Autechre Album Art

  On 8/3/2017 at 4:11 PM, mcbpete said:

  On 8/2/2017 at 11:38 PM, hello spiral said:

 

 

 

 

my fav video on yt! undisruptive, appropriate, mysterious... perfect!  

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in an age when the physical album is pretty much dead.

Oh do shut up you uninformed arsehole.

  On 8/3/2017 at 4:28 PM, purlieu said:

 

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in an age when the physical album is pretty much dead.

Oh do shut up you uninformed arsehole.

 

dead if you're a fan of rihanna 

...although to be fair, sean said they predominantly sell downloads

Oh yeah, I mean different formats work better for different styles, and physical is obviously in decline. But in the UK last year, SoundScan tracked over 50 million combined CD & vinyl sales, and that doesn't take into account smaller independents/DIY labels & stores, or second hand sales. 'Pretty much dead' doesn't come close.

  On 8/3/2017 at 4:28 PM, purlieu said:

 

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in an age when the physical album is pretty much dead.

Oh do shut up you uninformed arsehole.

 

*stares at latest, download only releases from AE*

what a dumdum

  On 8/3/2017 at 9:09 PM, purlieu said:

Oh yeah, I mean different formats work better for different styles, and physical is obviously in decline. But in the UK last year, SoundScan tracked over 50 million combined CD & vinyl sales, and that doesn't take into account smaller independents/DIY labels & stores, or second hand sales. 'Pretty much dead' doesn't come close.

wow! didn't know it'd be that much. that's really impressive! 

Once again, UK SoundScan sales only, but 2016 was also the first year where purchased album downloads surpassed CDs. The death of the physical album, and the death of CD in particular, has been vastly over-reported in the media, who are desperate not to be caught out by emerging trends and happy to sack off anything old.

http://68.media.tumblr.com/c1612ca93631eea29fd4189b41c58e42/tumblr_nvtdjcAoy71sizr65o1_1280.jpg

For those who are interested in deepening:

http://greg.org/archive/2010/11/09/why_enzo_mari_is_not_your_capitalist_art_market_stooge.html

  On 8/14/2017 at 4:00 PM, purlieu said:

Once again, UK SoundScan sales only, but 2016 was also the first year where purchased album downloads surpassed CDs. The death of the physical album, and the death of CD in particular, has been vastly over-reported in the media, who are desperate not to be caught out by emerging trends and happy to sack off anything old.

Not surprising when CDs on Amazon are often cheaper than MP3 downloads.