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Down There by the Train
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'In "The Curves of the Needle", a short essay on the gramophone from 1928, Adorno notes the fundamental paradox of recording: the more the machine makes its presence known (through obtrusive noises, its clumsiness and interruptions), the stronger the experience of the actual presence of the singer -- or, to put it the other way round, the more perfect the recording, the more faithfully it reproduces a human voice, the more humanity is removed, the stronger the effect that ... MORE
