Krystian Shek - Al-Qāhirah (2018)
Electronic, Ambient | 42:57 min | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 194 MB
Label: Carpe Sonum
Electronic, Ambient | 42:57 min | WEB FLAC (tracks) | 194 MB
Label: Carpe Sonum
Krystian Shek released a number of superb and still underrated albums on Namlook’s FAX imprint over the years; his first Carpe Sonum offering, 2014’s Sometimes Not, was a bracing return to form, and al-Qāhirah is the follow-up, and it’s a dandy, a longform slice of far-flung ethnotronica that speaks within dub’s mother tongue but jettisons the lockstep rhythmic underpinning. In so doing, Shek’s augured quite a brilliant thing: digidub that is all languid pools of sound, froth, reverberation, and echo, plunging the listener into a vast abyssal chamber whose sounds mimic the detritus found in long-abandoned sensory deprivation tanks. Yet the whole experience is becalming, welcoming, and thoroughly non-isolationist: throughout the fifteen-minute excursion of the title track, we are treated to a rainbow coalition of thrillingly sculpted shimmers lighting up a desert night sky like some man-made aurora borealis. Shek’s skill lies in his ability to showcase works of ‘ambience’ that are leagues removed from Eno’s hoary old definition—this is a music of flares and fanfare, bursting with light, drunk on the absinthe of nature.
Tracklist:
01. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 1
02. Krystian Shek - My Name is Khaled (Ambient Mix)
03. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt. 1
04. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 2
05. Krystian Shek - Al-Qāhirah
06. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt, 2
07. Krystian Shek - Maleha
08. Krystian Shek - The Poem of Antar
fooCDtect - foobar2000 + auCDtect, baralgin.
auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
mode: 0
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Track: 04. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 2
Processing file: [04. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 2.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.011526e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.297865e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.179379e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.656040e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.162200e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.579520e+000
First order smothness: 3.993453e-001
Second order smothness: 6.518003e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 02. Krystian Shek - My Name is Khaled (Ambient Mix)
Processing file: [02. Krystian Shek - My Name is Khaled (Ambient Mix).aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.001732e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.228771e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.181783e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.322592e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.161100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.523117e+000
First order smothness: 3.668579e-001
Second order smothness: 5.781303e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 03. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt. 1
Processing file: [03. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt. 1.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.015686e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.228819e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.144617e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 2.817667e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.868205e+000
First order smothness: 3.495226e-001
Second order smothness: 3.590702e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 01. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 1
Processing file: [01. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 1.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.078226e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.322944e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.128743e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.750430e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.112700e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 2.380882e-001
First order smothness: 3.663102e-001
Second order smothness: 8.342246e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 87%
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Track: 05. Krystian Shek - Al-Qāhirah
Processing file: [05. Krystian Shek - Al-Qāhirah.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.017185e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.423297e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.025469e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.304797e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.288951e-002
First order smothness: 5.481406e-001
Second order smothness: 6.505349e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 92%
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Track: 06. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt, 2
Processing file: [06. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt, 2.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.028331e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.395808e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.110454e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.907607e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.162200e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.990666e-001
First order smothness: 4.958092e-001
Second order smothness: 2.624113e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 07. Krystian Shek - Maleha
Processing file: [07. Krystian Shek - Maleha.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.014294e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.232516e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.096591e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.493760e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.275877e+000
First order smothness: 3.267139e-001
Second order smothness: 6.364066e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 08. Krystian Shek - The Poem of Antar
Processing file: [08. Krystian Shek - The Poem of Antar.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 1.985299e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.210997e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.160248e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 4.392748e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.178900e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.852388e+000
First order smothness: 3.322989e-001
Second order smothness: 5.915493e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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auCDtect: CD records authenticity detector, version 0.8.2
Copyright © 2004 Oleg Berngardt. All rights reserved.
Copyright © 2004 Alexander Djourik. All rights reserved.
mode: 0
===========================================
Track: 04. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 2
Processing file: [04. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 2.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.011526e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.297865e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.179379e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.656040e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.162200e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.579520e+000
First order smothness: 3.993453e-001
Second order smothness: 6.518003e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 02. Krystian Shek - My Name is Khaled (Ambient Mix)
Processing file: [02. Krystian Shek - My Name is Khaled (Ambient Mix).aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.001732e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.228771e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.181783e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.322592e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.161100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.523117e+000
First order smothness: 3.668579e-001
Second order smothness: 5.781303e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 03. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt. 1
Processing file: [03. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt. 1.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.015686e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.228819e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.144617e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 2.817667e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.868205e+000
First order smothness: 3.495226e-001
Second order smothness: 3.590702e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 01. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 1
Processing file: [01. Krystian Shek - Introducing the Ney, Pt. 1.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.078226e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.322944e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.128743e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.750430e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.112700e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 2.380882e-001
First order smothness: 3.663102e-001
Second order smothness: 8.342246e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 87%
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Track: 05. Krystian Shek - Al-Qāhirah
Processing file: [05. Krystian Shek - Al-Qāhirah.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.017185e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.423297e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.025469e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.304797e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 6.288951e-002
First order smothness: 5.481406e-001
Second order smothness: 6.505349e-001
––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––
This track looks like CDDA with probability 92%
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Track: 06. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt, 2
Processing file: [06. Krystian Shek - Into the Hammam, Pt, 2.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.028331e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.395808e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.110454e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.907607e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.162200e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.990666e-001
First order smothness: 4.958092e-001
Second order smothness: 2.624113e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 07. Krystian Shek - Maleha
Processing file: [07. Krystian Shek - Maleha.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 2.014294e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.232516e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.096591e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 1.493760e+004 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.189100e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.275877e+000
First order smothness: 3.267139e-001
Second order smothness: 6.364066e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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Track: 08. Krystian Shek - The Poem of Antar
Processing file: [08. Krystian Shek - The Poem of Antar.aucdtect]
Detected average hi-boundary frequency: 1.985299e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-boundary frequency: 1.210997e+004 Hz
Detected average hi-cut frequency: 2.160248e+004 Hz
Detected average lo-cut frequency: 4.392748e+003 Hz
Maximum probablis boundary frequency: 2.178900e+004 Hz
Coefficient of nonlinearity of a phase: 1.852388e+000
First order smothness: 3.322989e-001
Second order smothness: 5.915493e-001
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This track looks like CDDA with probability 100%
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