Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997)
jazz | 1CD | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | cover | 250MB
ECM | RAR +5% recovery
jazz | 1CD | EAC Rip | FLAC+CUE+LOG | cover | 250MB
ECM | RAR +5% recovery
Review (AMG)
Khmer is surely the most unusual album ever released by ECM – unusual because the label, which is best known for elevated chamber jazz, presents the solo debut of trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer as a production that plays with modern electronica methods while not eschewing the well-known ECM aesthetic. Molvaer's music is somewhere between scary and majestic, and changes between ominous ambient sounds and hard breakbeats, along which atonal screeching guitars combined with melancholic melodies, create a fascinating mélange. Above all this thrones Molvaer's trumpet: lyrical, hectic, calm and sad, trembling and screaming. Molvaer is one of the most progressive and intelligent voices in jazz today, and with Khmer he's recorded one of the best jazz albums of the '90s. Two CD singles were released in addition to this album. The first, "Khmer: The Remixes," contains three remixes of Khmer songs (an ECM novum, too), from Rockers Hi-Fi among others; the second, "Ligotage," offers a new track and another remix. The first CD single was included in the U.S. release of Khmer.
EAC extraction logfile from 28. April 2005, 19:01 for CD
Nils Petter Molvaer / Khmer
Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Used output format : E:\Programmi\Exact Audio Copy 0.95\Encoders\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
224 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" -T "comment=Exact Audio Copy 0.95 pb5 Secure Mode / FLAC q8 v. 1.1.2" %s
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Track 1
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\01 - Khmer.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 88.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 52C76B1C
Copy CRC 52C76B1C
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\02 - Tlon.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 40E73496
Copy CRC 40E73496
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\03 - Access , Song of sand I.wav
Peak level 98.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D45FCC94
Copy CRC D45FCC94
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\04 - On stream.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:01.13
Peak level 99.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 39D4E010
Copy CRC 39D4E010
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\05 - Platonic years.wav
Peak level 99.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CFC25EF0
Copy CRC CFC25EF0
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\06 - Phum.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4B39FBC0
Copy CRC 4B39FBC0
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\07 - Song of sand II.wav
Peak level 99.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D317AB02
Copy CRC D317AB02
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\08 - Exit.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.86
Peak level 65.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 53FBC55B
Copy CRC 53FBC55B
Copy OK
No errors occured
End of status report
Nils Petter Molvaer / Khmer
Used drive : PLEXTOR CD-R PREMIUM Adapter: 1 ID: 0
Read mode : Secure with NO C2, accurate stream, disable cache
Read offset correction : 30
Overread into Lead-In and Lead-Out : Yes
Used output format : E:\Programmi\Exact Audio Copy 0.95\Encoders\flac.exe (User Defined Encoder)
224 kBit/s
Additional command line options : -8 -V -T "artist=%a" -T "title=%t" -T "album=%g" -T "date=%y" -T "tracknumber=%n" -T "genre=%m" -T "comment=Exact Audio Copy 0.95 pb5 Secure Mode / FLAC q8 v. 1.1.2" %s
Other options :
Fill up missing offset samples with silence : Yes
Delete leading and trailing silent blocks : No
Installed external ASPI interface
Track 1
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\01 - Khmer.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:02.00
Peak level 88.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 52C76B1C
Copy CRC 52C76B1C
Copy OK
Track 2
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\02 - Tlon.wav
Peak level 100.0 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 40E73496
Copy CRC 40E73496
Copy OK
Track 3
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\03 - Access , Song of sand I.wav
Peak level 98.7 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D45FCC94
Copy CRC D45FCC94
Copy OK
Track 4
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\04 - On stream.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:01.13
Peak level 99.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 39D4E010
Copy CRC 39D4E010
Copy OK
Track 5
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\05 - Platonic years.wav
Peak level 99.4 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC CFC25EF0
Copy CRC CFC25EF0
Copy OK
Track 6
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\06 - Phum.wav
Peak level 98.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 4B39FBC0
Copy CRC 4B39FBC0
Copy OK
Track 7
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\07 - Song of sand II.wav
Peak level 99.8 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC D317AB02
Copy CRC D317AB02
Copy OK
Track 8
Filename D:\Seed\Nils Petter Molvaer - Khmer (1997) [FLAC]\08 - Exit.wav
Pre-gap length 0:00:00.86
Peak level 65.1 %
Track quality 100.0 %
Test CRC 53FBC55B
Copy CRC 53FBC55B
Copy OK
No errors occured
End of status report
01 - Khmer
02 - Tlon
03 - Access , Song of sand I
04 - On stream
05 - Platonic years
06 - Phum
07 - Song of sand II
08 - Exit