RE: Blowout Comb
Gordon K. Hurd (ghurd@electriciti.com)
Wed, 6 Dec 95 10:28 PST
>I kind of disagree with you guys on the production. Some of it is kind of
>sketchy as far as the levels go, but I really like the "murkiness" of it. To
>me, there's a nice warm, low end feel to it. I think this reflects the
>Digables mood and style in this album, laid back almost stony sounding (y'know
>hat I mean, right?). Plus, I think this is meant to be cruising jeep music.
>God knows at times it reminds me of all the people who cruise Waikiki on Friday
>nights here in Hawaii (though this album is light years better than any lame
>ass "Bass" album). I think all of the effect of the album would have been lost
>if it had a crisp production sound (which I think is an annoying trend in the
>industry).
>
>--Jon
Point taken as far as warm and low end goes. I like bass--lots of bass--but
I did miss some of that high end that tells me my needle is not worn out,
as I eternally fear. And I didn't really mean crisp production. That is
definitely a lamentable trend in some recent releases (can you say Major
Label?). Maybe it's just my stereo.
Gordon
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