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I don’t get the no bass in the mix bit, I listened to it few times yesterday and could hear it just fine.
"tonas " wrote:I don’t get the no bass in the mix bit, I listened to it few times yesterday and could hear it just fine.I’m starting to get used to it. See, I listen to practically nothing but dub, which is based (no pun intended) in earth-shaking bass, and as far as guitar rock goes these days I mostly listen to Jesu, whose music is grounded in massive bottom-end. By comparsion, there’s virtually no bass in the Beyond mix. By comparison to regular rock bands, or especially to largely bass-less indie rock, however, I imagine the mix on Beyond probably just sounds normal. It’s all a matter of aural perspective, I guess, though there’s loads more bass in the Bug mix, for instance, and on Where You Been. Whatever the case, Lou’s bass sound live is bound to add tremendously to what I’m missing in the album mix.
Tubby, can’t you just EQ the bass up in the mix, or is that still not enough for you? If I crank up the bass anymore on my end it gets too muddy. Being a guitar player I enjoy hearing the guitar, and with the bass cranked up I can’t make out the notes. To each their own I guess.
"tonas " wrote:Tubby, can’t you just EQ the bass up in the mix, or is that still not enough for you? If I crank up the bass anymore on my end it gets too muddy. Being a guitar player I enjoy hearing the guitar, and with the bass cranked up I can’t make out the notes. To each their own I guess.My standard EQ setting is 75% bass, 50% highs, 25% mids, pumping through speakers with 15" woofers. I love my bass.
If an album isn’t mixed with lots of bass, increasing the bass EQ at home will just muddy things, as you say. I imagine the LP might be a bit more to my liking, as vinyl brings out the bass in everything. In the end, though, I’ve grown accustomed to the mix, and rate the album up there with J’s (and Dino’s) best.
I have to say, though, that all those reviewers hailing Beyond as "return to form" clearly haven’t been paying attention to anything J’s recorded since Green Mind, since to my ears it slots in stylistically very neatly with latter-era Dino and the Fog, certainly more so than with the ’80s albums, except for "It’s Me," which could easily have been on Bug. "Crumble" mostly reminds me of something off Hand It Over.
Yeah I agree Tubby, to me they never really went anywhere. I guess there were only a few of us paying attention.
I like those later albums for their mellower vibe but I would choose to say its a return of some sorts to a heavier recorded sound rather than focusing mainly on ballads.
"King Tubby " wrote:Tiny Town is a faintly ridiculous instrumental that lasts about 30 seconds.the Dead Milkmen had a song called "Tiny Town"…. it’s not the same tune is it?
The song Tiny Town on Beyond is not a cover of the Dead Milkmens’ Tiny Town off of Big Lizard in MY Backyard which is a fantastic album that everyone should own. go out and buy it now!!!!!!!
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