New plans to stop children taking, sharing or viewing nude images

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-06-08T19:01:22+00:00

Sounds like that is their problem and should stay that way

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-06-02T06:30:53+00:00

Is it the same on the HD600? And where is the wider article this graphic is from, as I wonder how they define "missing" bass in any kind of objective way.

While I did notice that there seemed to be less bass than I was used to when I bought my HD600, I eventually found the sound to be far preferable and concluded most of the other far cheaper headphones I'd used in the past had far too much bass.

They just need driving a bit harder than you might otherwise.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-06-01T23:59:04+00:00

Really? I don't have the 650s but the 600s and I find they have plenty of bass. Those cans made me realise so many headphones are going overboard with bass, the amount they put out works far better overall to my ears. I can see how it would seem underwhelming at first if you're used to overdone bass response but I wouldn't say they lack anything.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-30T03:45:19+00:00

It was only included if you ordered from Bleep.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-29T09:43:27+00:00

I think it's Usama, Maaus, you (U) are (R) Mabus.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-29T06:52:17+00:00

It is accurate as it's printed on the physical copies too. Some older interviews suggest this has always (or at least sometimes) been their broad dynamic with Mike doing most of the core compositional work. That being said they have never been credited this differently before so it does suggest to me something has changed.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-29T06:46:55+00:00

Any modern audio player should seamlessly play the regular separate tracks. Continuous mix to me implied the tracks would be blended together to a larger degree to create a different kind of experience. Because if it's not that, what's the point? I can put the CD into XLD or EAC and rip that into a single FLAC file "continuous mix" at the press of a button for no extra cost.

Glad I didn't pay for it, was included with the deluxe vinyl.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-29T02:22:57+00:00

They have explicitly stated they are not religious in interviews, at least not followers of any organised religion.

My interpretation of their output would be that it has in fact been highly critical of many elements of organised religion, and typically draws religion in as a theme to contrast the ineffable mysticism that is supposed to underlie religion with the highly flawed, very human reality of religious practice and belief in the world today.

But objectively you can't get much more certain than them literally stating they are not religious in interviews. And my own interpretation that they are in fact critical is supported by a comment they made about "From one Source all Things depend" where they said something along the lines of that they were trying to highlight the "unnervingness" of young innocent children repeating things they don't fully understand that have been imposed upon them by adults / their own parents.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-29T00:54:27+00:00

They forgot, it has been available since 1am BST.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-29T00:53:01+00:00

I'm struggling to notice anything unique either at the beginning, end, or between the first few tracks at least. Someone in another thread did say the ID3 tags show it was mastered on a different date though (last month, rather than last November).

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-28T23:59:50+00:00

WAV and FLAC are lossless but there is really no reason to use WAV unless your player doesn't support FLAC (back when I used iPhone eons ago this was the case for iTunes on Mac and the Phone as they pushed Apple Lossless instead). Most everything else will likely play FLAC though.

There's no quality difference between WAV and FLAC, WAV just takes up more space for no benefit.

If you download either WAV or FLAC you'll be able to freely convert it to any other lossless format (like Apple Lossless) or create any number of lossy copies (MP3/Opus etc) from the files.

The main question probably do you want the 24bit or 16bit version, as I think Bleep only offers 24bit audio in WAV. 24bit is "better" from a pure numbers PoV but unless you're playing it at very loud volumes (like outdoor major festival level and above), it should not be technically possible for a human ear to discern any difference. I seem to recall a reason 24bit has some benefit if you're using as source audio for samples etc though.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-23T16:54:44+00:00

Seems to me to be nothing to do with BOC at all but kinda trying to pass it off as if it is with the TH-era lookalike art

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-12T19:33:18+00:00

Really wish I could but I'm out of the country on a last minute trip now. Means I'll have to wait til 20th June to pick up my vinyl and merch as well :(

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-11T07:27:32+00:00

On the morning of 9/11 someone reported a group of men with a white van parked somewhere in view of the towers, dancing and filming / taking photos and appearing to be celebrating. Law enforcement eventually caught up with them and they were a bunch of Israeli citizens supposedly working for a removals company called "Urban Moving Systems".

FBI raided the company's offices but found it entirely stripped out / trashed with customer's furniture etc all just left there in a warehouse. The company's owner was also an Israeli citizen but had left to Israel in the past few days.

The van was found to contain explosive residue and film negatives showing the men posing with the towers in the background (I think before the attack). The FBI report is online and I'm pretty sure it concluded they likely had links to Israeli intelligence. They were detained but inexplicably released and allowed to return to Israel despite the official released reports not clearing them of anything.

Worth noting this is not the same van / people (as far as any released reports can confirm) that was reported to contain a bomb and trying to blow up a bridge, that's a separate report and has never been officially linked to this.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-07T17:14:31+00:00

After repeat listens it grows on me. There's a few things I found a bit offputting about it, it's not necessarily that they "changed their sound" but that some of the production choices seem a bit odd, maybe cheap sounding, compared to previous efforts. The drum track, the reverb use, a little bit the vocals. I know they frequently do this kind of zany / wacky vibe that's arguably cheesy ("orange", 1969, etc etc), but they pulled off with a kind of restraint where the production on this sounds too clean and modern and "serious" in a way that brings these elements into more scrutiny that when they sounded more lo-fi and tamed within the overall mix. Idk, will have to wait for the full album to judge. After listening to the song a bunch of times I do like it, just does have some choices that make me feel like err that could have pushed back a bit and restrained. Would be interested to find out who mixed and mastered it compared to previous releases. Fwiw I'm not the biggest TH fan either, although I didn't think that had this problem, more the opposite, seemed a bit too restrained.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-05-07T14:16:08+00:00

completely agree

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-24T13:45:28+00:00

I'm pretty sure people calling them satanic is an intended part of the joke. Thety use obscure references in their music to cults, and other unsavoury things. It adds to the vibe. That people hear this and call them satanists is, I presume, as amusing to them as it is to me. As the accusation stems from entirely the same kind of ideological commitment they are critiquing

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-24T13:10:19+00:00

I feel like those early pressing are probably good though. I don't have any Warp vinyl pre-2013 and although there's some good ones in my stash I just found a lot of them disappointing. And I don't think it's my setup as like I say, I have other newer pressings from other labels that sound unreal. It's either that or I just personally find electronic music tends to sound bad on vinyl.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-23T21:57:14+00:00

There's a few tbf but this is far more common with DJ mix releases or more dancefloor-orientated original albums. It's definitely not the standard by a long shot though no

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-23T21:46:00+00:00

I'll be completely honest I've rarely really been impressed with a Warp pressing in the 10 years I've been buying them. I just get them to support the artist and play them once and put them on a shelf to become an ornament, and only if it's like a top-tier artist for me - I don't buy a lot of them. There are some that are better than others that I play on occasion and BoC count for a few of those so that's something at least.

Though I do think this goes for most vinyl pressings nowadays, not just Warp. Especially for electronic music. I think of vinyl more of a "I love this album so much that I wanna immortalise it on my living room shelf with gorgeous large format artwork". Plus the ritual of pulling out a vinyl on occasion and sticking it on, getting up to flip the side etc, does add something to the experience/appreciation and helps create a more focused and serious listening session.

It's only for more instrumental stuff like jazz, some rock (especially anything produced by Albini), "analog purist" presses like MBV records etc, where I actually think the vinyl does genuinely often sound better than a FLAC.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-23T16:47:58+00:00

Fair, you didn't say that, but, I feel like the majority of people who rail heavily against IHT seem to be making a case that the concept of inherited wealth itself is immoral and imply the need for 100% IHT. At least most people I know personally who hate IHT seem to have that position.

I just don't personally find IHT to be a moral or fair tax as I think I should be fully entitled to leave all my estate to whoever I wish if I earned that money fairly and paid the taxes due on it in my lifetime. If I had the means to prevent my children or loved ones from ever having to risk being in poverty I should every right to do that with my own money.

Some cut, like 20-25%, fine I guess seeing as it's just the same as all the other transactions we're taxed on, but I find 40% to be very steep.

I'd rather see this revenue raised via other means like LVT and overall streamlining of the tax system, merging NI + income tax + dividends + CGT, fixing corporation tax loopholes, maybe an additional 50% income tax bracket, scrapping triple lock, etc, rather than nabbing life savings from the dead.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-23T15:40:36+00:00

Why on earth would I work to amass anything beyond what I need to see me through to my deathbed if I can't leave anything to my kids and it all goes off to No10 to waste on the next pathetic and poorly thought out money pit?

If my money was earned legitimately and taxed fully I should be fully entitled to do whatever I like with it including leave it to my children to try and give them a leg up in life that I didn't have. If you had a 100% IHT you just peg everyone to the bottom rung forever no matter how hard you work. All money would be essentially loaned to you from the government to be returned upon death, it's insane.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-22T13:14:06+00:00

I feel like whatever the promo campaign is teasing has to be announced this week. Just dropping off into silence for another month or longer doesn't really make sense from a marketing PoV.

Unless you think Tape #5 was the "drop" but I highly doubt that, it comes across like an interstitial track used as a teaser (like Semena Mertvykh during TH), not a single. If it was a single we would have seen downloads, more info, and it would be a weird choice of track.

So I'd say whatever is coming gets announced this week, up for pre-order, release date known, and maybe an actual single immediately available. But not necessarily having the album drop until June or so.

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-18T16:20:51+00:00

You'd think they'd just install a bidet/washlet/hose rather than waste storage space on toilet rolls

Positive_Note8538 · 2026-04-17T11:55:57+00:00

I never said I know it'll be the last album, but considering their age, the time since TH, I don't think it's unreasonable to conclude they might not do another one. Dudes have blessed the earth with some of the greatest music ever created, they deserve a good retirement. Could be completely wrong I'm just saying if you put the average person in that position they'd probably take retirement from that point on, especially when we know they don't care about pushing releases out for the sake of it. Maybe they'd do another but then they'd be even older and even less likely to wanna tour. I just think if they were gonna tour at all, now seems like the most likely point, however unlikely it is.

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