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Townsend Download Album Vol 1

Just oredered a copy of In The Glow and picked this up as a freebie.
Not played it yet, but wondered if anyon ehas any comments on it.

Sounds like some interesting stuff on there

(inc. Shadow Man from Neuro Video)

I'm afraid Shadow Man was the only track I liked.

Presently I’m listening to Bohren & Der Club Of Gore: Black Earth.

Its a great late night downtempo music, but its so grey outside this morning that this album works equally as well during those days when the sun is otherwise obscured from view, whatever the reason.

I was going to suggest some Diamanda Galas: Plague Mass, or The Divine Punishment & Saint Of The Pit. But having listened again to some parts after such a very long time sadly I’ve become too aware of the comic element, I think the Zombie Carny Folk have rolled into town Perhaps you’d need to be seventeen and Goth to take it all in ‘dead’ seriously without having your tongue in your cheek.

More vinyl..

Black Uhuru - What is Life 12" and Great Train Robbery 12"

Metamatic... 2007 x2 disc version

Sisters of Mercy - Floodland

De/Vision - various tracks

IRIS - Awakening & Disconnect (except somewhat frustratingly, "The Picture" is missing from my digital copy! )

School Of Seven Bells: Alpinisms, special edition

Tangerine Dream: Phaedra

Picked both CD’s up from FOPP, and very cheaply at present. Alpinisms is from Radiobeach’s recommendation on this thread from earlier this year, so I knew of course what to expect there, eventually managed to get the extra tracks version, and very good it is too.

Phaedra on the other hand finds me dipping my toe for the first time into the water of TD, again browsing the recommendations of Mr Ilektrik/Birdsong/Radiobeach on the Krautrock thread. Its very much what I probably would have expected to hear if I’d listened to it way back in the distant past, not so sure its entirely my kind of thing, but I do very much like the track ’Mysterious Semblance At The strand Of Nightmares’, I love that title, now can you just imagine a typical X-Factor contestant wannabe on TV performing a song with a title like that, and trying to sing along in a predictable Whitneeeee Huston styleee …cosmic!

(Its been a long day, think its time for me to log off!)

Thanks. I haven't tried it yet.

But tonight I journeyed with David Tibet. Only Shadows of Hooks from The Menstrual Years seems to have done the trick

Once - Music From The Motion Picture.


With The Swell Season having just released there new album (which I've ordered) I thought I'd give this a listen to. Includes the brilliant award winning Falling Slowly.

Hiya Core - glad you like Alpinisms, special edition! Tangerine Dream took me a while to get. I was recommended Alpha Centauri many, many moons ago as my first TD album - thought it was tosh to be honest and avoided listening to anything else by them for a while - glad I tried some others though.

Whilst FOPP are having a wonderfull Radiobeach-tastic sale (Brand new editions of J.G. Ballard'sThe Unlimited Dream Company, The Crystal World, Hello America and The Drought £2 each!!!! Blimey!) I’m thinking of picking up Ricochet and Force Majeure which were also recommended to me (although I’m still in two minds about Force Majeure as it’s a late 70s release).

Currently listening to Alpinisms, special edition and The Pleasures of Electricty 2009. As mentioned elsewhere on this site – I’m getting the distinct impression that all that tracks have had a facelift of some kind. Camera was my favourite track on the original version but it’s lacking ‘something’ on this edition.

Gazza