[kj] Band's sound on next cd

[Matthew Burke]

i like the dirty mud.




> Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 18:57:23 -0500

> From: bigblackhair at sbcglobal.net

> To: gathering at misera.net

> Subject: Re: [kj] Band's sound on next cd

> 

> So does everyone here like a slick, expensive, "intruments spread way 

> far apart"/stereo-to-the-max type sound???

> 

> Because, honestly, the version I heard of "Endgame" was pretty damn 

> cool, ripped from streaming web audio or not. (And it was.)

> 

> It did not sound like multimillionaires were lurking in the shadows 

> behind the production, throwing money at sound engineers. Granted, I am 

> also a fan of DIY, lo-fi, garage-y, "authentic" type punk sounds. But 

> sometimes I get the feeling that 50% of Killing Joke fans want 

> everything to sound slick and polished like "Love Like Blood" - forever 

> & ever more,  and that they cringe at the idea the band who made "The 

> Wait" (metal) and "Are You Receiving?" (lo-fo yet brilliant early punk) 

> might sound anything less like some slick Top 40, over-produced type of 

> band.

> 

> Me, I like sludgy, lo-fi, trebly, etc., type sounds. Maybe I'm 

> idiosyncratic compared to most KJ fans that way - I dunno. But i LOVED 

> the version of "Endgame" I heard. I do NOT want to hear some slick type 

> crap where it's full bore stereo and every instrument is clean and 

> spread way far apart in a super-duper iMax 3D type setup. Give me a 

> break. not ven they wanted that on Hosannas. Which I LOVED. I think Jaz 

> knows what he is doing. I liked "Time Wave."

> 

> -Oliver

> 

> 

> LONESTYLE at aol.com wrote:

> > Post Polka :)

> >  

> > ~ LB

> >  

> > In a message dated 3/23/2010 11:46:59 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 

> > folk.devil at hotmail.com writes:

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