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offline nacmat on 2004-05-15 03:11 [#01189242]
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or are you an original album obessed seaker?

for example:

do you like the fact that you can get almost all caustic
window eps in one cd?

or things like nothing records joining tri repetae with two
eps, or rdj album with girl boy ep

or on contrary you prefer to have the separate releases cos
you think that joining some of those break the spirit or
mood of the original artist´s intentions.

what would you rather have 26 mixes for cash or all the cds
and vinyls where those mixes were originally?

I personally like compilations like classics or caustic
window or even 26 mixes for cash because:

they are very well put together, and almost sound like a
coherent album
they have tracks that are almost impossible to get right
now, if not impossible for me as I dont have turntable.

but I dont like compilations that join an album with an ep
or more cos an album is more like an entity on its own and
if you add tracks to it, you break some of the ocncepts on
it.

though people could think that it could happent to a
compilation of eps too...

well what do you think?

and of course, I dont like greates hits compilations, 99% of
the times they dont have the greatest hits I consider


 

offline cuntychuck from Copenhagen (Denmark) on 2004-05-15 03:12 [#01189243]
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OFCOURSE


 

offline mappatazee from ¨y¨z¨| (Burkina Faso) on 2004-05-15 03:16 [#01189247]
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seperate, but in the case of caustic window, I'll take that
since the others are so hard to find


 

offline nacmat on 2004-05-15 03:17 [#01189249]
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obessed = obsessed**

before people begin a discussion on the matter


 

offline -crazone from smashing acid over and over on 2004-05-15 03:18 [#01189251]
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Iv e got two reasons to buy a compilation;
it depends on who's on the compilation: for example; the
latest compi. i bought was zen mix, cause of the
squarepusher mixes.
the other reason to buy a compilation; to discover for me
unknown artists, but if I discover a new artist, I prefer
the original stuff


 

offline sneakattack on 2004-05-15 03:29 [#01189256]
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Well, being a completist and having everything exactly as it
originally was is nice, but pragmatically that is never
going to happen--money, time, and distribution problems
really get in the way.

For example I'd rather have garbage + avil vapre + tri
repetae instead of tri repetae++, however
1) I bought tp++ this semester, and can't find garbage or
anvil
2) it costs less this way
3) less time finding tracks by grabbing the bundle.


 

offline nacmat on 2004-05-15 03:29 [#01189257]
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compilations like skampler or braindance are worth it though


 

offline Matvey from Kiev (Ukraine) on 2004-05-15 04:15 [#01189275]
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Not very much.


 

offline Sido Dyas from a computer on 2004-05-15 04:24 [#01189278]
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Yep! i loove Compilations.

Its a great way to discover new bands/artists and music
styles.
Like the Trojan box sets for example have helped me explore
the musical treasure of Jamaica , inside each box is a
little pamflet with a history (lesson) of the music and
artists.

While on the subject , does anyone know of any good
compilation with Japanese experimental electronic music ?
I love the style of Aoiki Takamasa etc..


 

offline eXXailon from purgatory on 2004-05-15 05:02 [#01189305]
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In the case of it being rare and/or unknown artists and
tracks on the compilation, I highly endorse it.

However I dont like the fact that compilations, as nacmat
said, break a certain mood or just have no mood whatsoever.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2004-05-15 07:21 [#01189434]
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i like.


 

offline dog_belch from Netherlands, The on 2004-05-15 07:35 [#01189457]
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I like, though I'd like to have maybe the originals too, oh
i want it all. I'd really like an original copy of "The
Philosophy of Sound and Machine" ART/Rephlx compilation,
that has some of the greatest "idm" moments available to
humanity.


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2004-05-15 08:36 [#01189488]
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i don't like them


 

offline Anus_Presley on 2004-05-15 08:40 [#01189489]
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it's morre fairr to say that i don't buy them. i love
getting them frree on mags etc..., grreat way to find new
music.


 

offline simone on 2004-05-15 09:05 [#01189494]
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i highly reccomend the Bitstream compilation called One
Third Standard Lux.


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-05-15 10:55 [#01189576]
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They're great for single artist rare compilations, but
greatest hits compilations are only any good if you don't
like the artist enough to buy all the albums. Muti artist
compilations are good to find new artists, but I find boring
to listen to after a while because you only end up liking a
few tracks.


 

offline brokephones from Londontario on 2004-05-15 10:58 [#01189578]
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I like label compilations, or compilations from a particular
genre. This helps someone who may not know much about the
music to quickly get up to speed.

That stuff about squeezing a bunch of albums from the same
artist on one cd is stupid.


 

offline roygbivcore from Joyrex.com, of course! on 2004-05-15 11:01 [#01189583]
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I would reccomend that everyone buys the Give Daddy The
Knife Volume 1 compilation once it's out.

breakcore massif!


 

offline steve from chicago on 2004-05-15 15:59 [#01189976]
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I love compilations. The latest one I picked up was the
Rough Trade Shops, Post Punk 01 double cd jam packed with
good stuff.

As far as compilations that focus on just one artist, I
enjoy those too. If the artist okay'd it, then they don't
mind if those songs are listened to out of context. I used
to think of it as cheating or as not being a true fan or
whatever, but I don't care about that stuff anymore. The
last thing I want to be is an obsessive Aphex Twin nerd who
has everything because it impresses nobody except other
obsessive Aphex Twin nerds. At the end of the day,
collecting 26 seperate discs to get all of what's on 26
Mixes For Cash
is simply impractical.


 


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