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Name: Japhy
Home Page: www.japhy.co.uk
Member Since: Aug 23, 2002
Rank: 115
Average Vote Received: Needs Minor Changes (3.06, 18 votes)
Rated 39 releases, average: 4.21
Location: England
Profile: Pirates day's are numbered...

Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue. Nicknamed the 'Record', the new format takes the form of a black vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which must be played on a specially designed 'turntable'.

"We can state with absolute certainty that no computer in the world can access the data on this disc," said spokesman Brett Campbell. "We are also confident that no-one is going to be able to produce pirate copies in this format without going to a heck of a lot of trouble. This is without doubt the best anti-piracy invention the music industry has ever seen."

As part of the invention's rigorous testing process, the designers gave some discs to a group of teenage computer experts who regularly use file swapping software and who admit to pirating music CDs. Despite several days of trying, none of them were able to hack into the disc's code or access any of the music files contained within it.

"It's like, really big and stuff," said Doug Flamboise, one of the testers. "I couldn't get it into any of my drives. I mean, what format is it? Is it, like, from France or something?" Teenage computer hackers struggled to access the new disc. In the new format, raw audio data in the form of music is encoded by physically etching grooves onto the vinyl disc. The sound is thus translated into variations on the disc's surface in a process that industry insiders are describing as 'completely revolutionary' and 'stunningly clever.'

To decode the data stored on the disc, the listener must use a special player which contains a 'needle' that runs along the grooves on the record surface, reading the indentations and transforming the movements back into audio that can be fed through loudspeakers. Even Shawn Fanning, the man who invented Napster, admits the format will make file swapping much more difficult. "I've never seen anything like this," he told reporters. "How does it work?"

Pirates day's are numbered. As rumours that a Taiwanese company has been secretly developing a 12 inch wide, turntable -driven, needle-based, firewire drive remain unconfirmed, it would appear that the music industry may, at last, have found the pirate-proof format it has long been searching for.

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Adam Johnson - Chigliak - 07-Nov-07 03:22 AM
"Changer Demain begins with comfortable ambient washes, and the first three tracks subscribe to the same pillow-soft philosophy. Autopop injects some much needed darkness, and the album continues to bust it in the one note jam department. Anex touches a familiar, glorious span of melody, Malk hits a confident, padding dubby stride. Arcs of melody over tough beats is always a winning formula, and Adam has produced a balanced and persuasive reason to check out the Merck sound some more. Excellent."

Various - Altered Images - 25-Sep-07 04:23 AM
All tracks here are pretty stunning but in my opinion the Future Beat Alliance Change Design is the standout track. A melodic trance-like nod to electro music which builds to stunning crescendos and lays down a thick hypnotic groove with ease. A perfect track for mixing with modern Detroit inspired tracks as proved by Funk DVoid on his iFUNK Dj mix for Cocoon (mixes pretty amazingly with Carl Craigs Science Fiction). Matthew Puffetts most inspiring release. 10/10

Subway - Journey - 01-May-06 12:17 PM
Pretty stunning release this, just cant stop playing the original. In my opinion this matches the quality of Claro Intelectos work whilst retaining the power and energy of older Detroit releases such as Strings Of Life and early Sterac works (100% Pure). Seems to be out of print now so i feel lucky i got my 2 copies when i did. Never to leave my record box.

Villalobos* - Alcachofa - 23-Nov-03 01:47 PM
An utterly outstanding album of the highest quality - the deepest soundscapes and most interesting grooves ive heard from this artist. Essential.

Jeff Mills - Skin Deep EP - 31-Oct-03 03:58 PM
Gotta be my favourate Purpose Maker release to date - the vocal sample in Call Of The Wild hypnotises those dancefloors - ive seen this track seriously erupt in many clubs. An Essential tune not to be missed!! GET IT!

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