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I just want you to see this video, because it is absolutely brilliant - creative and funny. Musically it is also worth noting, if one is into electro, as it illustrates a single from the debut EP of the band AutoKratz, but it definitely stands out because of the video, directed by Laurie Thinot. The video is a parody of infographic with charts changing to the beat of the track. It was presented in 2009 at Saatchi & Saatchi's New Directors Showcase - a part of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
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06 June 2017
I will show you this infographic: Autokratz - “Stay the same”
01 March 2013
Therapy? - "Infernal Love" (1995)
Therapy? is an outstanding hard rock / metal band from Ireland. Influenced by such stylistically diverse bands as Black Sabbath or Hüsker Dü they managed to build their own distinct sound, based on a wall of noise constructed from loud guitars and powerful drums on the one hand and melodic vocal lines, catchy tunes and clever emotional lyrics passionately delivered by the singer Andy Cairns on the other hand.
The final vocal line on Infernal Love might be "There is a light at the end of the tunnel," but there's no denying that Infernal Love is anything but optimistic; it's an unrelentingly dark and sometimes bluntly turgid record. Anyone familiar with the band had grown accustomed to Andy Cairns' spins on depression, anger, bitterness, and self-destruction, but even the most devoted listener probably screamed "Snap out of it!" while first listening to this third record. Darker chords and slower tempos prevail, and the pop-punk hooks are all but washed away. The sequentially buried, bouncing "Loose" is an anomaly, sounding like a refugee from Troublegum that reads like a dystopian "Jack and Diane." Other than that, it's nothing but despair and heartache. [Read more --->] Tracklist: 01. Epilepsy [3:50] 02. Stories [3:11] 03. A Moment of Clarity [6:02] 04. Jude the Obscene [3:32] 05. Bowels of Love [2:53] 06. Misery [3:40] 07. Bad Mother [5:46] 08. Me Vs You [6:24] 09. Loose [3:00] 10. Diane [5:00] 11. 30 Seconds [5:25] Playing Time.........: 48:42 |
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Log translation at http://eachelper.uphero.com/
EAC extraction logfile from 2. June 2004, 11:59 for CD
Therapy? / Infernal Love
Used drive : TEAC CD-W54E Adapter: 0 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with C2, accurate stream, NO disable cache
Combined read/write offset correction : 0
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Used output format : D:\audio\Monkey's Audio\MAC.exe (Monkey's Audio Lossless Encoder)
High Lossless Compression
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
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Filename F:\upload\(01) Epilepsy.wav
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Copy CRC 4F055E5E
Copy OK
Track 2
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Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC D7397074
Copy OK
Track 3
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Peak level 94.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 8B90DBA8
Copy OK
Track 4
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Copy CRC AF417E90
Copy OK
Track 5
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Peak level 96.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 2ACB71A1
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename F:\upload\(06) Misery.wav
Peak level 91.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 533D3C19
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename F:\upload\(07) Bad Mother.wav
Peak level 94.9 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC CDC707C3
Copy OK
Track 8
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Peak level 95.4 %
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Copy CRC 213EC073
Copy OK
Track 9
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Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 3F0B381C
Copy OK
Track 10
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Peak level 94.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Copy CRC 8E224C1C
Copy OK
Track 11
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Peak level 96.3 %
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Copy CRC 8D4F532F
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No errors occured
End of status report
----------------------- DON'T MODIFY THIS FILE ----------------------- PERFORMER: auCDtect Task Manager, ver. 1.5.1RC4 build 1.5.1.5 Copyright (c) 2008-2010 y-soft. All rights reserved http://y-soft.org ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2 Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved. FILE: 11 - 30 Seconds.flac Size: 40209506 Hash: E3ED3AEADDF1E8964F4FBF371602E64E Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: AD73A19782887B20675BF0B4FAF17B377B490168 FILE: 10 - Diane.flac Size: 29755009 Hash: 24179F579E36AC07264A625EE7B36329 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 9FC334D429754AEE6A46D36F077A8EBDA269BEB6 FILE: 09 - Loose.flac Size: 24402481 Hash: B7519DE6AC8FBA2B7923B41FE7849742 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: AE7138CAD9FF9D6A3736CECF92EEAC8D8E13C5A5 FILE: 08 - Me Vs. You.flac Size: 39218855 Hash: FD5571B7F3AB751BEFAF76472A178102 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 46317E4B51EB5CF729FB65DA79AE6E62C44D3B98 FILE: 07 - Bad Mother.flac Size: 39890190 Hash: 15845B49729F86CCE9D48CC1D96F294F Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: E2CE5AC6D1DCA2960A28E2BF0E3AB99802678648 FILE: 06 - Misery.flac Size: 28434375 Hash: 01AEFCF6D4B94D207E9F3FC85F16B771 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: AF16F9E12DB5044B5A6066ADD1E78E06F1D54E0F FILE: 05 - Bowels Of Love.flac Size: 20155063 Hash: 3CFB348D9AA91AB645BC743B76D8E541 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 2D8D3962B0DA487C966ED38CD113286F2B0E0AD0 FILE: 04 - Jude The Obscene.flac Size: 27292041 Hash: BF2402ED26E602A473D0D9555B0507F2 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: DC97E8FB0297938B5E6AD9B37BB39DCD3ED11070 FILE: 03 - A Moment Of Clarity.flac Size: 39232592 Hash: D4139D794D19B34C1E5804AB7879683E Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 0AB60D56781A96B6BF138802CC328EDB4FDC9F1D FILE: 02 - Stories.flac Size: 23991853 Hash: D3A20D4B89BBD232B13F51C90BB505DC Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 62F32917559ACF21CF0884022339527ED4ADE85D FILE: 01 - Epilepsy.flac Size: 27855181 Hash: F80285E5C0AE4BA0E62B8B3870D05480 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: BB917F85ACAE54BFBC9EC42A1ECC4913A7394DB7 Disclaimer: As you can see in the EAC log, the person that ripped this CD used some settings that make "secure mode" much less secure: use of C2 pointers, use of cache, 1-pass rip (no test). Further, "Combined read/write offset correction" set to "0" probably means there are some missing samples (but it does not mean these differences are audible - it just means the copy is not "exact"). I carefully listened to this rip and I heard no audible ripping errors. CUETools database contains 4 different pressings of this album and all the checksums are different to this rip. I suppose it means this release is from another pressing (or maybe it's the result of the wrong offset set in EAC?). Interested? Ask Uncle Google the magic question: E3ED3AEADDF1E8964F4FBF371602E64E avax More by Therapy?: Therapy? - "Iron Man" (live in Firenze, Italy, 1994) Therapy? - "Lonely, Cryin', Only" [CDS] (1998) |
28 February 2013
Therapy? - "Lonely, Cryin', Only" [CDS] (1998)
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Therapy? is an outstanding hard rock / metal band from Ireland. Influenced by such stylistically diverse bands as Black Sabbath or Hüsker Dü they managed to build their own distinct sound, based on a wall of noise constructed from loud guitars and powerful drums on the one hand and melodic vocal lines, catchy tunes and clever emotional lyrics delivered by the singer Andy Cairns on the other hand.
"Lonely, Cryin', Only" comes from the Semi-Detached album and it was released on A&M Records on May 18, 1998. This single reached number 32 in the UK Singles Chart. Semi-Detached is not the best album by Therapy? and "Lonely, Cryin', Only" is not the best song on this album. Still, it leaves many contemporary rockers' efforts behind. But forget the single track - you can find it on the regular album, anyhow. The B-Side tracks are much more interesting and should be more than enough for a fan to get this single. "High Noon" is a cover of the song by DJ Shadow, a prominent DJ and electronic music artist. It sounds like a typical Therapy?'s song, while still being faithful to the original and catchy as hell. Brilliant work. The remaining two songs are reworked versions of their past masterpieces, so they should be interesting for fans as well. Tracklist: 1. Lonely, Cryin', Only [02:40] 2. High Noon [05:09] 3. Diane (new recording) [06:23] 4. Teethgrinder (new recording) [03:20] Playing Time.........: 17:34 |
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Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 9. January 2012, 11:26
Therapy? / Lonely, Cryin', Only
Used drive : PLDS DVD+-RW DH-16AAS Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure
Utilize accurate stream : Yes
Defeat audio cache : No
Make use of C2 pointers : No
Read offset correction : 6
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : No
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Null samples used in CRC calculations : Yes
Used interface : Native Win32 interface for Win NT & 2000
Gap handling : Appended to previous track
Used output format : Microsoft PCM Converter
Sample format : 44,100 kHz; bitów: 16 ; Stereo
TOC of the extracted CD
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2 | 2:40.50 | 5:09.65 | 12050 | 35289
3 | 7:50.40 | 6:23.20 | 35290 | 64034
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Track 1
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Peak level 97.9 %
Extraction speed 5.6 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 81932BF9
Copy CRC 81932BF9
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F1CE457A] (AR v1)
Copy OK
Track 2
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Peak level 98.0 %
Extraction speed 6.3 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 7FDF3991
Copy CRC 7FDF3991
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [1FB82682] (AR v1)
Copy OK
Track 3
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Pre-gap length 0:00:01.04
Peak level 98.0 %
Extraction speed 7.1 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 66849A63
Copy CRC 66849A63
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [E6098FCD] (AR v1)
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename c:\Temp\04 - Teethgrinder (new recording).wav
Peak level 98.0 %
Extraction speed 7.8 X
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 31FD2F75
Copy CRC 31FD2F75
Accurately ripped (confidence 1) [F1873252] (AR v1)
Copy OK
All tracks accurately ripped
No errors occurred
End of status report
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----------------------- DON'T MODIFY THIS FILE ----------------------- PERFORMER: auCDtect Task Manager, ver. 1.5.1RC4 build 1.5.1.5 Copyright (c) 2008-2010 y-soft. All rights reserved http://y-soft.org ANALYZER: auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2 Copyright (c) 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved. Copyright (c) 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved. FILE: 04 - Teethgrinder (new recording).flac Size: 25396288 Hash: F0D0B8ECE2724FD85F91176E3A99D8EF Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: F518522A3EEDCD61746CDD9E39542BB042D1083E FILE: 03 - Diane (new recording).flac Size: 38254952 Hash: 67C06C3E0E427378C85D95FB3545F71E Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 269056DC7834188E663FE0459106EA1934F45B32 FILE: 02 - High Noon.flac Size: 33888957 Hash: C5A8EDBDADF93B4B4D40CD2B8FBF1CBD Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 99% Signature: 4192DBB3B37AF2255525FE4AFB69564AB729E916 FILE: 01 - Lonely, Cryin', Only.flac Size: 18672938 Hash: 8F7BE53FE2D672429917A5023B7C76C7 Accuracy: -m0 Conclusion: CDDA 100% Signature: 23BB8FF9F8821ED51EC9BFDCAA0CF5AC2E7476D2 Interested? Ask Uncle Google the magic question: 25C424B4DAF3FB88973024500FE33EE14245F51AFF39BEA175B276584764B8F9 avax More by Therapy?: Therapy? - "Infernal Love" (1995) Therapy? - "Iron Man" (live in Firenze, Italy, 1994) |
04 December 2011
Eclectek - "Groove On"
They are getting better and better (10/10)
I watch Eclectek's development for several years now and I am more and more impressed. Their works were interesting from the very beginning (these old albums have been unfortunately removed from Jamendo), but they work hard and with each new album they cross new borders. And I really like where they are heading. They started with very eclectic :) mixture of rock, electronica, hip-hop and funk. But on this two-track minialbum they step deeper into the realm of rock music. And they really should feel at home here. Both tracks are outstanding - highly energetic, with strong aggressive female vocals and ultra catchy melodies. Their rock is spiced up with electronica, but in perfect proportions, without turning their music into some campy electroclash shit. The bands that immediately come to mind are Guano Apes and Skunk Anansie. Do not get me wrong; I do not bring these names as a claim of unoriginality - everybody has some influences. I just want to tell you two things: one - what type of music you can expect, because "rock" is too general and "alternative rock" is not only an extremely stupid, but also a meaningless label; and the second - they already reached the level of these bands. This is not some amateurish effort rated "10/10", because it is "good for non-professionals" (the usual argument of bad artists complaining on low ratings). This recording gets "10/10", because you could mistake it for a new Skunk Anansie's single. This is how good it is. My only complaint is a usual one in such cases - IT IS TOO SHORT! I WANT MORE! To sum up - wanna hear some really fresh super catchy top quality heavy rock? Check out this album. [Artist's website] |
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09 November 2011
Ex Animo - "Sentience"
Modern hard rock masterpiece (10/10)
The most popular tag that journalists use for such music nowadays is "nu metal". I hate this label because it is meaningless and stupid - what "nu" would tell the listener in year 2030? So let's say this is just a hard rock album heavily influenced by metal and grunge. This work should be attractive to fans of such bands as Disturbed or Godsmack. Especially Disturbed can be pointed as a very direct influence. This is not bad though, as not every one is able to come up with breakthrough achievements. We need also talented artists who can successfully build upon the grounds discovered by their predecessors. And Ex Animo have built a massive fortress here. This is a flawless work, catching your attention from the first sound. It is full of great melodies, power and energy, decent instrumental and vocal work from all the band members, powerful riffs. Production is good, the vocalist is able to deliver English lyrics with a very good accent (for my non-native ear, of course, but so many non-English bands fail so miserably at this point that even my ears hurt). I won't mention any particular songs, because they are all top quality. This is definitely the best hard rock album I found on Jamendo to this date. GO GET IT ASAP! |
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25 March 2011
InDePeNdEnCiA - "Estacao Independencia" [EP]
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Quite a progress since debut (6/10)
This EP contains three re-recorded songs taken from the previous album and one brand new track. The recording shows a significant progress since the debut. Quality of production is acceptable this time, allowing a listener to appreciate the decent instrumental work and quite catchy (sometimes) and energetic hard rock punk-influenced songs. Unfortunately, it also reveals true weakness of the vocalist, who spoils what his colleagues have accomplished. Nevertheless, taking into consideration the progress already made, this is a promising act.
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08 March 2011
Pornopink - "Pornopink" [promo]
Quite good punk-inspired techno (7/10)
This is hard techno based on distorted guitar-like sounds and disco beats. It probably could be placed under electro label, but some elements of digital hardcore are also present. If AI is ever constructed and it decides to play punk, this is how it would sound like, I guess. Two tracks are more melody-oriented ("Make up" and "Obsession") and generally better, as the artist tries to surprise a listener with variety of effects. The other two ("Pink Panther" & "You like porno") are more straightforward, focused on beats and energy. The result is less interesting, because they are not so energetic, as the artist (probably) planned. This is neither Sex Pistols, nor The Prodigy. But still - nice effort, worth listening. The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format. [Myspace] |
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49manekinow,
archive.org,
cc-by-nd,
digital hardcore,
electro,
energetic,
free,
netlabels,
techno
25 February 2011
Rastadeush - "Night Is Too Short"
Energetic techno - but not all tracks are equally fine (6/10)
[Myspace]
second release at 49manekinow.net [49mannequines.net]. dirty astmatic terror electro-tech/techno from south silesia in poland. "night is too short" is LP recorded in 2006 by young silesian hooligan RASTADEUSH
It's energetic techno, mixing breakbeat, electro, dance - but not all tracks are equally fine. Almost half of the album (01, 03, 08, 10, 13-14) contains primitive, repetitive dance and electro pieces. But the rest is much much better - still energetic and danceable, but catchy and creative at the same time. So I still recommend checking this album out - some of the tracks are top class. Rastadeush is really talented, if only he stopped trying to satisfy primitive disco lovers.
The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.
The album has been released by the 49manekinow.net netlabel and is available for downloading at archive.org in mp3 format.
[Myspace]
Labels:
49manekinow,
archive.org,
breakbeat,
cc-by-nd,
dance,
electro,
energetic,
free,
netlabels,
repetitive,
techno
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