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Category Archives: Music
Of tapes, laptops, and Freddie Mercury
I was given another 60 or so audio tapes. I was also given two laptops. Then there was discogs. On April 30th, the so-called Master Release function was finally unleashed. Continue reading
The death of the Compact Disc, part 2
While a person’s physical music collection is priceless to the owner, there’s a genuinely calculable and traceable dollar value that can be attached to the legal contents of the “My Music” folder of your hard drive. In my opinion, this actually de-values the music and therefore the artistic worth of the original work. Their efforts have been reduced to a few megabytes which, on a more fruitful note, at least could potentially appear on several million folks’ hard drives, instead of gathering mildew in a warehouse somewhere. And what of the legalities of a backup or 2nd-hand ownership? Continue reading
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Tagged CD, confusion, digitization, p2p downloads, personal, piracy, vinyl
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Cyberia 18: Dementia
“From ‘the ashes of primitive and crude prototypes obtained and sourced through outright extortion; in the midst of a near-lycanthropic lifestyle dominated by personal and professional chaos, social hecticism, emotional upheaval, and insomnia tending towards self-destruction and professional burnout, the … Continue reading
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Tagged blood-sweat-tears, CDR, Cyberia, end of an era
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Cyberia 17: Luna
Progressive and traditional trance. Classics. Ageless brilliance. Perfect for the trip off the planet. The existing format and layout is perfect. This is a negative thereof. Black. Beautiful. Lunacy. In Orbit. Off-world. Salutation: “Gratitude and salutations are extended to all … Continue reading
Cyberia 16: Terra
Cyberia 16 gathered together what had not been gathered together and collected into a collection. It assembled rough and loose debris and spiced it up with new material as provided by our partner-in-crime and sometime collaborator and his connections on … Continue reading
Music, mayhem, and more memories
Little else evokes memories in the way that sound recordings do. Currently tied up with adding the finishing touches to the mayhem that is the Cyberia selection of electronica and dance music, the Tape2MP3 project is on pause until next year. Continue reading
Yuletide and mix CDs
Rufus has completed his part of the mixing, now it’s up to me to complete the third disc and assemble the lot into some sort of coherent structure. Seems that he’s fed up with the whole “CeeJay Cyborgasm” gig and wants to hand over the reigns of his imaginary and illegal empire. Continue reading
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Tagged erotica, murder-death-kill, music mixes, Yuletide
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Discogs v3: hmvh
What follows is my previous “user profile” on discogs. Such a shame. Such wasted potential. Continue reading