Mastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road, the original CD was highly praised but limited by the Red Book audio standard (16-bit/44.1kHz).
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The delicate, icy glitches in "Idioteque" emerge from a blacker silence. Mastered by Chris Blair at Abbey Road, the
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