Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Katharsis Nov. 24 '08

The show this week...

was a little dark, noisy and abstract: Menace Ruine (continued from Aubrey's Shindig), Bass Communion, The Fun Years, Bohren & der Club of Gore, I Heart Lung, Tarentel, Zak Riles, Grails, Psychic Pollution, Antony & the Johnsons, Talk Talk, Goldmund, Barbara Buchholz, Fennesz, Immune, Michael Brook, Slaraffenland, and Aidan Baker & Tim Hecker.

The recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend FreeRIP for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.


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Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Katharsis Nov. 17 '08

In this week's recording...

Kaki King (covering the Cure), +/-, Longwave, Jesu (covering the Cure), Guitar, Halou, Richard Pinhas & Merzbow, Aiden Baker, Stafrænn Hákon, Adrian Klumpes, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Fennesz/Brandlmayer/Dafeldecker, Klimek, Machinefabriek & Soccer Committee, Woven Hand, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Yo La Tengo, Sumner McKane, The Twilight Sad, The Standard, Au, Immanu El, and Helios.

The show recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC) for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.


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Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Katharsis Nov. 10 '08

Available for download here

This week: Murcof, Colleen, Hauschka, Benoît Pioulard, Machinefabriek & Soccer Committee, Talkdemonic, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Barbara Buchholz, Chequerboard, Rumpistol, Funckarma, Tobias Lilja, Tujiko Noriko / Lawrence English / John Chantler, Guitar, Azeda Booth, Alias, Christopher Willits, Dot Tape Dot, School of Seven Bells, Fabio Orsi, Stephan Mathieu, Windy & Carl, Grouper, and Fennesz.

The show recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC) for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.


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Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Katharsis Nov. 3 '08

enjoy

Very mellow selections tonight: Jenks Miller, Gregory and the Hawk, Juana Molina, Lucid 44, Rayna Gellert & John Paul Jones, David Grubbs, Richard Buckner, Mount Eerie (featuring Phil Elverum, Julie Doiron &, Fred Squire), Jenks Miller (again), Rodney "Guitarsplat" Brent, The Nels Cline Singers, Bohren & Der Club of Gore, Beach House, Earth, Voice of the Seven Woods, Heaven And, The Beans, Damien Jurado, Max Richter, Shearwater, Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh, The Durutti Column, Jay Crocker, Crooked Fingers, Dreamend, and Yellow6.

Thanks again for your support during last week's funding drive!


The show recording is in .ogg vorbis format recorded directly from the cjsw stream. I prefer vorbis files to mp3’s due to their better fidelity at similar bit rates (ie. an .ogg vorbis file sounds better than an mp3 file of a similar bitrate) and the fact that vorbis is open source (ie. non-proprietary). Most computer audio software programs can play .ogg files but I realize that not all hardware music players (such as the iPod) can play .ogg files. If you want to convert the show recording to an mp3 or AAC file so that you can load it on to your iPod I recommend dBpoweramp Music Converter (dMC) for PC users.

There is always some quality degradation with conversion between compression formats but as the cjsw .ogg stream is at a higher bitrate than the .mp3 stream converting the .ogg recording to an mp3 of similar bitrate shouldn’t sound any worse than a recording of the mp3 stream.


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