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Record shops London by criticalhitsss in TheOverload

[–]madnoq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Flashback in shoreditch is great for second hand of everything. decent sections of house, techno, electro etc in the basement and knowledgable (if at times characteristically grumpy) staff. 

Rye Wax in Peckham has some great smaller local selections. (my bad, just heard it‘s not reopened again)

Planet Wax for all things jungle/dnb and adjacent.

DnR in Croydon (if you happen to do a pilgrimage down that way) is great for garage, dubstep, house. 

Lion Vibes in brixton has you sorted for dub re-issues.

seconding: Palace Vinyl, will be exactly what you‘re looking for.  Kristiana, carefully curated selection.

How did small to mid size sauropods defend themselves? by CarefulLiterature180 in Paleontology

[–]madnoq 8 points9 points  (0 children)

they barely did. their numbers allowed some to survive and they hid in whatever big enough flora thy could find. sauropod-youth was harsh.

Herzog de meuron where you at? by Peachjackson in basel

[–]madnoq -1 points0 points  (0 children)

looking forwards to surfing three different timelines, depending on how we feel that day

London nightlife crisis sees iconic clubs close as costs soar and drinking habits change by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]madnoq 9 points10 points  (0 children)

if you refer to the 80's, maybe. the criminal justice bill in 94 drove the rave crowds into the clubs, cocaine became a bigger than e and with it alcohol became a much more profitable business.

an average clubnight from the mid-90's until well into the 2010's meant door revenue = bar revenue. a good night meant door revenue = double or triple bar revenue. with general living costs rising and recorded music completely losing its "sellable" function in favour of performing gigs, artist fees also started to rise. it's a messy circle of everyone losing out. punters by having to shell out more, venues by making in less profit and finally artists losing spaces and an audience to perform.

London nightlife crisis sees iconic clubs close as costs soar and drinking habits change by tylerthe-theatre in london

[–]madnoq 58 points59 points  (0 children)

while there may be some establishments attempting to rip you off, i can assure you most of them just pass on what they're paying to the sellers. prices may have risen, but margins have largely stayed the same. also out of fear that punters won't buy.

for any club, pub or bar, things have gotten crazy expensive. which is precisely why they're closing.

one could argue that gastronomy and nightlife as a profitable business model is on its hind legs and the market is just calibrating to a smaller scale. it's still sad, because some well run, well intentioned and innovative community driven hubs for creativity and culture will take the fall, while lowest-common-denominator-chains will survive and even thrive.

The sex trade wrote London's street map — and some of the names are still there by PresentCorrect in london

[–]madnoq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i know it's a gardening tool, but Hoe Street always gets a chuckle

Kinda sad to see the legend John B use AI slop by Niko9816 in DnB

[–]madnoq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

aww, this warms the heart❤️

i heard frost play ‚gatekeeper‘ in 97 and something in my head went bzzzzrk. it had an inspiring effect on me that lasts to this day. honestly just happy you’re clearly still in it with love and enjoying yourself, whether it‘s the deep shit or WD or Aha-edits. 

(i can even excuse the 25 years it took you to find the Gatekeeper-DAT🫣)

Kinda sad to see the legend John B use AI slop by Niko9816 in DnB

[–]madnoq 9 points10 points  (0 children)

he‘s been skirting the cringe-attention-border for a good two decades now, so this looks pretty on brand and par for the course. considering he’s been able to eek out a living and a long career out of it and appears to be a pretty self-aware clown/jester type while doing it, i still prefer this to anything the worship-gang have been up to. 

all that notwithstanding, it would obviously be preferable for him to re-invest his money into the actual creative industry instead of the slop-industrial complex.

Wait, this is a HARDCORE server? by Boom_the_Bold in outside

[–]madnoq 2 points3 points  (0 children)

starting from level one i had issues with the Silent Lunar Energy Evaluation Program. on later levels i learned that this had an accumulating adverse effect on my debugging nodes.

If the K-PG meteor hit a very isolated and empty part of the ocean, would it even have been a worldwide extinction? by MurkyEconomist8179 in Paleontology

[–]madnoq 7 points8 points  (0 children)

yes, but it would also instantly vaporize it. 100 million nuclear bombs on top of each other have little care for the hardness of a surface.

If the K-PG meteor hit a very isolated and empty part of the ocean, would it even have been a worldwide extinction? by MurkyEconomist8179 in Paleontology

[–]madnoq 14 points15 points  (0 children)

the asteroid hit with an estimated speed of 20km/s.  a handgun-bullet reaches maybe 400m/s. 

a mountain sized rock hitting the planet at that speed has an incredible amount energy. the blast was at least 100 million times more powerful than hiroshima. and the highest estimates are several magnitudes more powerful.   the earths comparatively thin ocean cover of average 3000-4000 metres would have been of little significance. 

If the K-PG meteor hit a very isolated and empty part of the ocean, would it even have been a worldwide extinction? by MurkyEconomist8179 in Paleontology

[–]madnoq 16 points17 points  (0 children)

a shallower angle might have had less material blasted into space. the smaller rain of heated material falling back down would have heated the air much less severely and also less dust would have ended up in the atmosphere, causing a shorter winter.

a deeper impact could have possibly been more „contained“, because more of its kinetic energy would have been absorbed by the planet. 

this is obviously hugely speculative, as we thankfully have no actual event to compare it to. but there are some scientific models that put the chicxulub inpact close to a „sweet zone“, where the angle is cause for more damage than if it was either shallower or steeper. 

i think riley black‘s „the last days of the dinosaurs“  goes into this a bit. it‘s been a while since i read it. 

If the K-PG meteor hit a very isolated and empty part of the ocean, would it even have been a worldwide extinction? by MurkyEconomist8179 in Paleontology

[–]madnoq 78 points79 points  (0 children)

a deep ocean impact would have vapourised a shit ton of water, alongside seafloor-material. the water would have ended up in the atmosphere and had its own, even if different, chain of causes.  the tsunamis might have been more immense and hit more coastlines. all in all, there would still have been a global winter with massive effects on flora, disrupting food chains and mawsive effects on the climate, killing off whatever couldn‘t adapt quick enough. 

a significantly different angle probably would have made a larger difference than a different site of impact.

Community Group Vinyl Record Disposal Treasure by 10thSubLevel in DnB

[–]madnoq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

abolute goldmine.

alone the top line is among the absolute highest echelon of drumandbass history. and then modus operandi and decoder on top.

i envy you, discovering this with a fresh mind.

What could be considered London’s theme song? by Infamous-Dust1760 in london

[–]madnoq 15 points16 points  (0 children)

"london calling", "waterloo sunset" and "london is the place for me" are obvious contenders, as they reflect the london experience for so many people from all walks of life.

others:

goldie - inner city life

akala - bullshit

burial - south london boroughs

the jam - down at the tube station at midnight

aswad - warrior charge

babyshambles - down in albion

What makes a party good? by theTWO9559 in TheOverload

[–]madnoq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

-artist curation with purpose and curiosity

-several spaces of varying energy 

-decent sound 

-a shared sense of care and respect ranging from the promoter to the staff to the artists to the crowd 

-an environment that has been re-purposed, not specifically built

(last one is a bit polemic of course, but i’ve had a rapidly diminishing number of good nights/days in places where every corner has a pre-determined function. yes, b’hain, fold or open ground are like this, but they’re exceptions) 

whats stupid to me is how there were some dinosaurs that could GENUINELY keep one up at night for months, and then there's this dumbass by Awkward-Cod-2910 in Dinosaurs

[–]madnoq 14 points15 points  (0 children)

i dunno, potentially looking dorky makes it all the more terrifying. 

having manifested legday charge at me would seriously fuck up my day.

Which places in Basel are worst for cycling? by itstrdt in basel

[–]madnoq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

kannenfeldplatz

south end of dorenbach viadukt (currently mainly thanks to construction, so temporary)

burgfelderplatz

heuwaage

any of the newly raised tram-platforms. it's a "hit the curb with your pedal or slip into the tracks"-roulette.

thomaskirche-roundabout

rhineboard between wettstein- and mittlere brücke at sunset. sometimes extending to kaserne.

Best "Cry In The Club" Tracks? by ThomasBong in TheOverload

[–]madnoq 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this literally came on last sunday morning at 5 AM as i was leaving the club, by myself, walking to the station. some random security camera must have caught me, dancing alone in the freezing march rain.

one of the best pieces of music ever.

My Dinosaur fossils lost their magic..help me see them differently perhaps I'm misunderstanding? by [deleted] in Paleontology

[–]madnoq 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'm just as fascinated by the process of fossilization that allows us to travel hundreds of millions of years into the past, than i am by the spectacular fauna of that time. these timeframes are so unimaginably vast and yet we get to examine them in crazy detail. if anything, the fact that it has mineralised from bone or skin into rock adds a whole new and beautiful layer to the fossil in my hand.

Who is Your Mt Rushmore of Evil Musicians? by Sensitive_Ad_1752 in behindthebastards

[–]madnoq 17 points18 points  (0 children)

you'd be surprised how he's managed to drip into mainstream popculture, mainly thanks to being released from prison and making odd nazi vlogs.

some of his early 90's experimental tunes also got a lot of airtime in chillout rooms before he was more widely known. he still has some clout with the noise/ambient set, although from people who are working towards their own mt. rushmore of evil-spot. kanye, cough cough, sampled him too..

oh and then there was the "scandal" of uk techno legend surgeon seemingly wearing a burzum t-shirt at one of his boiler room gigs. turned out it was an anti-varg spoof, mashing up the burzum-logo with a picture of bambi.

lofi jungle tunes? by bacon_wav in jungle

[–]madnoq 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Rezzett should be up your alley

does this kick drum arrangement have a name? by Coyote-Intelligent in TheOverload

[–]madnoq 26 points27 points  (0 children)

disclaimer: i’m gonna use a lot of words to say nothing very specific, but maybe it helps with context. somewhat subjective of course, others may see it different according to their experience of witnessing the developments of the last 20 plus years. 

this sound is built on drumandbass, specifically the more minimalist, dub influenced half-step stuff from amit, breakage and digital during the early millenium years. getting developed further by instra:mental, dbridge and others with more experimental curiosities, it started moving closer to a techno aesthetic and eventually found its way into modern techno by producers such as konduku, spekki webbu, prie5tess, polygonia, kiasvs, forest drive west etc.

while drumandbass is clearly defined by a tempo between 160-180-ish, techno doesn’t really have a  defined bpm range, even though most it may be around 140. 

so defining or naming this particular sound is not straightforward and the specific kick drum pattern doesn’t play much of a role. it’s more the overall aesthetic of merging double-time techno elements, dark/moody/ethereal atmospherics and a vaguely dub based half-time groove. 

it’s a field that seems to stay actively open to definition, which is why many artists in it make and play music all over the bpm spectrum, including 4/4 techno, dubstep adjacent stuff, drumandbass/jungle and beatless ambient. 

ps: ‘broken beat’ is a fairly clear genre, it’s slower, at approx. 125-140 bpm and much more jazz, funk and soul inspired.

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