[kj] Endgame(s)mix

[phil]

I totally agree. After reading most of the comments yesterday, I
thought I must be the only one who thought the mix of this track is
dreadfull. The drums dont sound like the tribal Big Paul of old, much
more rocky than I was expecting. The bass, although its doing
'something', seems a bit lacking in punch and clarity. The whole thing
reminds me of the mix on the last album - total wall of sound
production with none of the individual instruments sitting within
their own space in the mix. Like Marc & Todd said, it could be because
its an mp3 ripped from a net radio station, which has squeezed the
life out of this mix. I'll have to reserve judgement until I hear the
final release, but from what Ive heard so far, it doesnt bode well.

On Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:12:44 -0600, you wrote:


>I agree rob, terrible mix and hopefully it is merely a matter of us not

>hearing the intended production source. But as all too often, almost always,

>killing joke take the heavy handed approach to mixing and create an album

>that has all the signatures of the producers attempting to blow the listener

>away with a maelstrom of frequencies flooding each other out.

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>What killing joke is not good at is understanding that less is more,

>unfortunately, every record becomes more, and more, and more.

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>some space in the mix would greatly increase the power of the aggregates for

>the whole   

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>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On

>Behalf Of Rob Moss

>Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:49 AM

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>I know it's an MP3 grab from the radio and could be a rough mix, but I find

>the whole mix very poor.

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>Vocals don't come out, guitars rather fuzzy and drums very buried.

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>Immense power though and a really great chorus. Goes round and round in my

>head.

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>----- Original Message -----

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>From: Karen Weil

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>Sent: 03/02/10 09:20 PM

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>Hmmm. ... definitely not his more "tribalistic" sound, but I think he holds

>his own. 

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>Cheers,

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>k.w.

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>----- Original Message ----- 

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>From: Bob Barathy 

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>To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) 

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>Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 12:59 PM

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>Yes many thanks guys. Love the guitar. Chorus is v strong but where are the

>BIG BPF drums?! :-(

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>-----Original Message-----

>From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net]On

>Behalf Of ADRIAN WASON

>Sent: 02 March 2010 20:20

>To: gathering at misera.net

>Subject: [kj] Endgame(s)

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>massive thanks to Jon

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>i've only listened once-first time saw video clipB ithought it was pure

>firedances but it's a litle more sophisticated.

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>everyone came in their pants when implant was 'leaked' but ther were only

>another 2 tracks on that cd(D&R,BOYH)

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>disagree with anyone who says it isB B way better than anything on

>hosannas-title track /judas goat/universe b up their with best

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>popping headphones on now for another go!

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