Why do some artists create pops, crackles, and other artefacts in their music?

[mazstar1980]

I've noticed listening to electronic artists that there seems to be a fair bit of noise as you would hear on a vinyl album - tiny cracks, pops, distortion, artefacts. 
 
For example, listening to Four Tet's album (There is Love in You) and Bonobo (Noctuary - Dial M for Monkey) there seems artefacts around the beats and sounds. 
 
My guess is that the samples used are causing it but I want to make sure it isn't anything else. I never noticed these sounds before till using headphones. 
 
Audinst HUD-MX1 - DAC & Headphone Amp
Audio Technica AD900
FLAC and ALAC

 

[leeperry]

glitch is actually a music style: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glitch_(music)

 

[Arnotts]

Not sure about the Four Tets, but Bonobo isn't a Glitch artist. I'm currently listening to my copy of Noctuary in FLAC and I'm noticing a bit of subtle distortion (at around 1:58).

If it's very bad, it could just be your copies of the songs? I've got some vinyl rips of some Zero 7 EP's and the whole things are filled with pops and crackles. It's really annoying >_>. The song Teardrop by Massive Attack does come to mind when thinking of those pops and crackles too, though.

Maybe it's just something to do with Trip Hop in general?

 

[gkl]

I don't know but maybe the artist just wanted those particular noises and distortions to achieve a certain sound...

 

[crapmonster]

I'm guessing most of the time, its intentional. There are also guys like How To Dress Well which while sounding amazing, the quality of sound makes my ears hurt without the pop/crackle:
[VIDEO]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxLY9l5Fmmc[/VIDEO]

 

[LauZaIM]

Maybe they want it to sound like a vinyl?

 

[Luka]

have you heard of alva noto?
 

 

[fubar3]

>>I've noticed listening to electronic artists that there seems to be a fair bit of noise as you would hear on a vinyl album

I often listen to shoutcast streams. Electronica is ok but sometimes there are these harsh sounds which I assume are failed attempts to synthesize drum cymbals.

 

[sonci]

Try headfi Music forum

 

[Hifianddrumming]

 Radiohead and Muse seem to do things like that. I like it.