[kj] Band's sound on next cd

[fluw]

If they could manage getting the production sound that they managed on
"Let's Go - To The Fire Dances" - the one tune on the fired dances record
that was produced by John Porter, it would give the band the best
opportunity to show their raw visceral sound and not be overproduced. The
production on "let's go to the fire dances " is the finest and most
congruent production - considering all their aggregate qualities - that
killing joke have in their catalog  to date. 

 

 

 

 

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From: gathering-bounces at misera.net [mailto:gathering-bounces at misera.net] On
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Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 7:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [kj] Band's sound on next cd

 

I don't like or need that big, million-dollar chi-chi chic, overproduced
sound.  I prefer best a combo "Extremities.." - John Peel Sessions type of
recording, with a touch of Revelations and FireDances.  

Then again Pandemonium really brought electronica to the band's sound and
dat me'likes lots, too.  And that spontaneous, 1-take sound of
"Extremities.." rocks, no matter what. There, I said it. Bwaa'hahahahah.... 
 

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[looking at the current state of things..]

 

'Who has the fun.. 

  ..is it always a man with a gun...? 

    Someone must have told him if you work too hard... you can sweat" 

 

 

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From: fatpotanga <fatpotanga at gmail.com>
To: A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!) <gathering at misera.net>
Sent: Wed, March 24, 2010 2:53:47 AM
Subject: Re: [kj] Band's sound on next cd

I suppose one of the problems with such a diverse back catalogue is you
acquire a diverse fan base.
One will inevitably be drawn to the sound/style that first snagged in your
brain & made you quit your life as a humble blacksmiths apprentice & leap
aboard the Good Shippe Killing Joke for adventure, revelry & much thigh
slapping. 
I guess what I'm trying to say is we all hope it'll be like *insert fave
style of KJ here* & unfortunately, because of our diversity, a ruck of us
end up disappointed.
I wonder if that's why each subsequent offering gets such mixed reactions
from us?
Me? 
Well I listen to pretty much anything & everything so am just grateful that
there's another album in the pipeline & - occasional bouts of seasickness
aside - i am thoroughly enjoying the voyage.
I don't want it to be like X - I don't want it to be like Y. 
What's the point in that?
We'll get what we're given (& if we don't like it, it'll be there again at
breakfast) 
We should be thankful we're getting anything at all.

"Que Sera, Sera..." (sing along..) "Whatever will be will be..."

It's just occurred to me that there must be someone, somewhere, who's first
experience of Killing Joke was hearing & falling in love with the
sounds/style of America  - man, they must have been *really* disappointed!
(almost as much as most of us were...  :)


On 23 Mar 2010, at 23:57, B. Oliver Sheppard wrote:


> 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





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