Brian Eno - Small Craft on a Milk Sea

From this interview:

 

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Did signing to Warp Records influence the way the album sounds?

 

“No, not really. The only thing, the only little push in a certain direction was that they said at some point that they wanted five more tracks, you know, for giving away to dentists in Taiwan and all these sort-of special offers that record companies have to do now in a desperate attempt to get anyone to actually buy anything. So, I said: ‘Five more songs!’ So then I found five more pieces and they’re really good! The five I found are really good; I wish they’d been on the main album actually! But that was very nice you know, it’s not often that people actually ask you for something specific: give me more songs! Ok. [...]"

  On 12/9/2010 at 9:17 AM, ola t said:

From this interview:

 

  Quote

Did signing to Warp Records influence the way the album sounds?

 

“No, not really. The only thing, the only little push in a certain direction was that they said at some point that they wanted five more tracks, you know, for giving away to dentists in Taiwan and all these sort-of special offers that record companies have to do now in a desperate attempt to get anyone to actually buy anything. So, I said: ‘Five more songs!’ So then I found five more pieces and they’re really good! The five I found are really good; I wish they’d been on the main album actually! But that was very nice you know, it’s not often that people actually ask you for something specific: give me more songs! Ok. [...]"

 

Thanks for this.

 

There's a new session online: http://www.spex.de/2010/12/07/weltpremiere-brian-enos-session-video-big-thief-trudge-mit-leo-abrahams-und-jon-hopkins-video/

No one's still got Loose Rein?

  On 12/10/2010 at 1:17 AM, 40days said:

No one's still got Loose Rein?

 

i have it actually.

 

found a 192kbps mp3 on slsk

it's actually quite nice

i still haven't heard this album yet, zole

  On 12/10/2010 at 2:42 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 1:17 AM, 40days said:

No one's still got Loose Rein?

 

i have it actually.

 

found a 192kbps mp3 on slsk

 

 

  On 12/10/2010 at 5:05 AM, Calx Sherbet said:

it's actually quite nice

 

The sample struck me as 80s/Lifeinthebushofghosts-ish

  On 12/9/2010 at 9:17 AM, ola t said:

From this interview:

 

  Quote

Did signing to Warp Records influence the way the album sounds?

 

“No, not really. The only thing, the only little push in a certain direction was that they said at some point that they wanted five more tracks, you know, for giving away to dentists in Taiwan and all these sort-of special offers that record companies have to do now in a desperate attempt to get anyone to actually buy anything. So, I said: ‘Five more songs!’ So then I found five more pieces and they’re really good! The five I found are really good; I wish they’d been on the main album actually! But that was very nice you know, it’s not often that people actually ask you for something specific: give me more songs! Ok. [...]"

 

 

Thanks for finding that.

  On 12/10/2010 at 2:42 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 1:17 AM, 40days said:

No one's still got Loose Rein?

 

i have it actually.

 

found a 192kbps mp3 on slsk

That's a transcode isn't it? Given that the original is a 256kbps mp3, right? It's beyond my mind why anyone would downgrade from lossy to lossy though if that is the case.

  On 12/10/2010 at 11:07 AM, 40days said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 2:42 AM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/10/2010 at 1:17 AM, 40days said:

No one's still got Loose Rein?

 

i have it actually.

 

found a 192kbps mp3 on slsk

That's a transcode isn't it? Given that the original is a 256kbps mp3, right? It's beyond my mind why anyone would downgrade from lossy to lossy though if that is the case.

 

yes it is a transcode.

i find weird also that someone downgraded the bitrate, but it's the only thing i could find

There was someone earlier in this thread who remarked that he found it incomprehensible that Mr. Eno releases music in lossless quality.

 

I found an interesting quote (in German) of the man himself in Groove magazine and am translating it back into English:

 

"I always listen to mp3 versions of my pieces to hear what they sound like. I'm afraid my hearing has deteriorated quite badly because I'm having a hard time to hear the difference between an mp3 file and a studio quality recording. Sometimes I can hear the difference, but I think mp3s sound much better than their reputation."

Edited December 13, 2010 by encym

That was me.

 

Eno makes great albums but on this subject, he's talking rubbish.

  On 12/13/2010 at 12:33 PM, fumi said:

That was me.

 

Eno makes great albums but on this subject, he's talking rubbish.

 

I'm not so sure if I'm able to distinguish very well. Do you find a very big difference between iTunes, mp3 and wav versions? On any system or just high-end gear?

I find that it's most apparent on high-freq sounds such as hi-hats, would you agree?

Well there's certainly a difference between a studio recording and an mp3, in the same way there is difference between a lossless file and something bought from iTunes.

I guess some of it does depend on what kind of equipment one is using.

complete sessions here

 

i ripped them from the original videos, so the quality is the best possible.

tagged with artwork and shit

 

for the eno fan

Edited December 14, 2010 by ruiagnelo

thanks bro

Does anyone have the second session as a video file?

  On 12/14/2010 at 10:35 PM, encym said:

Does anyone have the second session as a video file?

 

at a certain point i had all the seven videos and i remember the second one was really hard to get.

but then extracted the audio and deleted the videos, because they didn't have any interest for me.

  On 12/14/2010 at 10:43 PM, ruiagnelo said:

  On 12/14/2010 at 10:35 PM, encym said:

Does anyone have the second session as a video file?

 

at a certain point i had all the seven videos and i remember the second one was really hard to get.

but then extracted the audio and deleted the videos, because they didn't have any interest for me.

 

That's interesting; I would appreciate if you could describe the procedure, or if you could get it again? Many thanks!

Shiiiiit this long Instant Nuclear Family jam is a killer !!! Love the voices in there.

 

Also thx for the uploaded sessions !

 

EDIT : even if Leo Abrahams looks like he's having no fun at all...Is he playing the same chord during the whole song ? I don't hear his guitar in the track. Maybe it's too heavily processed.

Edited December 15, 2010 by StocKo

Still hanging out for Loose Rein... >_>

 

 

i can PM anyone who needs it

Just listening to this now, im pretty behind.

 

Im fucking loving it though.

i didn't like it too much... dbtb (disc 2) is better, in my opinion