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Ultimately, this thread is worthless. We can break down and spout off the qualities and attributes that constitute good music or good production but in the end we'd be doing nothing more than expelling our personal opinions as if they actually retain any particular value beyond our own on perspectives.
I don't pay attention to recording techniques and I usually don't critically analyze what makes any album I've ever heard good or bad - I simply know that I've got some version of the archetypal good band or dj or artist in my mind and as close to that illusion any particular work of musical art can get is typically how good or bad I consider them to be.
I've come to the realization that it's all a matter of personal taste and familiarity and that there's an incredible depth in all sorts of noisy and jarring musical genres and experiences - it just takes a bit more effort. And while some would say that Timberlake's "Sexy Back" isn't nearly as good as any tune Beethoven could whistle - that opinion does very little to negate the fact that there's an incredible experience to be had when enjoying both ends of the spectrum.
I've reached this conclusion with the aid of:
Infidel?/Castro! - Bioentropic Damage Fractal
Ulver - Blood Inside
The End - Transfer Trachea Reverberation Reverberations from Point: False Omniscent / Witin Dividia
Knut - Challenger / Bastardizer / Terraformer
Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
Behold...The Arctopus - Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning
Aesop Rock - Labor Days / Bazooka Tooth
Cephalic Carnage - Every Album
Paul Okenfold - too many live mixes
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