The Asylum/Oldskool thread

aceberg · 13-01-2008 10:00PM

antoinb wrote: »

The reason Im using rapidshare is that Im paying for it anyway as I use it for other stuff too.Its not that bad for those who dont have it,just means it takes a cpl of go's to get what you want instead of all at once.
I have a stack of stuff old skool right up to the present day coming in at around 300gb plus my vinyl and cd collection from the early nineties that Im just starting to rip,all of which I dont mind sharing.
I have a few things Im in the middle of at the mo but like I said in my first post as soon as I get a chance (within a month) ill set up a FTP site ,so if peeps just bare with me for now.....
Will hvae another 12 trax(some Limbo ect) ready either tonight or tomorrow.Will post them when I can
Anto

no probs m8 fair play.

Lucas Maximus · 13-01-2008 10:16PM

hey my names lucas, ive bin into the dance techno scene for a while now, but so far all ive gone to is tiesto on june 16th last, was really good, but i heard about these beach raves and i would love to go, so i was hopin sum1 could get bak to me with some info on how i can find out when and where they are, i realise u cant makes it obvious on this and that its winter so there probably aint any on, but i would very much like a reply if even just to find out what they are like please!

turks · 13-01-2008 11:16PM

if your lookin for a propper nite of oldskool thumbs up to this nite,u wont let you down:D:D:D:D

Lucas Maximus wrote: »

hey my names lucas, ive bin into the dance techno scene for a while now, but so far all ive gone to is tiesto on june 16th last, was really good, but i heard about these beach raves and i would love to go, so i was hopin sum1 could get bak to me with some info on how i can find out when and where they are, i realise u cant makes it obvious on this and that its winter so there probably aint any on, but i would very much like a reply if even just to find out what they are like please!

Gen:FX · 14-01-2008 05:56AM

Yo! Turk, do you know where this flyer originated ??? , as in who did it ???.

I'm putting my hand out to be slapped here, but somebody has got to say it..... - I'm tired (as are many folk I spoke to about this subject) of this un-inspiring 'Drag and Drop' style graphic, the whole look and feel to the flyers the past 12 months has absolutley fook all got to do with the scene from years ago, yet - a record player and the Asylum pentagram, (seen in the background on this energize flyer)... PLUS the words 'OLD SKOOL' seems to be as far as the 'Designer / Artist' can counger up.

Using a certain style of graphic to 'BRAND' a company / theme / night, is standard in this game, but 9 out'a 10 flyers that I have seen over the past year look like a half hours work on the designers end. (And all the flyers look like they come from the same shop... what's with that?)

Who's to blame ? - The designer, using same ol' same ol' graphic software, or is it a promoter not having the balls to 'direct' the designer, - or is it simply that I'm just an akward fussy fooker.

(Personally I opt for the last one)

My sleeve is rolled up - My Hand is out-stretched and I'm ready for a backlash of some kind from the possee here,... Yikes...

PS - B4 you lot go all Nuclear on me - take a deep breath and count to 10...

END NOTE - Yo! JayC - take a peek at this,.... do you know this chap ? >> www.davesgaff.com
(It's a nice set up / idea - It's brand new so some links arent quite ready,... So best to 'right click' and download rather than try to stream the tunes.)

derra · 14-01-2008 12:30PM

senan s wrote: »

smart arse, did i ask for it to be uploaded!!!!

you'd want to go to specsavers derra, good deals at the mo

feckin need them tbh , to see the small print in that flyer !!:D

turks wrote: »

if your lookin for a propper nite of oldskool thumbs up to this nite,u wont let you down:D:D:D:D

jaysus caf ! who took your toffee apple lol

like that site ,nice simple layout

http://www.davesgaff.com/

stephen_n · 14-01-2008 03:12PM

Gen:FX wrote: »

Yo! Turk, do you know where this flyer originated ??? , as in who did it ???.

The flyer was generated by a designer in England, the same designer that does all the energize and reactive flyers so there is a specific style to his designs. As with most things design is subject to fashion this style of designing merging vectors images, pictures and silhouetes is most definitely in vogue at the moment. Funnily enough I like his design style in the sense that although the images are very cluttered he gets it to blend well. I take your point that they are not very oldskool but then again most oldskool flyers looked the way they did because it was to difficult to achieve what can be achieved now with out paying out huge money.

True the designs say **** all about what they are advertsing except maybe the image of the deck but they are visually eye catching and there for serve there purpose in attracting attention to the nights.

~Marky~ · 14-01-2008 03:46PM

They are playing in Dublin as well on Friday 25th

radiospan · 14-01-2008 03:49PM

Yeah it's Cork on the 24th

jonny68 · 14-01-2008 05:20PM

~Marky~ wrote: »

They are playing in Dublin as well on Friday 25th

whereabouts do you know?

If it's anything more than a score in though i wouldn't go.

jimmychin · 14-01-2008 05:30PM

academy (spirit57 / spirit)

€28 plus ticketmaster fee

copeyhagen · 14-01-2008 06:26PM

antoinb wrote: »

The reason Im using rapidshare is that Im paying for it anyway as I use it for other stuff too.Its not that bad for those who dont have it,just means it takes a cpl of go's to get what you want instead of all at once.
I have a stack of stuff old skool right up to the present day coming in at around 300gb plus my vinyl and cd collection from the early nineties that Im just starting to rip,all of which I dont mind sharing.
I have a few things Im in the middle of at the mo but like I said in my first post as soon as I get a chance (within a month) ill set up a FTP site ,so if peeps just bare with me for now.....
Will hvae another 12 trax(some Limbo ect) ready either tonight or tomorrow.Will post them when I can
Anto

cheers mate appreciate the tunes : )

to bump my last request does any1 have a copy of interplanet - big bear.

not so much an asylum tune im sure but the majority of tracks gettin uploaded are being uploaded here!

antoinb · 14-01-2008 07:31PM

lastscan.jpg

Does this ring a bell with anyone?
Bought it in Abbey Discs,long time ago....
Connecting my pre amp and deck will have a sample up soon.
Any help appreciated

antoinb · 14-01-2008 07:46PM

Gen:FX · 14-01-2008 07:48PM

stephen_n wrote: »

The flyer was generated by a designer in England, .....visually eye catching and there for serve there purpose in attracting attention to the nights.

Thanks for the reply stephen, (and for not flying off the handle

IMO - constructive banter keeps raising the bar and pushing the envelope in all sorts of areas. I am in no way dissin' the creative field / designers or promotors - I'm simply asking questions that have been put to me for a while now.

As a Digital Media Production artist myself, I know it is very very easy to fall into a rut using a specific skill-set and a range of software to get the point accross. I just think that the style of the flyers in question is akin to 'sweet wrappers / bubble-gum' and in no way give a hint to the 'Vibe' of the event. I find the Reactive and Energize flyers are waaaay to similar.

The whole flyer thing (past and present) is in itself a sub-culture. They are the 'spark' that gets people talking about a gig and ultimatley get 100's of like minded folk in a particular place at the same time. So I have always believed that it's a priority to keep them fresh and one step ahead of what is actually in vogue. However in some cases it is essential to revert back to the simple cheesy bland stuff from years ago to fire off a distant memory.

I agree that the style the designer uses *was* in vogue, but thats just down to the software that he (and other) design houses use. The same style has been seen on a multitude of adverts on TV for the past couple of years.
Having said all that, fair play to you and the rest of the lads that put the old-skool events together. :cool: - Respect.

barneysplash · 14-01-2008 08:15PM

Antoinb deserves a medal for services to dance music.

Can we post up how to upload tunes to radidshare etc.

I have tapes of stuff from back in the day, but don't know how to do it.

f22 · 14-01-2008 08:28PM

It's been a long time since I've seen anything creative on the flyer front. Alot comes down to cash, if you want someone decent, you have to pay for it, and alot of events were and are run on tight budgets.

Used to really like all the Elevator stuff that Niall Sweeny used to do back in the day for the Ormond gigs. He also did alot of stuff for the George (ahem). He works in London now as part of Pony as as far as I can remember he was heavily involved in alot of the promotion side.

I'm a designer myself and to be honest most of the ****e out there now is one step up from clipart, there's just no ideas behind anything anymore.

senan s · 14-01-2008 08:32PM

f22 wrote: »

It's been a long time since I've seen anything creative on the flyer front. Alot comes down to cash, if you want someone decent, you have to pay for it, and alot of events were and are run on tight budgets.

Used to really like all the Elevator stuff that Niall Sweeny used to do back in the day for the Ormond gigs. He also did alot of stuff for the George (ahem). He works in London now as part of Pony as as far as I can remember he was heavily involved in alot of the promotion side.

I'm a designer myself and to be honest most of the ****e out there now is one step up from clipart, there's just no ideas behind anything anymore.

the temple of sound by far, had the best flyer design

senan s · 14-01-2008 08:36PM

barneysplash wrote: »

Antoinb deserves a medal for services to dance music.

Can we post up how to upload tunes to radidshare etc.

I have tapes of stuff from back in the day, but don't know how to do it.

record them onto your computer, then use a program to convert to mp3(windows media player does it)

then upload using either

www.mediafire.com
www.divshare.com
www.rapidshare.com
www.yousendit.com

senan s · 14-01-2008 08:40PM

copeyhagen wrote: »

does any1 have a copy of interplanet - big bear.

i have a copy, but wouldn't sell it

antoinb · 14-01-2008 11:34PM

barneysplash wrote: »

Can we post up how to upload tunes to radidshare etc.

I have tapes of stuff from back in the day, but don't know how to do it.

I use a pre amp connected to my turntable.This lifts the sound level.
I then connect the pre amp to my soundcard in my pc.
The software I use is Audiograbber you can download it from http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/.You also need a copy of the Lame 3.97 audio Codec (the exe not the dll).
Go to settings,then to mp3 settings.
Click on MP3 file via intermediate wav file.
Tick external Encoder box.
Browse External MP3 program name and find the Lame.exe
Prededefined arguments Lame 128 Kbits/Joint Stereo.
In arguments paste in the next line
-V2 --vbr-new %s %d
File extension mp3.
Tick Encoder is capable of using stdin box.
Launch encoder as Audiograbber currently is.
For CDs you should now just be able to click refresh and grab on the main menu,it will rip the track and then encode it with the Lame Codec.
For Vinyl and tape use the line in sampling under File.
If you then go to http://www.guerillasoft.co.uk/encspot/ and download encspot.
Click on the folder that holds the track then right click the track you want to check.
Second down is Lame header,click on this.
If all is well you should get
== LAME 3.97 ==
Quality: 77
Version String: LAME3.97
Tag Revision: 0
VBR Method: vbr-mtrh
Lowpass Filter: 18600
ATH Type: 4
Minimum Bitrate: 32
Noise Shaping: 1
Unwise Settings: no.
I hope this is of some use to any of you,its not the only way to do it by any means but its how ive been shown and figured out.
The audio still needs to be cleaned up using Sound Forge or the like!
At some stage ill write this out again properly and take some screen shots,this was just on the fly.

keithkk16 · 15-01-2008 12:39AM

Balls to that was hopeing there where gonna play somewhere in the north like belfast suppose ill just have 2 wait until the next time there in ireland.:(

copeyhagen · 15-01-2008 01:06AM

senan s wrote: »

i have a copy, but wouldn't sell it

sorry mate that was meant to say a copy on mp3! : )

also would any of you fine gents have mrs wood - joanna (tdv mix) on mp3 i would be extremely grateful

gonna buy one of them usb turntables and start rippin all my oldskool vinyl this weekend.

aceberg · 15-01-2008 11:36AM

Gen:FX wrote: »

Yo! Turk, do you know where this flyer originated ??? , as in who did it ???.

I'm putting my hand out to be slapped here, but somebody has got to say it..... - I'm tired (as are many folk I spoke to about this subject) of this un-inspiring 'Drag and Drop' style graphic, the whole look and feel to the flyers the past 12 months has absolutley fook all got to do with the scene from years ago, yet - a record player and the Asylum pentagram, (seen in the background on this energize flyer)... PLUS the words 'OLD SKOOL' seems to be as far as the 'Designer / Artist' can counger up.

Using a certain style of graphic to 'BRAND' a company / theme / night, is standard in this game, but 9 out'a 10 flyers that I have seen over the past year look like a half hours work on the designers end. (And all the flyers look like they come from the same shop... what's with that?)

Who's to blame ? - The designer, using same ol' same ol' graphic software, or is it a promoter not having the balls to 'direct' the designer, - or is it simply that I'm just an akward fussy fooker. (Personally I opt for the last one)

My sleeve is rolled up - My Hand is out-stretched and I'm ready for a backlash of some kind from the possee here,... Yikes...

PS - B4 you lot go all Nuclear on me - take a deep breath and count to 10...

END NOTE - Yo! JayC - take a peek at this,.... do you know this chap ? >> www.davesgaff.com
(It's a nice set up / idea - It's brand new so some links arent quite ready,... So best to 'right click' and download rather than try to stream the tunes.)

good aul site that.as derra said nice simple layout.:D

jonny68 · 15-01-2008 01:45PM

jimmychin wrote: »

academy (spirit57 / spirit)

€28 plus ticketmaster fee

will give it a miss so, outrageous price

knird evol · 15-01-2008 05:13PM

copeyhagen wrote: »

sorry mate that was meant to say a copy on mp3! : )

also would any of you fine gents have mrs wood - joanna (tdv mix) on mp3 i would be extremely grateful

gonna buy one of them usb turntables and start rippin all my oldskool vinyl this weekend.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/9mthf9

http://www.sendspace.com/file/j8qxh7

copeyhagen · 15-01-2008 06:04PM

thats quality nice one mate ill check it once i get home. cheeers

*cheers mate, forgot how much of a mental tune that big bear is! brings back memories!!

stephen_n · 16-01-2008 12:45PM

Gen:FX wrote: »

Thanks for the reply stephen, (and for not flying off the handle

Nothing to fly off the handle about it's not my design

I arrange the printing and although I'm a designer I have
nothing to do with the design for reactive or energize.

I think the problem is that when you pay someone to design
a flyer who has no idea about the music or the scene you
will always end up with a generic design and it's not something
that would be easily briefed to a designer.

In the end of the day, design is like any other art form subjective.

Bri~ · 16-01-2008 01:06PM

Has anyone been to the 'Acadamy' yet?

Hope it's not just Spirit re-branded. Those go-go dancers need to go.

the boogieman · 16-01-2008 02:35PM

~Marky~ wrote: »

I was at the ambassador that night as well was a great night but saw them a few weeks later in Oxygen I think it was and they where really disappointing.
But they where playing so many gigs around that time that they where probably worn out.

pushin play on that cd would wear it outa ya alright..

barneysplash · 16-01-2008 05:33PM

Does anyone have that tune "fax you"

Can't remember who it's by.

The Asylum/Oldskool thread

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