Artist Drudkh
Album Songs Of Grief And Solitude
Label Supernal Music
Year 2006
Style Folk
Quality Lame/VBR/44.1kHz/J.Stereo
Source CDDA
Type Album
Date 10-22-2006
DRUDKH's fifth album ventures into acoustic territory, offering ancient,
sorrowful, Ukrainian folk songs. Their radical, conservative
revolutionary ideas here establish a dynamic counterpoint with the
serene, earthy, primitivist atmosphere of the music. The unusual booklet
comes adorned with old illustrations of Mediaeval / fantasy folk tales
and traditional, Ukrainian decorative motifs. A truly unique item,
different from their other albums, yet wholly consistent with the
conception of this stellar band.
http://www.supernalmusic.com
*** WHY PROPER? ***
Drudkh-Songs_of_Grief_and_Solitude-2006-NTH is encoded with:
LAME3.97b / Preset: V0
Examples of the bitrates:
Track 01 - 231 avg
Track 02 - 212 avg
Track 03 - 230 avg
These are the bitrates we got with our cdda:
Preset V0
Track 01 - 247 avg
Track 02 - 223 avg
Track 03 - 244 avg
Preset V1
Track 01 - 234 avg
Track 02 - 214 avg
Track 03 - 234 avg
Preset V2
Track 01 - 208 avg
Track 02 - 193 avg
Track 03 - 210 avg
There's a 320kbps p2p rip circulating on the web, so we tried decoding
and recoding that one:
Preset V0
Track 01 - 238.0 avg
Track 02 - 215.5 avg
Track 03 - 235.8 avg
Preset V1
Track 01 - 227.9 avg
Track 02 - 207.7 avg
Track 03 - 226.6 avg
Preset V2
Track 01 - 206.0 avg
Track 02 - 189.0 avg
Track 03 - 205.2 avg
The results from B1 and B2 are always the same, and B3 is always a few
decimals lower.
As you can see, neither the NTH tracks or the re-encoded p2p rip is near
our cdda results. In fact, the NTH is even LOWER than the re-encoded p2p
rip. The bitrate is pretty close to V1, but the NTH IS V0.
WE also took the liberty to include the wav of our cdda track 01 and the
320kbps p2p track 01, in a zip. That way you can test and see for
yourself.
Now, please enjoy this RETAIL rip at scene standard. And buy the damn thing
if you like it!!!
01. Sunset In Carpathians 02:47
02. Tears Of Gods 08:35
03. Archaic Dance 03:29
04. The Milky Way 09:53
05. Why The Sun Becomes Sad 05:45
06. The Cranes Will Never Return Here 03:26
07. Grey-Haired Steppe 02:09
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