Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Katharsis Feb. 23 '09

Archived in mp3 format here or ogg format here or here.

Unfortunately, I wasn't up to doing my show this week. Devin, host of the fantastic Each One Teach One (heard every Tuesday from 9-10 PM MST on cjsw), filled in for me and did a stellar job. He played: Desolation Wilderness, Mark Templeton & aAron Munson, Stag Hare, Another Electronic Musician, Apse, Shearing Pinx, Bell Orchestre, Robin, Sun Araw, Deerhunter, Azeda Booth, Arliss Parker, Evan Miller, Mark Templeton & aAron Munson, The Hylozoists, Bedhead, Burning Star Core, Flying Saucer Attack, and Yo La Tengo. Check out his blog posting for details. (Thanks Devin!)

Do check out his show.

If the show recording download links expire, just let me know via comment and I'll re-up.
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Katharsis Feb. 16 '09

Enjoy!

Artists played this week: Animal Collective, Dan Deacon, the Low Frequency in Stereo, Nels Cline, Mountains, Akron/Family, Jon-Rae Fletcher, Brian Borcherdt, Gregor Samsa, Susumu Yokota, Swod, Goldmund, Adrian Klumpes, Machinefabriek (w/ Soccer Committee), Peter Broderick, Tomasz Bednarczyk, Sigur Rós, Tim Hecker, Chihei Hatakeyama, and the Sight Below.

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, February 10, 2009

Katharsis Feb. 9 '09

Available here.

This week, mostly mellow folky kind of stuff. Artists played: Jon-Rae Fletcher, Cotton Jones, Vetiver, Jen Grant, Bodies of Water, The Surf The Sundried, Dakota Suite, Au, Marissa Nadler, Andrew Bird, Fink, Dan Auerbach, Bon Iver, Le Chat Blanc Orchestra, Timbre Timber, J. Tillman, Mark Kozelek, Snailhouse, Snowblink, Sholi, Steinbrüchel, Ezekiel Honig, Taylor Deupree, and Balmorhea.

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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Friday, February 6, 2009

Katharsis Feb. 2 '09

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Artists played: Rokia Traoré, Matthew Ship Trio, Squarepusher, Hudson Mohawke, Pixel, Signal, Kangding Ray, Alva Noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto & Ensemble Modern, Alva Noto, Implex Grace, Beneath These Idle Tides, Tim Hecker, Elegi, Jasper TX, Emeralds, Sylvain Chauveau, Pivot, The Fun Years, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Peter Broderick, Troubles, and Po.

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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