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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Oct 19, 2012 4:15:56 GMT
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Oct 13, 2012 22:25:10 GMT
Firstly, you shouldn't have to buy a new stylus (sorry about confusing words, it's needle in Swedish ) very often at all unless you play a LOT or abuse it (let it hit the rubber mat or something). Secondly, it's good for you that it has a built in pre-amp. The output level of turntables is too low for standard stereos, so yes, in this case all you need is a cable. I have no idea what kind of inputs you have on your stereo, but ideally you should be able to connect it with one of these (an RCA cable): static.ddmcdn.com/gif/cables-to-use-2.jpg (left+right to left+right) or one of these: www.argos.co.uk/wcsstore/argos/images/412-5240511A71UC559495M.jpg (left+right to stereo plug) Possibly, the cable you have might work. Just connect the red/white (right/left) to your turntable and the other end to your stereo. The yellow connector is for video signal, which is simply unnecessary. /T
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Oct 12, 2012 16:54:40 GMT
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Oct 10, 2012 4:14:46 GMT
I had a REALLY hard time trying to figure out what to get (Keep in mind that I'm slightly fussy about sound quality AND build quality.) and was reading reviews on the internet forever. If you care about sound quality (hearing more detail and a bit less crackle, depending on vinyl quality) and want to be able to get replacement parts when they get worn down (needle, belt etc.), definitely go for one of the bigger brands. Mine is a PRO-JECT Debut II, and I got it second hand for about 100 euros, which was a good deal. Have a look on eBay and whatever market sites you have. /t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Oct 4, 2012 17:20:25 GMT
I hope i'm not breaking board's rules.. Unfortunately, I'm quite sure you are, even though the record's only released in a very tiny quantity and I'm sure everybody wants to hear it. I'll remove the link for now, at least. Sorry! /Tommy EDIT: Darn, I forgot that I can't mod this part of the Wolfboard. No idea if the other mods are around, so please, just remove the link jaqkvade. (Sorry again!)
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 26, 2012 18:22:00 GMT
I have no idea if the actual audio stream rip is any better than the recording, but it's split into tracks. Here you go, folks: www.mediafire.com/?fxijf1a0g9e9nd0 Enjoy! /T
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 22, 2012 16:40:41 GMT
I am ripping it right now and will post the original audio from the video as soon as I have split it. Not sure about posting the video, since it's still available on the original site, but I'll have it archived if it disappears from that website. /t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 21, 2012 18:43:13 GMT
Yes it would. I know a few people are seeing him tonight so I'll ask them to ask him if they see him... Also is it just me but, does that EP say #17 up in the top right hand corner? Hmm... Was thinking the same thing about the numbering. Wonder how many of these he'll make. /t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 21, 2012 6:04:55 GMT
What made my day is the fact that people are, for once, actually posting here regularly. Would be sad to see Wolfboard gone. I hope the other mods and admins are still around, sometimes at least. Also, finally catching up with the new Doctor Who episodes AND the new Boardwalk Empire season. Hooray! Yesterday I managed to get myself a new synth (already own too many ) which I've been wanting for a while. Sounds like heaven. ...and there was much rejoicing! P.S. The two tracks from S&R I've heard so far are absolutely lovely. Don't want to spoil the rest before getting the physical album though. /t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 21, 2012 5:11:21 GMT
There are certain hints on the EP, that it's the first in a series. Especially since it says "EP 1" at the top. I honestly don't like the idea of these EP:s since it excludes everybody who's not able to travel around the world to see all of the shows. Wouldn't it be nice, though, if there was a limited edition "postcard EP series" that Patrick sold and mailed from wherever in the world he was at the moment? Someone suggest this to Patrick? /T
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 20, 2012 13:52:01 GMT
Seeing as other shows have been archived on that site and are available afterwards, let's just hope it's the same for this one. Not sure if it can rip a live stream, but Replay Media Catcher is great for ripping whatever other streaming media you might want. The only downside is that it's not freeware, so... errm... you'd have to pirate it. Or pay, but that would just be silly. /t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 19, 2012 17:37:44 GMT
Also this is slightly connected BUT off topic! What's with the random clearout ep's Patrick is going to release at his gig's. I have mixed emotions about them! Mainly jealousy haha but so exciting to, he should have just made one big free digital download ep to coincide with the release of S&R but at least there is nothing major on that first ep just versions of songs we know. Well, I REALLY hope there'll at least be digital copies available later on. I, for one, would very much like to hear Walpurgisnacht (1999 demo). /T
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 18, 2012 15:53:25 GMT
It's available for download on US Itunes! It's weird that it's out over there but not in Europe. Also, whoever payed for the pre-order really should get a free mp3 copy. BUT, at least there are samples on EU iTunes and the album sounds lovely. /t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Sept 17, 2012 7:36:43 GMT
This brilliant (and of course terribly AWFUL) series made my day:
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Aug 28, 2012 6:20:45 GMT
Well, I suppose I'll order the CD edition from the official store (to get the fanzine) and the vinyl from wherever it's cheap. It'll still be cheaper than sandbag's rates. I wonder if Patrick knows that his official store is expensive and doesn't care about the goods they're handling... Anyhow, there's a lot of negativity in this thread, none of which is because of the actual album. I am increasingly impatient to hear it because it has the potential to sound like a piece of heaven. I wish every artist/band would do their "greatest hits" this way. /Tommy
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Aug 24, 2012 11:48:33 GMT
Ok, so it's up on Patrickwolf.com now. Sounds lovely, looks great but £45 (with shipping) for cd and vinyl... Not okay. Especially not since I'll have to return it at least twice since it's Sandabg handling it. Grrrr!
Anyhow, I think it's the same tracklisting that was taken down.
/t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Aug 21, 2012 20:04:43 GMT
Or maybe it was, but he changed his mind. Very like Patrick. I did find the old tracklisting a couple of days ago, on some messageboard, but now it's not showing when I google it. Still hoping for a September release date, though. I hate waiting! /Tommy
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Aug 9, 2012 14:21:12 GMT
And probably the release date as well. Sept. 24! /t
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Aug 9, 2012 13:36:59 GMT
For those of you who did not get the latest newsletter:
"Baptise me with the courage that has seen you Through great fire doodlebug and bombscare The Courage of the Immigrant Canonize the blacks dogs and irish Who led me to be born to your bells Raised me to not sink in you suffer Nor perish in our plague of demolition London, goodnight Sundark and Riverlight"
This project started when I realized I had reached a ten year jubilee as a recording artist, my first EP came out when I was 19 and in that time my voice has grown with me.
I started out playing with just one instrument and singing with no microphones in folk clubs, on the streets and galleries, I missed that raw communication so much and the spontaneous energy of that live situation, which I am bringing back on this world tour ahead. When I went in to the studio I thought I was going to record a one man solo album, but I started to dream and heard bassoons and bodhrans, this is my first totally acoustic album and so I made sure that we were working with analogue tape and mixing desk.
I went on a mission to find a grand piano with the best bass response still full of character and I was told about Real World studios but the piano there was too new, so Peter Gabriel lent me his Bosendorfer Grand and later his Bodhran and Hammer Dulcimer, the album and I are very grateful.
At the beginning of the Lupercalia tour I bought myself a Celtic harp, I stopped playing concert harp just before my first full orchestra solo performance of Cesar Francks A Sharp minor aged 16 as I ran away from home and couldn't take the harp with me and had nowhere to practice, at 28 with a lot of water under the bridge I felt old enough to be reunited with the instrument again, I think having the harp back in my music has been a big inspiration for making this album.
Recording in Real World was what I desired so much for 'Sundark & Riverlight' to be as alone as I could by a river. I put the string Quartet up on the balcony of the wood room studio to have them suspended as if the sound for the listener was coming from the sun, then I recorded the woodwind quartet in the Pool Studio which is like an empty swimming pool in Bermondsey as if the sound was as a reflection on water.
A couple of years ago I met one of my heroes John Cale after he asked me to support him at the Royal Festival Hall and after our discussion, I suddenly felt allergic to the way music is being produced at the moment, so I knew I was going to start experimenting with acoustic recordings again, my ambition was not to open up my laptop but to retune the Benchside Spinet that had been gathering dust under my bed and open the lid and dream hammers and strings. There was a conscious rebellion on this album against the digital age of auto-tune and mass produced electronic landfill music. I want to present at my 10 year anniversary a musical biography.
I grew up with a love of medieval, minimalist and renaissance classical music as well as listening to Atari Teenage Riot and obsessed with labels like Planet Mu and Tigerbeat 6. My degree studying composition was aborted quickly as it was the same year I had the opportunity to release my debut album Lycanthropy and go on a world tour, I just felt at this point I wanted to revisit a minimalist medieval sound that's very dear to me. I would say this album was influenced by Stephen Micus, Shirley and Dolly Collins, His Name is Alive, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, The Rachels, Meredith Monk, Johnny Cash, Henry Purcell and John Blow. I chose to shoot the artwork at Hilles House in Gloucester a country mansion looking over the River Severn. rich in the heritage of family members such as the baroque composer John Blow and the rebel fashion visionary Isabella Blow.
Instead of compiling the highlights of my recordings from the last ten years I thought I would highlight the songwriting I felt relevant today to me first of all. As singer and songwriter I notice that some songs take on a life of their own once released, for instance I never knew that 'Paris' from 'Lycanthropy' would become such an important song for my crowd, often when I perform the songs after they are recorded, new words or meanings come to mind and then i start to improvise as to how I am feeling that night. I thought It was time after a decade to take a moment to document what these songs have grown up to be while I've been travelling them around the world.
I made my first album with whatever I had around me, a ton of passion and guts, a 4 track, then a laptop, I had little knowledge of audio engineering so a lot of soldering wires happened and microphones purchased that I didn't know whether suited my voice or instruments, this album is a chance to re record with better knowledge of how to record and produce my work.
Listening to all the songs of the last ten years I have written to choose what was to be re recorded for Sundark & Riverlight was enough to drive me insane, I found many recurring patterns, hope out of anger, sadness out of joy, The title comes from the song "London" two words I made up when I was a teenager that i feel describe my body of work to date. Its been a wonderful self assessment to make this album, extremely cathartic, Its left me a clear slate, head and heart to be able to move forward with the next 10 years. I would like to thank Buffy St Marie who co-wrote the new version of Hard Times with me. This is the only cowrite on the album, we met in Barcelona during the recording session and after some amazing discussions about war, peace and revolution she channelled a new message and edition of the song for me. Vulture is now back to the original composition before the co-written Alec Empire version on The Bachelor.
I can't wait to embark on the forthcoming tour to share these songs and re-compose other songs that didn't make it on this album, I will be taking requests every night so get in contact through twitter and facebook in advance.. all songs considered.
Now all the work is done and artwork ready to be printed (which will be unveiled shortly), I write this letter to you from a beautiful Greek island which I took a slow night boat to get to, Im resting my voice which i began to lose at the end of the album. Yesterday I met one of the three pelicans of the island on the beach they are only seen rarely and when you meet one you are blessed with good luck.. I can't tell you how lucky I feel to be able to make this album, to have such a wonderful world wide wolfpack. I made this record as much for you as I did for myself.
With love, luck, sundark and riverlight xx Patrick Wolf
Release date, Tracklist and Pre-order info TBA soon, keep checking PatrickWolf.com for updates.
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Post by Sorrow By Nature on Aug 3, 2012 7:07:33 GMT
Is there any link by which we can download his unreleased material? I'm trying to hunt it down but it seems impossible Click the Secret Garden-linked picture in my signature. There are some things that I need to add, but a lot is available there. /Tommy
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