Best Ever Albums

Re: ALC #22: descension

baystateoftheart — Thu, 1 Jul 2021 21:41:44 GMT

Author: baystateoftheart

Posted: 07/02/2021 01:41

Streams wrote:

examples? this seems super hilarious.

I think this is the most acclaimed album to do it - only one of the tracks is actually live:

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Cheap Thrills by Big Brother And The Holding Company

It's ridiculous, and as EyeKanFly alluded, it was not uncommon for bands to release fake live albums in the 60s and 70s, often with "live" in the title.

Re: ALC #22: descension

Streams — Thu, 1 Jul 2021 17:40:21 GMT

Author: Streams

Posted: 07/01/2021 21:40

EyeKanFly wrote:

Dubbing an audience to make the album seem live used to be much more common

examples? this seems super hilarious.

Re: ALC #22: descension

EyeKanFly — Thu, 1 Jul 2021 16:58:22 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/01/2021 20:58

Streams wrote:

elevated studio technique right here. if I ever record anything in a studio I'll make sure it rivals the incessant Golden Girls laugh tracks

lol apt comparison. Dubbing an audience to make the album seem live (or to make a live album seem even MORE live a la Kiss' "Alive!") used to be much more common, and I was thinking it might've been a thing they did on this album if they couldn't play live due to covid.

Did some research though and it looks like this was actually recorded live in July 2019: https://eremite.com/album/mte-74-75

Re: ALC #22: descension

Streams — Thu, 1 Jul 2021 16:49:51 GMT

Author: Streams

Posted: 07/01/2021 20:49

EyeKanFly wrote:

dub crowd cheers/claps onto the music..

elevated studio technique right here. if I ever record anything in a studio I'll make sure it rivals the incessant Golden Girls laugh tracks

Re: ALC #22: descension

EyeKanFly — Thu, 1 Jul 2021 15:05:31 GMT

Author: EyeKanFly

Posted: 07/01/2021 19:05

Uhh well barring the above about Evan Parker, I thought this album was quite good.

It was a really cool listen, very jazzy and super interesting arrangements and improvisations. I assume this was recorded live? Either that or it was a very odd choice to dub crowd cheers/claps onto the music.

In any case, thanks for posting this, definitely going into my chart.

Re: ALC #22: descension

Tap — Thu, 1 Jul 2021 14:45:40 GMT

Author: Tap

Posted: 07/01/2021 18:45

So I love the Natural Information Society stuff, got Magnetoception on my main chart, but I still haven't heard this. Part of it is because of Evan Parker being an absolute nut, talking about how COVID vaccines are putting software into people and doing pieces using quotes from AIDS deniers to express his antivax sentiments. Kind of sapped the urgency on this one from me, it's not like I'm lacking for choices in good music already. But I also looked back at my listening since COVID started, and I haven't been listening to any NIS stuff, it popped up a lot over the other years, but I think the repetition really doesn't work for me right now. I will listen to it eventually, but I think I need to get more variety in my days before the ecstatic constancy of this music can have the desired effect once again.

ALC #22: descension

Applerill — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 10:10:41 GMT

Author: Applerill

Posted: 06/30/2021 14:10

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Descension (Out Of Our Constrictions) by Natural Information Society

I’m soooooo sorry for the delay everyone. I finally had my second shot Friday, and I was wiped out for all of Monday.

In any case, this was actually my first album from these guys, but if you’re like me, the idea of “post-minimal free jazz with Evan Parker” is an instant sell, and this album has such an extraordinary energy that makes it my favorite album of the year. I hope y’all enjoy <3