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  • in reply to: The Fifth Season #1435
    Masala Soil
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      yeah, that helps. I did the same with a map on the table when I first tried it

      kept flipping back and forth, which is annoying, but the pieces landed better once I treated it like a repair job instead of a straight story.

      in reply to: Freezing lentil dishes without turning them to paste? #161
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        I freeze dal in small containers too. I stop cooking it just before the lentils are completely soft, then add a little water when it warms back up.

        The kind of lentil matters. Some turn creamy by nature. I would not try to make every dal come back separate, because then you are fighting what it is for.

        in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #880
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          There is probably a joke here about category errors, but I will leave it alone. The safer point is that the recording asks for attention to resonance, and that is not the same as fusion.

          in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #876
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            I have been thinking of the King’s College Tallis services for the space, though that is a different world entirely. Still, the lesson is similar, and the room is doing more than decorating the line.
            That kind of listening is worth protecting.

            in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #874
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              That is a useful way to think about it, and yes, medieval chant with a patient acoustic can get surprisingly close in feeling. I would add that some of the most revealing comparisons are not “crossovers” at all, but plain recordings of chant or polyphony in a resonant building. I once heard a simple motet in a stone chapel and the room made every cadence feel negotiated rather than finished. That was enough to change the whole piece.

              in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #872
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                One small correction: Officium is Garbarek with the Hilliard Ensemble, not the other way around.
                Minor thing, but the balance of names tells you something about…

                in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #870
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                  That is true. I still remember which side of the kitchen table made a fiddle sound thin in one room, and the fix was just moving two feet. Sometimes the answer is not another recording, only a better chair.

                  in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #864
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                    I agree with the general point. If you want a practical comparison, listen for records where the room is not just ambience but part of the argument, then ask whether the traditions stay legible.

                    in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #861
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                      Exactly, and the same goes for the listening setup. On speakers the edge can read as friction, on headphones it can sound more like a fault line.
                      That is not a flaw in the piece, just a change in conditions.

                      in reply to: Officium is not a crossover shortcut #846
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                        ECM is a fair place to look, and the room does matter there. But I would separate “space” from “merging” pretty carefully, because a lot of those records use space to keep the lines distinct, not to blur them together.

                        in reply to: Well, we made it. #3455
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                          Don’t overbuild it too early. Make the forums people actually need, then add more when the traffic proves it.

                          in reply to: Request: Classical Indian Music #3585
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                            Make it and I suspect people will find uses we haven’t thought of yet. If the threshold is five, this one appears to have crossed the border without paperwork.

                            in reply to: Well, we made it. #3360
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                              Congratulations. New place is up. Now use it and see what grows.

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