KVR Audio

Yagushi · Post by **Yagushi** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:18 am

herodotus wrote:No matter where you go, no matter who is there, Schoenberg's Moses and Aaron is sure to raise eyebrows, if not actually frighten people.

Played at matching volumes, it will beat out any competitor in the Olympics of musical alienation. The Residents, the Butthole Surfers, Fantomas, Tragic Mullato, Merzbow, you name it.

Well, considering you just listed a bunch of my favorite bands (though I haven't heard Tragic Mulatto in years; I wish I would have bought "Italians Fall Down and Look Up Your Dress" back when it was still available) I think I'm going to have to check out this bit of musical alienation. Is there a specific recording you would recommend over the others?

For example:
http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Moses- ... 052&sr=1-1
or
http://www.amazon.com/Arnold-Schoenberg ... 052&sr=1-2
or
http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Moses- ... 052&sr=1-3
or
http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Moses- ... 052&sr=1-4
or
http://www.amazon.com/Arnold-Sch%C3%B6n ... 052&sr=1-5

Rabban · Post by **Rabban** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:20 am

Well, I went through a mini mid-life crisis last year so I decided to put in a high end audio system into my car (speakers, amps, high-output alternator, high end cd deck...) into my little Toyota Echo hatchback. The stereo actually does costs more than my car and I also have a couple decals on the car that has artwork semi-inspired by H.R. Giger.

It is one of those cars that, if you saw it on the street, you would think it was driven by a high-schooler headbanger who robbed a video store to pay for a thumpin' audio system.

What is my music of choice, at full volume, driving through the city? Sarah Brightman, baby, Sarah Brightman. Opera all the way. Oh... and Josh Groban. Also, I get a few glances from pedestrians when I crank out the Doctor Who themes (I have a compilation disc that has various renditions of the Doctor Who theme).

I am such a 'tard.

intel · Post by **intel** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:29 am

well if you've a summer home on Salusa Secundus you've got bigger problems than your choice of music.

freak.

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:29 am

No, tards are kids who don't know it better and crank up their stereo in an insanely way so that the whole street knows "there it is again, the rolling disco sh*thouse!" and listen to chart shit at the same time (and by that I don't mean rock, but "Gasolina" and crap like that).

intel · Post by **intel** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:30 am

Hovmod wrote:edit: hang on - construction job...those bands...you're the carpenter in the Village People, aren't you?

busted!

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:30 am

intel wrote:well if you've a summer home on Salusa Secundus you've got bigger problems than your choice of music.

freak.

Lay off the drugs, and seriously stop reading the Dune Saga.

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:33 am

Another thing to blast is Diamanda Galas (especially recordings (like most of hers) that have no instrumentation. Just her voice).

intel · Post by **intel** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 6:57 am

Compyfox wrote:Lay off the drugs, and seriously stop reading the Dune Saga.

hey now. I'm not the one with handle "Rabban".

I'm more of an "Irulan" myself...

Compyfox · Post by **Compyfox** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:16 am

Intrigous? Dog Eyes in the second TV miniseries and pissed that you didn't get to score with the Emperor of the Universe?

HEY! You at least have free hands for the kids... er...

TOPIC CHANGE, plz kthnx.

Rabban · Post by **Rabban** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:32 am

intel wrote:
Compyfox wrote:Lay off the drugs, and seriously stop reading the Dune Saga.
hey now. I'm not the one with handle "Rabban".

I'm more of an "Irulan" myself...

Dune fans unite!

There is an alternate interpretation of my "summer home on Salusa Secundus". During the winter I live in a great city but during the summer, I move to a little shit-town (all because the pay is great) which feels like the barren, prison planet of Salusa Secundus. Plus, I just can't get enough Dune.

rp314 · Post by **rp314** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:37 am

Yagushi wrote:Is there a specific recording you would recommend over the others?

http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Moses- ... 052&sr=1-4

ouroboros · Post by **ouroboros** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:53 am

I like to listen to Brittany while I browse KVR.

herodotus · Post by **herodotus** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:03 am

rp314 wrote:
Yagushi wrote:Is there a specific recording you would recommend over the others?

http://www.amazon.com/Schoenberg-Moses- ... 052&sr=1-4

Indeed.

Boulez is the king of conductors for this sort of thing.

robogone · Post by **robogone** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:19 pm

ouroboros wrote:I like to listen to Brittany while I browse KVR.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany

Can't say I'd like to listen to it while I browse KVR...

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 1:29 pm

@robojam: Well, I guess not everyone likes Celtic music.

Shocking displays of inappropriate musical tastes