Son Lux - Lanterns -2013- -flac- -

The following questions can help guide your exploration of this album's unique sonic landscape.

Juno Download offers a "Special Edition" of Lanterns in multiple high-quality formats. Their FLAC files are described as "Compressed lossless file with very efficient file sizing e.g. 40MB per track". They also embed artist/title info and artwork, making it a convenient option for library management. Son Lux - Lanterns -2013- -FLAC-

Take the opening track, In a compressed MP3, the opening percussion sounds like a wet cardboard box being hit. In FLAC , you realize that sound is actually a heavily processed sample of a chair scraping a concrete floor, layered with a sub-kick that extends down to 30Hz. The FLAC encoding preserves the transient attack of that hit. You hear the initial thwack of the mallet, the rumble of the room, and the digital decay precisely. The following questions can help guide your exploration