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I caught this article over the weekend via NPR.  This graph represents overall loudness in some of the most popular songs in the past 30 years.  Download a high-res PDF version.  It made me think of commercials on television.  Like when you’re reaching for the remote to turn down the TV during the commercial break because the volume gets ramped up.  They do that so you have to pay attention.  It’s a crude tactic, but I’m sure there are market studies and focus groups that prove a simple equation: If it’s louder, I’m more likely to hear it.  It seems like this is getting applied to records now, which in my humble opinion is making the music worse.

Think of Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon.  That album was on the charts for like 750 weeks.  Nobody will say that it isn’t one of the best records of all time.  There are huge volume dynamics in that record, which is one of the album’s aspects that makes it so hypnotic.  One example of this is the heartbeat.  Would it have been as good if the heartbeat were compressed all the way to the top?  Maybe I’m not articulating this argument well enough.  Here’s a video I found that pretty much explains it in plain english:

OK, we hear it.  If you care enough about the art you are creating, don’t put out an album that peaks all the time.  Otherwise, you might as well be a Budweiser commercial.

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We are happy to present a project two years in the making. This hour long mix of all original material blends elements of dubstep, glitch, IDM and psybreaks into an epic psychedelic journey. Straight from the mind of intrinsic to your stereo via skew records. Enjoy this gift and feel free to share it. Check back soon for more free mixes and lookout for live PA/VJ sets in 2010.

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The second free release from Peripheral entitled "Elli-veh-sa", is a brief look into the most recent ideas and soundscapes being created on a day-to-day basis. "Elli-veh-sa" was influenced by the surrounding sights and history of Asheville,NC. Click the Cover Art below to download.

The L.A. based producer Nosaj Thing is doing some inventive stuff on the audio and visual fronts. His new album "Drift" carries its own unique sound and style. It’s available for purchase and download from nosajthing.com, its definitly worth it. Check out the Live from Red Bull’s Megahurtz video to see his debut Visual Synced Performance (awhile ago we posted a video from the Visual Synced Demo). Also below is a video of his recent interview with Yours Truly.

Skew Records releases Moving Temple’s first continuous mix entitled The Astromotive. All tracks written and arranged by MT himself. Moving Temple is the solo-production of Andy Askew using a combination of both digital and recorded sounds which provide a vivid far away landscape. The Astromotive embraces patterns of hip-hop, jazz, modern-electronic, and dub.  Enter the Temple and be prepared to move!

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Skew Records is now on Imeem.com/skewrecords. We embeded the player from there to this page and uploaded new music from the Skew Krewe. Check it out in the Music Library, also check us on Imeem at imeem.com/skewrecords.