Metamatic Forums Socialising The Green Room What Music Are You Listening To ?

I can't get enough TREVOR HERION, so this week I am mostly listening to the 'new' album that he recorded with The Civilians in 1979, now available as A TASTE OF THE FUTURE

Amazing vocal talent. Somewhere between Billy Mackenzie, Bryan Ferry, Martin Fry, Roy Orbison and Gene Pitney...

http://www.ajantamusic.com/News/tabid/61...-Civilians.aspx

Too much.

The new Bjork Album came out early which is a bit of a return to form.

Also Mark Ronson Uptown special which is not bad.

And coming later in this month Public Service Broadcasting's new album The Race for Space.

Here is a sampler track:-

https://soundcloud.com/psbhq/the-other-side-public-service-broadcasting

And a 2015 Marc Riley session:-

https://soundcloud.com/psbhq/psb-live-in-session-for-marc-riley-6-music-january-2015

Brian

I initially mis-read that as TREVOR HORN .. so I was going to suggest The Age of Plastic and selected Dollar tracks!

..gets coat.

People do that ALL the time
Mind you, that said I am considering going up to this...

http://www.trevorhorn.com/news/the_trevor_horn_band_live_5th.html

Trevor HORN was invited to produce the first Civilians single, featuring Trevor HERION and Hans Zimmer (of the Buggles) plays on some of their material.

I can see how this might confuse some people

My review of THE CIVILIANS album is now online

https://translatedbirdsong.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/the-civilians-a-taste-of-the-future/

Currently listening to Public Service Broadcastings Race for Space.

It gets better and better with every listen.

It's even more poignant because I lived through it watching the black & white images on TV in the 60s & 70s

My stand out tracks are Sputnik,Gagarin,The Other Side & Go.

It's a nice touch that the Kennedy speech at the start ties in with George Mallory who died climbing Everest which is a track on the previous album.

Brian

Currently listening to Susanne Sundfor's new album 10 Love Songs.
Quite an epic with a massive range of influences.

Take just one track Delirious for example and you can hear classical,John Carpenter tinged synthpop:-

https://soundcloud.com/susannesundfor/delirious

The whole album is available to listen to on Spotify and is really excellent.

http://open.spotify.com/album/3jviKiBoZrkHLQZYIReWCh

Brian

Thanks for the heads up Brian.

The song Deilrious is one of the best things I've heard for ages. Great voice and song. Synthpop at its best.

I have been listening to the new Marc Almond album "The Velvet Trail", an outstanding album which is flawless from beginning to end, without a doubt his best solo album and would even suggest it ranks above Soft Cell's albums.

His best since "The Stars We Are".

Most of his solo album's rank above his work with Soft Cell...

I prefer HEART ON SNOW and VARIETE to The Velvet Trail because it's a little too 'poppy' in places for my taste and I thought he had moved on from that