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The album features quiet passages that build into loud, emotional crescendos. Lossy formats often compress this dynamic range, dulling the impact. The Gathering - if-then-else -2000- -EAC-FLAC-
Produced by Attie Bauw, who also worked on the band’s previous breakthrough How to Measure a Planet? (1998), if_then_else has a very distinct sonic signature. It rejects the compressed, loud production styles that began to plague the early 2000s rock scene. Instead, it favors a vast, three-dimensional soundstage where instruments have room to breathe. Once EAC has extracted the raw audio data,
is the sixth full-length studio album by The Gathering , released on July 3, 2000, through Century Media Records. It marked a significant departure from their trip-hop-influenced previous work, moving toward a more structured, rock-oriented sound that critics have described as remarkable and forward-thinking . Tracklist & Duration Lossy formats often compress this dynamic range, dulling