High quality compressed file. The file includes embedded artist/title info & artwork and is suitable for home/iPod/phone use. Usual price £1.15 per track.
WAV
Uncompressed lossless file, with large file size (e.g. 70MB per track). The files contain no embedded artist/title info or artwork but playback is universally compatible on all software/hardware. The usual price for WAVs is £1.65 per track.
FLAC
Compressed lossless file with very efficient file sizing e.g. 40MB per track. The files also include embedded artist/title info & artwork. Playback, metadata and artwork are moderately well supported (but not for iTunes, iPod or Windows Media Player). The usual price for a FLAC is £1.65 per track.
ALAC
Compressed lossless file with efficient sizing e.g. 45MB per track. The files contain artist/title info & artwork, and while not widely supported for playback at present, they are compatible with iTunes/iPod. The usual price for a ALAC is £1.65 per track.
AIFF
Uncompressed lossless file with a large file size (e.g. 70MB per track). The files include embedded artist/title info and artwork in iTunes and some others, with playback universally compatible on all software/hardware. The usual price for AIFFs is £1.65 per track.
Spectrum Spools has really been spoiling us recently; after a string of incredible releases, they're back with Three Legged Race aka Robert Beatty - a man who has been around the noise circuit for quite some time now. "Traces Of A Wet Crowd" opens the LP and we're thrown head first into a chilling jumble of gurgling timbres and computer-chip effects, not to mention those haunting vocals protruding from its core. The title track, "Persuasive Barrier" is a wonderful albeit macabre piece, containing bizarre synth melodies and the surrounding palate of aqueous noises. "Butter Colored Hallway" further manifests Beatty's fascination with echoes and hollow frequencies, but it's on "Locked Eyes" that he turns the focus onto more musical paths, where a bouncy backdrop of drums is swallowed by his jazzy synth explorations and tweaking effects. "Budgeting Air" is another moment of genius, where the structure of the arrangement is barely held together by a scuffling bundle of bleeps and sci-fi effects. An incredibly original voyage into the lineage between drone and free-jazz - recommended!
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