of them in an obscure vqf format, low bitrate, small size, very 28.8k modem friendly. many of those bootlegs became ideal types for later radiohead releases to me. this is one of them if im not mistaken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmH1403IJdg&feature=player_embedded another one would be autechre's draft 7.30 cassette promo leak from soulseek, which i burned into a minidisc (!) (as one track) which degraded the quality even more. it had a warm, mushy sound and i used to listen to that minidisc a lot while in the army. listening to draft these days in pristine lossless just doesn't feel the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 radiohead bootlegs in late 90's is where it's at. i remember finding a site which hosted a ton of them in an obscure vqf format, low bitrate, small size, very 28.8k modem friendly. many of those bootlegs became ideal types for later radiohead releases to me. this is one of them if im not mistaken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmH1403IJdg&feature=player_embedded another one would be autechre's draft 7.30 cassette promo leak from soulseek, which i burned into a minidisc (!) (as one track) which degraded the quality even more. it had a warm, mushy sound and i used to listen to that minidisc a lot while in the army. listening to draft these days in pristine lossless just doesn't feel the same. That does sound lovely. I'd never heard of VQF either. I missed out on Minidisc, seemed like quite a nice format back in the day, best of both CD and cassette's attributes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o00o Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 I like some of the Analords better as vinyl to mp3 rip than the clean WAVs from rephlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 radiohead bootlegs in late 90's is where it's at. i remember finding a site which hosted a ton of them in an obscure vqf format, low bitrate, small size, very 28.8k modem friendly. many of those bootlegs became ideal types for later radiohead releases to me. this is one of them if im not mistaken: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmH1403IJdg&feature=player_embedded another one would be autechre's draft 7.30 cassette promo leak from soulseek, which i burned into a minidisc (!) (as one track) which degraded the quality even more. it had a warm, mushy sound and i used to listen to that minidisc a lot while in the army. listening to draft these days in pristine lossless just doesn't feel the same. bahaha this makes me so happy. i downloaded that exact file off of audiogalaxy back in 1999/early 2000. vqf, wow, lol. i remember the old radiohead messageboard, might have been called optimistic or something else prior to that, all the files shared were vqf files. i remember downloading the old motion picture soundtrack as well, which i also prefer to the kid a version: [youtubehd]nmjyUce7kSU[/youtubehd] and then, there's the berlin concert from july 2000. at first, it was a 160 kbps mp3 file. really hazy sounding, but in a nice way. later a soundboard appeared, supposedly mixed by nigel godrich himself. i still prefer the old audience recorded version of dollars and cents from that concert, which i heard a few months prior to kid a and probably a full year before amnesiac. i love how the keyboard/ondes in this blends in to the background and the whole song has a really spaced out vibe vs the oppressive overorchestrated studio version. Radiohead - 7-4-00 - 08 - Dollars and Cents.mp3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 My dad used to record indie music from internet radio, Reading stuff like this makes me kinda feel old when I come to the realization that internet radio has been around for long enough for someone to reminisce about their parents listening to it back in the days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 that being said, i still listen to internet radio. I actually stream it on my phone with shitty phone speakers. I end up shazaming stuff all the time but am often disappointed when i heard the track in a hi-fi setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 i remember the old radiohead messageboard, might have been called optimistic or something else prior to that, mortigi tempo ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted October 19, 2013 Author Share Posted October 19, 2013 I really dig low quality gabber and j-core. It sounds super internet-kawaii-anime or whatever. This sounds good at 240p: DJ Internet Visions did a series of mixes that were just super lofi J-Core recordings, but they're kind of annoying to find. My dad used to record indie music from internet radio, Reading stuff like this makes me kinda feel old when I come to the realization that internet radio has been around for long enough for someone to reminisce about their parents listening to it back in the days. Grandaddy, Atari Teenage Riot, Soundgarden, Beck, Crystal Method, Le Tigre, Love and Rockets, etc all nostalgic childhood memories because of my parents. So is Homestar Runner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verdant Hickies Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 old punk music like misfits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capsaicin Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6IrmULLV0M probably because it's already low quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colunga Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 A friend had Wu-Tang's enter the 36 Chambers on Cassette that we abused and passed back and forth for 5 years. it always sounded weird to me in good quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcbpete Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 I really dig low quality gabber and j-core. It sounds super internet-kawaii-anime or whatever. This sounds good at 240p: Sounds even better if you press the 'mute' button. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6IrmULLV0M probably because it's already low quality If I recall correctly it was recorded onto cassette with a cheap boombox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 A friend had Wu-Tang's enter the 36 Chambers on Cassette that we abused and passed back and forth for 5 years. it always sounded weird to me in good quality. That's the great thing about tape, in lieu of constituency and quality you get unique and weathered sounds out of them. Always liked this anecdote too: Take Super Furry Animals and Neon Neon frontman Gruff Rhys, who issued Welsh singer-songwriter Cate LeBon's Me Oh My on cassette last year as the first release for his own Irony Bored imprint. "Listening to a cassette tape is not an exact science," says Rhys. "Some cassette players play them a little faster. Others distort and phrase the music, changing the sound on the cassette forever. My first introduction to U2 was listening to a cassette that had at some point been chewed up by a dog. It sounded like a recording of a My Bloody Valentine rehearsal or something, full of incredible whooshing noises and vibrato. Imagine my disappointment on hearing the correct version a few years later." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 old punk music like misfits Yesssss. Partly because a lot of older punk bands haven't got any decent-sounding recordings, and partly because it fits that old-school punk aesthetic: Also, ancient blues recordings. Robert Johnson, etc. The lo-fi-ness gives it an eerie sort of quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Shadow GriZZly Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Old school industrial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lane Visitor Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Old school industrial. yeah i found a ministry album on tape a while back.. that was awesome to turn up loud in my moms cars tape deck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zkom Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I just got a weird mono tape recorder/amplifier combo used for language teaching that has a tape speed control. Been playing some old gabber and acid tapes on it. Lulzy but fun. The distorted kick drums sound nice on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Yw8HBaklo Edit: lulzy youtube link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuatxuk Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I just got a weird mono tape recorder/amplifier combo used for language teaching that has a tape speed control. Been playing some old gabber and acid tapes on it. Lulzy but fun. The distorted kick drums sound nice on it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7Yw8HBaklo Edit: lulzy youtube link Nice, pitch control with tape is a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest disparaissant Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6IrmULLV0M probably because it's already low quality If I recall correctly it was recorded onto cassette with a cheap boombox. it was a Panasonic RX-FT500! http://solaceinsunlight.tumblr.com/post/6813550301/this-is-a-3-30-loop-of-john-darnielles-panasonic so sooooooothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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