Cakes
2009-06-16, 04:58 PM
So I picked up a few albums over the past few weeks on vinyl:
Alaska & Paradox - Isolationist LP - Paradox Music
Lynx & Kemo - The Raw Truth - Soul:R
Calibre - Shelflife 2 - Signature
IMO all three are a must buy. The real question here is which format. I'm not a Serato user quite yet but I've got to recommend the CD versions for the Lynx & Kemo and Calibre albums. I grabbed the CD versions off "THE WEB" over the weekend and I finally got around to sampling the proper album approach.
The Alaska & Paradox LP is absolutely wicked but the only major bonus you get on the CD is Abyssim (a 9 minute epic of midtempo soundscape business which you can probably enjoy on youtube). The vinyl version is pressed on transparent plates which gives you automatic street cred that the CD won't. So I give the vinyl version a +1 in this case. Content wise this is one of Dev's better albums. I was expecting more of a hybrid blend of the Alaska and Paradox guises but then end result comes out a bit divided. The quality of still there though and his deeper stuff continues to floor me.
Lynx & Kemo really knock it out of the park with Raw Truth. The vinyl version just seems like a collection of "tracks" when you pull it out plate by plate and give it a whirl. The CD is fucking brilliant though. It really comes across as an album effort with great flow and transitions and a nice varied approach to tempos and styles. This is truly the shit that should be getting signed by majors instead of Chase and Status and Pendulum. Hopefully Lynx and Kemo get the exposure they deserve in the future.
Shelflife 2 gets the CD recommendation for one simple fact: CALIBRE MAKES TOO MUCH GREAT MUSIC AND COULDN'T FIT IT ALL ONLY 4 PLATES OF WAX. Almost everything on the LP was excellent and had me excited when I got it from Redeye and agve it a listen. Then I got around to the *ahem* "rip" of the 2xCD and I shed a tear every time I heard something that got left off the vinyl. By the time I was done I had to change my shirt. Calibre gets real deep across the tempo band on the CD while everything on the vinyl is at d&b tempo. So +1 for the CD here.
Alaska & Paradox - Isolationist LP - Paradox Music
Lynx & Kemo - The Raw Truth - Soul:R
Calibre - Shelflife 2 - Signature
IMO all three are a must buy. The real question here is which format. I'm not a Serato user quite yet but I've got to recommend the CD versions for the Lynx & Kemo and Calibre albums. I grabbed the CD versions off "THE WEB" over the weekend and I finally got around to sampling the proper album approach.
The Alaska & Paradox LP is absolutely wicked but the only major bonus you get on the CD is Abyssim (a 9 minute epic of midtempo soundscape business which you can probably enjoy on youtube). The vinyl version is pressed on transparent plates which gives you automatic street cred that the CD won't. So I give the vinyl version a +1 in this case. Content wise this is one of Dev's better albums. I was expecting more of a hybrid blend of the Alaska and Paradox guises but then end result comes out a bit divided. The quality of still there though and his deeper stuff continues to floor me.
Lynx & Kemo really knock it out of the park with Raw Truth. The vinyl version just seems like a collection of "tracks" when you pull it out plate by plate and give it a whirl. The CD is fucking brilliant though. It really comes across as an album effort with great flow and transitions and a nice varied approach to tempos and styles. This is truly the shit that should be getting signed by majors instead of Chase and Status and Pendulum. Hopefully Lynx and Kemo get the exposure they deserve in the future.
Shelflife 2 gets the CD recommendation for one simple fact: CALIBRE MAKES TOO MUCH GREAT MUSIC AND COULDN'T FIT IT ALL ONLY 4 PLATES OF WAX. Almost everything on the LP was excellent and had me excited when I got it from Redeye and agve it a listen. Then I got around to the *ahem* "rip" of the 2xCD and I shed a tear every time I heard something that got left off the vinyl. By the time I was done I had to change my shirt. Calibre gets real deep across the tempo band on the CD while everything on the vinyl is at d&b tempo. So +1 for the CD here.