hi simon,
> >anyone heard the ksr mix cd? i heard the burden brother responsible > >talking about taking risks with the mix (which most mix cds i've come > >across don't really do, culprits include the recent submerge stuff and the > >first octave one mix cd) so i was wondering if he does anything new on > >there....aanyone? > > You're talking about this CD right? > > http://www.430west.com/catalog/back_to_the_rhythm.html yep that's the one...the double pack i refer to is also called that. > I didn't hear anything risky. Sounds pretty straight - all the tracks are > 4-5 mins long and given a chance to develop rather than get treated as a > tool as in say Mills' Liquid Rooms. Its a showcase of 430 West tracks, not > really a showcase of mixing 'risks'. The DJ 3000 mix CD is a rougher but > riskier example. yeah i've got that and out of the three ur related cd's that came out recently this one is probably the most raw (in a good way tho)... i understand the need to showcase tracks on these cds but i can't help thinking that they'd sell more of their stuff if the tracks were used 'in anger' so to speak like the mills and bone cds (i mean look at any of the tracks on the liquid rooms cd...all top sellers, also that multi ordinal tracking unit 12 must have sold 1000s due to it's outing on the subject detroit cd :) ) > Highlight is the Al James (who I think is Octave One and someone else?) > track which is a proper string-filled classic. i concur... cheers robin...
