VHS Head - Trademark Ribbons of Gold

  On 8/5/2011 at 1:28 AM, elusive4 said:

  On 7/29/2011 at 8:28 AM, beerwolf said:

Don't fall asleep to this album. You'll have psychotic nightmares. Well I did anyway.

 

how would you fall asleep to this - it's so goddamn loud

Heheh, I was knackered after doing 5 hours on my bicycle. It was one of those scenes out of a film when you shoot bolt upright covered in sweat and eyes bulging like a toad. I am sure I was axing somebody to death or someone was axing me to death.

Heeeeeere's Johnnny!!

This is the album I keep returning to because people are so gay for it and you know what, fifth attempt and it still puts me to sleep. I'm officially washing my hands of Trademark Ribbons of Gold.

Im wanking and listening to it now.

mmmmmmhhmhmmmmmmmmmugnnnhghn

  On 8/5/2011 at 9:34 AM, Obel said:

This is the album I keep returning to because people are so gay for it and you know what, fifth attempt and it still puts me to sleep. I'm officially washing my hands of Trademark Ribbons of Gold.

It's cool to be different.

  On 8/5/2011 at 5:23 AM, Awepittance said:

in what sense does it need to be remastered 'properly'

 

i don't get it, the album is loud but that was clearly the intention of who made the music and also who mastered it

you wouldn't get it.

it's the intention? there's no fuckin wonder the people making the tunes aint no supposed to be mastering it in the final place.

duh.

  On 8/5/2011 at 6:01 AM, nene multiple assgasms said:

it's painful to listen to, on headphones at least. it could use a little dynamic range.

someone should rip the vinyl, for comparison. may be stomach that better

  On 8/5/2011 at 9:31 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 8/5/2011 at 9:34 AM, Obel said:

This is the album I keep returning to because people are so gay for it and you know what, fifth attempt and it still puts me to sleep. I'm officially washing my hands of Trademark Ribbons of Gold.

 

 

It's cool to be different.

You're right, I actually like this album but I'm saying I don't to sound... cool?

Makes perfect sense.

I wouldn't know how to express this in proper technical terms but I feel the album is "mastered" perfectly well (I own the CD, not the Vinyl) Some of the sounds push the limits a little, frequency-wise, and many of the beats are harsh and sharp but never painful to my ears. The whole thing has a great kick and sounds clear as anything, yet still 80's. It couldn't have been EQ'd any better imo.

considering that the source of the samples are from VHS, i find it quite the lol that people are complaining about dynamics.

as some others have said, the album is mastered just fine, taking into account where the samples have come from.

Well I'm guessing he must have tweaked the samples quite a bit too, I'd be very surprised if the VHS audio-"layer" was capable of producing such clear and clean recordings.

  On 8/6/2011 at 12:09 AM, Obel said:

  On 8/5/2011 at 9:31 PM, beerwolf said:

  On 8/5/2011 at 9:34 AM, Obel said:

This is the album I keep returning to because people are so gay for it and you know what, fifth attempt and it still puts me to sleep. I'm officially washing my hands of Trademark Ribbons of Gold.

 

 

It's cool to be different.

 

You're right, I actually like this album but I'm saying I don't to sound... cool?

 

Makes perfect sense.

Just pulling your leg Mr Obel

Hook, line and sinker!

  On 8/6/2011 at 7:19 PM, Obel said:

Hook, line and sinker!

Yeah why do people have beef with the production? It's a little loud but that's what it's supposed to be.

ITS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE WHAT NORMAL MUSIC SOUNDS LIKE BECAUSE IT WOULDNT BE INTELLIGENT IF IT DID, BUT NO PROBLEM, ITS OK, NOW YOU KNOW AND NOW YOU UNDERSTAND

  On 8/6/2011 at 11:09 PM, karmakramer said:

W A T M M

 

fixed that for you

You have your entire life to make your first album, and a year to make your second

To be fair, I find the production shitty sounding, loud or not. This is down to the VHS samples, it just doesn't sound very good to my ears. This has nothing to do with the construction of the tracks, which I find uninspired and mostly uninteresting, just the sound.

Anyone want to argue with that?

  On 8/7/2011 at 5:10 AM, Obel said:

To be fair, I find the production shitty sounding, loud or not. This is down to the VHS samples, it just doesn't sound very good to my ears. This has nothing to do with the construction of the tracks, which I find uninspired and mostly uninteresting, just the sound.

 

Anyone want to argue with that?

to be fair - are you implying your opinion is the "fair" opinion? or that you don't always speak fairly?

sounds shitty/shitty sounding /shit sound/argue question - argue? I am arguing with you right now, but really there is nothing to win here. so I hope this pointless exercise pleased your demand.

Me listening to VHS

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER

  On 8/7/2011 at 7:43 AM, baph said:

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER

 

ACADEMY AWARD WINNER

You are responsible.

  On 8/7/2011 at 6:28 AM, karmakramer said:

  On 8/7/2011 at 5:10 AM, Obel said:

To be fair, I find the production shitty sounding, loud or not. This is down to the VHS samples, it just doesn't sound very good to my ears. This has nothing to do with the construction of the tracks, which I find uninspired and mostly uninteresting, just the sound.

 

Anyone want to argue with that?

 

to be fair - are you implying your opinion is the "fair" opinion? or that you don't always speak fairly?

sounds shitty/shitty sounding /shit sound/argue question - argue? I am arguing with you right now, but really there is nothing to win here. so I hope this pointless exercise pleased your demand.

I should clarify, I say "to be fair" all the time, it doesn't mean anything. But kind of in this case there's backlash (as is expected) from the fanboys against anyone who says they don't like how the album sounds, so I'm adding a little weight to that argument I guess.

Different strokes etc, I said anyone want to argue with that because there's always somebody who wants to argue with subjectivity.

Also Avator sucks.

I have said many times it's a great album but intense as fuck. Sometimes so intense I seem to switch off in many places and go for a daydream before my brain re-engages.

I sometimes think it would of been better released as a series of eps, it's a bit of a marathon in one whole sitting. But it is consistintly brilliant throughout.

i must be soooooo hardcore then, since i can manage to listen to this in one sitting. with headphones. fuckin pussies.