This week, part 2 of my 'best of 2008' review. The show recording is divided into 2 files found here and here or here and here.
Stan Molchanov, host of the excellent show Post-Everything that follows Katharsis from midnight to 2:00, and Timothy Heck, host of one of the most exquisite radio programs ever broadcast anywhere (Music For Hedgehogs) collaborated with me on this show. For 4 hours we played off of each other, pontificated, and presented some of our favourite releases from the past year. Enjoy: Bohren and der Club of Gore, the Middle East, Dominique A, the Dodos, Adem, Skyphone, Tujiko Noriko/Lawrence English/John Chantler, Tape, Helios, Azeda Booth, the Neighbourhood Council (recently rechristened as BRAIDS), Woodpigeon, Women, Yellow 6, Picidae, Lotte Kestner, Andy Dixon, Wim Mertens, the Green Kingdom, Volcano, Chambertronica, Hauschka, Heaven And, L'ocelle Mare, James Blackshaw, John Balke, Arc Lab, Benoit Pioulard, Au, Gianna Lauren, David Grubbs, Off the International Radar, Ecstatic Sunshine, Collections of Colonies of Bees, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, The Drift, Russian Circles, Mogwai, Because of Ghosts, Arliss Parker, Taunus (we went overtime so the recording ends here), Dot Tape Dot, Balmorhea, Dokkemand, and Machinefabriek/Soccer Committee. Whew! What a marathon, and we still didn't cover all we wanted to. I will try and post a more complete list of my favourite 2008 releases soon.
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.
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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I can't seem to get that download site to work...i disabled my ad blocking software as it says to. Any chance of putting it somewhere else?j
did you wait the 35 seconds? (it doesn't count down; you just have to wait). let me know if it still does not work after allowing scripts and waiting 35 seconds for generation of the download link.
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