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Value of things in a Digital World

10 Tuesday Jun 2014

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Aleks Kotoski, Aleksk, BBC, BBC Radio 4, cd, digital human, MP3, Music, podcast, Radio, vinyl

So I’ve been catching up with a pile of podcasts that I have been accumulating, including the BBC Radio 4 documentary series the Digital Human presented by Aleks Kotoski (twitter:@aleksk).  In series 4 (Autumn 2013 – yes I’m ashamed to say I’ve got that far behind) Alex presented an episode called Value, which was rather special, in a series that is already fascinating.

Why special, well in under 30 minutes the programme explained brilliantly a couple of ideas that I have periodically tried to answer.  As a music fan, I’ve often gotten involved with the arguments about which format is better, MP3s, CDs and vinyl. This argument has raged for a longtime and will continue for a long time (long passed when the music industry has collapsed through its inability to understand the end user). But, through trying to describe how our perception of value and its manifestation is affected (and perhaps changed) as result of the ease of access and gratification the internet offers us (no more finding specialist record stores, routing through piles of vinyl or CDs to find that 1 jem – see Vinyl Junkies).  At the essence of the idea idea is that the investment of physical effort or emotion results in us imbuing the item with value.  In the programme the idea of the effort to find something (hunting through stores etc) or the importance of a piece of music as it says something to us or about us.

But rather than me trying to repeat what the programme brilliantly explained – go invest 30 minutes of listening time.

 

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Spotting an audiophile with 1 question

26 Wednesday Feb 2014

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I recently changed my car, and in the process of sorting all the various things out (removing CDs etc from my previous car) lead me to a thinking about a question I have seen often mentioned in music blogs, biographies and other books.  That simple question ‘When you get a new bit of audio kit, do you have a specific album that’s at be played first?’  That audio kit could be simply a car stereo or iPod through to some audiophile exotica (go look at marvels such as http://www.michell-engineering.co.uk/turntables/gyrodec/ or http://www.bowers-wilkins.co.uk/Speakers/Home_Audio/Nautilus/Overview.html and these are still relatively tame).

By know you’re either reading this going – what planet are you on, or mug you can’t tell the difference between £100 and £1000 piece of stereo, or perhaps a knowing response of  yes it’s xyz album.  If you’re response is the later, then you’re probably at least a self confessed audiophile.  So, you have the question, and I’m sure if you ask it unless you’re a known audiophile basher (middle response above) you’ll probably get the appropriate response every time.

The fascinating thing is that the album concerned doesn’t necessarily reflect a persons’ taste; it might even be a recording that particularly exercises a HiFi in a manner that shows off its strengths or reveal audio weaknesses (every audiophile will have a few albums they like to use to test a bit of kit with) but most likely something like the first album played on the first bit of proper HiFi.  So for me, it is a rather uncool Mike Oldfield QEII.  It was one of the first CDs I purchased and played on my 1st vaguely ok HiFi.  I still love the album for the swooping guitar work, diverse musical styling. But I’d not suggest it is reflective of my musical taste which which is very wide, but with a strong deference to Alt Rock/Americana these days.

Before I risk getting flamed out by audiophiles about associating CD with quality – yes I do have vinyl and a well respected turntable.  For those at the other end, I’m not audiophile zealot – I do have an iPod  (a 80GB classic as it happens which is perpetually full) & the name MP3Monster is not without reason.  Right playback for the right conditions  – MP3 on the move, CD for day to day and those rare quiet moments just occasionally the vinyl gets out. But always music.

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The National – new album as well

25 Monday Jan 2010

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The National have started to release news on the follow up to their brilliant The Boxer album. The new album hasn’t had its name published yet, but should be released in May through 4AD.  Prior to the relaese will be a European and North American tour with dates through April and May (Royal Albert Hall in London May 6th).

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Turin Brakes – Outburst

25 Monday Jan 2010

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News of album releases are coming in rapidly now. The latest is for Turin Brakes with their new album Outburst due out on 1st March 2010. If you can wait that long then head onto their website (http://www.turinbrakes.com/) as has details of a free track download from the forthcoming album.

Plus a video of the creation of the album at http://www.vimeo.com/8715360RegardsTBx

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Scratching My Back ….

22 Friday Jan 2010

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Finally the special edition of Peter Gabriel’s new album has a release date. Having heard extracts of the album it sounds very interesting …

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Depeche Mode mini album

25 Wednesday Nov 2009

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Depeche Mode are to release a new 8 track mini album on December 8th in time for their forthcoming UK tour.  The album features track pulled from their recent ‘Sounds of the Universe‘ album as well as some special remixes. The full track list runs:

‘Fragile Tension’ – radio mix, ‘Hole To Feed’ – radio mix, ‘Perfect’ – Roger Sanchez Club Mix, ‘Come Back’ – SixToes Remix, ‘Fragile Tension’ – Laidback Luke Remix, ‘Hole To Feed’ – Popof Vocal Mix, ‘Fragile Tension’ – Peter Bjorn And John Remix,  ‘Hole To Feed’ – Joebot Remix

Watch for Depeche Mode new releases at Amazon here.

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Matthew Ryan – new album

26 Monday Oct 2009

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Matthew Ryan has a new album out called Dear Lover,  if you cant wait then the digital release is available from now from Amazon, iTunes and via his own website here.  I what suggested that if you want an old fashioned  CD then you would have to wait until next year.  But the latest check on the website is saying ordering from the website and you’ll get it as quickly as the US Postal service can deliver it.

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Matthew Ryan – new album coming

15 Tuesday Sep 2009

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More information at http://blogs.myspace.com/matthewryan and http://www.matthewryanonline.com/

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