Cathedral Oceans Live at Shrewsbury, lovely version of Tantum Ergo.
Fad Gadget by Frank Tovey CD 1 and CD 2. Interesting demos. You'll notice the Daniel Miller touch on the polished up versions.
Penthouse and Pavement CD - after reading the Beatmag interview with Martyn Ware I played this one and had a great time!
During Christmas I haven't had a chance to listen to my new CDs. Just the usual Now That's Christmas and my wife's new one Il Divo Collezione. Women! :rolleyes:
B Movie- REMEMBRANCE DAYS VOL. 1 Soft Cell- THE BEDSIT TAPES Stan Ridgway- HOLIDAY IN DIRT Bill Nelson- CHIMERA Sparks- WHOMP THAT SUCKER Devo- HARDCORE VOL. 2
I just ordered XTC's ORANGES AND LEMONS from Amazon for $0.87. That's about as exciting as my life gets at the moment.
Here's my pick of this year's new discoveries that are worth checking out. I'm a big fan of new artists flogging it out live and getting themselves a following by doing it the hard way. Nothing worth having comes easy.
Some of you will have already heard (or seen) The Rubicks Vanessa and Mark's debut album "In Miniature" is one of my best discoveries this year. Seen them live three times, and not by coincidence. Comparisons will be made with Goldfrapp, but these guys still have passion and haven't Sold Out yet...
Second, can I wave a flag for the lovely CorinneLucy . 20 yr old singer songwriter from Northampton. Very popular locally, with a great voice and some clever songs. Deserves a break, and does a polished demo.
Finally I just saw TheNationalParks at a sweaty pub in Northampton. Shoegazing with Joy Division. Fad Gadget meets The Wedding Present. Catchy, quirky powerful and confident. They know they are good, and as a lifelong fan of electronica, these guys hit me right between the eyes straightaway.
If anyone out there runs a record label, you could do worse than give these people a listen. I am - all the time. But what do I know?
I was given Brian Eno and David Byrne's album 'My Life in the Bush of Ghosts' after it was recommended to them by a good (mutual) friend. It's an absolutely amazing listen...
MLINBOG is one of the ten best albums of the 80s. They were sampling a good five years before sampling became fashionable. Influence aside, it's just a damn good album. I never tire of it. "Mea Culpa" and "The Jezebel Spirit" are great at scaring away the bland normals in your life.
"The Jezebel Spirit" and "Number 8" have particulalrly nice aural massaging techniques at their disposal...
PS: Did I really just type the last sentence?? Got to lay off the mince pies... [/b]
Yes, you did. Saying that, I used to have colleagues who went to places that offered that sort of experience and in all fairness, it was fine until trying to justify it on their monthly expenses. The explanation that it was just something to do with the head got them into all sorts of trouble, let me tell you...
A confession: I put it on whenever I play Dig Dug. It's an oddly appropriate soundtrack for killing Pookas and Fygars. Eno's not even dead, but he's dug himself a grave so he can roll in it.
Well, I finally got a chance to listen to my new CDs.
First came Wolfgang´s Riechmann´s Wunderbar. An instrumental album very ARP based. If you like Oxygene by Jarre you´ll like this one. Although the title track is not Oxygene 4 but is still a pretty good instrumental and did feature during the first part of Rusty´s (Egan) Blitz nights just to get the people in the correct ambience.
Then came some aural torture in the form of industrial music as performed by Kluster. They may have been the guys who invented Industrial Music but it´s certainly not for me. Even Cluster 71 and Cluster 11 are in the same vein. I´d only rescue a track from the latter "Im Suden". Then came Zuckerzeit to my amazement. This is a great album and one which ranks alongside Autobahn and Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy as the electronic albums of 1974. The unfortunate thing is that Cluster´s pioneering synth pop only lasted one album. Their next releases were very good ie Sowieoso, Cluster & Eno, After The Heat and Grosses Wasser. Not too sure about the track from After The Heat "Broken Head" as featured on Rusty´s playlist. Their 1981 release, Curiosum, was going back to their industrial days, a real shame. Begegnungen and Begegnungen II are interesting compilations involving Conny Plank. Conny Plank was their engineer even during the Kluster days ! Conny was also involved in the production at some point.
I then listened to a series of albums by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, more noises! :rolleyes: . Interesting from an historical context. I´ll pick one, Doctor Who at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop Volume 1. Pre-synthesiser electronic music or so they claim. I´m sure they had some organ wired to some oscillators! The original Doctor Who Theme never seems to amaze me, probably the first electronic piece of music ever to be realised. This one was composed by Ron Grainer but surprisingly enough, although not credited originally, the track was performed and realised by Delia Derbyshire at the Workshop. With a track there is always the songwriting and the sound. Usually its the songwriting that carries the weight but in this case Delia´s work on sound outweighs what Ron may have written on a piano! Timeless classic!
The remastered Ultravox that I got for Xmas. Man, I had no idea they were so great live! Wish I'd had the chance to see them. And what punk song does 'Quirks' remind anyone of? It seems sooo familiar but I can't put my finger on it. Also the Tom Waits box "Orphans". The man has never put out a bad record. Nice collection of new, rare and oddities.
I've been a Philip Glass fan ever since I saw him on SNL back in '86. He was a welcome diversion from their usual offerings of Mr. Mister and Level 42.
The first i heard of Philip Glass was in the early '80s on a bbc documentary programme. (I think it included David Bowie doing some choreography movements to some of hes music!!) The interest has stayed all the time since that first programme, although i prefer the more piano only works.
Am I mistaken or did Glass do the soundtrack to that new movie with Cate Blanchett....Notes on a Scandal ?
edit: he did do the soundtrack. And I just saw a review of the movie. The critics raved about the film but mentioned that the soundtrack almost ruined the whole thing! Interesting..
I listened To Magazine's frontman HOWARD DEVOTO and Buzzcocks' frontman PETE SHELLEY's Collaboration "BUZZKUNST" for the first time over this weekend. WOW! - what a great album. I loved both bands at their time and this collaboration is a great piece of work. Shame I'm a bit late to listen to this 'cause the original release was in 2002!
Buzzkunst was a great comeback. Devoto and Shelley, 2 great minds! Perhaps they should get together and record a follow up.
IMO this was a giant leap forward from the Devoto/Noko partnership.
Just seen the new DVD on David Bowie´s Berlin Triology. I found the part with Michael Rother very interesting, how he and the rest of the Harmonia guys plus Jaki Liebezeit of Can nearly ended up on the Heroes album! Michael´s indeed Conny Plank´s prodigy and should be seeked more as a producer.
I played his new ep Tell Your Mum I Saved Your Life followed by the Deep Electric Blue ep. Very electronic, my taste. Those Arps and Miracles being my favourites.
I also played both Circus Girls albums for the first time, Somewhere Off The Radar and Where Have We Been All Your Lives? The first has more synthetics, the second is more guitar driven. From each I pick, Electric Oxygen Of Venus, a brilliant electronic track and All Our Lives, reminds me of Foxxultravox.
I had yesterday a David Byrne trip and was listening to some Brazilian carnival music, A Lenda by Bahia's Asa De Aguia. I followed that up with Cerati/Melero's Colores Santos, a techno album with a fantastic synth pop track Vuelta Por El Universo.
Moved on to Alphaville's Forever Pop, a remix album of their hits. Quite a good one. Surprisingly enough the best mix was not by an outsider but by Bernard Lloyd, Lassie Come Home.
Finally, to celebrate Bowie's 60th I listened to Fehler Im System by Peter Schillling, from the School of Bowie of course, paying homage to Major Tom.
Is it a vocal album? I've never heard of it... I really got into collecting his work a few years back and I thought I'd got all of it! Just goes to show you can never be too sure ;-)
Thursday, February 1, 2007 at 9:00 PM David Byrne: Songs from The Knee Plays Zankel Hall
David Byrne opens his Perspectives with the first performance in 15 years of the complete music from The Knee Plays, his 1985 music-theater collaboration with Robert Wilson.
Originally posted by Alex S: Is it a vocal album? I've never heard of it... I really got into collecting his work a few years back and I thought I'd got all of it! Just goes to show you can never be too sure ;-)
Is it still available?
I have this on lp only. I can't remember whether it has vocals(I haven't got a turntable anymore), but I do remember that it has a lot of brass playing on it.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: I can't remember whether it has vocals(I haven't got a turntable anymore), but I do remember that it has a lot of brass playing on it.
The vocals are spoken rather than sung, which coupled with the brass, gives this album a very distinctive feel. It's totally different to anything else of his, but it's instantly recognisable as being by David Byrne.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] ...does that imply you haven't heard it yet?
Yup, I've simply not had the chance...
Rob [/b]
We'll look forward to hearing what you think of it then!
I think I overplayed both Sideways and From Trash when they came out. I've given them both a rest for a few weeks now, so I'm looking forward to getting back into them soon.
SIdeways is certainly an interesting collection of songs.
I'm playing a live album too as it happens. Every now and then I call on "Judy Garland - Live at Carnegie Hall" to lift things. Absolutely heart-wrenching genius, one of the most incredible performances of her career. The way she delivers a song is unsurpassed - timing, passion, fun, sensuality, despair…
I got an ipod for xmas so I've been listening to Living Ornaments '79 and '80 without the edits*. I've also been listening to the Aerial trilogy by Tod Dockstader - imagine Cathedral Oceans being performed with Short Wave radios - hard I know but that might give you an idea.
* does anyone know how to remove the gaps between tracks using i-tunes? I keep ticking the 'Gapless Album' box before importing but there is still a blip between tracks, which is really irritating
That's another one I'm listening to as well - 'Music for 18 Musicians'the recent 'Pulses' box set version. It's also another album where that blip between tracks really ruins the pleasure of listening to it! Having said that, it's great to listen to on the tube in the morning though
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I got an ipod for xmas so I've been listening to Living Ornaments '79 and '80 without the edits*. I've also been listening to the Aerial trilogy by Tod Dockstader - imagine Cathedral Oceans being performed with Short Wave radios - hard I know but that might give you an idea.
* does anyone know how to remove the gaps between tracks using i-tunes? I keep ticking the 'Gapless Album' box before importing but there is still a blip between tracks, which is really irritating
Ah, I want to get Living Ornaments '79 and '80... I only have '81!!
I also got an iPod for Christmas - and the first thing I did was fill it up with Numan.
Regarding your "blips"... I know how to fix that problem on CD, but not sure about an iPod.
In iTunes, under 'advanced preferences' there is a drop down menu where you can choose how many seconds there are between songs - one of those options is 0.
Not sure if that only applies to burning audio CDs though, I think it does...
Originally posted by Alex S: In iTunes, under 'advanced preferences' there is a drop down menu where you can choose how many seconds there are between songs - one of those options is 0.
Not sure if that only applies to burning audio CDs though, I think it does...
Many thanks for that Alex - will try that tonight!
Over the weekend I watched the "Berlin Years Under Review" DVD (or what ever it's called), which was quite interesting.
It's a shame there wasn't more actual footage of David talking or performing etc, but the three 'nobodys' who were reviewing the whole thing had some iteresting things to say – although I have to say I was expecting more of a documentary style film charting the making of the three albums, rather than the pieced-together version that makes up the DVD.
But, I thought it was a good production overall, fopcussing on three of Bowie's most unusual and innovative albums.
Kimono my house and propaganda are great albums, as is indiscreet. Will have to give big beat some more intenses listens and from what ive heard it seems like a lost classic. Love no 1 in heaven but found terminal jive to be the worst thing ive ever heard from them. Loved all the stuff theyve done in recent years including sax and violins, lil beethoven, and hello young lovers. In between that i enjoyed their last electro album balls. I think sparks have been discussed many times on the forum and lots of people here seem to be fans as well.
This morning - it's White Out by Johannes Schmoelling...
Yesterday - at various points - I listened to Blade Runner - The Esper Edition Soundtrack (Vangelis), Us (Peter Gabriel), Aion (Dead Can Dance), Tell Your Mum I Saved Your Life (Louis Gordon), Mojave Plan and Thermal Inversion (Tangerine Dream) and far too much Ultravox...
Originally posted by Rob Harris: This morning - it's [b]White Out by Johannes Schmoelling...
Yesterday - at various points - I listened to Blade Runner - The Esper Edition Soundtrack (Vangelis), Us (Peter Gabriel), Aion (Dead Can Dance), Tell Your Mum I Saved Your Life (Louis Gordon), Mojave Plan and Thermal Inversion (Tangerine Dream) and far too much Ultravox...
Rob [/b]
Rob what is the Esper Edition Soundtrack?I've never heard of that.Whats the difference from the normal Vangelis CD?
Originally posted by Rob Harris: This morning - it's [b]White Out by Johannes Schmoelling...
Yesterday - at various points - I listened to Blade Runner - The Esper Edition Soundtrack (Vangelis), Us (Peter Gabriel), Aion (Dead Can Dance), Tell Your Mum I Saved Your Life (Louis Gordon), Mojave Plan and Thermal Inversion (Tangerine Dream) and far too much Ultravox...
Rob [/b]
Rob, Great to read that you've been listening to Dead Can Dance. I am a big fan of Lisa & Brendan's music.
Aion contains my favourite track, BLACK SUN.
I would also be interested to know the difference between Bladerunner 'The Esper Soundtrack' & the original issue.
Burial; ‘Burial’ Wire magazine’s album of the year ’06, just thought I’d give it ago and glad I did. Dubstep concept album about South London being underwater after the collapse of the Thames barrier in 2023. If you’ve ever heard ‘Rhythm and Stealth’ by Leftfield you’ve got an idea of the dark electronic atmosphere created here.
Scott Walker; ‘The Drift’ There’s not enough room to even begin explaining this album. I get insomnia a lot and that’s the best time to listen to this; in the dark, with the headphones on.
Jóhann Jóhannsson; ‘IBM 1401, A User’s Manual’ There’s a bit of a story behind this one. In 1964, a computer - the IBM 1401 Data Processing System - arrived in Iceland, one of the very first computers to be imported into the country. The chief maintenance engineer for this machine was Jóhann Gunnarsson – Jóhannsson’s dad.
Gunnarsson was a keen musician, he learned of an obscure method of making music on this computer. The computer's memory emitted strong electromagnetic waves and by programming the memory in a certain way and by placing a radio receiver next to it, melodies could be coaxed out - captured by the receiver as a delicate, melancholy sine-wave tone.
When the IBM 1401 was taken out of service in 1971, it wasn't simply thrown away like an old refrigerator, but was given a little farewell ceremony, almost a funeral, when its melodies were played for one last time. This "performance" was documented on tape along with recordings of the sound of the machine in operation.
Jóhann Jóhannsson has taken his dad’s recordings made in the 70s and has added a string quartet to them. The result is one of the most emotional albums you’ll ever hear.
The last track ‘The Sun’s Gone Dim And The Sky’s Turned Black’ is 5 lines of a poem by Dorothy Parker that the IBM sings at its farewell ceremony and is really, really sad!
Steve Reich; ‘Music for 18 Musicians’ I got the extremely reasonably priced ‘Phases’ box-set for xmas. 5 CDs but I’m still stuck on this one - just absolutely beautiful music.
John Foxx & Louis Gordon; ‘From Trash’ / ‘Sideways’ I know it’s got its detractors, but I think ‘From Trash’ is the strongest album since ‘Shifting City’.
John Foxx; ‘Tiny Colour Movies’ So much has been said already I think. Beautiful.
Scientist; ‘Scientist Meets The Space Invaders’ Some superb minimal dub from 1981. The music’s brilliant to get lost in, but quite frankly it’s worth buying for the cover art alone.
X-Ray Spex: ‘Germ-Free Adolescence’ Punk Pop from 1978 – almost every song on here could have been a hit single. ‘Warrior in Woolworths’ is my favourite
Others; ESG; ‘A South Bronx Story’, Martha and the Muffins; ‘This Is The Ice Age’,
Gary Numan's Babylon 1 - 7 - a collection of 12" mixes and b-sides from the Numa Years
Dalek I Love You's debut Compass Kumpas. A late discovery and pretty good!
Re-flex's The Politics of Dancing , still a favourite
The Human League's Fascination compilation plus 12" mixes and b-sides. Martin Rushent's version of I Love You Too Much should have been a single. Great track!
...listening now to Telex's Looking For Saint Tropez from '78. Moskow Diskow reminds me of Kraftwerk's The Robots and is an excellent track in its own right. Thanks Rusty for the recommendation!
Originally posted by Rob Harris: [b] This morning - it's [b]White Out by Johannes Schmoelling...
Yesterday - at various points - I listened to Blade Runner - The Esper Edition Soundtrack (Vangelis), Us (Peter Gabriel), Aion (Dead Can Dance), Tell Your Mum I Saved Your Life (Louis Gordon), Mojave Plan and Thermal Inversion (Tangerine Dream) and far too much Ultravox...
Rob [/b]
Rob, Great to read that you've been listening to Dead Can Dance. I am a big fan of Lisa & Brendan's music.
Aion contains my favourite track, BLACK SUN.
I would also be interested to know the difference between Bladerunner 'The Esper Soundtrack' & the original issue.
Mark [/b]
It would seem that the Esper Soundtrack is a bootleg recording,which consists of a more complete score than has ever officially been released,see here:-
Indeed it is... I have the Esper version (mp3), and it has 33 tracks as opposed to the 12 tracks on the original. It really does convey the whole atmosphere of the movie far more than the original, as it uses a lot of the atmospheric sounds and effects familiar to anyone who has seen it. A far more enjoyable version, IMO.
Originally posted by robert: Sparks - Number one in heaven.
I have this also (on vinyl)and I was initially disappointed with it collectively,my favourite track probably being "My other voice."If I remember correctly "Number one song in heaven" reached #12 in this year.
Ruido Blanco by Soda Stereo. This top but now defunct S. American band is best captured live. The sound is of course a fusion of Ultravox, Duran Duran, A Flock of Seagulls and some latin rhythms. The Foxxian Gustavo Cerati always comes up with brilliant lyrics like John but in Spanish. He's a pretty good guitarist and vocalist, very romantic but can play synths too (not on this album of course). Cerati's in top form here and their guest synth player Daniel Sais does give that epic feel to the concert. I've always wondered why he never joined the band.
Tonight I'll hopefully be listening to some Bill Nelson rarities that have just arrived.
Yep it was a Bill Nelson night. Thanks to a kind American I managed to get hold of a compilation, Wondertoys , of B-sides that do not appear on The Two Fold Aspect of Everything and Duplex, and some 12" mixes. Mind you my favourite track was one of the b-sides of Furniture Music, funnily enough Wondertoys.
The same gent also managed to compile those fan-club freebies and presented me with 2 volumes of Acquitted By Mirrors . A good mix of synths and guitars but of B-side standard. I guess it's for completists.
I'm still amazed at Bill's ability to come up with hundreds of tracks. He must have spent day and night in the eighties in his own "musical observatory"!
There's a kind of romantic feel in Bill's music very reminiscent of John, in particular those poetic titles. I'm more amazed that Bill and John have not come up with an album like "Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights".
If John can fit in a project alongside his instrumental solo work and his vocal work with Louis he would be writing music with Bill.
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: Ultravox 'Systems of Romance' and Propaganda 'A Secret Wish' are todays pickings so far!!
Last night it was Goldfrapp's 'Black Cherry'.
Best wishes
Sarah
'A Secret Wish' is one of my favourite albums! Managed to get an edition of it last year that comes with all the videos on a seperate DVD on the Repertoire label. 'Juju' is also a favourite - 'Into The Light' is just beautiful.
Biko was the first track my iPod selected for me this morning.
I finally got round to updating my Gabriel website recently, including a few photos that Rob kindly provided me with.
Of course, typically since doing that update, sone exciting news has emerged regarding Gabriel's next album, so I'll have to do yet another update... it only took me 10 months to get round to doing this one!!!
Originally posted by Alex S: Biko was the first track my iPod selected for me this morning.
I finally got round to updating my Gabriel website recently, including a few photos that Rob kindly provided me with.
Of course, typically since doing that update, sone exciting news has emerged regarding Gabriel's next album, so I'll have to do yet another update... it only took me 10 months to get round to doing this one!!!
Hi Alex,
Is that the article that was in the Sunday Times yesterday or do you have other news?
No, it is the news about the new Merlin group from the Sunday Times. I'm starting to wonder if there will be a new digital Gabriel album with us sooner than I imagined.
Last night it was Blood by This Mortal Coil, on the way to work this morning it was Up by Peter Gabriel (thanks for the recommendation E.G.) and now it's Polar Sequences by Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere...
I got the new Nine Horses* mini-album last night. Entitled 'Money For All' - it's a few new tracks and some re-mixed ones from the album 'Snow Borne Sorrow'
Don't know how I feel about it just yet...'inconsequential' on first impressions. The new songs aren't striking and the re-mixes neither better or mar the originals.
I wonder if John's ever thought of releasing a re-mix album?
*Nine Horses are; David Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Burnt Friedman
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I wonder if John's ever thought of releasing a re-mix album?
Yup, John's spoken many times about getting a number of people in to remix Metamatic - however, this particular project seems to have taken a bit of a back-seat recently as John's been tied up with a number of collaborative projects...
Originally posted by Rob Harris: Last night it was [b]Blood by This Mortal Coil, on the way to work this morning it was Up by Peter Gabriel (thanks for the recommendation E.G.) and now it's Polar Sequences by Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere... [/b]
It was my pleasure Rob...
Today it's 'Wild' by Erasure, specifically 'Piano Song'.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]I wonder if John's ever thought of releasing a re-mix album?
Yup, John's spoken many times about getting a number of people in to remix Metamatic - however, this particular project seems to have taken a bit of a back-seat recently as John's been tied up with a number of collaborative projects...
Rob [/b]
Would be interesting to hear anyhow. I wonder if Louis and John would re-mix the tracks themselves or get like-minded artists to do some...I'll stop now as I'm drooling.
Rob - I will get the hang of the 'quote' function soon, honest!
I'm not generally a fan of remixes.. it's very rare I like a remix. There have only been a couple of occasions, which both happen to be recent-ish Bowie tracks, where I have preferred a remix to the original.
Personally I wouldn't want to hear a remixed Metamatic... I can't help but feel it would remove something from the integrity of the original album. It's an album only John could make, and although I can appreciate other artists wanting to get their hands on the track, if I were John, I'd be very posessive of it!!
Originally posted by Rob Harris: ...on the way to work this morning it was [b]Up by Peter Gabriel [/b]
Did you like it Rob? I'm guessing you hadn't heard it until now. It's a very deep album, and often quite hard to access, compared to Gabriel's previous albums such as So or Us.
The radio edits of "Growing Up", "More Than This" and "The Barry Williams Show" were excellent, and much more accessible – they can be found on the wonderful Hit compilation.
Originally posted by Alex S: Did you like it Rob? I'm guessing you hadn't heard it until now. It's a very deep album, and often quite hard to access, compared to Gabriel's previous albums such as So or Us.
I bought Up when it first came out and even went to see Gabriel with Cerise at the NEC on the Growing Up tour (I think that I gave you hi-res scans of the ticket stubs for your website) I'm reasonably familiar with Gabriel's stuff - I think that I have copies of most, if not all, of his albums. It was just that E.G. and I were having a chat last week and he encouraged me to listen to both Us and Up again...
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Originally posted by Alex S: The radio edits of "Growing Up", "More Than This" and "The Barry Williams Show" were excellent, and much more accessible – they can be found on the wonderful [b]Hit compilation. [/b]
I haven't gotten around to buying a copy of Hit as I'd already shelled out for Shaking the Tree twice over the years - the original release and the remastered version.
Aah, I see! I remmeber you telling me already that you saw the GUP tour. (All the recent intake of John Foxx information must have pushed everything else out of my brain!!)
As I already had Shaking the Tree on CD, I sneakily asked a friend to buy me Hit on CD for Christmas, a couple of years ago!
It is a good compilation though – I only really wanted it for a selection of tracks unavailable elsewhere, including the excellent Steve Osbourne remix of The Tower That Ate People (what was I saying earlier about remixes?!), Lovetown and the great Robbie Robertson version of I Have the Touch - complete with extra verse!
The single version of Growing Up is a superb pop track - much more spontaneous that the album version, and even better. That song really deserved to be a classic Gabriel hit.
I do feel though that there were a couple of essential tracks on STT (I Don't Remember, Family Snapshot, etc...) that were sadly missed off Hit.
Yeah, that was more like the disc of, well, 'misses', and ultimately a bit more interesting!
Most tracks on the Hit disc were on STT. I still found it a bit frustrating that the 2-disc opportunity was not taken to get long-forgotten b-sides such as "Don't Break This Rhythm" and "Walk Through The Fire" back on to CD.
Maybe in 2045 when a Peter Gabriel box set finally emerges....!!
Cabaret Voltaire - The Conversation and Gary Numan - Eko.
I'm sure most of you know that Eko is the 2 disc audio tour programme of the Telekon 2006 mini tour. It contains 2 hours of Gary talking to the best interviewer in the business, Steve Malins, about the Telekon album, The Pleasure Principle, Ultravox!, light shows, Numanoids, Paul Gardiner, Trent Reznor.
Inbetween the interview there are snippets of all the Telekon tracks plus bits of I Die You Die, We Are glass & the full version of Photograph.
Like The Hidden man & From Trash interview discs Eko is a fascinating & absorbing listen & rubber stamps the admiration I have for the man.
Something light and cheerful this morning : Warszawa by Porcupine Tree and Spirit of Eden by Talk Talk - the latter being one of my all-time favourites...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: 'Spirit of Eden' and 'Laughing Stock' are great albums. I've yet to hear Hollis' solo album - something I should rectify soon.
I've never really been able to get into Laughing Stock - I suppose I've always been comparing it to Spirit of Eden. The Mark Hollis album is OK - certainly worth investigating...
Oooh, Ricochet... I completely forgot that I bought it recently, in Paris, for about £4. Bargain!! I must play it again...
Brian – totally agree. The louder you play TPOE, the better it gets. Tracks like The Falling Room, Quiet City and When It Rains are just [i]fantastic[/b]. There's such an epic, film-like quality about them... very visual.
Originally posted by Rob Harris: It's [b]Tangerine Dream for me today - I figured that I would start (again) at Phaedra . I've also got both Rubycon and Ricochet on my iPod.
Rob [/b]
Hi Rob,
I had a Tangerine Dream day on Sunday...have still not managed to get to the end of 'Zeit' without falling asleep though!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I had a Tangerine Dream day on Sunday...have still not managed to get to the end of 'Zeit' without falling asleep though!
Hi there Garry,
Yeah Zeit has the same effect on me - hence starting with Phaedra. I did't think that my colleagues would appreciate the snoring...
I've just been having a root through some old 7"s - and I've come across The Cocteau Twins 'Iceblink Luck' and a freebie disc with 'Ivo' on it. I've also found my singles of Sparks 'No.1 Song in Heaven' and 'Beat the Clock' - so I'm gonna give those a spin!
yeah ... the cocteau twin's "iceblink luck" is always making me feel very blissful , whenever i hear it again ! :-)
thanx for the hint , fellows ! ;-)
btw : if u like such a kind of music , i can only recommend that u check out IMOGEN HEAP & also ZOE KEATING , who are together on tour right now & i've jus' seen them 2 days ago in hamburg , which was simply OUTSTANDING & caused pure blissfulness ! :-)
Just cos I bought the cd recently - Japan - Tin Drum. Also UV - Rage in Eden. Had these two down in my 'early Walkman years' era and along with Vienna. I distinctly remember wandering the streets of Leeds or sat on the bus listening to those albums. It's that kind of nostalgia that really hits you if you've not heard the albums for so long.
Don't you also find that albums back then were "crafted" moreso than today? Or is that part of the naivety of youth? Gawd knows but it's a good feeling to hear those tracks again, in the right order too.
Switching to non 80's stuff - on a daily basis I tend to go for internet radio stations which are primarily house and breakbeat. I've tried cutting down on electro, just 3 or 4 tracks per day now as I'm cleansing my soul of such filthy impurities. Wicked boy!
Don't know if they were more crafted; I think as teenagers we had more time on our hands to listen to them! Back then, we had only so many albums, so we'd listen to them repeatedly, looking for clues (to what, I don't know..)
Nowadays if I can snatch 45mins on my tube journey to listen to something, I consider it a bonus! Being able to sit at home and put some music on is a rare treat.
It was the first sunny/warmish day in a while today so I'm snatching listening pleasure where I can find it for 'Endless Summer' by Fennesz today.
And you're right - 'Tin Drum' is boss...though not as boss as 'Quiet Life' or 'Polaroids'
In a bid to get away from numan and foxx this week i have been playing early '70s music, the best of them being bowies 'space oddity' and 'the man who sold the world' albums.
Originally posted by Alex S: Billy Currie's synth solo at the end of "Broadway" on Living Ornaments '79 is great...
It's not great...It's fantastic! Really makes the hairs on your neck stand up!
Talking briefly of Numan live albums, I was passing Fopp the other day and they have a load of them for £3 each. I confess I gave up on Numan on hearing 'OutLAND' - does anyone know if the following are good; 'Dark Light' 'Ghost' 'Shepherds Bush' - there were a couple of others but the names escape me.
Dark Light is one of my favourite Numan albums and certainly my favourite Numan live album, as it was the one that really introduced me to his work. But that's more of a personal thing. It's not the best recording (the gigs suffered endless technical problems, resulting in a wee bit of post-production) but I really liked the choice of songs and simple arrangements.
Live at Shepherds Bush '97 is fantastic! For 3 quid you can't go wrong!! It consists of a lot of new stuff, but the way the older tracks have been re-arranged, really works well. This album certainly catches the live Numan sound. I'd really recommend it.
Originally posted by Rob Harris: [b]Dark Light is WELL WORTH investigating - it contains fantastic versions of Replicas, Praying to the Aliens and Do You Need the Service?... [/b]
Rob, you're a man of endless good taste!!
The tracks from Replicas do work incredibly well on this album.
Seems to be an early 80's Numanfest going on. it must be the full moon that is now on the wane....
I've been listening to Living Ornaments 80, especially the full concert part of the package. I particularly like the faster version of Telekon, the synth bubbles & whooshes on Remember I Was Vapour & I Dream Of Wires.
I think the ending of The Joy Circuit is one of the best I've ever heard. The violin & synths soloing together as Cedric Sharpley Rrussell Bell & Paul Gardiner "machine rock-out."
I've also been playing Freak Show by The Residents, some of my own stuff, & Memories Of The Space Age by Logan 5, which is analogue electronics at it's very best.
just listening to finnish drone band UTON. but funny, i just bought 2 numan remasters this week, 'dance' and 'i, assassin'. i had them on vinyl previously but i hadn't listened to them for years. good stuff both of them, and only now i realised how for instance "crash" sounds especially foxx-influenced.
Have admit to having downloaded the leaked version of Air's new album "Pocket Symphony" but rest assured I'm *no* audio-pirate and will be coughing up on release date. Just couldn't wait and I was proved right - it's another masterpiece.
Originally posted by Alex S: What did you make of Dark Light? Did you get the Shepherds Bush album too?
As for me, I'm still on Bowie...
Hi Alex,
I'm enjoying 'Dark Light' very much! Good advice - thank you! I got 'Shepherds Bush' as well but think I'll give 'Dark Light' a good play first. Wish they'd had 'White Noise' available at that price too - that was my first ever gig!
Have you got the new edition of 'The Man Who Fell To Earth' DVD yet? Just wondered if it was that different from the one that's been available for a few years now.
I already have TMWFTE from 2002 I think so I'm not interested in buying yet another re-release of it, so I can't say how it differs, I'm afraid.
I discovered Numan after seeing the White Noise concert on TV late one night, in 1995. I thought it was amazing. Me and my best mate both really got into the music, and he went out and bought the 1993 Beggars "best of", while I picked up what seemed to be Numan's latest release, which was "Dark Light".
And it went on from there... but I instantly loved Dark Light. The sound, style and live energy were great. I wish I'd seen the tour... had I become a fan just a year or so earlier, I might have been able to!
A lot of Numan "fans" attack this release for the alleged amount of post production on it – but even if that's the case, I don't care! For me, it's a great live album, capturing Gary at his best with a very interesting selection of songs.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Creedence Clearwater Revival anyone...?
Why not? A great band! My stepfather had a compilation lp 0f theirs called Creedence Gold. It had Suzi Q, I Heard It Through The Grapevine & Proud Mary on it plus other songswhich I can't remember the titles of.
Originally posted by robert: Played two joy division albums: unknown pleasures, closer.
Hi Robert,
Don't know if you're aware of it but with the release of 'Control' in the cinema this summer the JD back cat is getting the re-issue/re- master treatment. What on earth can they add that isn't on the 'Heart & Soul' box-set?
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Don't know if you're aware of it but with the release of 'Control' in the cinema this summer the JD back cat is getting the re-issue/re- master treatment. What on earth can they add that isn't on the 'Heart & Soul' box-set?
i think it's great to get remasters of the albums. hope they'll do that to new order as well.
Originally posted by robert: Played two joy division albums: unknown pleasures, closer.
Listened to "Still" this morning on the way to work. Nigh on thirty years old (the album, not me) and still as fresh as ever (definitely the album and not me). May well dig out "Heart and Soul" and give it a listen over the next couple of days.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Miss Kittin - Live At Sonar
If that's the 2004 Sonar I was at that! Didn't know there was an album of it - will have to get that! I can't remember but I think she did a set before Massive Attack and then again straight after - I was very drunk...
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] Miss Kittin - Live At Sonar
If that's the 2004 Sonar I was at that! Didn't know there was an album of it - will have to get that! I can't remember but I think she did a set before Massive Attack and then again straight after - I was very drunk... [/b]
Hi Garry. It is from Sonar 2005. It is a superb set. It contains tracks by Tim Hecker, Philus, Sleeparchive, Felix Da Housecat, Modeselektor Arpanet, Aphex twin, Ricardo Villalobos, The MFA, The Orb, Boom Bip, plus Miss kittin's own tracks & collaborations with someone called The Hacker.
It is a 'must have' cd. It is totally live, including mistakes & turntable fxxk ups. 'live' in the truest sense.
Originally posted by metal beat: Jagged by Gary Numan Peter
My favourite album of 2006 & the best album he's ever done. It's the album that Gary has been threatening to make for years (It Must have Been!).
Sacrifice sounds like a demo album to me. Exile was better, but too repetitive, Pure was good, but Jagged is awesome! And the next one is going to be even heavier & faster, yum!!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] Miss Kittin - Live At Sonar
If that's the 2004 Sonar I was at that! Didn't know there was an album of it - will have to get that! I can't remember but I think she did a set before Massive Attack and then again straight after - I was very drunk... [/b]
Hi Garry. It is from Sonar 2005. It is a superb set. It contains tracks by Tim Hecker, Philus, Sleeparchive, Felix Da Housecat, Modeselektor Arpanet, Aphex twin, Ricardo Villalobos, The MFA, The Orb, Boom Bip, plus Miss kittin's own tracks & collaborations with someone called The Hacker.
It is a 'must have' cd. It is totally live, including mistakes & turntable fxxk ups. 'live' in the truest sense. [/b]
Thank you Sir!
That sounds like a good album to get soon. I like what I've heard of Arpnet too. Glad to hear that it's proper live as well.
Alex mentioned the other day that a live Numan album may have had some post-production on it, I found out a while back that one of my all-time fave live albums 'Nocturne' by Siouxsie & The Banshees, despite saying 'NO OVERDUBS' on the cover also got a bit of a tweak studio-wise as well. The version of 'Nightporter on Japan's 'Oil On Canvas' live album...was recorded in a studio in Canada! Are there any proper live albums out there!?
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Sacrifice sounds like a demo album to me. Exile was better, but too repetitive, Pure was good, but Jagged is awesome! And the next one is going to be even heavier & faster, yum!!
Pure had some good songs on it but lyrically it was too morbid, depressing and perverse for my liking.
Exile is a favourite of mine - great songs and it works as a concept album. Production-wise it was still a bit weak, but it was better than the production on Sacrifice.
I still think Sacrifice is has the best set of ideas and songs on out of Numan's recent output, but since he did the majority of it all by himself, it does sound more like demos in a way. But just imagine how good it would be, if it had the Ade Fenton treatment!
Ade and Gary will be producing the next Numan album together, which Gary intends to be "faster".
I like Jagged a lot, but it took time to get into.
This morning I've been listening to Depeche Mode, particularly Ultra.
Plenty of Visage including the 7 inch vocal version of Frequency 7. Mind you Beatboy is a pretty good album.
Some Blancmange too. Yep Game Above My Head is one of their best tracks.
The Ronny Collection... need to find out which tracks Rusty and Midge perform in. Midge produced If You Want Me Stay which apparently is less Ultravoxy than Blue Cabaret and To Have and Not To Have. Both Shock's singles. This predated Visage and are Rusty Egan's and Richard James Burgess' first experiments.
Propaganda's 7" version of Duel.
Talking Heads'Popular Favourites. This truly is the best introduction to the Band. David Byrne is one of a kind!
Finally some OMD. Managed to get a copy of one of their 1979 shows. This one happened in Paris at Les Bains Douches. The line up on that occasion was McCluskey/Humphreys/A.Hughes/Holmes. The band intro was an early version of Statues. Most of the first album is represented here except for Electricity, Messages and The Messers't Twins . Motion and Heart from Organisation was an early live favourite and so was Two Chameleons from Andy's brief sojourn with Alan Gill's band Dalek I Love You, an influence on OMD.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle The Cure - Pornography (disc 2 containing demo's & live tracks) Dead Can Dance - Spleen & Ideal
Impeccable taste, Mr Ilektrik. Spleen and Ideal is my favourite of all the excellent DCD albums.
My own selection for the week is Nick Cave's "Nocturama"
Bit of a bizarre mixture today - just to be different. Begegnungen by Eno Moebius Roedelius Plank (must search out Volume Two) and some of the Dead Can Dance live material from 2005.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] Gary Numan - The Pleasure Principle The Cure - Pornography (disc 2 containing demo's & live tracks) Dead Can Dance - Spleen & Ideal
Impeccable taste, Mr Ilektrik. Spleen and Ideal is my favourite of all the excellent DCD albums.
My own selection for the week is Nick Cave's "Nocturama" [/b]
Thanks Martin.
Speen & Ideal is a fine album. Of all the artists I like, Dead Can Dance are the only group where I can't decide which album I Like the most. They are all strong album's, each with their own unique spiritual body.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Cassette Edition of Fashion's 'Fabrique'
Oh cool! I've still got the cassette somewhere. Enjoy the mutant dub mixes an awful lot. Dee Harriss' guitar on Slow Blue is sublime. I think Dressed To kill is my favourite dance track of all time, it's so deleriously infectious.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Cassette Edition of Fashion's 'Fabrique'
Oh cool! I've still got the cassette somewhere. Enjoy the mutant dub mixes an awful lot. Dee Harriss' guitar on Slow Blue is sublime. I think Dressed To kill is my favourite dance track of all time, it's so deleriously infectious.[/b]
that's a great album, i have it on vinyl. were there some extras on cassette, and has it ever been released on cd?
I also like the Twilight of Idols but that one hasn't been released yet on CD.
thanks for the info, i must buy that. i wonder why they changed the title? i've never heard 'twilight of idols' but is it their 3rd lp? maybe it has 'eye talk' on it, i remember that came out about the same time as 'one small day' by ultravox. was it really 23 years ago... time flies...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Cassette Edition of Fashion's 'Fabrique'
Oh cool! I've still got the cassette somewhere. Enjoy the mutant dub mixes an awful lot. Dee Harriss' guitar on Slow Blue is sublime. I think Dressed To kill is my favourite dance track of all time, it's so deleriously infectious.[/b]
that's a great album, i have it on vinyl. were there some extras on cassette, and has it ever been released on cd? [/b]
There is a cd version of Fabrique called The Height Of Fashion. It has most of the album track versions, except Something In Your Picture, which I think was on the b-side of the SIYP 7. The extra tracks are mutant mixes of Move On, Streeplayer Mechanik & I think maybe 2 more. I'll take a stab at Dressed To Kill (dub) & Love Shadow. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Anyone one who has heard nik kershaws albums 15 minutes (1999), to be frank (2001) and lasts years youve got to laugh would not be cringing and would be talking top songwriting class not cheesy 80s synth riffs. :p
japan "ghosts" pearl jam "jeremy" Oliver Lieb - "Subraumstimulation" solarstone "Seven Cities" josh wink "dont laugh" Ryuichi Sakamoto & David Sylvian - "Forbidden colours" "Plaza"
i've never heard 'twilight of idols' but is it their 3rd lp? maybe it has 'eye talk' on it, i remember that came out about the same time as 'one small day' by ultravox. was it really 23 years ago... time flies...
Yeah time flies. It is their 3rd album with Darby in place of Hariss. Eye Talk is the main track and mine too. You in the Night is also worth a listen.
Totally, been lucky see him play a few times over the years, was sad to hear recently that his brother Ian passed away April last year, who's excellent sax playing you can hear on Bill's material.
Saw bill live at bloomsbury in 2005. Very sad about his brother, done some good sax on bills records over the years. Bills doing a show in leeds in april i think in leeds. Not sure if i will go.
I've got loads of their stuff! Might have to dig some out now! I'm listening to Cathedral Oceans 3.
Peter, don't know if you've seen the rarities thread today, but please can you email me with your address, as the discs will be on their way to me soon, and I will send them out to you ASAP.
Hi Sarah I have sent you PM message with my address. I clicked on your email address but I could only send you a private message as your e mail address isn't registered.
I enjoyed ADTA. I have only a compliation of his greatest hits. Nothing like a bit of Ant Music.
I'm listening to Dance by Gary Numan. I find it quite a pleasant album.
Sarah I did read your post about TV footage. I have the TV footage on DVD but I have no facilities for copying DVD's. Regards Peter
Originally posted by metal beat: Hi Sarah I have sent you PM message with my address. I clicked on your email address but I could only send you a private message as your e mail address isn't registered.
I enjoyed ADTA. I have only a compliation of his greatest hits. Nothing like a bit of Ant Music.
I'm listening to Dance by Gary Numan. I find it quite a pleasant album.
Sarah I did read your post about TV footage. I have the TV footage on DVD but I have no facilities for copying DVD's. Regards Peter
Hi Peter
I haven't received your email yet, but I have now registered my email address on the Forum, so you can contact me directly if you like.
Got your e-mail, and will forward discs to you tomorrow - first class, of course!! I'm afraid all I have video-wise is the Virgin Vault compilation, which you probably already have.
BTW, in the spirit of the thread, this evening I have been listening to my i-pod on shuffle...so Kate Bush, Gary Numan, The Bravery, Bill Nelson, Clan of Xymox, John Williams and 'From Trash'!
Got your e-mail, and will forward discs to you tomorrow - first class, of course!! I'm afraid all I have video-wise is the Virgin Vault compilation, which you probably already have.
BTW, in the spirit of the thread, this evening I have been listening to my i-pod on shuffle...so Kate Bush, Gary Numan, The Bravery, Bill Nelson, Clan of Xymox, John Williams and 'From Trash'!
Thanks Steve!
I shall look forward to receiving the discs - and then I'll send on my postcard to Cerise!!
I do have a video collection of JF, so I presume it's the same one as yours!
Thanks to those of you who have replied to my 'TV Footage Required' thread. Hopefully, I might be lucky and obtain some clips soon.
John´s my space, listened to From Trash and Car Crash Flashback and watched the video Hiroshima Mon Amour , some of my son´s favourites.
Also been at YouTube and watched the following videos at my son´s request:
Kurfurstendamm Smokescreen Oxygene IV
Then continued by myself watching:
Treason, Reward and Passionate Friend, all by the Teardrop Explodes L' Aventurier by Indochine Paris Is One Day Away by the Mood I´m In Love With A German Filmstar by the Passions Duel by Propaganda Kiss Like Ether by Claudia Brucken All Lined Up by Shriekback Love Is A Wonderful Colour by the Icicle Works You Don´t Need Someone You by the Lotus Eaters Wonderland by XTC Europe After The Rain by John Behind The Mask by YMO Being Boiled,The Sound Of The Crowd and Open Your Heart by The Human League Channel 4 New Romantics Top 10 - Visage Passing Strangers by Ultravox Angel Face by Shock Dynamo Beat by Shock European Man and Einstein A Go-Go by Landscape The Face of Dorian Grey by Robert Marlow Straight Lines and This World Of Water by New Musik
wow,spizzenergi now that takes me back a bit to athletico spizz 80 in Hot Deserts or was that spizzenergi? I've been told by my boss to stop playing From Trash on repeat in work,i think tomorrow i'll play Metamatic all day long,lol.Listening to Tubeway Army Replicas at the moment
Originally posted by Chris C: [b]Angel Face by Shock Dynamo Beat by Shock[/b]
can you tell me something about this band? i remember back in '81 or so shock were mentioned somewhere along with landscape, but i've never heard anything from them and i've got no information about the band. is it some lost cult classic or something? if this is the same band...
Originally posted by Chris C: [b] [b]Angel Face by Shock Dynamo Beat by Shock[/b]
can you tell me something about this band? i remember back in '81 or so shock were mentioned somewhere along with landscape, but i've never heard anything from them and i've got no information about the band. is it some lost cult classic or something? if this is the same band... [/b]
Shock were a dance & mime act under the guidance of Rusty Egan & Richard Burgess (Landscape). They only released 2 singles to my knowledge. Angel Face b/w R.E.R.B & Dynamo Beat b/w Dream Games.
Their major claim to fame was performing with Gary Numan on the 3 Wembley Arena concerts in 1981 (I was at the final show).
Tik & Tok were in Shock & when Shock split they released a few singles with minor success.
Summer In The City Cool Running Screen Me I'm Yours Everything Will Change
They released an album called Intolerance which was very dissapointing. Tik & Tok also supported Gary Numan on his Warriors tour.
That's all I remember about them. Please fill in the gaps that i've left out.
Cool Running was the best single, backed with possibly the best electronic instrumental ever, entitled Synthetic Heartsteps Of Unconcerned Androids.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Shock were a dance & mime act under the guidance of Rusty Egan & Richard Burgess (Landscape). They only released 2 singles to my knowledge. Angel Face b/w R.E.R.B & Dynamo Beat b/w Dream Games.
Their major claim to fame was performing with Gary Numan on the 3 Wembley Arena concerts in 1981 (I was at the final show).
Tik & Tok were in Shock & when Shock split they released a few singles with minor success.
Summer In The City Cool Running Screen Me I'm Yours Everything Will Change
They released an album called Intolerance which was very dissapointing. Tik & Tok also supported Gary Numan on his Warriors tour.
That's all I remember about them. Please fill in the gaps that i've left out.
Cool Running was the best single, backed with possibly the best electronic instrumental ever, entitled Synthetic Heartsteps Of Unconcerned Androids.
cool, thanks for the info. would be nice to hear those shock singles, can anybody make mp3's of them or some of those good tik & tok tracks?
go to You Tube & type in Shock Angel Face & after you've watched that vid, type in Shock Dynamo Beat. I'd post the links but I haven't got the hang of doing that on this site. I'm a bit of a luddite when it comes to technology.
i have to admit that shock didn't really impress me too much... but i checked also new musik, which has been mentioned here and i remember i was about to buy their 'warp' lp years ago but i hesitated, and then never heard them again. now i think i might try to buy their records.
lately i've been listening to thomas dolby again, what a shame that his first lp hasn't been reissued on cd properly (with the original tracklisting).
Originally posted by Birdsong: Here you go Mark, it's dead simple. Just copy the URL from your address bar and paste into the text body of your post here.
As long as it starts with 'http' I think the technology does itself!
Hope this helps
Right, here goes. This is the Tik & Tok site. It is full of informative stuff, including info of their appearance in Return Of The Jedi.
I'll have to buy everything that's on sale. There's some real electronic gems on the discs.
Replicas - Tubeway Army From The Tea Rooms Of Mars - Landscape Mindflux e.p. - Njoi Dressed To Kill, Slow Blue, Street Mechanik - Fashion Come To Daddy - Aphex twin Professional Distortion - Miss Kittin and a bit of Autechre.
Today I've been revisiting David Gilmour's album 'On An Island'. I never really rated it when I first bought it, but after listening with fresh ears I've quite enjoyed it.
Since Christmas, From Trash, Cathedral Oceans, Hiroshima Mon Amour(many times)Sparks (various)kasabian- empire, Sams town,old stuff such as swell maps,magazine,xray spex,Heaven 17, Human League. Oh and some Wagner!!!
Yep Birdsong is right about Soft Cell's early demos. Frustration on Non Stop Demos is creepy and not for the faint hearted!
Soft Cell for me begins with A Man Could Get Lost/Memorabilia.
I've also been listening to:
From Brussels With Love - various artists . I like the atmosphere here. New Wave at the turn of the decade.
Onetwo's Cloud Nine and Instead. Mainly Brucken-like songs but I do like Paul's warm synth textures. Claudia's voice is unique as always. Nice record.
Erasure's Pop - the first 20 singles. A fine collection of pop tunes. Vince's synth wizardry is truly remarkable.
Vince Clarke & Paul Quinn - One day single. This is an excellent song but not very well produced. The percussion and bass tracks don't flow with the song.
Originally posted by Psychocandy: so that's worth getting? i'm especially curious about the track by new order and kevin hewick. what is it like?
Although Kevin Hewick's vocals aren't as arty as Ian Curtis' this track comes through very well. It's actually one of the best tracks on the album.Hook & Morris, the rhythm section of the band, are at their best.
This is the first track that the boys recorded after the sudden death of Ian. There's that melancholy vibe about the track but sees them pull through heroically.
Originally posted by Chris C: Although Kevin Hewick's vocals aren't as arty as Ian Curtis' this track comes through very well. It's actually one of the best tracks on the album.Hook & Morris, the rhythm section of the band, are at their best.
This is the first track that the boys recorded after the sudden death of Ian. There's that melancholy vibe about the track but sees them pull through heroically.
Originally posted by Alex S: Gary Numan - The Radial Pair
Alex, a good few years back I wrote lyrics for "Red Sky" from the radial pair soundtrack. Here they are for you all to enjoy/rip to pieces
"Cry For Me!" (Sung To The Tune Of Numan's "Red Sky" - From Radial Pair Soundtrack) By William Wilson {The numbers in brackets are a time prompt guide for when the vocal starts}
(0.22) If I don't wake In the morning if my eyes don't Flutter open If my chest fails To keep breathing If my heart stops Beating
(chorus) Cry for me! Don't want you to Cry for me! Please don't Cry for me! Don't want you to Cry for me!
(1.05) I want you to know I've lived my life to full Never looked back Or regreted, so Please believe me When I tell you That I loved life Loved you too But life is over Can't comeback Angel wings beat From my back I have moved on To a better place And so I leave you With one last wish
(chorus) Cry for me! Don't want you to Cry for me! Please don't Cry for me! Don't want you to Cry for me!
Using my MP3 player this morning as I'm not sitting the same place for more than 5 minutes and it's on shuffle so I have a varity of music. Shadow Man playing at the moment. Regards Peter
just listening to vienna, "astradyne" is such a perfect opener. i listened to rage in eden before this, and about the bonus tracks i have to say i've never liked "i never wanted to begin" but "paths and angles" is almost as good as the album tracks. why did they have to make a 12" version of the worse track?
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine
Mmmmmm - the first time I've seen Porcupine Tree mentioned on here. Oddly enough, I've also been listening to Stupid Dream today - as well as Travelogue (The Human League), Soul Mining (The The), Le Parc (Tangerine Dream) and Sound Magic (Afro Celt Sound System). As for Porcupine Tree - Coma Divine has managed to capture the best live vibe I've ever heard on an album...
Sideways Fisherman's Blues - The Waterboys Nuclear Chocolate - The Atomic Orchestra Of Radioactive Europe White Bread, Black Beer - Scritti Politti Another Green World - Brian Eno
Originally posted by robert: I also love the fall. Have bend sinister in my sights. Have you heard the new album.
yeah, the new one's good but not as good as the last one imho. also looking forward to von südenfed, which is a project of mark e smith and mouse on mars, the album will be released later this spring: http://www.myspace.com/vonsudenfed
OMD - Maid of Orleans, Sealand. ONETWO - Home Tonight. SEIZE - Fade2Grey. Global Citizen - Out to get me. THE SHANKLIN FREAKSHOW - CLOWN (Cover version of Global Citizen original) DATAFREQ - Discophonic. ADE FENTON (Ft Gary Numan) - The Leather Sea, Healing HUMAN LEAGUE - Rock and Roll
Apart from being FANTASTIC late night music - it perfectly suits my mood at the moment. If you haven't heard it - I encourage you to get hold of a copy of Substrata.
Just been for a long walk around forested area in the Hertfordshire countryside this morning. It's such a lovely day and the right occasion to listen to CO2 and CO3 along with Human and Redial Pair by Gary Numan. Peter
I used to absolutely love Microgravity by Biosphere. It was one of my 'college' albums. Sadly I no longer have it.... one of these days I will track it down again... have't heard it in years.
The Age Of Plastic: The Buggles - Underrated electro-pop futurism. The quality of the songs means that the commerciality doesn't make enjoyment soon wane. So both a quick and a long fix.
To keep me awake (I'm working loooooooong hours at the moment) I've been listening to LCD Soundsystem's debut - if you like Suicide's 2nd album / Cabs 'Microphonies', you've got a rough idea of what it's like.
PS - I've posted re; the Foxx sessions CDs on the Rarities thread!
Originally posted by Rob Harris: ... and [b]Biosphere.
Apart from being FANTASTIC late night music - it perfectly suits my mood at the moment. If you haven't heard it - I encourage you to get hold of a copy of Substrata.
Rob [/b]
Hmmm…what a co-inkydink!!! Not only did I watch the second half of Baraka at the weekend – before giving my loaned copy back to its rightful owner after far too long – I have also listened to Substrata earlier in the week!!
However, it was exactly wrong for my mood at the time. You know those days when you have all those albums to choose from and there's nothing you want to hear?
On Baraka though, it's an awesome film. Beautiful, provocative, uplifting, calming, alarming - sometimes its good to feel so, so small...
Originally posted by Rob Harris: [b] ... and [b]Biosphere.
Apart from being FANTASTIC late night music - it perfectly suits my mood at the moment. If you haven't heard it - I encourage you to get hold of a copy of Substrata.
Rob [/b]
Hmmm…what a co-inkydink!!! Not only did I watch the second half of Baraka at the weekend – before giving my loaned copy back to its rightful owner after far too long – I have also listened to Substrata earlier in the week!!
However, it was exactly wrong for my mood at the time. You know those days when you have all those albums to choose from and there's nothing you want to hear?
On Baraka though, it's an awesome film. Beautiful, provocative, uplifting, calming, alarming - sometimes its good to feel so, so small... [/b]
And human.
Baraka is a breathtaking film. My favourite part is where you see the monkey sitting in what looks like a hot spring, just watching, thinking & relaxing. I'm not describing this very well, but Martin & Rob will know what I mean.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] A Super-sized amount of Throbbing Gristle!
Excellent stuff, Garry! I experienced the Second Annual Report again recently. Fascinating band - its great to be so bewildered by a piece of music!
You heard any more of their 'performances' this year at all? [/b]
Hi Martin,
I confess I haven't. I'm looking forward to the new album though (if it finally arrives). I've been reading Simon Fords 'Wreckers of Civilization' on and off for almost a year now and that inspired me to listen to '20 Jazz Funk Greats', 'DOA' and 'Heathen Earth' recently.
A beautiful album which I've rambled on about elsewhere on here. I was also impressed that the mp3s were at an audiophile quality of 190kbps, rather than 128kbps.
Do you know if John has ever considered making albums available as downloads?
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Do you know if John has ever considered making albums available as downloads?
I think that it's been considered - but not in the same way as Harold's last album. IE material would still be accompanied by a 'regular' (CD) release, and not just made available only as a download. Which (I have to say) suits me as I don't have the luxury of broadband...
Please don't put pictures of one of THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER on here, as it's tantamount to porn...and means I'll have to dig out (again) and listen to it for weeks (again)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Dear Psychocandy,
Please don't put pictures of one of THE GREATEST ALBUM EVER on here, as it's tantamount to porn...and means I'll have to dig out (again) and listen to it for weeks (again)
LOL sorry about that! but it's indeed a masterpiece, just like tin drum.
right now listening to 'lament' by ultravox. as a whole it's not that special but "one small day" and "dancing with tears in my eyes" are still as good as it gets.
While I'm waiting for the all-singing all-dancing 2007 re-mastered edition of 'Architecture & Morality' I'm currently listening to... the 2003 re-mastered edition of 'Architecture & Morality'
Originally posted by RadioBeach: While I'm waiting for the all-singing all-dancing 2007 re-mastered edition of 'Architecture & Morality' I'm currently listening to... the 2003 re-mastered edition of 'Architecture & Morality'
fyi : if u already have that remastered edition , the 2007 issue will "only" have an extra dvd with the complete 1981 "drury lane" concert on it as a bonus , but no other extra audio trax ! :-o
that's bloody virgin's way of milking the fans over & over , again & again every few years ! :-/
fyi : if u already have that remastered edition , the 2007 issue will "only" have an extra dvd with the complete 1981 "drury lane" concert on it as a bonus , but no other extra audio trax ! :-o
that's bloody virgin's way of milking the fans over & over , again & again every few years ! :-/ [/QB]
Oh I know that - I want the DVD as the VHS is so hard to get hold of! True, Virgin are milking the fans - but McCluskey's dancing is well worth the price!
I'm still waiting for an all-singing all-(McCluskey) dancing edition of Dazzle Ships - that's an album I know I could never live without!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: McCluskey's dancing is well worth the price!
oh yes ... of course it is ! *hehehe*
Quote:
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I'm still waiting for an all-singing all-(McCluskey) dancing edition of Dazzle Ships - that's an album I know I could never live without!
it may be released already this year too , afaik ! ;-)
i think it's a bit of a rip off to release the same record again, only now with a bonus dvd. even though it's the best OMD album. still waiting for the remastered versions of dazzle ships and junk culture... maybe one of these days.
Why is it a rip-off, though? You don't have to buy it, it's just there for people that do want it. For any band I like, I always end up with multiple copies of albums. Would I prefer to just stick with the original release, or would I prefer to have a remastered version, a double-disc-with-DVD version, a special edition, etc etc? The latter for me, every time.
I don't usually bother with reissues unless it's an album I really love and it offers something special enough to make me want to bu it again. if it's just bonus tracks, often I'll just get them on iTunes.
If I do buy a reissue then I'll usually find a friend to whom I can give the original album.
My only concern with re-issues is the re-mastering; you just don't know what you're gonna end up with! The recent Siouxsie re-issues were terrible in places; the single digi-pack of 'The Scream' had such bad sound quality that they had to be recalled.
The intro to the Human League's 'The Path of Least Resistance' on the original CD issue differs to the original vinyl version (I've no idea what the 2003 remasters are like). Also this sudden need for all CDs to be extra loud (discussed elsewhere on this forum) leaves me cold. I feel sometimes that history isn't only being revisited but re-written as well. Rant over!
The loudness thing also applied to Vinyl. Telekon on vinyl was stupidly quiet. Increasing the volume level increased the crackling and rumbling as well. Not such an issue with CDs...
We are looking forward to the OMD gig in Hamburg on 23rd May.
Is anyone here who goes to one of their shows too?
For me personally, I like their very early stuff - later they went into pop music too much for my opinion; as the most bands of the eighties did. This is okay, for everyone who like this - but it is not my taste.
So I hope I can hear some old tracks too on this gig. I saw some reunion gigs of some bands in the past like The Damned, Buzzcocks, Television, Human League, Echo & the Bunnymen- which was a great gig!- but mostly I was tired after the half show. Perhaps I'm too old now and my taste has changed or the shows were simply - boring.
So I'm curios of Mr. Mc.Cluskey and his band. Today I gone to the ticket center for a ticket of the Police gig in September. But the price is too high for my opinion. Absolutely rip-off!! I'm curios the Police is worth the money they want!
Originally posted by Cerise: Why is it a rip-off, though? You don't have to buy it, it's just there for people that do want it. For any band I like, I always end up with multiple copies of albums. Would I prefer to just stick with the original release, or would I prefer to have a remastered version, a double-disc-with-DVD version, a special edition, etc etc? The latter for me, every time.
yeah, you're right, and actually if there would be one new extra track then it would be a rip-off. then again if the remastered cd is availbale already, why not just release the dvd separately?
i think those remasters are copy-protected, i wonder if the new one will also be? i've neard that most labels aren't doing those anymore... not that it's a big problem for me since i never use my pc for playing cd's.
Originally posted by psychocandy: i think those remasters are copy-protected, i wonder if the new one will also be? i've neard that most labels aren't doing those anymore... not that it's a big problem for me since i never use my pc for playing cd's.
I picked up the re-issues of Architecture & Morality and Organisation as soon as they came out in 2003 - and as you say they have that Copy Protection software embedded (though being a Mac user I've encountered no problems with this).
However, it was only a few months ago that I got round to picking up the debut album - and all the Copy Protection stuff seems to have been removed. If I remember correctly - even the cat.no is slightly different to reflect that. Chances are that they re-issued all 3 again quietly minus the Copy Protection stuff.
The Magazine back cat has also been re-issued this week and that is also missing the Copy Protection software.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [QUOTE]The Magazine back cat has also been re-issued this week and that is also missing the Copy Protection software.
Garry, do you know if there are some extra tracks on it ? I have all their CD's and two rarities CD's. But perhaps there is something new on the remasters?! BTW: They all are great stuff!!!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] [QUOTE]The Magazine back cat has also been re-issued this week and that is also missing the Copy Protection software.
Garry, do you know if there are some extra tracks on it ? I have all their CD's and two rarities CD's. But perhaps there is something new on the remasters?! BTW: They all are great stuff!!! [/b]
Hi Andreas,
Indeed they do! All the new re-masters have extra tracks. There was a wonderful 3CD box set full of oddities and rarities a few years ago that's sadly been deleted - hope they release it again as I was unable to get hold of one.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [QUOTE]Hi Andreas, Indeed they do! All the new re-masters have extra tracks. There was a wonderful 3CD box set full of oddities and rarities a few years ago that's sadly been deleted - hope they release it again as I was unable to get hold of one.
Today I'm listening to Cluster II by Cluster.
Thanks Garry! I own one of these mentioned CD box. It's named "Maybe it's right to be nervous now". It includes 3 CD's with live stuff (From the LP "Play") together with rare tracks and different versions on the first two CD's. The third CD incl. 4! John Peel Sessions within 15 tracks! For this CD alone it was worth the money. GREAT!!!! So I'm curios of the stuff on the remasters. I have all the original CD's (and LP's). Do you know if the Howard Devoto solo CD's be remastered too? His CD "Jerky Versions of the Dream" is good too. Sounds a bit like the 5th Magazine album...
I have that magazine box as well shadow man great stuff. Jerky versions of the dream is remastered as well according to amazon and hmv but im not sure if its out as well or been delayed. Must get into town over the weekend and do a sherlock holmes.
Will look out for the box set - currently £25 on Amazon - perhaps Virgin will reissue something similar soon. I wonder if Virgin are staggering the remasters as I notice that 'Play' isn't available amongst the recent reissues.
now playing: Ultravox - Systems Of Romance [remastered] ---- I'm glad that the Magazine remasters finally saw the light of day, especially the last album which I haven't heard yet. is it any good?
Magazine remastered albums real life and the correct use of soap. Secondhand daylight is also avalable. The howard devoto album jerky versions of the dream has been put back but is defently coming out. Dont know whats happned with play.
Far too much coffee this morning resulted in a complete lack of ability to concentrate on one particular album so an ipod playlist of; Fennesz, Autechre, Throbbing Gristle, Harold Budd and tracks from Tiny Colour Movies got me to work this morning.
I stood at a record shop on Satday and found the remasters of Real Life, The Correct use of Soap and Magic, Murder and the Weather from Magazine. The Bonus tracks I have on the rarities 3 CD box too. The booklet of all three CD's incl. only sleeve notes about that period - no band photos and no lyrics! The costs of one CD is 17,99 Euro which is expensive for a remastered CD in Germany for my opinion. The 3 Ultravox CD's costs 10,49 Euro in the same shop. I assume it is a company thing of Island and Virgin. So I'm a bit disapointed about the Magazine remasters and decided to buy them not!
My original CD's incl. the lyrics and my rarities 3 CD box includes a lot more rare stuff as on the remasters. Its only interesting for people who buy their stuff for the first time, I assume. If the price go down to 7 or 8 Euro one day I will make a new decision.
It's sad they did not so a great job as it was done for the Ultravox remasters...
Well tonight I am being rather self-indulgent as I am currently recording my own music for a little project, so that is what I have been listening to for the past 2 hours - me and my synth!!
Interspersed with me jiggling around the lounge to John's 'Young Love' with a mug of tea in my hand, of course!
Tyrannosaurus Rex - Unicorn Porcupine Tree - Deadwing John Foxx - The Garden Ilektrik In The Afterlife - The Autumn Clock The Muse Of Karm Shenon - Muzlimzen (a track I recorded for a Muslimgauze fan project. The track contains Muslimgauze samples, plus the odd synth noise) The track is on the web somewhere...
if u like ladytron , client , fischerspooner & stuff like that , u'll simply LOVE the 2 gals of marsheaux , who are from greece & not from france btw ! ;-)
This was one long thread. Maybe I'm getting to be a boring old man but I'm not listening to albums that much any more. I usually listen to songs. Except for the three (first) Ultravox albums, Metamatic and some of the earliest The Sound and Psychedelic Furs I don't by re-issues. (Now there you got my musical background, very diversified.). But I also like to listen to what’s going on now. This isn’t that hard if you liked post-punk-pop-electric stuff in the early eighties and late seventies. But right now songs I like to listen to are
SPORT & SPECTATOR by Boyfriendgirlfriend
SUPERMASSIVE MANDY by DJ Sunderland
WELCOME HOME, SON by Radical Face
THE CYNIC by Kashmir (Danish Band) with David Bowie on guest vocals
WHAT ELSE IS THERE By RÖYKSOPP with Karin Dreijer on vocals the singer of the great Swedish band The knife
I really do like Franz Ferdinand, Goldfrapp, Killers, Interpol, LCD Soundsystem and Snow Patrol as well (there’s a lot more) some of these make easy chart pop, but I like it.
When I go back in time I usually get stuck on two songs. Heroes by David Bowie, cause even though it’s really a basic rock n’ roll riff thing it is so cleaver one out of three songs I would have to bring with me if I got stuck on a desert island. There is also Slow Motion from Systems of Romance. Not only is it a great song, it’s the way the sound is put together. It’s like the whole sound is an entity and really if you would single out each instrument… I could go on with this, but since I make my own music it’s more of a technical fascination. How is it made?
Sorry for bad languish, I’m Swedish, I’m dyslectic and I’m children’s book writer.
just listening to the height of fashion, i wouldn't have known it's available without this forum so thanks a lot, sounds really good, even much better than i remembered... the extra tracks aren't that special really, but the original fabrique lp... wonderful stuff!
'Fabrique' is a good album! Can't remember anything about the follow-up - 'Twilight of Idols'though.
This week I'm listening to 'Part Two - The Endless Not' the new album by Throbbing Gristle. After a cursory few listens the standout tracks so far are 'Rabbit Snare', 'Almost A Kiss', 'Separated', 'The Endless Not' and 'After the Fall' - but more layers unveil themselves the more I play it. I was expecting to be slightly underwhelmed by it, but not at all. A brilliant album.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] 'Fabrique' is a good album! Can't remember anything about the follow-up - 'Twilight of Idols'though.
I have Fabrique on vinyl. Some of it is excellent.
I seem to remember you had to have high cheekbones to get in the band? [/b]
Ha! Ha! Ha! LOL! What ever happened to high cheekbones!? You're not wrong! And what made me laugh was that there was always one member of a band who didn't have the high cheekbones! Just large amounts of blusher!
Low cheekbone quota members club;
Ultravox - Billy Currie Japan - Rob Dean Duran Duran - Simon Le Bon
I recently copied my 'almost-rust' cassette version of Fabrique. The cassette had the album on the a side and on the b side; many of the dub & 12" mixes - worth getting hold of if you can find it.
Faith by H2O. I Dream to Sleep their finest moment.
Twilight of Idols by Fashion. Not as funky and cheeky as Fabrique but still a good record. Produced by Zeus B. Held!
Sixty Minutes With... by Billy Currie. A nice collection. However, the track Ukraine and the best tracks from Push were left out. Just happens with most compilations.
Push by Billy Currie. My favourite along Stand Up and Walk.
Jean Michel Jarre's new one has arrived so I'm looking forward to that one...
From Trash most of the week. I'm still struggling to reach a verdict on this. I find that some of the lyrics are a bit weak & have not had much thought put into them. The music is great on most tracks, although I find From Trash a bit Euro disco - ish & I'm not to keen on euro disco. My favourite tracks are; From Trash, Never Let Me Go, Friendly Fire ( sounds like The Sweet jamming with Goldfrapp), Your Kisses Burn v.2 ( my 19 year old son said this sounds like music for a porn film !) & The One Who Walks Through You.
I'd like to hear what others think about it a few months on.
I played From Trash again recently, after having a break from it for a couple of months. I really like it, it still sounds fresh and new, and still excited me the way it did the firt time I played it.
A Million Cars is increasingly becoming one of my favoueite Foxx/Gordon songs, along with Impossible and Another You. Another favourite is The One Who Walks Through You.
I think it's quite strong lyrically although it doesn't take you anywhere 'new' - it's same few themes as on the last 3 albums (this is where Sideways has the upper hand). However the arrangements and production etc, have a much stronger, consistent quality and the album is just the right length to take in one go.
I have to agree with Alex's comments on Teo and Tea. Not my cup of tea. Vintage should have been the lead single. The opener is quite promising and he somewhat succeeds on Beautiful Agony, perhaps a homage to Gainsbourg. The rest doesn't impress me. Nevertheless, I always religiously buy the Jarre and Kraftwerk albums .
He's taken a different angle on this one, still very electronic but stepping into the world of Techno.
It's been quite a while since he released that maginficent album Oxygene (parts 7 to etc) at the turn of the century. This is where Jarre's magic appears. Chronologie is another example.
What's amazing to find, with a lot of respect to the other synth pioneers, is that our very own John is releasing the best electronic music at this moment in time. Tiny Colour Movies will be hard to beat in this decade.
Originally posted by Chris C: It's been quite a while since he released that maginficent album Oxygene (parts 7 to etc) at the turn of the century. This is where Jarre's magic appears. Chronologie is another example.
Absolutely! Oxygene 7-13 is one of my favourite albums along with the original and Chronologie.
After hearing Jarre describing his work in progress last year, I had perhaps set my hopes too high for the new album, expecting something perhaps more like Oxygene or Chronologie. And I really wish that's what he had done.
I am finding Téo & Téa quite an addictive album despite it being a bit disappointing though. I certainly think it's a grower, but he should go back to what he knows best.
I don't think that any of you will be surprised if I were to tell you that yet again I find myself listening to Philip Glass - today it's Kundun . The last track Escape to India is simply magnificent.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: From Trash most of the week. I'm still struggling to reach a verdict on this. I find that some of the lyrics are a bit weak & have not had much thought put into them. The music is great on most tracks, although I find From Trash a bit Euro disco - ish & I'm not to keen on euro disco. My favourite tracks are; From Trash, Never Let Me Go, Friendly Fire ( sounds like The Sweet jamming with Goldfrapp), Your Kisses Burn v.2 ( my 19 year old son said this sounds like music for a porn film !) & The One Who Walks Through You.
I'd like to hear what others think about it a few months on.
Mark
Why is it, that when you post comments about an album etc, that you end up eating your own words.
From Trash comments:
Lyrically weak - Nope, just one or two rhyming couplets that are slightly cheesy.
Euro Disco - Not at all. it's Metamatic Dance Music with some serious, almost dub-like bass notes & panned arp delays going on, which rather than getting your feet tapping & body gyrating, seriously interfere with your brain patterns creating Metacortex Frequency Disco.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Dead Can Dance - Into The Labyrinth. Every time I play Lisa & Brendan's music, I feel so spiritually blessed & nourished.
Excellent stuff for Easter then.
It's been an exhausting day. But I managed to get Cathedral Oceans 3 playing this afternoon while we cleared away after the service. Not exactly a public broadcast, though I hope someone went away wondering who that cool music was by!
Rounding things off this evening with the beautiful song "Calvary" by Baby Dee, from the album "Little Window"
Take up your cross and follow Wake up from your sleep Wake up, wake up in sorrow Wake up, wake up and weep
Take up your cross and follow Won't you follow me? Wake up, wake up in sorrow Wake up on Calvary
Otherwise, this weekend has included:-
Hi jack - Amon Duul Blue Sunshine - The Glove and Farewell - Clan of Xymox
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] Dead Can Dance - Into The Labyrinth. Every time I play Lisa & Brendan's music, I feel so spiritually blessed & nourished.
Excellent stuff for Easter then. [/b]
It's good to see Dead Can Dance mentioned here - just got hold of the new (compilation) album by Lisa Gerrard ... absolutely fantastic...
Chilled out first thing with Translucence ADM, but I think I'm going to step things up a gear now with Simple Minds Live in the City of Light! 'Promised you a Miracle' is fab on this cd!
I have had two nights of Chocolate overload so you're not the only one Sarah. Been busy gardening this morning so it may be a CO and have a rest this afternoon
First few days of warm sun and blue skies so 'The Garden' got an airing yesterday as did 'A Kind of Wave'. Have also been listening to Broken Social Scene's debut and Sylvian's 'Brilliant Trees' - an album that I doubt I will ever tire of.
For the last whole week i have been in Depeche Mode, eerrm.... mode!!!! Its been a week of the remastered box sets, for me the best has to be 'Songs of faith and devotion', 'violator', and 'music for the masses'
Today it's Metamatics 'From Death to Passwords Where You're a Paper Airplane'. I can't say I'm impressed - sounds like outakes from Autechre's 'Amber' to me but will give another few listens.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Today it's Metamatics 'From Death to Passwords Where You're a Paper Airplane'. I can't say I'm impressed - sounds like outakes from Autechre's 'Amber' to me but will give another few listens.
Gazza
I didn't rate this as one of Lee's better albums either. My money's on "Mind Mushng Git" and "3 Jak and Dive" (inc the Nildrohain EP)
So thanks for the reminder - have the NildroHain EP on now (which includes the original version of 4am on Spectre canal)
Metamatic, Crash and Burn, From Trash, Cathedral Oceans I thru' III Tiny Colour Movies (Oh, the Joys of rediscovering the music of your youth
I'm also listening to the wonderful 'Un Jour Parfait' by JJ Burnel. The majority of the tracks are in French, but it doesn't really matter. It's gorgeous, great vocals and wonderful keyboards on most tracks by Dave Greenfield. Need I say more more.
I've also managed to listen to 'Volk' by Laibach. Very different to their recent forays into heavy, 'totalitarian' electronic beats. Have they gone sentimental after over 25 years?
Finally, I got off my backside and purchased the new and vastly improved remastered 'Getting the Holy Ghost Across' by Bill Nelson. My tape version has worn out completely and I really thought I'd never hear this 80's classic ever again
This week I'm listening to 'Part Two - The Endless Not' the new album by Throbbing Gristle. After a cursory few listens the standout tracks so far are 'Rabbit Snare', 'Almost A Kiss', 'Separated', 'The Endless Not' and 'After the Fall' - but more layers unveil themselves the more I play it. I was expecting to be slightly underwhelmed by it, but not at all. A brilliant album.
Unbelievable.
Seems to be everything I was hoping for. Still a major force, I reckon. Super stuff
As I've said before I hardly albums anymore. So it usually becomes a mix ofNew/Old Stuff
23 by Blond Redhead (great mix of what it would sound like if Cocteau Twinsof the mid 80's and Simple Minds round 79-81 would get a catchy tune together.)
Back To Nature by Fad Gadget
Heart of Hearts by !!! (What a name)
Stay by Small Sins (great pop tune... well pop in a classic sense not like Backstreet Boys/Brittney)
I Feel Love by Depeche Mode (musically that song is an absolute tribute to Johns work, the synthline is both sound wise and in melody almost stolenb from Burning Car.)
Break by Cinamatics
International Dateline by Ladytron
Welcome Home, Son by Radical Face (Beautiful song You should all get it)
I played Underpass, Slow Motion and Young Savage to my fifteen year old daughter. Those are good she said. She likes the knife and said that she could hear that they have been influenced by Johns Metamatic album. Young Savage sounded like could have been made of a lot of bands today and Slow Motion she just liked.
Now I'm going to listen to some drumtrax i Cubase because I have to mix and that can be dead boring at times.
This week I'm listening to 'Part Two - The Endless Not' the new album by Throbbing Gristle. After a cursory few listens the standout tracks so far are 'Rabbit Snare', 'Almost A Kiss', 'Separated', 'The Endless Not' and 'After the Fall' - but more layers unveil themselves the more I play it. I was expecting to be slightly underwhelmed by it, but not at all. A brilliant album.
Unbelievable.
Seems to be everything I was hoping for. Still a major force, I reckon. Super stuff [/b]
It just gets better and better on every play!
The sun is out, the sky is blue, so one of the perfect summer albums of all time got an airing this weekend; 'Junk Culture' by OMD
especially since i did another special radio show yesterday evening about the FOUR GOOD MEN ( http://www.fourgoodmen.com & http://www.myspace.com/4gm ) i simply can't get their great song "heart of wonder" out of my mind again ... & i even must admit that i still like it ... more & more ! ;-)
cheers to all u rather eclectic music lovers here ! ;-)
"Vienna" .. the album.... well I listened to it this morning in the car anyway (after 10 days of JF OD).. I just sort of wondered how much of John Foxx is in it..if any.. Discuss!
You know those times when you have nothing in the collection that you want to listen to? I have flitted around all night and finally got it exactly right:-
The Fall, Code Selfish (1991)
More accessible than some of his other albums I am told, but none the less chaotic. I don't know much of his stuff shamefully, but this is a fascinating and refreshing album
The difference between The Buzzcocks (like Magazine) and the other Punk bands were the songwriting skills of Shelley (and Devoto). I only have Pete´s first 3 solo albums but have the box setProduct lined up to buy soon. It´s always great to hear some cheeky guitars. A great talent.
I´ve recently been listening to:
Cathedral Oceans I DVD and Cathedral Oceans III DVD by John. My soon to be 4 year old son loves the shifting collages and the hauntingly beautiful music. "I want Statues DVDs!" God bless little William.
Both Dalek I Love You albums. Recently released for the first time on CD, is their eponymously titled 2nd album. Some interesting bits here but not as synthy as their first, Compass Kumpas . Released some time ago by Fontana on CD but soon discontinued. I missed out on this batch and had to settle for a CDR of it. FONTANA PLEASE RELEASE A SECOND EDITION OF COMPASS KUMPAS.
Originally posted by Chris C: The difference between The Buzzcocks (like Magazine) and the other Punk bands were the songwriting skills of Shelley (and Devoto). I only have Pete´s first 3 solo albums but have the box set[b]Product lined up to buy soon. It´s always great to hear some cheeky guitars. A great talent.
I´ve recently been listening to:
Cathedral Oceans I DVD and Cathedral Oceans III DVD by John. My soon to be 4 year old son loves the shifting collages and the hauntingly beautiful music. "I want Statues DVDs!" God bless little William.
Both Dalek I Love You albums. Recently released for the first time on CD, is their eponymously titled 2nd album. Some interesting bits here but not as synthy as their first, Compass Kumpas . Released some time ago by Fontana on CD but soon discontinued. I missed out on this batch and had to settle for a CDR of it. FONTANA PLEASE RELEASE A SECOND EDITION OF COMPASS KUMPAS.
Chris C [/b]
I was listening to A Different Kind Of tension from the PRODUCT set. Buy it as soon as you can Chris, the booklet is really informative & the music is second to none.
Is Compass/Kumpass on cd aswell as their 2nd album? If so, I must get it.
Been listening to the Steven Wilson produced Deliverance cd by Metal Heads, Opeth.
Just ordered Product . I don´t know why I didn´t have any Buzzcocks material in my collection. Perhaps I´m deep into synths these days but a fresh sound of guitar is sometimes ideal.
Just to add to my recent capture European Sun - An Archive Collection by Paul Haig I´ve added Then Again, Rhythm of Life and The Warp Of Pure Fun . Another guitar based act.
Compass Kumpas is now rare to find but hopefully it could be released on CD like their second album. I hope it´s a re-release of the Fontana one as it´s very complete. I have a CDR of it but will be willing to buy it if it hits the shops once again.
Still a lot of early 80s stuff not available on CD.
As Member D says - The summer is coming and so I'm going through a New Order phase at the moment; 'Power, Corruption & Lies', 'Low Life' and 'Technique' - great summer albums (imn my head anyhow).
Originally posted by RadioBeach: ... New Order phase at the moment; 'Power, Corruption & Lies', 'Low Life' and 'Technique' - great summer albums (imn my head anyhow).
Originally posted by RadioBeach: ... New Order phase at the moment; 'Power, Corruption & Lies', 'Low Life' and 'Technique' - great summer albums (imn my head anyhow).
great, new order has been one of my biggest favourites since 1981.
Quote:
Originally posted by MemberD: Right! anyone for OMD's "Junk Culture"?
i wish they'd release a remaster from this, with 12" versions etc as bonus tracks. great album!
Still playing Sideways and From Trash in the car. Doesn't quite sound the same now that there are fragments of broken glass in the speaker cones...
Grr..
Playing Fenton/Numan in the office. The guys are making me wear headphones. Unfortunately for them, that just means I can hum along without having to hear my own voice. (No NerveJam music has un-messed-with vocals on it..)
'Oxygene 2' remains not only mt favourite JMJ track, but my all-time favourite piece of music. It was the first Jarre track I ever heard (aged about 3), and it's stuck with me ever since. There's something so special, so magical about this track.... it takes you somewhere... somewhere special that only that piece of music can do.
When Aero came out I was curious to hear how a newly recorded version of the song would sound. I liked it, but at the time I thought "Nah, he'll never better the original..." But over time, I have gradually realised what he brought to the new version and how he has realised the full potential of the original piece.
Just when I thought that track was a masterpiece of perfection, I now believe the Aero version is actually better than the original! And I never thought I'd say that!!
Today, it's been a mixture of the Quad Version of Tubular Bells - the alternate ending to Side Two is excellent - and The Very Best of The Durutti Column.
Originally posted by Alex S: What's the Quad Version?
Quadrophonic - the first three albums were re-issued in a box set (imaginitively titled Mike Oldfield Boxed) featuring the quadrophonic mixes of Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn which were made around 1975.
Right. I know of it, but I've never heard those versions.
I'm looking forward to "Changeling", his autobiography which should be out in May. That will be an interesting read.
I've also heard his new orchestral/classical album is out in October. He's allegedly gone back to creating an album that it just one huge piece of music or a suite.
Apparently it's using musical and lyrical themes associated with the ancient festival of Hallowe’en.
Japan - 'The Best Of' almost there best compilation to date, except for the single edit of 'quiet life' the album version was better, and a remix of 'life in tokyo' of which the original single was better.
Just dusted down some old cassettes The Fatima Mansions and American Music Club A couple of days away from Electronica so I can appreciate it more when I come back to it
Today it's The Wire Tapper 17 - the free CD that comes with Wire magazine. Has a Throbbing Gristle track on it - HOW DO YOU DEAL? (Edit) from the film Live At The Astoria, from the forthcoming DVD box set TGV.
However the stand out track is FAMILY FEUD by Von Südenfed which is actually The Fall's Mark E Smith and Mouse On Mars! What a collaboration! And it works! Imagine Mark E Smith singing ‘Friendly Fire’ and you get a rough idea of what it sounds like.
Gazza
PS – Ivan; I’m sorry to hear that Lance has cancelled your contract!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: However the stand out track is FAMILY FEUD by Von Südenfed which is actually The Fall's Mark E Smith and Mouse On Mars! What a collaboration! And it works! Imagine Mark E Smith singing ‘Friendly Fire’ and you get a rough idea of what it sounds like.
I´m now discovering Paul Haig and Josef K. I´m getting their 80s back catalogue pretty soon. First to arrive is European Sun - Archive Collection 1982-1987 . Guitar based with Alan Rankine on keyboards and production. Interesting stuff.
Trivia - the link between Paul and John Foxx is Isabelle Antena. She appears on both record and video of Sly Stone´s cover of Running Away. Very Belgian and pure 80s pop!
Bass Communion - Bass Communion Magazine - Play Magazine - Secondhand Daylight John & Louis - Omnidelic Exotour
Wire Tapper 17 - A great compilation from Wire magazine. I like 9 out of the 10 tracks I've listened to so far. Have to agree with Garry about Von Südenfed track, it's stunningly good, as is the Throbbing Gristle track.
I've just bought the new re-re-issue of 'Architecture & Morality'. Hmmmmm…
First impressions – the artwork has been badly scanned and the minimalist elegance of the original Peter Saville design has been lost on the back under a stack of text – should of got Rob in considering the good job he did on re-doing Saville’s ‘Lament’ artwork!
The copyright on the CD is 2003 – so IS the re-master that came out then, minus the Copy Protected stuff, which was also quietly phased out last year. Not checked out the DVD yet (5 - All Regions). The sleeve notes are by McCluskey, Humphries and Paul Morley.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I've just bought the new re-re-issue of 'Architecture & Morality'. Hmmmmm…
the only real reason to buy it is the dvd with the 3 promo / totp videos as bonus , as the cd is actually identical with the 2003 edition of it & the new booklet only contains a few more liner notes ...
i would've actually preferred to ONLY buy the dvd instead , as i already have the same cd ( except the new booklet , of course ) !
well ... virgin is jus' milkin' the fans & especially the collectors again , so ... "business as usual" ! :-/
I would have prefered just the dvd and not the album as i already have it. But i suppose in a way it may be a bit of a collectors item. Very much looking forward to watching the dury lane dvd though which was hard to find on video.
Originally posted by SF Metamatrix: well ... virgin is jus' milkin' the fans & especially the collectors again, so ... "business as usual" ! :-/
How can this package be bad value when it retails at less than £10.00 when DVDs on their own usually retail at double that? Admittedly, the audio disc is the same as the previous edition, but at least the record company have made the Drury Lane live footage available.
Originally posted by Rob Harris: How can this package be bad value when it retails at less than £10.00 when DVDs on their own usually retail at double that?
of course , u are right about the price , rob !
i'm the idiot here ... as i was stupid enough to buy the remastered edition of that cd jus' about 3 years ago & now have it spare ... & CAN'T even sell it for more than a euro to anybody , who's not also such an idiot like me - d'oh ! :-o
after all , it's all my very own fault , of course ! :-/
p. s. : it should be forbidden to re-release remastered cds more than once a decade - seriously !
Originally posted by Rob Harris: [b] How can this package be bad value when it retails at less than £10.00 when DVDs on their own usually retail at double that?
of course , u are right about the price , rob !
i'm the idiot here ... as i was stupid enough to buy the remastered edition of that cd jus' about 3 years ago & now have it spare ... & CAN'T even sell it for more than a euro to anybody , who's not also such an idiot like me - d'oh ! :-o
after all , it's all my very own fault , of course ! :-/ [/b]
Awww, I think you're being a little hard on yourself there Olaf. But, even with the extra of the DVD included for less than a price of a round of drinks, you're not tempted to buy it then, no?
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Originally posted by SF Metamatrix: p. s. : it should be forbidden to re-release remastered cds more than once a decade - seriously !
Why only ten years? I know you're against record companies 'fleecing' fans, but surely if you want re-releases of re-mastered CDs forbidden, the argument should be for a lifetime ban and not a set number of years?
I'm listening to Mesh... a favourite band of mine for a few years now. Criminally underrated in the UK.
I've just finished playing We Collide and now it's a combination of Original 93-91, In This Place Forever and the excellent Point at Which it Falls Apart.
Originally posted by Rob Harris: [QUOTE]How can this package be bad value when it retails at less than £10.00 when DVDs on their own usually retail at double that?
And of course, there's no obligation to actually buy it. Even re-issues every year don't come with a compulsory purchase order… :p :rolleyes:
oh dear ... i better stop posting anything here that anybody could see as a kind of criticism in any way , because i've quite obviously opened "pandora's box" ( which is not on that o.m.d. album btw ;-) here & certain people already start getting @ me for it ! *sigh*
SORRY for being so "unnecessary" critical here , folx ! :-o
well ... as i already wrote before : in the end it's ALL my fault , of course ! :-/
"The Sound of Water" St Etienne . Enchanting throughout . La Cracknell is awesome on the stunningly beautiful "The way we used to live" . On a par with the title track from "The Garden" . Both end in birdsong .
Originally posted by SF Metamatrix: oh dear ... i better stop posting anything here that anybody could see as a kind of criticism in any way , because i've quite obviously opened "pandora's box" ( which is not on that o.m.d. album btw ;-) here & certain people already start getting @ me for it ! *sigh*
SORRY for being so "unnecessary" critical here , folx ! :-o
well ... as i already wrote before : in the end it's ALL my fault , of course ! :-/
are u happy now !? :-o
Olaf, all you were doing is voicing your opinion & there is nothing wrong with that. So keep posting.
I won't be buying the dvd edition for two reasons.
1. I can't watch OMD live.
2. I'm still waitng for Dazzle Ships, it was supposed to be out last Autumn, so I'm in a sulk!
This very moment I'm listening to Bill Nelson's latest rather splendid release 'Gleaming without lights'. Some very nice guitar, ebow, 'twiddly bits', backwards guitar... and that's just the first 4 tracks
Led Zepellin - Kashmir Gary Numan - Haunted Sparks - #1 song in Heaven Laurie Anderson - O Superman 808 State - In your face Jean Michel Jarre - Calypso Kraftwerk - Various Ben Liebrand - Eve of the war
My Collectors´s CD of OMD´s Architecture & Morality arrived yesterday so that should be next on my system. It was the first album of the New Romantic/Synth Pop/Futuristic/New Wave genre that I bought. I have very fond memories of this one so for me it was an effortless decision to buy it. Never saw the Drury Lane concert so that´s a novelty for me.
Went through the Buzzcocks' Product. A sheer rush of adrenalin with Shelley making it oh so romantic! Possibly the most romantic punk band!
Back to Paul Haig's back catalogue. Then Again a collection of rarities in similar vein to the European Sun compilation, with 2 great tracks Time, the b-side of Running Away , and Reach the Top, never previously released, although a cover version of this appears on The Associates' The Glamour Chase.
Paul´s debut solo album Rhythm of Life was produced by the late Alex Sadkin, which includes 2 Josef K re-workings Heaven Sent and Adoration. Too electro-funk for my taste, however it has 2 excellent tracks, the singles Never Give Up (Party Party) and Justice.
Paul's classic album is the 1985 release The Warp of Pure Fun. Produced by Paul and ex- Associates Alan Rankine and includes the excellent Heaven Help You Now and The Only Truth, featuring Bernard Sumner of New Order. I was happy to read that some tracks were recorded at John´s The Garden studios with Richard Whaley engineering.
Currently listening to the soundtrack Songs From The Cool World. All OK until Ministry´s NWO blasts out. The rest is too housey for my taste. Worth checking out Brian Eno´s Under.
Back to Paul Haig's back catalogue. Then Again a collection of rarities in similar vein to the European Sun compilation, with 2 great tracks Time, the b-side of Running Away , and Reach the Top, never previously released, although a cover version of this appears on The Associates' The Glamour Chase.
Fantastic album!! Reach the top had never been released before(to my knowledge) by Paul and he only included it here as a tribute to Billy as you rightly pointed out that he'd released a version of it(have to say though that Billy's version is better,but I'm biased ) Some teriffic remixes/rare tracks on this cd. The Warp of Pure Fun is one of my most played "CD's bought to replace Vinal" ever
Work being done on the heating system This meant moving the CD stack Some fell out which I hadn't heard for donkeys' years . Just rediscovering the sheer beauty of Nottingham miserablists "Tindersticks" Stuart Staples and boys are definitely up there in the Premier League. If time allows I shall then get onto Mansun Six and Closer Joy Division
Originally posted by NerveJam: [b] Kraftwerk - Various
i can't remember that i've ever heard this "song" before !? *hehehe*
;-) [/b]
I have a tape of kraftwerk stuff, just for the car. It includes Spacelab, Man Machine, The Model, Music Non-Stop, Computer Love, Showroom Dummies, and other stuff. The other side of the tape has Sparks, Laurie Anderson, Liebrand, Moroder, etc. I stick it on, and the auto-reverse does the rest.
Yeah! It was a good show. Fantastic stage arrangements and lightings. This time the best song won. A lovely song indeed.
Enjoyed watching OMD at The Theatre Royal, Drury Lane . Andy sure does have a lot of energy! During Joan of Arc, Andy looks so emotional, not believing that he´s written such a great song. Have you noticed how Vangelis borrowed some ideas for Chariots of Fire from the song Stanlow ?
Listened again to Paul Haig´s The Warp of Pure Fun . This one surely ranks as one of those lost classic albums of the 80s. Also been listening to the other co-produced Alan Rankine album Chain. Some pretty good tracks here, Something Good, True Blue, Swinging For You.... Gorgeous cover too. Is it Audrey Hepburn?
Sorry Chris but I don't think it is. Eyes seem both smaller and not as dark. But my motto is "I've been wrong before I can be wrong again." Eurovission is dead serious here in sweden. Have been since ABBA won in Brighton 74. I was just a kid then, but I haven't changed my mind about there music. It's still dull. But at the moment I'm listning to the sound of my flat.
Gettaway! Scooch (or should that be Air Scoochia?) were brilliant.
The reason they got almost no votes was purely political, as per usual.
The Soviet bloc just voted for each other as expected, as did the balkans, etc.
The fact that Ireland, who have OFTEN won, came last gives the game away a bit..
Best way to deal with it is to quaff as much alcohol as possible, laugh along with Tel (on excellent form, as usual..), boo at the votes, and sing along with the UK entry.
Scooch were #5 in the UK chart, last time I looked. Bet the winner won't be.
A minor technicality, but I think you'll find Ireland came last in the ESC on Saturday because their song and performance were, with the best will in the world, absolutely s**t. You didn't have to be a member of a Soviet Bloc country to see that. It was so bad, I genuinely thought they were lucky to come last as it merited being asked to leave the building for multiple crimes against music!
I thought Scooch were pretty good, all things considered - a decent enough song but at least ten years too late for seriously competing in this competition. Mind you, fair play to the Serbian lad who won. The song was dreadful, but you could see exactly what it was aiming for and at.
Today, I'm back on Bowling For Soup's excellent 'The Great Burrito Extortion Case' album.
Originally posted by NerveJam: Scooch were #5 in the UK chart, last time I looked. Bet the winner won't be.
well ... england could've sent the beatles to that contest ( if they would still exist ) & they would've lost too , because this contest is NOT about charts success etc. @ all anymore , which almost nobody in the western world actually realised since ruslana won for the ukraine some years ago - d'oh ! ;-o
And I've been revisiting gary's PURE album. It's been ages since I last played it. Not as good as Jagged, but the seeds of Jagged are definately in there waiting to germinate.
Well today I went 'retro' in a very real sense. Been listening to Satchmo and Ella Fitzgerald ' Porgy and Bess'. Don't let anyone say that we don't all listen to a wide variety of music on this forum
Originally posted by Chris C: At last! The much sorted Fontana CD [b]Compass Kumpas by Dalek I Love You is playing in my system.
Chris C [/b]
Ah Compass Kumpas , brilliant album... I eventually got it 2 or 3 years ago in MP3 format. Hadn't heard it since about 1984... still great..
This week i have been listening to the album from Lovers Electric, the band that supported OMD on the A&M tour, Glasgow recently. It's rather good, some cracking harmonies. Give it a go.
Originally posted by Johnny Jazz: Well today I went 'retro' in a very real sense. Been listening to Satchmo and Ella Fitzgerald ' Porgy and Bess'. Don't let anyone say that we don't all listen to a wide variety of music on this forum
Glad to see I am not the only one that sometimes reaches way back. I recommend Miss Holiday when you are next feeling "retro" .
Originally posted by Johnny Jazz: [b] Well today I went 'retro' in a very real sense. Been listening to Satchmo and Ella Fitzgerald ' Porgy and Bess'. Don't let anyone say that we don't all listen to a wide variety of music on this forum
Glad to see I am not the only one that sometimes reaches way back. I recommend Miss Holiday when you are next feeling "retro" . [/b]
I love Miss Holiday, as well as the inimitable Django Reinhardt and Robert Johnson. I don't mind listening to 'remastered' 78's, but listening to Scott Joplin via the medium of the Edison cylinder is as far back as I've gone retro-wise, I don't want to repeat the experience
Right now right here playing YMO's Technodon. Before that, David Bowie's Heathen & Reality (another old foxx who can't stop making good music). During last weeks, lots of Moon Cakes - a Finnish hidden gem that published five great pop albums between 1991-2001.
The 4 track V2 promo sampler by The Associateswhich includes Party Fears Two, Club Country, Love Hangover and the instrumental The Associate. Still sounds very fresh today.
Another Associates CD single, their cover version of Heart of Glass. Weren´t 3" CD singles absurd in those days?
Wolfsheim´s compilation 55578 - 1987 - 1995. Although all songs sound the same the synths are really hot here with Heppner's vocals really moving. Thier classic single Sparrows and Nightingales is featured here. Their later stuff is even better!
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: Heaven 17 Compilation and Marsheaux's 'Peek A Boo' for me so far today.
Sarah B
Snap ! re the Sheffielders " I'm your money" is brilliant as is "Penthouse and Pavement" * and "At the height off the fighting " * the track in this case The album is ace too
When feeling angry, me, too, instead of going out to break things & knock people, listen to aggressive music (who am I kidding? I live in the middle of deep forest, and here are no things or folks to knock ). Anyway, in that mood I would these days put on Laibach or Ministry... Unfortunately I have been "between jobs" one year, and have not felt angry for one year
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: Marsheaux's 'Peek A Boo' for me so far today.
yeah ... i can only repeat myself here , when i say / write that this album is one of the best synth-pop albums of the past 10 years already by now ... imho , of course ! ;-)
Is this the 'Gina X' who is acknowledged on 'Assembly'? Featuring writer-musician-producer Zeus b Held...? I've always wanted to hear some of their music. Anything for download anywhere??
Yes, Birdsong. Gina X Performance were essentially a duo: Gina Kikione and Zeus B. Held, who if memory serves produced The Golden Section.
They made four albums: Nice Mover (featuring the classic club track No GDM), X-Traordinaire, Voyeur and Yinglish. The latter under just the name of Gina X. All four are available with bonus tracks. I think amazon still have them.
I don't know if anything's available for download though.
Is this the 'Gina X' who is acknowledged on 'Assembly'? Featuring writer-musician-producer Zeus b Held...? I've always wanted to hear some of their music. Anything for download anywhere??
Yes, Birdsong. Gina X Performance were essentially a duo: Gina Kikione and Zeus B. Held, who if memory serves produced The Golden Section.
They made four albums: Nice Mover (featuring the classic club track No GDM), X-Traordinaire, Voyeur and Yinglish. The latter under just the name of Gina X. All four are available with bonus tracks. I think amazon still have them.
I don't know if anything's available for download though.
Gina X herself also appeared on guest vocals on the FASHION track LOVE SHADOW which is on the Fashion album Fabrique, which was produced by Zeus B. Held.
She's not a great singer, but she has a detached quality about her voice that is appealing, like the 2 girls from Ladytron & Adult.'s singer.
Middle of the afternoon and ive only played ONE album so far today Queen - 'A Night At The Opera' (remaster) Classic album in terms of the singles and experimental album tracks too.
Originally posted by NerveJam: "Something in your picture" is a classic. Or was that "You only let your picture" ?
actually both, it has "something in your picture" and "you only left your picture", both of them good tracks. those female vocals on "love shadow" are great btw.
Peter Gabriel's 'So' and Mr Foxx's 'From Trash' are my choices so far today.
'So' takes me back to being about 12. None of my friends had any idea who PG was, but this record is one of my all time favourites, and I played it to death!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: NEU!-NEU! Wonderfullly simplistic experiments, complete with sexy drumming on Hallogallo.
Ahhhhhhhh! I love Neu! Superb band. Being a Neu! fan I also bought 'Viva!' by La Düsseldorf a few years back...oh dear - not good.
Does anyone own any of the Cluster/Eno albums? ('Cluster & Eno', 'After the Heat', 'Begegnungen' and 'Begegnungen II' ) Can anyone recommend a place to start?
Today I'm listening to 'The Garden' and for some reason today 'Nightsuit' got a few extra plays.
Few years ago I found La Düsseldorf's LP La Düsseldorf (containing the unforgettable hits Düsseldorf and La Düsseldorf, plus some minutes other titles ) for fifty cents on a fleamarket. Well, it is better than Kraftwerk's first three albums.
Not listening to player today. Just Turdus merula behind the window
The new Gary Numan Complete BBC session thing - listened to it this morning while stuck in the traffic. I suppose he was coming up around the same time as John with Ultravox (similarities no doubt already dicussed elsewhere on forum). Early stuff still sounds good.
Although there's nothing 'new' for me, it's nice to hear those early recordings, capturing Gary at the height of his rise to stardom, breaking out of all conventions of the time and providing us with a first hand live rendition of that classic sound.
Despite the odd timing mishap, I think it's a good couple of performances – back is in the days before computers and DAT tapes did all the work. These recordings also showcas Gary's skill and confidence as a performer at such a young age.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] NEU!-NEU! Wonderfullly simplistic experiments, complete with sexy drumming on Hallogallo.
Ahhhhhhhh! I love Neu! Superb band. Being a Neu! fan I also bought 'Viva!' by La Düsseldorf a few years back...oh dear - not good.
Does anyone own any of the Cluster/Eno albums? ('Cluster & Eno', 'After the Heat', 'Begegnungen' and 'Begegnungen II' ) Can anyone recommend a place to start?
Today I'm listening to 'The Garden' and for some reason today 'Nightsuit' got a few extra plays. [/b]
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] NEU!-NEU! Wonderfullly simplistic experiments, complete with sexy drumming on Hallogallo.
Ahhhhhhhh! I love Neu! Superb band. Being a Neu! fan I also bought 'Viva!' by La Düsseldorf a few years back...oh dear - not good.
Does anyone own any of the Cluster/Eno albums? ('Cluster & Eno', 'After the Heat', 'Begegnungen' and 'Begegnungen II' ) Can anyone recommend a place to start?
Today I'm listening to 'The Garden' and for some reason today 'Nightsuit' got a few extra plays. [/b]
i'm currently listening to the by now finished new recordings for my own experimental music project THE SOURCE OF TIME called "from deep within" ... ;-)
A while ago a friend gave me a copy on DVD of the film / documentary about the artist Andy Goldsworthy entitled Rivers and Tides. Anyhow, I managed to pick up a copy of its Soundtrack by Fred Frith and that's what I'm listening to at the moment...
This is an absolute must have. Every track a gem. Brilliant arrangements, superb use of beats. The synths sound really raw & dirty & Mark E. Smith's on top form. He even sings about Sven Vath on the track Flooded.
Favourite track is The Young The Faceless And The Codes.
Something Good , the only single lifted from the Chain album arrived today. It´s one of those 3" CD singles! :rolleyes: :rolleyes: The cover artwork has the same photo as Chain but on a smaller scale. It then has written below it:
potrait of audrey hepburn by angus mcbean, london c.1951
Great track too!
Also being playing some live music from Wolfsheim and Depeche Mode, Hamburg Rom and 101 respectively.
Originally posted by Chris C: Something Good , the only single lifted from the Chain album arrived today. It´s one of those 3" CD singles! Great track too!
yeah ... & i'm lucky enough to have the rather rare 12" vinyl version of it with the extended mix on it , which i usually play back to back with luxuria's "redneck" 12" & the armoury show's "love in anger" 12" ! :-)
3 of those 12" singles that will always be in my all time favorite list ! ;-)
Just got a set of 17 (read: seventeen)DAVID SYLVIAN albums in digital format(s) from a friend .. some old some new, but all sublime. I think they'll accompany me through the summer, just to get ready for the gigs in September.
This is what I wrote about Cluster earlier on this thread:
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... Then came some aural torture in the form of industrial music as performed by Kluster. They may have been the guys who invented Industrial Music but it´s certainly not for me. Even Cluster 71 and Cluster 11 are in the same vein. I´d only rescue a track from the latter "Im Suden". Then came Zuckerzeit to my amazement. This is a great album and one which ranks alongside Autobahn and Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy as the electronic albums of 1974. The unfortunate thing is that Cluster´s pioneering synth pop only lasted one album. Their next releases were very good ie Sowieoso, Cluster & Eno, After The Heat and Grosses Wasser. Not too sure about the track from After The Heat "Broken Head" as featured on Rusty´s playlist. Their 1981 release, Curiosum, was going back to their industrial days, a real shame. Begegnungen and Begegnungen II are interesting compilations involving Conny Plank. Conny Plank was their engineer even during the Kluster days ! Conny was also involved in the production at some point.
I find Neu! 75/La Dusseldorf more important to me. Their highly influential music and a number of gems can be found on the following. I´ll list my favourite tracks on each:
Neu! 75: Isi; E-Musik La Dusseldorf: Silver Cloud; Zeit Viva: Viva; Rheinita; Geld; Cha Cha 2000 Individuellos: Dampfreimen, Ich Liebe Dich, Koksknodel Neu! 4: Schone Welle; Wave Naturelle; Quick Wave Machinelle (these 3 tracks are different recordings of the same track but love them all!)
Neu! 75, La Dusseldorf and Viva are their classic albums. Rheinita was their biggest hit and Silver Cloud a close second. Both magical instrumentals. Hero and After Eight from Neu! 75 and La Dusseldorf from La Dusseldorf being punk favourites.
An article on Klaus Dinger with his comments on various matters:
More on the making of Neu! 75 etc and how his break up with Anita, his Swedish girlfriend, marked him for the better ie musically. Klaus went on a songwriting trip and made New Wave history! ie Neu! 75 and so on.
Ah, now this is a classic example of Gabriel song writing/timescales!
It was co-written with Karl Wallanger in 1991 as part of one of the Real World Studio "recording weeks" but was never finished until 2003!
To answer your question, it is available on the 2003 compilation album, "HIT".
An alternative version of the track was released as single in November 2003 but failed to chart I think
An instrumental version of BYUBYD also appeared on a promo CD for the album (which also featured instrumental versions of Big Time, More than This, Secret World, Signal to Noise and a new track, Wild).
Sorry, getting carried away there...
Send me a PM with your address if you'd like to hear it.
"Hit" is a good compilation. The sound quality os great and there are a few nice extra tracks such as Lovetown, the Robbie Robertson mix of I Have the Touch and a different version of The Tower that Ate People.
Nice touch Karwin. I've had the second album by Dartford and the Wood Warblers on this afternoon… Picked up a couple of singles by Blackcap earlier, but that's pretty ordinary Top 40 stuff round here. Snipe on backing vocals was a clever twist
I have, however been in a sweaty, smoky pub this evening rocking to The Wurzels!! Seriously - at the right time, right atmosphere these boys have a rare talent :p
Sly & The Family Stone - 'There's a Riot Goin' On'. I've been meaning to buy this album for years.
Basically; it's the early 70s and Sly gets one of the first drum machines - a Rhthym Ace and sits in a house in LA for months and months recording with various machines and musicians while high on drugs. Brilliant!
Its probably just me, but this album sounds like a mixter of 'gothic rock' and 'folk music'. Theres no stand out tracks on two listens now, but overall the album works.
This morning has been the classic Bowie concert 'Stage' from hes '78 world tour. Noticed the set list is kind of in era sections, much like Johns today.
I always liked the "sectioning" of the Stage CD, but I was sad to discover recently that the tracks were re-arranged afterwards. On the reissue from a couple of years ago the tracks were back in the original setlist order complete with a few extras.
Still a great live album though. I like the more electronic approach to the Ziggy Stardust medley.
Originally posted by Alex S: [QB] I always liked the "sectioning" of the Stage CD, but I was sad to discover recently that the tracks were re-arranged afterwards.
Oh blimey
[EDIT] So its another for the case of making each release, the first AND definitive issue.
The original concert (and therefore recording tracklist) as as follows:
1. Warszawa 2. Heroes 3. What In The World 4. Be My Wife 5. Blackout 6. Sense Of Doubt 7. Speed Of Life 8. Breaking Glass 9. Beauty And The Beast 10. Fame Disc: 2 1. Five Years 2. Soul Love 3. Star 4. Hang On To Yourself 5. Ziggy Stardust 6. Art Decade 7. Alabama Song 8. Station To Station 9. Stay 10. TVC 15
Personally I have grown accustomed to, and prefer, the original version. Apparenatly Tony Visconti also edited the "boos" out from unappreciative morons in the crowd who didn't like the instrumental tracks from "Low" and "Heroes".
Ah, right. I've got the old / original version, with the following tracklisting:
1. Hang On To Yourself 2. Ziggy Stardust 3. Five Years 4. Soul Love 5. Star 6. Station To Station 7. Fame 8. TVC 15 9. Warszawa 10. Speed Of Life 11. Art Decade 12. Sense Of Doubt 13. Breaking Glass 14. Heroes 15. What In The World 16. Blackout 17. Beauty And The Beast 18. Alabama Song
Great, that means i bought the latest version without even knowing that i was. Have since found theres at least three versions -the first has the 18 tracks above out of order, the second is remastered with those tracks in order, and a third is remastered with the tracks in order plus the extra two that were missing from the first two issues. Theres also an audio DVD version now. :rolleyes:
is it really that old? well, quite good actually .. I'd always heard it was his 'down' album (hence title) but it doesn't seem particularly so by my standards anyway. I'd always liked the drum sound on Sound & Vision which seems to be constant throughout - i was also surprised that some tracks are really short, although some extra long ones there too. (Warszawa) Quite strange starting with an instrumental, esp considering Bowie has / had such a characteristic voice, but all in all I am pleasantly surprised.
yeah I listened to scary monsters a few times when it first came out - there was a weird cool guy at Sixth form who was really into Bowie and he used to go around with SM under his arm! We got sort of friendly because I told him I liked the Human League who were still pretty hip (pre-Dare) and Metamatic by a bloke called John Foxx! - and so we used to listen to SM on the common room record player ... ahhhh, happy times.
Haven't listened to it since tho so it might be worth a spin.
This kind of fits with the latest situation. Years ago i bought all the Bowie cds (at that time) when they came out with extra tracks, a few years later those remasters hit the shops but without extras. Cant wait for reissue, remastered, extra tracks versions, and the possiblity of buying about 30 albums again. :rolleyes:
Played the Japan - 'Tin Drum' a second time since this morning and decided its in my all time top 20 albums. If it was not for John and Ultravox it would be in my top 10!!
Originally posted by newvox: This kind of fits with the lastest situation. Years ago i bought all the Bowie cds (at that time) when they came out with extra tracks, a few years later those remasters hit the shops but without extras. Cant wait for reissue, remastered, extra tracks versions, and the possiblity of buying about 30 albums again. :rolleyes:
Are they re-issuing them again with the extras? I saw the new edition of 'Young Americans' but couldn't find any news on 'Station to Station', 'Low' or 'Heroes'.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Are they re-issuing them again with the extras? I saw the new edition of 'Young Americans' but couldn't find any news on 'Station to Station', 'Low' or 'Heroes'.
No it was just an impending thought.
I had no idea about the new edition of 'Young Americans' If its a remaster with extra tracks, im gonna go mad!!!!!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Are they re-issuing them again with the extras? I saw the new edition of 'Young Americans' but couldn't find any news on 'Station to Station', 'Low' or 'Heroes'.
No it was just an impending thought.
I had no idea about the new edition of 'Young Americans' If its a remaster with extra tracks, im gonna go mad!!!!!
It's a 2CD job with a DVD I think - I just saw it in HMV a few weeks back. That's what made me think that they may re-issue the others.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Member D! You've not heard 'Low' before!?
I envy you -
Yeah, funny isn't it!? I've never really been 'into' Bowie even tho I've always heard what a major influence he is on everyone from Gary Numan to Kaiser Chiefs (or whoever the latest one is). Although I can appreciate that, I've always sort of kept Bowie to one side ... perhaps its old age creeping on!
I have been through a period where I sort of stopped listening to rock, and experimented various types of music, (trip-hop, drum'n'bass, chill-out). As a result, I had absolutely no wish to listen to anything new.
Last year I started digging my collection in search of 80's cd's and tapes, because I wanted to recapture the spirit of those years. This is what I'm listening to, at the moment:
Talking Heads Wire - 154 Area - Arbeit Macht Frei The triple Virgin collections by David Bowie and Roxy Music and Brian Ferry Blancmange Altered Images "Marie-Antoinette" Soundtrack with (Bow Wow Wow, New Order, Adam and the Ants, etc.) Brian Eno - Before and After Science David Byrne and Brian Eno - My Life in the Bush of Ghosts Ultravox - Ha ha ha ha! and "The Island Years" (those have been in my record player non-stop for a week now)
just listening to old prodigy singles (everybody in the place, charly, out of space), they sound still surprisingly good and all these early ones have excellent b-sides. timeless music!
Simple Minds – various tracks from Reel to Real Cacophony, Empires & Dance, Sons & Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, New Gold Dream, Once Upon A Time, Cry and Black & White 050505.
Originally posted by psychocandy: [QUOTE]Originally posted by MemberD: [qb] i recommend scary monsters too, his last great album.
ooh, I'm afraid I have to disagree!
All the music journos hailed his last couple of albums as "the best thing since Scary Monsters" which was also the case with previous albums! But who cares about what the critics say. Personally I don't think Scary Monsters is that great. Take out the 3 main singles, and it's a standard rock album. I always thought "Ashes to Ashes" sounded sadly out of place on there.
His last truly great album for me was 1.Outside. The albums that followed – Earthling, Hours and Heathen were great, but not as great. I was very disappointed with Reality.
For me, Bowie's most creative periods were 1993-97 (with Outside and Buddha of Suburbia standing out as the best, and 1976-19, Station to Station through to Lodger.
But the Berlin Trilogy - Low/Heroes/Lodger – is a set of albums worth hearing. Lodger is the odd one out because it has no instrumentals (and it wasn't actually recorded in Berlin either... but neither was all of Low!) however I think it is one hell of an underrated album. Lodger is just as experimental as Low or Heroes but in a different way. It experiments with sounds in the same way the other two albums do, but from a different pallette - this time being more world music oriented. The first part of Lodger is a bit like a travelogue, with a lot of eastern musical influences. And overall it contains some of his best vocals and most unusual songs.
Anyway I was waiting for your intervention Alex and thanks for your advice. I've decided to really get 'into' Low before going on to anyhting else. I'm not quite bored with it yet!
You're right about Ashes to Ashes on SM&SC .. it really does stand out, but I'm just wondering if that's because it' so familiar whereas the others aren't.
One thing with Scary Monsters, is it doesn't sound its age or of its time. What's great about it is it's simply timeless and contains some of David's best vocals, in a similar style to Lodger.
Perhaps you're right about Ashes to Ashes being too familiar. It's also the most electronic sounding track on the album.
Year of the Tiger by La! Neu ?, Klaus Dinger´s most recent outfit. The last and best of their 4 studio albums. A percussive driven album with his drumming on the 2nd track sounding like Warren Cann´s. Whatever happened to the follow up Japandorf, unreleased to this date??!!?
Morning Glory on the way to work Young Love and Your Dress at lunch From Trash on the way home and early evening And..I'm just about to watch the Virgin Video!
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: "No more shall we part " Nick Cave
Probably one of his finest albums. I saw him perform 'God is in the House' on Later with Jool Holland once, and it was one of those rare jaw-dropping moments. A breathtaking performance of a beautiful song
Originally posted by Birdsong: Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] "No more shall we part " Nick Cave
Probably one of his finest albums. I saw him perform 'God is in the House' on Later with Jool Holland once, and it was one of those rare jaw-dropping moments. A breathtaking performance of a beautiful song [/b]
Agreed I feel "The Boatman's Call" just shades it .
Originally posted by MemberD: Japan "Assemblage" . .(needed a break from 'Low' and I woke up this morning with 'Suburban Berlin' in my head...mmm must be a link there somewhere)
Good choice Apparantly that plus The Snow Goose Camel and Autobahn Kraftwerk are winging their way from Merseyside over The Alps in the form of a birthday present from my brother Postino sbrigati ! *
*"Get a move on postie" for the non Italian speakers
This morning, it was the other side of the old "Architecture & Morality" tape. It was labelled as Rage in Eden, but turned out to be Ultravox, but some sort of singles collection. Very nice. Most of Vienna, Thin Wall, etc, Reap the Wild Wind, blah blah. Oh yeah, Sleepwalk. I LOVE Sleepwalk. That was the track that got me into Ultravox in the first place. (Discovered Ultravox! later..) I think I bought Sleepwalk just after Underpass. (I remember the lads in the pub singing along to that,too: UnderPAAANTS!) But I digress.. (Help, I'm turning into Ronnie Corbett..)
Sang along all the way to work. Worrying that I can remember all the words, but have trouble remembering what happened yesterday..
Anyway, rolled into the car park at work with "All stood still" blasting out, singing along, and bopping away. The BIGBOSS was surprised.
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: Incidentally, is anyone going to the David Sylvian gigs later this year? I'm at the Birmingham Symphony Hall show on 18 September.
Sarah
Sarah. hoping to go to at least one of his gigs in Italy, since he has taken the trouble to come to this fair land (and as mentioned before is doing more gigs here than in 'Great' Britain)
Nerve Jam: yes Ultravox did some great singles - I too discovered them only from Sleepwalk onwards .. remeber them on TOTP summer 1980, the 're-vamped' show after the strike where they wrote the name of the band on the screen at the beginning and end of song, usually with some 'fancy' graphics....yeahhhh..soooooo (early)eighties.
Ultravox ! Aladdin Sane The Baumeister (Bob the Builder!) Sunburst Finish Be Bop Deluxe Queen 2 plus This is my truth ... Manics and of course only for today SIMEGA ! *
A Marian Gold night! One of the finest voices in modern music. A great songwriter too.
First was Alphaville´sCrazyshow excerpts a promo of 11 selected tracks from the Crazyshow 4CD album, the follow up to the brilliant Salvation . I might say that this is one of the finest and they haven´t lost their spark. The track Carry on Your Flag is a testament.
A similar release was Visions of Dreamscapes. Selected tracks from the Dreamscapes 8CD boxset. Yep 8CDs of demos and rarities. Something I was longing for John to do. But I like his idea of 2CD albums.
Europe After the Rain (very appropriate this morning) and most of The Garden ... understand why it was quite a shock after Metamatic and I rejected it for many years. Appreciate it a little more now.
Blondie - Blondie This is SUCH a good album. "In the Flesh", "Rip her to Shreds" etc. Followed by Blondie - Plastic Letters ("Detroit 442" etc) Kate Bush - Aerial Nick Cave - Your Funeral The Best of the Pixies Moby - Hotel I picked this up in a charity shop for a kwid. I don't know his stuff. This starts off as a pretty good album, but the second half kind of wanders around a bit and gets too 'fluffy' Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works earlier in the week a friend reminded me of this collection. best thing for the office on a hot day Bjork - Medulla This is the only album of hers that still works for me a couple of years after release
Dalek I Love You - Dalek I Love You. Fine unheralded album where the bonus tracks actually raise the overall standard. Stylistically I would put it somewhere between The Associates and Blancmange, with maybe the odd hint of Fashion.
The Dickies - Dogs From The Hare That Bit Us. Short and sweet album of supercharged cool covers of mainly sixties songs.
Wire - A Bell Is A Cup Until It Is Struck. Last album I bought and gets better with every play. Like a darker sounding, goth-edged Morrissey.
Today I've been listening to Billy Currie's Stand Up and Walk . Ive got some very fond memories of this album - as it led to my meeting up with Cerise and getting involved with the whole 'Ultravox' thing. Its very difficult to believe that it's now sixteen years old... where does the time go?
Originally posted by MemberD: Alone in the office today so it's J Foxx full on: Live from a Room and Shifting City so far. Kate Bush also waiting patiently in the wings, bless her.
Strangely enough ,the little one is playing "The Whole Story" in heavy rotation If I hear that bloody "Sat in your lap" one more time I will not be accountable for my actions !!
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Strangely enough ,the little one is playing "The Whole Story" in heavy rotation If I hear that bloody "Sat in your lap" one more time I will not be accountable for my actions !!
Yee Gads. Verily I will not have you blaspheming 'gainst the Lady, Sire! Sat In You Lap b/w Lord of the Reedy River .. one of my all time top 10 7" singles (No-One Driving double pack 7" in there too of course..)
Well it was a Foxxy morning but a very, er, Bushy afternoon ... Lionheart, Never Forever & Live at Hammermsith , plus doing some 'research' into her interesting and somewhat tortured career .. all of this in office time..yipeeeeee. Heeeeathcliffe.....!
Joy Division (She's lost control), B.A.D. (Good Technology), the Cure (Funeral Party), D.A.F.(The Mussolini), The Passage (Something about Freckles?), Sisters of Mercy (After hours), and gawd-knows-what-else...
Who did "A new dark age"? and "Trapped in a maze of mesh and lace" (probably not the correct title..)
Originally posted by NerveJam: Who did "A new dark age"? and "Trapped in a maze of mesh and lace" (probably not the correct title..)
"Trapped in a maze of mesh and lace" if the chorus goes something like "I'll stop the world and melt with you" then it's 'Melt With You' by Modern English (4AD) - Nouvelle Vague did a cover that was on a mobile phone ad last year.
The Sisters! I loved The Sisters! 'Afterhours' just burns...
Originally posted by Chris C: [b] Currently listening to [b]The Golden Age Of Wireless by Thomas Dolby. Some timeless synth tunes here.[/b]
Most definitely !! [/b]
that's so true, but why can't they reissue it with the proper tracklisting??? [/b]
I have both vinyl editions of the album with the different tracklistings. What's odd about them for me is with just a few changes to the tracks and the running order, just how different they both sound in comparison to each other. The 'Fairchild' edition seems much more quiet than the poppier, punchy ‘Science’ edition. Silly I know!
Today I'm listening to 'Becoming X' by Sneaker Pimps; co-incidentally another album that got a poppier make-over and re-issue shortly after having a hit. I'm listening to the original version of the album as the band intended it to be heard.
Originally posted by NerveJam: [b] Who did "A new dark age"? and "Trapped in a maze of mesh and lace" (probably not the correct title..)
"Trapped in a maze of mesh and lace" if the chorus goes something like "I'll stop the world and melt with you" then it's 'Melt With You' by Modern English (4AD) - Nouvelle Vague did a cover that was on a mobile phone ad last year.
Originally posted by NerveJam: [b] Who did "A new dark age"? and "Trapped in a maze of mesh and lace" (probably not the correct title..)
"Trapped in a maze of mesh and lace" if the chorus goes something like "I'll stop the world and melt with you" then it's 'Melt With You' by Modern English (4AD) - Nouvelle Vague did a cover that was on a mobile phone ad last year.
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No! NOT Nouvelle Vague again...
GRRRRRRR!!!! [/b]
I'm not a fan either! I hate the way they take great songs, full of varied tones, emotion and colour and reduce them to the aural equivalent of wallpaper.
And yesterday FOUR elo albums in a row 'Eldorado', 'OLE', 'Discovery' and 'Zoom'. (Zoom being the comeback album after a thirteen year gap, and not a patch on the early ones)
Aaah , like these threads yesterday it was a Bowie run -through: Memories of a free Fest. - The Man Who Sold The World - Ziggy ( Big Anniversary ),
then The Sisters First And Last And Always ( luv Afterhours too , still play this quite a bit )
Got into a Ronson jag ( this bootleg CD The Axeman Cometh live, off TV , rehearsal cuts /takes) and Ian Hunter's first solo LP (some ripping Ronno solos there)
Ended out with Cluster , just saw them play in Lyon beginning of May with a Quad /Surround sound set up , great stuff , almost no beats . Sweet ...
Today it's Klaxons; ‘Myths of the Near Future’ (again) and ‘Oramics’ by Daphne Oram.
Daphne Oram was the woman who built and designed the first BBC Radiophonic Workshop in 1958. She left to develop her own electronic music technique; ‘Oramics’ – which consisted of drawing onto strips of 35mm film which covered a series of photo-electric cells that in turn generated an electrical charge to control the sound fequency, timbre, amplitude and duration…all by 1963!
Originally posted by MemberD: Daphne sounds well interesting..but wasn't it Delia Derbyshire who did the Radiophonic Workshop thing back then?
Hi D,
Delia took over from Daphne in 1962. Basically; during WW2 whilst most men-folk were away at war, Auntie Beeb’s radio service was staffed by a lot of women. The women weren’t allowed to do anything ‘manly’ like reading the news etc, but could be relied on to keep the services running*. Post-war, things remained much the same, which later on created the odd situation that most of the experimental electronic music made in the UK at the time was done by a) the BBC and b) women, because at the time, it seemed ‘too frivolous’ a subject for serious men to involve themselves with*. Daphne was only given the go ahead to start the Radiophonic Workshop only after the BBC found out that a radio station in Paris had set up something similar and didn’t want to be seen out of touch, and for some light programmes it was cheaper than an orchestra.
(* - this is NOT my opinion! Taken from interviews with Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire)
Originally posted by MemberD: Thanks again .. amazing stuff..and what a gal! The sort of person that I'd go and visit if I travelled back in time.
You're right it's great stuff! That post-war period was kind of like a Wild West of electronics; there was no 'cool'/rules/schools of thought to adhere to - just a lot of thoughts saying; 'What if?'
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I tried to like Interpol but they sounded like Joy Division-Lite to me - maybe I'm getting old!
Funny that. I tried liking Joy Division.
I think Interpol is one of the best of the new groups. [/QB]
Hi Maryann,
I saw Interpol live and they were very, very good. Perhaps it's unfair to compare them to the mighty Joy Division but Interpol seem to be so in debt to them you can't help but draw comparisons.
When 'Control' the movie comes out later this year - give it ago, it may put the music of Joy Division in the right context.
Garry: Thanks. I will. I was being quite sincere about Joy Division. I was basically doing the reverse of what you did; looking backwards to what Interpol (and She Wants Revenge) was being compared with. Joy Division never got much play here.
Been playing Numan all afternoon (while working)thank Appleness for Ipod. 'Berserker' and 'Strange Charm', okay only middle albums but well in need of being remastered.
But I'm a "born-again" Numanoid. Lost touch around "I Assassin", then picked it up again with Sacrifice. Anything in-between doesn't count. I'm not unique, and Numan himself doesn't play stuff from THAT period either.. I love the later stuff, PURE, CRAZIER, HYBRID, JAGGED, ARTIFICIAL PERFECT....
Same thing with Foxx, I never really went further than METAMATIC (and it was years after it's release that I got the album: thanks Jill) Then nothing again until Overpass. Then it was Foxx/Gordon ever since.
Maybe it's because both artists have returned to doing what they do best?
Today I'm actually listening to other peoples music again, after finishing my own album. Since that album is in swedish and ment for kids but still containing the best pop/rock/dance/synth music me and my co-writers can write, it will be something you lot will never hear.
Today I'm actually listening to other peoples music again, after finishing my own album. Since that album is in swedish and ment for kids but still containing the best pop/rock/dance/synth music me and my co-writers can write, it will be something you lot will never hear. At the moment I'm playing my favorite game (no not the song) but what three I should bring to a deserted island. Even though I'm not to fond on nostalgia (I don't diny my eightes teenage period either) after testing my three songs that I would bring if it happned today are
No-one has ever done kitsch and melodrama as well as Marc Almond. This is a superbly crafted album of tenderness, passion and all things that sparkle in the dirt. Listening to this in the dark for the first time last week, I must confess… I cried
The last track, Redeem Me is one of his own, a classic blend of despair and hope.
Originally posted by Alex S: I only found out about the free PG CD today and I'm quite sad that I missed it... even though I probably have everything on it!
Sarah, what was the tracklisting?
Do you have a scanner? I'd really like to see the artwork.. if you please!
Hi Alex
Tracks are as follows: 1 Father,Son 2 The Tower that Ate People (Remix) 3 Of These, Hope 4 The Rhythm of the Heat 5 No Self Control 6 Don't Break This Rhythm 7 I Grieve 8 Secret World 9 I Have the Touch (Robbie Robertson Remix) 10 Red Rain 11 Solsbury Hill (Live) 12 Sledgehammer (Live) 13 Don't Give Up (Live) 14 In Your Eyes (Live)
I might be getting a spare copy, so if I do, it's yours if you want it.
Sorry but I don't have a scanner. I have just taken a photo of the cover and I will email it to you shortly.
This morning I've been listening to a combination of Gabriel's "Ovo" and "Rabbit Proof Fence" with bits of "Passion" and "Birdy" thrown in the mix. All go together remarkably well.
If you really loved ‘Drift Music / Translucence’ or ‘Ambient #2 / The Plateaux of Mirror’ then there’s a good chance you’ll love this too. I fell in love with Fennesz’ music when I heard his work on the track ‘A Fire in the Forest’ by David Sylvian (‘Blemish’ 2003). Fennesz has been described as the ‘My Bloody Valentine of Laptop electronica’ – his music is created by transforming his guitar with electronics into beautiful skyscraper-sized soundscapes of tones, glitch and noise that in places echo moments of ‘Loveless’. Sakamoto contrasts Fennesz’ electronic vistas with some beautiful sparse piano work that echoes Budd, the result is absolutely beautiful.
There are a few samples to try on the BBC Experimental Music page - http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/p6rg/ If you like what you hear I recommend ‘Endless Summer’ and his most recent solo outing ‘Venice’ which features ‘Transit’ another collaboration with David Sylvian.
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw Kon Kan? Didn't they have a song in the charts in the late 80's, something about 'I beg your Pardon, I never promised you a Rose Garden'? Or have I completely lost the plot??
That's the one!
P.S. I eventually found your cunningly-hidden "add to friends" button... (spectralresponse)
Spectators special edition by Wolfsheim which contains some bonus live tracks.
Space aka Marouani & Romanelli. I had completely forgotten about this band, perhaps it stayed behind in the late 70s disco scene. Magic Synthetiseurs is a CD collection of the their 4 LPs and yes, it is cross between Jarre and Moroder. The tracks are very much of the era but Magic Fly is a must in anyone´s collection. Brings a smile to my face. Time surely flies by in a rather sweet way!
This morning I´m drifting away with Fra Lippo Lippi´s Light and Shade. Away goes the electronics and in comes some beautiful piano pieces.
The Notorious Byrd Brothers - The Byrds I was reccomended this album a while back by a good friend of mine. I am very grateful to them because this album is a flippin masterpiece. Kick back and let this brief (only 29 minutes long) piece of heavenly music take you away.
Der Sheriff (Anti-Amerikanisches Lied) - D.A.F. Intense and minimalistic, nuff said.
Party Mix - B52s Is this a band that people are ashamed to like but secretly do? I stand proud and proclaim that I love 'Wild Planet' and the disasterous David Byrne produced Mesapotamia (don't know why these tracks were canned, I reckon it sounds brilliant!!) and their other 80s stuff (not 'loveshack' tho - I actually drove down the Atlanta highway and there really is a love shack, its a sex/drug parafinilia shop). So there!
1+2 - Recoil I like this because I like Alan Wilder. I think he worked real hard in Depeche Mode and helped them forge a new darker sound which kept them from dissapearing into post 80's obscurity. This is his very first release which came out in 86 whilst they were finishing off Black Celebration.
Tago Mago(re-mastered) - CAN Get your psychodelic jammin inner space head on. Groundbreaking, influential and deeply unconventional.
Don't quite know why but I've had 'Blurred Girl' in my head all day ...can't even remember the last time I listened to it properly but I will do tonight. JF is trying to tell me something.
Scritti Politti 'White Bread, Black Beer' - last years nominated album. Have to confess it all sounds like one song and goes on far too long. Maybe I need more coffee.
i've listened to alan wilder a.k.a. recoil's new single "prey" twice again today , but i still think "what a crap !" , sorry ! :-/
much better is the new album by the chemical brothers called "we are the night" , which is a stunning return to form - imho - & the instumental tune called "das spiegel" ( bad german ! *hehehe* ) from it has already become my 2nd favorite tune of this summer ... besides tori amos' "bouncing off clouds" , which is simply gorgeous - yeah ! :-)
Omd "Omd"(remaster),great stuff,one of their best albums. Strange though as the vinal version I have has the Black cut cover with the orange inner(I belive the Black was only ment to come with a pink inner) but the inner sleeve does depict the black on orange.The Original cut cover was ment to be blue but I've never personaly seen one as I was the only one in my area to be into them at the time.Maybe the record shop got them mixed up and some poor sod has a blue cover with a pink inner
Listening to a tape of Live from a room in the car, I hit FFWD at the end of one side, and the radio came on. Radio One. (Yuck) But hey, what's this? Lily Allen/Mark Ronson: "Oh my God". It's rather good. I even ejected the tape to listen to the radio for a bit.
And then Moyles (yuck squared) came on. Tape goes back in.
22 track compilation from French magazine Rock et Folk Quite good "Of Montreal The Bishops Emily Haines Les Breastfeeders* and 68 year old ex head honcho of Mott Ian Hunter** amongst others Quite good really * French plural article not name as in ex Mud singer
** Must have went to school with John !!!!! (0nly joking but we 'll have to find his birthdate out)
i'm currently listening to a bunch of promo cds that i've got by various artists in the past month , as it's usually not the easiest listening process & some stuff of it is rather horrible , but then again ... u ( almost ;-) always find a few hidden gems in there too ! ;-)
so far i'm still searching for the really good stuff ... ;-)
Just gone through a series of mp3's of live recordings of The Associates. Interesting to find that much of the masterpiece Sulk had been recorded and played live by the end of 1980, which is a good 2 years before it´s release. The sound is very guitar driven and very rough but the songs were there, even the unreleased follow up to 18 Carat Love Affair, Australia.
Through the Situation 2 period in 1981 The Associates started to experiment with synthesisers, although the 2 best tracks out of these experiments, Party Fears Two and Club Country were reserved for the demo tape sent to Warners.
The Associates had considerable time to arrive at their lush sound of Sulk . Perhaps the arrival of Martha Ladly ex Martha and the Muffins helped on the B-side of the album ie the new tracks Skipping and Nothing in Something Particular. The single Love Hangover was another result of this collaboration.
The follow up to Sulk would have been interesting with Ladly taking a greater role not only in the arrangements but also in the songwriting . 18 Carat Love Affair, Love Hangover, Australia and Waiting for the Loveboat would have been an integral part of the new album. Billy before the recording of the album and even before the Sulk World Tour decided to disband. He never liked mega tours and fame. A dissapointment but his later work yielded some classics. Funnily enough he kept The Associates name.
Billy Mackenzie RIP was truly a maverick and his songs and voice still remain fresh in our ears and hearts.
The Human League – ‘Travelogue’; quite possibly my favourite album of all time. I deliberately haven’t listened to this album since 2002 as I reckon I had played it at least 2-3 times a week, every week since 1983 and was beginning to get very worried for my sanity . Locking it away also meant that I would actually get off my backside and listen to new stuff.
Well, I’ve listened to lots of new music, been to lots of gigs/happenings/ one-off-life-affirming-moments and…’Travelogue’ is still quite possibly my favourite album of all time!
“Pick ‘Hit’ or ‘Phone-In’ show; I don’t want you to go tonight…”
I’m off to run-round the garden in my mothers shoes…
Originally posted by RadioBeach: “The way it was in the past…”
The Human League – ‘Travelogue’;
Good shout Beach. Timeless classic. I read recently about a cover version of Black Hit of Space, video on YouTube too methinks too. Don't know if the chanteuse quotes "Get James Burke on the case" which has to be one of the best lines/rhymes of all time. Remember James Burke on Thursday nights? Brilliant. (.. furtively googles James Burke ).
Back on topic. Grabbed Simple Minds Sons & Fascination CD to listen to in the traffic this morning. Great sound, great toons.
I've been meaning to pick up the re-issues of 'Empires & Dance' and 'Sons & Fascination’ for some time. 'Empires & Dance' was easily their best album and the b-sides (I’m assuming the re-issues have all the b-sides) during their 'Sons & Fascination/Sister Feeling Call’ era are stunning. I confess, I lost interest in them after that.
Regarding ‘Travelogue’ – is the 2003 re-master any good? I was put off buying when I put the original CD issue of ‘Reproduction’ and they’d screwed up the intro to ‘Path of Least Resistance’. And yes, I remember James Burke!
Travelogue remaster is excellent, Garry. Some people rate Reproduction higher than Travelogue, but I think Travelogue is a masterpiece.
My favourite double pack E.P. if all time is Holiday 80, which just pips John's No-One Driving dp/ep. Played it to death for ages when I bought it. The cover is brilliant also.
Been listening to, these on my Nanopod:
Siouxsie & The Banshees: Kaleidoscope Dead Can Dance: Dead Can Dance Aphex Twin: On ep.1 Miss Kittin: Requiem For A Hit/ Happy Violentine/The Masterplan/Neukoln/I Come.Com Arcade Fire: Neon Bible
The track I Come.Com is jaw-droppingly out of this world astonishing brilliance!!
Arcade Fire: If you like Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, you may like this band. The singer sounds a lot like Ian Mcculloch from Echo & The Bunnymen & that's a good thing. This is a really strong album with great instrumentation. The mastering is really good on this. In a way that it doesn't sound loud, crisp & digitally clean. There's also a bit of a Tom Waits influence in there, too.
David Bowie has praised Arcade Fire, so he still has good taste in music.
Cheers for the advice on the ‘Travelogue’ re-master. ‘Sons & Fascination / Sister Feelings Call’ re-issue;
1. In Trance As Mission 2. Sweat In Bullet 3. Seventy Cities As Love Brings The Fall 4. Boys From Brazil 5. Love Song 6. This Earth That You Walk Upon 7. Sons And Fascination 8. Seeing Out The Angel 9. Theme For Great Cities 10. American 11. Twentieth Century Promised Land 12. Wonderful In Young Life 13. League Of Nations 14. Careful In Career 15. Sound In Seventy Cities
Siouxsie & The Banshees – I love that band – ‘Juju’ is my fave. Looking forward to re-issues of ‘Nocturne’ and ‘A Kiss In The Dreamhouse’ if/when they get round to releasing them.
I’ve not anything by Arcade Fire, I can recommend Klaxxons though – superb album. Haven’t heard Miss Kittin for ages!
@ paul a.k.a. nervejam : i was only amused about the way u wrote paul's surname - that's all , m8 ! :-)
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Originally posted by NerveJam: I got HIS surname wrong. But I'm English. (ish). We don't do umlauts. So it's Brucken.
erm ... nope , not really ... as it has to be BRUECKEN to be correct ( & indeed very pedantic ;-) !
btw : my surname in german is JÜRß , but as it even contains 2 umlaute the international way to write it properly is JUERSS ! ;-)
i was once called in a hotel lobby in london years ago & the porter said "a phone call for mr. YOURB !" ... & i couldn't help myself & simply had to *lol* ! ;-) since that time i always use the international way to write my name , when i'm not in a german speaking country ! :-)
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Originally posted by NerveJam: Similarly, we don't do French punctuation much either. So it's a Cafe, OK?
Been playing a mixture of Editors new album & the Twang (I do like to take the p out of their accents but its like the pot calling the kettle black....
Originally posted by SF Metamatrix: @ paul a.k.a. nervejam : i was only amused about the way u wrote paul's surname - that's all , m8 ! :-)
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Originally posted by NerveJam: [b] I got HIS surname wrong. But I'm English. (ish). We don't do umlauts. So it's Brucken.
erm ... nope , not really ... as it has to be BRUECKEN to be correct ( & indeed very pedantic ;-) !
btw : my surname in german is JÜRß , but as it even contains 2 umlaute the international way to write it properly is JUERSS ! ;-)
i was once called in a hotel lobby in london years ago & the porter said "a phone call for mr. YOURB !" ... & i couldn't help myself & simply had to *lol* ! ;-) since that time i always use the international way to write my name , when i'm not in a german speaking country ! :-)
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Originally posted by NerveJam: Similarly, we don't do French punctuation much either. So it's a Cafe, OK?
cafe is okay , but i prefer cappuccino ! *hehehe*
cheers , m8 ! :-) [/b]
*engage "devil's advocate" mode* Sorry. I'm English. We don't do "international". Even when we go "abroad" we call everyone else "foreigners".. We also look out for British establishments, eg English Pubs/ Fish and Chips, etc.. We also insist on speaking English, and can't be bothered to learn foreign languages even if we emigrate.
John´s entire back catalogue. It's an amazing collection of songs. You can feel the link from In Mysterious Ways to Electrofear to Shifting City. Actually, that´s wrong. Somewhere in-between Electrofear and Shifting City is the unreleased Blitz EP, versions of some of these songs appeared later on Sideways. Cathedral Oceans I amazingly sounds like an instrumental disc accompanying The Garden .
Off to listen to the new box set from Mute Records, Mute Audio Documents 1978-1984 ...
I'm listening to various songs/albums by Mike Oldfield.
I'm halfway through his autobiography, "Changeling", which is a fantastic and interesting read. I would seriously recommend it to any fans of his work.
He's probably one of those artists you either get or you don't. A lot of people look too deep into the music and confuse themselves. Others just don't like it.
Tubular Bells is so often referred to as a concept album, but it's not, and it wasn't intended that way. It was written as a musical safehaven for himself - a world to escape from his panic attacks, nothing more. Although he did wan to create something different, with staying power - and he certainly did.
I do think with his music you can be quite selective. He did a lot of albums in the 80s that were not so great. His early work and more recent stuff is his best for me personally.
I've always been a fan of instrumental music, to the extent of now making my own. But that's because Tubular Bells was one of the first albums I can remember hearing, and I guess something clicked and it stuck with me since.
Originally posted by NerveJam: I've never really Got Mike Oldfield.
Oh I did - well up to QE2 anyway, but then I didn't. Apart from Tub Bells 2 which is wonderful stuff (but then he lost it again). I love Incantations and can listen to it from start to finish without any harmful side effects. Just last week I dug out Guilty live from 'Exposed' which is brilliant, esp. the way it becomes 'Tub Bells' at the end. Bit of an odd ball our Mike but then again aren't they all?
Tubular Bells II is a great album - a worthy follow up. I also have a soft spot for the more dance-based TBIII main theme.
However for me, Mike's best work of later years (after TBII) has to be 1995's "The Songs of Distant Earth". Beautiful music.
He's gone back to writing long, evolving pieces with his new album, which is orchestral. It's due out in Oct/Nov and will be called "Music of the Spheres".
NewOrder - Technique: - not a duff track on it (although Run is my least favourite) and really has stood the test of time. Everyone seemed to have got it together not only on the Balearic beats ones but also straight no nonsense songs like All the Way. Barney also on top form lyrically. Brilliant.
Originally posted by Alex S: Mike Oldfield - "Guilty"
That was only a single tho wasn't it? I've got a couple of studio versions but as said before the live one is the best (of which I also have two versions unless I'm mistaken).
Good for jumping up and down to.
Listened to 'Platinum' this morning. How good was that. It just seems weird to me now that at the time I was listening to stuff like Platinum (a sort of modernised prog-rock) as well as stuff like The Pleasure Principle, Reproduction and then Metamatic and Travelogue soon after. Mind you our Mike was pretty hot on using synths and technology too - he had the money to 'experiment' a bit more I suppose.
I've been playing "Platinum" a lot over the last couple of days.
It's a great album, if a little unusual! The first three parts are superb. Fun, funky stuff.
By Incantations he was starting to sound out of place in the music scene, and with "Platinum", he tried doing something that would sound more modern. It paved the way for "QE2" which was another good album - and his last truly great album until "Amarok".
I think there were two versions of "Guilty" - which was a non-album single, which came out of the "Platinum" recording sessions. I think there was a long version and a short version.
Yeah, right about Platinum : the second side is a little more disjointed esp. as he had to change 'Sally' for some reason I fail to recall. I Got Rhythm is divine tho.
Guilty: yes, M Oldfield goes disco!..hence extended and 7" versions (surely one of the first to do so?). I think the live version on Music Wonderland is shorter than the Exposed one, but perhaps just my impression. Was this versh ever released in single format as B side or something?
I agree he lost it after QE2 despite the 'breakthrough' Moonlight Shadow (cringe).
I think "Moonlight Shadow" is a great track, but other than the guitar solo, it's not very Mike.
And, having read his autobiography, it seems that none of his 80s albums were really his choice. He was forced to try and do something more conventional towards the end of the 70s, and then Richard Branson started wanting songs. With that song being such a big hit, Branson just wanted more and more, so Mike did his best to write songs, but it was never his thing. "Moonlight Shadow" was a kind of one-off which he couldn't really follow.
Somebody once sent me all of his 80s albums as MP3, so I've tried to listen... but the songs/vocals... everything just doesn't appeal to me! There are some decent instrumentals hidden away on a couple of those albums though.
But like other artists in the 80s, he lost focus, lost his way. I think it was by making "Amarok" that he got back on track, with the intention of making "Tubular Bells II".
Unfortunately he first had to make one more album to finish his contract with Virgin, and Branson wanted more songs - hence "Heaven's Open".
Ok well that's good to know as I really can't bear to listen to any of his 80s albums (I got 'em too on mp3!). I always thought it was because my own musical tastes were changing but obviously it wasn't just that. In fact I didn't go near him again until TB2, so I might give Amarok a try. I've got Guitars too, but again I don't really get it. To be honest I've never listened to TB3, is it as good as step forward as TB2 was with respect to TB1?
Here are the reviews that I have written for each album on the Rate Your Music website:
AMAROK Amarok is a bizarre offering, with Mike Oldfield at his most experimental. All the tracks form one huge soundscape, with Mike playing every instrument or object he could lay his hands on. These include a chainsaw, shoes, a toothbrush and pair of wind-up toy teeth to name but a few. No samples here, and no computers – it's all done by hand. Anything that makes a noise is on this album.
Hidden between the various noises and unexpectedly loud bits, there is also some truly beautiful music – short but sweet. Certainly some of Mike's best guitar melodies. Sadly they don't last long enough before musically running off in random directions, ranging from African drumming and Zulu chanting, to flamenco guitar and tap dancing. There's also a welcome return of the Piltdown Man.
Amarok takes musical elements similar to parts of Tubular Bells, Ommadawn and QE2 and fuses them together into one hour-long piece, going back to Oldfield's original way of writing and recording – he even reunited with original Tubular Bells producer, Tom Newman. When Richard Branson heard Amarok for the first time, he thought it good enough to actually be Tubular Bells II, although Oldfield thought otherwise, and rightly so.
Despite the unusual list of 'instruments' played, Amarok is a very musical album, and after a few plays (and it can take a while to get used to), it becomes very addictive. It's one of those albums where you discover something new with each play, and with so many beautiful, melodic parts, it is a must for any true fan of Oldfield's music.
Finally, Amarok comes with a health warning for those incapable of appreciating his work: This record could be hazardous to the health of cloth-eared nincompoops. If you suffer from this condition, consult your Doctor immediately.
Tubular Bells III Rather than another continuation of the original theme, Tubular Bells III offers a refreshing, contemporary approach, with an upbeat, minimalistic variation of the classic melody.
The opening track "The Source of Secrets" and the closing medley "Secrets"/"Far Above the Clouds" work remarkably well, and the guitar-driven "Outcast" taking you back to the feel of the original album with a real energy. However the album's strongest piece by far is the stunning, epic finalé, "Far Above the Clouds". This track has to be Oldfield's most powerful and driving piece of music to date and the most adventurous use of the tubular bells. When that first huge bell thunders in, it sends a shiver down the spine. If anything "Far Above the Clouds" represents Mike Oldfield's musical zenith as far as Tubular Bells is concerned. The guitar solo is awe-inspiring, as the notes scream and cry, while one of the original album's most memorable basslines kicks in towards the end. A breathtaking and moving piece of music.
However, sandwiched in between these excellent pieces, is a mixed bag of styles, which includes flamenco and a full-vocal song, "Man in the Rain", based loosely on "Moonlight Shadow" and nice though it is, couldn't sound more out of place.
With fewer musical evolutions, Tubular Bells III is a shorter, more conventionally structured album, and the mixture of styles don't work quite as well this time round. Although the music is very good, it just doesn't flow as well.
Overall, Tubular Bells III isn't perhaps as tubular as it could have been, but even so it is an album worth checking out. I suspect the many who ridicule it, never got as far as the last two tracks.
Oh yes!It's a great site. I've become totally addicted to writing my own album reviews. Though I'm constantly updating them! I have reviewed most of my CD collection, so all of John's albums are on there :-)
Amarok is worth getting, although it can be very difficult to listen to first time round - it's an album to persist with!! It has some absolutely fantastic parts. But it's completely mental.
Just listening to The Golden Age of Wireless by Thomas Dolby . A third version of it! A very kind New Zealander made me a copy with bonus tracks. Like it more than the UK and US versions which I also have. If the remaster comes out I´ll have a 4th version. Sounds wacky but don´t we love classic synth albums!
Revisted by Cowboys International. Headed by ex Simple Minds producer Ken Lockie and included some big names like Terry Chimes, Keith Levene and Paul Simon, Robin´s brother! It´s an expanded reissue of The Original Sin, which was one of those pioneering synth albums from 1979. Love the track Thrash . The simplest and conniest of tracks often sound the best. Sometimes in songwriting it´s best to keep it simple and obvious.
Visage´s B-Sides & Rare. One of the best synth supergroups!
Duet Emmo´s Or So It Seems. As the title suggests about their music!! Very experimental built on gentle industrial sound. The title track stands out from the rest and the only track I remember from it! Duet Emmo was a one album project by Daniel Miller with 2 of the guys from Wire, Lewis and BC Gilbert.
Talking about Daniel Miller, it´s taken me a while to go through the 10 disc compilation of the Mute Singles 1978 to 1984. The highlights The Normal, Silicon Teens, Robert Rental, Fad Gadget, Depeche Mode, Yazoo, The Assembly, I Start Counting, DAF and Robert Gorl. The most hilarious track I´ve heard in years must be Die Doraus und Die Marinas´ Fred Vom Jupiter. Outrageous!!
Not a lot of people have come across Cowboys International but it surely is one to have in one´s collection. Ken Lockie is in fine form and some of the songs are full of nostalgia. It´s synths integrated with guitars with Terry Chimes' ex Clash drive behind the drumkit. Actually they do sound like early Simple Minds. Ken produced SM's first 3 albums.
Also listened to The Impossible ie Ken´s solo effort. Not as punchy as The Original Sin.
More of a John Foxx/Ultravox fan. The Original Sin was one of those classic albums from 1979 including those from Thomas Leer, The Human League, Gary Numan, Simple Minds, Magazine to a name a few. Pity they only lasted an album and a clutch of singles.
He does have a great voice and blends well with the electronica. His influence is on Jim Kerr.
He´s now recording under Cowboys International and has released recently some new material The Backwards Life Of Romeo. You can find his website at:
Not heard of China Crisis' latest release. Their best moments are around their first 2 albums. Mind you Flaunt The Imperfection is a solid album.
Well, came out of the Blitz this weekend listening to collections from Ronny, Shock and Visage. Great times!
Rusty often used to play Wunderbar by Wolfgang Reichmann in those days. The title track is a must-have instrumental. Well, the whole album is instrumental. One of those pioneering albums from 1978. Very Jarre, based around an ARP 2600, an ARP Odyssey and an ARP sequencer. Not entirely electronic as there is a presence, although minor, of guitar and drums!
Finally listened today to the Korg 700S driven Music For Parties by Silicon Teens. Rock 'n' Roll on synths!
Today it's the Les Disques Du Crepuscule compilation 'From Brussels With Love'; the demo version of Dolby's 'Airwaves' is waaaay better than the 'Wireless' edition.
And god I miss arty, pretentious, psuedo musings! Where is Richard Jobson when you need him!?
Welcome back beach and ooooooo I'm immed. green wiv envy : been after that recording for yonks. bit old but I found this: http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=228
Originally posted by MemberD: Welcome back beach and ooooooo I'm immed. green wiv envy : been after that recording for yonks. bit old but I found this: http://blog.thomasdolby.com/?p=228
Hi D,
Only 1000 copies of the original cassette were pressed in 1980; I've never even seen an original! I'm listening to the remastered CD issue that came out earlier this year;
I have yet to purchase the cd version of From Brussels... but I do have the cassette version. I'll have to put it on the never ending 'To Buy' list.
Been rediscovering David Sylvian this week. I stopped listening to David, when I heard bits of Blemish, but I have been playing Dead Bees On A Cake & Everything & Nothing & I've come alive again. David has to be one of the greatest songwriters of all time. His arrangements & use of instruments are perfect to my ears & his voice, well, if velvet had a sound, it would sound like David Sylvian's voice. Smooth, warm, passionate, spiritual & hypnotic.
Originally posted by RobTim: The Prince album is the biggest load of shite ive ever heard, No wonder it was a freebie . Thats thr power of television,
Really? I thought it was actually quite good - but then I have had to listen to U-Vox this week, so my judgement may be clouded.
I'll agree that the Prince album is a mixed bag perhaps, but it's by no means the biggest load of sh**e I've ever heard - there are many more and better examples of that if we need to compare...
'I Am sitting In A Room' (1969) by Alvin Lucier - Lucier records himself narrating a text, and then plays the recording back into the room, re-recording it. The new recording is then played back and re-recorded, and this process is repeated. Since all rooms have a resonance the effect is that certain frequencies are gradually emphasised as they resonate in the room, until eventually the words become unintelligible, replaced by the pure resonant harmonies and tones of the room itself.
The recited text describes this process "I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now..." Alvin also has a stutter which becomes a ryhthm as the echoes and delays created by the acoustics and the tape come together.
A bit like the process John employs on 'Cathedral Oceans' but spoken not sung.
I'm listening to my new song, "The Flight of Birds" . I'm really happy with it... I think I've found the atmosphere and sound that I've been looking for...
‘ a robotic Kylie Minogue traveling, with Morley, in a cyber-car towards a city of "sound and ideas." Morley's favourite pieces at the time of writing: Minogue's electro-pop song "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" and Alvin Lucier's experimental "I am sitting in a room". From these seemingly unrelated musical compositions Morley reflects on the meanings of music in its many contradictory forms: the avant-garde and pop, the iconic and the obscure, the mechanical and the digital, the commercial and the creative, the human and the robotic'*
It's a brilliant book - you have to love Paul Morley to read it though (I think he's a genius) otherwise you'll throw it in the bin!
Revisited by Cowboys International - I´m hooked on this one! Ken Lockie surely has a great style. Thrash, Many Times, The Original Sin, Memoire, Today, Aftermath, Here Comes a Saturday etc all of them are enjoyable new wave classics with Ken´s vocals gliding over synths and guitar. If you like early Simple Minds go for this one. It's a lost classic.
Finished the day with a CDr of Savage Garden singles etc. I went to see them (by accident)last year, on the same tour that Alex went to. They are / were better than most people thought.
And I've recently rediscovered "A Fierce Pancake" by Stump. Made me smile, so fond are the memories. Otherwise its been the usual diet of material that I've posted here before.
If you’d of told me five years ago that’d I’d be buying a folk album, I would of waved a copy of ‘The Man Machine’ at you with one hand whilst issuing a one-fingered salute with the other. I quietly regarded Folk-Music as ‘Hey-nonny-nonny’ stuff, y’know - grown men dancing round campfires in big jumpers…just like the end of the ‘Lament’ video in fact. However, that was before I read ‘White Bicycles’ by Joe Boyd; the memoirs of the producer behind Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan ,very early Pink Floyd and the lot I’m listening to now – Fairport Convention.
The album’s a hybrid of Folk, 60s rock, Dylan and well…I swear I can hear drone in there as well (I like done!) in the 11 minute epic ‘A Sailor’s Life’ - the traditional folk song is carved hollow by the band and filled with new ballast. Always a good sign when the CD finishes and you press play straight away again.
From Brussels With Love is the perfect accompaniment.
I've mixed this up with a selection of early 'synth' tracks from Tonto's Expanding Head Band, and downstairs for making toast I have "Movin' with Nancy Sinatra".
Originally posted by MemberD: Heaven 17 - Before After : disappointing
From Brussels with Love : heavenly.
Have to disagree with your opinion of Before After. For what it is - a modern dance and R & B/Pop album - it's a good effort. Though I would have preferred an injection of their old left-fieldism.
From Brussels With Love - yes, it's an ace collection from a golden age of creativity. From the same dawning of Thatcherism days I'm getting into:
A Trip To Marineville - Swell Maps Jane From Occupied Europe - Swell Maps
Can-influenced industrial tinged post punk out of Sutton Coldfield. Nice.
Yes, well I completely agree with your description of Before After which is why it is so disappointing! I just expected more, esp after all the build up. The first track sounds like The Human League anyway (even the title is HL-ish) so sort of full circle there.
Yes, I vaguely remember Swell Maps - must look into them again.
Last Monkey - Richard Butler a good new song from an old hero. Guess it came this spring but it's a long time since The Psychedelic Furs threw in the towel. I guess they actually only did three good albums but those where great.
It's getting more and more difficult to choose something - it's gotta be quiet enough not to disturb the people I work with, interesting enough to stop it from just being background music and yet not too intrusive that it distracts me.
So, today it's Lakeland by Ruben Garcia. He's done some incredible work with Harold Budd - most noteably on the album Music For 3 Pianos . Maybe I listen to that tomorrow...
I probably last listened to this some 20 years ago. Listening to it now - it just sounds, I dunno - funny. The words 'Pinky' and 'Perky' spring to mind (I have no idea why).
Maybe it's because I've listened to so many other albums from this period that are still revolutionary (Suicide's debut, 'Ha!-Ha!-Ha!, The Scream) this just doesn't seem that revolutionary now.
Soft Cell - The Bedsit Tapes : some strange electronic based goings on there in post-punk Leeds, although musically quite interesting - wouldn't have minded and instrumental version.
Sex Pistols;'Never Mind The Bollocks' I probably last listened to this some 20 years ago.
Me also. Last year this was featured in Mojo (Thirty years on) and compared with Sgt. Pepper (Forty years on) in the same issue. One is considerably more revolutionary than the other... Inspired by said feature, I purchased a copy of "Bollocks" on CD and was spectacularly unimpressed when I played it. Reminded me why I hadn't heard it for 20 years...
Originally posted by Birdsong: Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]
Sex Pistols;'Never Mind The Bollocks' I probably last listened to this some 20 years ago.
Birdsong Wrote I purchased a copy of "Bollocks" on CD and was spectacularly unimpressed when I played it. Reminded me why I hadn't heard it for 20 years... [/b]
I've actually been thinking about this one myself. I came to the conclusion that "Bollocks" was revolutionary in it's own time. But the sound it had became rhe standard format for all brickwall guitar rock song with a football hooligan quire on the chorus. I certainly found it chockingly fresh when it came out now i've heard versions of it, from Def Leppard to Velvet Revolver to Good Charlotte. Bieng inovative might be the death of your own invention. I'm glad that Mr. Foxx who can be quite obvious with his his musical heritage still don't plagiaries it'smore like his sending messiges to his musicalfriends.That is like qouting the inovative in an inovative way... I'might be on to something here or maybe I really need to sleep,
Originally posted by Bosse: Being inovative might be the death of your own invention.
I think you might be onto something It's not uncommon for something to end up becoming the antithesis of what it set out to be. Punk rapidly became 'the norm', which of course is precisely what it set out to destroy in the first place.
well ... when u reflect it in the light of its very own "no future !" slogan , punk indeed had no future ... only a whole lot of more or less good imitators until present day ! ;-o
back to the core now ... playing "kick out the jams" by mc5 from 1969 ! ;-)
This morning it's Minimum - Maximum by Kraftwerk... I've also been playing The Golden Age of Wireless by Thomas Dolby - what a great (and vastly underated) album that is...
Needed something a little more soothing this afternoon - so it's the fabulous compilation album All Saint's Calling which includes tracks by Harold Budd, Brian Eno, Laraaji and Roger Eno - a great way to relax...
I think I have just found the album I have been looking for since, like, always. Those, like meself, who like to rummage in the roots of electronica and dabble with Krautrock will no doubt be familiar with this website:
http://pages.ripco.net/~saxmania/triad.html
and its celebration of all things 69-77.
I picked up two Amon Duul albums from a friend a while back who said "I might like these"...
He was never so right. Made in Germany has blown me away and is one of the most innovative and inspirational albums I have EVER heard.
Isn't it great when you work down that pile of discs and one really does leap out and hit you, just like they say? So many things make so much more sense now.
I've just been playing Cabs'"Methodology '74/'78.The Attic Tapes" which is a must for any serious vintage synth heads and experimentalists out there,with its liberal spraying of VCS3 and primitve tape samples,cut-ups and montages.Its a 3-disc set and not for the faint-hearted,but I love it!Favourite piece (out of 53!) has to be "Data Processing Instructions" from Disc 2. No Im not a synth anorak-Im a full length faux-fur with all the trimmings.
Originally posted by Logan 5: I've just been playing Cabs'"Methodology '74/'78.The Attic Tapes" which is a must for any serious vintage synth heads and experimentalists out there,with its liberal spraying of VCS3 and primitve tape samples,cut-ups and montages.Its a 3-disc set and not for the faint-hearted,but I love it!Favourite piece (out of 53!) has to be "Data Processing Instructions" from Disc 2. No Im not a synth anorak-Im a full length faux-fur with all the trimmings.
Hi Logan 5! Ahhhhhhh 'Methodology' - what can I say? Full-on South Yorks Surrealism! Heh!
'Exhaust Exhaust Exhaust' - cracks me up everytime I hear it! There's some gems on there! Some of the track titles alone are worth the purchase; 'Possibility of a Bum Trip', 'Makes Your Mouth Go Funny'spring to mind.
And "Data Processing Instructions" from Disc 2 is damn funky - should of been a hit
Paul mentioned The Crackdown earlier - think that may have to be played when I get in...or may be Microphonies...or...or...damn that group were good - wished they'd come back!
Today I'm listening to ESG — 'A South Bronx Story 2 (Collectors' Edition: Rarities)'- on Soul Jazz Records.
Martin - I've been giving my Neu! albums a damn good airing recently and I'm still investigating the Cluster stuff too. With regards to Amon Duul; where's a good place to start? I remember you also gave Tonto's Expanding Head Band a listen - can you recommend?
Hi-Jack is a the point I started from. Late '74. As for Tonto, I have a compilation of tunes. Email me if you have difficulty finding stuff and I'll sort a copy
Hi-Jack is a the point I started from. Late '74. As for Tonto, I have a compilation of tunes. Email me if you have difficulty finding stuff and I'll sort a copy
Many thanks Martin - if I run into difficulty I'll let you know.
Outside of Can, Neu! and Kraftwerk my Krautrock is sketchy - wasn't there an Amon Duul II and didn't the first one have something to do with RAF/Baader Meinhof*? Either way, that period created some really interesting music!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: damn that group were good - wished they'd come back!
well ... u can always venture into the almost endless flow of releases by ex-cab richard h. kirk & get lost in his mostly quite "dubby" soundscapes then ! ;-)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: wasn't there an Amon Duul II and didn't the first one have something to do with RAF/Baader Meinhof*?
fyi : amon düül II's classic album "phallus dei" was jus' re-released last year with some previously unavailable bonus trax : http://www.discogs.com/release/792244
btw : a certain uschi obermaier was also part of the original "community 1 band" line-up of amon düül in 1969 ! ;-)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] wasn't there an Amon Duul II and didn't the first one have something to do with RAF/Baader Meinhof*?
fyi : amon düül II's classic album "phallus dei" was jus' re-released last year with some previously unavailable bonus trax : http://www.discogs.com/release/792244
btw : a certain uschi obermaier was also part of the original "community 1 band" line-up of amon düül in 1969 ! ;-) [/b]
Originally posted by MemberD: Thank you chaps for reminding me how brilliant Cabaret Voltaire were / are .. now listening to Original Sound of Sheffield (the first one)..
(thinks: might just risk a back - to - back with 'The Golden Hour of the Future')
Aah, Golden Hour of the Future is a great record!!
So far today, The Gathering - 'sample cdr'. From what i can tell, the groups just started getting recognition at the time of their singer leaving. Where have i heard that before!
Electrofear all week,really into it now. Tonight Propaganda,Dream Within a Dream (new version),you can keep the rest of this "un-released" album though,A Secret wish was the best thing they did.
Originally posted by Brian: Electrofear all week,really into it now. Tonight Propaganda,Dream Within a Dream (new version),you can keep the rest of this "un-released" album though,A Secret wish was the best thing they did.
Y'know, Brian I played A Secret Wish again yesterday - I never tire of it. Today it's Metamatic and I think I'll even follow that with The Golden Section. I will have a Foxxy day today!
A Secret Wish seems to have become fully appreciated many years after its release. I think it would have been significantly more successful at the time had it been released two or three years before its 1985 release. By then the electro sound was un-hip and I think it got lumped in with bands who were considered passe and who were no longer producing their best work.
Today's listening at The Domed City is the amazing Starbase 109 (www.myspace.com/starbase109) I have ordered their cd and cant get enough of the tracks on the MySpace site and the videos.Smashing.Truly "industrial" ...lol
Originally posted by NerveJam: Just found a wma file, by Gary Numan, called "Always". Appears to be Sacrifice/Exile era. Rather good. Anyone know where this is from?
It was on the fisrt programe/interview disc,"Purified", but Numan talked all over it,one fan used some technowizardry and removed the talking,a nice wee demo of a track well worth having.Theres a second one floating about called "Look" also from the same set.
Began with some in-car entertainment in the form of Hot Chip's 'The Warning', then mellowed a little with the masterful Nouvelle Vague covers - best one is 'Waves' by a mile!
Originally posted by maryann: Curious as to your opinion of Linkin Park's new one.
It seems to rely on more rap than their previous two and theres no theme to the music either (forgive the pun), but its the first time ive heard it......so to be fair, its good for a first spin.
Have only just discovered the Chemical Brother's but have been playing their latest 'we are the night' four times in the last few days now. 'Saturate' is the best track by miles IMHO, and its the most lively instrumental ive heard in years. I used to think of them as 'just dance', so missed all their early albums. Back cat time!!!!
Originally posted by newvox: Sharpe And Numan - 'Automatic' One of the few 'Numan' albums i still play from the middle years. Owes a lot to Bill Sharpe and its production.
Those three little words-they convey so much! I have to confess I was a huge Numanoid at the time of this release,but I played it once and never again.Loved the singles Sharpe & Numan released though.Have "No more lies" on cd single which must be quite rare.. :rolleyes: Logan 5
I'm still a huge Numan fan but I very rarely play the Sharpe and Numan stuff(but a bit more than M&S ) but has anyone else noticed the similarity to "I'm on automatic" to Marron 5's new one?
Tried to play Numans 'Machine And Soul' this morning, just for the hel' of it. Got to track four.....and that was it. My fav Numans albums since 'telekon' is live ones mostly, and thats for new versions of old songs. Whatever is released as the follow up to 'jagged', will not be as interesting IMO as the 'telekon shows live cd'. Sadly i know that before these two have even been released.
Right now it's my friends old band "Carnival" I'm currently converting a load of old tapes to digital and really enjoying it (If anyone knows of a free host site I'll ask permission to upload them so you lot can hear them,their electro band with influences from Foxx,Ure,Numan+Mode ect)
The CD booklet gives you the track listing as the band originally wanted issued so you can re-create it, which I did...as you can tell, I'm really bored today!
Originally posted by maryann: Continuing with The Chemical Brothers...Push The Button (my least favorite of theirs although Galvanize is great)
Hi Maryann,
Funnily enough, my least favourite of theirs is 'Come With Us' whilst my favourite will always be 'Dig Your Own Hole' - which no-one seems to like these days! I've a massive soft spot for 'Surrender' though - superb album.
I thought 'Push The Button' was a good (but not great) return to form after 'Come With Us' - at least we can agree that 'We Are The Night' is brilliant though! Fave track is 'All Rights Reversed' with the Klaxons - superb!
Garry: I havent heard Surrender in awhile but it is on my re-listen list. You are right about Dig Your Own Hole and I prefer that one over Exit Planet Dust for sure.
And yes, All Rights Reversed is brilliant. It is my favorite track also.
I have now finished listening to all their cds (excluding the remixes and EPs) and I stand by my earlier posts: We Are The Night is my favorite. Comne With Us and Surrender (thanks for reminding me, Garry) are tied for my second best.
Thomas Dolby : The Golden Age of Wireless ......which I recently acquired in digital format, although I was shocked by that dreadful cheapo synth version of Radio Silence. Anyone know if the original version, per 1982 LP, is on CD anywhere?
Originally posted by MemberD: Anyone know if the original version, per 1982 LP, is on CD anywhere?
The synth version is the original. The guitar version was the B-side of "Radio Silence" single and appeared on US version of "Wireless", althought those two guitar versions are not exactly the same. I prefer the original synth version, by the way. Nice video featuring Lene Lovich and Thomas Dolby has his 'classic' scientist look.
Radio Silence: Well that's interesting Mr Normall...although it means I have a very rare cassette of TGAOW which includes the 'guitar' version of RS.. even according to discogs.com it should feature the 'shorter' synth version (feat one Daniel Miller BTW). You say the video had L Lovich although she apparently features on the 'guitar' version whereas the synth version has a certain Ms. Akiko Yano ..doing a sort of faux-Kate Bush vocal....
Originally posted by MemberD: Radio Silence: Well that's interesting Mr Normall...although it means I have a very rare cassette of TGAOW which includes the 'guitar' version of RS.. even according to discogs.com it should feature the 'shorter' synth version (feat one Daniel Miller BTW). You say the video had L Lovich although she apparently features on the 'guitar' version whereas the synth version has a certain Ms. Akiko Yano ..doing a sort of faux-Kate Bush vocal....
really? interesting. does anyone know why the original version hasn't been released on cd? one of my all-time favourite albums btw.
Originally posted by MemberD: Radio Silence: Well that's interesting Mr Normall...although it means I have a very rare cassette of TGAOW which includes the 'guitar' version of RS.. even according to discogs.com it should feature the 'shorter' synth version (feat one Daniel Miller BTW). You say the video had L Lovich although she apparently features on the 'guitar' version whereas the synth version has a certain Ms. Akiko Yano ..doing a sort of faux-Kate Bush vocal....
I originally had the 80s Fame re-issue cassette, which I'm sure is the synth version. Buying the album on vinyl a few years later (both editons; '...Fairchild' & 'Science') and I'm sure they also feature the synth version. I don't think I've ever heard a guitar version - is it just the CD issue that has this on it?
Originally posted by psychocandy: really? interesting. does anyone know why the original version hasn't been released on cd? one of my all-time favourite albums btw.
My thoughts exactly ...
anyway I'm going to dig out my cassette tonight and check I haven't been dreaming or anything.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I originally had the 80s Fame re-issue cassette, which I'm sure is the synth version. Buying the album on vinyl a few years later (both editons; '...Fairchild' & 'Science') and I'm sure they also feature the synth version. I don't think I've ever heard a guitar version - is it just the CD issue that has this on it?
No that's the point - it DOESN'T have the 'guitar' version .. anyway I've listened to the 'synth' version a few more times now and sort of getting used to it.
'Radio Silenece' continues... I have three versions of "The Golden Age of Wireless" - Original UK vinyl: synth version of 'Radio Silence' - Original US vinyl: different sleeve, guitar version of 'Radio Silence', no 'She blinded Me with Science' - CD: synth version of 'Radio Silence' and includes 'She blinded Me with Science'. I believe CD is the same than US 1983 reissue
MemberD: Lene Lovich is on video, sitting in a car
thanks for this... i'm not sure i have the guitar version anywhere, i have cassette and lp versions of the golden age of wireless, both with original track listing (wreck of the fairchild included etc.) and i think it's the synth version. i have also a compilation-cd called hyperactive, which i think has radio silence on it, but which version? i think it's the synth version also...
Radio Silence : I've dug out my cassette - on Venice in Peril records, cat number TC VIP 1001, or maybe OC 262 07 607, and it def has the "longer" "guitar" version featuring L. Lovich on 'mantra'. Perhaps we're a bit off topic here si anyone else who awants to comment please do it by mail.
verily a tortured history .. all in the name of (US) 'marketing' !
Today listening to: Ultravox 'Original Gold' Disky double compilation thing - worth it if only for the more 'obscure' B sides...e.g. Keep Talking ..where does that track come from????
Today listening to: Ultravox 'Original Gold' Disky double compilation thing - worth it if only for the more 'obscure' B sides...e.g. Keep Talking ..where does that track come from???? [/QB]
Hi Mark,
'Keep Talking' is a B-Side on the 12" of 'All Stood Still'
Thanks Garry .. one of their more 'obscure' and therefore interesting works dont you think? it doesn't sound like anything from Vienna or even Rage .. perhaps I should investigate 'extreme voice' more...
Originally posted by MemberD: Thanks Garry .. one of their more 'obscure' and therefore interesting works dont you think? it doesn't sound like anything from Vienna or even Rage .. perhaps I should investigate 'extreme voice' more...
'Keep Torqe-ing' or 'Keep Talking' was recorded straight on to cassette during rehearsals - I hear it as a sort of distant relation to 'Frequency 7' by Visage, in that it's quite layered.
I'm not into most of the Ure-era Ultravox, but I do find that adjustment period between 'SOR' and 'Vienna' put out some interesting stuff - like the cover version of Eno's 'King's Lead Hat' on one of the singles ('Passing Strangers'...I think!)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: 'Keep Torqe-ing' or 'Keep Talking' was recorded straight on to cassette during rehearsals - I hear it as a sort of distant relation to 'Frequency 7' by Visage, in that it's quite layered.
Never heard that one although according to Wiki : "This song is the B-side of single "Tar". This song has not been released on any digital format, and is one of Visage's most rare compositions." mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
Originally posted by MemberD: Never heard that one although according to Wiki : "This song is the B-side of single "Tar". This song has not been released on any digital format, and is one of Visage's most rare compositions." mmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....
a cheap CD compilation that has quite a few gems on it, including the extended vesion of 'Frequency 7' which is the version I have on a Canadian 12"; http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=7053
this thread with all its links & discussion about td's "the golden age ..." album in its different versions etc. + some u-vox & visage bits thrown in is indeed very interesting to read & i can only hope that it will continue like this ! :-)
anywway ... coming back to this ...
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Originally posted by Alex S: Dave Gahan's new single "Kingdom"....
well ... i've by now heard the full length original version & after about 3 & a half minutes it should have been over , because what follows then are jus' some feedback noises all over the place for about a whole minute ( ! ) with the rhythm track fading out very slowly in the background ! :-o
the radio edit of it is much better than that album version - imho !
now playing : some trax that i want to play in my next "alien disco" radio show on sunday ... incl. the hot chip remix of kraftwerk's "la forme" called "king of the mountains mix" ( *hehehe* ) , lots of different remixes of kosheen's latest single "overkill" & a few trax from vector lover's new album "afterglow" that i may incl. in the show too + some stuff by pixelh8 ( http://www.myspace.com/pixelh8 ) & hidden fortress ( http://www.myspace.com/hiddenfortressmusic ) ! :-)
Originally posted by Rob Harris: [b]Fear of Music by Talking Heads... [/b]
Just spent a great evening in one of my local pubs, The Talking Heads... listening to some classic Ska from the very-old skool-but-very-still-going Skaville UK.
Chemical Brothers - 'We Are The Night' Linkin Park - 'Minutes To Midnight' and Garbage - 'Absolute Garbage' (which is kind of right, compared to how good this release could have been)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Neu! - 'Neu! '75'
Nice one: I've got Neu / Neu 2 / Neu '75 .. anything else by them worth having? [/b]
Funnily enough Mark – I’ve been asking myself the same question this morning and looking to see what was beyond the 3 albums we have. Er…basically – not much! There’s Neu! 4 – which was recorded in the 80s and includes an attempt at a pop single and isn’t supposed to be any good. There’s also ‘Neu! '72 Live In Dusseldorf’ – apparently a recording made during rehearsals for some gigs and is of extremely lo-fidelity in quality.
Sadly Rother and Dinger are still at each others throats, and although both these albums were issued in Japan about 10 years ago, they’ve since been recalled by the band and are no longer available and probably never will be again.
1995 – Neu! 4 (Captain Trip Records) – studio album
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] "Extended Ultravox"
[- BTW can anyone tell me if there's an extended version of Sleepwalk??]
No, Sleepwalk was never extended...
Rob [/b]
It was Sleepwalk that got me into Ultravox in the first place. I then bought Vienna. It was only when the retro-EP (slowmotion/quiet men/hiroshima)was released that I discovered Ultravox! (as opposed to Ultravox) Imagine my surprise when I heard the quiet men synth bit...
Yeah . .I guess that happened with a lot of people . .only getting "into" Ultravox from Sleepwalk onwards I mean ...although I didn't get into the Foxx-Uvox stuff until 7" re-release of Slow Motion/Quiet Men/Hiroshima which are all brilliant. Taped Three Into One off someone at college but I must confess I didn't listen to it that much! Vienna / Metamatic played to death on the other hand...
A bit off topic but have there never been plans for a re-master of Vienna with a few extras and stuff?? .. it's classic album but doesn't seem to get much attention re-issue wise.
Nirvana - 'All Of Us'. Not Kurt Cobain's lot, but the sixties' pyschedelia-tinged orchestral popsters.
Kevin Ayers's 'Bananamour', 'Whatevershebringswesing' and 'The Confessions Of Doctor Dream And Other Stories'. In anticipation of the release next week of 'The Unfairground', Ayers's first new studio album in 15 years. Looking forward to it, reviews I've seen are all positive with the album awarded four stars in both Mojo and Uncut.
Originally posted by MemberD: A bit off topic but have there never been plans for a re-master of Vienna with a few extras and stuff?? .. it's classic album but doesn't seem to get much attention re-issue wise.
but wasn't it remastered some years ago, with all the b-sides and a video? at least i think my copy is remastered.
I have the remastered Vienna with the extra tracks-its great. Currently playing the remaster of "Warriors" by Gary Numan.I have overlooked this for years but decided to buy the newest revision.Sounds good.
Originally posted by MemberD: Ok - found the remastered Vienna .. only just released this year tho' .. took their time.
Thanks for the tip-off guys..that's what friends are for eh?
I don't know why it's got a release date of March 2007. Perhaps it's recently been repressed - but the track-listing is no different to the 'version' that Cerise and I put together a few years back.
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] Ok - found the remastered Vienna .. only just released this year tho' .. took their time.
Thanks for the tip-off guys..that's what friends are for eh?
I don't know why it's got a release date of March 2007. Perhaps it's recently been repressed - but the track-listing is no different to the 'version' that Cerise and I put together a few years back.
Yeah right but every time I do happen to switch on ..it's there !! (Radio Montecarlo...) Virgin radio has just started up over here .. not bad . .at least you don't get the mindless pop music and mindless DJs, and very little mindless advertising ... as long as it lasts...
Seriously if I listen to radio it's for language purposes I used to go to a gym but the self obsessed boneheads and Radio 105 forced me out Excrutiatingly bad . bad enough ,to quote the fey Mancunian , " to m ake a shy bald Buddhist reflect and plan a mass murder "
Konichiwa Bitches synth bassline seems borrowed from Burning car Its not bad for a pop record.
This is on the A-Z of Bestival.
Annoyingly cute. Not sure about the Burning car bassline. Nearly-ish...
And of course
GLIMMER
Otherwise this week or so I have been learning more about the very wonderful Kai Motta since his latest album "England's Going to the Dogs" cam eout earlier this year. Great songwriter. Another quirky English unknown picking up the mantle of Mark E Smith, Half Man Half Biscuit, Carter USM etc…
Originally posted on other thread ! I've gone native today "Selezione" Avion Travel and "La voce del Padrone" Franco Battiato Good shout there Membs ! I think I'll dig out my vinyl copy of Electronic and put in on the "record player " Starts of with "Idiot Country" doesn't it ? Must be at least 12 years since I heard it mind .
M83 - Moonchild greatband/great song. Then Kashmir - Surfing the Warm Industry. Then Comsat Angels Independence Day (Land Ver´sion) Then Wannadies - Friends Then Kraftwerk - Space Lab Then Oingo Boingo-Insanity Then Ramones - Rock Away Beach Then Sea Foof - Signal Sparks Then Ultravox - The Quiet Men I Love My Ipod to Pick For me To day Mr.Pod did allright
Click on track 23 in particular. "Audiofile Six" Remind you of anything?
nice one Martin..and I thought I was the only person in the known universe to own that Cd! Picked it up 2nd hand .. well worth it. It's always nice to know you're not alone.
Good one Maryann, me I like the new Editors "An End Has a Start" album... the first one had just one good song or was it just one song X 10, This one have several good songs
I have not heard the new one but I do agree that the first cd had one good track. The Editors are in town tonight for a gig and this is what a local paper said about them: "Editors are the billionth coming of Joy Division, and the second coming of Interpol"
of course ... adult. & perspects came to mind immediately ! ;-) [/b]
I was referring to the SOUND of a particular track, which is in some ways not dissimilar to and thereafter sounding as if it may have some aural structure in common with "Plaza"…
Click on track 23 in particular. "Audiofile Six" Remind you of anything?
nice one Martin..and I thought I was the only person in the known universe to own that Cd! Picked it up 2nd hand .. well worth it. It's always nice to know you're not alone. [/b]
I downloaded this a while back.
You're never alone at metamatic.com - the ONLY John Foxx forum on the web...
This is such a great thread for discovering new music to share
Very Plaza-like, Martin. I suppose the Roland CR78 pattern is a preset. I'm sure I've heard the melody before on a track by a different artist, but I can't think who. Adult. are excellent, as are le Car.
Originally posted by maryann: Ultravox: System of Romance (one of the best albums ever IMO)
I wont argue with you on that.
Been in work this morning doing a Database upgrade so have played quite a bit,Muse,AutoMatic,Madonna,Robyn,Systems of Romance,Ultravox! & From Trash,My Chemical Romance also played some Myspace music Cerrone - Supernature.
Oh I LOVE Telephone Queue!Have you ever seen them live?They are so cool... Im playing the promo cd of "Junk Receiver" by Apparatus and Hand,its a sublime piece of work.
Originally posted by maryann: Ultravox: System of Romance (one of the best albums ever IMO)
It surely is. I thought I had hit gold. At the time(1983)I happened to listen for the first time Systems of Romance , The Garden and Metamatic. Such varied works and all masterpieces. That year The Golden Section was released, which I truly enjoyed.
Haven't posted here for a while. I've been listening to loads this summer.
Figures by Zaine Griff . A brilliant record yet to be released on CD.
Breaking Glass by Hazel O'Connor . For her debut as an actress, singer and, last but not least, songwriter is absolutely remarkable. Come into the air is my favourite and could have been her 6th single off the album!
Far Away In Time by Martha and the Muffins . A compilation of Metro Music (noticed Gibraltar Point on the Map of Toronto :p )plus selected tracks from Trance and Dance and This is the Ice Age. New Wave material moving onto pop. I guess Echo Beach still remains "Far Away in Time"!
Icicle Works (Box set) by the Icicle Works . No synths but a fantastic rock album with well written and performed songs.
The Best of Toyah summarizes the phenomenon that Toyah was...from another planet!
Wire's back catalogue. Noticed I am the Fly on Rhodes & Taylor's compilation re The Rumrunner. Noticed also some similarity in the artwork on Duran Duran's debut album to Chairs Missing . Early Wire didn't do too much to me, although I need to play their 2nd album quite more as it feels like a lost classic. Perhaps it must have been on the strength of the song Outdoor Miner. Their eighties/early nineties period is my favourite with Graham Lewis's bass playing sounding as prominent as Peter Hook's on New Order's records. It is often mentioned that both Graham and Peter influenced each other. Graham influencing Peter in the late seventies and Peter influencing Graham in the eighties.
Howard Devoto's Jerky Versions remaster. A better release than Magic, Murder and the Weather . Still waiting for a release from him after the brilliant Buzzkunst was released more than 5 years ago.
Astrea Redux's Eyes Alone ep and Endzeit's Sternenlicht. A great musician Axel Treusch is.
Martin Hannett's Joy Division personal mixes . Has 3 versions of Decades known here as N4 Europop . Spooky but great stuff!
Roxy Music's Avalon . A classic.
David Bowie's Sound and Vision box set. The legend and icon.
I'm deliberately trying not to work this weekend. I have a 'day job' that keeps me busy week days, but then I find that I'm working on music for Spectral Response in the evenings and weekends -which I love - but sometimes you gotta have a break!
Yes, John Foxx blastin out of the CD player whilst I'm driving to town for a bit of retail therapy for me this arvo!
Originally posted by newvox: [b] OMD - 'Peel Sessions'
Good shout - some nice alternative early versions on there. Genetic Engineering particularly good [/b]
Yes its a great album. And even though its session tracks, because its chrono order it reflects the progression of the first three studio albums. [/b]
Just to be a real OMD anorak Newvox it actually traces the first two albums, skips Arch & Moral (too "mainstream for J Peel) and then picks up again on Dazzle Ships (4th album). I'll never understand why they left off a great version of Bunker Soldiers done in the last session in 1983; I still only have a dodgy cassette recording.
Back on topic: listening to : New Musik - Collection (I think it's a bootleg)
Click on track 23 in particular. "Audiofile Six" Remind you of anything?
nice one Martin..and I thought I was the only person in the known universe to own that Cd! Picked it up 2nd hand .. well worth it. It's always nice to know you're not alone. [/b]
I downloaded this a while back.
You're never alone at metamatic.com - the ONLY John Foxx forum on the web...
This is such a great thread for discovering new music to share [/b]
Originally posted by MemberD: Just to be a real OMD anorak Newvox it actually traces the first two albums, skips Arch & Moral (too "mainstream for J Peel) and then picks up again on Dazzle Ships (4th album).
So it does. I thought there was quite a gap between dates.
So far today, Japan - 'Oil On Canvas' (live dvd with a few bonus videos, so i think virgin are saying there will be no 'singles dvd' release).
Still loving 'Odessey And Oracle' by The Zombies. Surely one of the finest relatively unheralded albums of the sixties.
Chilling out at night with 'Console' by Bill Nelson. Part of the difficult and expensive to get hold of Noise Candy six disc set. This is quite varied instrumental music of the highest order, created in the nineties largely before Yorkshire's finest rediscovered the guitar.
Can you belive Sony pitch 3/4's of a million on production of this and then walked away because of a few antics from Pete(My fave was challenging Mike Tyson to a fight in NY )
- picked it up at a snip second hand, and a very pleasant surprise: African tribal rhythms and chants mixed with electronics, although not the usual 'harsh' Cab Voltaire type..very soft and relaxing in a mid 90s kind of way, although still sounds fresh.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: New Order 'Brotherhood'
- my least favourite.
New Order anorak note: don't know if it's Europe-wide but over here Indesit are using 'Hey Now...' as music for a new washing machine advert ..(Kate Bush's Mrs Bartolozzi would've been more approriate perhaps...) Nice little earner for the lads.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] New Order 'Brotherhood'
- my least favourite.
New Order anorak note: don't know if it's Europe-wide but over here Indesit are using 'Hey Now...' as music for a new washing machine advert ..(Kate Bush's Mrs Bartolozzi would've been more approriate perhaps...) Nice little earner for the lads. [/b]
I think it's everyones least favourite New Order album!
Every year I think 'It can't be that bad, can it?' and every year I play it once, and every year I think 'Yeah - it really is THAT bad'
Will have to play 'Technique' later to restore some balance!
If it all goes well this will be followed by two contrasting brilliant albums the beautifully poignant "Steve McQueen" Prefab Sprout and the starkly bleak "Holy Bible" The Manics
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] New Order 'Brotherhood'
- my least favourite.
New Order anorak note: don't know if it's Europe-wide but over here Indesit are using 'Hey Now...' as music for a new washing machine advert ..(Kate Bush's Mrs Bartolozzi would've been more approriate perhaps...) Nice little earner for the lads. [/b]
I think it's everyones least favourite New Order album! [/b]
I have most of New Order's cds and I honestly do not feel strongly either way about them. I do not have a favorite one; it is more like I have favorite tracks from each one.
Tonight,Gary Numan "Exile", some superb stuff on this..............
...Still wish we could get to hear Louis's remix of "Dominion Day" ,but it seems to be destind to be locked away forever,pity!....I know Louis was VERY pleased with it(as were most of Fulfill)
Suns and Fashynayshun : Slade tribute to Simple Minds ! Seriously , a beautiful cold wave classic ( a wee bit less Angst ridden than "Empires and Dance ") Probably their zenith , before they lost the plot and morphed into "U2 lite"
Originally posted by Will: [QB] Tonight,Gary Numan "Exile", some superb stuff on this..............
Sure is, its the best of the four, 'sacrifice' 'exile' 'pure' and 'jagged' IMO. By coincidence now playing 'jagged', from start to finish for about the fourth time only since its release.
Originally posted by newvox: Sure is, its the best of the four, 'sacrifice' 'exile' 'pure' and 'jagged' IMO. By coincidence now playing 'jagged', from start to finish for about the fourth time only since its release.
Don't like Jagged much,not a fan of the Fenton stuff at all(or the Gray stuff for that matter) but wish he'd work with Rico again.
Really like "Pure" (espec the Fan "extended" Bootleg)
Played John Foxx: Metamatic twice today. My fave track is most definitely No-One Driving. Other faves include He's A Liquid, Underpass and Plaza.
Interestingly enough, I typically do not like "bonus" material as I am a purist and believe that the material should be presented as it was originally. However, in this case I found the bonus tracks to be spectacular, my two favorites being Glimmer and Miles Away.
Kevin Ayers's first new album in 15 years, 'The Unfairground'. For those of you who know your Ayers, I would describe it as having the fairly conventional sort of songs of 'Yes We Have No Mananas' but with similar textures and arrangements to his earliest albums. I like most of it but he could have done with making it less conservative, though there are a couple of edgy tracks towards the end.
Originally posted by MemberD: Phil Collins - Face Value
(see other thread - ha ha ha )
..I really do like that version of Tomorrow Never Knows....
even though i admitted liking some phil collins songs, i hope i'll never hear that one... the original tomorrow never knows is possible the greatest track ever recorded by anyone.
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] Phil Collins - Face Value
(see other thread - ha ha ha )
..I really do like that version of Tomorrow Never Knows....
even though i admitted liking some phil collins songs, i hope i'll never hear that one... the original tomorrow never knows is possible the greatest track ever recorded by anyone. [/b]
I'm no Beatles purist but fair enough .. it's really quite good though !
Chose to listen to the radio this morning. One particular song caught my attention: What is Life by George Harrison. I have not heard it in years (probably a decade ). I forgot how much I liked it.
Interesting that you should ask. I recently got the 2 cd version but unlike the single version, it is unremastered. I prefer the quality of the single remastered cd.
Stepping into the futuristic world and getting ready for Metamatic...
Love Is The Law by Toyah ,not so synthy as Metamatic but still very Ballardian. This was the last album by Toyah the band and the finest. Dreamscape is my favourite here.
I thought Townsend sent them out the Friday before release date?
If I find out that it's sitting in the post room here, someone's gonna get their port disconnected intermittently for the next year. (and random "outages" until I get bored.) Oh, and zero tech support. And their mouse randomly switched to left-handed. And whatever else I can think of.
Originally posted by maryann: Interpol: Antics and Our Love to Admire
Two great albums Maryann, Our love to Admire only came out of my car today after a week for Metamatic disc2(sorry to rub it in but I gather you'll have a copy real soon )
Sunday eveing I was listening to an expanded version of The Anvil by Visage. One of all my all time favourites. Sometimes supergroups can work perfectly.
Yesterday evening, unfurl the flags, sound the trumpets ladies and gents, none other than The Deluxe Edition of Metamatic . A work of art. I can't say anything more.
Originally posted by SF Metamatrix: that's simple , because the best music ever was made sometime between the mid-70s & the mid-80s - with the occasional exceptions , of course ! ;-)
Yeah, the 'album of the year' thread would have been about ten pages by now if this was the '80s. Its no coincidence that for me the best artists in the '90s and '00s are those that may not make the same kind of music as the '80s artists, but they approach it with same level of quality as possible.
Originally posted by Chris C: Sunday eveing I was listening to an expanded version of [b]The Anvil by Visage. One of all my all time favourites. Sometimes supergroups can work perfectly. [/b]
No it hasn't been released yet just a home made one. Although I do recall that at some point EV were assigned with the possibility of carrying out the repackaging of the Visage albums after the succesful Ultavox EMI remasters. The only thing is that the Anthology project has taken over and Rob is of course on a "Deluxe mode", of which we are all so pleased about!
All this Sheffield talk had me raiding my cassette collection Now listening to double header Penthouse and Pavement /Travelogue (Recorded from vinyl.) Excellent At the end of the day It'ds the quality of the music , not the recording technique There's some horrible digitally enhanced rubbish clogging the charts up nowadays I'm off to the The People's Republic of Sheffield's Embassy to apply for citizenship
Well bearing in mind that Outland wasn't Numan's worst album! Actually the 3 b-sides that came on the remaster were superior to anything from the actual album.
This morning I filled up my iPod with most of Gary's albums. It decided to shuffle mostly on the Outland tracks!
Originally posted by MemberD: ah Ok . .great. Another one for Santa.
well ... rob will surely tell u that all is jus' speculation & no release date is set so far , so please don't get too excited about it already now , fellows ! ;-o
Originally posted by Alex S: This morning I filled up my iPod with most of Gary's albums. It decided to shuffle mostly on the Outland tracks!
Theres too many numan albums that dont get played by me, so ive had to delete them to make room for other artists that make albums to the same level as hes ones i do play.
Now on '60's compilation including tracks too shameful to speak of. :rolleyes:
There is an helpline number just started for anyone having problems playing 'Metamatic' too much. I phoned it yesterday, but its just a recording of John recommending which hifi to use.
Since I put CD1 in the car,I've not stopped playing it either.The sound is so much better on the re-master. [/b]
Yeah! I swear I can hear percussion sounds I never noticed before, certainly on tracks like 'This City'.
I'm getting slightly obsessive with the second disc too - it seems to me to have a darker feel to it than the album, don't know how to describe it really; 'Through a Metamatic Darkly'...well, until the Vince Clarke-ness of 'Like A Miracle' anyhow!
I need to get out more and stop obsessing with this album. Mind you, I've probably said that since 1981!
Originally posted by newvox: There is an helpline number just started for anyone having problems playing 'Metamatic' too much. I phoned it yesterday, but its just a recording of John recommending which hifi to use.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Seriously, though...what's that number?
If there was one it would be into meltdown by now Garry. Ive played it just three times now by choosing other cds instead. But theres really only one album for the rest of this year.
Since I put CD1 in the car,I've not stopped playing it either.The sound is so much better on the re-master. [/b]
Yeah! I swear I can hear percussion sounds I never noticed before, certainly on tracks like 'This City'.
I'm getting slightly obsessive with the second disc too - it seems to me to have a darker feel to it than the album, don't know how to describe it really; 'Through a Metamatic Darkly'...well, until the Vince Clarke-ness of 'Like A Miracle' anyhow!
I need to get out more and stop obsessing with this album. Mind you, I've probably said that since 1981! [/b]
Yes I was thinking that on the way to work about the percussion being more audible,I really need to do a side by side comparison.I'm noticing lots of things I've never noticed before,anything from the start of tracks to the fade outs being clearer/slightly longer.
sometimes i realize that there's also other music to play than the one by john foxx ( & louis gordon ) ... & right now it's : information society's new album called "synthesizer" , which really isn't bad ! :-)
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: In accordance with the annual Basso household tradition CLAIRE GROGAN /ALTERED IMAGES HAPPY BIRTHDAY My little princess is 8 years old today
Well in that case, 'Happy Birthday' to your little princess. Hope she has a lovely day...
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] In accordance with the annual Basso household tradition CLAIRE GROGAN /ALTERED IMAGES HAPPY BIRTHDAY My little princess is 8 years old today
Well in that case, 'Happy Birthday' to your little princess. Hope she has a lovely day...
Sarah [/b]
Thanks Sarah She received Carpenters/ Abba dvd's from her Uncle so I'll enjoy watching them with her later On the negative side I can't get her into electronic music /football * I've failed as a father !
*this will probably turn out as a blessing in later life
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: In accordance with the annual Basso household tradition CLAIRE GROGAN /ALTERED IMAGES HAPPY BIRTHDAY My little princess is 8 years old today
Happy Birthday Miss Basso .. that makes her a 'cuspide' then..
Careful with those Carpenters' DVDs .. wasn't she anorexic or suicidal or something?
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] In accordance with the annual Basso household tradition CLAIRE GROGAN /ALTERED IMAGES HAPPY BIRTHDAY My little princess is 8 years old today
Happy Birthday Miss Basso .. that makes her a 'cuspide' then..
Careful with those Carpenters' DVDs .. wasn't she anorexic or suicidal or something?
AUGURI! [/b]
Ta mate ! The the world lost a truly great voice when Karen went . Think it was anorexia . I think my little one more Interista* than Cuspide Got to go Some translation work then my Australian Cousin who I haven't seen for 37 years SHOULD arrive. tonight She just rang to inform me she's missed her train in Paris . I dread to think how much the taxi fare will come to *if only
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: In accordance with the annual Basso household tradition CLAIRE GROGAN /ALTERED IMAGES HAPPY BIRTHDAY My little princess is 8 years old today
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] In accordance with the annual Basso household tradition CLAIRE GROGAN /ALTERED IMAGES HAPPY BIRTHDAY My little princess is 8 years old today
A-Ha - 'Analogue' (I took it to mean they were using 'old synths', but this album has the least synths the've ever used. In this case analogue appears to mean 'traditional instruments').
How I say it? It was UNBELIEVABLE! Hammerstein Ballroom is a great old landmark theater with high ceilings and balconies. I was on the floor. The place was packed. Sold out. Opening was The Rub which is a great party and DJ crew. They got the crowd going. They were on for a 1 1/4 hours.
Ed and Tom came on around 930 pm and right away: Galvanize, Burst Generator, All Rights Reversed. They played one hour nonstop, stopped for 1 minute so the crowd could catch its breath and then started right up again. All in all the show was a little over 2 hours. Block Rockin Beats, Saturate were also included.
The floor of the place was bouncing. The lasers, lights and projections were nonstop. I have been to alot of gigs but the sound and lights and crowd....the whole experience: EVERYONE should go to at least one Chemical Brothers gig if they can.
Doesn't make up for never seeing Numan or Ultravox in the glory years but it comes damn close.
Thanks for giving us that insight into last nights Chemical buzz. Sounds like it made up for the Chris Cornell fiasco, although that was not down to him. Nice one M.
now playing : solvent - "in light" & "creepy crawler" ... the two new songs on his 10th anniversary compilation-double-album "demonstration tape ( 1997 - 2007 )" - out soon ! :-) ( fyi : http://myspace.com/solventcity )
p. s. : those of u , who love early dm & vince clarke / yazoo songs will like it for sure ! ;-)
Originally posted by maryann: Too early for The Chemical Brothers and it IS Sunday so......... The Best of Etta James.
Me thinks you need to get 'Cathedral Oceans' M, perfect for a sunday.
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Originally posted by newvox: [b] OMD - 'The Best Of'
(But keeps looking at the 'Metamatic' cd instead). :rolleyes:
Whenever I put the best of OMD on I can't help noticing and lamenting how the quality dips after the first few singles as they got more commercial. [/b]
Yes because the singles are in chronological order it shows clearly how the albums changed too by about the fourth one.
Procol Harum - An Anthology 2-disc collection of Classic Tracks and Rarities
Catchy title, eh?
Not all great, but a good representative catalogue with some excellent, and quite surprising material among the more familiar titles. Probably one of my best ever bargain 'discoveries'. Church fete 2005. £2.
Originally posted by maryann: Kate Bush: The Sensual World
Your favorite kate Bush album, if i remember maryann. It took me a while to like this one due to a lot of celtic tones, but theres some great songs within it.
I listen to almost all my music up here through the computer these days. Mrs Birdsong objects so vehemently to most of my selections that I am more or less banned from public broadcast anywhere else in the house. Every Once In A While I have a tidy up and return CDs to their shelves downstairs and reset my iTunes. This gives me a looksie over what I have been playing over the past few weeks.
Here's the latest Birdsong Playlist
Ichabod Crane - Kid Cocotte Device - Obstacles and Playgrounds Kai Motte - England's Going to the Dogs Siouxsie - JuJu Bestival A to Z Hotknives - Ska compilation John Foxx - Metamatic Aphex Twin - Selected Ambient Works 2 Kate Bush - Aerial Iggy Pop - Nude and Rude Mary Coughlan - Love Me or Leave Me Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky Robin Guthrie - Everlasting Scott Walker - Climate of Hunter
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Kate Bush: The Sensual World
Your favorite kate Bush album, if i remember maryann. It took me a while to like this one due to a lot of celtic tones, but theres some great songs within it. [/b]
Yes, it is my favorite. When I first heard it, I was like "what are Uilean pipes" and the other instruments listed that I had never heard of before. Her voice is astounding. You have to admit it, no one says/sings the word "yes" likes she does in the title track.
Martin: Aerial seems to be the one I am missing of Kate's
Originally posted by maryann: Yes, it is my favorite. When I first heard it, I was like "what are Uilean pipes" and the other instruments listed that I had never heard of before. Her voice is astounding. You have to admit it, no one says/sings the word "yes" likes she does in the title track.
Martin: Aerial seems to be the one I am missing of Kate's
Oooooh could talk for ages about Kate Bush .. funny you should all mention her cos I listened to most of Aerial yesterday during preparation and eating of Sunday lunch sat outside on the terrace in the warm sunshine .. listening to Aerial .. heaven.!! No really I strongly suggest it even tho as with most KB stuff it takes some 'growing'... The only one I've never got 'into' much is The Red Shoes but there's time....
I've been a big Kate Bush fan throughout her career and rated this album very highly when I first heard it.
But now I'm not so sure - it doesn't seem to have the depth of Sensual World or Kick Inside etc and I don't rate it among her 'greats'. It doesn't really say anything new to me.
Still a bl**dy good album though. I love 'Tal' especially
I beg to differ Martin, I rate it as her most mature and accomplished work . .but it's a very personal thing. This album helped me out with a lot of 'heavy, personal' stuff at the time I first heard it... :rolleyes:
back OT : Organisation - Tonefloat .. very 'background' but a pleasant surprise.
Originally posted by Birdsong: - it doesn't seem to have the depth of Sensual World or Kick Inside etc and I don't rate it among her 'greats'.
Since I haven't heard Aerial I cannot comment. However, The Sensual World is my favorite and I agree with your use of the word "depth". Be it the instruments or her voice, that cd is breathtaking.
MemberD: I agree about Red Shoes. Have it but never play it.
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b]- it doesn't seem to have the depth of Sensual World or Kick Inside etc and I don't rate it among her 'greats'.
Since I haven't heard Aerial I cannot comment. However, The Sensual World is my favorite and I agree with your use of the word "depth". Be it the instruments or her voice, that cd is breathtaking.
MemberD: I agree about Red Shoes. Have it but never play it. [/b]
I wasn't really "around" when Red Shoes came out and only got it quite recently (after Aerial in fact) - anyway I think it was generally considered her 'swansong' even tho she became a legend. If you want depth then Aerial has it : parent dying, becoming parent, discovering other lands, washing machine as underwater fantasy.. and ah yes, there's a song about Joan of Arc.
Originally posted by maryann: MemberD: I agree about Red Shoes. Have it but never play it.
I had it, never played it, and sold it. Still wondering about 'Aerial' too, since i heard people saying about the washing machine in there. I remember thinking at the time, Kate always puts a lot into her songs, but next will be the kitchen sink.
Maryann, Newvox .. I can assure you it's no joke .. the song is sublime. Our Kate just gets so emotional with her washing machine.. it's pure genius at work .. I don't want to spoil it for anyone !!! (Better not mention that one about 'Pi' either then...)
just to make sure we're not OT : moi, currently listening to :
Kate Bush : Mrs Bartolozzi (from Aerial)
EDIT: and since P Gabriel and Ms Bush often get mentioned here have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f82ITNM22dM ne'er seen it before meself .. avant-garde or what?
p. s. : there's a big peter gabriel special coming up already this sunday , the 30th of sept. in my own radio program ! :-) more info about it here soon - as usual , fellows ! ;-)
Wow Katie's Aerial and John's Metamatic... A marriage made in heaven...!
glad you liked disc one .. disc two should really be listened to in a darkened room with a comfy chair .. no sorry make that sat above a hill top at dawn .. or a deserted beach on a cloudy morn .. spoiler: features Rolf Harris
Originally posted by MemberD: Wow Katie's Aerial and John's Metamatic... A marriage made in heaven...!
glad you liked disc one .. disc two should really be listened to in a darkened room with a comfy chair .. no sorry make that sat above a hill top at dawn .. or a deserted beach on a cloudy morn .. spoiler: features Rolf Harris
Glad people are getting the the Bush :rolleyes:
Rolf has appeared on Kate Bush albums a while back as well.
Aerial is an album I like to play once every few months.
Originally posted by MemberD: Wow Katie's Aerial and John's Metamatic... A marriage made in heaven...!
glad you liked disc one .. disc two should really be listened to in a darkened room with a comfy chair .. no sorry make that sat above a hill top at dawn .. or a deserted beach on a cloudy morn .. spoiler: features Rolf Harris
Rolf Harris!? What does he do? Does he say 'Can you hear what it is yet?' at the start of each track!?
Originally posted by MemberD: .. spoiler: features Rolf Harris
How VERY dare you sir!
Rolf is a living legend! Seen him live more times than I care to remember and I am the proud owner of more than two albums... A such a very NICE man too. Met him away from 'fameland' a few years ago, walking the Norfolk B-Roads. Has time for everyone, and great wth the children
He's not great on Aerial though cos he can't sing slow, but his very presence just adds to its charm.
I hope no-one misunderstood my comments on this album - i like it becasue Kate Bush can do no wrong. I just don't rate it as her best...
Originally posted by Birdsong: Rolf is a living legend!
very true indeed , martin !
his use of the wonderful simple STYLOPHONE alone is legendary & even kraftwerk , bowie & some others made use of it in a very interesting & benefiting way ! :-)
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] .. spoiler: features Rolf Harris
How VERY dare you sir!
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It was not meant as an offence or anything 'onest guv! .. I too am a RH appreciator and his "appearance" on Aerial only enhances my listening pleasure .. plus gets the kids into the water..
Right now I am listening to Depeche Mode: Songs of Faith and Devotion (remastered). Once you listen to DM remasters, you might as well throw out everything else of theirs that was not remastered. I really like that they include a dvd of interviews and clips with the remasters.
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: [b] Just waiting for my new synth to arrive.... Sarah
(Ears prick up..)
And what would that be? [/b]
It's a MicroKORG and it is now in my possession. I've had to leave it at home as I'm now at work, but I want to be playing with my new toy, not sat at my desk!
*For the benefit of non North Westeners , mining town about 11 miles from Chorley I used to work there I suppose Dennis' surname must be connected to it some way or other
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: *For the benefit of non North Westeners , mining town about 11 miles from Chorley I used to work there I suppose Dennis' surname must be connected to it some way or other
Not ot be confused with Leigh Sinton where my Granny came from.
How do you pronounce that Leigh (as in Dennis, NW etc.) by the way?
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: [b] Just waiting for my new synth to arrive.... Sarah
(Ears prick up..)
And what would that be? [/b]
It's a MicroKORG and it is now in my possession. I've had to leave it at home as I'm now at work, but I want to be playing with my new toy, not sat at my desk!
Sarah [/b]
Hi Sarah
Join the gang I have a relic in the shape of a miniKorg 700S.
ON cassette ! Straw Donkey ..The Singles CARTER USM *
Excellent ,. angry witty socially aware lyrics set to high speed new wave . Worth at least ten Strummers imho The illegitimate ** offspring of The Sex Pistols and Steely Dan
*Unstoppable Sex Machine
Check out "Sheriff Fatman" if you've never heard it
**The original word didn't get through . Wasn't meant in a derogatory sense
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: ON cassette ! Straw Donkey ..The Singles CARTER USM *
Excellent ,. angry witty socially aware lyrics set to high speed new wave . Worth at least ten Strummers imho The illegitimate ** offspring of The Sex Pistols and Steely Dan
good to see another Carter fan here. 1992 - The Love Album is a particular favourite of mine.
The surround sound releases that Depeche Mode have done to the back catalogue have all been very good. Maybe not purist hi-fi but the surround effects are superb. Another DVD that I can recommend if you're into this sort of thing is the Jean Michel Jarre "Aero" release.
Originally posted by Alex S: There's so much TD stuff I'm yet to discover.....
Absolutely.
I'm not quite as rabid a fan as used to be, but at the last count I had in excess of a hundred CDs - although that also included (solo) albums by Edgar Froese, Johannes Schmoelling, Chris Franke, Peter Baumann and Paul Haslinger. Add to that a large chunk of the material that was produced as part of the Tangerine Tree project...
today : mostly french stuff like daft punk , mr. oizo , sebastian , kavinsky ... & the new live album by vitalic - who also happens to be a french guy ;-) - simply called "v live" ! :-)
Originally posted by Alex S: I'll have to track down Beyond the Storm... is it similar to the TD stuff?
Yeah, reasonably so - Edgar oversaw the production of a five CD Tangerine Dream box-set a few years ago (entitled Tangents where all of the tracks were 'remixed' (or 'Tangentised'). A few years later he took the same approach with his own back-catalogue and the result was Beyond the Storm...
Visage - 'Visage' CD has poor sound quality compared to vinyl. 20 years ago I was so blinded by new technology that I sold (or rather gave) many vinyl albums away, most of them in pristine condition. Silly me.
Originally posted by Mr Normall: Visage - 'Visage' CD has poor sound quality compared to vinyl.
Yes and the US version of 'The Anvil' cd is even worse. Maybe when the new tracks are released, there may be some remasters of the Visage early albums too.
Today playing some tracks from the 'old' second issue cd of 'Metamatic'.
Just raided my old cassette collection Dug out minor Bristol scene player (eclipsed by Massive Attack , Portishead and Tricky) GARY CLAIL HUMAN NATURE IMHO it hasn't aged very well This was followed by my fellow Scouser and Scott Walker wannabe THOMAS LANG (no relation to K.D)LITTLE MOSCOW Thomas graduated from the Midge Ure Academy .His thesis was entitled "Wearing a long mac and having slicked back hair fools people into thinking you are a sensitive avant garde ground breaking artiste " To be fair not a bad effort 6.5/10 He was last seen working a a ticket collector on Merseyrail THe icing on the cake was finding "Mysterious Ways . Not Dennis' best ,but a body of work many other musicians can only dream about
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Hello Gaz Long time no speak Did you get any cycle action in the end ?
Yes I did! Saw all the London Grand Depart/Prologue, and then went to Paris for étape 20 along Champs-Élysées! That was a tour that'll go down in history eh? Sadly for all the wrong reasons.
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] Hello Gaz Long time no speak Did you get any cycle action in the end ?
Yes I did! Saw all the London Grand Depart/Prologue, and then went to Paris for étape 20 along Champs-Élysées! That was a tour that'll go down in history eh? Sadly for all the wrong reasons. [/b]
Sorry about that No Ivan ,no party
I hope my illustrious namesake manages to clear his name . We'll have to have a Foxx Day in Milan in May to coincide with "Il Giro" finish I got to see a "tappa" (Stage) back in May
I did some cassette digging recently too! I digitally transfered my 'Music for Stowaways' cassette - some brilliant stuff on there.
Again, after painstakingly transferring cassette to digital (badly) I 'came across' said opus in already in digital form .. Music to Kill You PArents by eh? . .would need one of them 'advisory' stickers these days I s'pose.
Originally posted by MemberD: Again, after painstakingly transferring cassette to digital (badly) I 'came across' said opus in already in digital form .. Music to Kill You PArents by eh? . .would need one of them 'advisory' stickers these days I s'pose.
Is '...Stowaways' already available then as a digital download?
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Sylvian playing 50 miles down the road tonight in Turin Can't go because my good lady wife has arranged a meal with friends BOOoo !
I would have got them all in the car, and bought Pizza on the way to the gig.
Played Human League - 'Octopus'. Some HL albums have been remastered, and i think this one should be too. Along with extra tracks from that time, but not remixes so much just different songs.
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Some tracks from Japan's - 'Tin Drum' and 'Oil On Canvas'.
Sylvian playing 50 miles down the road tonight in Turin Can't go because my good lady wife has arranged a meal with friends BOOoo ! [/b]
LOL ! . .wife arranging meal with friends !! hahaha . .tell me about it!
Listening to TPOE this morn ... and now seriously craving for Metamatic re-issue to hit my letterbox. [/b]
Good morning Sir It was a goodmeal at least To be honest I like Mr Sylvian but not enough to risk a potential divorce (had it been Mr Foxx well I'd now be getting a decree nisi ready ) Let's hope he bringsthe "Metamatic" thing over to Milan or Rome You never know .Keep your ears to the ground ! If I might be controversial ,if you had a copy of the Mona Lisa would you digitally enhance it I'm in two minds whether to get the new Metamatic (obviously not a financial consideration)I just don't want to lose the magic (As Barry White might have said) I even felt guilty getting it again on CD One of my pleasures of going back to Liverpool is throwing the vinyl version on the record player *
*for the benefit of the younger forum members , a prototype sound system consisting of arm and turntable , as used by Fred Flintstone and Barnie Rubble
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Good morning Sir It was a goodmeal at least To be honest I like Mr Sylvian but not enough to risk a potential divorce (had it been Mr Foxx well I'd now be getting a decree nisi ready ) Let's hope he bringsthe "Metamatic" thing over to Milan or Rome You never know .Keep your ears to the ground ! If I might be controversial ,if you had a copy of the Mona Lisa would you digitally enhance it I'm in two minds whether to get the new Metamatic (obviously not a financial consideration)I just don't want to lose the magic (As Barry White might have said) I even felt guilty getting it again on CD One of my pleasures of going back to Liverpool is throwing the vinyl version on the record player *
Sir, know what you mean about the Metamatic re-issue thing, in fact I've 'resisted' the previous two CD issues for that reason, but I though this one was worth getting if only for the new unreleased stuff. it's still his best album IMHO and anything that 'supplements' it is going to be worth it. Lost your e-mail addy mate..mail me through here if you will.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Hope you like the Chems! Try 'Surrender' and if you're really brave 'Dig Your Own Hole' - easily their best album.
Thanks Garry, the fact that im giving them a spin at all is rare for this 'ol numanoid.
I think M said 'Dig Your Own Hole' is the best too, (after 'We Are The Night' in her opinion) So i'll keep an ear open for the difference.
The thing that impressed me most from the random bits ive played, is that each album sounds different from the next. Thats one of the reasons i dont consider them an average 'dance' act.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] 'Nice One Cyril' by The Cockerel Chorus...
alright I'm lying - I'm actually playing 'Metamatic' but you all probably already knew that
Memories indeed Wonderloaf ! HHis Ex Wolves Jehovah Witness brother Peter
Then away wins at the Lane Like London buses You wait 21 years for one Then two come along in consecutive August fixtures [/b]
Yup - 'tis not been a season to be JOLly about so far. It comes to something when you have to treat a game against Bolton as a big game!*sigh*
Being a Spurs supporter means using the words 'Deeply Philisophical' a lot! [/b]
You don't have to tell me about it Gary I'm sure Rimbaud was an Evertonian "A season in Hell" 20 more like !!! Oh for the days you snotted us 4 1 in the season's opening fixture at Goodison We went on to win the League !
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: You don't have to tell me about it Gary I'm sure Rimbaud was an Evertonian "A season in Hell" 20 more like !!! Oh for the days you snotted us 4 1 in the season's opening fixture at Goodison We went on to win the League !
As Larkin (might of) said: 'They F*** you up your football team. They don't mean to, but they do'
Perhaps your lot giving us a 3-1 drubbing will inspire us on to that Champions League spot! LOL!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] You don't have to tell me about it Gary I'm sure Rimbaud was an Evertonian "A season in Hell" 20 more like !!! Oh for the days you snotted us 4 1 in the season's opening fixture at Goodison We went on to win the League !
As Larkin (might of) said: 'They F*** you up your football team. They don't mean to, but they do'
Perhaps your lot giving us a 3-1 drubbing will inspire us on to that Champions League spot! LOL! [/b][/QUOTE
Spot on with that quote ! Basically we are both the eternal bridesmaid's fighting for fifth place in the shadow of the self proclaimed "Big" four BTW I'd willingly swap your neighbours for ours At least they have a bit of style and panache about them Sparks got it right with "This town ain't big enough for the both of us"
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: BTW I'd willingly swap your neighbours for ours At least they have a bit of style and panache about them Sparks got it right with "This town ain't big enough for the both of us"
No you wouldn't! It's a love/hate thing down here and I'm sure it's the same up there too! We live, love and work alongside 'the other lot' - it keeps life moving, and there's nothing like a derby game twice a year!
Back on topic - 'Metamatic' is now having a rest (for an hour or two)
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] BTW I'd willingly swap your neighbours for ours At least they have a bit of style and panache about them Sparks got it right with "This town ain't big enough for the both of us"
No you wouldn't! It's a love/hate thing down here and I'm sure it's the same up there too! We live, love and work alongside 'the other lot' - it keeps life moving, and there's nothing like a derby game twice a year!
Back on topic - 'Metamatic' is now having a rest (for an hour or two)
Next up: 'The Album' by Mantronix [/b]
Rads , I share your pain mate . I've got a nasty feeling you'll be saying the same to me on Friday if we draw nil nil with the "plucky part timers of Kharkiv"* It's "Good night Rapid Vienna" for us Hopefully ,we'll be meeting up in Manchester for the final in May
Oh music , Soul Mining The The (on cassette) * from the Andy Gray book "Clichés for Commentators" STOP PRESS Beetroot here Just found out it was a draw You looked dead and buried but ,,, I could have edited out my comments there Were you at the Lane last night ? Must have been something else !
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Hopefully ,we'll be meeting up in Manchester for the final in May
STOP PRESS Beetroot here Just found out it was a draw You looked dead and buried but ,,, I could have edited out my comments there Were you at the Lane last night ? Must have been something else ! [/QB]
No I wasn't there - I watched in my local through a haze of profanity and Guinness. What can I say about last night? It should not have got to that stage! Oh well...
I remain Deeply Philisophical™
Last night was soundtracked by Wire Tapper 18 and Scott Walker's 'And Who Shall Go To The Ball And What Shall Go To The Ball'
This morning - 'Music Madness' by M-M-M-M-MANTRO-TRO-TRO-NIX
After seven Chemical Brothers albums yesterday, im taking a break from them now.... Garry: 'Dig Your Own Hole' does stand out along with their latest one. Its first plays for them all though, so im playing them again late, just one or two a day this time round.
Originally posted by newvox: After seven Chemical Brothers albums yesterday, im taking a break from them now.... Garry: 'Dig Your Own Hole' does stand out along with their latest one. Its first plays for them all though, so im playing them again late, just one or two a day this time round.
Glad you liked them Newvox! Someone once said of 'Dig Your Own Hole' that it was 'Easy to love, harder to listen too' - never really knew what they meant by that! I think it's great!
Think I'll have to give 'Elektrobank/Piku' a spin tonight!
Well when I get the chance to listen to my CDS (without them turning into Mcfly or Take That after two tracks.... called having kids and not being able to play your own CDS haha)I listen to alot of "Jellyfish" "Nick Kelly" and I have recently been turned onto a band from Seattle called "The Posies" and of course John Foxx - Compilation "Assembly" because it is varied - but I will have to "unfortunately" dust down the rest...... I have forgotten about alot of amazing tracks... which I have a feeling I will be falling in love with all over again
Originally posted by psychocandy: i must get those too. actually i got the 5th disc from ebay, didn't find that 5-cd version from finland.
Hi there!
The 5-CD version is a limited edition and can now only be bought second hand. Just managed to find a copy.
The good news is that if you already have the 5th disc you only need the standard 4-CD set, which is readily available. Yes, your bonus disc is the same as the 5th disc.
I know a few people on here don't like it, but I have to say I do enjoy 'The Salmon Dance' - it reminds me a lot of those early more-humourus Electro tracks like Whodini's 'Magic Wand', Newcleus ‘Jam On It’ Packman ‘I'm A Pac Man’ and the Daisy-Age Hip-Hop of early De La Soul…Hip-Hop before the Death Squads moved in.
I had never heard this album until last week and I wasn't expecting too much as Devoto seemed to be losing his form with the final Magazine album 'Magic, Murder, And The Weather'. However, I was pleasantly surprised. To me this is on a par with the first three Magazine albums and Cold Imagination is one of the best songs Devoto ever did.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Are there any other[b] Jacques Brel fans in here? [/b]
Yep! Got into him through the 'Scott sings Jacques Brel' album that was issued in the 80s.
Jo and I go to Paris a few times a year and you can always find 70s copies of his albums for a euro in flea markets - I'm getting quite a collection together now!
[Edit] Ive spent the week playing the Leagues 'other' albums 'Hysteria', 'Crash', 'Romantic?', and 'Octopus'. Their last one to date, 'Secrets' is my least favorite the've made so far. But great to know their still recording and doing the odd gigs.
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Originally posted by newvox: [b] Early incarnation of The Human League M.
With or without the girls [/b]
Way before the girls, and almost before there was any musical ideas. Its just synth patterns etc.....
Been A heavy day interpreting and a lunch involving quite a bit of wine so nothing too challenging I dug out some greatest hits "1) Mott the Hoople 2) Van Morrison (got it for 3 euro) 3) Petula Clarke (3 euros too) 1) All the way to memphis (It's a long way from the Liverpool docks to the San Siro and La Scala ) Golden Age of Rock n Roll rocks with brilliant piano assault 2) Listened to 3 which were covered a) Gloria by Patti Smith b) Moondance by the horrendous Michael Bublé c) The one about a dour fat lager swilling Scottish darts player in a London Gay Disco that Dexys did 3) Tony Hatch real twat on "New Faces" a prototype Simon Cowell when I was a nipper , but I must admit a jolly good song writer I then got in touch with my inner Paul Calf and put INTO THE VALLEY SKIDS* on Wonderful song but sadly reminds me of 24 hr Italy and back cheap Ryanair flights to see The Toffees get snotted by The Addicks 2-1 (Sleepless night at Stansted included on way back )*Charlton's anthem Franco Battiato La voce del padrone and The THe Soul Mining are lined up
This evening i watched The Human League - 'Live At The Dome' dvd., and by accident afterwards i seen 'the salmon dance' video for the new Chemical Brothers Track.
Originally posted by MemberD: John Foxx & Louis Gordon : "The Best Of, Vol 1 " .all the hits ..and more!. .(see other thread LOL )
You mean you don't own the limited-edition triple CD box-set with the nice, smelly bits of paper (art prints I believe they're called), a foreword by JG Ballard and a free bright yellow flexi-disc cd? Shame on you!
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] John Foxx & Louis Gordon : "The Best Of, Vol 1 " .all the hits ..and more!. .(see other thread LOL )
You mean you don't own the limited-edition triple CD box-set with the nice, smelly bits of paper (art prints I believe they're called), a foreword by JG Ballard and a free bright yellow flexi-disc cd? Shame on you! [/b]
teehee .. .thought you were queuing outside Cargo in your RadioBeach sleeping bag .. (you got mail m'boy) !!!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Currently listening to 'Before And After Science' by Eno
Great choice, Garry. I have not heard that one in years. [/b]
Cheers Maryann!
Incidentally, I went to Sister Ray on Saturday and couldn't find any SWR. I'm one of those men who absolutely refuses to go and ask for help so kept looking, and looking, and looking...
Eventually I caved in and asked an assistant...
...who gave me a look of utter contempt!
When a record shop assistant gives you a look of utter contempt...
You know you're on to a good thing! The search continues!
I also bought the Julian Cope book 'Japrocksampler' - wished I'd bought his first one now, 'Krautrocksampler'.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [QUOTE] Eventually I caved in and asked an assistant...
...who gave me a look of utter contempt!
And was he all of 17 years old :rolleyes:
When I went to see Depeche Mode last year SWR opened for them. Not one of the hip :rolleyes: teen crowd had any idea who they were :rolleyes: , even though Tear You Apart was getting heavy video rotation at the time.
Metal Beat and the related The Bed Soundtrack, a bootleg CDR. Fascinating in figuring out if any of the Demos on The Bed appeared on Metal Beat. Follow this thread:
Been going through verious live solo bootys of Midge Ure today, as its hes birthday. The chat between songs is almost as good as the music in some cases, the US ones in particular. Happy Birthday Midge.
I'd have to say I really love that song "Brian Wilson Said". Don't really know Tears for Fears much besides the singles and Elemental/Raoul - a bit perverse I know. Is Roland's solo album worth a listen?
"Tell your mother I saved your life" Louis Gordon,great cd for driving too,nice long structured pieces,and a lovely suprise hidden track! (Louis forgot it was there and in Glasgow when it was mentioned by Broken Furniture Louis said...ReallYY?? it's on there?? ,I must've been pissed when i put thet together )
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b] Don't really know Tears for Fears much besides the singles and Elemental/Raoul -
Their first album is brilliant. It is in my top ten all time best. [/b]
Raoul is one of the best "lost" songs,I love it to bits [/b]
Funny, I don't even have that cd. I got so upset with their "Beatles" foray and then Curt left that I stopped buying their stuff. THAT is how much The Hurting and Songs From the Big Chair meant to me musically.
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b] Don't really know Tears for Fears much besides the singles and Elemental/Raoul -
Their first album is brilliant. It is in my top ten all time best. [/b]
I liked the first four albums 'The Hurting', 'Songs from....', 'Seeds of love', and 'Elemental'. But their one of those groups that never really made great b-sides and 12"s IMO. The remasters of early albums are great, but the extra tracks i hardly play.
Originally posted by maryann: Just finished listening to Gary Numan: Dance
Superb album,one of Numans underated albums, "Slowcar to China" is sublime and "Cry,the clock said!"...5 mins plus before you hear a word sung...gets you all moody for the track!!. and the remaster has the "Dance" track with the superb Numan lyric "And I could always take the pills and 'leave' but,you have to stay awake to stay away"
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b] Don't really know Tears for Fears much besides the singles and Elemental/Raoul -
Their first album is brilliant. It is in my top ten all time best. [/b]
I liked the first four albums 'The Hurting', 'Songs from....', 'Seeds of love', and 'Elemental'. But their one of those groups that never really made great b-sides and 12"s IMO. The remasters of early albums are great, but the extra tracks i hardly play. [/b]
I always enjoy that B sides album..Saturnine Martial & Lunatic http://www.discogs.com/release/214917 some pretty weird (ie. enjoyable) stuff on there ..
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Just finished listening to Gary Numan: Dance
Superb album,one of Numans underated albums, "Slowcar to China" is sublime and "Cry,the clock said!"...5 mins plus before you hear a word sung...gets you all moody for the track!!. and the remaster has the "Dance" track with the superb Numan lyric "And I could always take the pills and 'leave' but,you have to stay awake to stay away" [/b]
Got to agree with Will, there. I've always rated Dance.
'Dance' is my favourite Numan album by a mile. 'Cry The Clock Said' 'Slowcar to China'-just beautiful and heartbreaking. I haven't played it for ages because otherwise I'll just live in it for a few weeks.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I haven't played it for ages because otherwise I'll just live in it for a few weeks.
You have astutely summed it up, Garry. Dance is breathtaking. I have not listened to it in a very long time and I guess now I will be making up for lost time.
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Just finished listening to Gary Numan: Dance
Superb album,one of Numans underated albums, "Slowcar to China" is sublime and "Cry,the clock said!"...5 mins plus before you hear a word sung...gets you all moody for the track!!. and the remaster has the "Dance" track with the superb Numan lyric "And I could always take the pills and 'leave' but,you have to stay awake to stay away" [/b]
Got to agree with Will, there. I've always rated Dance. [/b]
Agreed. The lyrics on this album are right up there with Numan's best.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] I haven't played it for ages because otherwise I'll just live in it for a few weeks.
You have astutely summed it up, Garry. Dance is breathtaking. I have not listened to it in a very long time and I guess now I will be making up for lost time. [/b]
It's a stunning album. Still find it hard to be believe that a man capable of making such an exemplary album about love and betrayal could write the immature sixth-form dross that is 'Outland'.
Garry, I don't have Outland so I cannot make comparisons.
Regarding Dance: I found that the Eno and Japan influences, layered with Numan's own sound AND his haunting lyrics all worked together perfectly. I am so sorry I forgot about this one. It is an underrrated and underappreciated work of art.
Originally posted by maryann: Garry, I don't have Outland so I cannot make comparisons.
You lucky, lucky girl!
I loved Numan; was obsessed! But this album just killed it for me. Many cite 'Machine and Soul' as his worst but 'Outland' wins it by oceanic distances. I hope you never, ever hear it. I have no interest in his current Ozzy Osbourne/NIN-phase either, but I will always love everything he did up until 'Outland'.
You know what? I don't mind Outland!! I cannot bear Machine and Soul, although there are a couple of reasonable tracks.
Outland is a bit of an oddment. It does have some ideas that work. Unfortunately they're outnumbered by ones that didn't.
Dream Killer is probably the best one on there, followed by the 1999 remaster bonus tracks, Shame, Icehouse and Tread Careful. Those 3 alone are better than anything from the actual album! But for me it's not his worst.
Then again it's not like I play it much either! Overall it is much wiser to jump straight from Metal Rhythm to Sacrifice!!
Originally posted by Alex S: The bass playing on Dance makes it sound too "Japan" for me to hear any other influence.
Numan cited bands such as Cluster as an influence on 'Dance' - and you can hear that in the long sequencer patterns and textures on tracks such as 'Cry, The Clock Said'. Funnily enough, the members of Cluster also recorded a few albums with Brian Eno! So perhaps Numan was influenced by those too.
"Cluster has been widely influential, not only to ambient and electronic music artists, but to techno, electronica and popular music as well. Artists and groups who cite Cluster as an influence include Robert Rich, John Foxx (formerly of Ultravox), Alex Paterson of The Orb, and Coil."
Albums were recently re-issued and are now after some lengthy time, easily available
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Heh Heh! Quite right Newvox! You can only appreciate heaven if you've travelled through hell!
Yes, its felt like crawling on broken glass for years just to get to 'Sacrifice' onwards.
If you make a 'Best Of' cdr from '81 - '07 though, its surprising just how many great tracks are from this period. Now Foxx on the other hand, you would need a 50 pack of blank cdrs.....
Albums were recently re-issued and are now after some lengthy time, easily available [/b]
So what do you all think? Should I go for one? [/b]
It's very ambient stuff, so if that's up your street - then yeah! 'Cluster & Eno' is a good place to start, or either of the compilation albums; ‘Begegnungen’ or ‘Begegnungen II’
Been playing tracks from 'Dance', I Assassin' and 'Warriors' too since the recent interest. Their not as bad as remembered when their actually being played. Now 'Outland' and 'M+S' is a different thing again......
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Now playing Mike Oldfield - 'Elements'. (dont really like it when he brings in vocalists)
Oh don't start me off on that! In short, I agree!! [/b]
Exactly , over the years hes brought in singers for a 'three minute chart song', its not so bad if their used as a vocal instrument in longer tracks. Maybe wrongly, but i always feel hes trying to compensate for 'just' being an instrumentalist, when hes actually one of the best of hes kind. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Now playing Mike Oldfield - 'Elements'. (dont really like it when he brings in vocalists)
Oh don't start me off on that! In short, I agree!! [/b]
Exactly , over the years hes brought in singers for a 'three minute chart song', its not so bad if their used as a vocal instrument in longer tracks. Maybe wrongly, but i always feel hes trying to compensate for 'just' being an instrumentalist, when hes actually one of the best of hes kind. :rolleyes: [/b]
Even on Light & Shade (which unlike many fans, I really like) he included a vocal song or two, although the vocals were entirely digital on that album.
The one part which for me really lets Tubular Bells III down, is the song "Man in the Rain".
His new classical album has been pushed back to January. But it sounds like it will be back to proper, lengthy instrumental pieces. There are vocals, but not in such a lyrical way I don't think. Plus it's classical, so won't be a(nother) reworking of "Moonlight Shadow"!
Speaking of running out of 'classic ipod' space, the new 'ipod touch' only comes in 8 and 16 gigs, even though it looks as sci-fi as an 'iphone'. Fingers crossed for a 'ipod touch' with 'classic' 160gigs one day.
Originally posted by Alex S: His new classical album has been pushed back to January. But it sounds like it will be back to proper, lengthy instrumental pieces. There are vocals, but not in such a lyrical way I don't think. Plus it's classical, so won't be a(nother) reworking of "Moonlight Shadow"!
Great thanks for that,and yes 'Moonlight Shadows' is the one i always (dont want to) remember too. :rolleyes:
I'm looking forward to "Music of the Spheres". His first classical CD will be quite interesting. There's more info and an interview with Mike and Karl Jenkins on the hoe page of tubular.net
Originally posted by maryann: [b] I am going to get an IPod Classic. The big decision though is: what color :rolleyes:
Black or Silver - that look will last a lifetime.
I've got a 4GB black nano. I thought I'd want something, y'know - 'MANLY' like a 76576GB XXL size model, but the nano's are superb. [/b]
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Originally posted by Alex S: I only have a 1GB shuffle. It's just the right size for the amount of time I use it.
Im one that likes to carry the entire musical universe in my pocket. Im not even happy with two 80gig ipods, it now has to be one 160 gig ipod. Now thats too 'manly' and a bit obsessive. :rolleyes:
Still listening to random bits of John Foxx at every opportunity.
Biosphere.... now there's a name from the past! I used to love Microgravity. Not heard it for about 10 years now though. No longer have it. One of those albums I must buy or download.
Originally posted by Alex S: Still listening to random bits of John Foxx at every opportunity.
Biosphere.... now there's a name from the past! I used to love [b]Microgravity. Not heard it for about 10 years now though. No longer have it. One of those albums I must buy or download. [/b]
I've heard of Biosphere, read of Biosphere but until the weekend, I've never sat and listened to Biosphere - and very illuminating it's been to (Many thanks to Rob at this point for the recommendation).
I'd love to describe 'Substrata' here, but I'd fail at present - deeper listening is needed. Many thanks Alex for the recommendation of 'Microgravity' - after hearing 'Substrata' I think I'll have to give that a listen in the near future.
Originally posted by Alex S: Microgravity is the only Biosphere album I ever had. Though maybe I only needed that one...
I think that Microgravity is the only Biosphere album I've not heard. I've managed to track down all of the others - Substrata, Cirque, Birmingham Frequencies, Man with a Movie Camera, Dropsonde, Cho Oyu 8210m, Autour de la lune - love 'em all...
Control OST. A killer version of Shadowplay by the Killers. I was hoping that the edit version of Autobahn was on the disc but it's not, just the full length version. :rolleyes:
Video 586 - New Order. Reminiscent of 586 from Power, Corruption and Lies, which was later to blossom onto Blue Monday. This track of 23 minute approx was used as the music to the opening of The Hacienda back in May 1982. Although released years later for the first time as a CD Single under New Order, it was in effect a Steve Morris composition.
Originally posted by Chris C: [b]Video 586 - New Order. Reminiscent of 586 from Power, Corruption and Lies, which was later to blossom onto Blue Monday. This track of 23 minute approx was used as the music to the opening of The Hacienda back in May 1982. Although released years later for the first time as a CD Single under New Order, it was in effect a Steve Morris composition.
Originally posted by Logan 5: "Fourth Wall" by The Flying Lizards on vinyl LP.
Remember seeing them on TOTPs in about '79 with 'Money', a single recorded on a budget of just £600. Very innovative group who deserved more follow up success.
Originally posted by Chris C: [b] [b]Video 586 - New Order. Reminiscent of 586 from Power, Corruption and Lies, which was later to blossom onto Blue Monday. This track of 23 minute approx was used as the music to the opening of The Hacienda back in May 1982. Although released years later for the first time as a CD Single under New Order, it was in effect a Steve Morris composition.
"Whatever it is that the robins are saying, It's absolutely true and terribly important, and they say it with a sincerity that men could only wish for."
It's only 1 disc (if memory serves), so I'm not sure if it's a full show or not, but I do recall it being very good, especially for its age.
Will do - many thanks Alex! I've heard it's the most popular of his tours and I've looked around for a copy but not ever found one - they recently issued a CD/DVD version of Young Americans, but there's no signs of them doing CD/DVD editions of the rest of his back catalogue, which is a shame as I reckon a DVD of the Station to Station tour would be very impressive.
Can someone please tell me why all my favorites made extensive use of female backing vocalists (in Numan's case I should say HE was the backing vocalist :rolleyes: )
The Human League has a gig in Stockholm 20th of December. Easy and cheap(ish) to go from Finland, especially if you live in Turku or Helsinki. Viking Line takes you very close to the venue (Berns/China Teatern).
Originally posted by Mr Normall: You're right about "Secrets".
The Human League has a gig in Stockholm 20th of December. Easy and cheap(ish) to go from Finland, especially if you live in Turku or Helsinki. Viking Line takes you very close to the venue (Berns/China Teatern).
tempting... i live in helsinki. by the way, mr. normall, are you going to see organ next month? finally after 25 years possibly the best finnish synth band ever plays one reunion gig!
"Secrets" is a fantastic album. Easily their best since Dare!. It's one of those criminally underrated albums that suffered a sad fate at its time of release through the demise of the record label. I'm sure it would have been massive had the funding been there.
But if people are still discovering it, then that's great!
Originally posted by Alex S: "Secrets" is a fantastic album. Easily their best since Dare!. It's one of those criminally underrated albums that suffered a sad fate at its time of release through the demise of the record label. I'm sure it would have been massive had the funding been there.
But if people are still discovering it, then that's great!
True - but I don't think the League help themselves. I love the League, I really do but they are incredibly lazy and they don't do themselves any favours. I saw them on the 'Secrets' tour and it was the last straw for me; they'd spent nearly five years since 'Octopus' putting 'Secrets' together and then they went on tour and only performed TWO tracks from the new album! The rest of the set was the greatest hits set they'd been doing since the mid-90s! I thought that was a poor show on their part. They seem happy to destroy their own legacy with 'Back-in-the-80s' Butlins-style gigs these days. I loved them so much that I just can't go and watch! It's awful!
I also fail to understand in this day and age of music production why it's been six years since the last album.
It's strange to see the path your heroes have taken; John is constantly amazing and suprising us with new ideas and material, and the Human League...are probably playing Blackpool this Christmas.
The League have jumped on the Numan/Foxx bandwagon and are touring this December playing Dare! in it's entirety. How original!
I dearly love the band though, particularly the first 3 albums. Love Action is still probably my all-time favourite pop song. One of my earliest musical memories, and first singles.
The Secrets tour was the first time I'd seen the band live, so that was a special event for me. They performed 3 or 4 songs from Secrets: All I Ever Wanted, Love Me Madly, The Snake and Never Give Your Heart, if memory serves me right.
But why the hell haven't they recorded anything new?!
They're seriously in danger of becoming an amusing nostalgia act, which would be unfortunate, as they - or at least Phil - still has so much potential.
I tend to agree Beach. They are especially lazy internet-wise too, no official site or news service apart from Electronically Yours which was borne out of 'Secrets-online' but tends to cover a bit of everything, which ain't really a bad thing. There was an EY party bash thing in London last week 'celebrating 30 years of The Human League' but not one of em turned up! Don't get me wrong I lurve THL in all their various forms (including mid 80s Jam & Lewis..) but Oakey's 'aloofness' is quite annoying sometimes. But we know he's a decent bloke...
Back OT: currently listening to Retro Future .. at last! Thanks to Will, Ivan and all those involved. great stuff although I didn't quite expect Here We Go to sound like that ... I'll get used to it.
All I heard live was ‘All I Ever Wanted’ and ‘Reflections’! You probably got the home coming gig!
Sadly, I think they are now a nostalgia act – it’s sad but that’s the way it goes. There’s lots of things they could do to prevent that, but it seems they don’t want to.
“And who are you going to be tonight Phill?” “Tonight Matthew, I’m going to be The Human League”
Currently listening to: ‘Oblivion With Bells’ by Underworld
Yeah, that version of "Here We Go" took me by surprise the first time. I prefer the album version I think, but like all the Exo-arrangements, it makes a nice alternative.
Originally posted by Alex S: Yeah, that version of "Here We Go" took me by surprise the first time. I prefer the album version I think, but like all the Exo-arrangements, it makes a nice alternative.
yeah..as I said I'll get used to it, like the others.
Originally posted by MemberD: Don't get me wrong I lurve THL in all their various forms (including mid 80s Jam & Lewis..)
Back OT: currently listening to [b]Retro Future .. at last! Thanks to Will, Ivan and all those involved. great stuff although I didn't quite expect Here We Go to sound like that ... I'll get used to it. [/b]
Oh god - that album CRUSHED me! I almost wept after hearing - that wasn't The Human League, that was 5 Star! JAM! WTF!? 'Are You Ever Coming Back' was a good track though, and Oakey gave the vocal performances of his life on that album.
'Romantic?' is oft-overlooked and I still have a soft spot for that - some brilliant songs, just iffy, fragmented production.
I kinda like 'Here We Go' on Retro Future' - it feels right on there...would sound silly anywhere else though!
No CRUSH was OMD, THL was CRASH However I agree to differ . .Crash has some top tunes on it and of course the production is, for me, a very likeable slick mid 80s USA (cf. the dreadful The Pacific Age); Romantic? on the other hand is lacking all round although the dull production being its biggest downfall. The last vinyl LP I ever bought perhaps .. .oh no that was Violator.
Originally posted by MemberD: No CRUSH was OMD, THL was CRASH
Heh! Oh The Pacific Age was SOOOOOOO BAD; two words for that one; 'Wang' and 'Chung' - because that's what it sounded like to me!
I confess it's probably been a decade since I played 'Romantic?' but the standout tracks for me were; 'A Doorway', 'All Men Are Dreamers', 'Rebound' and 'The Stars Are Going Out'
Oh give 'em both a spin Alex...then make your own mind up as always. yeah well Ok Romantic? had some good tunes but it's just so shoddy somehow, from the dreadful cover to the production. never quite got the 'hang' of that Glitter Band cover .. Phil .."what were you thinking of, when you dreamt that up?"..
I might investigate them next time I'm in the mood for THL.
Currently playing Translucence/Drift Music. The office is almost empty this mornig and the rays of sun are glaring in through the windows. Goes well with the music.
Originally posted by MemberD: Oh give 'em both a spin Alex...then make your own mind up as always. yeah well Ok Romantic? had some good tunes but it's just so shoddy somehow, from the dreadful cover to the production. never quite got the 'hang' of that Glitter Band cover .. Phil .."what were you thinking of, when you dreamt that up?"..
That's what I meant about the iffy, fragmented production. Yeah that sleeve was rubbish and while the world was going Techno and back to 'Travelogue' - they knock out another Glitter-based cover version! D'oh! And for some reason, I have a soft-spot for it. I think it's Joanne's solo vocals on 'Rebound' - she should of sung solo more.
Originally posted by MemberD: Was the world going back to Travelogue already?
... William Orbit was def on an off day..they should've got SAW in .
I think so. At the time 'Romantic?' came out, I was listening to a lot of that Detroit/Chicago stuff: Metroplex artists like Model 500/Juan Atkins, Inner City/Kevin Saunderson and Derrick May etc - clearly influenced by early League, Kraftwerk and Numan.
The League sounded so out of tune with the times - which was odd as they had invented it.
SAW!? You serious!? I'd rather Jack than Fleetwood Mac!
Originally posted by maryann: Do you think Gary would be angry if I suggest that he remix the cd and minus out the backing vocalists
He was angery with himself long ago for 'using too many backing singers and saxophones'.
Numans middle years, or the 'lost years' as i call them are not as bad as people think. If you dont keep listening to the talk about the albums, and actually just play them once in a while, they stand up to most of what was around at that time. Theres some great moments in them even now.
Originally posted by newvox: Numans middle years, or the 'lost years' as i call them are not as bad as people think. If you dont keep listening to the talk about the albums, and acually just play them once in a while, they stand up to most of what was around at that time. Theres some great moments in them even now.
Good point. Too much fiery rhetoric about those albums. I was prepared for the worst imaginable when in reality there were some real gems hidden within. Problem for me personally was reconciling "my" preferred image of Gary with his image during those years.
Picked it up at their recent Glasgow King Tuts gig. (Thanks Ian )
Thanks also MUST go out to the band,they put on a great show and I had a great chat with singer Joe Stretch,their very charismatic front man.
anyway,the album is SUPERB!! (I'm sure a few of you would have caught them either as support to Foxx/Gordon a couple of weeks back in Manchester or with Numan in July/Dec(teletour86) also in Manc.
Very much back to my Numan 'middle years', so this evening was 'Berserker'. Best songs for me has always been the title track, 'This Is New Love' and 'My Dying Machine'.
Today it's Darkel. Discovered that album just now though it been out for over a year. That’s kind of strange because I love Air as well. I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of French music, most French music is actually terrible in IMO. But the good stuff is usually great. From Serge Gainsbourg via Marquis De Sade, Indochine, Daft Punk and of course Air. Not discovering Darkel must be a side effect of living in a bubble creating my own stuff.
Yesterday , having been a victim of the "Crime of the Century "* (Radiobeach will now what I'm on about)I'm going off on a completely different tangent So It's the "Jock Soul" of the Average White Band for me today . Good live act btw . Cut the Cake , excellent !!! I don't think they are talking about Mr Kipling Cream Slices however !! *when "C" comes up on the "Albums" thread ,someone please put that up for me in absentia . Ta
This afternoon I'm listening to The Gatekeeper by Ruben Garcia - fantastic. A friend gave John a copy of that album at the recent ICA show and that reminded me that I should give it another spin...
I picked up four albums on Friday night and have given them all an airing this weeknd:-
Shellac - 1000 Hurts (Steve Albini, so I reserve judgement on this one) Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (Grammy award winner 2004) Safetyword - Man's name is Legion (playing tonight in Bristol. Fold-out packaging...) Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - The Letting Go (an Albini production. Big and getting bigger) Enki - Time Cradle Ep (just some guys I know who record stuff)
Wish I could do the same but I can't play a note I do write the occasional thing though and have at least one track recorded by a friend who went by the name of FBF (Dunno if any of you remember the Electromancer web site,well Marv(FBF) used to run it) I wrote the Lyrics to "13th Generation" and Marv put music to it.
I have another one in the pipeline,another friend who meddles is putting music to another song of mine, "Shadows of my mind" , problem is,I might be geting ropped in to sing it
Originally posted by maryann: The 1970s: Bowie's golden days for sure.
More golden years M.
Now onto demo's from Nirvana pre 'Bleech Sessions'. Wanted to do monday to friday as a 'Nirvana week', but noticed i will run out of rarities by about wednesday. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: Dark and wonderful as ever!
Thats a perfect discription of hes work, its a very unusual form of music IMO, and on both albums Dave sings in a completely different style to hes DM songs.
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: [b] Dark and wonderful as ever!
Thats a perfect discription of hes work, its a very unusual form of music IMO, and on both albums Dave sings in a completely different style to hes DM songs.
Hope to get the album for Maryann soon....... [/b]
I got the Deluxe Edition today (with the extra DVD). Dave performs some tracks live in the studio, and they are amazing. His vocal is spot on, and he puts real emotion in to it. His musicians are equally wonderful!
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: I got the Deluxe Edition today (with the extra DVD). Dave performs some tracks live in the studio, and they are amazing.
Thanks for the dvd content Sarah. We knew the dvd was around but thought it was just normal 'fillers'.
Okay. looks like the deluxe edition is on the list instead.
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: [b] Dark and wonderful as ever!
Thats a perfect discription of hes work, its a very unusual form of music IMO, and on both albums Dave sings in a completely different style to hes DM songs.
Hope to get the album for Maryann soon....... [/b]
*kiss*
I am listening to John Foxx: Metamatic at the moment
I played some Nirvana demos from '89 this evening, but the best is 'Nevermind' with what some say was the 'over production' done by Butch Vig. I still think he did a great job with the album although it does not have the edge of its pre session demos or sessions demos themselves.
Not to go too off topic here but I was wondering: Was the grunge scene as big in the UK as it was here? And I am not just referring to Nirvana, but the wave they ushered in.
In one of those interesting moments that happen time to time, I am writing a report concerning telecommunications and listening to Flock of Seagulls: Telecommunication (I love that song)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Still listening to Bowie: 'Station to Station' and 'live in Nassau '76'
Probably Bowie's finest hour and funnily enough he was at his lowest ebb then(drug addiction). He even can't remember recording Station to Station.
I have the Thin White Duke bootleg ie Nassau 1976, the one where the live takes of Word On A Wing and Stay from the Sound & Vision version of STS come from. The only problem with my copy is the gaps in between songs. Yes them. Rather irritating.
These 2 tracks are the best from a memorable concert. If David needs to release another live album from the archives then it's got to be this one.
Originally posted by psychocandy: by the way, mr. normall, are you going to see organ next month? finally after 25 years possibly the best finnish synth band ever plays one reunion gig!
This is interesting indeed. If I lived in Helsinki I would definitely go there, but from here going to Helsinki and stay there overnight takes almost the same trouble & money than going to see a gig in London. This went slightly off-topic..
Right on! .. I am still desperately seeking a BBC session version of Sons and Fascination which I had on tape but since got mangled .. anyone help? They also did a fantastic (early)version of Promised You a Miracle on the same session so obviously slightly pre-New Gold Dream.
Originally posted by Chris C: Probably Bowie's finest hour and funnily enough he was at his lowest ebb then(drug addiction). He even can't remember recording Station to Station... If David needs to release another live album from the archives then it's got to be this one.
Chris
Heh! So true! He once said in a magazine "I know I recorded it in LA because that's what the album says on it" Ha! Ha! Ha! Genius!
I love that '76-'80 period: it was his most productive and imaginative for me - more so though than the glam stuff IMHO. My girlfriend loves the Ziggy-era and hates anything from Young Americans onwards - isn't it great that one man could create such distictive phases, I can't think of a current artist doing that right now.
You're absolutely right Chris - if there's just one live show to release it's this one.
Now listening to Station to Station and then I think it's got to be Systems of Romance.
Note to self: Must move the time-machine past '76-'79 this week...
Oh I don't know though, I'm not doing any harm and I'm having so much fun!
Originally posted by MemberD: Right on! .. I am still desperately seeking a BBC session version of Sons and Fascination which I had on tape but since got mangled .. anyone help? They also did a fantastic (early)version of Promised You a Miracle on the same session so obviously slightly pre-New Gold Dream.
I probably have it.
Over the years I have collected almost every bootleg and recording from the early part of their career.
There's also the David Jenses radio session (on "Silver Box"), which featured tracks from New Gold Dream and S&F. Best live performance of the band from that time I think!
Originally posted by Alex S: There's also the David Jenses radio session (on "Silver Box"), which featured tracks from New Gold Dream and S&F. Best live performance of the band from that time I think!
That's probably the one .. "Silver Box" sounds well expensive tho'!
Silver Box was a big disappointment for me - a wasted opportunity. However those few tracks alone made it worth the money! Best version of Hunter and the Hunted they've ever done.
The thing with Bowie, is that he's done so much varied stuff, if you don't like one 'phase', you're bound to love the other. Personally I have a disliking of glam rock, which probably doesn't help!
For me, everything he did after Ziggy was much more inventive and original.
Originally posted by Alex S: For me, Bowie had 2 significant creative peaks: 76-79 (I think Scary Monsters is overrated), then 93-99.
I liked '69-74, not so much 'young americans '75. Also '76-79 the berlin trilogy. 'Scary Monsters from '80, and 'Lets Dance' even though it was becoming commercial by then. And after the late '80s '93-99 was some good comeback (again) albums. Did not like 'Heathen' at all.
Now I liked Heathen, but not straight away. I thought did did connect to his earlier writing style much more than albums like "Hours". But Heathen took a while to grow on me, with perhaps the exception of Sunday and Slow Burn. I would favour Heathen over Reality any day though.
I don't care much for his 60s stuff... it's nice to hear sa a one off... quirky and very much a musical picture of 60s London, which is quite kitsch.
Even on what might be regarded as his "worst" albums, there are some good tracks.
It was in those odd late '80s years again. This tour continued on from the 'Lets Dance' serious moonlight tour, which is why there were so many backing singers dancers etc.
Going 'commercial' can be good for the bank balance, but not so much for the artistic output sometimes. Before 'Lets Dance' bowie was still thought of as a very famous cult star!!
Don't think it says it "all" by any means. Critics get especially irritated when Bowie tries something different, or isn't stuck behind his guitar singing about Ziggy blinkin' Stardust!
1987's Glass Spider tour was though, a BAD idea! Not by any means a bad performance, but just generaly too cheesy and OTT. It's not surprising he gave it all up for a re-think after that.
I've seen Bowie live twice. Once in 1995 and again in 2003. Both shows were completely different, and clearly as good as - if not better in places - than some of his earlier tours from what I've seen, certainly in terms of musicianship and performance.
1995's Outside tour was stunning. PURE classic Bowie, without the all the overplayed hits.
Originally posted by Alex S: Don't think it says it "all" by any means. Critics get especially irritated when Bowie tries something different, or isn't stuck behind his guitar singing about Ziggy blinkin' Stardust!
I was there. The review says it all. That show was one of the worst ones I have ever attended. At least the reviewer was kind enough to leave out the part about the audience booing at times.
Originally posted by newvox: Going 'commercial' can be good for the bank balance, but not so much for the artistic output sometimes. Before 'Lets Dance' bowie was still thought of a very famous cult star!!
That's absolutely it. When he recorded Let's Dance, he wanted to make a commercially successful, money spinning record. And it worked - so much so it threw him off track for a decade.
For me, Bowie's worst album is "Tonight" - and that one got to number 1 in the charts!!
He was suddenly as big as radio friendly acts like Phil Collins - not very Bowie! BTWN was the comeback he needed.
Although I grew up listening to Bowie's music, I didn't fully get into it until 1993 when he released Black Tie White Noise. Although not his best album, something about it appealed to me enough to fully convert me.
Originally posted by Alex S: When he recorded Let's Dance, he wanted to make a commercially successful, money spinning record. And it worked - so much so it threw him off track for a decade.
Yeah, in the pre 'Lets Dance' interviews he stated something along the lines that he was starting a new contract that involved several albums to come.
Been playing Within Temptation - 'Mother Earth' today. I would take any bowie period over this. Its one of their early albums and sounds very eurovision. Highly not recommended. I have the cd / dvd edition as it was a 'bargin' price.
I like "Staring At The Sea". Got some great songs on it. I've never been a big fan of the Cure, but that compilation appealed to me along with Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me.
I only bought Staring At the Sea for "A Forest" so I was pleasantly surprised to discover I liked some of the other songs too. My interest in them doesn't extend much further than that though!
I was there: Wembley Stadium June '87 for the Glass Spider Tour…
…sounds impressive eh? Er….No.
I really wish I could say it in the same way that millions seem to say “I WAS THERE! SEX PISTOLS! 100 CLUB 1976!” I was only 17, I hadn’t been to that many gigs (Numan ’84…er…Numan ’85…Dead or Alive....Don’t Ask…) But I know rubbish when I see it, and this was, as we say in NORF Lahndun; pants.
It all started with Big Country – Foxx may of liked them but to me they were the antithesis of all I loved; WHY GOD WHY! Why on earth would someone make guitars sound like bagpipes!? To this very day I will NEVER get this! Anyway – they were rubbish and every song sounded the same – so much so that every time one of their songs sounded like getting near to the chorus THE ENTIRE AUDIENCE at Wembley Stadium would start singing “Look Away! Look Away!” no matter what the song was! Still , when they actually played ‘look away’, a collective humour was reached. And we needed it – trust me.
Bowie. Jesus wept. Starts of with some yak about a glass spider FFS! Comes down on a Stena Stair-lift or something with a telephone. IT WAS THE 80s – this sort of thing happened. So it goes. There were DANCERS…and PERFORMANCES…. IT WAS THE 80s – this sort of thing happened. So it goes. There was a t**t who called himself Spaz Attack (I s**t you not) – he looked liked Billy Idol-Lite on a day trip to a glo-paint factory. There was a PERFORMANCE of ‘Sons of The Silent Age’ with Ski’s – it was c**p. As was the rest of it. IT WAS THE 80s – this sort of thing happened. So it goes. The biggest cheer went to a performance of ‘The Supermen’ – should of sent Bowie a signal. I think we collectively groaned and soda-slurped our way through ‘Day In Day Out’ and other stuff of its ilk. I honestly can’t remember the rest except to say that the brunette girl dancer was EXCEPTIONALY cute. Oh yeah - and Peter Frampton played; but I was 17 and didn’t haven’t a clue who he was, and now that I do, I would happily introduce time-travel and pro-gun laws for such an occasion that I see him again (who needs Frampton if you’ve got Alomar? Tsk!)
Getting home was so bad we were stranded in the industrial zone of Alperton and no pub would serve us for being under-age – this didn’t help at all.
As you can tell - It’s been 20 years and I still haven’t forgotten! IT WAS THE 80s – this sort of thing happened. So it goes.
I didn’t see Bowie again until S&V at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1990something – now THAT was a gig! So he’s forgiven…
…Just don’t get me started on Tin Machine or I really will have to call in the heavy mob
You just need to look at Bowie's hairdo in 1987 - it confirms the date!! He's probably been forgiven by most, though having excelled himself in subsequent tours.
I would love to see a film of the Sound & Vision tour of 1990. It sounded like a very visual show.
The wost gigs for me were Joseph Arthur - simply rude and arrogant, passing off 15 minutes of distortion for an encore... and Hugh Cornwell. Watching a corpse would have been more exciting.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: that the brunette girl dancer was EXCEPTIONALY cute.
That was probably Melissa Hurley who Bowie had a brief fling with. And rightly so!
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Originally posted by RadioBeach: Just don’t get me started on Tin Machine
Hmm, yeah! Though actually the second Tin Machine album (if you dared even try it after the horror of the first) actually has some pretty good songs hidden away on it.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I was there: Wembley Stadium June '87 for the Glass Spider Tour…
…sounds impressive eh? Er….No.
Bowie. Jesus wept. Starts of with some yak about a glass spider FFS! Comes down on a Stena Stair-lift or something with a telephone.
That was the highlight Throughout the show we all kept saying to each other 'are those mimes? what's up with the mimes?.......everyone hates mimes!' :rolleyes:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by RadioBeach: [QB] (who needs Frampton if you’ve got Alomar? Tsk!)
OH RADS I LURV YOUR . WAY NIGHT AND DAY I WANT YOU TO SHOW ME THE WAY !!! Don't knock our Peezer (Burns) My last memory of him was selling me the double DEAF SCHOOL Album on vinyl when he was a mere shop assistant (Merseyside's** finest ever group by a long chalk) **I'm starting a petition to get our fair city's name changed to Beksitas (HA HA HA !)
Jori Hulkkonen feat. Fohn Foxx - Disclocated single. Great collaboration!
Les Bains Douches - live CD by Joy Division. Most of the Paris show plus some Dutch dates. Love them or hate them, this is a remarkable performance. Very talented musicians and highly influential. If you are going to get a copy read this link before buying. Some releases have those irritating gaps in-between songs!
I was being sick that time, in the front row. So as bouncers do, they pulled me out of the crowd and onto the stage. Very tempted to crowd surf but i was too busy laying down backstage for four numbers. Happy'ish days. :rolleyes:
The amazing "The Regional Variations" by Swimmer One,support act to Sir Jonathan of Foxx at Glasgow recently.I bought their cd and its awesome. www.swimmerone.co.uk
Originally posted by Chris C: [b]Les Bains Douches - live CD by Joy Division. Most of the Paris show plus some Dutch dates. Love them or hate them, this is a remarkable performance. Very talented musicians and highly influential. If you are going to get a copy read this link before buying. Some releases have those irritating gaps in-between songs!
wow, i never knew that... i have the digipack version and haven't noticed any gaps so i guess i've been lucky.
last weekend i've listened mostly to 'we are the night' by chemical brothers, i bought it mainly because everyone here has been raving about it, and yeah, it's a fine record. i even like the salmon dance...
Originally posted by maryann: Marilyn Manson: Lest We Forget - The Best Of
The great covers of Personal Jesus, Tainted Love and Sweet Dreams are included.
I love this album too. One of the better 'best of' collections. And a good title too Manson is seriously underestimated and I agree about the covers. His version of Tainted Love especially is one of the few to rival soft cell's own interpretation. Thanks for the reminder I've played "Holywood" and "Smells Like Children" this year too.
Another musician who's discovered the future is in film-making I think?
I got the cd/dvd combo but I was disappointed that the video for Personal Jesus was not included.
Funny you mentioned about film making. His videos are what got me to pay attention to his music. Great images( in a grotesque and unforgiving way) that stay with you.
I have The Smells Like Children one but have not played it in years. Thanks for reminding me.
MM is not really my cup of blood, but i liked that last single whatever it was called. Heard it blasting out in Virgin, and remember thinking 'this is the first MM song i instantly liked'.
I only think of Johns three Ultravox albums as some of the most classic and important albums ever recorded. With SOR being on a par with 'The Garden' and 'Metamatic'.
Played today Gary Numan - 'Fragment 1' dvd Not a classic release but great performance though.
Originally posted by Alex S: Hmm. My general hatred of punk gets in the way a bit there!
As it happens I was playing 'Into The Valley: The Best Of The Skids' earlier. Punch-the-air anthemic rousers with an edge. Some good synth work too, including some from Midge Ure, which may ameliorate it for some who find it otherwise too punky.
Originally posted by newvox: I only think of Johns three Ultravox albums as some of the most classic and important albums ever recorded. With SOR being on a par with 'The Garden' and 'Metamatic'.
Systems Of Romance is for me one of the most important albums ever. It accomplished EVERYTHING.
Originally posted by Alex S: Never heard it before. In fact this is the first Ultravox bootleg I've heard.
That recording started the whole bootleg thing for me too many moons ago, welcome to 'our club' Alex and Brian. I see Garry's been here so often before.
I 'gave up' on bootlegs a few years ago. Realised I had too many and never played them. These days I'll only get one, if it is of significant interest, such as this one.
And this morning I'm playing Gary Numan's "Dance".
I know what you mean, it feels a bit pointless playing every night of a tour when half the time the only difference is the dialogue between tracks. :rolleyes:
Today its Numans - 'Fragment 2' dvd, i know i played it the other day, but its a brilliant performance.
Originally posted by psychocandy: last weekend i've listened mostly to 'we are the night' by chemical brothers, i bought it mainly because everyone here has been raving about it, and yeah, it's a fine record. i even like the salmon dance...
Blimey - you're not wrong! Last time I investigated I was still looking at £15 or so for the double pack - which is still a good price, but given that I already had one of them, it put me off.
I take it there are no plans to release it as a single CD?
Dunno why I'm asking though when I can get it for that price...!!
John's appearances on VH1, his tracks on MySpace and some videos on Youtube.
DVD of Gary NumanLive at the Shepherds Bush 2004. There are a couple of early versions of tracks from Jagged. This one could be a copy of Hybrid. I much prefer his early sound. :rolleyes:
John's From Trash. A fantastic record.
The Essential by Jean Michel Jarre. Fishing Junks at Sunset just blew me away yesterday evening.
Currently listening to New Order's The Peter Saville Show Soundtrack. An instrumental album,very ambient with Hooky's bass appearing here and there. Since the track Crystal this is the best thing they've done. I'm really impressed. I'm happy that I got my copy from ebay all sealed with 2 Haçienda flyers. Totally recommend it for all those who love great instrumental music. Chris
And I'm revisiting a less familiar Eno album Taking Tiger Mountain whereon he is pretending to be Julian Cope
I think it was during the sessions for this album, one of his most absurd 'lyrical' works, that Eno developed his Oblique Strategies. It's certyainly bizarre enough and goes in many diferenet directions at the same time. It's well worth bearing with because I too find the first three or four tracks a little ridiculous and then you play these again at the end because the album gets so good, and realise in fact that The Fat Lady of Limborg atc, and especially Mother Whale Eyeless bear the hallmarks of a creative genius. Contains also the very wonderful Third Uncle, effectively covered and turned 'into their own' by Bauhaus
I wouldn't normally do this, but I wanted to share a moment of magic with you all.
Two of my favourite artists together, performing my current favourite song, in Spain. Baby Dee's song is stunning enough in itself, but Marc Almond gives it an indescribable beauty.
'Ever fallen in love with someone..' by The Buzzcocks.
Took me back to me being VERY small, listening to it with my brother, and then a few years later when I had my bass guitar, playing the very same tune along with him as he gave his electric guitar some riffin'! :p
Our mum switched the leccy off many times because we were making "a lot of noise"!
Now playing The Cure: Disintegration due to all the recent chatter here about them. And guess what, the boys from South Park are almost right...it is a great album . The only thing is that my cd is old-ish and I am sure there is a remaster about.
Originally posted by maryann: Now playing The Cure: Disintegration
Tiz a good album M, but i always liked that one single 'A Forest', and thats all really.
I would have been playing some John Foxx - 'Cathedral Oceans' tonight as i usually do on a sunday evening, but its not the music for near bonfire night. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by maryann: This cd was worth the price.
Yes good price and track selection. Some of the singles are edit versions, some are remixes etc. It also features some of the best album tracks, so all in all a great compilation.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] It's great to hear John playing live with a band!
Do you mean Ultravox [/b]
I can see what you mean M, but from what i remember Alex only discovered John in the late '90s. So its new in that sense.
Alex, this is the very reason some of us have been wanting John and Louis to shorten their songs on live sets and add some guitar in future studio work. In honesty they do have synths with a guitar feel to it on recent albums 'From Trash' and 'Sideways'. Would still be great to hear some real guitar and drums again.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] It's great to hear John playing live with a band!
Do you mean Ultravox [/b]
I can see what you mean M, but from what i remember Alex only discovered John in the late '90s. So its new in that sense.
Alex, this is the very reason some of us have been wanting John and Louis to shorten their songs on live sets and add some guitar in future studio work. In honesty they do have synths with a guitar feel to it on recent albums 'From Trash' and 'Sideways'. Would still be great to hear some real guitar and drums again. [/b]
I noticed, especially on "Sideways" there is a kind of synthesised guitar sound. That's one of the many things about that album which connect it with SOR.
John has clearly re-established himself as an electronic act though since his re-emergence, and I'm not sure now would be the right time to introduce a full band. No longer his style I guess.
Then again, look at an album like Numan's Pleasure Principle - real bass guitar and real drums, yet one of the greatest 'electronic' albums ever made.
hearing that old Ultravox live recording made me appreciate his version of the band more, and also showed me a side of John the live performer that we haven't seen since - or maybe since 1983.
I think perhaps when John performs a song such as Walk Away or Slow Motion live, good though it is, you can't help but compare it to the original, and you hear more clearly what's missing. Now, would we rather hear old songs revamped in the new style or not played at all due to lack of band?
[QUOTE]Originally posted by newvox: [QB] Oh yes, nice one Brian. Re-mastered is spelt "Re-mastered" i see.
What I've mainly done to my copy is remove the hiss using a trial version of a pro audio editing package.I use the term Re-master very loosely so as not to start off the re-master police With the hiss almost gone you can hear an awful lot more.If you'd like to email me...
Originally posted by Alex S: Oh I keep forgetting I've got that CD! I'll have to give it a spin. Those eary Numan tracks are true classics.
There must be something about that cd, ive not played it either. Maybe its to do with this being released after 'the peel sessions' and 'the radio one recordings'.
Today so far, The Police - 'Ghost In The Machine'. (dedicated to some computer problems this morning). :rolleyes:
Originally posted by Alex S: If I'm going to play a Numan live album, then for me it's either [b]Dark Light, White Noise or Live at Shepherds Bush '97 [/b]
From a techy veiw, 'Dark Light' was one of the best sound recording of a Numan show, oddly the year before was the worst sound live show of hes cds, 'Dream Corrosion'. Nice choice of tracks though.
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Gary Numan - 'Hope Bleeds' (an homemade re-mixed version, and not too great it is too). :rolleyes:
'Hope Bleeds' or the 'homemade remixed version' of it [/b]
Your not missing much M, and my 're-mix' is even worse.
I did it on 'Magix D.J.' FYI, and it was very limiting, in that only the mid range and vocals could be boosted. Theres a lot of echo i could have added, but i wanted it to sound different without being 'effects mad'.
I don't know what anyone else thinks of this live 2 cd set sound quality wise, but my copy sounds like a bootleg. The levels are all over the place & there is a bit of drop-out on 'Creatures'. My vinyl version doesn't have any flaws on it at all.
Apart from that, It's one of my favourite 'live' Numan albums.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b]Gary Numan: Ghost
I don't know what anyone else thinks of this live 2 cd set sound quality wise, but my copy sounds like a bootleg. The levels are all over the place & there is a bit of drop-out on 'Creatures'. My vinyl version doesn't have any flaws on it at all.
Apart from that, It's one of my favourite 'live' Numan albums. [/b]
Haven't played Ghost for ages but I don't recall any sound problems on the CD. Great versions of We Take Mystery and Berserker.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b]Gary Numan: Ghost
I don't know what anyone else thinks of this live 2 cd set sound quality wise, but my copy sounds like a bootleg. The levels are all over the place & there is a bit of drop-out on 'Creatures'. My vinyl version doesn't have any flaws on it at all.
Apart from that, It's one of my favourite 'live' Numan albums. [/b]
That double cd was released some time after the original vinyl, problem was that in the mean time Beggars lost the master tape to the tracks for cd1. The compromise was, we had released the double live cd with the original master tape tracks on cd2 and an 'official booty' of tracks for cd1. The 'official bootleg' tracks were from the monitor only, and not through the usual mixing deck like the orignal vinyl album.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] [b]Gary Numan: Ghost
I don't know what anyone else thinks of this live 2 cd set sound quality wise, but my copy sounds like a bootleg. The levels are all over the place & there is a bit of drop-out on 'Creatures'. My vinyl version doesn't have any flaws on it at all.
Apart from that, It's one of my favourite 'live' Numan albums. [/b]
That double cd was released some time after the original vinyl, problem was that in the mean time Beggars lost the master tape to the tracks for cd1. The compromise was, we had released the double live cd with the original master tape tracks on cd2 and an 'official booty' of tracks for cd1. The 'official bootleg' tracks were from the monitor only, and not through the usual mixing deck like the orignal vinyl album. [/b]
Thanks for the explanation, Newvox. It makes sense now.
Alex, 'We Take Mystery' is definitely a highlight. The bass solo is excellent! 'My Shadow In Vain' is excellent also.
I think Val & Emma Chalmers were Numan's best backing vocalists, of all the girls he used.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Thanks for the explanation, Newvox. It makes sense now.
Listen out for one of the crew pretending to 'burp' just before the start of 'Call Out The Dogs' too.
Played Midge Ure - 'Rewind' dvd this afternoon, not a bad sound all in all. Obviously not like hes Ultravox days, but far better than hes acoustic sets. The 'Sampled Looped......' is an improvment on the 'Rewind' even further IMO.
Originally posted by newvox: Played Midge Ure - 'Rewind' dvd this afternoon, not a bad sound all in all. Obviously not like hes Ultravox days, but far better than hes acoustic sets. The 'Sampled Looped......' is an improvment on the 'Rewind' even further IMO.
Yeah, I have Rewind and it is pretty good. Can't complain though as it is the ONLY Midge dvd I have
Originally posted by Birdsong: And I'm revisiting a less familiar Eno album [b]Taking Tiger Mountain whereon he is pretending to be Julian Cope
I think it was during the sessions for this album, one of his most absurd 'lyrical' works, that Eno developed his Oblique Strategies. It's certyainly bizarre enough and goes in many diferenet directions at the same time. It's well worth bearing with because I too find the first three or four tracks a little ridiculous and then you play these again at the end because the album gets so good, and realise in fact that The Fat Lady of Limborg atc, and especially Mother Whale Eyeless bear the hallmarks of a creative genius. Contains also the very wonderful Third Uncle, effectively covered and turned 'into their own' by Bauhaus [/b]
All 4 vocal albums are worth seeking. All ahead of their time. Brian Eno's first 2 are as quirky as can be but there are techniques used in them that would fully come out to the fore on Another Green World. The track On Some Far Away Beach from Here Come The Warm Jets being one of them.
Taking Tiger Mountain ranks as one of his best, and 3 or 4 four tracks aside, there are some very influential tracks. Third Uncle being one of them as mentioned above. The True Wheel being another, selected by Nick Rhodes and John Taylor for their compilation re The Rum Runner. From the School of Bowie one would draw one's attention to The Great Pretender, one of the first synth pop songs. Another favourite of mine is Burning Airlines.
Finally, we arrive at the title track at the end of the album, a piano led ballad with a soft bed of electronics, the whole concept emulated by John's Ultravox. This paved way to Another Green World his masterpiece and the rest is history as they say!
After years searching for a Klaus Dinger album missing from my collection, a copy of Die Engel Des Herrn suddenly appeared on ebay. To my surprise it was a "Buy it Now" for 10 euros approx. It has been well looked after.
DEDH is perhaps his best effort since the last La Dusseldorf album, with the exception of La!Neu?'s Year of the Tiger. He does come up with one of his epic tunes,like Rheinita and Dampfriemen, on the title track. Tschus , in similar vein to Geld from Viva, choruses in brilliant fashion.
Always looking out for rarities from the synth era, in comes one which I had completely forgotten about. Before New Order's Substance, Factory had once released a mini LP titled 1981 - 1982. The CD version carries the same tracks, 5 in total with running time of 30 mins, not a mini LP? This time round,the CD version is described as an EP, perhaps more precise in definition.
Ceremony and In a Lonely Place are left out for the more upbeat/danceable tracks Temptation, Hurt,Everything's Gone Green, Procession and Mesh. All in their original form. A nice collection but....yes, we have here one of New Order's best jokes, where is Cries & Whispers or where is Mesh ? Factory couldn't decide which one is which and instead of intelligently including both, left one of them out. All they needed to do is to go to the Everything's Gone Green 12" and there they are. Like on Substance, Mesh is listed but the track playing is Cries & Whispers !!! When will they ever get it right :rolleyes:
Originally posted by maryann: Is that your order of preference
Almost, of those four its, 'A Night At The Opera' 'A Day At The Races' 'Queen 2' 'Queen'
While playing the Numan dvds this week i noticed theres still no dvd release for the 'Telekon Show' even though the 'Replicas shows' are almost happening now. And the 'Jagged' dvd has still not been put on general release as 'Hope Bleeds', 'Fragment 1' and '2' were.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Yesterday I had David Sylvian's 'Gone to Earth' on heavy rotation. This morning it was 'Other Worlds In A Small Room'* by Jansen and Barbieri
Apparently, they all used to be in a band...
*Many thanks to a member of this forum for passing this along!
Other Worlds in a Small Room is a cracking album - but tonight (just before I turn in) it's Philip Glass and Powaqqatsi. Maybe I'll play some JBK tomorrow...
Today, it's Madonna's 'Like A Prayer', although mainly to re-examine Guy Pratt's bass part on the title track after reading his book \'My Bass and other Animals\' earlier this month.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: Today, it's Madonna's 'Like A Prayer', although mainly to re-examine Guy Pratt's bass part on the title track after reading his book \'My Bass and Other Animals\' earlier this month.
That is a good book - a very enjoyable and entertaining read...
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Played the dvd version this morning!!
What did you think of it? [/b]
Same as Alex really. Its better than i expected, as you would think of Kraftwerk just standing behind their keyboards. Which they do, but with all the hi tech music, lighting and visuals its a brilliant performance. It was well worth being filmed for the dvd release, like other similar shows i could think of.
I did a half marathon today I refuse to run with IPod/ Walkman Freezing Cold so I did some "Head music" to get through it . First I'm ashamed to admit some dodgy AOR like Tina Turner and Foreigner In my defence it was being blasted thru the speakers pre race I then sang myself some Abba/Carpenter classics but the highlight to get me thru the last 7k I had John doing an extended version of "Cities of Light " It did the trick and got me to the finishing line
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: ...to get me thru the last 7k I had John doing an extended version of "Cities of Light " It did the trick and got me to the finishing line
Spooky - when I do 10k's it's always to 'Walk Away' on loop in my head!
on pod are tracks from M.I.A., moi, conrad schnitzler, david sylvian, john foxx, john foxx & harold budd, bill nelson, richard pinhas, ali farka touré, richard barbieri, steve jansen, moebius & beerbohm, ryuichi sakamoto, roedelius, P5, blonde redhead ...
Originally posted by myself: ...All they needed to do is to go to the Everything's Gone Green 12" and there they are. Like on [b]Substance, Mesh is listed but the track playing is Cries & Whispers !!! When will they ever get it right :rolleyes:
Chris [/b]
Just received New Orders's Everything's Gone Green CD single on Factory Benelux. This time they seem to have got it right. Track 2 is indeed Mesh at 3:25
"Marche ou Creve " Trust Early 80's French agit punk/Rock band led by Bernie Bonvoisin Try and imagine The Manics at their lyrical height (circa Holy Bible) in French backed by AC/DC with Angus in top form . Sublime . IMHO . they make The Clash sound like a Sunday League outfit All the tracks have aged well apart from "Misere" which gives Thatcher a good verbal bashing , name checks Bobby Sands and speaks of "Desolation on the streets of Mon chest errr " Given what's going on in France at the moment it sounds weird , contradictary and dated But as they say on Bernie's home turf "Plus ça change ...
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: [b] Today it's 'Duran Duran's Red Carpet Massacre'...
Same for me.
How are you finding it? It was a pleasant surprise for me, and I've gotten quite addicted to it in a short time. [/b]
On first listen I like it, although because it's heading down the Electronica and R n'B path, I think it's more a grower, and perhaps not so immediate as 'Astronaut' was for some people. Saying that, the album seems to have the trademark DD signs; funky grooves, beats, ambience and lush instrumentation, banal lyrics ('Red carpet massacre, don't wanna hassle ya...' being a fine, yet typical, Le Bon effort), and obscure subject matter, so I'd say it will do fine. It's had good write ups overall from a lot of the music press, so that's also a positive sign.
We're seeing them at the Lyceum Theatre in London early December premiering the album. They did some shows recently on Broadway in New York where they included an Electronic set in the second half (all sequences and loops, a la JF and LG), so that should be quite interesting I imagine. It's good that the band are expanding their musical boundaries and not just pushing out the same old same old.
I thought Astronaut was a great album, but it didn't break new ground for them. This new album clearly does. A very modern and upbeat pop album, and more synths than I was expecting.
The names Timbaland and Timberlake instantly turned me off when I first read about the album, but after hearing a few snippets, I thought I would give it a try. I had the faith that Simon and the other Durannies knew exactly what they were doing with their glitzy new collaborators.
The production style gives this album an edge, especially on "Nite Runner", "The Valley", "Tempted" and "Falling Down" - a classic Duran track! Only "Skin Divers" saw me heading straight for the skip button thanks to it's R&B/rap influence, which ruins an otherwise good track!!
It certainly grows on you and it is still a very DD style album - I hope it does well for them.
I've never seen them live - one of those bands I've always wanted to see though. Ticket prices put me off on the last tour
Much darker than the first album which I didn't think was possible. Who the hell is he? Not that it matters when the music (is it music?) is this good.
The burnt-out 2-step garage ryhthms and dislocated voices are locked into London’s Dubstep movement but this isn’t dance music: vocals are shredded, strings left to rust in a deserted warehouse, percussion clangs like dockside chains, bass-lines wash in and out like the Thames, rimshots become gunfire.
If it was a list it would be 'Red Mecca', '2x45', 'Super Ape' 'Scientist Meets The Space Invaders', 'Roots Rockers Uptown', 'Rhythm and Stealth', 'Film One'…I can hear Perry’s Black Ark, Hannett’s AMS and Matt Elliott’s definitely in there somewhere too and the random snatches of south London conversation feel like 'Selected Ambient Works vol.1'–era Aphex Twin.
Just received New Orders's Everything's Gone Green CD single on Factory Benelux. Chris
hey Chris .. where did you get that???? [/b]
From Amazon.de marketplace. It did fetch a bit. The CD single was made in Austria and came mint from an Austria outlet. Lucky to have found it but I did have to do some searching around the web. I eventually found it on the most obvious place. :rolleyes:
Pet Shop Boys : Behaviour - it was the first CD I ever bought, and I reckon the only time PSB got an 'albumy' album together .. some crackin tunes there too. (Love the Space Invaders sample on So Hard..)
Originally posted by Chris C: [b]Joy Divisions' Heart and Soul box set. Pleasant to find an early version of Atmosphere titled Chance. [/b]
Radiobeach mentioned that box set also. I have never seen that one in the stores. I just purchased the box sets of Closer, Still, and Unknown Pleasures.
Rio is a really good album, although I prefer their debut.
I thought Astronaut was probably the best, or at least the most Duran Duran album since Notorious.
Liberty and the whole load of varied and somewhat unusual, and very unsuccessful albums they released in the 90s were getting gradually less Duran-like. I think they got it back together with Astronaut, and the majority of Red Carpet Massacre kind of follows on from there.
Personally I prefer Astronaut, but it didn't offer anything new, which is what RCM does. It is a very modern, contemporary sounding album, and Simon LeBon has never sounded better!
I downloaded bonus track "Cry Baby Cry" from iTunes and it's a killer.
They had a funny five minutes Alex in '81. The vinyl singles from the 'Dare' album had the word 'blue' or 'red' on their sleeves as an indication as to the speed and beat of their new 'dance' music.
Having played 'Secrets' for the first time yesterday, i decided it would have been the brightest red of them all, ie the most synthpop.
When I was little I had the 7" singles of Don't You Want Me and Love Action. I seem to recall the sleeves being dark red and dark blue with photos of the band on. I liked those covers.
Did you like "Secrets" then? I think it's a terrific album.
Originally posted by Alex S: Did you like "Secrets" then? I think it's a terrific album.
Not too much, but it was a first listen. The best tracks for me were 'All I Ever Wanted' and 'Love Me Madly?', which i think were played on their 'Live At The Dome' dvd. What surprised me most was that 'Secrets' was from '01, and i cant think of any studio album from them since.
Originally posted by Alex S: Some new stuff is long overdue!!
Yes six years is longer than even Numans five and a half with 'Pure'. New album soon or not, i hope they also release their 'album gigs' on dvd too. Just maybe this recent early albums theme may inspire them to go back to their roots a bit.
Disco Inferno "D.I. Go Pop" Ulrich Schnauss "Far Away Trains Passing By" Low "Trust" Anja Garbarek "Smiling and Waving" Will Oldham "Joya" Hood "The Cycle of Days and Seasons" PJ Harvey "White Chalk"
Originally posted by the church puddle: Disco Inferno "D.I. Go Pop" Ulrich Schnauss "Far Away Trains Passing By" Low "Trust" Anja Garbarek "Smiling and Waving" Will Oldham "Joya" Hood "The Cycle of Days and Seasons" PJ Harvey "White Chalk"
Not all at once of course ...
The Far Away Trains Passing By album (Ulrich Schnauss) is excellent - I really must give it another spin. I picked up a copy of his latest album Goodbye a few weeks ago, but (I'm sorry to say) I've still not managed to listen to it...
Yes it sure is. I just put those two Bowie's in the pod, and decided to play them back to back. Their both such different images musically and persona wise, you could feel the change from one to the other. More significant than some superficial 'image makers' around.
For a change this evening I've picked up iTunes at 'L' and I'm just letting it run. Accidents can inspire moments of great pleasure...
Lonely Woman-Amon Duul 2 Long Way Home-Tom Waits Look What The Wind Blew In-Baby Dee Looped Los Angeles-John Foxx Loosey Girls-Amon Düül Lord I've Been Changed-Tom Waits Losing My Head-Clan Of Xymox Lost-The Cure Lost-Plastikman Lost and Found-The Radio Dept Lost New York-John Foxx Lothlorien -Bo Hansson Love And Napalm-Gary Numan Love Bomb-Grinderman Love Is The Drug-Kylie Lude 1-Six By Seven Lude II-Six By Seven Ludwig-Amon Düül Luktar Gvendur-Björk Lullaby-Ute Lemper Luminous And Gone-John Foxx Luna (The Moon)-Marc Almond Lyre Liar-Throbbing Gristle
I'm going to try this more often. So much better than shuffle!
Originally posted by Alex S: People always used to tell me to investigate the music of Clan Of Xymox.. I never did...
You should investigate the music of anyone that anyone ever suggests to you. If they know you even a little the chances are you might find something interesting
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] People always used to tell me to investigate the music of Clan Of Xymox.. I never did...
You should investigate the music of anyone that anyone ever suggests to you. If they know you even a little the chances are you might find something interesting [/b]
I usually do - got into Mesh that way. However the 'list' of artists to check out is now that long, I'd need to book a week off work!!
Joe Jackson "The Collection" I like this cat a lot Though musically different from our Den , he too has always shown a detached disdain for the mainstream , quietly confident of his own talent and ability I shall probably dig outthe cassette of his Meisterwerk * "Night and Day" later on
*pretentious I know , but I just felt like throwing a Kraftwerk -like word into the mix !
Originally posted by Birdsong: Contains the wonderful 'Jealousy' doesn't it?
Yeah, thats the one Martin. The singles are 'Bicycle Race', Dont Stop Me Now', and 'Fat Bottomed Girls'.
All the Queen's were remastered between about '91 and '93 but none had extra tracks, not that Queen were known for lots of b-sides and 12" mixes anyway. Would be nice for some re-issues soon, though not on the wallet.
After ordering a ticket to see Gary Numan in London next March, it'll be the first time I've seen him live, I just had to give Replicas a spin. IMHO it's one of his best albums.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] I gave Bartos' album a spin last year. It was like listening to a bunch of camp Cybermen groovin' away at the YMCA.
Not a fan, then. [/b]
I enjoyed it - it certainly had a few good moments - but too much of it wallowed (or tried to) in the glory of days gone by and the majority of the album was so camp and colourful I had to wear sunglasses!
Originally posted by metal beat: After ordering a ticket to see Gary Numan in London next March, it'll be the first time I've seen him live, I just had to give Replicas a spin. IMHO it's one of his best albums.
Peter
Replicas is certainly one of his best albums, although I rarely play it. Compared to how the songs developed live over the years, some of the album originals sound a bit basic or amateur in places.
Actually some of my favourite Replicas tracks are actually the bonus tracks on the re-master: "We Have A Technical", "Only A Downstat" and "The Crazies". Brilliant. It'll be fantastic if he performs those live!
Originally posted by metal beat: After ordering a ticket to see Gary Numan in London next March, it'll be the first time I've seen him live, I just had to give Replicas a spin. IMHO it's one of his best albums.
Peter
Enjoy the show, Peter. I never got the chance to see him live but I know it will be worth the cost of admission. And yes, Replicas is up at the top of the list.
In honour of Gary's Mighty Boosh cameo, last night, I'm going to bung ALL my different versions of CARS in a winamp playlist, even the crap remixes, and play the lot. (that's probably several hours worth..)
(engage controversy mode) So far,the best version is by Fear Factory, featuring Gary Numan. I think it was on the special edition of "Obsolete". (disengage controversy mode)
Despite coming from the same sessions, they're hard to compare.
if I had to "choose" one, it would be From Trash since it is a much more contemporary sounding album than Sideways, which to my ears it a bit more 'nostalgic'... I find it has more similarities to John's older work (which is not a bad thing) but Trash has a more modern and stylised edge.
The track listing on 'From Trash' is also more geared to being in a classic album order too. The perfect start, no 'fillers' throughout, and a great closing track.
The usual suspects this weekend- John, Numan, and Bowie.
The most refreshing at the moment though, is the new / or only album by Gretchen. And you know me, some rarities too. (They have more live bootlegs than official releases.....so far).
St Etienne "The Sound of Water " La Cracknell , Wiggins and Stanley on top form ,weaving a magical dreamlike soundscape The jewel in the crown is the epic 9 minute "The way we used to live " . stunningly beautiful.
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: St Etienne "The Sound of Water " La Cracknell , Wiggins and Stanley on top form ,weaving a magical dreamlike soundscape The jewel in the crown is the epic 9 minute "The way we used to live " . stunningly beautiful.
Superb album! Haven't played it in ages, will have to give a listen this week
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] St Etienne "The Sound of Water " La Cracknell , Wiggins and Stanley on top form ,weaving a magical dreamlike soundscape The jewel in the crown is the epic 9 minute "The way we used to live " . stunningly beautiful.
Superb album! Haven't played it in ages, will have to give a listen this week [/b]
Truly fab album You won't regret it I guess you are still keeping philosophical Gaz I'm still counting on meeting you in Manchester in May !
Originally posted by maryann: Gary Numan: Living Ornaments 1979 cd 1 The version of Conversation on this record is one of the best ever.
Its another of those tracks that owes a lot of credit to Billy.
As for Japan's - 'Tin Drum' which i played today, ive been looking for a version with bonus tracks. There appears to be none, unlike some of their other albums.
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] St Etienne "The Sound of Water " La Cracknell , Wiggins and Stanley on top form ,weaving a magical dreamlike soundscape The jewel in the crown is the epic 9 minute "The way we used to live " . stunningly beautiful.
Superb album! Haven't played it in ages, will have to give a listen this week [/b]
Truly fab album You won't regret it I guess you are still keeping philosophical Gaz I'm still counting on meeting you in Manchester in May ! [/b]
Apart from ‘How We Used to Live’ other faves on ‘Sound of…’ were ‘Heart Failed (In the Back of a Taxi)’ and ‘Downey, Ca’ I though they went a bit backwards on Finisterre.
I don’t know if you know, but there was a sister-album to ‘Sound of Water’ released on Sub-Pop called ‘Interlude’ – can’t remember much about it though, so perhaps it wasn’t that good.
Missed Opportunity #4132561423,123875128351;
The cover to ‘Sound of Water’ is by Julian Opie. About 10-12 years ago I was working in Islington at the Business Design Centre and every year they have an Art Fair – quite a prestigious one too. It was at the Art Fair that I saw the original artwork for ‘How We Used To Live’ – Opie was just sat there, behind a trestle table, selling his art. It was on sale for about a grand. I just stopped in my tracks – I thought it was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen, and that week, I’d just been given a yearly bonus of exactly a grand. I thought long hard in a café on Upper St about just blowing the whole grand on this piece of art. I decided against it in the end.
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Gary Numan: Living Ornaments 1979 cd 1 The version of Conversation on this record is one of the best ever.
Its another of those tracks that owes a lot of credit to Billy.
As for Japan's - 'Tin Drum' which i played today, ive been looking for a version with bonus tracks. There appears to be none, unlike some of their other albums. [/b]
right! Actually I was a bit disappointed as it's not exactly 'brimming' with extras, although I was pleased to finally find out that my original 7" B side 'Life Without Buildings' was not 'warped' and it really is supposed to sound like that.
The newish Fad Gadget box set, the newish 'She Wants Revenge' album, loads of The Associates, Bowie and Chris Connelly's 'Shipwrek', 'Blonde Exodus' and 'Ultimate Seaside Companion'.
I don't think it was that bad, but it certainly was patchy.
"Shine", "Dream On" and the flood mix of "Freelove" were all outstanding in my opinion. It's a very different kind of album, but it doesn't really go anywhere, despite an overall good sound and stunning vocal from Dave.
But, sadly it's just not one of those albums you go back to, unlike PTA or Ultra, etc.
..in a nutshell: right! But even 'Freelove' had to be radically remixed to stand out as single. 'I Feel Loved' was fine electro-fare but, rather like the rest of the album, doesn't really go anywhere.
I don't know whether they were deliberately trying something different for that album following Dave's rehab, or if they had just ran out of steam and needed a break. I think there were some good lyrics on the album, they were just let down by uninspiring arrangements.
I've only heard a sample of the new Oxygene, and I thought it sounded fantastic - almost identicle to the original recording, but much richer. Oh and I've heard one of the 'new' pieces
However I cannot pass a full verdict on it yet as it will be a Christmas present! So in other words I've got to wait a bit before I get my paws on it!
Originally posted by maryann: And I finished a very Depeche Mode day with: The Best of, Vol 1
wonder when Vol 2 is gonna be out? ..and wht'll be on it?
BTW gave Exciter another chance last night and again this morning (this really is hard work..)and I reckon taking out a few tracks adding a couple of remixes and changing the running order..we might just have a decent album.
Ive done the same for 'Replicas' today, as i did for 'Metamatic' when i heard of its re-release. Played the whole album and extras today and the next time its played will be the re-release version. So about three months to go.....
Originally posted by maryann: [b] And I finished a very Depeche Mode day with: The Best of, Vol 1
wonder when Vol 2 is gonna be out? ..and wht'll be on it? [/b]
Thats a good question. I was quite happy with the '81-'85 and '86-'98 set in chrono order. The positive thing about these new volumes is that the sound has improved.
Originally posted by maryann: [b] And I finished a very Depeche Mode day with: The Best of, Vol 1
wonder when Vol 2 is gonna be out? ..and wht'll be on it? [/b]
Thats a good question. I was quite happy with the '81-'85 and '86-'98 set in chrono order. The positive thing about these new volumes is that the sound has improved. [/b]
And you get a great DVD of the videos with the Best Of !
Originally posted by maryann: [b] And I finished a very Depeche Mode day with: The Best of, Vol 1
wonder when Vol 2 is gonna be out? ..and wht'll be on it? [/b]
Thats a good question. I was quite happy with the '81-'85 and '86-'98 set in chrono order. The positive thing about these new volumes is that the sound has improved. [/b]
'sright .. probably the main reason we keep buying them eh? look forward to Vol. 2 altho I wish they'd do a compilation of best non-single tracks or something..B sides, lessere known album tracks, whatever....
Originally posted by MemberD: I wish they'd do a compilation of best non-single tracks or something..B sides, lessere known album tracks, whatever....
I know, its needed even more so since the cd/dvd remasters did not include any extras. They would have been perfect with b-sides. (and no 12" remixes).
One of my favorite parts is at the very end of the track. Gary says 'bye bye' and he sounded so .... ( I cannot post it as I will be accused of being too girly :rolleyes: ).
Originally posted by maryann: [b] And I finished a very Depeche Mode day with: The Best of, Vol 1
wonder when Vol 2 is gonna be out? ..and wht'll be on it? [/b]
Thats a good question. I was quite happy with the '81-'85 and '86-'98 set in chrono order. The positive thing about these new volumes is that the sound has improved. [/b]
Definitely improved. I wasnt so happy with the sound on the 86>98 set.
Originally posted by maryann: [b] As for Japan's - 'Tin Drum' which i played today, ive been looking for a version with bonus tracks. There appears to be none, unlike some of their other albums.
so what's with the new sleeve? the original vinyl sleeve looks so much better... also i've seen this once and noticed it's copy protected... why can't they just put the original sleeve and add the bonus tracks to the end of the disc like they did with quiet life etc.
Currently listening to The Teardrop Explodes Peel Sessions CD. Classic stuff espcially'Log Cabin' and 'Buchanan' which i originally taped from the 1982 David Jensen show on a cheap tape (which i still have but with more tape noise than music thes days! ) and have never found on any other recording until now. Great joy to listen to them again. H
John Foxx interviewed by Martin Halldin, Gothenburg from April this year. An interview in a cafe, possibly over breakfast, where John talks about his recent projects.
John Foxx & Louis Gordon's Metamatic Tour at the ICA this year. John's dream of touring Metamatic is finally achieved and mine of listening to Metamatic played live.
I also gave David Bowie's Strangers When We Meet a spin. This should have been a huge hit and like Heroes it didn't make the UK Top 20. It's often called the "Son of Heroes". Brian Eno is of course involved in this track and yes there's more to 1.Outside than meets the eye!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Propaganda 'A Secret Wish' Many years on and I still can't get used to the CD edition will have to dig out the vinyl of it soon!
Hi Garry,
What's wrong with the CD edition? (I've never had the vinyl)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Propaganda 'A Secret Wish' Many years on and I still can't get used to the CD edition will have to dig out the vinyl of it soon!
Hi Garry,
What's wrong with the CD edition? (I've never had the vinyl)
Brian [/b]
Hi Brian,
I think I'm just used to the flow and feel of the original vinyl edition better. There are many CD editions, the one I have is the Repitoire edition with the DVD. It has the extended version of 'Dr.Mabuse' - which I don't think works as well as the UK album version, and 'Frozen Faces' - an OK b-side, but not an album track. It also puts Mabuse at the end of the album when the final track should be 'The Chase/Strength To Dream' as this book-ends the album nicely with the opening track 'Dream Within a Dream'
I wish there was an edition with their cover of 'Femme Fatale'! Over the past few years ZTT have released box-sets of Act, Andrew Poppy and AoN - would be nice to see a Propaganda one.
Garry
CD (Repitoire enhanced edition) Dream Within a Dream, The Murder of Love, Jewel, Duel, Frozen Faces, P. Machinery, Sorry for Laughing, The Chase, Dr. Mabuse (Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse)
UK 1985 Vinyl edition
A - Dream Within a Dream, The Murder of Love, Jewel, Duel.
B – P-Machinery, Sorry for Laughing, Dr. Mabuse, The Chase/Strength To Dream
Originally posted by Brian: I dont have that edition.
I think I have the first CD edition:-
Dream within a dream The Murder of Love Jewel Duel Frozen Faces P-Machinery Sorry for Laughing The Chase Dr Mabuse
Dont know if Mabuse is a different mix.
I also have the 2 albums of remixes Outside World & Wishful thinking.
Brian
On the vinyl edition, Mabuse is 5min long. On my CD it's 10min with the 'Strength to Dream' bit tagged on the end. 'Jewel' on the vinyl is semi-instrumental, whereas the CD edition has most of the vocal.
I've got Wishful Thinking - no difference between that and the vinyl. Not got 'Outside World' yet - is it worth getting?
The original 7inch of being boiled on Fast, not the 7inch with red fast label in the middle, the one with the black and white photocopy style label, slightly milder orange on the cover & 'insurgent pop' etched into the vinyl.
This morning it's been Beyond the Storm by Edgar Froese... I'm definitely on a bit of a Tangerine Dream roll at the moment...
I've just heard that the first three albums by Biosphere have just been / are about to be released... so I'll keep my fingers crossed and hope that Santa is reading this post...
I don't think I've got 'Lied' or 'The Lesson' - are these tracks or just remixes? It would be good to get 'Femme Fatale'on CD! The DVD with my CD copy of 'A Secret Wish' already has Dr. Mabuse (Version 1)', 'Dr. Mabuse (Version 2)' 'Duel' and 'P.Machinery'.
Originally posted by nap-ster: Lied is a short version of The Chase The Lesson is a combined remix of p-Machinery & Dr Mabuse
Thanks nap-ster
I just knew they had to be re-mixes! ZTT were infamous for that. God knows how many formats I've got P-Machinery in; it would take a lifetime to listen to them all!
Originally posted by nap-ster: [b] Lied is a short version of The Chase The Lesson is a combined remix of p-Machinery & Dr Mabuse
Thanks nap-ster
I just knew they had to be re-mixes! ZTT were infamous for that. God knows how many formats I've got P-Machinery in; it would take a lifetime to listen to them all! [/b]
Hi Gary,
I know there are so many versions.
I still think its worth getting though.
Would have replied earlier but I didn't get chance & I didnt have the CD to hand for the track listing.
Oh excellent - I'll definately investigate this. I've borrowed and copied the soundtrack in the past but never got round to buying an original - looks like now is the time!
I've not had a lot of time of late but finally managed to listen to "To young to die " St Etienne sublime as always Trust first album ( a prototype French Manic Street Preachers ) and would you believe "From Trash" ! As I type , Patti Smith is getting stuck into 'Van the Man's* Gloria (Horses) *Morrison not me !
Originally posted by Birdsong: If I ever get the chance, the Trans-Siberian Railway is something I'd love to experience....
Me too. I have a cousin who did it a few years ago and he said it was fantastic. My piece was inspired by the train journey through the Urals, and not from Vladivostok to Novosibirsk, in Dr.Zhivago, though the actual sequences in the movie were shot in Spain!
This afternoon, while working out to the abrasiveness of "England's Going To the Dogs" with my fell axe and my neighbours eucalyptus tree, I am now thawing out with a beer enjoying the latest digital download offering from The High Priest of Rap Kai Motte which is best described as a little acoustic easy listening album, entitled ‘The C Word’.
I am making my way through their portfolio. The sound on this one is worse than the Boy cd. Again, I will ask the question: why doesn't Island remaster these??
Songs from the Ark, by the Last Man in Europe Corporation. Interesting.
Bought this in about 1985, when I was a student (the first time). Odd, electronic, featuring processed Clarinets, synths, drum machines, and terrible vocals.
Stand-outs: Fool's Gold (despite the "singing"), and the "poetry" bit (Last Man in Europe), and "Odeon, Red Square".
I suppose there is a John Foxx feel to some of it.
Anyone else know this album? I can't be the only one who bought it (apart from one of the other guys on my course in 85)
I understand that the "last man in Europe" was the original working title of Orwell's 1984.
Siouxsie & The Banshees 'Kaliedoscope' - it's been a while since I've played this, and in comparison to 'The Scream', Join Hands' or 'Juju' I can't say it's aged as well - some great singles though, and a few good album tracks such as 'Red Light', Lunar Camel' and 'Paradise Place'.
The remastered edition has loads of demo tracks - almost an albums worth in itself which makes for interesting listening.
Looking forward to the BBC Sessions box-set hopefully coming out next year.
I have been listening my way through U2 (in chrono order of course). Today was War and that completes the trilogy of what is in my opinion their best work. Haven't played them in many many years and I rediscovered some nice surprises. Sound-wise though, these 3 need to be remastered NOW !
Past few days I've been listening to selections from:
Children Of The Bong: Sirius Sounds Bill Nelson: Blue Moons & Laughing Guitars Bill Nelson: Getting The Holy Ghost Across A Perfect Circle: Thirteenth Step A Perfect Circle: Emotive Fashion: The Height Of Fashion Gary Numan: Exile - particularly ABSOLUTION Gary Numan: Jagged Dead Can Dance: Toward The Within Led Zeppelin: Mothership Monster Magnet: 4-Way Diablo
John Foxx And Louis Gordon - 'From Trash' John Foxx And Louis Gordon - 'Sideways' John Foxx - 'Tiny Colour Movies' John Foxx - 'Metamatic' deluxe edition
Although I don't know the British group you are referring to, I sense it is quite un-Vince Clarke like. Yaz was always Yaz here. My old vinyl of Upstairs at Eric's attests to that. Wonder why the name change
At the time of their success in the USA there was a band already about called Yazoo hence the name change to Yaz.
The other artiste called Yazz is/was a female solo disco singer, best known for recording as Yazz & The Plastic Population; number one'd in the UK with "The Only Way Is Up" as mentioned above.
Currently playing 'Ants Invasion' from Kings of the Wild Frontier!
Takes me back to when I was a tiny child, pleading with my mum to make me clothes like the type that Adam Ant wore. Which she did. I also used to parade around with a white stripe across my nose. Aged about 6. Happy days!
Well as we all know, official release dates tend to extend nearer the time. But in this case it should be as nuworld stated because we want it to tie in with the tour, birthday, and 30 years in the biz etc.
On the telly would you believe New Year Concert from La Fenice Venice The very anthesis of our Dennis . Bloated and Maximalist Quite pleasant once a year tho . The glitterati are having a fine old time shaking their Cartier watches and Fabergé jewellery to what is basically "Now that's what I call music Vol 1 Best of Classical " There's been a Pavarotti tribute Nessun Dorma the footy song from Italia 90. I'm waiting for The Blue Danube and Radstesky's (Sp) March so I can have a bop All the very best to all my fellow Foxxheads . I've got a plane to catch to the freshly appointed European Capital of Excessive Lager Drinking /Culture
Originally posted by NerveJam: Songs from the Ark, by the Last Man in Europe Corporation. Interesting.
Bought this in about 1985, when I was a student (the first time). Odd, electronic, featuring processed Clarinets, synths, drum machines, and terrible vocals.
Stand-outs: Fool's Gold (despite the "singing"), and the "poetry" bit (Last Man in Europe), and "Odeon, Red Square".
I suppose there is a John Foxx feel to some of it.
Anyone else know this album? I can't be the only one who bought it (apart from one of the other guys on my course in 85)
I understand that the "last man in Europe" was the original working title of Orwell's 1984.
Update: I've found a reference to this, under the Label Name, Situation Two, on Wikipedia. There's also a mention of it on the "Situation 2" section on the Beggars Banquet site. Situation Two
Catalog number was SITU 5, and it was actually released in 1985.
Currently listening to; 'Slope' by Steve Jansen (Superb) and 'Goodbye' by Ulrich Schnauss (mmmmm....not sure; a bit MBV, a bit Robin Guthrie...but not quite as good as either)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Happy New Year to all!
Yes, absolutely...
Quote:
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Currently listening to; 'Slope' by Steve Jansen (Superb) and 'Goodbye' by Ulrich Schnauss (mmmmm....not sure; a bit MBV, a bit Robin Guthrie...but not quite as good as either)
Still not sure about Slope , but I'm confident that it'll grow on me - I do like the track Playground Martyrs. As for the Ulrich Schnauss CD... I also don't think that it's as good as its predecessors, but in all fairness they are both very tough acts to follow.
Would you believe "The Best of Petula Clark" ! First heard this stuff as a five year old As a glam /soon to be punk teenager I absolutely loathed smug git Tony Hatch on New Faces , but with the benefit of age and hindsight I take my hat off to you Tone top songwriter even if I'd never want to go for a pint with you ! "Downtown" is an absolute jewel of a song , musically and lyrically I can even see where Martin Fry got his inspiration for "The Lexicon of Love" from . The abovementioned musical meisterwerk also brings back memories of one of the best films ever made "Twin Town" Maybe John and Petula could perform a duet "Don't sleep in the Underpass , darling "
[/QUOTE]Still not sure about Slope , but I'm confident that it'll grow on me - I do like the track Playground Martyrs. As for the Ulrich Schnauss CD... I also don't think that it's as good as its predecessors, but in all fairness they are both very tough acts to follow.
Rob [/QB][/QUOTE]
Hi Rob,
This is the first Ulrich Schnauss CD I've heard. What can you recommend?
I really like 'Slope' a lot - I'm glad it's so clearly Jansen, it made me realise just how much Jansen added to Nine Horses.
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Would you believe "The Best of Petula Clark" ! First heard this stuff as a five year old.
I remember hearing 'Pet' when i was a three year old. The power of chord changes etc was interesting enough to really make me listen, even at that age. And so my musical story began.....
Spent the afternoon playing Bowie, the day after hes birthday. Played 'Low' and 'Lodger' on the ipod while tidying the bedroom. Have not cleaned up for almost 18 hours, what a mess. There was three large sheets of glass stuck in the window frames and carpet all over the floor.
Radiohead "In Rainbows" (disc 2) Vangelis "Blade Runner" Low "Trust" Client "Client" Six By Seven "The Closer You Get" Grand Drive "True Love and High Adventure"
all of which are worth the emotional rollercoaster.
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Manic Street Preachers GENERATION TERRORISTS
NAT WEST!
NATWESTBARCLAYSMIDLANDSLLO-OYDS!
BLACKHORSE APOC-ALY-PSE!
Heh! Saw them live just before it came out and Bradfield kept getting the bank names wrong - really funny - by the third time even he was laughing too much! Final go and he got it right - got the biggest cheer on the night!
(Liquidscreamer's Martin has pretty much all the hardware kit mentioned on Numan's Telekon sleeve, and knows how to use it. Louise's vocals are excellent.) [obscure mode off]
Thanks H and Brian. I listened to Howard Jones alot; he was very big here for awhile and as I mentioned in another thread, Midge opened for Howard one of the times that I saw him perform.
Howard Jones is the only 'celebrity' who I can (at least twenty years ago) describe as 'a friend of mine'. used to play a lot locally hwen I was at uni and I did some roadie stuff for him. Nice man - we shared a lot of beers.
He won't remember...
But now I'm airing Revolver for the first time in a good while. Bursting with ideas and imaginitave songcraft.
I wonder where John Foxx was when he first heard this album. Sitting at the edge of the World somewhere, I expect... Picking out the seeds to plant in his own Garden.
Over the Christmas period I've been listening to my prezzies!
New Order's 5 disc Retro box set and their DVD 316 - New York 81, Reading Festival 98 and In Conversation . Some great tracks here despite they found it difficult at first to find their feet since the sad departure of Ian. Steve Morris' drumming and programming is really impressive. They're all brilliant musicians.
Duran Duran's Singles Box 1986 - 1995. Not very excited about this. I always preferred their earlier stuff and Nick's choice of electronic synthesis. In the early days he made some incredible sounds out of his Jupiter-4 and Prophet 5 that are hard to be matched by his new toys.
David Bowie's Serious Moonlight DVD. His comeback and his first real greatest hits set. He waited so long for the end of his disastrous contract with ex Manager Tony De Fries that in 1983 he was in seventh heaven and touring his beloved Far East. Great guitar playing by Earl Slick and Carlos Alomar. David Lebolt plays also some decent keys. Also another compilation The Best of David Bowie - 1980 -1987 plus DVD.
Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds 7-disc Collector's edition. Has always been a favourite of mine so I decided to go for this complete version.
Midge Ure's A Christmas Gift from his first solo tour. Since he dropped synthesizers he hasn't been the same again. Although Midge plays guitar here and the synth playing is handed over to Danny Mitchell of the Messengers for this particular tour.
Souvenir DVD aka The Story of OMD. A very interesting documentary beginning with backstage at the Night of the Proms in Germany, their first performance together in years. Interesting features are both Andy and Paul visting Eric's club and their old studio, The Gramophone Suite, the red telephone box (632 3003 ) at the Wirral and Andy going over the opening sequences of Messages on the Korg Micropreset ie no sophisticated sequencers but merely pressing the G sharp key repetitively!
New Year etc so I thought I'd try some new music/artists etc. Despite the tabloids and any ideas you may have of the man, this is a really good album. 'Deft Left Hand' has the ghost of Devoto/Magazine about it, and 'There She Goes' isn't a cover of the La's classic but something between Kris Kristofferson's 'Needle and The Spoon' with the double-bass of 'Lovecats' by the Cure. Actually there's just tons of other bands in here (The Kinks....and...The Kinks) Only givenit 2-3 plays but it's proving very enjoyable.
Another 'not really my kind of thing', but also from The Jam's era, The Boomtown Rats - 'Greatest Hits'.
Got about ten hits / best of's for free over the weekend, so im playing those. Ive found that these type of groups are only interesting to me as an historical point more than any great need to hear them today.
Every now and then though I like to listen to circa 1970s other than the ones we all mention here. There was truly some great music and unfortunately it seems to get overshadowed by the truly awful 1970s music that mainstream seems to constantly remind us about.
Gary Numan: Living Ornaments 80 (the 10 track version).
I have been playing this in the car for the last 3 weeks now. It's an album I never tire of hearing. Everyday I Die & The Joy Circuit being personal faves.
I finally got the 2-disc version of '80 for Christmas. Nice to hear tracks like Joy Circuit and Telekon live. Haven't had a chance to fully absorb myself in it but I'm please to have all 3 CDs now
Originally posted by Alex S: I finally got the 2-disc version of '80 for Christmas. Nice to hear tracks like Joy Circuit and Telekon live. Haven't had a chance to fully absorb myself in it but I'm please to have all 3 CDs now
Its a great 'double album', that almost never happened. Beggars wanted to put out a two disc version of '80, like '79 and '81, but did not have enough songs to make a two cd set. So the search was on for another 'Teletour '80' show to go with the original version. The show chosen was from Manchester, there was another proposed but 'Remember I Was Vapour' was incomplete on that one.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] I finally got the 2-disc version of '80 for Christmas. Nice to hear tracks like Joy Circuit and Telekon live. Haven't had a chance to fully absorb myself in it but I'm please to have all 3 CDs now
Its a great 'double album', that almost never happened. Beggars wanted to put out a two disc version of '80, like '79 and '81, but did not have enough songs to make a two cd set. So the search was on for another 'Teletour '80' show to go with the original version. The show chosen was from Manchester, there was another proposed but 'Remember I Was Vapour' was incomplete on that one. [/b]
Ah!!! The "Dusty Old Bootleg" Or so some would've had us belive
This morning on the train, John and Louis : Pleasures of Electricity I'd forgotten how good this is. Standouts for me are "A funny thing", "Camera" and "Nightlife".
Can't help noticing how different this album is from the later J+L stuff.
Been listening to my archive of ElectroMancer tracks again. Sigh.
I still love a lot of this stuff. Butterfly Messiah, Bunshop (gavin), Mode7 (surrinder), FBF (marv), Global Citizen (rich), DJ Elektro, Charlotte Sometimes (Charlie), NerveJam (me)....
I particularly enjoy listening to music from artists I know nothing about and have never heard before. That experience is enhanced if the artist is undiscovered, unsigned and uncompromising. My desk is covered with unmarked CD-Rs that have arrived from nowhere in particular with just a stamp for company.
I also have a taste for music that I don't quite understand. Like this.
Junk Receiver is absorbing, enthralling, irritating, simple, complex and stubbornly refuses to go where you expect it to; unfamiliar, and to Romantics like me with a mistrust and fear of sci-fi, it shouldn't even pass into the atmosphere of my green and pleasant world. But despite the reservations induced by a 'Message from the Exterminator' I find myself waving, setting up satellite dishes in the forest, winding up gramophones and turning my head from one speaker to the other in confused anticipation. It grates, bleeps and scratches its way into orbit and combines white noise with gentle melody in a way that shouldn't really work. I don't even understand the track titles, but that's how I know they're good. ''Cortex Department Room 23' is perfect Ballard, and one of the album's stand out tracks. Monotonous in the same way that the ocean isn't. Distant ships and muffled song. Bells KlingKlang-ing through the mist. Someone should be plucking a harp now, but instead they're annoying me with echoes, distortion and - and what exactly? There are so many reactions here. Am I annoyed? I think I was then for a minute. Must go back there. Not as lost as I feared I was going to get - remember that guitar chord, and turn left. When you make music like this, Messrs Apparatus and Hand, how do you decide when a piece is finished? Perhaps Robin Guthrie, Harold Budd, Michel Rother or Edgar Froese could answer the same question. These are references, not comparisons. And who else shall go to the ball?
Here is the news. It's in the trees - it's coming. Komischemuzikmitbiospherics.
There are times when this sea of sound drifts dangerously close to melody and tune, when the Scary Monsters of Vangelis and even JMJ break the surface. But then I see dead people, and hear their voices, and I am reassured. The title track slides in on the oil from the ghost tanker rusting in the fjords, and from the gutter, Cosmic Nova Dust settles on what is now a moonscape. Perhaps this is futuristic after all - when industry and urbanisation finally get bored with each other. Or am I just pretending to see...?
Now I'm listening for all the references I've been told about and I just keep finding different ones. And sirens. Good link. I love this stuff. Sirens wailing in wartime streets; ego-sirens on emergency vehicles; sirens seducing sailors - all sending Messages to one another. Junk. Culture. White noise. White Arcades. Dancing. And suddenly it's Celtic. That fjord is Bantry Bay. I knew there would be a harp in here somewhere! Just needed a good rummage. There isn't? Oh. Must go back to that part too.
Frantically scribbling mental notes. Mapping the fog. Getting no nearer. I don't understand Morse Code either, but there's a Gestalt thing hidden in here. The challenge is letting the musicians inspire you to keep looking.
Clever waymarking, that's their trick, but God knows how they do it.
I like the review Martin! Even if I've not heard the album!
Isn't this our very own Mr.Ilektrik? I remember Quiet Trees putting a review and link up late last year - but for one reason or another, I wasn't able to access the link.
Is there any mp3s/links up where I can hear some of it?
Yesterday, Blondie - 'Plastic Letters', and 'Autoamerican'. Today, nothing. What a difference between those two albums, although 'Eat To The Beat' was heading in that direction too.
Originally posted by maryann: So, out of all the Blondie records of that period, which one, in your opinion, is their best?
I know its not my opinion you asked for, but for what its worth I personally feel that Blondie's first three albums (Blondie, Plastic Letter and Parallel Lines) are the only ones they did of much value. Of these, the first one is probably the best, but there's not much to choose between them
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Yesterday, Blondie - 'Plastic Letters', and 'Autoamerican'.
So, out of all the Blondie records of that period, which one, in your opinion, is their best? I ask because I seem to go back and forth with Blondie. [/b]
The debut - it's just class. Just wish I had the initial poster edition! *sigh*
Originally posted by maryann: [b]So, out of all the Blondie records of that period, which one, in your opinion, is their best?
I know its not my opinion you asked for, but for what its worth I personally feel that Blondie's first three albums (Blondie, Plastic Letter and Parallel Lines) are the only ones they did of much value. Of these, the first one is probably the best, but there's not much to choose between them [/b]
Yes that does pretty much answer it, the first three are the best. 'ETTB' was a prelude to 'Autoamerican'. Of the first three i would pick 'Parallel Lines' as their most complete.
Ive been looking around for other Blondie ones and found too many for my wallet. Theres offical bootleg and live albums now, and some demos all commercially avalible.
I asked for 2 reasons really. One is that I have not listened to Blondie since 'back in the day' and two, there are alot of the early ones in the bargain bin (remastered and with bonus tracks)at my record shop so I was wondering whether to take the plunge.
I seem to only recall Parallel Lines (which I have on vinyl) and played quite alot at the time.
Scritti Politti Songs to Remember Hev Sev Penthouse and Pavement
Re The Debbie Harry Band I was lucky to have seen them in my Freshman year at the Rag Ball at Lancaster University in Feb 78 Anyone else on here had the privilege ? Mungo Jerry as support ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT ALRIGHT !!!!
Depeche Mode, live from 1980. I can't help thinking "Speak and Spell" should have been a much better album. For a start include "Dreaming of Me", "Ice Machine", "Shout", the instrumental of "Any Second Now". Then include "Television Set", "Addiction", "Tomorrow's Dance" and "Reason Man". Then lose "What's Your Name" (the worst DM track ever IMO), "Any Second Now (voices)" and possibly "Boys Say Go" and even "Just Can't Get Enough". But hey, that's all history - I should really move on!
I haven't played this album for a few years & was surprised to hear how fresh it still sounds, which is quite rare of an album that was released in 1986.
I like the review Martin! Even if I've not heard the album!
Isn't this our very own Mr.Ilektrik? I remember Quiet Trees putting a review and link up late last year - but for one reason or another, I wasn't able to access the link.
Is there any mp3s/links up where I can hear some of it? [/b]
Originally posted by maryann: Thanks Martin, Garry and Ken.
I asked for 2 reasons really. One is that I have not listened to Blondie since 'back in the day' and two, there are alot of the early ones in the bargain bin (remastered and with bonus tracks)at my record shop so I was wondering whether to take the plunge.
I seem to only recall Parallel Lines (which I have on vinyl) and played quite alot at the time.
My fave is 'Eat To The Beat' - I can't comment on 'Plastic Letters' because I've never owned a copy, but I thought 'Parallel Lines' was rather tame & lightwieght in places - particularly 'Sunday Girl' which is really drippy.
On 'ETTB' I love Clem Burke's drumming on the whole album. Union City Blue, Victor, Dreaming, Accidents Never Happen, are superb, but stand-out track is Atomic. It has a special place in my heart because the 12" was bought for me by my then girlfriend Rebecca, who was the first girl I fell in love with. She was blonde too. The music & especially the lyrics "make it magnificent."
I like the review Martin! Even if I've not heard the album!
Isn't this our very own Mr.Ilektrik? I remember Quiet Trees putting a review and link up late last year - but for one reason or another, I wasn't able to access the link.
Is there any mp3s/links up where I can hear some of it? [/b]
I'm currently listening to the free copy of 'Oxygene' - Not sure what I think of all this free album business (even if by buying the paper, I have bought into it) - it doesn't detract or cheapen the music at all, but it is a bit odd – giving away albums as if they were plastic astronauts in the bottom of a cereal packet.
Is the album still a work of art or a product or both? How would you feel if ‘Cathedral Oceans’ came free with your Super Soaraway Sun? Or am I just behaving like a snob?
Cack! I forgot to buy the damned paper.... (Too busy installing a tumbledryer in a tiny cupboard with a door opening smaller than the machine. Above the washing machine. And I did it, too. Single-handedly. RAH!)
Hang on.. Cathedral Oceans in the Sun? Jolly Spiffing Idea, what?! (the Sun is cheap)
Actually, it'd fit with the customer profile of something more upmarket.
Pieter Nooten "Ourspace" - I like very much what I have heard so far. This is not a surprise to me though since he made one of the most enduring and lyrical ambient records ever in "Sleeps with the Fishes" with Michael Brook.
The magnificent "Stop Making Sense " Talking Heads , possibly my favourite live of all time Brilliant throughout ,apart maybe frtom the the frighteningly weird bit in the middle where David Byrne leaves the stage for a ciggy break or a Barry White or something and Jerry and Tina transform into "The Tom Tom Club. I believe the DVD was given away free with the Observer a couple of months back Anyone manage to get hold of it ?
Originally posted by Alex S: I bought the original DVD several years ago - in fact it was the first DVD I ever bought! What a show. Absolutely brilliant.
David Byrne's Live at Union Chapel DVD is really good too, although all the way through, you're just waiting for him to start running round the stage or do something silly, which sadly, he doesn't.
But what a performer - he'll never better those gigs, and not many others come close.
I LOVED "just fascination" and "crackdown". I'd also discovered early New Order at that point, like "everything's gone green" and such.
This is more my era of the cabs. The other, earlier volume (78-82) is cool, but it's not what I remember. (it is, however, amazon's "perfect partner" for this album..)
BTW, the Amazon album browser thing is cool. There are samples for all the tracks on this album..
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] The Mojo "OK_Computer" CD
Full track listing for those less fortunate please.... [/b]
Tracklisting: 1. The Human League - Circus Of Death 2. Gary Numan/Tubeway Army - Down In The Park 3. The Knife - Silent Shout 4. Fujiya & Miyagi - Ankle Injuries 5. Matthew Dear - Fleece On Brain 6. John Foxx - Burning Car 7. Arthur Russell - Place I Know/Kid Like You 8. Xela - Afraid Of Monsters 9. Tangerine Dream - Rubycon (Part One) 10. Clouddead - Dead Dogs Two (Boards Of Canada Remix) 11. Severed Heads - Dead Eyes Opened 12. Farley Jackmaster Funk - The Acid Life 13. The Peppers - Pepper Box 14. The Gentle Rain - Plastic Man 15. The Sounds Of Tomorrow - Space Child
I didn't bother with it, as I own most of the tracks already.
Originally posted by maryann: Yesterday I listened to Dazzle Ships and I think I like it better than the other three (not counting compilations) I have. . . .... shall I leave now
..on the contrary! .. join the Dazzle Ships party! .. I just put it on straight after the abovementioned booty I was a-listening to . .
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Currently listening to;
Apparatus and Hand – ‘Junk Receiver (Broadcasts From Bug Powder Radio)’
128 MicroKorg pre-sets
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark: ‘Dazzle Ships’
Nick Drake: ‘Five Leaves Left’
Mentioned in the same post as Nick Drake!!! My, that IS an honour.
Must play FLL, Pink Moon & Bryter Layter before the week is out.
I've also been playing Add N To X: Revenge Of The Black Regent. Beautifully eerie vocals from Alison Goldfrapp. [/b]
Hi Ilektrik!
I was given the new edition of the Fruit Tree vinyl box set for xmas – and it’s been played almost constantly ever since! It comes with a really good DVD documentary and a booklet too – I’ve given away the CDs to friends.
Like-wise – must give Avant Hard a blast this week!
Talking of Goldfrapp and Nick Drake, Will Gregory has cited Drake, of all people, as being an influence on the new album, along with early Pink Floyd and The Wicker Man soundtrack. It's a new organic sounding turn for Goldfrapp which sounds highly interesting I must say, as I have found them a wee bit overrated and self important up till now.
Today I've played The Knife's 'Silent Shout' twice. A Swedish brother and sister duo doing minimalist retro futurism with some dance influence, and not bad at all.
Originally posted by newvox: In anticipation of Goldfrapp's new album, I've been listening to their new single 'A & E' (it's on my MySpace profile), and also 'Black Cherry'.
Duran Duran - Red Carpet Massacre and Roisin Murphy - Overpowered.
also listened to Middle East issue OMITD cassette in the car this morn - a mixture of the first two albums with some alternative versions. A rousing start to the day..
Originally posted by The Quiet Trees: Talking of Goldfrapp and Nick Drake, Will Gregory has cited Drake, of all people, as being an influence on the new album, along with early Pink Floyd and The Wicker Man soundtrack. It's a new organic sounding turn for Goldfrapp which sounds highly interesting I must say, as I have found them a wee bit overrated and self important up till now.
I was lucky enough to 'discover' Goldfrapp when my daughter picked up on them on the release of Felt Mountain, which was cited as being among the favourites of Marc Almond at the time. This is a superb debut album, and breaks a lot of new ground that I feel Goldfrapp have moved too far away from with subsequent releases. Seen them live once with each album and they are VERY good.
I think they caught the bug of stardom and tailored Supernature definitely to reach that mass market. very successfully too, but it lacks a lot of the credibility etc of the first album. Black Cherry falls somewhere in between.
From what I've heard I agree with you. The new material sounds more organic than recently and I feel there may be some hope for them after all
I don't like the new stuff. Maybe it will grow on me.
Just listening to "The knife" on myspace. Wow! That's more like it. She sounds like Bjork, and that cannot be bad. (I LOVE Bjork) "Heartbeats live" sounds like Bjork and Berlin.. but better! Many thanks to "the quiet trees" for the heads-up on this one..
Originally posted by Sarah Bradshaw: In anticipation of Goldfrapp's new album, I've been listening to their new single 'A & E' (it's on my MySpace profile), and also 'Black Cherry'.
Slow songs for me at the moment, as I'm feeling rather slow myself...
I've got my ticket for Goldfrapp's gig at the Birmingham Symphony Hall in June, so if any of you are going, I hope to see you there!
Sarah
Had a promo for "Seventh Tree" for a while now and it's excellent,better than Supernature imho
Today - In Mysterious Ways. In common with many others, this is my least favourite of the four eighties albums. But what competition it has in the other three. It's still an enduringly good album and once again I was thinking how undervalued it is. Bonus track Lumin De Lumine is a nugget that has also been unduly off the praise-radar. As is the building guitar freak-out of City Of Lights. Not so keen on Hiding In Plain Sight though, it's got that Simple Minds sound from when they began selling out into Stadium Rock and it demonstrates Foxx's mid-eighties feeling of directionlessness and pressures on him to be more radio-friendly.
Talking about going off the radar, today I have been right back to my childhood and put on a cassette recording of The Everly Brothers My dad used to play this kind of thing all the time, and I respect it MUCH more now of course than I did in my formative years.
Superbly crafted songs in the old school style when simplicity was more respectable. And I love the innocence of the romantic dilemmas.
"Take A Message To Mary" is particularly good, prickling the hairs on my neck.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Talking about going off the radar, today I have been right back to my childhood and put on a cassette recording of [b]The Everly Brothers My dad used to play this kind of thing all the time, and I respect it MUCH more now of course than I did in my formative years.
Superbly crafted songs in the old school style when simplicity was more respectable. And I love the innocence of the romantic dilemmas.
"Take A Message To Mary" is particularly good, prickling the hairs on my neck. [/b]
Going back a further generation...my dad requested the triple cd soundtrack of Dennis Potter's thirties-set drama of the seventies 'Pennies From Heaven' for Christmas, so that's what he got. He sits in quiet admiration marvelling at the 'wonderful' lyrics that they 'couldn't write today', as sung by Al Bowly, Josef Locke et al. To my ears they are laughably corny and simplistic, and I enjoy making little ditties in the same vein up on the spot that I think are as good/bad (delete as tastes incline) as the song he is listening to - to show it's as easy as that! However, he is also appreciating the naive charm in the same way as you are with The Everly Brothers, I think, Birdsong. And I can really understand that, even if I don't like the music. Plus, if the thirties had a nostalgic dimension for me, as it does for my dad, then I would probably derive some pleasure and warm comfort from the music too, not to mention a feeling that those songs are 'what music should be'. We are all, to an extent, products of our conditioning.
Originally posted by Alex S: The Mojo "OK_Computer" CD
Giving this a listen again. With the possible exception of one or two tracks, this cd is great. I am going to look into some of the groups I have never heard before and pick up some of their stuff.
It's great, H. My second favourite OMD album behind Dazzle Ships. The debut album has Korg Micro-Preset all over it. I had one a few years ago, but in a moment of madness that I still don't understand, I sold it!!!!
P.S. On the same day, I also sold an Arp Pro Soloist. Insane, absolutely insane. I feel depressed now.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] The B-52's: The B-52's
I forgot all about The B-52's then all in one day I see your post and then the video for 'Roam'. I don't listen to them much but I do like them. [/b]
I'm not a huge fan of The B-52's, Maryann. I bought their first three albums - The B-52's - Wild Planet & Mesopotamia. I really like the first two, but the David Byrne produced Mesopotamia was a huge disappointment to me.
They have a new single out followed up by a new album soon. I've heard the single & it's okay, but it doesn't get my butt wiggling like the first two albums do.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: The debut album has Korg Micro-Preset all over it. I had one a few years ago, but in a moment of madness that I still don't understand, I sold it!!!!
P.S. On the same day, I also sold an Arp Pro Soloist. Insane, absolutely insane. I feel depressed now.
Re-buy it. I recently purchased one. It's a nice compact synth that has aged well.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] The debut album has Korg Micro-Preset all over it. I had one a few years ago, but in a moment of madness that I still don't understand, I sold it!!!!
P.S. On the same day, I also sold an Arp Pro Soloist. Insane, absolutely insane. I feel depressed now.
Re-buy it. I recently purchased one. It's a nice compact synth that has aged well.
Recently been playing OMD and Organisation
Chris PS The ARP Omni 2 would be one I would get [/b]
I sold my micropreset M500SP a couple of years ago. Some American paid me four times what I had paid, a year previously.
I miss it. In fact I'm going to buy another one, which is why I am selling one of my microKorgs on eBay at the moment...
The factory presets include electronica and retro sounds, as well as more modern stuff. And it's all editable. I love it. And I think Sarah Bradshaw has one, too... Global Citizen (Rich Mills/ September) certainly has/had.
Fuer Immer Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft (on vinyl as I have nothing else) Brilliant IMHO Robert and Gabi ,along with T'Cabs and early League are the only ones who come anywhere near equalling Dennis as innovators in the electro synth stakes
Crumbs, there's a wide selection. Arvo Part, Porcupine Tree and Virginia Astley.
I must admit that I've never managed to make it to the end of From Gardens Where We Feel Secure - dunno why, perhaps I should 'give it another spin'.
The Porcupine Tree album Recordings is excellent in places, but this is only down to it being a 'collection' of tracks as opposed to a 'regular' album. My favourite Porcupine Tree album would have to be Stupid Dream.
And I'm currently listening to Philip Glass / Robert Wilson - The CIVIL warS - A Tree is Best Measured When it is Down.
Maybe I should call this: 'what music have you forgotten that you listened to'?
I am going to post this question here and hopefully someone can answer it. Back in the day, I saw Our Daughters Wedding live. Opening for them was a group called Polyrock. I even have a vinyl of theirs. Trouble is I don't remember a thing about Polyrock. Anyone else remember them?
Originally posted by maryann: Maybe I should call this: 'what music have you forgotten that you listened to'?
I am going to post this question here and hopefully someone can answer it. Back in the day, I saw Our Daughters Wedding live. Opening for them was a group called Polyrock. I even have a vinyl of theirs. Trouble is I don't remember a thing about Polyrock. Anyone else remember them?
I don't know anything about them, Maryann. But is this them?
Spacehog "The Chinese album",difficult 2nd album wich has some very good highs in Mungo City and Beutiful Girl but most is a let down after a storming first album.No suprise there wasn't a 3rd
Originally posted by maryann: Opening for them was a group called Polyrock. I even have a vinyl of theirs. Trouble is I don't remember a thing about Polyrock.
So I got curious after viewing the link Mr Ilektrik posted and I googled Polyrock. Seems like they were produced by
Quote:
Originally posted by Rob Harris: Philip Glass
who actually performed on their first 2 albums
Someone please cue up The Twilight Zone theme please.....
Not a lot these days. Some CDs that have recently gone into my CD player:
Power, Corruption and Lies - New Order Singles - New Order The Collection - Fiat Lux Rare!(compilation) - Shriekback Images of Heaven (compilation)- Peter Godwin Ultra Rare Tracks Compilation)- Depeche Mode The Rest of (compilation) - Associates
Originally posted by Chris C: Not a lot these days. Some CDs that have recently gone into my CD player:
[b]Power, Corruption and Lies - New Order Singles - New Order The Collection - Fiat Lux Rare!(compilation) - Shriekback Images of Heaven (compilation)- Peter Godwin Ultra Rare Tracks Compilation)- Depeche Mode The Rest of (compilation) - Associates
Chris [/b]
Chris, are the Fiat Lux & Peter Godwin comps official cd releases or are they your own personal comps?
I used to really like Peter Godwin. I bought most of his 12" releases. I remember 'Images Of Heaven' & 'Torch Songs For The Heroin', but little else - age you know
Remember last year some time I somehow played 'm' from my iTunes library?
This evening it is the turn of 'g'...
Gala Gnome - Amon Düül The Galaxist - Deerhoof Friend Opportunity A Game Called Echo - Gary Numan The Garden - John Foxx live at Dominion Theatre Garlands - Cocteau Twins The General Lee - Johnny Cash Generations - Louis Gordon Gentlemen's agreement - The Fal Get Behind Me - Scott Walker Get It On - Grinderman Ghost Cloud - Harold Budd Ghosts - Shellac 1000 Hurts Alternative & Punk Ghosts on Water - John Foxx live at Dominion Theatre The gift - Mark Hollis Girls - Death In Vegas The Girls And The Dogs - Scott Walker The Girls From The Streets - Scott Walker Give In - Marc Almond The Glance Of Your Dark Eyes [Version 2] - Marc Almond Glass Candle Grenades - Cocteau Twins Glimmer - John Foxx Gling Glo - Björk Gling-Glo Glistening Impressions - Andrew Lahiff Glitter and Ash - Gary Numan Glory days - Pulp
Originally posted by Birdsong: Remember last year some time I somehow played 'm' from my iTunes library?
Cheers Martin,
I thought this was a great idea, so I've started at 'A';
A City? – John Foxx (‘Sideways’ Interview Disc) A Foreign Place - Japan A Game Called Echo – Gary Numan A Long Time – John Foxx A Lover Loves – Scott Walker A Million Cars – John Foxx A New Kind of Man – John Foxx A Peripheral Character – John Foxx A Room As Big As A City – John Foxx & Louis Gordon A Room As Big As A City (Extended) – John Foxx & Louis Gordon A Secret Life – Brian Eno & David Byrne A Woman On A Stairway – John Foxx A Year In A Minute - Fennesz ABC Auto-Industry - OMD Abschied - Nico Abyss – Fennesz & Sakamoto Afraid - Nico After Rapidly Circling The Plaza - AMM Age of Consent – New Order Ain’t That Peculiar - Japan Airlane – Gary Numan (LO’79) Alien - Japan All That Is My Own – Nico All Tomorrow’s Parties - Japan Almost - OMD America is Waiting – Brian Eno & David Byrne American Comics – John Foxx (‘Sideways’ Interview Disc) Amorph – Fennesz & Sakamoto Ancient Ethiopia – Sun Ra And The World Slides Sideways) – John Foxx & Louis Gordon Animal Waves - Can Annexe - OMD Another You – John Foxx & Louis Gordon Arabian Knights – Siouxsie & The Banshees Are ‘Friends’ Electric? – Gary Numan (LO’79) Artificial Life – Ultravox! At The Chime Of A City Clock – Nick Drake Atmosphere – Joy Division Atrocity Exhibiion – Joy Division Aumgn - Can Auto-Suggestion – Joy Division Aware – Fennesz & Sakamoto
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b] Remember last year some time I somehow played 'm' from my iTunes library?
Cheers Martin,
I thought this was a great idea[/b]
Me too, but it feels very OMD and the color orange to me today.*bemused*. So its been - 'OMD' and 'Organisation' so far. At this moment 'Statues'. A classic OMD album track. *thumbs up*.
I'm back listening to our Gary's Living Ornaments 80 in the car.
The most outstanding band member on the original 10 track album, is Paul Gardiner. His bass playing is spot-on throughout. I welled up listening to him on 'We Are Glass'. He had his own unique sound.
And thinking about 'Telekon' it was Paul at his most brilliant,before his very very sad decline.
Bless you stormtrooper in drag, wherever you are...
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Chris, are the Fiat Lux & Peter Godwin comps official cd releases or are they your own personal comps?
I used to really like Peter Godwin. I bought most of his 12" releases. I remember 'Images Of Heaven' & 'Torch Songs For The Heroin', but little else - age you know
Mark
They are made by an American, apparently a DJ, who I met via ebay. He has one of the largest collections of 7"s and 12"s of the 80s. It's really great as some 12" mixes, b-sides and other remixes cannot be found on official CD releases.
Email Wes for a catalogue:
romoboy@midsouth.rr.com
If this one doesn't work I'll look for his other email address.
Cold Warning DVD by Gary Numan. This is the Hammersmith Odeon show from the Berserker Tour 1984. A Greatest Hits show with selected tracks from Berserker. This album ranked among his best and in addition to the tracks performed on the night there were 2 other gems, Secret, a duet with Zaine Griff and Child with a Ghost, a moving song in tribute to the then recently departed Paul Gardiner.
Bonnie "Prince" Billy - "The Letting Go". I don't like the phrase "return to form" but it seems to apply to this album. Our Will has been gone (in an entertaining and thoughtful way) for too long. "Ease Down The Road" was the last really decent one for me.
Now it's a funny thing... but I don't get it. Also trying to give Baby Dee's Safe Inside The Day the benefit of the doubt, but so far I'm confused and disappointed.
That's probably a good sign of immeasurable depth and the albums will grow to become significant points of reference. Both artists have done more immediate and seemingly 'better' work
and have the enviable pleasure of local live bands doing their thing. Tonight, my second experience of 'Louche Manouche' - Enjoying the recent revival of interest in hot club jazz and gypsy swing, a style brought to the fore by Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli in the bars and cafes of Paris in the 1930s, Louche Manouche combine guitars, violins, double bass, mandolin, clarinet, flute and vocals in an upbeat ensemble that will get you dancing and make you smile
There are those of you who may be wondering why I have been posting about playing alot of Crash and Burn (initially) and From Trash. Well, truth of the matter is I just recently obtained the 2 cds as they were never in my record shop before. I played Crash and Burn first. I thought it was really good. The next day, I played From Trash and I thought it was the most unbelievable cd I had heard in a long time. In fact, far superior to C + B.
Sorry, if I am posting too much about things you guys all know already and I hope everyone bears with me as I seem to have alot of catching up to do regarding Mr Foxx. Kind of like when I finally really heard Joy Division. Well, better late than never, I guess.
Always knew I was on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
Originally posted by maryann: ...Sorry, if I am posting too much about things you guys all know already and I hope everyone bears with me as I seem to have alot of catching up to do regarding Mr Foxx. Kind of like when I finally really heard Joy Division. Well, better late than never, I guess.
Always knew I was on the wrong side of the Atlantic.
Hi Maryann,
There’s no rush here! I think everyone on here is quite happy to talk about those albums again! And with the re-issues coming along, I guess we’ll also be having those conversations we never had in ’81, ’83 and ’85 too!
I agree with you on ‘From Trash’ – overall, it’s easily his best album with Gordon.*
Garry
(*let the ‘Sideways’ vs ‘From Trash’ debate/disagreement/West Side Story-style dance fighting sequence commence! )
Originally posted by MemberD: one of my fave party tricks is singing "sailing on sunshiiiine .. sailing on sun shiiiiine" in Liam Gallagher pose/manchester accent ..
but I digress ....
Glad I'm not the only one then! I just do the same with 'In A Silent Way'!
LOL .. works with any song with the word 'sunshine' in it BTW. I've oft thought JF was connected with Oasis .. via Liverpudlian combo The Beatles of course...but that's for another thread.
Originally posted by MemberD: LOL .. works with any song with the word 'sunshine' in it BTW. I've oft thought JF was connected with Oasis .. via Liverpudlian combo The Beatles of course...but that's for another thread.
Heh! Reminds of singing along to 'Wide Boys' and suddenly going into a Mark E Smith vocal;
Ahh took uh walk down New York avenue uh Wearing my latest disguise-uh Enjoying the uh perfume of utter dismay-ah I was effectively uh-anaesthetised-uh Starving so arrogantly in jumble-sale clothes Ahh Evangeline hires out my throat uh Uh We've got the streets of London wrapped in our beds-uh Ah - Nagasaki in our own coats
We're uh wide boys-uh Uh Up on the streets-uh Wide boys-uh Ah, go on and meet me-uh Wide boys-uh Delightfully unpleasant-ah With the foxy adolescent-ah!
Right, I'm off to listen to '50,000 Ultravox! Fans Can't Be Wrong'
Originally posted by Birdsong: I'm also playing "The Letting Go".
Now it's a funny thing... but I don't get it. Also trying to give Baby Dee's Safe Inside The Day the benefit of the doubt, but so far I'm confused and disappointed.
That's probably a good sign of immeasurable depth and the albums will grow to become significant points of reference. Both artists have done more immediate and seemingly 'better' work
There are still a couple of tracks on "The Letting Go" which baffle me, but then the classic first 6 or so albums are almost impossible to top. "Master and Everyone" was the one that first lost me, everyone seemed to be raving about it as well. The best aspect of this record is the cover image (superb beard).
I like your comment about immeasurable depth, and it's nice to get thrown a curveball every now and again. One of my latest is the last Scott Walker "And Who [...]": I really don't get it so far. Like Marc Almond on "Tilt": "Is it just me?"
Still listening to Depeche Mode. Making a couple of remix compilations.
And The Flaming Lips "At War With The Mystics" - music for both sad and happy times. "Christmas on Mars" is coming soon, at long last, which will be great.
What else? I would side with "Sideways", just.
I haven't played Joy Division for a LONG time but I am looking forward to seeing "Control" now that it is out on DVD.
Duran Duran: Red Carpet .. Joy Division: Closer Joy Division: Unknown Pleasures Electronic: Raise the Pressure Nirvana: Nevermind Travis: The Boy With No Name Can: Can you do the Can, Can? (my own compilation)
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] currently on one's ipod:
Can: Can you do the Can, Can? (my own compilation)
..and many more...
D - I'm intrigued; what tracks did you put on your Can comp? [/b]
..oh just a few tracks from Soundtracks and tago Mago ..and another album I think; also did some of my own edits/remixes... [/b]
Cheers D,
I ask because I got the Can DVD for my birthday so I'm having a Can month - much to the distress of the missus! 'Saw Delight' is on very heavy rotation in our household
Intrigued by the re-mixes - did you ever get 'Sacrilege'? I remember being a bit non-plussed by it when it came out, but I heard a mix from it the other day and thought it was quite good - just wish I could remember what one it was!
I've given it a few listens now - not sure what I think of it. I like heavily processed vocals like any other Kraftwerk fan would, but that's some seriously heavy processing on there! Fantastic synth music though - some great moments on it. Hmmmmmmmmmm...
Originally posted by maryann: I personally rank the Linkin Park albums in the order they were released but all three are in my pod.....for now at least.
Hardly play them M, but i think i liked 'Minutes To Midnight' the least too. Best thing about Linkin Park is the almost 3 mins per song formula. It works for them, could not see 'The Garden' or AFE' as three minute pop.
You know when you get those times (and those moods) when absolutely nothing in the collection is right??
Happens to me far too often. Usually when I get a bit low perhaps, or stressed or something. Often very productive times to find new artists and discover new sounds. For ages I've dabbled with all kinds of 'weird sh*t' (to quote Mrs Birdsong. Tonight I have had the first chance to play a couple of CDs passed to be by some Polish friends of mine who I asked before Christmas to recommend me some music. Most of it is missing the point completely, and some is classical (which I shamefully hardly ever listen to).
But right now I am enjoying a singer called Ewa Demarczyk (the Black Angel) who impresses me much. Cabaret/torch/melodrama/unhappiness - what else would you expect me to say as a fan of garland/piaf/barbara/greco etc.
Not everyone's bag of course, but the diversity of our taste is something I have come to love about this forum.
Cd2 more to the point. Reasonable impressed with it all but 'Me I Disconnect From You' and 'Are Friends Electric' are the stand out tracks, for me. Not too different from the original album in some ways (for several reasons), but all in all well worth buying.
Trying to keep away from over playing 'Replicas' like we did with 'Metamatic', some more successful than others Garry. So today has been ELO - 'No Answer' and 'ELO II', til now.
Originally posted by NerveJam: Ok I admit it. I have ELO "out of the blue" double-album, on vinyl. I didn't buy it, though. Honest. The cardboard spaceship is long-gone.
Shame on you.
I have this too, and the recent CD re-issue is even better. Superb example of a band that really knows what they are about.
Originally posted by NerveJam: Anyone remember ELO spin-off "violinski" (mick kaminski) ?? Clog Dance? Electric violins galore..
exhaustive entry in Wikipedia ....second album...'Stop Cloning About' .worth buying if only for the title. There's even a 'Very best of' I see. Intruguing stuff...
An experiment this afternoon. We are holding a Parish Gift Day, and have spent a week or two preparing the Old Building for a new season (we can only open in summer due to abscence of heating and limited light).
My 'shift' this afternoon will be accompanied by Cathedral Oceans III through the PA and the dvd via 36" screen kindly lent by a colleague
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Replicas Redux (thanks, K.)
All part of the service M!!
Still playing Numans - 'Machine And Soul' at this moment. [/b]
Hi Newvox
Are you ok mate? Not ill are you? Have a look around - are you at home in smart-casual attire or are there bars on the window and straps and buckles around your body? Perhaps the walls look padded? Dr. Beach suggest you rest for several hours with a good quck blast of 'Telekon' and a cup of tea
Originally posted by maryann: Tubeway Army: The Plan
can't say enough good things about this one; I have been playing this one non-stop yesterday and this morning.
Brilliant album - superb CD re-issue. I spent the weekend listening to the 'Living Ornaments '78' CD: 'Just a few songs and then we'll be gone' - hilarious. So bizarre to think that a year later he'd be gigging all over the world!
Originally posted by MemberD: V.A. - Machines (1980 Virgin compilation) - managed to nail the thing at last.
Oh you lucky thing! Is that the comp with Henry Badowski 'Making Love With my Wife', Thomas Leer 'Private Plane', & a different mix of DITP?
If so... I used to have this. Played it a hell of a lot.
I've been listening to:
Gary Numan: Engineers. Brilliant!! WASF, PTTA, & Conversation are awesome. The fold-out photo booklet is incredible. Especially like the ones of Gary with guitar.
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] V.A. - Machines (1980 Virgin compilation) - managed to nail the thing at last.
Oh you lucky thing! Is that the comp with Henry Badowski 'Making Love With my Wife', Thomas Leer 'Private Plane', & a different mix of DITP?
If so... I used to have this. Played it a hell of a lot.
I've been listening to:
Gary Numan: Engineers. Brilliant!! WASF, PTTA, & Conversation are awesome. The fold-out photo booklet is incredible. Especially like the ones of Gary with guitar. [/b]
I have just been shopping and invested my son's pocket money in the following albums:-
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig Lazarus Dig Went for the limited edition with booklet. Doesn't seem worth the extra money...
Barbara A l'Atelier Looking forward to this. A real bonus that just happened to be lurking in HMV!! Beautifully packaged with photos, biographical notes etc. which is ironic compared to...
Goldfrapp Seventh Tree Judging by appearances only (I know, I know...) this is not looking hopeful. Pile em high, sell em cheap. I hope I can get over my reservations. But at point of sale, this is already onto a loser
A few interesting nights ahead checking these out. Which one should I play first??
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: I've been listening to: Gary Numan: Engineers. Brilliant!! WASF, PTTA, & Conversation are awesome. The fold-out photo booklet is incredible. Especially like the ones of Gary with guitar.
Yes its very good concidering how this came to be. Theres been some not too favourable views also which is normal, but its been well received generally.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Live in London? Do you mean the Shepherds Bush album?
Yes thats it, and Maryann's just finished playing cd2 on the way to work. 'Cars' was a big let down for her because it included, and i quote - 'cow bell sounds'.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Live in London? Do you mean the Shepherds Bush album?
Yes thats it, and Maryann's just finished playing cd2 on the way to work. 'Cars' was a big let down for her because it included, and i quote - 'cow bell sounds'. [/b]
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Of course, if it was the Roland 808 cowbell sound, that'd be different!
...I think he's been using those cowbells during "Cars" since 1993. You'll be pleased to know that there wasn't a cowbell in earshot on Saturday when the track was played as an encore.
Instead, they've obviously got a pig, hidden behind Ade Fenton's synth rack, that grunts its way though the song.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Live in London? Do you mean the Shepherds Bush album?
Yes thats it, and Maryann's just finished playing cd2 on the way to work. 'Cars' was a big let down for her because it included, and i quote - 'cow bell sounds'. [/b]
News travels fast.
I stand by my words. That sound was ridiculous and ruined the whole song for me. It was one of those 'what was he thinking?'moments.
Im still looking forward to the remaster too Rob. Hope some early live performances make there way to dvd too some time.
Found time within 'Numan times' to play some of John's music. Busy as hel' so cant give any serious listening to anything, but 'Nation 12' did fit the bill. Nice mix of humour and rhythms for a casual listen on the pod, but still getting a fix of the quiet man.
No, I don't think its bad... Perhaps I have just made the mistake of high expectations.
Goldfrapp have (and this is only my opinion of course!) slid spectacularly down into the abyss of 'fame' over the course of their career, at the expense of creativity, originality and integrity. For me, Felt Mountain is one of the best debut albums EVER and is genuinely remarkable piece of work. Black Cherry took ideas from that and developed a more accessible sound, and then Supernature thrust them into the commercial spotlight and seemed quite obviously written to have that effect. I've seen them three times live too (once for each album) and I feel that they have 'sold out'. But who I am to complain about that - if that was their aim then fair play to them and they have done very well for themselves. What I was hoping for with Seventh Tree was to see them being more creative and challenging, given the artistic 'freedom' that you would hope comes from being mega-stars with pedigree firmly established with the international success of Supernature (and subsequent sales of Black Cherry).
Instead, I fear this is a bland album, and doesn't really seem to do much that other people aren't already doing. Madonna and Kylie, for instance, though the comparison makes me cringe. That said, Goldfrapp are a genuinely interesting and clever song-writing team and continue to prove that. Even the packaging and photography disappointed me this time. It (seems to be) more about image and record sales in a market place where mediocrity rules.
Quite why this should bother me so much tho is an infuriating mystery...
I haven't heard it yet, but I was disappointed in A&E.
I share your view Martin, on their debut album - at the time it was like nothing else, and still is just as unique and refreshing today.
I really loved the change of style with Black Cherry - such a contrast to their first album, and let's face it - how could you follow that up?! But the moody electronica really worked for me.
I was looking forward to a similar surprise and change in style with their third album, but when I first heard the awful "Ooh La La", I knew I would be let down. And I was. I like Supernature but only half as much, if that, as Black Cherry. It really did feel like selling out and pandering to the radio-friendly market.
I first heard Alison's voice on Peter Gabriel's OVO and I loved it, which led me to investigate their debut later that same year back in 2000. Sadly by the time of Supernature, I found her vocals either indechipherable or too heavily distorted and that glowing, sexy appeal that drew me to her, was gone - just like her eyebrows.
So with the new album I haven't bought it on face value, as I did Black Cherry. From what I've heard so far, it is a try before you buy affair.
I have heard all the early U2 cds more times than I can remember so maybe my expectations were a bit high but I did think it could have been better. Hoping the first 3 will sound better when remastered.
Originally posted by Birdsong: No, I don't think its bad... Perhaps I have just made the mistake of high expectations.
Goldfrapp have (and this is only my opinion of course!) slid spectacularly down into the abyss of 'fame' over the course of their career, at the expense of creativity, originality and integrity. For me, Felt Mountain is one of the best debut albums EVER and is genuinely remarkable piece of work. Black Cherry took ideas from that and developed a more accessible sound, and then Supernature thrust them into the commercial spotlight and seemed quite obviously written to have that effect. I've seen them three times live too (once for each album) and I feel that they have 'sold out'. But who I am to complain about that - if that was their aim then fair play to them and they have done very well for themselves. What I was hoping for with Seventh Tree was to see them being more creative and challenging, given the artistic 'freedom' that you would hope comes from being mega-stars with pedigree firmly established with the international success of Supernature (and subsequent sales of Black Cherry).
Instead, I fear this is a bland album, and doesn't really seem to do much that other people aren't already doing. Madonna and Kylie, for instance, though the comparison makes me cringe. That said, Goldfrapp are a genuinely interesting and clever song-writing team and continue to prove that. Even the packaging and photography disappointed me this time. It (seems to be) more about image and record sales in a market place where mediocrity rules.
Quite why this should bother me so much tho is an infuriating mystery...
Thanks Martin,
I asked because as I mention elsewhere - I'm looking forward to 'Quaristice' the new one from Autechre - even if opinion on it is divided, they'll usually get my vote of confidence as they're constantly innovative, but expectation for consistent innovation/the need to be ‘dazzled’ by each subsequent release must get harder for some artists 3,4 however many albums on.
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b] No, I don't think its bad... Perhaps I have just made the mistake of high expectations.
Goldfrapp have (and this is only my opinion of course!) slid spectacularly down into the abyss of 'fame' over the course of their career, at the expense of creativity, originality and integrity. For me, Felt Mountain is one of the best debut albums EVER and is genuinely remarkable piece of work. Black Cherry took ideas from that and developed a more accessible sound, and then Supernature thrust them into the commercial spotlight and seemed quite obviously written to have that effect. I've seen them three times live too (once for each album) and I feel that they have 'sold out'. But who I am to complain about that - if that was their aim then fair play to them and they have done very well for themselves. What I was hoping for with Seventh Tree was to see them being more creative and challenging, given the artistic 'freedom' that you would hope comes from being mega-stars with pedigree firmly established with the international success of Supernature (and subsequent sales of Black Cherry).
Instead, I fear this is a bland album, and doesn't really seem to do much that other people aren't already doing. Madonna and Kylie, for instance, though the comparison makes me cringe. That said, Goldfrapp are a genuinely interesting and clever song-writing team and continue to prove that. Even the packaging and photography disappointed me this time. It (seems to be) more about image and record sales in a market place where mediocrity rules.
Quite why this should bother me so much tho is an infuriating mystery...
Thanks Martin,
I asked because as I mention elsewhere - I'm looking forward to 'Quaristice' the new one from Autechre - even if opinion on it is divided, they'll usually get my vote of confidence as they're constantly innovative, but expectation for consistent innovation/the need to be ‘dazzled’ by each subsequent release must get harder for some artists 3,4 however many albums on. [/b]
I am also looking forward to the new Autechre, more like the old Autechre so I have heard. You have to admire their methods and each new record is at least interesting and stimulating. You do have to wonder if they are just having a giraffe though. No reason why they can't be taking the piss as well as being deadly serious, I suppose.
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b]Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Dig Lazarus Dig Went for the limited edition with booklet. Doesn't seem worth the extra money...
[/b]
I agree with you there, Martin. After the Grinderman album (which, I confess, I have not been able or willing to get into as yet - I have a similar problem with The Birthday Party), I hope I will not be disappointed with the album itself. No finer lyric writer though.
Also playing Dave Gahan "Hourglass" which is really good, a lot better than I would have initially thought.
Just played Replicas getting into the mood for Saturday nights gig in Manchester (Also been practicing Happy Birthday just in case Don't look like that it's the Altered Images song I've been rehearsing )
Originally posted by Gaz Vanhill: [b] Just played Replicas getting into the mood for Saturday nights gig in Manchester
Should be one of the best numans shows put to dvd in recent years.
Not long now til the latest OMD remaster too. [/b]
Thank you for the welcome....I was told that there was a lot more happening on this forum so came along.
Can't wait for Mr Numan and as for OMD like others on here I'm waiting for a signed copy of Dazzle Ship to arrive and with the live DVD around April time, another tour back end of the year and new material in the pipeline it's great to be an OMD fan at the moment and makes up for all those years hoping and posting on there forum that they might getback together again.
Originally posted by Gaz Vanhill: Thank you for the welcome....I was told that there was a lot more happening on this forum so came along.
Yes there can be. Its horses for courses in one way. Theres more releases from John and similiar artists at the moment, but things should pick up at EV when the Midge era Ultravox remasters happen.
Ive never been on the OMD forums but i must admit its great to see them reunite. So many of the synth groups have either stayed around, or reunited. It would have been sad if OMD never returned to the fold too.
Originally posted by Gavin: [b] Sir Bri of Eno - Textures.
I don't have that Eno. How does it compare? [/b]
Hmm...i have to be a bit quiet,tappy nose ,winky if you know what i mean. Its not strictly a proper copy as such. It was released as a promo for film studios etc.Most of the tracks are different versions of previously released stuff. They occasionally turn up on Ebay.
I put the League on in the ipod while i was waking up, looked in the cupboard for something to eat and 'Jam' came on. I had a packet of Wotsits instead.
I put the League on in the ipod while i was waking up, looked in the cupboard for something to eat and 'Jam' came on. I had a packet of Wotsits instead.
Well you're only Human, of flesh and blood you're made ..
Lou Reed: Transformer Simple Minds: Empires & Dance Gary Numan: Engineers John & Louis: From Trash William Orbit: Water From A Vine Leaf cd ep Harold Budd/Brian Eno:The Plateaux Of Mirror
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b]... After the Grinderman album (which, I confess, I have not been able or willing to get into as yet ...
You surprise me. Nick Cave's run of form over the last few years includes this album. Easily as good as his more familiar style. [/b]
I surprise myself as well! But no, tried Grinderman again this morning, and only "Man In The Moon" really takes me anywhere. The rest is fairly enjoyable but not a patch on NC&TBS, maybe it is Mick Harvey's influence?
Anyway, am pleased to report that DLD!!! is a continuation of the Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus style. Maybe the normal version does not have the lyrics at all, in which case we bought the right version!
I would agree re: lyrics (which are always a treat in Cave's work) but I paid five big pounds extra for the booklet. It's not worth that much, however 'unique' it may be to the limited edition. I'd rather have another song or three
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Live in London? Do you mean the Shepherds Bush album?
Yes thats it, and Maryann's just finished playing cd2 on the way to work. 'Cars' was a big let down for her because it included, and i quote - 'cow bell sounds'. [/b]
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Of course, if it was the Roland 808 cowbell sound, that'd be different! [/b]
Just finished listening to Gary Numan Live in Brixton 2000 and guess what? I heard that 'cow bell sound' again during Cars.
I'm three quaters of the way through listening to disc 1 of the audio tour programme, and it is wonderful. The best one yet that Gary & Steve Malins have done. There is a lengthy discussion about how & when Gary discovered Ultravox!, which is one of the highlights of disc 1.
Another reason that it is the best one is the industrial ambient drones that are going on in the background as Gary & Steve are talking. Very ghost-like, very Tod Dockstader-ish.
Interesting that Steve Malins didn't know that there was guitar on Are 'Friends' Electric.
It really is a must buy!
P.S. Garry, I'm going to have to smuggle this onto our desert island.
Bloody hell, how much stuff did I miss at the gig - all because I couldn't find the merchandise stand, I missed out on the Telekon DVD, Berserker DVD, t-shirt and now an interview CD! Moof!!!!
Thank you Corporation Sheffield for being such an RUBBISH venue!!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Gary Numan: Replicant
I'm three quaters of the way through listening to disc 1 of the audio tour programme, and it is wonderful. The best one yet that Gary & Steve Malins have done. There is a lengthy discussion about how & when Gary discovered Ultravox!, which is one of the highlights of disc 1.
Another reason that it is the best one is the industrial ambient drones that are going on in the background as Gary & Steve are talking. Very ghost-like, very Tod Dockstader-ish.
Interesting that Steve Malins didn't know that there was guitar on Are 'Friends' Electric.
It really is a must buy!
P.S. Garry, I'm going to have to smuggle this onto our desert island.
As I'm not going on any of the tour dates, I hope this Replicant CD will be made available through the website someday. I'm suprised there's been no Teletour CD either - as he has a knack for releasing live recordings .
This 'Replicant' CD sounds like it's along the same lines as the 'Hidden Man'/'Sideways' interview discs - am I along the right lines?
We have a desert island!? Send me the co-ordinates and I'll get there now! The real world is doing my head in at the moment!!!
Due to insomnia, I listened to Dockstaders 'Aerial' trilogy in its entirety last night - absolute bliss!
Currently listening to LCD Soundsystem 'Sound of Silver' with 'Someone Great' on repeat. I can see this becoming one of my all time favourite albums for years to come.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] Gary Numan: Replicant
I'm three quaters of the way through listening to disc 1 of the audio tour programme, and it is wonderful. The best one yet that Gary & Steve Malins have done. There is a lengthy discussion about how & when Gary discovered Ultravox!, which is one of the highlights of disc 1.
Another reason that it is the best one is the industrial ambient drones that are going on in the background as Gary & Steve are talking. Very ghost-like, very Tod Dockstader-ish.
Interesting that Steve Malins didn't know that there was guitar on Are 'Friends' Electric.
It really is a must buy!
P.S. Garry, I'm going to have to smuggle this onto our desert island.
As I'm not going on any of the tour dates, I hope this Replicant CD will be made available through the website someday. I'm suprised there's been no Teletour CD either - as he has a knack for releasing live recordings .
This 'Replicant' CD sounds like it's along the same lines as the 'Hidden Man'/'Sideways' interview discs - am I along the right lines?
We have a desert island!? Send me the co-ordinates and I'll get there now! The real world is doing my head in at the moment!!!
Due to insomnia, I listened to Dockstaders 'Aerial' trilogy in its entirety last night - absolute bliss!
Currently listening to LCD Soundsystem 'Sound of Silver' with 'Someone Great' on repeat. I can see this becoming one of my all time favourite albums for years to come.
Gazza [/b]
I'm sure there were flyers about the cd & dvd Telekon 'live' discs. May be wrong though.
We have a desert island somewhere. The exact co-ordinates are unknown at this present time, but I have been told by Inspector Lee that a scrambled message will be decoded once the gutter cosmic nova dust has cleared.
Looks like we'll be waiting for some time yet. We're still receiving junk in my sector.
He did an interview CD with Steve Malins (like Hidden Man) for the Telekon tour - it's called "EKO" and still available from Gary's website - so I'm sure the Replicant CD will be available online after the tour along with anything else.
Originally posted by Alex S: He did an interview CD with Steve Malins (like Hidden Man) for the Telekon tour - it's called "EKO" and still available from Gary's website - so I'm sure the Replicant CD will be available online after the tour along with anything else.
You must play 'Telekon Live' soon, it has some great versions of telekon, sleep by windows, and the joy ciruit on it. Probably the best performances of these since the original shows.
Originally posted by MemberD: This must be it Telekon 2006 live CD but I'm damned if I can find it in the Numan Nushop thing ..
edit: no, confirm it ain't there. Found a few videos from the DVD on youtube tho, check out user
It's got a release date of March 2008 - so perhaps the demand for 'Engineers' and the 3CD edition of 'Replicas' has meant it'll be a little while longer
Originally posted by Birdsong: I'm wondering if there's a case here for a dedicated Numan thread...?
Good idea!
I'd suggest another one also for Numan's live recordings - but the amount of memory needed to hold such information might crash every computer on the planet
Originally posted by MemberD: Tee hee . .IE crashed on my PC as I was trying to get in the Numan shop thing .. LOL
anyway back OT: currently listening to Sympathetic Sounds of Toe-Rag Studios London ..a funny little thang i picked up recently; anyone know anymore?
Hi D,
Don't know anything about the album but Toe-Rag studios is an East London studio that only uses valve equipment and records to analogue tape - all the studio equipment is from the 50s and 60s - no digital/electronic technology is used or allowed to be used in the studio. The guy who owns it dresses exactly like studio staff in the 60s - coveralls etc.
The White Stripes regard it as they're favourite studio and I once saw Scott Walker cycling away in to the night whilst I was getting some chips - dunno if he recorded there though.
Yes thats the 'Telekon Live' cd, from the 'Telekon Shows' to be exact. Not to be confused with the original 'Teletour '80' from the 'Telekon tour '80', on the 'Living Ornaments '80 cd. Simple'ish.
I did like the 'Principle' style lighting, on this new first 'Replicas' tour too.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: ... and I once saw Scott Walker cycling away in to the night whilst I was getting some chips - dunno if he recorded there though.
Fantastic!
My current crop of listening is:
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis "Music from the Motion Picture The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford"
Morrissey "Your Arsenal"
Hayden "In Field & Town"
Marc Almond "Absinthe"
Japan "Quiet Life" - this one I'm struggling with. Always loved the title track but if I never hear another version of "All Tomorrow's Parties" it will be too soon.
Don't know anything about the album but Toe-Rag studios is an East London studio that only uses valve equipment and records to analogue tape - all the studio equipment is from the 50s and 60s - no digital/electronic technology is used or allowed to be used in the studio. The guy who owns it dresses exactly like studio staff in the 60s - coveralls etc. ...
Well I can only listen to 'We Take Mystery', and that's on a good day. Nice OMD choice. Made me fish out the 'Peel Sessions'..
(excellent versh of 'Genetic Engineering', altho ABC Auto Industry was a bit of a waste of BBC studio time. Seems like they wanted to put that one everywhere as a kind of 'this is the new OMD' see also The Tube perf...oops digressing again)
Originally posted by newvox: M cant stand the 1930's rust, same for me too. As for extra tracks, ive never liked 'Bridge, What Bridge'.
I cannot imagine what he was thinking about when he came up with 1930s rust. My favorite tracks on I, Assassin are Music for Chameleons and Dream of Siam and Glitter and Ash. I agree with you about Bridge, What Bridge?
After getting last month's issue of "Uncut" I've been listening to loads of "Rod the Mod" and the (Small) Faces Tapes of "Never a dull Moment " "Ooh la la ! The Mod's Greatest hits plus various Youtube stuff About as far removed from JF as is humanly possible in musical terms ,but you never know ! Try and imagine John in silks , twirling his mike stand and playing "Keepie up " with a football , Louis on mandolin , aided and abetted by a wacky alcoholic Japanese bass player . This would break my heart like no gigolo could ever do ! Currently rocking my world . Enjoy ! http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4t4OVOCPI
Now that is some video. I have never heard this before, but what a superb song. They really did thump out some excellent tunes.
As far as I can tell, listening to music that is far removed from John's is very healthy and makes for a more interesting thread. But you should be aware that I have been further away than that by a good mile or ten...
Glad you liked it . Just got in from work Have you been listening to perchance The Wailin' Jennys ? I cheated I googled because I'm totally puddled and in no mood for thinking ! If not , a pleasant discovery anyway Beautiful female Canadian voices up ther with Joni Mitchell and Kate and Anna McGarrigle
An incredible album. Everytime I hear it I think David must have been listening to Nick Drake for influence. Particularly on 'When Poets Dreamed Of Angels' & 'The Boy With The Gun'. 'Waterfront' is so beautiful, a perfect last track if ever there was one.
NIN: [With_Teeth]
I only own 3 NIN albums 'The Downward Spiral', 'The Fragile' & WT. WT is my favourite. It is an album that gets stronger & stronger, track after track.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: David Sylvian: Secrets Of The Beehive
An incredible album. Everytime I hear it I think David must have been listening to Nick Drake for influence. Particularly on 'When Poets Dreamed Of Angels' & 'The Boy With The Gun'. 'Waterfront' is so beautiful, a perfect last track if ever there was one.
Recently been digesting the manuals of my recently acquired synths.
After listening to Metamatic (Deluxe Edition) over the cold winter months I'm listening now to Replicas (Redux 3 CD Edition). These albums are definitely post Systems of Romance, although both have their roots on the overlooked '78 classic. Gary went one step further and released 2 other ground-breaking electronic albums The Pleasure Principle and Telekon. All this happened before synth-pop took over the charts towards the end of 1980.
Replicasis as experimental as Metamatic but using earlier synthesis. Metamatic took longer to complete and can be looked as Replicas + The Pleasure Principle without guitars or conventional drums. The Pleasure Principle incorporates the talents of 2 of the finest synth players of all time, Chris Payne and Billy Currie, for the final mixes of the album, adding extra synthetic textures. Nevertheless Replicas has this unique classic feel that makes it very different to the other electronic masterpieces. It's curious how Gary ends the album with 2 instrumentals, When the machines rock and the Low-esqe I nearly married a human. Bowie and indeed Eno and the German pioneering bands Kraftwerk and Neu! were the ingredients of this electronic new wave!
Metamatic using similar synthesis to The Pleasure Principle takes a different artistic look and takes the listener through a filmic, romantic guide of a 21st Century city as opposed to The Pleasure Principle which is 100% Sc-Fi, futuristic themes of another world. Both albums beautifully crafted around the Polymoog keyboard.
I'm looking forward to an expanded version of The Pleasure Principle as early versions and studio takes do exist and have been more widely available around fan circles than the Replicas' ones. Both The Pleasure Principle and Telekon deserve their deluxe treatment. (Steve Malins please convince Gary )
Once fed up of electronic music a deluxe edition of The Garden is nice muzak to wake up to in the joyous months of spring.
Originally posted by Chris C: I'm looking forward to an expanded version of [b]The Pleasure Principle as early versions and studio takes do exist and have been more widely available around fan circles than the Replicas' ones. Both The Pleasure Principle and Telekon deserve their deluxe treatment.[/b]
The 'Principle Demos' around the fan circles are not the real deal Chris, but the flip side of that is when the real ones are released in '09 (unforseen situations not included) they will be very fresh sounding to all fans alike. BB do not have as many early demos from 'Replicas', 'Principle', and 'Telekon' as people sometimes think, but things are still looking good.
The 'Principle Demos' around the fan circles are not the real deal Chris, but the flip side of that is when the real ones are released in '09 (unforseen situations not included) they will be very fresh sounding to all fans alike. BB do not have as many early demos from 'Replicas', 'Principle', and 'Telekon' as people sometimes think, but things are still looking good.
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
It's Engineers today. Quite a good concert, very entertaining from start to finish.
Gary may still have a few other live albums from his hey-day to release. There're still the concerts he did in 1982 and the Warriors Tour of 83. BB could call them Living Ornaments 82 and Living Ornaments 83.
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Mike Oldfield: Tubular Bells
.....And how did you find the Bell's M? [/b]
Quite good given the year (1973 ) ; however the talking points I could have done without. [/b]
Well that was the first and regarded by most as hes best album M.
Im pleased to say that i got the new one on saturday, but its taking some getting used to. Very Mike Oldfield in the arrangement etc but i cant get my ears round all this orchestra only stuff yet. Early days though......
Just watched the dvd which comes with the Jean Michel Jarre rereleased Oxygene cd, not the 3D one no...otherwise I wouldn't be typing this now Really nicely done as well. Great to see all this gear standing around...the non-action makes it a entertaining thing to see for me.
Finished Bowie with "Black Tie, White Noise", incredibly inconsistent, with IMHO an awful cover of "Nite Flights".
Made what feels a major discovery in Savoy Grand's "Burn The Furniture". Bed "The Newton Plum" is also a must-listen for Mark Hollis fans. Reviews seem to suggest The Blue Nile are also worth investigating. I have generally steered clear up to now but I will probably change my mind.
Marc Almond "Jacques" (thanks again Martin ).
And I cannot recommend Hayden's "In Field & Town" highly enough - a beautiful drawl of a voice singing beautiful/funny/sad lyrics. Album of 2008 so far for me.
After the Numania of last week, I had a Foxx Numan et al free Easter weekend - yesterday it was Múm 'Go Go Smear The Poison Ivy' and today it's Neutral Milk Hotel 'In The Aeroplane Over The Sea'
Originally posted by the church puddle: Made what feels a major discovery in Savoy Grand's "Burn The Furniture". Bed "The Newton Plum" is also a must-listen for Mark Hollis fans. Reviews seem to suggest The Blue Nile are also worth investigating. I have generally steered clear up to now but I will probably change my mind.
Is that a new Mark Hollis album? His first solo album was like a progression of what Talk Talk were doing,im interested to know what he's up to . For Blue Nile check out "A Walk Across The Rooftops" &"Hats". Dont bother with "Peace",its poop. IMHO.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Eno 'Before & After Science'
Ah - a great choice! Don't forget to turn King's Lead Hat up really loud... "Time and motion, time and tide. All I know and all I have is time and tide and tide is on my side."
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Eno 'Before & After Science'
Ah - a great choice! Don't forget to turn King's Lead Hat up really loud... "Time and motion, time and tide. All I know and all I have is time and tide and tide is on my side."
Magnificent...
Rob [/b]
Will do! I'm embarrassed to admit that it wasn't that long ago that I found out that King's Lead Hat is an anagram of 'Talking Heads'! I'm also stuck on 'Taking Tiger Mountain (by Strategy)' at the moment as well -
We are the 801! We are the central shaft!
Looking for a certain ratio Someone must have left it underneath the carpet Looking up and down the radio Oh, oh, nothing there this time Looking for a certain ratio Someone said they saw it parking in a car lot Looking up and down the radio Oh, oh, nothing there this time Going back down to the rodeo Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, here we go!
I've just picked up the first and last Morrissey albums in the local HMV sale. The first I have on vinyl, but this is the 1997 re-issue with bonus tracks. Should be good.
As for the latest album Ringleader of the Tormentors (the Tony Visconti production) I have heard good things but remain to be convinced.
In common with Björk, the almighty Moz has a unique place in my collection. I look forward to each release and faithfully buy them all, telling myself that the last album was 'OK' but this one will be better. They always somehow fail to meet my expectations and I experience familiar disappointment every time.
Why is that? It's only these two artists I think that this applies to. Neither has yet released an album that I am as impressed with as I want to be, but I still have to have them. Exceptions are probably Medúlla and Vauxhall and I.
So actually, this music-I -haven't-listened-to-yet-but-will-in-a-minute... :p
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b] Made what feels a major discovery in Savoy Grand's "Burn The Furniture". Bed "The Newton Plum" is also a must-listen for Mark Hollis fans. Reviews seem to suggest The Blue Nile are also worth investigating. I have generally steered clear up to now but I will probably change my mind.
Is that a new Mark Hollis album? His first solo album was like a progression of what Talk Talk were doing,im interested to know what he's up to . For Blue Nile check out "A Walk Across The Rooftops" &"Hats". Dont bother with "Peace",its poop. IMHO. [/b]
Hi Gavin
Sadly (for us) it seems Mark Hollis retired shortly after releasing "Mark Hollis". It would be great to see him do another record but I think it is unlikely. I don't think he needs the money or the hassle (or even the credibility).
Luckily, his influence lives on in all manner of bands, from Radiohead to Bark Psychosis to Bed(some French guy mainly, but singing in English) to the whole post-rock scene.
Other Talk Talk members are still active, including Mark's songwriting partner Tim Friese-Greene as Heligoland. Paul Webb made an album with Beth Gibbons (Portishead), Lee Harris appeared on the last Bark Psychosis record. Webb and Harris also made a couple of (very interesting, out there) records as 'O'Rang.
Thanks for The Blue Nile recommendations - I will start with these.
Originally posted by Gavin: Japan: All The Hits Volume 2!!
'Ghosts (DJ Euphoria TV Advert GabbaGabba Mix'
Heh! I wouldn't put it past EMI to do something so shady - ask Talk Talk! Their back catalogue is a nightmare! Hopefully though, they'll leave the god-like genius of Sylvian & Co well alone.
I'm currently listening to the all singing, all dancing, gigantic, transatlantic remaster of which finally turned up yesterday
Originally posted by RadioBeach: ... I'm currently listening to the all singing, all dancing, gigantic, transatlantic remaster of which finally turned up yesterday
Look forward to your views .. on the appropriate thread of course ..
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: Crowded House - 'Time On Earth'
A good call E.G. for a sadly overlooked album...
Speaking of which, I'm taking your advice and giving Revolutions (Jarre) another spin - so far, so good - though I'm not looking forward to London Kid, I may have to skip that one...
Yes, London Kid is quite skipworthy!! Revolutions is a funny album, because you've got this magnificent, thunderous suite of the industrial revolution, and Tokyo Kid, which is good, then the aaaaawful Computer Weekend, the cheesey London Kid and September, which I find quite unbearable.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: [b] Crowded House - 'Time On Earth'
A good call E.G. for a sadly overlooked album...
Speaking of which, I'm taking your advice and giving Revolutions (Jarre) another spin - so far, so good - though I'm not looking forward to London Kid, I may have to skip that one...
Rob [/b]
Ahh, good man. I think you have to remember the context of when and the subject matter the album was trying to capture - if you think of that particular part of Londons Dockland in the mid-eighties, it was a really mixed bag that was changing so fast to create an incredibly diverse landscape in social, cutural and aesthetic terms. If you take the the legacies and history of the industrial revolution, the traditionally white working class areas of London were being swept away incredibly quickly by uncertainty for so many in so many aspects, not least identity. I appreciate it may not be your thing, but if you visited some of the areas of Canning Town, some of the sounds Jarre created on that album really do give a good representation of some of the new communities that we see now that were just establishing themselves in that area at the time. And I'd be happy to give you a tour of the area sometime to show you the scale of the change from 20 years ago at some point as it would give much more sense to the album.
OK I know you were not replying to my post, but that's an interesting analysis.
I'd never thought of it that way, and not knowing London well at all, then maybe I can forgive myself. It may not change that some of the music doesn't do it for me, but the contrast in styles nicely fits your explanation.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: And I'd be happy to give you a tour of the area sometime to show you the scale of the change from 20 years ago at some point as it would give much more sense to the album.
Ooooooo... roadtrip! Thank-you, I may very well take you up on that kind offer...
When I first heard the original Hiroshima Mon Amour I was wondering about the sax; then when I heard the alternate version I thought the same thing you just posted.
Finally listening to Bladerunner (the 3cd edition). What a pleasure to hear Vangelis' score.
I always seem to crash in with something random on this thread when everyone else is discussing one particular album... :rolleyes:
Like this afternoon, for instance. It's wet and cold - the perfect weather for clearing up indoors. Playing some dusty old cassette now. A punk compilation, on which I have just rediscovered the very very wonderful single that is
Smash It Up by The Damned
Gonna scream an shout till my dyin' breff Gonna smash it up til there's nuffin' left Ooo-ooh smash it up Smash it up, smash it ur-ur-up
Originally posted by maryann: Is that all you are going to say about it, Rob?
Well, I bought the Blade Runner soundtrack when it first came out on CD (in 1994) and wasn't overly impressed as some of my favourite passages / sequences were missing - The Prologue and Animoid Row being among them. And so I was hoping that this three-disc edition would fill in the gaps and, for the most part, it has.
But, if I'm being completely honest, a friend gave me a copy of the Blade Runner soundtrack (entitled The Esper Edition) a few years back - and that's simply magnificent. It's that version which I'm playing at the moment, because someone (Hi there Newvox) pointed out that it's Vangelis' birthday today, and I didn't know that I shared my birthday with him...
Originally posted by Birdsong: I always seem to crash in with something random on this thread when everyone else is discussing one particular album... :rolleyes:
Like this afternoon, for instance. It's wet and cold - the perfect weather for clearing up indoors. Playing some dusty old cassette now. A punk compilation, on which I have just rediscovered the very very wonderful single that is [b]
Smash It Up by The Damned
Gonna scream an shout till my dyin' breff Gonna smash it up til there's nuffin' left Ooo-ooh smash it up Smash it up, smash it ur-ur-up [/b]
Neat Neat Neat Birdy lad !!!!
By the way did I answer your "Ten mile" Challenge correctly Was it "The Wailing Jennys " ?
British Summer Time brings the sun after a foul day yesterday. Actually, it was a nice day yesterday, grey and rainy, yes, but atmospheric and I didn't have to leave the house. Anyway, BST brings the sun so James Yorkston "The Year of the Leopard" is the perfect soundtrack.
Originally posted by maryann: I don't have Crystal Days but have almost everything else Bunnymen-wise. This morning I listened to Metamatic (2 cd remaster). I really love 'Glimmer'.
finally managed to get through it, although as background music while 'working' as usual ..
Originally posted by Birdsong: EIGHT winking icons on one screen. Is that some kind of record??
Tonight I have been listening to Morrissey again [b]Ringleader of the Tormentors/b] But then I have no taste...
I don't like it much. And I may paste a review to that effect.
I would have to admit (despite being a huge Moz fan) that Ringleader is "somewhat" self-indulgent - there are some good songs in there, especially "In the Future When All's Well", but it has to be said that one gets more excited these days about putting on an older Morrissey recording. "You Are the Quarry" seems to improve with age however, as do its 12 (!) B-sides.
I am back on Budd and Guthrie after a quite confusing first Monday at work in three weeks. That's better . Is it me or does Monday exist solely to make the rest of the week seem better?
Wallowing a little this weekend, for no real reason, except that that is the mood of music I am "up for" at the moment. I have also enjoyed every minute of it!
There is/was the exception of REM "Accelerate" which is pretty immediate on first play, and has shades of the sublime "New Adventures in Hi-Fi".
Savoy Grand - "Burn the Furniture" Micah P Hinson and the Opera Circuit - same Arab Strap - "Monday at the Hug and Pint" The Blue Nile - "High" *
(* I said I would start with the earlier recommendations, but this one jumped out at me and I love it already)
I also tried Japan "Quiet Life" again, and liked it a lot. Why so much sax though?
The enthusiasm is because I haven't listened to a note of Foxx since about November! I'm enjoying rediscovery of many albums and also getting my ears into the new 2-disc version of Metamatic which Peter kindly bought me for my birthday.
A right old mixture of Chemical Brothers tracks today. Just goes to show what an album like 'We Are The Night' can do, if it makes someone like me listen to that 'dancey music' stuff.
Today it's Bill Nelson - starting with Chamber of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition). I love this album, especially all of the cut-up sections on (what would've been) side one...
Originally posted by Rob Harris: Today it's [b]Bill Nelson - starting with Chamber of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition). I love this album, especially all of the cut-up sections on (what would've been) side one...
Rob [/b]
You ever see the great man live Rob ? I saw Be Bop Deluxe 5 times and Bill Nelson's Red Noise once Sterling performance every time Plus do I get a prize for bringing number 3000 up !
*'Disc 2'...this just isn't 'sexy' enough a name for this gem of a disc - since Foxx hasn't callled it anything, and it does seem to work as an album in its own right; I suggest we come up with a name for it;
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: You ever see the great man live Rob ? I saw Be Bop Deluxe 5 times and Bill Nelson's Red Noise once Sterling performance every time
Only when he guested (with John, Robin Guthrie, Theo Travis, Steve Jansen, Jah Wobble, Steve Cobby, etal) at the Harold Buddgig in 2005. I'm sorry to admit that I've never seen Bill at a solo gig...
I really need to rectify that sooner rather than later...
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Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Plus do I get a prize for bringing number 3000 up !
I would love to, but it would be very difficult seeing as how there wasn't a prize for getting to number 1000 or 2000...
An unexpected free morning so I raided my cassette box anfd I'm having an eclectic morning
So far Speccy eyed Scouse Mockney hybrid Declan McManus "Best of" Still sounding excellent after all these years "Alison" is awesome So is "Oliver's Army " Hope he's given a few bob to Bjorn and Benny for the piano bit nicked from "Dancing Queen" New Amsterdam " exceptional as well
This was followed by "I'M YOUR MAN" disco Len laying down his trademark angst to a funky beat accompanied by his own Sex o Lettes
Next up prototype Basildon boy band originally cloned from Brian Clough DNA and their own personal Everest (IMHO anyway) VIOLATOR
Still to come PULP INTRO and some Welsh agit pop/rock in the form of GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL
The way it was in the past Human League-athon : The Golden Hour (the Future) - Reproduction - Travelogue combined playlist on shuffle : you get some interesting combinations.
Yesterday, it was a total Bill Nelson-a-thon - whereas (so far) today I've found myself listening to The Stranglers - this is mainly because a friend sent me a copy of the recently re-issued Fire and Water album by Dave Greenfield and Jean-Jacques Burnel...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Samadhi Sound The World Is Everything Tour Sampler CD
Is that any good? Only I was contemplating getting hold of a copy as I'd heard that it contained a track (or two?) by Harold Budd...
Rob [/b]
Hi Rob,
The Harold Budd tracks are;
3. Harold Budd - Chrysalis Nu 10. Harold Budd - Templar
I've only had it a day and just given it a cursory listen but 'Chrysalis Nu' sounds different to the version on Avalon Sutra to me. Will have to check though.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] By popular demand its!...
Rage in Eden
Hooray! Do you have the version with the bonus tracks? [/b]
Hi maryann!
Yes it's the extra tracks version. Really looking forward to the re-issue - which will have to be different to the EMI Gold edition - I wonder what'll be on it?
Woke up this morning to ....Radio a compilation of the A-sides and B-sides of Michael Rother's solo output. The ex-Neu! and ex Harmonia guitarist and synth player has come up with some fine tunes under the production talents of Conny Plank and with Jaki Leibezeit (ex Can)reproducing the Neu! "motorik" beat from his drumkit. There are some songs here that would have a subtle influence on Ultravox from 78 to 84. The "motorik" beat is IMHO the best drum pattern ever created. I'm going to borrow it too!
I've also been listening to the creator of the "motorik" beat, Klaus Dinger. Following the sad news of his passing away I played his best material. From his career with Neu!, Neu! 75 and Neu! 4. Then the 3 La Dusseldorf albums, La Dusseldorf, Viva and Individuellos. Finally, the rare but wonderful Die Engel Des Herrn from the band with same name, basically Klaus and a backing band.
As a tribute to Klaus and Michael 4-Neu and the rest of the remastered Dazzle Ships album by OMD.
Phew..just made it through "A Huge Ever Growing Pulsating Brain That Rules From The Centre Of The Ultraworld [Loving You] (Jimi Cauty Peel Sessions Mix)" ... on headphones of course.
Vangelis Chariots of Fire on a permanent loop Rounds of a great 365 days for me 14/3/07 See John Foxx for the third time (in Milan) and get to meet the great man 13/4/08 complete first ever road marathon Turin 3h 44 min 31 secs
Bed "Spacebox" Yazoo "Upstairs At Eric's" - this has aged badly. Brian Eno "Music For Airports" - I think this is pretty over-rated. Damien Jurado "And Now That I'm In Your Shadow"
I also celebrated my own little JF anniversary by listening to Sideways (signed Cd and sleeve version) ... ..well done on the maratahon IB - didn't see you on telly tho!
Now listening to Dazzle Ships , proper remastered (unsigned) CD version - worth 25 years + 4 weeks wait.
Originally posted by newvox: Gary Numan - 'Warriors Tour' (radio 1 broadcast nothing rare). Ive heard theres about two full booty around though.
I know that Numan live recordings are as rare as the Ark of the Covenant - but even I'm (sister)suprised at the unavailability of any recordings from that '83 tour. I never saw that tour, but I understand from those that did go, it was one of his best ever tours.
I went and to be honest my reaction was "right, that's it, he's had it..". My first and last Numan gig. back OT : Gary Numan - Telekon live 06 Manchester bootleg - ha!ha!ha!
Yeah that went simple. Its the 10'ish track stereo version by the way. . . Still on a Chemical Brothers 'trip' this week, with 'Push The Botton', and 'Exit Planet Dust'
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Gary Numan - 'Warriors Tour' (radio 1 broadcast nothing rare). Ive heard theres about two full booty around though.
I know that Numan live recordings are as rare as the Ark of the Covenant - but even I'm (sister)suprised at the unavailability of any recordings from that '83 tour. I never saw that tour, but I understand from those that did go, it was one of his best ever tours. [/b]
It was an amazing tour Garry. The show used to start with the long intro to 'Sister Surprise', just a deep humming and smoke all around. As for the songs, well it was the first time they had such power, almost anger compared to the 'machine era' before. It also featured the bombed house stage set. The last all new stage set in fact, before tours like 'Berserker and 'The Fury' used recycled lighting to cut costs. Even with the sax etc, it was all in all a classic Numan tour.
Electric Music: Electric music. Rather un-kraftwerkian, and this came out between Esperanto & Communication (which are more kraftwerkian than Kraftwerk ). Sounds like Mobile Homes Jori Hulkkonen: Errare machinale est. I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper: The lemonade ocean. Blackie Loveless, Nekrokitten, Sigmund Droid, My Lovin' Martian... you cannot fail with artist names like that great synth-rock, check them out: http://www.myspace.com/teensatanists
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Gary Numan - 'Warriors Tour' (radio 1 broadcast nothing rare). Ive heard theres about two full booty around though.
I know that Numan live recordings are as rare as the Ark of the Covenant - but even I'm (sister)suprised at the unavailability of any recordings from that '83 tour. I never saw that tour, but I understand from those that did go, it was one of his best ever tours. [/b]
It was an amazing tour Garry. The show used to start with the long intro to 'Sister Surprise', just a deep humming and smoke all around. As for the songs, well it was the first time they had such power, almost anger compared to the 'machine era' before. It also featured the bombed house stage set. The last all new stage set in fact, before tours like 'Berserker and 'The Fury' used recycled lighting to cut costs. Even with the sax etc, it was all in all a classic Numan tour. [/b]
Cheers Newvox!
I was too young to attend the tour, but did get the fantastic book by Fin Costello which showcases the stage design.
I wonder if now that he's releasing bootlegs ('Engineers' and the re-mastered 'LO '80') he'll issue a recording of the Warriors tour. If he does, I think I'd have to give it a go - despite my digs at the incredible amount of live recordings he's made!
Numan live albums may be overkill at times but I think it's great that he has released live albums of almost very tour. I guess in theory it reduces the amount of bootlegs that go round. Why have a crappy bootleg when you can get a good recording?!
There's a bit of John (not sure which bit) going round inside my head though, in anticipation of ANKOM. Though since I only ordered it on Friday, I'll probably have to wait a little longer.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: [b] Peter Gabriel - Ovo
I always forget about that one. Too bad he never released the all-PG vocal version that he made. That would have ben nice to hear. [/b]
hhhmmm, perhaps, but I personally think it sits just nicely as released and with all the different collaborators and artists that took part on the recording - a much better reflection and take on what the album was trying to achieve with the millennium celebrations.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Still waiting for 'A New Kind of Man' (tick-tock-tick-tock...) so it's Geir Jenssen – ‘Cho Oyu 8201m: Field Recordings from Tibet’ this afternoon.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Still waiting for 'A New Kind of Man' (tick-tock-tick-tock...) so it's Geir Jenssen – ‘Cho Oyu 8201m: Field Recordings from Tibet’ this afternoon.
A real 'foot-tapper'...
Rob [/b]
Heh! Yeah! It's that cow-bell sound - gets me dancing every time
A lethal x-breed production by two of London's finest underground explorers. Crossing heavy Dubstep/Grime/Garage sound-scapes with exclusive visual production input between KARBORN and DUBTERROR. The video is a live VJ mashup mix, assembled and cut to the track by KARBORN. Audio production by DUBTERROR. The bass will make your 8-bit soul shake. Video game nostalgia distorted and bristling with grime. Smoothed through rolling basslines and contrasts leaving everything broken and spent. It's the artful dodger slamming through shinobi in broken pixels, praying to a degenerate saviour to lift you out of the bass-ments.
Quite brilliant mix exploring the deep roots of the relationship between reggae and electronica
I'm really enjoying this - happy memories of Cargo. With each listen I keep hearing subtle sounds/sequences and things that I didn't notice before;
Next day you examine the material of the suits sleeve in clear morning light. It looks grey but if you look very closely in good light you can just see that the threads are all made up of brightly coloured fibres. Red, green, violet, yellow, blue, orange. All in various combinations. Millions of colours. Together they all look grey from a normal viewing distance.
...and in the process of finding HIT in my iTunes at work, I've unearthed some PG demo tracks that I'd forgotten I had...
Sky Blue (US session demo) This Is the Road (possibly from the So sessions) The Tower that Ate People demo Signal to Noise demo Feed the Flame (US session demo)
Plus, the Hit: Instrumentals promo. It's great to hear instrumental versions of Peter's songs - there's so much you don't normally hear...
I'm back in the world of Biosphere - today it's Microgravity ... I only picked up a copy of this a few months ago, and today iof the first time I've gotten around to playing it. I don't think that it's (quite) as good as Substrata, but I'm certainly enjoying it...
Still Kraftwerk for me..... bits of Electric Café (a wonderful underrated album), Computer World, Tour De France Soundtracks, The Mix, Trans-Europe Express and of course The Man Machine.
Originally posted by Rob Harris: Microgravity & Patashnik
Patashnik was love in first hearing to me, Microgravity being almost as good. Biosphere then started to record quite different stuff, going more & more.......... Finnish krautrock band Circle has similarly evolved from my favourite (eg. Fraten) to releasing dull noise & hiss experiments (Circle used to sound like good Neu!).
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I've moved forward to Elektric Music, Electric Music & Karl Bartos
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] It's still A New Kind of Man for me
Metal Beat getting a few replays!
I really like the ending of Metal Beat - great little solo from John. Well, I assume it was John! [/b]
I'm giving 030 a few repeated plays now - the vocal is quite warm and haunting and set against the stark minimal music, it's overwhelming in places, especially on the lines;
X-ray match up Sunlit concrete Missing since 1963
The more repeated the listens the more nuances I hear. Maybe it's just me!
Originally posted by maryann: Talk Talk: The Collection
It's a small world: just last week I found this from local fleamarket. In yesterday's Finnish newspaper journalists discussed on pop musik and mentioned Talk Talk as an example of "progressive pop".
Today's top-1: I Was A Teenage Satan Worshipper: The lemonade ocean.
I've got back into them recently MaryAnn. I went through a phase of not really liking or appreciating the depth of the catalogue and Pete Townshend's writing, but because they always seemed such an angry band when I was younger and it was quite off putting I guess. Anyway, I saw them at Wembley last year and that raised my interest again. It's all good and so I'm just listening and revisiting to the albums again, which I'm pleased to say are much better than I remembered.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: I've got back into them recently MaryAnn. I went through a phase of not really liking or appreciating the depth of the catalogue and Pete Townshend's writing, but because they always seemed such an angry band when I was younger and it was quite off putting I guess. Anyway, I saw them at Wembley last year and that raised my interest again. It's all good and so I'm just listening and revisiting to the albums again, which I'm pleased to say are much better than I remembered.
That is good to hear. At one time they were my favorite rock band of all. I have practically all their vinyls. I never bought all the cds though and it has been ages since I have played them (except maybe for Summertime Blues). Even ventured a bit into Pete's solo career. I guess I should give them a listen soon.
So far, when I've not been in meetings (where it's seen as bad form to have headphones on!), I've been listening to Cirque by Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere - the first track (Cimmerian Shaft) is fantastic...
Originally posted by Rob Harris: ...I've been listening to [b]Cirque by Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere - the first track (Cimmerian Shaft) is fantastic...
Rob [/b]
That's the 'Polar Sequences' album right? Don't know the titles, but it's a fantastic listen.
Originally posted by Radium Girl: [b] Andy Partridge and Peter Blegvad Orpheus: The Lowdown
Not sure whether or not to invest in this... I understand (from a couple of sources) that a certain Mr Harold Budd also appears on this album.
Rob [/b]
Do tell!If so, it's news to me...he certainly isn't listed on the actual CD credits. I only know of Mr Budd and Mr. Partridge collaborating on 'Through The Hill'
Originally posted by Radium Girl: Do tell! If so, it's news to me... he certainly isn't listed on the actual CD credits. I only know of Mr Budd and Mr. Partridge collaborating on 'Through The Hill'
Yeah, that's the only album I'm aware of where they've (Harold Budd and Andy Partridge) have collaborated - Through the Hill is an excellent album - but if I do a search on eBay for Harold, then this album keep 'appearing'. I'm aware that associated artists will also appear, especially of the person listing the item includes their name in among the items description, but this keeps on turning up. What's the album like?
I find it quite evocative and intriguing. I will say though that I am a heavy scholar of Greek Mythology and that is the most intriguing aspect to me.
It is a CD that you don't just put on as background music, you definitely need to listen intently.It's an opera of sorts- poetry really,recited over gorgeous sonic landscapes.It all has to do with telling the story of the lovelorn Orpheus who travels through Hades in search of his beloved Eurydice
Boys, boys, boys; really now, it's all getting a bit hot and steamy isn't it? Any more of this blatant innuendo and I'll have to get the Queen album out and put that through it's paces...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Oooooh - good choice! Think I might have to stick that on too. There's a great version of 'Airwaves' from Thomas Dolby on there.
Definitely one of the highlights - can't remember the last time I played that album. Must give it another spin.
Currently being spinned is (oddly enough) another album by Higher Intelligence Agency / Biosphere - this time around it's Birmingham Frequences, specifically the track Gas Street Basin which is just fantastic.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: Is the Visage re-release any good given what's been written before in here about it?
Its a bit 50/50 E.G. The artworks not really extended in any way. The nine album tracks appear to be a straight transfer with no remastering, and then theres extras. Its great to hear 'Motivation' and 'Im Still Searching' on cd, but not other tracks that should be on a 'Visage' reissue only. A bit of nit picking here but the extras have about a 25% volume increase from the album tracks. So it looks (sounds) like not just no remastering, but no leveling either. They did get it right by saying a reissue was long over due. I just feel they could have done more given it has been so long. Its better than paying for a nine track album for £50+ on ebay for sure.
Thanks for your thoughts Newvox, I appreciate those. I've read what others think about the re-release of this also and have to be honest in that I won't be buying it as, well, it just doesn't seem to give enough value for me. Better to save the pennies for the upcoming Ultravox EMI re-releases I think.
Today it's Fleetwood Mac 'Tusk', and yes, with all the gaps as Lindsay Buckingham originally intended.
Originally posted by Alex S: I recently discovered Zeit, Rubycon and Phaedra. Zeit is not music to work to!!!
Phaedra and Rubycon are beautiful albums - and you're right about Zeit, certainly not one of their finer moments...
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Originally posted by Alex S: Rob, have you ever heard the [b]Solaris soundtrack by Cliff Martinez? It's a beautiful piece of work, and very TD, at their most ambient.[/b]
Ooooooo, that sounds quite interesting...
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Originally posted by Alex S: However my enjoyment of this soundtrack has been marred slightly by its regular use in The Apprentice!
I know that I shouldn't jump to conclusions merely based on stuff that it's associated with (after all being used in conjunction with the last David Attenborough series didn't harm Sigur Ros), but that's kinda put me right off it...
Don't be put off! If you haven't seen the film (the Clooney version) then I would recommend it, because then you'll wan to he the soundtrack. Beautiful stuff.
Originally posted by maryann: I recently got 2 Tangerine Dreams in the bargain bin: Encore Live and Rubycon. These are the kind of 'finds' that make me very happy.
I dont have those two TD slbums M. Lets us know what you think on first listenings.
Finished the evening with Mike Oldfield - 'Music Of The Spheres'. Fourth time this week, and its getting better every play.
Originally posted by Alex S: Don't be put off! If you haven't seen the film (the Clooney version) then I would recommend it, because then you'll wan to he the soundtrack. Beautiful stuff.
It is not a bad remake by any means, but the earlier film is incredible. I can't say I particularly noticed the soundtrack on the Clooney film - I'll have to check it out again.
That "Martin" song for me is quite disturbing. It's a brilliant piece of music, but the manic, slightly psychotic vocal of my own name un-nerves me. I recall distinctly a show at Hammersmith Odeon that involved a ten-minute, crowd-joining-in version that was utterly amazing.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Don't be put off! If you haven't seen the film (the Clooney version) then I would recommend it, because then you'll wan to he the soundtrack. Beautiful stuff.
It is not a bad remake by any means, but the earlier film is incredible. I can't say I particularly noticed the soundtrack on the Clooney film - I'll have to check it out again. [/b]
I have to say I prefer the remake of the film. Although I found the original fascinating, I felt it was too long. It is however a stunning piece of cinema for its time, and just as atmospheric as the remake. I found that it lacked the emotion present in the new version.
Plus, to add confusion, there must be a problem with my DVD version as the language keeps jumping from dubbed to original!!
Originally posted by maryann: [b] I recently got 2 Tangerine Dreams in the bargain bin: Encore Live and Rubycon. These are the kind of 'finds' that make me very happy.
I dont have those two TD slbums M. Lets us know what you think on first listenings. [/b]
For Rubycon, I liked Part 1 better than Part 2 but still overall unbelievably good. Encore Live is fantastic. I wasn't sure how it would be given that it was taken from their 1977 tour but the sound is great. There are 4 tracks on this cd, each being approximately 17 minutes or so. I wish there were more tracks or even a second cd.
Originally posted by maryann: [b] I recently got 2 Tangerine Dreams in the bargain bin: Encore Live and Rubycon. These are the kind of 'finds' that make me very happy.
I dont have those two TD slbums M. Lets us know what you think on first listenings. [/b]
For Rubycon, I liked Part 1 better than Part 2 but still overall unbelievably good. Encore Live is fantastic. I wasn't sure how it would be given that it was taken from their 1977 tour but the sound is great. There are 4 tracks on this cd, each being approximately 17 minutes or so. I wish there were more tracks or even a second cd.
Do you sense a shopping trip in the works? [/b]
Maryann.
If you like Tangerine Dream, You might like Radio Massacre International.
I was lucky enough to see her at The Barbican on Saturday (3rd of May, 2008) giving a performance of her forthcoming album Homeland. As usual, she was fantastic - a true original.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Nine Inch Nails 'The Slip' - new album released yesterday and available completely free at www.nin.com
where's da catch? [/b]
As far as I know there isn't one! You have to email them, you get get sent a code and a link. Once you click on the link you get a choice of formats to download the album, all minus DRM. The whole process took me about 5 minutes.
I guess the catch is that you end up on a mailing list, but the NIN site does state that your address will not be used for spam.
I think the album has a lot to do with 'profile-raising' now that Reznor is completely independent, and no longer signed to a label.
I've not listened to NIN since 'Downward Spiral' so this was a nice suprise - it's quite electronic and goes instrumental for most of the second half - like 'Low' or 'Heroes' does; not that I'm comparing it to those albums in any way.
Hmm, I might investigate this. I got gradually put off NIN by foul language in their songs and too much noise, when he's surely capable of making good, electronic/industrial music.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] I've not listened to NIN since 'Downward Spiral' so this was a nice suprise
You have missed alot then. Trent's music has come light-years from The Downward Spiral (my least favorite). [/b]
Hi Maryann,
I really liked 'The Downward Spiral' and was a big fan of NIN back then, but the long gap to 'The Fragile' was just too long and I found that album to be very underwhelming. Also, there was only so much ranting and raging that I could put up with from Reznor - it just seemed so pale when compared to Throbbing Gristle for example.
Having said that, my friends who continued listening to NIN tell me that I haven't missed much but that 'With Teeth' was a return to form. 'The Slip' is the first time I've listened to NIN since 'The Fragile' so I might give 'With Teeth' a listen as well.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [QB] I really liked 'The Downward Spiral' and was a big fan of NIN back then, but the long gap to 'The Fragile' was just too long and I found that album to be very underwhelming. /QB]
I know what you mean about the long gap. I lost interest and then I heard With Teeth and Year Zero. I alternate between which one I think is the best.
For the early NIN, I would go with Pretty Hate Machine.
Mika's excellent debut album 'Life In Cartoon Motion'. What a talented singer and songwriter this guy is. His voice is a mix of Robbie Williams, Freddie Mercury and Russell Mael. On the subject of Russell Mael, some of his songs are a bit reminiscent of Sparks in their style, particularly 'Billy Brown'. Although the music is nothing like John's music, there is one lyric, from 'Relax (Take It Easy)' that is very John Foxx like:
"Took a ride to the end of the line where no-one ever goes. Ended up on a broken train with nobody I know"
If you liked his hit single, 'Grace Kelly', you'll probably love this album as much as I do!
Mika's album is good. Very Freddie in places. My wife has been playing it to death in the car so I've had to get used to it! But seriously, it's a very distinctive and impressive debut.
John Foxx for me today... Shifting CIty... Crash & Burn...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I'mA New Kind of Man today
Have you got "A new kind of team" to go with it Congrats on your thousandth post I'm sure head honcho Rob has already put the certificate in the post . I'm keeping stumm till Monday now To rephrase one eyed/ one hit wonder Gabrielle I hope nightmares don't come true !! Have a good weekend Radler and try and finish with a win against RS That would be
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] I'mA New Kind of Man today
Have you got "A new kind of team" to go with it Congrats on your thousandth post I'm sure head honcho Rob has already put the certificate in the post . I'm keeping stumm till Monday now To rephrase one eyed/ one hit wonder Gabrielle I hope nightmares don't come true !! Have a good weekend Radler and try and finish with a win against RS That would be
Hard road race last night Legs are hurting So I'm chilling out to the lyrical and musical beauty of STEELY DAN I think I'll have to some room in my musical pantheon for Messieurs Fagen and Becker
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Hard road race last night Legs are hurting So I'm chilling out to the lyrical and musical beauty of STEELY DAN I think I'll have to some room in my musical pantheon for Messieurs Fagen and Becker
oh yeah! Good choice Ivan. I had AJA by them on vinyl. Used to play it a lot, particularly the track 'Peg'. I'll have to get it on cd.
With all of the talk about David Byrne and Brian Eno working together again over on another thread I thought that it was high time that I listened to David Byrne's masterful Music for the Knee Plays .
I mentioned this album a while back, and a few people said that they hadn't heard of it. Well it's just been released onto CD for the first time - it also comes with a handful of extra tracks, as well as a DVD of images which were taken during the stage play for which the music was written.
My Favourite Kind of Irrelevence A Metamatics and Norken Retrospective Collection
Superb double CD comes with Lee Norris's quirky IDM anthology and a second disc of ambient choons... :p
Includes his critically acclaimed, breakthrough version of Personal Jesus, and the radio edit of Free Robot. Somebody will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is the first time the radio edit version has been made available on CD?
I'm about to listen to The Pleasures Of Electricity again. When it first came out it was a bit of a disappointment for me. A bit too Kraftwerk inspired for me (although I really dig Kraftwerk). But strangely enough it keeps haunting me. And now it's my favourite 'driving-album' ... :rolleyes:
Interesting you should say that. For some time, I have considered this to be John's second weakest album, and the least inspiring thing he's done with Louis.
But but, nothing is linear and what comes around, goes around. I still can't find the bloody disc, but iTunes keeps throwing 'Camera' at me
Indeed Martin! And what comes up, must come down ... You'll find your copy one of these days. And what about Eno's birthday? Happy birthday Mr. Ambient!
I have a feeling I first heard this song on that session, and remain disappointed that the vocal is treated so differently on the studio/album recording.
Yes, I'm the same. I heard it live on the radio, then live at a gig. So in comparison my initial thoughts on the final album version when it came out, were that it was a bit flat and lacking energy. But I warmed to it over time and quite like it. I'm used to it now, as I play it so much (I would rate From Trash as one of John's best albums) so it sounds funny listening to that live version now!
Just came back from a weekend in Amsterdam, bought two CD's:
SCALE by HERBERT
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ASA BREED by MATTHEW DEAR
Already listened to the one from Herbert. Beautiful tricky-simple sounding melodies with daring acoustic/electronic instrumentation. Very tasty. And for only 5 euro ...
No Harmonia Mundi, I wasn't wondering But I like this sort of information about the music I'm listening to. It can provide deeper layers to the music and the artist. What was that character like? On my way to Slaughterhouse Five now ...
Yes, as I imagine they were released one per year ..no? Have to check that, but that's probably about the time I need to 'absorb' a 'new' album these days.
eeek . .sorry Bowie-ites but just read that Station to Station is before Low . .have to get into some kind of time warp mode next year, or do you suggest I plod on regardless?
Station to Station was indeed released just prior to Low - but in many ways they both relate to The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Bowie's state of mind during '76. So I reckon you can still go for that one next.
Some Of The Interesting Things You'll See On A Long-Distance Flight a CD re-issue of a Crepuscule 1982 tour album, all tracks were recorded live.
First 4 tracks are poetry readings by Richard Jobson...well...if you’ve heard him on From Brussels With Love you can imagine...oh dear...I have to bear in mind that he was only 21-22 years old at the time. The Durutti Column sound as beautiful/the same as usual, Paul Haig doesn't I'm afraid.
I really like Paul Haig but this just doesn’t work here - you can almost hear his Bowie trousers rubbing together with glee...awful, awful, awful...
However, the 'electro-samba' trio Antena made me smile with their version of ‘The Boy From Ipanema’ – which sounds weirdly modern in a Ladytron/Chicks On Speed kind of way.
Still ploughing through the rest. There's some interludes by some 'crazy Belgian' *sigh* calling himself Raving Lunatic...what with him and Jobson this album could be the most pretentious 80s album ever...oh no, wait a minute,that award will forever be laid at the feet of Dali's Car.
Originally posted by Alex S: Station to Station was indeed released just prior to Low - but in many ways they both relate to The Man Who Fell to Earth, and Bowie's state of mind during '76. So I reckon you can still go for that one next.
..double eek . .hadn't considered The Man Who Fell .. in my masterplan, although I remember the movie quite vividly (esp when I pluck my own eyebows). Should I go back again on that one to?
Hmm. Maybe watch it if you have time, but I think the albums are more important. I feel that the movie does form part of the bigger picture of Bowie at that time – which I find was one of the most interesting points in his career, despite being possibly his lowest point in his private life with money problems and drug addiction etc.
I watched it for the first time in years, a couple of months ago. Somehow it made more sense this time (although there's still no need for the full-Bowie nude scene!).
It's not a bad film for its age, although I don't think it's everything it's cracked up to be. A bit too long I think. This time though, I did notice that there's a scene near the end of the film in a record shop, where David walks past a display of his own Young Americans albums! Nice touch.
And of course, the cover artwork of Station to Station and Low are taken from TMWFTE. The working title of Low was New Music Night and Day and started life as the soundtrack to TMWFTE, only to be discarded at some point at Nick Roeg's change of mind.
Originally posted by MemberD: wow . .so many books about Bowie although the one you recommend does seem worthwhile. What i need is a 'David Bowie for dummies' type thing.
It is fascinating lyrically; tongue in cheek yet quite mystical. I often wondered why he based it around the Underpass riff - I guess it just happens to fit.
Originally posted by robert: Anyone one who has heard nik kershaws albums 15 minutes (1999), to be frank (2001) and lasts years youve got to laugh would not be cringing and would be talking top songwriting class not cheesy 80s synth riffs. :p
Can I remind you that Nik Kershaw also wrote the Chesney Hawkes "Classic" " The One and Only...
Today it's been Laurie Anderson's United States in preparation for seeing her at the Salisbury City Hall this evening... Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah...
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, have a good gig tonight! Her work has always interested me but I only have the Anthology. Don't know much about her or even that she was still releasing stuff and touring.
She has a lovely voice.
Today I've been listening to Metal Beat for only the second time. It's a very interesting interview, although the sound levels are a bit inconsistent - I find it to be a very quiet recording - until Steve guffaws with laughter!
I'd forgotten all about some of those wonderful demo tracks - if only they'd put the full version of the No-One Driving demo.
Originally posted by Alex S: Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, have a good gig tonight! Her work has always interested me but I only have the Anthology. Don't know much about her or even that she was still releasing stuff and touring.
She has a lovely voice.
I saw her a few weeks ago at the Barbican in London - tonight will be the fifth time I've seen her in concert.
The first time was back in 1986 - the Natural History show at the Hammersmith Odeon, London on Sunday the 25th of May - and after the show I was lucky enough to be able to take the following photo...
This was the very first time I saw Laurie - and for whatever reason I thought I'd chance my arm and take along my camera! I'd used up all of my film during the show - venues didn't seem to object to you taking photos back then - and so I had nothing left when the show ended. Of course there was NO WAY I would ever be able to meet her... But, as you can see, I did - and so I advanced the mechanism on the camera which enabled me to take this pic. It's a 'double-exposure' with the four chairs at the front of the stage 'behind' Laurie - all things considered, I'm absolutely amazed that it came out...
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Originally posted by Alex S: I'd forgotten all about some of those wonderful demo tracks - if only they'd put the full version of the No-One Driving demo.
That's a wonderful photograph - the double exposure works a treat. Strangely appropriate.
What are her live shows like?
I was introduced to her music through my love of Peter Gabriel's - her vocal on his Excellent Birds track got me interested, and through his work I started to learn more about hers, which is why I bought the Anthology pack when it came out.
However I can't say I'm such a fan of her music itself; only a small number of the tracks on the CDs really appealed to me, yet I still I found it all most fascinating. I haven't played it in ages - really must give it a spin.
One more time about Laurie Anderson. I saw her in the eighties in Nijmegen. That was after her third album. At a time when she was more talking then singing. But when she sang I wondered why she didn't do that more often. A lovely voice indeed. And I missed Adrian Belew who's solo's were taped!
Absolutely f*cking incredible! Perfect soundtrack to the drive home from Salisbury.
I'm almost embarassed to say that I have only otherwise heard 'Big Science', though I have always rated it as an amazing album. That's two superlatives already.
Is it possible to discover something that's been there all the time?
Just listened to it from start to finsih. very very nice indeed. nice ambient feel to the whole album, with just enough electronik angst to keep it always interesting. well worth the price of admission.
Neil Young - Chrome Dreams 11. Another excellent album from Neil - after 50 years or somnthing he is still sounding reasonably fresh. A nice 18 minute song as well on the album.
Black Mountain - the future
What a great album. Prog rock from the 70's done perfectly in the year 2008 with enough of their own idea's to make the album refreshingly brilliant
Originally posted by turntable: Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts 1-1V 4 LP set
Just listened to it from start to finsih. very very nice indeed. nice ambient feel to the whole album, with just enough electronik angst to keep it always interesting.
Trent wanted to make this kind of album for about two years or more now. Its nice to hear hes finally done it, and what an album it is too.
After a very stressful few weeks, "Cathedral Oceans 3", with next door's hanging basket swinging gently in the blue sky breeze. I don't think it has ever sounded so serene.
Earlier, Neil Halstead's "Sleeping on Roads" - summer Sunday in miniature.
Originally posted by Alex S: [QUOTE]It's a great album, and one that I don't play enough in its entirety. I usually find myself skipping "Pater Noster" though
what, that's one of the best tracks there and i always thought that the whole cathedral ocean idea kinda started from there.
Originally posted by Alex S: It's a great album, and one that I don't play enough in its entirety. I usually find myself skipping "Pater Noster" though
Sacrilege! Its a great, atmospheric track. The Human Host really gives the vocals a great, cavernous feel. The drum beat does make it sound like a dance track though.
One of my favourites from it is Night Suit. And the bonus track A Lifting Sky (on the 1993 reissue).
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I'm on the bonus tracks now. Really like "A Long Time" and "This Jungle".
For longer than I can remember, This Jungle had been my alltime favourite JF song. I never understood why it was put on a B-side. The guitaring on it is brilliant. Same with Night Suit.
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I wonder if the "Swimmer" tracks were inspired by the Burt Lancaster film...
Talk Talk -- Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden. I haven't listened to these in years, and I just got in the mood on Sunday. I haven't stopped as they are on playlist for work today as well.
There's actually a bit of graffiti on the wall outside the Abbey Road Studios saying that "they were named after The Beatles album which had been recorded there".
It's amazing how a rumour - if left unchecked - can become the accepted version of the truth.
Today it's Peter Gabriel live at Wembley Arena 8th June 2004. After the drive taking me from Rainham to Richmond to Wiltshire, the appropriate track of the day is 'Here Comes The Flood'...
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: Today it's Peter Gabriel live at Wembley Arena 8th June 2004. After the drive taking me from Rainham to Richmond to Wiltshire, the appropriate track of the day is 'Here Comes The Flood'...
Is that one of the 'Encore' series albums?
I have the Sheffield one, as I saw him back then. Great show (as always).
Originally posted by bluepicasso: Talk Talk -- Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden. I haven't listened to these in years, and I just got in the mood on Sunday. I haven't stopped as they are on playlist for work today as well.
Blue P
Two of the most important records in my collection! "Mark Hollis" makes three.
Originally posted by NerveJam: Japan - European Son. How come I missed this one entirely?
I had Life in Tokyo, Quiet Life, Visions of China, Ghosts, etc, but hadn't heard European Son until last Friday..
P.S. I still prefer "Taking Islands in Africa"
Great song. On a Japan/Sylvian site, one can download the Japan Singles boxset. It has about 4 different versions of European Son. I would buy it myself. But, being in the US and far from a decent cd shop, I would have to pay around $70.00 for it -- I think.
Today it's the latest offering from Genesis 'Live Over Europe', prompted by being given the freebie CD that was made available from the Sunday Mail yesterday. Technically fine, if a little too polished and much too much like I'm back in 1992 for my liking.
Next, a stroll through the Guns N' Roses back catalogue methinks...
Originally posted by Brian: I've been listening to the free Daily Mail Genesis CD too. I'd never buy the Mail as a newspaper though.
Personally, I'd never listen to a Genesis CD, either. It's Phil Collins. I can't stand the sound of him. Period. The gorilla should have eaten him, never mind play drums.
Originally posted by Brian: [b] I've been listening to the free Daily Mail Genesis CD too. I'd never buy the Mail as a newspaper though.
Personally, I'd never listen to a Genesis CD, either. It's Phil Collins. I can't stand the sound of him. Period. The gorilla should have eaten him, never mind play drums. [/b]
Doesn't it say somewhere in the rules that listening to Phil Collins is laible to result in visitors being banned from the forum??
Last night I immersed myself in the strange and bizarre world of Current 93, with additional support from
Baby Dee Safe Inside The Day - emerging as one of the best releases so far this year Marc Almond and Michael Cashmore Gabriel & The Lunatic Lover Anthony and the Johnsons I am a Bird Now
Today my iPod is full of all the various tracks I've purchased from iTunes, including... Cabaret Voltaire, Ladytron, The Electric Riot, A Flock of Seagulls, Pet Shop Boys, Talk Talk, Gary Numan etc.
I've just noticed a slight similarity between the Cabs' "I Want You" and "Neuro Video"
The Boomtown Rats first Excellent stuff Birthday present arrived a couple of days early Hits Joni Mitchell The definite Steely Dan Collection *
I'm having erotic frissons in anticipation of being aurally reunited Carey . Free Man in Paris , Big Yellow Taxi , Dirty Work . Reeling in the Years etc
*Until the label finds another way of fleecing the customers Next one will contain exclusive footage from 71 Rhyl Gig supporting seminal Welsh weed rockers (or prototype Super Furry Animals ) Man
Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence", various mixes from 1990 and 2004. Aside from being one of my favourite songs of all time, it remixes incredibly well - I have yet to hear a mix I don't like.
Bed "The Newton Plum" - album of the year so far, the year is 2001.
Music that fits your environment Blue Picasso, I always love that. My environment right now is my bedroom. Just before going to sleep I'll listen to Chroma Key: You Go Now (about an astronaut that is leaving earth, but with references to everyman's everyday life) a PG-like voice, beautiful keys, in a nice sf outfit. He was once the keyboard player of a giant progrock group. And with this CK project he makes music that will be very enjoyable for PG and JF fans.
Originally posted by the church puddle: Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence", various mixes from 1990 and 2004. Aside from being one of my favourite songs of all time, it remixes incredibly well - I have yet to hear a mix I don't like.
I agree the 'official' ones are all good but there are some pretty duff 'bootleg' remixes out there too!
I picked-up this cd a few years ago, and there is a song entitled Time Out For Fun. My younger son enjoyed it so much that he used to sing it alot, which slightly got him in trouble during his pre-k years. He used to always sing it to his teacher when she threatened to put him in "time-out" for bad "behavior."
Got hold of a 'preview' copy of Coldplay's new album today.
Have to say its even more middle of the road than the last one.Its Ok but I wouldn't give it the raving endorsements that some of the music press are giving.
There's a heavy Beatles feel to some of the songs but thats no bad thing.
Do I like the album,I dunno,seems harmless enough but so was Ghengis Khan once
Massive Attack Mezzanine ( on cassette ) Picked it up on the coast for 3 euro as a birthday present to myself last weekend Brilliant up there with "Metamatic "
Group I'm ambivalent to As I've just said this is IMHO a masterpiece Whereas I can't get off on "Blue Lines" and the vastly overrated "Unfinished Sympathy" in particular
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Which groups are you ambivalent to ?
Ladytron
...and I've no idea why.
They 'tick all the right boxes' and I've seen them live at various festivals, got the odd album and things - but I don't know - they just don't reach out and grab me. I can't figure out why everyone I know really likes this band, whereas I can just take or leave them.
Currently listening to 'Light & Magic' but think I'm going to stick 'Another Green World' on for the 745,876th time
I can't seem to get into autechre . I missed them entirely, and then went back and tried to work out what they were about, after they were recommended to me. Nope. I don't get it.
Originally posted by NerveJam: I can't seem to get into autechre . I missed them entirely, and then went back and tried to work out what they were about, after they were recommended to me. Nope. I don't get it.
I must admit, between Amber and the the newest album Autechre did make some unlistenable music,but the new one (Qualastic or whatever its called) is the best yet.IMHO.
Originally posted by maryann: XTC: English Settlement
One of my favs.
Years ago, I played it for my then future mother-in-law, and she just sat there looking at nothing and probably thought, "my daughter is marrying...him!"
A band I never heard of until this morning; HolyF**k - LP
So far an absolutely brilliant album - first track 'Super Inuit' is live and sounds like Can a bit during one of their freak-out live shows. Second track 'Milk Shake' is a lovely slab of dirty electro and this is followed by 'Frenchy's' - which sounds like the son of Numan's 'Metal', all grown up with a hoody and an ASBO slapped on him.
I'm only as far as track 5 and it's all instrumental so far - fantastic album.
Portishead "Third" Tindersticks "The Hungry Saw" The Notwist "The Devil, You + Me"
I can feel three classics in there. The first ("Third") is confirmed.
And fast forward into the past for:
Underworld "Beaucoup Fish" Morrissey "Rare Tracks" (actually the "Maladjusted" B sides) David Sylvian "Gone to Earth" (disc 1) Ultrafox "Ice Skating" Scott Walker "The Drift"
Also "Trout Mask Replica" - it might be the first time I made it all the way through. I like the first few tracks but it gets too long very quickly and I could live without the skits, although "fast and bool bus" always raises a smile. Ivor Cutler crossed with Tom Waits, before either of them.
Otherwise, I like a lot of Captain Beefheart, even the much-maligned "Blue Jeans and Moonbeams", which I like a lot.
Originally posted by the church puddle: Also "Trout Mask Replica" - it might be the first time I made it all the way through. I like the first few tracks but it gets too long very quickly and I could live without the skits, although "fast and bool bus" always raises a smile. Ivor Cutler crossed with Tom Waits, before either of them.
Otherwise, I like a lot of Captain Beefheart, even the much-maligned "Blue Jeans and Moonbeams", which I like a lot.
Trout Mask Replica is a fantastic album - but agree it's not to everyones tastes. I think my favourite Beefheart album has to be Lick My Decals Off, Baby - which is one of those albums in the strange position of being widely available on vinyl but unavailable at present on CD!
Currently listening to Comicopera by Robert Wyatt and Music Has The Right To Children by Boards of Canada.
I've still not got round to picking up Third from Portishead, must correct that soon.
An excellent choice Garry - and I'm also another big fan of Trout Mask Replica.
Regarding comicopera - what are your thoughts on it? Cuckooland was my 'album of the year' in 2003 and I still play it repeatedly. It features 'one note' by Eno, I think...
How does the latest album compare/differ?
I've been off work today, after a Long and Sleepless NIght, during which I have enjoyed listening to:
Tom Waits- Asylum Years Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig Lazarus Dig Barbara - a l'Atelier, Bruxelles 1954 and Scott Walker - Scott
Originally posted by Birdsong: Regarding [b]comicopera - what are your thoughts on it? Cuckooland was my 'album of the year' in 2003 and I still play it repeatedly. It features 'one note' by Eno, I think...
How does the latest album compare/differ? [/b]
Hi Martin,
I currently don't have my copy of Cuckooland so can't compare, regarding Comicopera though - I found the first three quarters a real joy (even if the first few songs do make you feel like you've stumbled into a very personal, open sore of an argument between two close people) all the way to "Out of the Blue" after that, I confess I get a bit lost - but it is growing on me.
Brian Eno - "Another Green World" and "Another Day On Earth". Both albums are new to me: not surprised to say I enjoyed the former a great deal, but I was not expecting to like the latter at all. Good stuff indeed.
Louis Gordon and his beats on Blind Anorexic. Worth checking out.
The extraordinary Errare Machinale Est by Jori Hulkkonen. Very Moby like.
The Night by Soft Cell. An overlooked classic. I wonder if there's a version from 1981 somewhere in Some Bizzare's vaults.
The new master recording of Oxygene by Jean Michel Jarre. The DVD is a delight with Jean Michel showing us his collection of vintage synths. IMHO the best synths ever created. He's got more at home.
A home made CDR of China Crisis's A-sides and B-sides. Some wonderful songs here: Christian, Wishful Thinking, Tragedy & Mystery, A Golden Handshake for Every Daughter, Greenacre Bay, Watching over Burning Fields, Working with Fire & Steel...
The Affectionate Punch and Sulk by the Associates. Billy Mackenzie's vocal range is simply amazing and is well complemented by Alan Rankine's versatility with most instruments. Alan is also one of my favourite musicians along with the members of Ultravox.
Bowling For Soup - 'A Hangover you Don't Deserve' and 'The Breat Burrito Extortion Case'. Great albums by a fantastic band - and good prep for seeing them live next week.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] I've spent the last two weeks listening to Rage In Eden constantly and I'm fearing for my sanity....
Ohhh I remember! ..death every afternoon...?
me: Electronic . Electronic [/b]
Heh!
I think my favourite Rage track is 'Stranger Within' - I could listen to that for hours...oh...I did.
In a bid to abstain from Rage In Eden I'm listening to Disc 1 of the new Suicide 1977-1978 which includes some classic Vega vs Audience repartee; "SHUT THA' F**K UP!!! WE'RE ALL FRANKIES!!! WE'RE ALL GOING TA HELL! ARRRRGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!...who's got a light?"
So as far as favourites go, for Chris it’s “We Stand Alone”, “Accent On Youth” and “The Ascent”, for Mr Normall it’s "Rage in Eden", "The Voice" and "The Thin Wall" along with Mark.
Maryann has gone with “I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)” and mine is “Stranger Within”…that only leaves “Your Name (Has Slipped My Mind Again)” – we almost had a complete set of favourites then!
Ooooooooooo, you're all gonna love what we've been able to to with Rage in Eden. I'll post the new track-listing just as soon as I can.
In the meantime, today I've been listening to the soundtrack to one of my absolute all-time favourite films - namely Lost in Translation... "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Bob Harris..."
Originally posted by Chris C: and the violin/viola section between [b]Accent On Youth and The Ascent are the most memorable moments of Rage in Eden. [/b]
Agreed. It is breathtaking. Another fave of mine is I Never Wanted To Begin, which I have on vinyl and was happy to see it included as a bonus track
Originally posted by Rob Harris: Ooooooooooo, you're all gonna love what we've been able to to with [b]Rage in Eden. I'll post the new track-listing just as soon as I can.
In the meantime, today I've been listening to the soundtrack to one of my absolute all-time favourite films - namely Lost in Translation... "Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr Bob Harris..."
Rob [/b]
Hmmmmmmmm lemme guess! Clue's in your e-mail - You've managed to reform Ultravox... but with Kevin Shields on guitar and Bill Murray on vocals! Hopefully Bill Murray's vocals will just be as good as his Roxy Music turn - can't wait to hear his 'Vienna'!
[...] - You've managed to reform Ultravox... but with Kevin Shields on guitar [...]
Now THAT would be something, but don't expect an album for at least 15 years!
Tori Amos, "From The Choirgirl Hotel", first time in years and years, probably my favourite of hers.
Brian Eno, "Music For Airports", contrary to what I said some pages ago, it has its good times, but you have to be in the mood. I don't think it could be retitled "Music For Delayed Flights".
Spiritualized, "Songs in A&E".
The Triffids, various, once I find where they have gone.
The just released two-disc entire back catalogue of the very sexy girl who had a big hit with 'Iko Iko' back in the Falklands' spring of '82. It's surprisingly eclectic, with many genres including soft rock, blues, sixties' girl groups and cold electro covered. The latter songs have that detached, slightly spoken, delivery and would fit on a Gina X album.
'My grandma and your grandma sitting by the fire/My grandma told your grandma I'm going to set your flag on fire'. Indeed.
I was hoping to be listening to the new issue of Santa Monica '72 by now, but it's out of stock in all the local shops. I hadn't realised it was such a limited edition! Anyway Amazon appears to have saved the day......
Originally posted by Alex S: I was hoping to be listening to the new issue of Santa Monica '72 by now, but it's out of stock in all the local shops. I hadn't realised it was such a limited edition! Anyway Amazon appears to have saved the day......
Oh, really? I wasn't under the impression it was limited. Anwyay, that's a shame Alex. From a historical and musical perspective it's an interesting recording to now have made available of Bowie's - you'll enjoy it.
Cheers - it's the one Bowie live album I haven't ever heard.
I looked at it in HMV a couple of weeks ago, before I went away, and decided against buying it there and then, knowing I wouldn't have a chance to play it over the following fortnight.
So today came and I decided to allow myself the litle pleasure of buying the CD from the shop! Just typical. They said it was discontinued already.
Originally posted by newvox: .....and now 'A Broken Frame', and 'Construction Time Again' too. Must say 'ABF' is still my least favourite of their first three albums though.
"A Broken Frame" is certainly an odd listen. "A Photograph Of You" and "The Meaning Of Love" I could live without, but I really love "See You", "Leave In Silence", "Shouldn't Have Done That" and "The Sun and The Rainfall".
Calexico today. Transit Kings yesterday. Summer is here.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] I was hoping to be listening to the new issue of Santa Monica '72 by now, but it's out of stock in all the local shops. I hadn't realised it was such a limited edition! Anyway Amazon appears to have saved the day......
Oh, really? I wasn't under the impression it was limited. [/b]
It showed up in the stores here last week. The sticker on it does say 'limited edition' but there are plenty of copies on the shelves due to the ridiculously high price for it.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] I was hoping to be listening to the new issue of Santa Monica '72 by now, but it's out of stock in all the local shops. I hadn't realised it was such a limited edition! Anyway Amazon appears to have saved the day......
Oh, really? I wasn't under the impression it was limited. [/b]
It showed up in the stores here last week. The sticker on it does say 'limited edition' but there are plenty of copies on the shelves due to the ridiculously high price for it. [/b]
It was priced at £11.99 in the shops, which I thought was very cheap, especially for a fancy box thingy.
Trans Europe Express - Kraftwerk The Man Machine - Kraftwerk Radio Activity - Kraftwerk
Probably because I got Wolfgang Flur's autobiography for my birthday. Impressed - this was the independent choice and purchase of my 13 yr old daughter. Seems she hears, even if she doesn't appear to listen. There is hope
My local Oxfam Music has "Ralf and Florian" on vinyl for £26.99. Wondering if I should treat myself...`?
Originally posted by Birdsong: My local Oxfam Music has "Ralf and Florian" on vinyl for £26.99. Wondering if I should treat myself...`?
No -- not at that price! If you're interested either look on ebay or ask me for a copy. It's clearly a listen-before-you-buy purchase. You could be disappointed.
I bought it on ebay last year after re-reading Kraftwerk's biography. It makes a lot of sense to hear and it's quite unusual - although bearing very little resemblence to the band they would become, barring one track.
This morning it's been a selection of Mr Bowie for me - in anticipation of my copy of Santa Monica '72 which should be with me hopefully today or tomorrow...
Originally posted by Alex S: No -- not at that price! If you're interested either look on ebay or ask me for a copy. It's clearly a listen-before-you-buy purchase. You could be disappointed.
I bought it on ebay last year after re-reading Kraftwerk's biography. It makes a lot of sense to hear and it's quite unusual - although bearing very little resemblence to the band they would become, barring one track.
Thanks for your advice. Kraftwerk are another of those bands who became progressively less interesting with each release I think. Backwards through their catalogue is the way to go.
I don't do ebay...
I know the album I quoted was expensive - but there is some value added by having that super cover on a big piece of cardboard. And the disc itself is about 5mm thick! Beautiful piece of stuff... Reminds me of my first purchase of Metamatic
Well I paid a couple of quid or the CD version, and I'm glad it wasn't any more! I'm happy I have it though.
I like all of Kraftwerk's albums - each has its own merit. I see what you mean about them getting less interesting; though personally I get the most pleasure out of The Man Machine and Computer World. I've recently really got into TEE too.
However I will strictly defend their 1988 album Electric Café - although it sounds typical of its time in terms of when it was released, technologically it was quite ahead of its time, as much of it was recorded in the early 80s - so they were doing the sampling thing before everybody else.
But that's not my point - musically I find that album extremely enjoyable. Long, groovy pieces. The most 'human' Kraftwerk album.
Today it's Del Amitri's album 'Change Everything' - something that I haven't listened to for a long long time but specifically dug out last night after hearing 'Always the Last to Know' in a shop on the way home.
Every day I happen to walk past the record shop after work but today I went inside and I saw that they knocked several dollars off the Bowie at Santa Monica cd so guess what came home with me?
Originally posted by maryann: Every day I happen to walk past the record shop after work but today I went inside and I saw that they knocked several dollars off the Bowie at Santa Monica cd so guess what came home with me?
David Bowie and Kraftwerk.
Todays has been a Midge Ure day for me. Live albums - 'Sampled Looped.....', and 'Live In Concert'.
Originally posted by maryann: David Bowie: Live at Santa Monica 1972
Its gonna have to be well improved sound for me to buy it, as i still have the gold 24 bit master disc from '95. Its a pretty exspensive re-issue so i'll have to look into this a bit first. :rolleyes:
[Edit] 14.14 At this moment im thinking keep the dosh towards this blancmange tip off.
I was just thinking the other day that it was about time we had a decent Kate Bush best of . .she must have been sending me subliminal telepathic messages to remind of her birthday. So sad she had to lose someone so close.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] David Bowie - Glass Spider (live)
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It's not that bad.... much better to listen to the audio than watch the DVD film! By just listening to the music you can (almost) forget about the massive plastic spider and awful 80s jumpsuits.
With tracks like Time, All the Madmen and Big Brother in the setlist (not featured in the concert film) it's a sign that maybe after all there was a bit of life in that tour.
I just handed over five earth pounds for the 2002 'renewed' 2xCD edition.
Re - Eno biog. I'm still enjoying it, but reading it is rather like a eating a rich and thick chocolate cake. Delicious, but I can't handle more than about 8 pages at a time... He's mad as a fish of course
Nil recurring by Porcupine Tree Jagged Edge by Gary Numan The three Thompson Twins 2 CD re-issues Velocifero by Ladytron and live DVDs by Spock's Beard and OMD
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Fashion Product Perfect
I have that on vinyl and have not heard that since its release. Without sounding ridiculous, I didn't think anyone else even knew of them!
Is that available on cd [/b]
Hi maryann,
Sadly not available on CD - just my home-made scratchy copy which I made of the UK edition (I've got the US edition somewhere but no idea where at the moment).
The only Fashion CD is Cherry Red's The Height of Fashion which is just Fabrique with some of the cassette mixes tagged on the end.
Originally posted by Birdsong: A rare treat this afternoon - The Velvet Underground & Nico
Compulsive, intuitive and fundamentally scary. Nothing else matters since I played this. European Son has to be one of the best pieces of music ever recorded...?
Haven't heard Nico's Chelsea Girl album for years. Really haunting
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b]Return of the c*nt
some new material by Shady Grady & The Crumbs [/b]
Beautiful, pure animal output! Good call Birdsong fella.
I was just working late in the kitchen listening to Gary Crowley on 6 music(11PM ish) when he drops - ULTRAVOX - YOUNG SAVAGE. Took me by suprise, had a bit of a moment, loved it.
I've got back off the rails tonight. Tears are gonna come...
Baby Dee for company. Sublime. I found a couple of songs online today that I haven't heard before, and booked my ticket for the Union Chapel in December
This is the first time I've heard anything by him and it's quite good. Knew of Tate from the Teardrops and producing the first unreleased Smiths album but not as a solo artist.
Originally posted by Gaz Vanhill: [QB] Troy Tate: Sorrow
Got the album on vinyl but haven't played it for 20 years. Used to love the title track but not much else. Don't think I'll ever get another record player so not sure I'll ever reassess it.
I've been listening to DATA - 'Opera Electronica'. Dated more like, this ain't a Metamatic. Even so, it's good fun in places.
Associates: The Glamour Chase/Perhaps, Perhaps (the Lost Tape), BBC Sessions, Sulk and Singles . Fantastic band. Made first contact with Alan Rankine. If I can quote what he said:
"hi chris you're pretty much on the money synclavier prophet 5 seq circ oberheims a jangle piano on party fears but i've got to say we bought hired just about anything going then fucked with the sound as we felt was best at the time
cheers alan"
I replied saying that "Those experiments with synths were amazing.....You are a very complete artist who can play guitar, bass guitar, synths, program sequencers and drum patterns, produce and write music."
That's a guy I would like to work with in addition to John of course. Now where's my piano lessons book! :rolleyes:
Perhaps I should join his course at Stow College. An all rounder indeed.
Bowie : Best of Bowie (German edition); Strangers When We Meet.
It's curious how Billy Mackenzie opened and closed his career with two Bowie numbers: Boys Keep Swinging and Wild is the Wind . Everybody liked Billy so no copyright issues. Keep it this way David please. "It's better this way".
Just spent a week in the German speaking Italian Dolomites Over breakfast I've been forced to listen on Oesterreich Eins radio such musical jewels as Lost in France Bonnie Tyler Living next door to Alice Smokie Lady in Red Chris De Burgh Simply the best Tina Turner Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep Middle of the Road
Blandsville Missouri ! At least they spared me Simply Red and The Final Countdown Much to my chagrin they didn't play Der Kommisar by Rick James . no sorry Falco*
For some inconceivable reason . Smokie have achieved ubermegastar status in Austria If John and Louis are ever short of a few bob they should form a Smokie tribute band and decamp to Innsbruck Despiter their musical shortcomings ,great people lovely place
*Rads ,if you read this I mean Viennese "rapper" not your erstwhile mid 80's forward
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: ...Much to my chagrin they didn't play Der Kommisar by Rick James . no sorry Falco*
*Rads ,if you read this I mean Viennese "rapper" not your erstwhile mid 80's forward
Heh!
Funnily enough, I've just spent a long weekend in Berlin where inbetween all the schlager musik, Falco still seems to be king...on breakfast radio at least!
Currently listening to lots of Saint Etienne; Fox Base Alpha, So Tough, Good Humor and Boxette
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] ...Much to my chagrin they didn't play Der Kommisar by Rick James . no sorry Falco*
*Rads ,if you read this I mean Viennese "rapper" not your erstwhile mid 80's forward
Heh!
Funnily enough, I've just spent a long weekend in Berlin where inbetween all the schlager musik, Falco still seems to be king...on breakfast radio at least!
Currently listening to lots of Saint Etienne; Fox Base Alpha, So Tough, Good Humor and Boxette [/b]
WElcome back ST Etienne flawless choice Radler Don't know if you saw my last post on our personal thread I officially entered The Colnago Granfondo this morning As the great David Byrne asked in "Once in a Lifetime " "My God , What have I done ?" I also did the Sud Tirol half marathon last Saturday no serious running for 3 months and my legs are paying for it 1 44 nearly 10 mins off my personal best ..pleased all the same
One more bad record on Austrian radio one hit Dutch wonders Pussycat tribute to Dylan's Sarah "Misus Hippy" " Mrs Weedhead" was the original working title but it didn't scan
As Brian Eno still has to release "Music to paint your house to" My wife daughter and myself came to a compromise before we donned our overalls The Best of Kate Bush The Best of Blondie Yasmin and Romance Yasmin Levy I'm on my own this afternoon so Live In Tokyo Public Image Limited Greatest Hits Mott the Hoople
No JF stuff until the task is completed and a cold beer in front of me
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b] British Sea Power "Do You Like Rock Music?" Yes I do if it sounds anything like British Sea Power.
I couldn't get into that one at all. Primarily because to me they did not sound like BSP anymore. Curious to know what what you thought of it. [/b]
Hi Maryann,
Interesting! The latest BSP is the only thing I have heard by them. I have downloads of the earlier albums and expect to play them at some point - I wonder what they sound like?
A day at the pool so the music came to me Not what I would have chosen Patti Smith Because the night (disco version) London Beat Thinking about you Vamos alla playa Righeira Freed from Desire Gala Philadelphia Soul Orchestra (barry White side project if I remember correctly) Very Proustian as I was transported back 30 odd years to my adolescence At the time , I seem to remember buying Do the Hustle Van McCoy More more more Andrea True connection and 7 inch vinyl Autobahn /And Arthur Ashe winning Wimbledon probably the last time I followed tennis and listened to the first two . Kraftwerk on the other hand ......
Pleasant enough I suppose If I can remember the others I'll edit accordingly
Got round in listening to 2 new Gary Numan releases.
Replicant . I must say I'm delighted that Steve Malins is conducting the interviews for Gary and John. His questions succeed in maintaining the flow of the interview. At several points he also goes into discussions with the artist which is nice. It was great to find out that admist the mighty Minimoog and Polymoog Synthesizer (not the Keyboard version as this came later on...in Cars) some of the quirky synth sounds came from a Roland SH-2000.
The main synths on Replicas:
Minimoog Model D:
Polymoog Synthesizer (model 203A):
Roland SH-2000:
Something in-between an early SH-09 and an early Jupiter-4.
Interesting to note that Gary praises Ultravox and John Foxx in the interview. He always does.
Telekon Live. Gary and his band succeed in replicating the original sound with their new 21st century equipment. It's the only way to do it without taking any risks, as the old original analogue equipment are infamous for their unreliability. A great show and the spark is still there. A great version of Sleep by Windows .
I only wish we could have a live disc and an interview disc for The Pleasure Principle to complete the set.
Birkenhead's finest Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS
I hadn't listened to it for the best part of a decade but still ace and side splittingly funny
For the uninitiated tracks include
I hate Nerys Hughes(Sincerely from the heart) F++kin 'ell it's Fred Titmus 99 per cent of gargoyles look like Bob Todd
Addendum
Lyrics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Nigel BlackwellBlackwell's personal mythology covers a wide range of topics which are often juxtaposed in counter-intuitive ways. A full understanding of HMHB lyrics is perhaps predicated on being born on Merseyside in the 1950s or 1960s, being unemployed (or at least not working, to permit exposure to daytime television) in the mid-1980s to early 1990s, and being an obsessive hoarder of books, records, football trivia, and memories of obscure television programmes. Occasionally Nigel turns his attention to the absurdities of everyday life.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Ivan - I LOVE YOU!!
This is one of my favourite albums of all time!!! Songwriting at its very best.
Personally, as well as those you've listed, I love the Len Ganley Stance and the additional EP that is the glorious [b]Trumpton Riots
Careful with that axe Eugene... [/b]
I love you too Birdy lad ! I've just editted and put in an addendum Other side of the Mersey from me truly wonderful band They refused to play on "The Tube" on Friday evening because it clashed with their beloved Tranmere Rover's fixtures Spot on about Trumpton and the legendary snooker ref !!! Eugene obviously worked on Merseyrail !!
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Birkenhead's finest Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS
I hadn't listened to it for the best part of a decade but still ace and side splittingly funny
For the uninitiated tracks include
I hate Nerys Hughes(Sincerely from the heart) F++kin 'ell it's Fred Titmus 99 per cent of gargoyles look like Bob Todd
Addendum
Lyrics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Nigel BlackwellBlackwell's personal mythology covers a wide range of topics which are often juxtaposed in counter-intuitive ways. A full understanding of HMHB lyrics is perhaps predicated on being born on Merseyside in the 1950s or 1960s, being unemployed (or at least not working, to permit exposure to daytime television) in the mid-1980s to early 1990s, and being an obsessive hoarder of books, records, football trivia, and memories of obscure television programmes. Occasionally Nigel turns his attention to the absurdities of everyday life.
Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
Sample lyrics: "And he'd managed to get hold of a Dukla Prague away kit /'cause his uncle owned a sports shop and he'd kept it to one side /And after only five minutes you'd be down to ten men /'cause he'd sent off your right back for taking the base from under his left winger.."
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] Birkenhead's finest Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS
I hadn't listened to it for the best part of a decade but still ace and side splittingly funny
For the uninitiated tracks include
I hate Nerys Hughes(Sincerely from the heart) F++kin 'ell it's Fred Titmus
99 per cent of gargoyles look like Bob Todd
Addendum
Lyrics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Nigel BlackwellBlackwell's personal mythology covers a wide range of topics which are often juxtaposed in counter-intuitive ways. A full understanding of HMHB lyrics is perhaps predicated on being born on Merseyside in the 1950s or 1960s, being unemployed (or at least not working, to permit exposure to daytime television) in the mid-1980s to early 1990s, and being an obsessive hoarder of books, records, football trivia, and memories of obscure television programmes. Occasionally Nigel turns his attention to the absurdities of everyday life.
Half Man Half Biscuit - All I Want For Christmas Is A Dukla Prague Away Kit
Sample lyrics: "And he'd managed to get hold of a Dukla Prague away kit /'cause his uncle owned a sports shop and he'd kept it to one side /And after only five minutes you'd be down to ten men /'cause he'd sent off your right back for taking the base from under his left winger.." [/b]
Excellent ! I was about to mention that one I remember being at Goodison as a young lad for the UEFA Cup clash The kit was heavy on the eyes Were you there ? I reckon this deserves a thread of its own !!!
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Birkenhead's finest Half Man Half Biscuit Back in the DHSS
I hadn't listened to it for the best part of a decade but still ace and side splittingly funny
They're still really good. If you can, get some of the later albums Achtung Bono,Trouble Over Bridgewater
Twenty-Four Hour Garage People
I fancy I'll open a stationer's Stock quaint notepads for weekend pagans While you were out at the Rollright Stones I came and set fire to your shed.
Coz you probably work at an all-night garage You probably work at an all-night garage You probably work at an all-night garage With talk radio on.
And you curse my soul if I don't want petrol Curse my soul coz I don't want petrol I only came down for a tube of Pringles Sour Cream and Chives.
And because you've got to get up off your fat arse to go and get my crisps And you've gotta go round the counter and it's really inconvenient, And when you come back you toss them into that sliding metal tray device thing that separates us and you say One pound thirty five. As opposed to That'll be one pound thirty-five please, sir. This is of course done to annoy me, but has the opposite effect of amusing me no end, because suddenly I've got other things to buy
I'll ave two scotch eggs and a jar of marmite Two scotch eggs and a jar of marmite Two scotch eggs and a jar of marmite What sandwiches have you got?
Well now you become quite irate And you're voice becomes louder And you start to sound like Leadbelly at the depot I got Ham, I got Cheese, I got Chicken, I got Beef, I got Tuna Sweetcorn, I've got Tuna Sweetcorn.
I'll ave ten kit-kats and a motoring atlas Ten kit-kats and a motoring atlas Ten kit-kats and a motoring atlas And a blue CD on the Hallmark label, that's sure to be good.
Oh, he went to play golf on a Sunday morning, Just a mile and a half from town. His head was found on the driving range, And his body's never been found.
A Cherry Records release The Singles Collection by The Mood. This time it's a fantastic effort by Cherry Red. Some fine tunes in here. It was curious to find how influential Slow Motion is on Is There a Reason . Other great tracks are Don't Stop, Paris is One Day Away and Passion in Dark Rooms.
Architecture & Morality Live - OMD . A most enjoyable set and good to see them back.
Rare time out this evening in my old Church. I am SO privileged to have the luxury of this facility, and John's finest work through the full PA/mixing desk/amp set up.
All by myself. Sublime. and LOUD.
I don't think I've really appreciated the subtleties of this album properly before, or the soundtrack qualities of Fog Structures and Eternity Sunrise - particularly that buzzing, zeppelin-engine thrum that runs throughout the former giving you a real sense of movement. Sounds almost like it comes from a Tiny Colour Movie... Evocative music, enhanced by the erratic 'spaces' as if someone's hand is passing over the speakers. I was struck too by the complexity of City of Endless Stairways but also (surprisingly) by the apparent 'under-production' of Harmonia Mundi which sounds surprisingly flat played on a big system, but was previously my favourite.
This now has to be Metanym which has a beautiful sense of closure and completeness. There's a clue in the title...
It strikes me every time I play this album that the last track would make an absolutely perfect precursor to Film One, bringing the circle just.
Originally posted by Rob Harris: Substrata - [b]Biosphere
Fantastic album - very atmospheric... [/b]
+1, that is a fantastic album, not heard it since its release, but still remember well its icy atmosphere.
This morning I've been listening to Cicada's '06 debut album, its great for getting some housework done! followed by a blast of 'Before the bullfight', my fav David Sylvian track.
Originally posted by Rob Harris: [b] Substrata - [b]Biosphere
Fantastic album - very atmospheric... [/b]
+1, that is a fantastic album, not heard it since its release, but still remember well its icy atmosphere.[/b]
It's the one that does it for me everytime (and it's the one that I would wholeheartedly recommend to anyone and everyone), but the first three albums ( Microgravity , Insomnia and Patashnik ) have recently been released, and they're every bit as good. The other albums ( Cirque , Polar Sequences , Birmingham Frequencies and Dropsonde ) are all also worth investigating...
Micah P Hinson & the Red Empire Orchestra (same) The Black Heart Procession "Three" Mono "Walking cloud and deep red sky, Flag fluttered and the sun shined"
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: Sting - The Soul Cages
Another fantastic Sting album. Arguably in the top 3 of his albums for me. A sombre and moody yet somehow beautiful set of songs. I haven't ben able to listen to it for a while...
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: [b] Sting - The Soul Cages
Another fantastic Sting album. Arguably in the top 3 of his albums for me. A sombre and moody yet somehow beautiful set of songs. I haven't ben able to listen to it for a while... [/b]
This is my favourite Sting album, mind you I only really listen to this one and "The Dream of the Blue Turtles." He kind of lost me after "Fields of Gold". Not entirely sure why ...
I think it stands up after all this time (no pun intended) because it's such a personal album that was heavily influenced by his fathers death in 1987. He also had a fantastic band that supported it live - two different tours (one completely acoustic, one more arena and rock based). A very creative period for him that really established him as a seriously adept musician that could hold his own.
The follow up to Soul Cages, 'Ten Summoners Tales', isn't a bad album. If you strip away 'Fields of Gold' from it, it's a lot deeper musically and subject wise than that song gives away.
iSelect - David Bowie . Missed out on the Mail on Sunday so I had to go to eBay. There's nothing new here apart from possibly a new mix of Time Will Crawl , however I simply bought it for the fact that David himself selected the tracks. The stand out track for me is Lady Grinning Soul. Hadn't heard this one in years and still remains one of his most beautiful ballads. It was a perfect way to close the glam-rock album Aladdin Sane .
"Here We Go" Boards of Canada "Geogaddi" various Human League/Spandau Ballet/Paul Young Client "City" Eels "Electro-shock Blues" L. Pierre "Touchpool"
All good stuff but of particular note are:
1. Jeff Buckley "Grace". I received the LP by mistake one time and decided it might appreciate. I looked at it every now and again, almost unsealed it and subjected it to my awful record player. But instead took a cheap gamble at the CD, played it for the first time today, and have a feeling I will play this a lot. There is a lot in there, lots of drama and feeling.
2. Randy Newman "Sail Away". Superb.
3. The Triffids "Australian Melodrama", first time in a long while. I really should track down ALL the original albums. What a compliation this is!!!
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] J Foxx / L Gordon - collected works
So you done your "weekend job" to work out your fav.list , I assume? Andreas [/b]
Too right Shads! Had the whole lot on a combined playlist playing continuously whilst doing chores, reading the paper etc! Actually it was an interesting excercise. the pair definitely get better and better IMHO.
This morning listening to: Kate Bush - The Whole Story (plus extras) to sort of try and chill out a bit...
Just a moment ago finished listening to The Pleasures Of Electricity.
"Well its a funny thing..." but I've seriously re-evaluated this album right now, maybe its because the sun's shining this morning after all the grey and rain we keep having, or maybe it's thanks to Andreas thread and having to consider other peoples take on an album, but its shot up to the top of my playlist, and I expect I'll be listening to it again later today...
The Pleasures Of Electricity, (again), followed by Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here, parts 1 and 5, LTJ Bukem: Journey Inwards, and ending in a funky mood with Etienne De Crecy: Tempovision
(and its now totally grey and raining heavily outside )
Day off today Painting the bedroom As Brian Eno has not had the decency to release "Musique pour peinture en batiment " I'm making do with two West Country bands MEZZANINE MASSIVE ATTACK
Total brilliance apparently the sound of internicine band fighting and alcohol induced paranoia Lizzy Cocteau Twin in fine form too
DRY PJ HARVEY I'd forgotten how good her debut was
third up SUEDE SUEDE Good stuff despite Brett's mockney sounding (To my untrained Northern ear at least) more like Arthur Mullard then Dime Divid of Bowie
Originally posted by MemberD: Ha! Ha! Ha! - and how clever you are Signor Basso to paint the bedroom and post on the forum at the same time! on yer bike!
A quick ten minute break you cheeky whipsnapper I still haven't received those WURZELS :EXTENDED REMIXES you promised me One plus point congrats on mentioning possibly the best album ever made *rides off to bedroom *
Originally posted by RadioBeach: E.G. - I salute your bravery!
Why thank you Sir...
Actually I like the album a lot, although I will conceed to it's patchiness. But in the context of the band at the time, the death of Brian Epstein, the events involving India and the Maharashi and the relative failure (in Beatles terms at any rate) of the 'Magical Mystery Tour' film, John and Yoko, etc, the album's a fascinating document of where their minds and individual directions were heading in 1968. Excellent stuff really.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] E.G. - I salute your bravery!
Why thank you Sir...
Actually I like the album a lot, although I will conceed to it's patchiness. But in the context of the band at the time, the death of Brian Epstein, the events involving India and the Maharashi and the relative failure (in Beatles terms at any rate) of the 'Magical Mystery Tour' film, John and Yoko, etc, the album's a fascinating document of where their minds and individual directions were heading in 1968. Excellent stuff really.
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Cheers E.G.
I understand the back catalogue is being re-mastered and re-issued in early 2009 (will Sgt.Pepper get a mono locked groove vinyl re-issue as it was originally released?) so maybe I'll try it again then.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] E.G. - I salute your bravery!
Why thank you Sir...
Actually I like the album a lot, although I will conceed to it's patchiness. But in the context of the band at the time, the death of Brian Epstein, the events involving India and the Maharashi and the relative failure (in Beatles terms at any rate) of the 'Magical Mystery Tour' film, John and Yoko, etc, the album's a fascinating document of where their minds and individual directions were heading in 1968. Excellent stuff really.
[/b]
Cheers E.G.
I understand the back catalogue is being re-mastered and re-issued in early 2009 (will Sgt.Pepper get a mono locked groove vinyl re-issue as it was originally released?) so maybe I'll try it again then. [/b]
Sniff loads of paintstripper beforehand (as I've just done ) and the wearing of a kaftan is de rigeur while listening in order to capture those mystical * scouse/Indians vibes
*Roget's theosaurus now gives this as a synonym of "addled" The afternoon was taken up by" .PILLS AND THRILLS N BELLYACHES " HAPPY MONDAYS and SO TOUGH ST ETIENNE
There are various rumours about what's happening with The Beatles back catalogue Garry. One I read is from a Google forum page , although many sites and forums basically say the same thing.
The basic thinking/belief by the wider public is that the digital remasters are being worked on for compatability with iTunes, although re-packaging albums as double disc sets with a Mono disc and Stereo mix disc where possible looks likely. I bought Cream's 1967 album 'Disraeli Gears' in this format a year or so back and personally found the mono version much better to listen to as it had a better depth and sound quality thanks to the recording processes of the time, but I'm very interested to see just how well The Beatles material stands up to this process.
There's no mention anywhere of stereo or mono vinyl releases, but I guess there may be something to doing this given that vinyl is making a resurgance in popularity - I'm sure Apple Corps and EMI have thought long and hard about how best to market these releases when they come given the anticipation and depth of peoples expectations with the band.
This afternoon it's the very wonderful Last Train to Lhasa by Banco De Gaia - when I first heard this album (a couple of three years ago) I played it non-stop for about a week. I think that it's high time I gave it another spin...
Has the painting session had me trawling through my cassettes I came across "Precious" a mid 90's compilation Some dross like Blur but as they say round Jf's way "Some reet belters " none more so then "Sit Down " James ,that oxymoron an intelligent worded musical adapt chart topper and Arsene Wenger's favourite band "ZER ARSE OF LERVE" and their eponymous track ,whose name escapes me ,what was it again Arsene ? Chadders and Bickers burn brightly for 3 minutes or so It's a bit like Hull City's first day win lauding it over the Britney Spears of Man Yoo and the Chesney Hawkes of liverpool It's a pity they never realised their full potential I also dug out English* folk rocker AL STEWART and his tribute to former Soviet Union goalie Lev Yashin THE YEAR OF THE CAT Again some "reet belters" on here CROSS THE BORDER BROADWAY HOTEL and of course the title track Perfect song which culminates with Bob Holness of Blockbusters coming in with a soul wrenching sax break (the sort Marc Almond mentions in "Torch" The slick TV personality would return to form a couple of years or so later on Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street ! Same backing band as Steve Harley btw
*Awaits for some pedant to point out he was born in Pwllheli or Falkirk
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] *Awaits for some pedant to point out he was born in Pwllheli or Falkirk
Pedant? hardly...
On the basic facts, place of birth was Glasgow actually, although he grew up in Bournemouth in Dorset.
Generally have no idea whatsoever what the rest of your post is about Ivan, sorry.
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"Guilty as charged " arresting officer Ekin ! I can be opaque at times
Basically Guy Chaddick's" House of Love " seemed destined to go onto great things but didn't Arsene Wenger fine manager better grasp of English than some native speakers , but some phonetic inconsistencies remain Surely you must have heard the urban myth about Bob Holness playing the sax solo on "Baker Street " patently untrue , but still does the rounds I kind of suspected "Wee AL" was a Scot by birth , but he does sound quintessentally (sp ? ) English . The Bournemouth upbringing explains this The Torch Soft Cell reference to "Saxophone tearing the soul"
I hope this clear matters up E G
Ivan
Addendum Lev Yashin ex USSR Goalkeeper Known as "The Cat "
Originally posted by core memory: Harold Budd: The White Arcades
followed by 'Uptown/Downtown', 'When It Rains' and 'Quiet City'
(and it is very peaceful outside, looking out my window right now...)
I haven't listened to The White Arcades for ages - it's a magnificent album, and was one of two albums (together with Luxa) which first got me into Harold's music. Over the years I've managed to acquire pretty much everything he's ever recorded, but I will always keep coming back to these two albums.
All of the albums he released on All Saints Records were remastered and repackaged a few years back - and there was I thinking that it couldn't be improved upon. At the last count, I think I'd bought this album five times! Again, I can only recommend it...
On the All Saints Records label theme - Channel Light Vessel - Automatic. (collaboration between Roger Eno, Bill Nelson, and oboist/saxophonist Kate St. John).
Originally posted by Future Daze: On the All Saints Records label theme - Channel Light Vessel - Automatic. (collaboration between Roger Eno, Bill Nelson, and oboist/saxophonist Kate St. John).
Crumbs - there's a 'blast from the past'. I seem to remember my first hearing about that 'project 'cos a track from Automatic appeared on the Glitters is Gold sampler CD. I haven't heard that album for ages - so it'll be next on today's playlist. Oddly enough, I'm now listening to The White Arcades...
Originally posted by Rob Harris: I haven't listened to The White Arcades for ages - it's a magnificent album... All of the albums he released on [b]All Saints Records were remastered and repackaged a few years back[/b]
It’s my favourite Harold Budd, every once in a while I play it, its an All Saints ’92 copy, didn’t realise it had been re-mastered, maybe I should pick up a new one, (I also have Lovely Thunder).
I had a period from ’90 to about ’93 when the only music I was listening to was ambient. Music after the mid 80’s had less of an appeal for me, in ’88 a workmate once asked me about what music I was into, I jokingly replied that "I didn’t listen to any music at all, (true), as it all had too many moving parts…"
Right now I’m having to listen to some neighbours diagonally across from the flat, totally blasting out some Dance/Techno
Originally posted by core memory: [b] Harold Budd: The White Arcades
followed by 'Uptown/Downtown', 'When It Rains' and 'Quiet City'
(and it is very peaceful outside, looking out my window right now...)
I haven't listened to The White Arcades for ages - it's a magnificent album, and was one of two albums (together with Luxa) which first got me into Harold's music. Over the years I've managed to acquire pretty much everything he's ever recorded, but I will always keep coming back to these two albums.
All of the albums he released on All Saints Records were remastered and repackaged a few years back - and there was I thinking that it couldn't be improved upon. At the last count, I think I'd bought this album five times! Again, I can only recommend it...
Rob [/b]
If I could only have one record it would be this one. I have used it countless times to drop off to and very rarely do I make it to the end. I mean this as the highest compliment. I must stress that I do also listen to the entirety of it outside of the bedroom.
Fame and Fashion by David Bowie. I started listening late to Bowie and I bought this compilation (LP), as my first Bowie record, back in 1984 after listening to Heroes as part of the soundtrack to the movie Christianne F . It was the closing titles of the movie to be precise. One cloudy morning in 1999, I eventually bought this one, my flagship album, on CD (RCA) in some record shop in Leeds. My girlfriend at the time was annoyed as I spent 75 quid on it, even though she was a Bowie nut like me! :rolleyes:
Live Santa Monica '72 by David Bowie . I bought the original release on CD from Music and Video Exchange at Notting Hill Gate back in 2000 after selling my TV. I had left my job in London for another in Gibraltar, I was travelling a lot in those days. This new release comes in a nice box with postcards, press release and booklet. After reading on Bowienet that it's a limited edition and that as from October it will only be released in a normal jewel case I immediately bought it. As Bowie mentions on the box, "Mick Ronson is at his blistering best". He is and it's a brilliant show.
I got rid of all my Bowie vinyl very long time ago! But in spring this year I happened to be in a store and heard some long forgotten instrumental's playing out, I even went up to the guy behind the counter and said tentatively, "err, that’s from Low isn’t it?" I'd forgotten how good it was So I now have on CD: low/Heroes/Lodger remasters.
Playing this morning: 'Secret Life Of Arabia', 'Sons Of The Silent Age', 'Art Decade' and 'Subterraneans'
Quote:
Originally posted by Brian: Torchwood Big Bang LHC special from Radio4 on Wednesday
Ha, couple of weeks ago doing some browsing I found and emailed this link to my 'Dr Who' mad friend: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=js7jF-T-_Bs But for days afterwards I couldn't get the music out of my head, I really love it, surprised to find its from 'The Phantom Menace' soundtrack
[b]Live Santa Monica '72 by David Bowie . This new release comes in a nice box with postcards, press release and booklet. After reading on Bowienet that it's a limited edition and that as from October it will only be released in a normal jewel case I immediately bought it. As Bowie mentions on the box, "Mick Ronson is at his blistering best". He is and it's a brilliant show. [/b]
Yes, I am quite happy with it. I almost didn't buy but sure glad I did.
Originally posted by core memory: [b]got rid of all my Bowie vinyl very long time ago!
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...Yeah, circumstance's that happen in one's earlier life, and losing the appeal. Had everything really up to 'Scary Monsters', after that, well...
But, there’s an unexpected Joy in rediscovering (or re-imagining rather) the past after so long. Its kind of like being shipwrecked, then stumbling on some old pirate chest of gold
Originally posted by Shadow Man: After I looked into the "Mirror of Illusion" I'm riding on the "Silver Machine" at the moment.
Great old stuff on : HAWKWIND - THE COLLECTION
Have a meeting with the "Lord of Light" next..
Andreas
In case of SONIC ATTACK Andreas . use your wheels It is what they are for ! And make sure that all those who are making love , bring their bodies to orgasm simultaneously . Some less fortunate people will be subject to bleeding from orefices Right ,it's TIME I LEFT I'm going back to the SEVENTH SECOND OF FOREVER
Originally posted by Gavin: Brian Eno/Peter Schwan : Drawn From Life
Another album I haven't heard for absolutely ages. I remember buying this primarily because Laure Anderson provides the vocals for one track (Like Pictures Part #2), but I ended up liking the rest of it as well - must give it another spin...
Originally posted by Gavin: [b] Brian Eno/Peter Schwan : Drawn From Life
Another album I haven't heard for absolutely ages. I remember buying this primarily because Laure Anderson provides the vocals for one track (Like Pictures Part #2), but I ended up liking the rest of it as well - must give it another spin...
Rob [/b]
I forgot that this is actually a good album. Currently: Miles Davis: Kind Of Blue
Slightly off the wall this weekend Some great memories (and manic dancing!) evoked by:
The Cramps Off The Wall Smell of Female A Date With Elvis
The Skids Dunfermline - best of Joy
...and not a keyboard in sight.
I saw the Cramps a couple of times and they rate among my greatest gigs. However, getting puked on and beaten up outside the Hammersmith Palais probably helped... :rolleyes:
Hey hey - I guess the PR is working. The concert I have arranged for this coming Saturday in The Church has just been promoted (and thereby endorsed) by the legend that is Paul Jones on his Radio 2 show!!!
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Cut Copy: In Ghost Colours
Spooky - that's exactly what I was listening to at the weekend!
Today it's The Golden Hour of The Future and The Human League [/b]
I've only downloaded some of Cut Copy's album from iTunes, but it's so good I think I've got to buy a real version! First "new" band that's caught my attention for about 7 years!!
Killing Joke - Millenium (they were here last week - great fun) Inertia - The Preacher, and Repent Blancmange - Wasted & Kind (I have waited SO long for "Happy Families" to come out on CD - my vinyl versions have been destoyed by overplaying and bad stylii - my fault, I know!)
Originally posted by MemberD: Art of Noise - Daft ..they can get a bit tedious but Beatbox, Army Now and Close (to the Edit) are moments of sheer genius.
Great album! Now listening to CD3 of And What Have You Done With My Body, God?
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] Art of Noise - Daft ..they can get a bit tedious but Beatbox, Army Now and Close (to the Edit) are moments of sheer genius.
Great album! Now listening to CD3 of And What Have You Done With My Body, God? [/b]
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] Art of Noise - Daft ..they can get a bit tedious but Beatbox, Army Now and Close (to the Edit) are moments of sheer genius.
Great album! Now listening to CD3 of And What Have You Done With My Body, God? [/b]
yoiks! a 56 track AON box set! .. [/b]
Great stuff! And to think those drum sounds are provided by Yes!
Scott Walker - The Drift Cosmic Jokers - Galactic Supermarket The Stranglers - Black & White The Stranglers - Live X-Cert Bill Nelson - The Two-fold Aspect Of Everything Orchestra Arcana - Iconography
I'm working my way through some of the wonderful London iTunes festival performances from the past two years. Today it's Paul McCartney from 2007, and Paul Weller from earlier this year.
Originally posted by maryann: Billy Currie: Pieces of the Puzzle
pretty good, excepting the shock of not hearing JF vocals on track 3
Yeah, but this live version is very good. Marcus O'Higgins made the best job until yet for singing old Foxxvox ( except the original John...) songs. I heard some versions on bootlegs sung by Midge Ure and a very horrible version of Slow Motion sung by Sam Blue of Currievox (on Future Picture forever) until yet. But Marcus did the best job in replacing John for my opinion...
Well I've dusted down my old Sony record player out of the loft.I'm amazed it still works.Even more amazed that my recently purchased Amplifier still has a phono input.
So I'm playing my newly acquired copy of the Burning Car/20th Century on old style 12 inch:D
No I didnt go to the launch.There would be pictures up on here if I'd gone.
It came from Townsend on Friday morning.It was one of the signed ones which I'm really chuffed about.But as I said on another thread I'm not completely happy about the lack of Karborn artwork It has a black outer sleeve signed in gold.
This morning my favourite Portuguese band MADRE DEUS O PARAISO
Then a real treat IMHO the best band my native Merseyside has ever produced surpassing Teardrop Explodes ; Echo , Wah , The Beatles and even Sonia !! DEAF SCHGOOL 2nd Honeymoon DEAf SCHOOL Don't stop the World The female vocalist BETTIE BRIGHT is/was Mrs Suggs of Madness One of the guitarists was Clive Langer renowned producer I think I mentioned in a previous thread that when I bought it back in 1981 (Double gatefold vinyl) i was served by PETE BURNS of DEAD OR ALIVE And Big Brother fame
Here We Go - The Other Side of Metalbeat. A great tribute to John. Some interesting tunes in here.
Hoping that John et al have had a good time in Japan, I've been listening to the Yellow Magic Orchestra album. This remastered version from a couple of years ago comes with both editions of the album. La Femme Chinoise is the standout track for me.
I had a fantastic evening with friends at The Malt Cross in Nottingham seeing the wonderful 'The Hot Club of Cowtown'. So, today's listening consists of the new 'Best of...' and also 'Breakfast of Champions', a limited edition european tour CD premiering in rough form new material planned for a new album. Excellent stuff.
Oh dear M! 'Jagged' the other day, and now 'U-Vox'. [/b]
Is that because of the thread over at EV where it was suggested that for next years covers competition they should try & make them sound like real Ultravox.
I have to admit that I played Same old Story one of the singles from U-vox the other day after getting my record deck down to play the Burning Car 12 inch,no it didnt sound any better 22 years later
Originally posted by Brian: I have to admit that I played Same old Story one of the singles from U-vox the other day after getting my record deck down to play the Burning Car 12 inch,no it didnt sound any better 22 years later
The Pink thing is not an Ultravox record.
The whole 'Pink Thing' had IMO too many problems and signs of the time to be a true Ultravox album. It was like the band followed other artists instead of continuing along their own musical path.
It will be a job for the peeps at EV to remake these tracks, if the themed competition goes ahead.
Originally posted by Brian: [b]no it didnt sound any better 22 years later
The Pink thing is not an Ultravox record.
The whole 'Pink Thing' had IMO too many problems and signs of the time to be a true Ultravox album. It was like the band followed other artists instead of continuing along their own musical path. [/b]
I would not listen to the cd for a long long time (I only just loaded it into the pod ). When I heard it this morning all I could think about was my initial reaction when first hearing it.
I am listening to Soft Cell Heat: The Remixes. A fantastic double CD and the remixes are n't butchered to death either with virtually every track retaining it's original identity and vocals which m,akes a change where remix albums are concerned.
(its got lots of great music by various artists like Martin Denny, and Les Baxter)
haven't played it since 2002! its completely grey and dull outside, maybe that influenced my choice here as I really went looking for a Bill Nelson CD to play...
not played it in a little while, mmm, really is a good album, there are only two of the main tracks I'm not keen on, otherwise, its good stuff alright, but I'm sure you all knew that
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Gary Numan - 'Telekon', and 'Sacrifice'.
2 of Numan's best albums without a doubt
Gary [/b]
They sure are Gary, and in very different ways. 'Telekon' being the bigger and final 'machine music' sound, 'Sacrifice' being the budget production beginning to the 'industrial' era. Great albums all the same.
Speaking of "machine music" and "'industrial' era" stuff . . .
The 2-CD version of die Krupps' "Volle Kraft Voraus" arrived in the post today. I've started with disc 2, which is the remastered version of the 1981 LP. Ah, nostalgia!
When I'm feeling braver I'll tackle disc 1, the 2008 "alternative" remixes.
Long drive home last night and a chance to indulge in some volume and cathartic 'shout/singing' with
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds remarkable album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
It's edgy, twisted, sophisticated, odd, lewd, rude, psychotic, fierce, old-fashioned, quirky, tender and utterly brilliant. New songwriting partner Warren Ellis has bought a whole new dimension to an already impressive canon. If only everyone could age with as much inspiration, elegant determination and immature confidence as Cave (and Foxx).
Album of the year for me, bar none. Stand out tracks in particular are the opening title, We call upon the author to explain, the sermonic(??) Jesus of the moon and the wonderful, haunting closer More News From Nowhere which must be among the best tracks Cave has ever written.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Long drive home last night and a chance to indulge in some volume and cathartic 'shout/singing' with
[b]Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds remarkable album Dig, Lazarus, Dig![/b]
It's a very good album Martin, you're right. I was lucky enough to see them play at a recording of 'Later...with Jools Holland' earlier this year, and the band were both completely bonkers and the show stealers. The only thing that was slightly off putting was how closely Nick Cave himself resembled Jason Lee from 'My Name is Earl'. Nevertheless, truly magnificent material.
Not sure if you know, but he's also touring in November. Tickets can be obtained here ...
In preparation for Monday, today I'm carrying on with the Ultravox back catalogue, starting with 'Systems' and ending with 'The Pink Thing'.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Long drive home last night and a chance to indulge in some volume and cathartic 'shout/singing' with [b]Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds remarkable album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
It's edgy, twisted, sophisticated, odd, lewd, rude, psychotic, fierce, old-fashioned, quirky, tender and utterly brilliant. . . . If only everyone could age with as much inspiration, elegant determination and immature confidence as Cave (and Foxx). [/b]
I was a gigantic Birthday Party fan and for many years was intensely loyal to Mr. Cave's output, but after "The Boatman's Call" I pretty much gave up on him. However, my faith was restored by the Grinderman CD last year, and I love "Dig Lazarus Dig!" so much that I am almost willing to forgive Nick for the crap records he put out between "TBC" and Grinderman. Martin, I find it interesting that you draw a parallel between him and John Foxx, whose talent inspired my devotion a long time ago but who lost my interest and affection for an extended spell (namely, from around the time of "The Golden Section" until "The Pleasures of Electricity"). Wouldn't it be marvelous if John Foxx's next recording of new material could also be described as "edgy, twisted, sophisticated, odd, lewd, rude, psychotic, fierce"?!
Meanwhile, I've forced myself to stop replaying the Empire of the Sun single "Walking on a Dream" (I'm a big Sleepy Jackson/Luke Steele fan, and the song is catchy and poppy as hell -- it's addictive) and switched over to TV on the Radio's "Dear Science" for the evening.
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b] Long drive home last night and a chance to indulge in some volume and cathartic 'shout/singing' with [b]Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds remarkable album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!
It's edgy, twisted, sophisticated, odd, lewd, rude, psychotic, fierce, old-fashioned, quirky, tender and utterly brilliant. . . . If only everyone could age with as much inspiration, elegant determination and immature confidence as Cave (and Foxx). [/b]
I was a gigantic Birthday Party fan and for many years was intensely loyal to Mr. Cave's output, but after "The Boatman's Call" I pretty much gave up on him. However, my faith was restored by the Grinderman CD last year, and I love "Dig Lazarus Dig!" so much that I am almost willing to forgive Nick for the crap records he put out between "TBC" and Grinderman. [/b]
How interesting! I never got into the Birthday Party, don't really like the Grinderman CD, and rate The Boatman's Call and No More Shall We Part as his/their best albums! The new one's pretty good but I still haven't quite latched onto it yet. It needs some several solid plays in a row, where I can spare the time to read the lyrics.
Today it is very sunny so Pete Namlook's "Season's Greetings: Summer" is getting an airing.
Originally posted by the church puddle: How interesting! I never got into the Birthday Party, don't really like the Grinderman CD, and rate The Boatman's Call and No More Shall We Part as his/their best albums!
Cave is really interesting. He's one of (the only??) artist I can readily think of who just seems to get better with each release.
I agree with you about The Boatman's Call and No More Shall We Part, but would have to go further and say that The Lyre of orpheus, Grinderman AND Lazarus are equally good!!
The Night is a great track. I even bought the single.
I've been treating myself today to the Blancmange remasters: Happy Families, Mange Tout and Believe you me. The track Vishnu makes you want to go out for a curry!
On the Happy Families' liner notes it mentions that I Would and Running Thin (the b-sides of Living on the Ceiling) were not included for contractual reasons. Does anybody know more about this?
Quite a mixed bag today. I'm catching up on some recent podcasts from the BBC (including the excellent interview Stuart Maconie did with Philip Glass a week or so back promoting his newly released 'Glass Box' 10 CD boxset), and also listening to some T'Pau ('Rage') and Ultravox ('Lament')
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: ..(including the excellent interview Stuart Maconie did with Philip Glass a week or so back promoting his newly released 'Glass Box' 10 CD boxset), ...
thanks for the tip-off I'll look out for that one..
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: [b] ..(including the excellent interview Stuart Maconie did with Philip Glass a week or so back promoting his newly released 'Glass Box' 10 CD boxset), ...
thanks for the tip-off I'll look out for that one.. [/b]
I've already taken a glance at Glass Box - and although I do enjoy his music (especially Koyaanisqatsi), it's a bit steep at £70.00 But then again, you are getting ten CDs for your money, so perhaps it's one to put on the Chrismas wish list...
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Danielle Dax - 'Comatose Non-Reaction'.
Wow! You have a copy of that? The only Dax album I don't own (and I'm unlikely to either considering the mad prices it goes for!)
What are the unreleased tracks like? [/b]
The 'unreleased' ones are more like earlier album tracks, ie a good mix of electronics and guitar. The 'remixes' on cd2 are like i feel about my favourite artists, ie just a compromise of their real talent.
As for the price, well i got a burn from a forum not too far from here. Ive heard that the price is around £50 a time. Thats close to Foxxy terratory.
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Danielle Dax - 'Comatose Non-Reaction'.
Wow! You have a copy of that? The only Dax album I don't own (and I'm unlikely to either considering the mad prices it goes for!)
What are the unreleased tracks like? [/b]
The 'unreleased' ones are more like earlier album tracks, ie a good mix of electronics and guitar. The 'remixes' on cd2 are like i feel about my favourite artists, ie just a compromise of their real talent.
As for the price, well i got a burn from a forum not too far from here. Ive heard that the price is around £50 a time. Thats close to Foxxy terratory. [/b]
Cheers Newvox,
£50!? I wish! On Amazon it's currently going for £129!!!! If you know who's got a copy please ask them to email me!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: On Amazon it's currently going for £129!!!! If you know who's got a copy please ask them to email me!
Hi Garry, £129 is absolutely insane, for an artist im only just getting into. Plus at this early stage, it reminds me (and maybe im judging unfairly) like a pop version of 'Curve'.
As for emails, my broadband is slow for sending actual mp3s, but im starting a filesite using a different start point and if all goes well, will be opening it up to public sharing early next year.
[Edit] I better add, that copyright of my whole music collection is one of the main things im having to look into at the moment. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]On Amazon it's currently going for £129!!!! If you know who's got a copy please ask them to email me!
Hi Garry, £129 is absolutely insane, for an artist im only just getting into. Plus at this early stage, it reminds me (and maybe im judging unfairly) like a pop version of 'Curve'.
As for emails, my broadband is slow for sending actual mp3s, but im starting a filesite using a different start point and if all goes well, will be opening it up to public sharing early next year.
[Edit] I better add, that copyright of my whole music collection is one of the main things im having to look into at the moment. :rolleyes: [/b]
I looked around after posting here today and it appears some remasters are coming out next month. And sometime after, maybe 'Comatose Non Reaction' too. So in theory it should be about £12.99 soon.
Late Of The Pier: Fantasy Black Channel, which I am enjoying a lot.
Must confess I was not that keen on Jarvis Cockers solo album either. Lyrics are great but some of the music rather dull IMO. Off to see him live in Dec to, if only so a mate did not have to go on his own.
Originally posted by newvox: I looked around after posting here today and it appears some remasters are coming out next month. And sometime after, maybe 'Comatose Non Reaction' too. So in theory it should be about £12.99 soon.
Cool! Cheers Newvox! I had a look round after reading your post and all I could find re-master-wise was Inky Bloaters,Dark Adapted Eye and Blast The Human Flower - here's hoping for a re-issue of the first two albums and Comatose Non-Reaction soon.
Today it's Glimmer and The Psychedelic Furs The World Outside
I haven't really listened to Suzanne Vega properly for quite a long time, so today it's revisiting some of her later albums including 'Nine Objects of Desire', Songs of Red and Gray' and 'Days of Open Hand'.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: I haven't really listened to Suzanne Vega properly for quite a long time, so today it's revisiting some of her later albums including 'Nine Objects of Desire', Songs of Red and Gray' and 'Days of Open Hand'.
What nice album titles she always chooses. Unfortunately 'Nine Objects..' is in my 'not listening to' category.
Dali's Car - The Judgement is the Mirror 12" Crossfade - Ultravox (on yucky white vinyl 12"!!) - if anything warranted the attention of Mssrs Fox and Gordon on colaboration, this might be it!! I think it would rock at a alive session <>
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Mike Olfield - 'QE2'.
Ah, I like that album. The opening track is wonderful. Not played it in a while, but one of Oldfield's many underrated works [/b]
Yeah, that was the album that made me start collecting Mikes vinyls in the late '70's. Should have kept them too. :rolleyes:
I have about half hes albums on cd now, but theres still about 10-12 to go. I had to stop buying them because Johns and the UreVox albums are all out at once. So i can understand the expenses problems some are having lately.
Originally posted by newvox: [b] I looked around after posting here today and it appears some remasters are coming out next month. And sometime after, maybe 'Comatose Non Reaction' too. So in theory it should be about £12.99 soon.
Cool! Cheers Newvox! I had a look round after reading your post and all I could find re-master-wise was Inky Bloaters,Dark Adapted Eye and Blast The Human Flower - here's hoping for a re-issue of the first two albums and Comatose Non-Reaction soon.
Today it's Glimmer and The Psychedelic Furs The World Outside [/b]
I was really surprised that the remasters are conveniently coming out just as i need them, (although im not sure about 'Comatose' either Garry). But then, eveyones remastering now. Terrible innit.
Originally posted by E. G. Ekin: I haven't really listened to Suzanne Vega properly for quite a long time, so today it's revisiting some of her later albums including 'Nine Objects of Desire', Songs of Red and Gray' and 'Days of Open Hand'.
After seeing them in London last night, I'm test driving the latest Ajanta Music album 'Above The Cloudline'. I have to say the CD is sounding very nice as I look out on a sunny day from a very cold basement office.
Rob Harris - it was very nice to see you and Mr. H last night. Hope the journey home was neither too long nor too dreadful. Speak again very soon I hope.
Yes, it was very good. Hopefully Rob got some good photos of the band that he'll be able to share when he has some time to post them (if he ever gets any time between the million and one things he's doing already...).
After listening to Glimmer I went through the Ultravox remasters, Vienna and Rage in Eden. I must say that remastering does make a difference. All three albums are a pleasure to listen to.
I'd forgotten how good this album is. This was the album that brought me back into the Numanoid fold. Been there ever since. (And yes, I know that the production / mastering / levels etc are a bit "iffy")
Oh, and Mode7 : How? I still like this, but I found this morning that on my Sony Ericsson, I couldn't actually hear ANY of Surrinder's vocals.
The production may sound sparse, but it was the stripping back of the music and the doing it all himself approach that he really needed to take.
Poor Gary had to hit rock bottom in order to make an album like that, but I still regard it as his best work of later years, with Exile a close second.
So while it lacks depth, it was the first fully "Numan" sounding album since god knows when. And the lyrics and vocal performances are I think, his very best.
What a great set that is. I play most of it - Berserker and the great extra tracks and The Fury plus all the b-sides, which I think are the best on there. But yeah, Sacrifice does stand out as the best overall album in there.
Before that I had the extended version which is good, if a little long. Interesting to hear the more instrumental aspect to the tracks.
And with that in mind, I just might have to listen to The Radial Pair...
Taking a break from my Foxx, Ultravox, and Numan today. So went for something of a different beat. Chemical Brothers - 'We Are The Night' (and yes, i even still like 'the salmon dance'.
I've never heard anything from the radial pair .. or Human..
Interestingly, when I did an Amazon search on Radial Pair, I got a cheeky bugger selling Newman Numan instead. That's not allowed on Marketplace! (I should know)
Originally posted by Alex S: I've noticed that the bonus tracks on my version from [b]The Numa Years are very quiet indeed, compared to the rest of the album. [/b]
The lowest volume on the extra tracks is on 'Meat Beat', all due to the oiriginal mastering. There is a US version of 'Sacrifice' which has the tracks almost all the same volume, but sadly they pressed the discs with some extra tracks different to those listed on the back cover. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by NerveJam: I've never heard anything from the radial pair .. or Human..
Interestingly, when I did an Amazon search on Radial Pair, I got a cheeky bugger selling Newman Numan instead. That's not allowed on Marketplace! (I should know)
Tony Webb told me last year that there were plans to reissue the album.. but nothing as yet...
Originally posted by NerveJam: I've never heard anything from the radial pair .. or Human..
There were two 'Human' albums sold on e-bay over the later part of last week, maybe more there by now. 'The Radial Pair' is slighty more rare, but can turn up there sometimes. Personally i never really got into those albums, as they always sounded, (and in some ways they were) like experiments towards the next album.
Originally posted by NerveJam: [b] I've never heard anything from the radial pair .. or Human..
There were two 'Human' albums sold on e-bay over the later part of last week, maybe more there by now. 'The Radial Pair' is slighty more rare, but can turn up there sometimes. Personally i never really got into those albums, as they always sounded, (and in some ways they were) like experiments towards the next album. [/b]
That's what appeals to me about The Radial pair - you can really hear him heading towards Sacrifice.
Human is pleasant and unusual but a bit long and boring once you've played it once.
Originally posted by NerveJam: [b] I've never heard anything from the radial pair .. or Human..
Interestingly, when I did an Amazon search on Radial Pair, I got a cheeky bugger selling Newman Numan instead. That's not allowed on Marketplace! (I should know)
Tony Webb told me last year that there were plans to reissue the album.. but nothing as yet... [/b]
And its right, there are plans for re-issues, but dispite how slow things are looking at nuworld etc at the moment, theres a lot of possible items on the agenda.
Originally posted by Alex S: (We really should migrate to the Numan thread...! )
(Yep )
As for 'Numan plans', the majority of it is still with past cat than new stuff. Although theres more of that to come too. Should be enough to keep all fans happy for some time to come.
Originally posted by Alex S: Oh really? Oh. I didn't think there was much to recycle - other than the various live DVDs.
Theres a lot of unheard and unseen old stuff, as opposed to recycled. But it will take time to 'find' some of it, and restore others.
Im currently on a Chemical Brothers day, to keep away from 'synth music overload'. Funny thing is, the 'Chems' last album was a move back to analogue synths, but with modern studio effects.
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Funny thing is, the 'Chems' last album was a move back to analogue synths, but with modern studio effects.
Yes, I have a great interview with them where they discuss what synths they used. Will make you a copy. [/b]
Thanks M. A good quality scan would be great though for posting on the boards. From what i understand, they were using synths that they never used on their previous albums. In fact, i think they were children when these were new technology.
Bill Nelson - Getting the Holy Ghost Across. The CD version includes the bonus 12" Living for the Spangled Moment. The album marked the end of an era, Bill's new romanticism and IMHO this era was his best and most influential.
I wonder when he's going to reissue all his instrumental albums from the 80s ie from Sounding the Ritual Echo to The Summer of God's Piano .
Now where's the postman with my John Foxx and Bill Nelson remasters?! :rolleyes:
Originally posted by Chris C: Now where's the postman with my Bill Nelson's remasters?! :rolleyes:
Oh no, more remasters. How terrible is that again. I never bought the originals, and have been thinking about some of Bills for a while, so this is good news. Bet the've been out for months and ive not even noticed. :rolleyes:
I really liked Pink Floyd up until The Wall. Thought that one was too commercial and overblown. It did have one saving grace for me: the classic Comfortably Numb.
Originally posted by maryann: It did have one saving grace for me: the classic Comfortably Numb.
For me its always been the two 70's classic's, and this year I decided to relive them after nearly 28 years of not listening to the vinyl ! The remastered CD's have now been played many times this year: Dark Side Of The Moon, and Wish You Were Here, (I played these LP's to death pre-John!)
Have to agree that The Wall always felt too overblown for me, though it does have a few really quite beautiful tracks on it, Comfortably Numb is my fav' too.
I'm just off to put WYWH on
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Originally posted by Chris C: [b]Bill Nelson - Getting the Holy Ghost Across. The CD version includes the bonus 12" Living for the Spangled Moment. The album marked the end of an era, Bill's new romanticism...[/b]
I agree, just hope they reissue GTHGA on CD again, so I can get me one of those
Originally posted by newvox: I never bought the originals, and have been thinking about some of Bills for a while, so this is good news. Bet the've been out for months and ive not even noticed. :rolleyes:
The remasters of Quit Dreaming And Get On The Beam, The Love That Whirls (Diary Of A Thinking Heart) and Chimera were released in 2005. :rolleyes: Better late than never. This is where I bought them from:
Toffeetones Taster 1 featuring Geoff Pickney, Toffeetronic , Louis Gordon and Tenek . A nice collection of artists are appearing from the Toffeetones label. I hope to get more of this stuff this autumn.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Oh really? Oh. I didn't think there was much to recycle - other than the various live DVDs.
Theres a lot of unheard and unseen old stuff, as opposed to recycled. But it will take time to 'find' some of it, and restore others. [/b]
Sorry Alex, but it was not my place to state what was happening at Nuworld , especially when an official announcement was so close. The sites now had its update and theres news about some of the 'unseen old stuff', namely the new camera angles for '81, and more '79 than the original release too. Rest assured there will still be further old and new to come. As i said, 'theres a lot'.
Originally posted by Toffeetones: Reckon its about time I get some cd copies.
Definitely worthwhile getting a remastered 2CD issue, particularly if it's an album you like. Out of the '3' released recently I've only managed to listen to TGS so far, and it's been a very interesting experience
now listening to: A Long Time (alternative version)
Hey, has anyone noticed this before:
in Dancing Like A Gun, John sings: "There's silence in your silver passing" and in A Long Time, he sings: "Silence in your silver passing"
Originally posted by newvox: happening at Nuworld , especially when an official announcement was so close. The sites now had its update and theres news about some of the 'unseen old stuff', namely the new camera angles for '81, and more '79 than the original release too.
Not to mention the upcoming anniversary of The Pleasure Principle.
I dont think ive ever known you to post that album here. I know its less tracks etc, but i always go for 'Three Into One' whenever i want a Foxxvox mix. To me, its the classic compilation. 'The Island Years' is great though and i would put 'Slow Motion' as third.
I dont think ive ever known you to post that album here. I know its less tracks etc, but i always go for 'Three Into One' whenever i want a Foxxvox mix. To me, its the classic compilation. 'The Island Years' is great though and i would put 'Slow Motion' as third. [/b]
It's probably known here (or maybe not) that I'm not much of a fan of the pre-SOR material. I got The Island Years some time ago but never paid it much attention.
I tried and failed to get into Ultravox! and Ha! Ha! Ha! earlier this year.
But, one or two tracks aside, I really enjoyed The Island Years on my journey to work this morning. This compilation allows this particular set of songs to shine, and is more accessible. It's probably all I need - bringing together the most listenable bits, to my ears at least. Plus in the process I discovered "Cross Fade"
Maryann/Newvox - thanks for the info! The '81 farewell concerts (the first of many farewells?) by Gary Numan were the first and most impressive that I have ever been too - they were available on video that year, but you had o send a blank video tape to the company to have it recorded! I didn't have a video deck at the time (or, can you believe, a telephone) so it seemed like a pointless exercise. The light show was (for its day) very special - and I can recall that one panel in the top array was not behaving as it should!
Support by Tik and Tok was fun too. I can't wait for that DVD to get released - I just hope I'm not dwelling in a romantic vision of my distant youth!
Originally posted by solenoid: The '81 farewell concerts.... I can't wait for that DVD to get released - I just hope I'm not dwelling in a romantic vision of my distant youth!
Rest assured solenoid, the material 'found' for the official dvd releases of '81 and '79, have every possibility of being fantastic. With whats now available, they could be far better than not just the original videos, but also the laser discs from that time too. In some ways this could enhance everyones memories of those early days.
Well theres nothing like a little Nirvana to drift you slowly into the evening. So i played some '89 demos, you know, the ones not on the box set. Its a wonder just how great the sound quality is from some of these tracks.
Still no sign of the John Foxx and Bill Nelson remasters. :rolleyes: Must be the bad weather.
Happy Families by Blancmange . Aren't we all in the Vox camp?!
Messages by OMD . One of my favourite bands. It's curious that of all of the tracks in the compilation their earlier material is the most exciting. When John goes into the studio with a CR-78, a Moog and an Arp I understand him. Nothing beats the old vintage analogue equipment.
Reading Eno's book (On Some Far Away Beach) doesn't help. Playing about with radios and bleepy synths like the VCS3 is a thought dawning in my mind. Shoo Eno! Where's the liver salt! Hic hic...
I had a look round after reading your post and all I could find re-master-wise was Inky Bloaters,Dark Adapted Eye and Blast The Human Flower - here's hoping for a re-issue of the first two albums and Comatose Non-Reaction soon.
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Originally posted by newvox:
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I was really surprised that the remasters are conveniently coming out just as i need them...
Wish I could say that I am listening to her right now as your previous post's got me intrigued, but today I've finally managed to get 'that box' out of the wardrobe, and I'm relieved to find that I still have my original vinyl copy of 'Jesus Egg That Wept' (just can't play it right now).
I'm very interested in any remasters coming out, so please post if you have more info
Originally posted by core memory: Re: [b]Danielle Dax posts (Oct 02). [/b]
Originally posted by newvox:
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I was really surprised that the remasters are conveniently coming out just as i need them...
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I'm very interested in any remasters coming out, so please post if you have more info
At the mo' theres only the few i refered to somewhere in this thread C.M. I will post if i find anymore about them, and hopefully the slightly more rare albums will be available soon.
Originally posted by Lele: I wasn't going to cave in…
I have!
been listening to John on the bus home:
Just for a moment (Glimmer version), beautiful, just beautiful, especially the ‘piano’ parts
Followed by, Free Robot, I don’t know if it’s the approach of Halloween, or the promise of the dark early night’s drawing near, but the underlying creepiness of this song goes deeper with me more and more every time I listen
Originally posted by core memory: [b]Free Robot, I don’t know if it’s the approach of Halloween, or the promise of the dark early night’s drawing near, but the underlying creepiness of this song goes deeper with me more and more every time I listen [/b]
'Too creepy' for me, so i gave 'TCM' a spin this evening. Looks like the 'all foxxed out' effect dont last long for anyone.
The Glimmer Room - Now We Are Six Amon Duul - Made In Germany Brian Eno - Discreet Music Kraftwerk - Kraftwerk 2 Kurt Weill/Lotte Lenya - The Threepenny Opera Beck - Mutations Foetus - Love Touch various - Lands End
Its been an interesting weekend. John Foxx is a great starting point :rolleyes:
I can't stop playing Bowie's 1.Outside and Earthling. Even when I am not listening to them I can hear 'I'm Afraid of Americans' and 'Outside' on a continuous loop inside my head.
Originally posted by maryann: I can't stop playing Bowie's 1.Outside and Earthling. Even when I am not listening to them I can hear 'I'm Afraid of Americans' and 'Outside' on a continuous loop inside my head.
It's been like that for me since 1995!
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Originally posted by core memory: Walking to work in the cold morning air earlier today and listening to:
Bowie: The Secret Life Of Arabia
Ah, the hidden gem on Heroes... paving the way for the next album, and one of David's finest vocals...
Alex, core memory: Funny, I had the cds for quite some time but it was when I watched the videos that it kinda hit home. Originally I preferred '1. Outside' over 'Earthling' but now I like them equally.
Where can I get a copy of 'Hallo Spaceboy' (the video version). I thought it would be included as a bonus track on 1.Outside like Trent's version of 'I'm Afraid of Americans' was a bonus track on Earthling.
Today - 'In Mysterious Ways', both discs. Although 'Spin Away' fits much better than 'This Side Of Paradise' I'm still not sure to what extent I like it. It's like 1985 all over again, when I took ages to get into 'In Mysterious Ways. But once there...
Count me in as being another 'Magic' fan too. It's hardly John's most profound piece of work but it does get in your head.
And I've also been playing The Dickies - 'Second Coming'.
Currently listening to Dusk + Blackdown's album Margins Music (dubstep, grime, bhangra, etc). Also in today's listening: Robin Guthrie's 3:19 soundtrack album and Dolores by Bohren & Der Club Of Gore (best comparison points I've heard for this one are Labradford's postrock and Angelo Badalamenti's Twin Peaks music, though those raise expectations that this doesn't quite meet on first listening).
Next up: Ella Fitzgerald, something from one of the Songbooks.
A compilation I made of the various demos and unreleased tracks from Pulp's "His 'n' Hers", "Different Class" and "This is Hardcore": all are brilliant.
Choice lyric: "From hunter-gatherer to washer-dryer is a long, strange trip".
I did also. Must admit, when I first played it I didnt know what to think of it because it sounded so not like Year Zero. But upon further play, I cannot believe how good it is!
Can I believe it, yes over the last few weeks for the first time ever in my life I’ve been listening to ‘that’ album, AW that is, not IMW (which I’m still pondering ). In truth, Van and the acoustic folk style (Bob Dylan, etc) are musically not my kind of thing, but there’s something very absorbing about AW, it doesn’t blow me away personally but there’s a reassuring and confident quality about it that warms me to it. Only two songs I don’t quite care for, Beside You, (“wherever you go…” ) and Madam George, but I really love the title track along with all the other songs…
And also:
Laibach:Volk
Last week I got this notion in my head from out of the blue about them, not having listened to anything since long ago and back when I got Opus Dei and Let It Be. I’ve since been on a splurge (John’s new CD’s will def’ have to remain on my xmas list now!). Volk dropped through the letterbox this morning, an inspired and unexpectedly poignant album. So I’m glad to reacquaint myself once more with the twisted beauty of the diabolical, and the inherent malevolence within the seemingly beautiful, all of which Laibach illuminate so well.
Nursing a hangover this morning after a rare but unavoidable mid-week work related night in the pub, so playing Numan: Pure album (quietly) and staring blankly at the Jeremy Kyle TV show, with the volume muted :rolleyes:
Danny Elfman: Castle On The Hill (Edward Scissorhands soundtrack) Julee Cruise/Angelo Badalamenti: Up In Flames Danny Elfman: This Is Halloween (The Nightmare Before Christmas soundtrack)
The Human League! First time I've played any of their albums for ages. So today I've got The Golden Hour of the Future, Reproduction, Travelogue, Dare & Love and Dancing a bit of Octopus and Secrets in the iPod!
Originally posted by Alex S: The Human League! First time I've played any of their albums for ages. So today I've got The Golden Hour of the Future, Reproduction, Travelogue, Dare & Love and Dancing a bit of Octopus and Secrets in the iPod!
Don't forget to get some jam...jam...you gotta get some
Julee has a great voice. I am going to dig out Industrial Symphony now; I havent heard it in ages. [/b]
Wrong thread I know, but I was reminded of the Industrial Symphony performance last week (been reading a Lynch book) saw it one time only on TV in early 90's, be interesting to see it again...
Because my two John Foxx CDs still haven't arrived from Townsend I'm stuck listening to various newscasters announcing electoral results as I surf channels on my television. Obama will be our next president. That's music to my ears, at least!
Big day for America, so trying to find something I like by John to mark the occasion, settled on playing Drive. Its not all lyrically appropriate, but it is suitably anthemic, with reference to moving onwards and leaving and turning the big mistakes of the past around.
"I'm gonna Drive through the flames in a state of grace..."
Yes indeedy .. in the light of the Obama victory and a lovely crisp sunny autumn day after two days of this part of Europe in the rain, In Mysterious Ways sounds strangely uplifting and optimistic...
Originally posted by MemberD: Yes indeedy .. in the light of the Obama victory and a lovely crisp sunny autumn day after two days of this part of Europe in the rain, In Mysterious Ways sounds strangely uplifting and optimistic...
Hmm. Are you sure this is a good thing? War in Afghanistan and Iraq, International Financial Crisis AND a NEWBIE as President?
[engage controversy mode] Still, better that than a gun-toting creationist (as vice-President) who would expect God to step in and save America.. Sorry. ..And he's not black, he's MIXED RACE. [disengage controversy mode]
Late this afternoon I was rushing through town and dodging the pouring rain, as the sky prematurely darkened I listened to the kaleidoscopic rays of light in The Golden Section alternative/early versions of:
'A long Time/Sitting At The Edge Of The World/Twilight's Last Gleaming'
In a health farm recovery break from Impossible and Neuro Video it's...
the recent Psychedelic Furs 5CD box-set; The Psychedelic Furs, Talk, Talk Talk, Forever Now, Mirror Moves....and...naaaaah - even I'm not that desperate to hear the FM-MOR of Midnight to Midnight awful, awful album.
The John Foxx remasters sound amazing. Started the week with The Golden Section. The second disc is really good. Like them all. Mind you I prefer Zeus B Held's production including Endlessly. I love the Simmons SDS.
Next was In Mysterious Ways. I second the idea of moving This Side of Paradise to the second disc and having Spin Way instead. The version here of To Be With You is very interesting. I'm not to keen on And The Sky and Magic. The highlights on the second disc is Hiding In Plain Sight (Stairway) which has always been a favourite of mine and the alternative version of Shine on.
Today it's The Garden. My favourite album of all time. It's even better in this new format, deluxe with the Church booklet. Ah those memories.
I've been delving into the roots of it all this last week or so with Can
Soundtracks - 1970 Tago Mago - 1971 which is one of my favourites of all time.
What struck me listening to these this time round, was the essence of similarness between tracks like 'She Brings The Rain' and some of Louis Gordon's work. Will be giving Closed Gone Fishing at least another spin so, probably after a wander down Walnut Road.
And you know those moments that you remember when you hear them but you wouldn't have done five minutes earlier? The psychotic drama of 'Mushroom', for instance, leads right into the very reason I visited Throbbing Gristle in the first place. Recapturing that memory made me smile.
BTW I have some of these Can tracks scattered about the various official compilations that have been released so far. Tago Mago was well ahead of its time. Can were true pioneers of fusion who were later to inspire the likes of Japan etc.
After having a week's enjoyment of the John Foxx remasters I'm onto the Bill Nelson's ones. Quit Dreaming is very much of the era but holds custody to the excellent Foxxian Living In My Limousine and the delightful Do You Dream In Colour? The title track is also worth a listen. The Love That Whirls with the brilliant Flaming Desire and the Ultravoxian Private View is a more accessible record. Chimera is full of fusion themes with Mick Karn providing his classic bass lines to Glow World and Yukihiro Takahashi providing his YMO percussion to the whole album. Another favourite of mine is Another Day, Another Ray of Hope.
At last - i discover new material by The Rubicks!!
Currently with the working title Idiot Time, the new album sounds more alien, a greater arm’s length than their earlier material, the very wonderful In Miniature. Consider that your cue to go up into myspace and check out Red Rock or June Waits, a track that sounds like a lonely robot stuck in a low orbit around Earth with nothing but some Blondie B-sides for company.
I'm also listening to this which is just an awesome performance of one of the most beautiful songs I've heard for years. Features the talented and experimental percussion of Alex Neilson (Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Current 93...) too, so has a lot more credibility than might first appear.
Have I raved enough yet about the incredible BABY DEE?? I can't have done, for the cows have not come home...
Rage in Eden in its expanded and remastered format. The album rocks. Clever production by Conny Plank and of course the Foxx spark is in there.
Something more Ure is Ten , a covers album more akin to These Foolish Things. However, there's no Roxy cover or even a Bolan cover but there's a Bowie one. The album really kicks off from track 4 Day after Day and with Thin Lizzy's cover Song For While I'm Away as the highlight.
A Japanese CD single Forbidden Colours by Sylvian/Sakamoto. Includes both versions of the track plus Bamboo Houses and Bamboo Music. Bamboo Houses is a fantastic oriental track, incidentally created from a Prophet 5 synth like most of Japan's music from Polaroids onwards.
The very wonderful new album from Bill Nelson - 'Golden Melodies Of Tomorrow'. A magical work of art and landmark in his 100 or so album career. Sounds like your ultimate dream of a favourite Christmas time musical of the past's future.
Inspired by an earlier post today I've been searching for that Stray Sinatra Neurone under Hand-Held Skies and been playing TCM
Not one I dust off very often I have to confess its a bit of a Peripheral Character for me, and sometimes feels like listening to a silent movie on TV and The Projectionist has turned the screen around and away to face the wall.
No way! Not rubbish! Probably better than Reproduction in some ways, but quite different. Better sound quality (production?) and perhaps overall better songs. They're both brill tho.
I agree Alex but have to agree to disagree about 'Being Boiled' .. the hairs on the back of me neck still stand up when it starts off with that synth-trumpet blare (doesn't do that with the original...)!!
Love both Reproduction and Travelogue (and repeating an earlier question, does anyone have the version of "Path of Least Resistance" where someone says "Knit one Pearl one" at the beginning? What was that all about??
What am I listening to? Well, I bought a new stylus today (my 7 yr old thought it was fun to let the old one go up and down on the platter, hmmmm - I love him dearly but....) and I have been playing two 12"s with marked repetition 1) Eddy and Sunshine "There's Someone Following Me" and a bit more obscure, Salvation (good Yorkshire alternative) "All and More". All in all, real feel good stuff. Lots of memories to keep me happy on this Friday night!!
The return of Mrs. Jones. With a dream line-up: Sly Dunbar, Robbie Shakespeare, Uzziah 'Sticky' Thompson, Adam Green, Mikey 'Mao' Chung, Leopold Ross, Barry Reynolds, Martin Slattery, Wally Badarou, Ivor Guest, Brian Eno, Paul Goude, Don-E, Ant Genn, Bruce Woolley, Ladonna Harley-Peters, Sharlene Hector, Tricky ... and of course Mrs Jones herself. Grace Jones: Hurricane
Oh dear .. well I've only given the discs a cursory listening and mostly as background at home / work, ie. not exactly glued to the speakers or with me headphones out listening out for 'pops', channel swapping and the like...but I guess if you ARE a real NO anorak then these things can be annoying (?)
..and there was me thinking I'd finally got me 'Mesh' and 'Cries and Whispers' sorted out...
Today it's Bridget St. John Ask Me No Questions (Blimey! Cherry Red CD - with NO f*** ups! What next!? The second coming!?) and Young Marble Giants Colossal Youth
It’s uplifting musique nonstop all the way this morning
listening to Anjunabeats: volumes 3, 4, and 5 as mixed by the master trio of melodic trance: Above & Beyond
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Originally posted by newvox (re: listening to): 'IMW'...
Its not going to be everybody's cup of tea here I realise, but I would love to hear some IMW tracks like Mysterious Ways, Stars On Fire, and Spin Away being given the melodic trance treatment by Above & Beyond, I think theres a lot of scope with the mellow nature of IMW CD1 to be re-imagined in this way.
A spliffed- up Ivan is currently listening to HAWKWIND THE SPACE RITUAL ALIVE IN LIVERPOOL AND LONDON in addition to DOREMI FASOL LATIDO Obviously John's me main man retro-futurist wise but I dig these even retroer cats too !! SONIC ATTACK is just awesome
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Played a selection of tracks by Curve today, incl the live album.
Live album? [/b]
Its not official, and i think its know as simply the 'Live Curve ep'. I only have it from cdr and in the pod now. Never seen an official one yet. :rolleyes:
Marc Almond - Heart on Snow from 2003. I think his finest hour as a solo artist. Painfully beautiful, rivalling only the desperately unforgiving Mother Fist from 1986 for the crown of thorns.
In its own unique way, this is another fine example of the retrofuture concept. An iconic artist searching deep into his influences to produce music so far ahead of its time it becomes a landmark of experimentation.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] SKIDS: Days In Europa
A classic! I love the Skids. Dunfermline is one of the best 'Best of' compilations ever I'm thinking [/b]
A classic indeed. I was giving it an in-depth listen yesterday & I can't fault it in any way. The playing is superb, but what makes this album my favourite Skids one, is Bill Nelson's production work & complimentary keyboard arrangements. His mixing & use of effects are used intelligently & he really knows how to paint a sonic canvas.
'Days..' also sounds like the band & Bill had a really good time recording it.
'The Absolute Game' has just been released by Captain oi! with the inclusion of the 'Strength Thru Joy' mini lp + b-sides.
I have mixed feelings about this one. I found myself skipping a lot of tracks. I get the feeling that they wanted to go in a slightly more commercial direction, but got confused when they reached the crossroads. They should've stayed on the old straight track & kept Bill on board instead of using Mick Glossop, who was in favour at Virgin.
One last important note, is I don't know how Numan didn't get sued for ripping of the Skids track 'The Bell Jar'. Gary's 'I Sing Rain' is uncannily similar & too close for comfort. But I do prefer 'I sing Rain'.
Martin, the latest edition of WIRE magazine has a feature on Antony & The Johnsons. Antony is also on the front cover. I'm sure you know about this anyway.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: 'The Absolute Game' has just been released by Captain oi! with the inclusion of the 'Strength Thru Joy' mini lp + b-sides.
Oooh - thanks. That's on my Christmas list for sure. I actually prefer their later material...
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Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Martin, the latest edition of WIRE magazine has a feature on Antony & The Johnsons. Antony is also on the front cover. I'm sure you know about this anyway.
I did know this, but Anthony has gone a little cold for me lately. Last time I played his second album I could only hear the resemblance to Boy George that some critic pasted somewhere, and that has rather put me off. Shameful, as there are few like him for originality. I will have another 'go', re-acquaint myself wih what I first discovered, and be back on board by the New Year no doubt.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Edith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Juliette Greco et Charles Aznavour -
but not necessarily in that order
Excellent choice Martin , Tu ne regreteras rien by choosing these chansoniers , believe me (Dans le port d')Amsterdam , La Vie en Rose , She , all top tunes Do you remember Terry Jacques taking Brel's "Le Moribond " to the top of the charts as "Seasons in the Sun "?
Gilbert Becaud and Georges Brassens are conspicuous by their absences tho !
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Gilbert Becaud and Georges Brassens are conspicuous by their absences tho !
merci, Ivan! Sadly, I have no Becaud and only a handful of songs by Brassens on a cr*ppy tape somewhere.
It confuses people, as I speak no French, but I adore la chanson. As a torch singer, Aznavour is criminally under-rated. Few can match him for passion and painful honesty. 'Yesterday, When I was Young' is one of my chosen funeral songs
Moved onto Barbara now, and thats when you know tears are gonna fall...
Ah, the hazy light of the torch. Pass the absinthe, there's a good chap...
I was quite pleasantly surprised by the new Killers album. We saw them at the Albert Hall three weeks ago and they played a fair chunk of the album; it didn't grab me immediately on the night, but now listening to the album I'm pleased with it as (for me) it has more instant impact than 'Sam's Town' initially did.
I don't think the orchestral or sax playing swamps the album. And no, it's definitely not in the 'U-Vox' category of album. Nowhere near, trust me.
'Sam's Town' was much more of a grower with me after 'Hot Fuss', and I think this may also be the case for the new album. There's depth to the writing, with more progression on sound and arrangments that differ from style to the first two albums (but that's not a bad thing I think).
I like the band, but I wouldn't say I'm a massive fan so I can see you point about Killers fans going for it and it not neccesarily being for others. Saying that, in this instance I'd recommend anyone not to judge it on first or even second listens. Given some of the stuff that's around at the moment it's an exceptional album that will stand the test over time.
The repetition and subtle progression of Reich's music really seems to have summed up the gradual metamorphosis of todays weather.
It was very frosty and grey outside today when I started playing this in the morning, and after a second play through I noticed that by lunchtime it had slowly become a sunny but cold day with a distinct sense of stillness in the air. Now that its dark its returned completely to being freezing and icy again tonight.
Hey, its December the 1st, so that means its time for me to play one of Johns two recent CD's that I've been saving from playing partly to justify all this Foxx re-expenditure thats been going on, and also to have something to look forward to hearing until Johns next NEW work appears
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] It's all your fault!
"I can't imagine..how this ever came to be ..." [/b]
Today I'm listening to lots and lots of 'Madchester' stuff - Stone Roses, Happy Mondays etc because I've been asked to put together a DJ Set for a suprise birthday party ...if I start wearing a Reni Hat and walking around with a tambourine or maracas like Bez or Ian Brown, please feel free to shoot me.
My own compilation of JF remixxes, which I have called Someone Else's Clothes
Burning Car (21st Century mix) Dislocated (Definitive French remix by The Youngsters) Free Robot (Metamatics with John Foxx) Neuro Video Remix Dislocated (Huoratron remix) Never Been Here Before (Sasse dub) 20th Century (Dubterror remix) Never Been Here Before (Jori Hulkkonen dub) Never Been Here Before(Jeff Benett mix) Dislocated (Jori Hulkkonen remix) Mr No (Joakim remix) Underpass (Radiation mix) 4am on Spectre Canal (John Foxx remix) Never Been Here Before(Sasse vocal mix) Dislocated (Jussi Pekka's Pointed on a map remix) Impossible Remix
Quite a set really
The Huoratron remix of Dislocated is still awesome!
Originally posted by MemberD: me? New order - Power Corruption & Lies (2008 warts n all remaster )
..well perhaps it's fortunate then i can only hear it through tinny PC office "speakers" with people screaming and shouting, phones ringing etc over the top of it....
I've been listening to lots of John Cale lately. Yesterday it was "Fear" and today at work it was "Slow Dazzle" and "Helen of Troy." I think tomorrow will be "Stainless Steel Gamelan" if I'm feeling mellow or "Sabotage Live" if work makes me cranky. Man's an underrated (if erratic) and all-too-often-forgotten genius. It's insane how huge a debt many punk and new wave and indie and alternative artists owe to him for the influence his solo recordings from the early-to-mid 70s had on their sounds.
Bright Eyes "Lifted or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground" - an absolute masterpiece.
Media Form "Beauty Reports" - have had this for years courtesy of a great like-minded friend - an incredibly rich and mysterious ambient record.
William Basinski "Melancholia"
The Caretaker "A Stairway to the Stars" - a selection of memories from the haunted ballroom: beautiful and ghostly (naturally), I was reminded of the movie "Carnival of Souls" (also courtesy of the same great like-minded friend).
Its still very much Impossible for me, been playing it at home and on the ipod everyday since monday morning.
I’m really enjoying tracks that I already thought of as being good: Impossible, From Trash, and Dislocation, and the version of Man Who Dies Every Day is my favourite ‘old’ reworking here, other songs that I used to consider as okay but average are now improved: Friendly Fire, and X-Ray Vision.
Also been playing tracks from TPOE, and listening online to a lot of clips from some 70’s Swedish band
BBC Radio 3: 'Lament for Billy MacKenzie' by Edwin Morgan - which isabout 6 mins in (link below)
WN Herbert explores the work of Edwin Morgan, still active at the age of 88 and after serious illness, and regarded as Scotland's national 'makar'. According to Herbert, Morgan is the poet who articulates most fully how various Scottish poetry can be, and how distinct from English and Irish writing it is.
Vienna and Rage in Eden have the Conny Plank trademark all over it. Conny is on form on Michael Rother's Flammende Herzen and Sterntaler. I've listened a lot to Flammende Herzen and what a fantastic track is Zyklodrom. The whole album is a masterpiece.
So are John's double packs. It's been worth the wait in particular The Garden and Metamatic . I never tire in listening to these. The remastering has brought in new sounds which were lost in the mix. Amazing pieces of work.
Impossible is a very interesting album. John has gone back and re-recorded some of his best tracks with just the essentials in old vintage analogue equipment. There's no layering or final mix, all done presumably in one take. It looks like there's even no "midi-ing", just the raw sound you get when you interpret for the first time on a synth a musical idea you may have. Very eno-esque.
Neuro Video is a nice touch from John. It's for the fans, possibly a thank you. We are very happy at all John's recent releases. Who could imagine that the maverick John Foxx after releasing four solo albums would today have a back catalogue of over twenty albums. Nothing is impossible.
Bauhaus The Sky's Gone Out / Press The Eject and Give Me The Tape - a band I've not heard in years (over a decade at least); forgot the amount of humour in their output; the Gothic Ramones.
A couple of Siouxsie imports from what it appears. Ripped these yesterday from my brothers cds. 'Voices On The Air' which is a compilation of peel sessions, and 'Nocturne' which is a live cd from around '83, featuring Robert Smith of the cure, on guitar.
Ultravox: Vienna, Rage In Eden. The definitive remasters. My opinion about these two albums is just like it was two decades ago: Vienna is an album where they are searching for a new sound, where Midge can fit in. On Rage they hit their mark. It's much better than their 'debut' album in my humble opinion.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: My opinion about these two albums is just like it was two decades ago: Vienna is an album where they are searching for a new sound, where Midge can fit in. On Rage they hit their mark. It's much better than their 'debut' album in my humble opinion.
Almost the same as my thoughts. I think of 'Vienna' not as searching for a new sound, as they did that while on tour in '79. I see the 'Vienna' album as their new sound complete by the release time, but 'RIE' the high point and fine tuning of the Urevox era. Certainly their most complete album.
Various Dexys Midnight Runners, Pet Shop Boys and Erasure.
And "It's A Cool, Cool Christmas", featuring the likes of Grandaddy, The Webb Brothers, The Flaming Lips, Eels, Saint Etienne, Six By Seven, Calexico and Low.
Originally posted by the church puddle: Dexys Midnight Runners
I just have to ask. I have only heard one song of theirs (and we all know which one I am referring to) and I was curious as to if that track is indicative of all their work?
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Originally posted by the church puddle: The Flaming Lips
Have heard good things about them but haven't heard any of their music myself yet.
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b] Dexys Midnight Runners
I just have to ask. I have only heard one song of theirs (and we all know which one I am referring to) and I was curious as to if that track is indicative of all their work?
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Originally posted by the church puddle: The Flaming Lips
Have heard good things about them but haven't heard any of their music myself yet. [/b]
Hmm, Dexys, probably not, each of their three albums sound pretty different to me. "Don't Stand Me Down" (after the comedown from that "one song") is their best. If you want stuff that sounds like "that song" maybe start with "Too Rye Ay", from which it hails.
For the Lips, I would begin with "The Soft Bulletin" or "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots". Both are beautiful, have incredible humour and are terribly moving in places.
Bill Nelson: Magnificent Dream People Holst: Planet Suite John Pickard: The FLight Of Icarus Underworld: Beaucoup Fish Gary Numan: The Pleasure Principle Nash The Slash: Children Of The Night
Originally posted by the church puddle: For the Lips, I would begin with "The Soft Bulletin" or "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots". Both are beautiful, have incredible humour and are terribly moving in places.
Thanks. I think I will pass on Dexys though.
Today I listened to one of my favorites of all time - Ultravox: Systems of Romance
Systems Of Romance , yes that's one of my favourites too. Nowadays. It wasn't way back in the dayz. The first two Ultravox! albums were more appealing to me. But SOR turned out to be a grower ... And enormous influential! Now I think it's the best Ultravox album, and a highlight in ... electropop!
Just got back from Amsterdam, where they had lots of special offerings. Being in 'electropop mode' I bought and am now listening to:
Giorgio Moroder: The Best Of (at last) Soft Cell: Non-stop Erotic Cabaret (at last 2) D.A.F.: Fur Immer (being infected by some forum members) Nouvelle Vague: Bande A Part (Ever heard Blue Monday in easy listening mode?)
As Bowie sang on 'Joe The Lion': "its Monday, you slither down the greasy pole...", or rather you dont, but you find yourself at home for the xmas hol's and playing the Neuro Video album for the first time
THE EDITORS THE BACKROOM Sounds like Tom Robinson leading Joy Division through 11 Julian Cope penned songs with Julian doing occasional vocals (no bad thing)
YOUTH AND YOUNG MANHOOD THE KINGS OF LEON This album rawks !!!
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: THE EDITORS THE BACKROOM Sounds like Tom Robinson leading Joy Division through 11 Julian Cope penned songs with Julian doing occasional vocals (no bad thing)
Methinks you are giving them too much credit. The Editors are okay-ish; I listen to them now and then but I just cannot get inspired by their stuff.
I've been a subscriber for about 3 years to R&EB. I found them on a search engine whilst looking for robotic things. You get a free cd (sometimes two) of compilation discs from different independent labels. The A5 magazine you get with it is full of reviews of bands you've never heard of, but you now want to get into because the reviews are so brilliantly written!
I think you get about 3 mags a year. it's really cheap to subscribe to it. You can pay via Paypal too.
Shark Batter records is run by someone who is a member of Dawn of The Replicants.
I've been a subscriber for about 3 years to R&EB. I found them on a search engine whilst looking for robotic things. You get a free cd (sometimes two) of compilation discs from different independent labels. The A5 magazine you get with it is full of reviews of bands you've never heard of, but you now want to get into because the reviews are so brilliantly written!
I think you get about 3 mags a year. it's really cheap to subscribe to it. You can pay via Paypal too.
Shark Batter records is run by someone who is a member of Dawn of The Replicants. I just signed-up, too.
Jim just asked me if I'd like any other issues (15-17). Any recommendations?
I've been a subscriber for about 3 years to R&EB. I found them on a search engine whilst looking for robotic things. You get a free cd (sometimes two) of compilation discs from different independent labels. The A5 magazine you get with it is full of reviews of bands you've never heard of, but you now want to get into because the reviews are so brilliantly written!
I think you get about 3 mags a year. it's really cheap to subscribe to it. You can pay via Paypal too.
Shark Batter records is run by someone who is a member of Dawn of The Replicants. I just signed-up, too.
Jim just asked me if I'd like any other issues (15-17). Any recommendations? Yup! Me too - I've just signed up as well!
One of my favourite Blondie albums ever and criminally, I’ve not listened to it for many, many years.
So many years in fact that I’ve only just realised that Sound-A-Sleep is clearly based on Pachelbel's Canon in D major – the same piece of music that Eno used for Discreet Music, that Village People creator Jacques Morali used for Go West, that The Farm used for Altogether Now and John Foxx used for Harmonia Mundi on Cathedral Oceans iii!
Originally posted by NerveJam: Jim just asked me if I'd like any other issues (15-17). Any recommendations? [/QB]
Yeah, all of the ones that are still in print. I'd love to get hold of the ones I don't have. I envy people who've got the whole set & have been into R&EB from the start, the lucky devils.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Blondie Eat to The Beat
One of my favourite Blondie albums ever and criminally, I’ve not listened to it for many, many years.
WOW! It's my favourite Blondie album too. Much better than 'Parallel Lines', more mature fleshed-out sounding. They reached their peak on 'ETTB' & then went all safe & commercial on us.
Originally posted by NerveJam: Jim just asked me if I'd like any other issues (15-17). Any recommendations?
Yeah, all of the ones that are still in print. I'd love to get hold of the ones I don't have. I envy people who've got the whole set & have been into R&EB from the start, the lucky devils. [/QB]
Good idea! I've ordered 15,16,AND 17.. You can get one of the others from elsewhere, apparently. I don't think any "extra" CDs are included, though.
Smog "Dongs of Sevotion" U2 "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" The Bathers "Pandemonia" - I really like this record but I also find it incredibly melodramatic, almost hilarious.
Thanks for the heads up everyone on the Robots thing - I may well investigate when finances improve.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] Blondie Eat to The Beat
One of my favourite Blondie albums ever and criminally, I’ve not listened to it for many, many years.
WOW! It's my favourite Blondie album too. Much better than 'Parallel Lines', more mature fleshed-out sounding. They reached their peak on 'ETTB' & then went all safe & commercial on us. [/b]
Agreed. Having said that, I really must give Autoamerican another go - I think I've only ever played it two or three times. For me, the first album is still their best; gutsy, raw with a pop edge and still retains a garage feel.
The best band my native town on the Mersey has ever produced I think I mentioned in a previous post that when I bought this double album gatefold vinyl jewel I was served by Pete Burns of Dead or Alive and Big Brother fame in the legendary Probe Records Lead Vocalist Bette Bright (Mrs Suggs of Madness) On Guitar world renowned producer Clive Langer
Originally posted by Gavin: [b] Autechre:Quaristice or whatever its called.......
Is this one still listenable or is it VERY experimental (clicks and cuts) Gavin?
I'm thinking of buying it, but don't want to get stuck with an album I play only once ... [/b]
In my opinion the best since Amber. Its still quirky scratchy disjointed,but melodic and with interesting rhythms. You dont need to be a "Autechre snob" to appreciate this one. Its nothing like their recent albums,Confield,EP7 etc which sound like sandpaper rubbing across your speakers ,so well worth checking out.
Originally posted by Gavin: [b] Autechre:Quaristice or whatever its called.......
Is this one still listenable or is it VERY experimental (clicks and cuts) Gavin?
I'm thinking of buying it, but don't want to get stuck with an album I play only once ... [/b]
In my opinion the best since Amber. Its still quirky scratchy disjointed,but melodic and with interesting rhythms. You dont need to be a "Autechre snob" to appreciate this one. Its nothing like their recent albums,Confield,EP7 etc which sound like sandpaper rubbing across your speakers ,so well worth checking out. [/b]
Thankx Gavin. I really DIG 'Amber' so I think I'll give it a GO!
Scott Walker "Scott 4" - it is what mild sunny days were made for.
Brian Eno "Another Day on Earth" - I really expected to LOATHE this but I actually think that it is becoming my favourite Eno album, and that includes all the best ambient ones! The lyrics are matter-of-fact and profound, universal and personal, cosy and chilling, sad and joyful, angry and resigned. It is a magnificent record.
Brian Eno "Another Day on Earth" - I really expected to LOATHE this but I actually think that it is becoming my favourite Eno album, and that includes all the best ambient ones! The lyrics are matter-of-fact and profound, universal and personal, cosy and chilling, sad and joyful, angry and resigned. It is a magnificent record. [/QB][/QUOTE] This album sums up almost all of Eno's qualities in my humble opinion. And it contains 'just another day'. A song (and I know this may sound weird) that helps me being not afraid of the end of things.
Brian Eno "Another Day on Earth" - I really expected to LOATHE this but I actually think that it is becoming my favourite Eno album, and that includes all the best ambient ones! The lyrics are matter-of-fact and profound, universal and personal, cosy and chilling, sad and joyful, angry and resigned. It is a magnificent record.
'Another Day On Earth' isn't a bad album, IMO, in fact it's good when you judge it without any preconceived notions of what Eno is capable of. But it falls well short of the sonic imagination often shown in his earlier work so it's an album I rarely reach for.
Brian Eno "Another Day on Earth" - I really expected to LOATHE this but I actually think that it is becoming my favourite Eno album, and that includes all the best ambient ones! The lyrics are matter-of-fact and profound, universal and personal, cosy and chilling, sad and joyful, angry and resigned. It is a magnificent record.
'Another Day On Earth' isn't a bad album, IMO, in fact it's good when you judge it without any preconceived notions of what Eno is capable of. But it falls well short of the sonic imagination often shown in his earlier work so it's an album I rarely reach for. [/b]
Fair enough. But I'm not that often into special sonics that require special listening. 'Anoter Day On Earth' can be heard many times without failing to pass the test of 'quality music'.
Right now I'm listening to: 'Schoolyard Ghosts' by No-Man. Saw them live in the Dutch Mountains last year, for the first time. With Steven Wilson. The sonic man ...
Savoy Grand "People and What They Want" Burial "Burial" - really don't know what to make of this yet. David Byrne/Brian Eno "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" Damon & Naomi "More Sad Hits"
Interesting! How do it sounding like? Is it similar to some older stuff of Louis - like Close Gone Fishing or Blind Anorexic(both are good albums)? [/QB]
There's a line in a Chemical Brothers track called 'Elektrobank', which asks:
Who is dis doin' this synthetic type of alpha beta psychedelic funkin'?
Back then it was the Chems, but now it's Matt & Louis.
...one of those really early Sunday morning trips to the supermarket to get bread and milk :rolleyes: and walking along in the bitterly cold air listening to the very beautiful Dropsonde album by Biosphere (came through the post yesterday )
It's Tiny Colour Movies this morning. We've had plenty of rain this weekend in this European southern lattitude and John's music blends in very well with the natural sounds.
It's actually TCM from Cinemascope. Other Christmas buys include David Bowie's 10 CD box set - 1.Outside, Earthling etc, the Methods of Dance compilation, Grace Jones - The Ultimate Collection 3 CD box (includes La Vie en Rose etc) and the party-like Modern Romance - The Ultimate Collection (yes it's that song!).
I've also been listening to synth favourites of mine like Metamatic, Travelogue, Michael Rother's first 2 albums, La Dusseldorf's first three and the Neu! 75 one.
Thompson Twins - 'Quick Step & Side Kick'. Underrated one this. They're remembered in most circles as being frothy, but on this first album of theirs as a threesome the non-singles have a tougher edge and are all as good as or better than the singles.
sort of midway between the folk/synth-pop of fellow 'pudlians China Crisis and the eccentricity of, say, The Associates. Many will remember the hit 'Driving Away from Home'. Best track: 'Ed's Funky Diner'
Well . after this evening's events it will be DAVID BOWIE: HEROES and GABRIELLE : DREAMS plus PERRY COMO MAGIC MOMENTS and THE MIGHTY WAH: THE STORY OF THE BLUES
Originally posted by quietrumrunnerman: (Wintery synthi-sounscapes abound)
Still listening to Biosphere: Dropsonde and now along with Monolake: Cinemascope
(and having to travel home on the bus late last night with a wet foot when my shoe got stuck and pulled off twice after taking a short cut across a snowbound park, really makes me hate this weather :rolleyes: )
Oh! One of my anecdotes. I once sat next to St.Etienne's singer on a plane journey to London. Didn't realise who she was until one of the air hosts spotted her. At the time I didn't know much about the band. I just mentioned to her that the air host had confused her with a pop singer and I carried on talking to a bemused Sarah Cracknell. I only realised years later. Oh! This face looks familiar and yes the air host was correct. :rolleyes:
Anyway, playing From Trash, Crash and Burn and Electrofear from Cinemascope in a loop.
on the JohnFoxx MySpace page and playing the '20th Century remix' at the same time as the 'Smokescreen' YouTube music track clip, a sweet accident, but it really works well
Originally posted by Chris C: Oh! One of my anecdotes. I once sat next to St.Etienne's singer on a plane journey to London. Didn't realise who she was until one of the air hosts spotted her. At the time I didn't know much about the band. I just mentioned to her that the air host had confused her with a pop singer and I carried on talking to a bemused Sarah Cracknell. I only realised years later. Oh! This face looks familiar and yes the air host was correct. :rolleyes:
Anyway, playing [b]From Trash, Crash and Burn and Electrofear from Cinemascope in a loop.
Chris [/b]
I once sold a turntable to Pete Wiggs.
Currently listening to: Satan Loves You by The Photographers
I have just noticed that Paul's first album (Parallel) is now available on the Amazon MP3 site for £3.99, which I think is less than elsewhere. I'm tempted
All this week I’ve been rediscovering Dead Can Dance.
I mostly ignored them first time around, but I’ve now splurged out on three remastered excellent 80’s albums: Spleen And Ideal, Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun, and The Serpents Egg. They really play well together, and have unexpectedly become a fantastic gothic soundtrack to this week of snow and frozen atmosphere while I'm passing through the historic parts of the town here.
Originally posted by core memory: All this week I’ve been rediscovering Dead Can Dance.
I mostly ignored them first time around, but I’ve now splurged out on three remastered excellent 80’s albums: Spleen And Ideal, Within The Realm Of A Dying Sun, and The Serpents Egg. They really play well together, and have unexpectedly become a fantastic gothic soundtrack to this week of snow and frozen atmosphere while I'm passing through the historic parts of the town here.
Now you need to buy 'Aion', 'Into The Labyrinth', 'Toward The Within' & 'Spiritchaser'. All wonderful albums. I can never pick a favourite DCD album, although their first album is a bit ropey, production wise.
Brendan Perry has a new album released this year called 'Ark'.
Our very own Robin Harris & Birdsong are DCD fans too.
Im a big DCD fan too. Serpents Egg and Aion have gotta be faves. I also have a live album which is a bit good. You know those limited run ones they did a few years ago?
Yes indeed - although I found the 'best of' Wake really didn't cut it for me.
Spleen and Ideal is one of my all-time favourite albums, and The Serpents Egg is up there too.
Less convinced about Aeon personally, as it is verging into 'world music' territory which is where I start to lose interest. Excellent, innovative band nonetheless with a worthy Foxx connection via John Bonnar
Peter Gabriel (1) Peter Gabriel (2) Peter Gabriel (3) Peter Gabriel (4) Birdy So Passion Us Ovo Up Long Walk Home tracks from Hit and Big Blue Ball ..and a whole load of one off tracks and PG rarities.
I'm listening to Peter Gabriel, in case you didn't notice!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Brendan Perry has a new album released this year called 'Ark'
Thanks for the heads up on this, and I’ve no idea what drew me to DCD recently, but I’m so glad it did.
I used to constantly listen to the Gladiator film soundtrack years back and I have to confess that although it’s a bit ‘cinematically emotional’ (or soppy to some!) I really love the ‘Now We Are Free’ track with Lisa, but in complete contrast to that the 3 DCD albums I have now are right up my street, they are like a trilogy of amazing music, retaining the power to be rediscovered afresh for those of us that missed the bus
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Originally posted by Alex S: This morning my iPod contains: Passion
Another great film soundtrack album, which I think Gavin has also posted as ‘listening to here’
Originally posted by metal beat: Hi Mark I couldn't go for years with out listening to SOR and HAHAHA. SOR is one of my top albums.
Listening to Johns tracks on Myspace.
Peter
Hi Peter
Funnily enough, they were all sitting here on my desk all that time. I just didn't feel the urge. I am looking forward to spring when (for me) the time will be right to listen to the Garden, Golden Section and In Mysterious Ways remastered CD1's for the first time!
Next up is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Nocturama".
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b] Next up is Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds "Nocturama".
I played that yesterday!!! [/b]
Small world! Am now moving onto "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" - I think I have finally found the perfect time to play it (Saturday afternoon) - might one day try it in the High Street!
Scott Walker: Scott 4, and Tilt, bit of a cheat this one as I don’t actually own these albums but spent a good chunk of this morning listening to them on the self help CD player in HMV. Previous posts on the forum mentioning Scott inspired me to get around to doing this, oh, and watching that really good documentary 30 Century Man that was on TV the other year. Both of these albums are now on my wish list!
It was a surprise for me as I found it in a local shop on Saturday here in Hamburg. Normally I cannot get the UK CD stuff so early and have to wait some weeks longer than the people in UK...
This is the reason I order John's new stuff online - cannot wait !
sitting in a cafe at lunchtime earlier today I remembered I had this on the ipod - sadly no C.O. stored on it then I could have imagined I was sat instead in another much warmer country listening to Mirrorball
This evening I'm enjoying a 'mash-up' feat. the songs of Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill and Hans Eisler, all performed by Robyn Archer and the London Sinfonetta.
Just some chips, a can and a cat for company, so a great (and rare) opportunity to indulge myself
Martin Carradus - Analog (Toffeetones TOFF010) Arrived this morning, after being ordered on Monday (release date). This is an interesting project, executed entirely on Analogue synths and period equipment. Then mixed and mastered by Dubsounds (Shaun Brooks).
I got my copy yesterday Well, the post arrived in the morning then for some strange reason a Royal Mail van delivered the CD at 15:30. Must be a precious cargo. I've only had a chance for a quick listen today, but I did feature a track on the Robo Cast podcast recently. The album has been composed using all "classic" analogue synths to create some wonderful soundscapes. BBC Radiophonic Workshop springs to mind in part
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Originally posted by NerveJam:
Martin Carradus - Analog (Toffeetones TOFF010) Arrived this morning, after being ordered on Monday (release date). This is an interesting project, executed entirely on Analogue synths and period equipment. Then mixed and mastered by Dubsounds (Shaun Brooks).
Normally I'd rather listen to stuff on nice little studio monitors at home, but I got my old ipod back after a long loan to a friend and filled it last night with enough to keep me happy at work and on the walk home...I ripped some of the discs I bought since I last had this thing...I added:
Psyche, Covenant, Seabound, early Ministry, Crystal Castles, Miss Kittin, The Faint, Kraftwerk, Bowie (Low and Heroes...lush...my desert island discs if ever), Roxy Music (early comp), Japan (Tin Drum). I'm quite reticent about loving ebm/gothy synthpop... it's so earnest I can't ignore it.
I was going to add John Foxx - Tiny Colour Movies, Ladytron's Velocifero (amazingly diverse and beautifully produced and emotional album), Stereolab and Wire, but I've been listening to these artists almost to death lately. Over the weekend I might add some 'billy/garage to balance it out...I get a little melancholy if I only have a drum machine for company on the sea of synth strings So something ridiculous and energetic like The Cramps and The Fuzztones lifts my mood considerably
I had also been listening to a lot of mid-eighties Foxx, like Golden Section etc... I'd previously had a kind of "hip" opposition to this stuff as being really over the top, but considering events lately, it's been a warm and delightful place to sentimentally cast myself into wholeheartedly...
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b] Holger Czukay: Movies
Holger's thanking John for his encouragement, on the backsleeve credtis.
Lody, Is that the remastered version with the sleeve credits on it?
'Hollywood Symphony' is my favourite. [/b]
Hi there Mr Elektrik! Actually, it's on the LP version I own. I just checked it out. It's not on the CD version. Don't know why. Hollywood symphony is a piece of beauty indeed! Another fav Holger album of mine is 'On the way to the peak of normal'.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b] Holger Czukay: Movies
Holger's thanking John for his encouragement, on the backsleeve credtis.
Lody, Is that the remastered version with the sleeve credits on it?
'Hollywood Symphony' is my favourite. [/b]
Hi there Mr Elektrik! Actually, it's on the LP version I own. I just checked it out. It's not on the CD version. Don't know why. Hollywood symphony is a piece of beauty indeed! Another fav Holger album of mine is 'On the way to the peak of normal'. [/b]
Ooh vinyl.. You lucky thing!
Don't have 'On The Way To The Peak Of Normal', but I do have 'Moving Pictures', 'La Luna' & the wonderful 'Radio Wave Surfer', which is better than 'Movies'.
Also have 'Der Osten Ist Rot' on vinyl, but do not have a turntable.
This really is my album of the moment, I’ve been completely drawn into its world.
Today I had to make a bus journey to an area outside town that I’ve never been to before, and on the way back I was absorbed in my head and listening to the whole of the album on the ipod while looking out at the unfamiliar roads and buildings, all very ordinary sights in themselves. But by the end of my journey the sheer drama of the music had convinced me that behind all of that ‘normality’ outside there, something magical is also present, just slightly out of vision behind what we see. Its amazing when music has the power to make you feel emotionally that something fantastic is waiting to emerge from behind the banality of the ordinary...
Originally posted by core memory: Today I had to make a bus journey to an area outside town that I’ve never been to before, and on the way back I was absorbed in my head and listening to the whole of the album on the ipod while looking out at the unfamiliar roads and buildings, all very ordinary sights in themselves. But by the end of my journey the sheer drama of the music had convinced me that behind all of that ‘normality’ outside there, something magical is also present, just slightly out of vision behind what we see. Its amazing when music has the power to make you feel emotionally that something fantastic is waiting to emerge from behind the banality of the ordinary...
Great stuff. I think headphones and public transport are one of the most powerful combinations you can have.
quote:Originally posted by Lody Herst: Holger Czukay: Movies
Holger's thanking John for his encouragement, on the backsleeve credtis.
Lody, Is that the remastered version with the sleeve credits on it?
'Hollywood Symphony' is my favourite. [/b]
Hi there Mr Elektrik! Actually, it's on the LP version I own. I just checked it out. It's not on the CD version. Don't know why. Hollywood symphony is a piece of beauty indeed! Another fav Holger album of mine is 'On the way to the peak of normal'. [/b]
Ooh vinyl.. You lucky thing!
Don't have 'On The Way To The Peak Of Normal', but I do have 'Moving Pictures', 'La Luna' & the wonderful 'Radio Wave Surfer', which is better than 'Movies'.
Also have 'Der Osten Ist Rot' on vinyl, but do not have a turntable. 'Der Osten Ist Rot' was my first Czukay album (on vinyl). 'Rome remains Rome' is another (great) album from that period. 'RWS' better than 'Movies'? I'll check that album out!
Throbbing Gristle's 20 Jazz Funk Greats - Uneasy listening.
Persuasion is such a genuinely scary piece of music. Their material tends to give me the creeps at the best of times, and this isn't one of those moments.
This track perhaps more than any other evokes the dark, terrifying side of their amazing catalog. The vocal delivery is really sinister.
Few can hold a candle to the genuinely dangerous work of TG - how this can follow the disco-technik of "Hot on the Heels of Love" is beyond my comprehension.
[QUOTE]Originally posted by the church puddle: [QB] "The Pleasures of Electricity" again last night, on my way through the city to the night shift. Perfection.
John's tracks at his mySpace and his recent free downloads: Impossible (remix), Neuro Video (remix) Shifting City from the unreleased The Quiet Man. John's voice is superb...endless, revolving...
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [QUOTE]Originally posted by the church puddle: [QB] "The Pleasures of Electricity" again last night, on my way through the city to the night shift. Perfection.
I was hoping for some interesting imagery in the booklet though, after the fascinating and nostalgic intro from John. I was expecting more images like the montage for "When She Came to the City".
But I'm really enjoying the album so far... it's more vocal than I was expecting - in a way it's like all the leftover bits of Cathedral Oceans that didn't quite fit! More organic sounding that concrete.
I can hear echoes of the lovely pieces from the Shrewsbury 1988 bootleg, so that's a real delight
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Gary Numan - Hybrid ...some absolutely brilliant versions on here that I'd forgotten about!
Agreed: Prayer to the Unborn. Absolution.
But absolutely NOT: Cars [/b]
The Hybrid Cars version is my fav Cars version. It's got a sort of minimal Philip Glass kind of watchamacallit to it that makes me feel moody. :rolleyes:
Somebody (remix)/Sweetest Perfection/Waiting for the Night/Blue Dress/The Things You Said/Sometimes/It Doesn't Matter Too/Here is the House/World Full of Nothing/New Dress/Something To Do/Lie To Me/It Doesn't Matter/Stories of Old/Shouldn't Have Done That/The Sun and The Rainfall
It works remarkably well, especially Blue Dress seguing into The Things You Said. Just thought I'd share that with you.
'My Lost City' - great. Deeply spiritual and engaging, I appreciate it more with every play. It's strong from beginning to end.
'Into The Gap' - The Thompson Twins. Consistent pop with some quality songs, but suffers from a lack of risks and it could have done with a few edgier numbers like on 'Quick Step And Side Kick'.
'Live In The Air Age' - Be Bop Deluxe. Finds the band on top form, though the unmistakably seventies sonic sensibilities do make it a bit of a dinosaur.
Simple Minds: Reel to Real Cacophony; Empires and Dance; Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call and New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) plus some of the Themes mixes, on my iPod shuffle.
This morning I was rediscovering some of my own music, in particular my album Into the Light.
I'm actually literally listening to 'Lose My Life' (single) by White Lies on the radio. Sounds like..The teardrop Explodes altho everyone seems to be citing Joy Division as influence. Anyone heard the album? Any good?
Does the neighbour two floors below you unexpectedly come up and say theres been water dripping into his flat and also in the exact same area in the flat between yours and his, speculating that a slow leaking water pipe somewhere under your laminate flooring is to blame :rolleyes: - stressed out by this unexpected news?
Remedy – lay down and take two sweet CD’s, mix them, and escape to that mental safe place with - Stars Of The Lid: And Their Refinement Of The Decline, together with - My Lost City
I'm indebted to Garry for the reminder of this 'service'. It's amazing what treasures lie undiscovered right under your nose.
Currently enjoying July 3rd 2008, which includes segue from Viginia Astley into The Garden, as well as tracks by Amon Duul 2, Lee Scratch Perry and The Ragga Twins
Album wise, this week I have been revisiting The Kick Inside which I'm pleased to have on the original CD release. It's probably my favourite album of all time as every track has a special significance for me and evokes strong memories of that impressionable time.
None more so the The Man With the Child In His Eyes which still has tear-jerking resonance.
I'm also particularly fond of the opening track, Moving which is one of those songs that fits very much with my 'way of being'...
Moving liquid You are just as water You flow around all that comes in your way
I think this song had a lot to do with my subsequent interpretation of He's A Liquid because this too (to me) echoes that stoical philosophy
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b]The Wire on Air - Adventures In Modern Music
I'm indebted to Garry for the reminder of this 'service'. It's amazing what treasures lie undiscovered right under your nose.
Currently enjoying July 3rd 2008, which includes segue from Viginia Astley into The Garden, as well as tracks by Amon Duul 2, Lee Scratch Perry and The Ragga Twins [/b]
Cheers Martin - and you're quite right it is a great source for finding things.
I'm now just wandering through My Lost City - this album just takes over everything at the moment.
Sadly, Townsend have taken nine days so far to successfully NOT deliver my copy of this...
Tonight my journey takes me instead through Drift Music as a kind of 'warm up', and the splendour that is A Delicate Romance
It's only taken me five years to learn how to listen to this remarkable album...
There are stone steps leading into the pool, down which a woman glides. Without breaking the surface she descends beneath the water. Dart and flicker. Shimmer and flash. Rain is gently falling, but the fish have yet to notice. Notes unbroken hang like heavy curtains. They hold the key to it all in their austere presence. Like pillars and colonnades, holding up some kind of massive drama. An insect moves, across the surface. Underwater, the blurred outline of golden fish drift like giant cars. There is some light on the surface of the water, as if it were spilled there.
After All this Time is another amazing piece of music. I know what I mean now about John having enough releases in progress to keep us going five years. I feel I could listen to this for the next six months and get more out of it every time.
Expect a review of My Lost City sometime in 2014... :rolleyes:
After enjoying and slowly getting into My Lost City over the last few days I thought I'd give Cathedral Oceans 3 another bash, as I've never really got into it.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Sadly, Townsend have taken nine days so far to successfully NOT deliver my copy of this...
Tonight my journey takes me instead through [b]Drift Music as a kind of 'warm up', and the splendour that is A Delicate Romance
It's only taken me five years to learn how to listen to this remarkable album...
There are stone steps leading into the pool, down which a woman glides. Without breaking the surface she descends beneath the water. Dart and flicker. Shimmer and flash. Rain is gently falling, but the fish have yet to notice. Notes unbroken hang like heavy curtains. They hold the key to it all in their austere presence. Like pillars and colonnades, holding up some kind of massive drama. An insect moves, across the surface. Underwater, the blurred outline of golden fish drift like giant cars. There is some light on the surface of the water, as if it were spilled there.
After All this Time is another amazing piece of music. I know what I mean now about John having enough releases in progress to keep us going five years. I feel I could listen to this for the next six months and get more out of it every time.
Expect a review of My Lost City sometime in 2014... :rolleyes: [/b]
I have also come to appreciate "Drift Music" more and more over the years. I first played it the morning after my first Foxx gig (Bristol 2003), walking back through a strange city to catch the first train to eventually go to work. An intensely sensual experience in the pre-dawn but I only heard the first five tracks or so that morning and on subsequent plays I tended to "drift" thereafter. Nowadays it still has that first memory but also so much more besides.
School of Seven Bells Alpinisms (Special Edition) . I’d heard about this album but not heard it and so I picked it up last night on the strength of its beautiful sleeve design alone.
A suprising and recommended purchase, I can only describe it (as someone else described it) as ‘Prog Synth-Pop’ – Imagine the girls from Marsheaux mixing it up with Neu! and Tangerine Dream and you’re somewhere towards where the heart of this album lies.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: School of Seven Bells...
thanks for posting the link RadioBeach, its a lovely title, and certainly got me interested, maybe theres some samples on itunes that I'll be able to check out later.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] School of Seven Bells...
thanks for posting the link RadioBeach, its a lovely title, and certainly got me interested, maybe theres some samples on itunes that I'll be able to check out later. [/b]
Originally posted by RadioBeach: They really are worth checking out - you can listen to some stuff on their MySpace site - http://www.myspace.com/schoolofsevenbells
Its on my wish list now! (having checked out myspace/itunes). The singing’s just a tad girly at times, but I love Alpinisms dreamy electro/lounge/shoegaze beat, it’s certainly welcome at my home any time.
I think its now going to turn into a Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree meets Thievery Corp: Cosmic Game kind of morning for me, just need the birds to sing and the sun to come out, followed by the arrival of Spring
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: The Future & The Human League - 'The Golden Hour Of The Future'
Cabaret Voltaire - 'Methodology - The Attic Tapes'
Yep. My head is stuck in Sheffield, 74-79...
...again! I really must move out of there soon myself! PS - Will PM you soon - HONEST!
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Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]They really are worth checking out - you can listen to some stuff on their MySpace site - http://www.myspace.com/schoolofsevenbells
Its on my wish list now! (having checked out myspace/itunes). The singing’s just a tad girly at times, but I love Alpinisms dreamy electro/lounge/shoegaze beat, it’s certainly welcome at my home any time.
I think its now going to turn into a Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree meets Thievery Corp: Cosmic Game kind of morning for me, just need the birds to sing and the sun to come out, followed by the arrival of Spring [/b]
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Originally posted by Gavin: Good call on School of Seven Bells.Liking it.
Yesterday was Radiohead:In Rainbows. Ive had the since last year but only realised what a brilliant album this is.
Today its BoC:The Headphase Campfire.
Hi guys!
Glad you’re liking SVIIB! Sadly the sun didn’t come out for me today – I’ve been listening to Saint Etienne’s Tiger Bay and now I’m off to visit My Lost City
This morning started off with Thievery Corporation: Versions. Haven’t played this for a very long time, it quickly dawned on me why, although there’s a few atmospheric/lounge songs here and there, many tracks are just bland café background, and the album never really takes off, and without wishing to offend any Nouvelle Vague fans on the forum the NV cover on Versions of ‘This Is Not a Love Song’ is dire, we should start a new thread called ‘Worst Cover Versions’.
All of this soon gave way to more serious stuff and a mystical album double bill of Dead Can Dance: The Serpents Egg, and My Lost city.
Now playing the Cocteau Twins: Heaven Or Las Vegas album, great poppy tracks and beautiful songs: Road, River, And Rail…
Went to a gig of this 'Master of Sax' last night at the 'Frits Philips Centrum' (that's in Eindhoven). He has played with Miles, Herbie Hancock, Weather Report, Joe Zawinul and many, many others.
The concert was sort of a jazz-symphony. One big take of 1 1/2 hours, without a brake, of music from the Wayne Shorter Quintet.
Still listening to the new Samadhi Sound offering Twice Born Men by Sweet Billy Pilgrim - sounds a bit like Múm to me but with out the girl-on-helium vocals.
Finished listening to Cluster's 'Zuckerzeit & then went onto:
Gordon & Gunn - 'The Shortwave Sessions' - This one gets better & better each play & it was brilliant on first listen! It gets regular spins up in 'The Cortex Cockpit'.
This afternoon it was a Synth Face-Off between Simple Minds: Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, and... Impossible
The Minds put in a good fight and cut some great shapes with Love Song and the sublime Seeing Out The Angel, and I thought they'd won the keyboard battlefield, but John and Louis fought back hard and dealt the Minds some killer blows with The Man Who Dies Every Day and Crash & Burn
It's a clear blue sky over My Lost City today with long delays at the Barbican Brakhage and I'm thinking of stopping off for lunch at the Hawksmoor Orbital.
It’s been a beautiful day today and just for a change the sun really has been out warming the place up. Nicely timed the postman dropped off a CD that I’d been mulling over for a bit, eventually crumbling, I now confess to getting Empire Of The Sun: Walking On A Dream.
It all started a few weeks back when I half registered what seemed like a cheesy looking CD cover on display at a store counter, and what I though were two guys looking vaguely like stand-in’s for the big haired Tiger-tamer duo Siegfried and Roy, and a fantasy city in the background behind them that could easily be the Las Vegas hotels, why, there’s even a tiger running across water, (sounds familiar).
Intrigued, I went online and became instantly hooked on the videos, falling in love with the look. There’s a fab’ illustrated booklet with the CD, which carries through the style/concept of Empire Of The Sun, both guys looking like actors in a Baz Luhrmann film, or escapees from Channel Five’s ridiculous teen glam fantasy ‘The Tribe’ (a low budget TV show where hair and make-up became a post Armageddon statement for the only survivors, the under 20’s ).
I bought this CD for some great songs that are on the first part of it, and two thirds of the album is consistently good and enjoyable, but the last two or three tracks sadly seem to completely lose the plot.
So head held up high, I’m going to state that listening to EOTS just makes me feel like I’m sixteen again, and the world is a place where we should all go out dressed like 70’s Bowie everyday, no matter what the weather…
Boards Of Canada: Geogaddi, I certainly couldn’t describe this as an upbeat album, but its faraway sound hovering someplace between a faded melancholy bordering on isolation does fit the mood of the weather here for me today, and its much like turning a corner in a very busy town centre in the afternoon and suddenly finding yourself all alone in long quiet empty streets with only the wind for company. It’s blowing furiously cold outside while the sun is blazing away over a blue sky with fluffy little clouds, it’s got to be the most atmospheric day we’ve had in a long time.
Today I've been listening to Billy Currie's production music, some Nik Kershaw and bits and pieces of The Killers.
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Originally posted by L. G. Ekin: Presumably, that's [b]my copy of the back catalogue you're dipping in and out of, yes?[/b]
Errrm, I guess it is (sorry). I suppose you'll want it back at some point, and no doubt adding in 'to discuss the ongoing missing £100 cheque saga', yes?...
Today it's A Secret Life by D'Agostino/Foxx/Jansen, Twice Born Men by Sweet Billy Pilgrim and My Lost City by John Foxx...I'm so chilled I may have to open a Hookah Lounge
I've been carrying A Secret Life back and forth to the office for the past two weeks but haven't listened to it yet because I need to be in a more tranquil frame of mind to enjoy its quietude. Instead, I've been listening to the other new release that I've been awaiting for a long time: HTRK's Marry Me Tonight — finally came out about a week ago after being on hold for seeming ages. Its production is a bit too clean and pretty but it's tight, and noisy, and abrasive, and sour, and that's what exactly I needed after a particularly unpleasant week!
Originally posted by Lody Herst: What does HTRK mean Lele?
At one time they called themselves Hate Rock Trio, so it's just shorthand for "hate rock." Don't believe them, though — I think secretly they love rock, because they can't completeley break free of it! Rowland S. Howard worked on this record with them and tidied up the noise and feedback a bit from prior EPs. They toured with the Liars at one point and share connections with Devastations (the lead singers of the two bands are married), so that gives you an idea of the sound. I think there's stuff on iTunes and on a billion MySpace profiles if you're curious. Not everyone's cup of tea but definitely mine, and especially this weekend.
A Secret Life - D'Agostino/Foxx/Jansen. An excellent ambient record.
Some Krautrock music:
Live 1974 - Harmonia . A live recording of previously unreleased tracks. The music is very similar to their first release Musik von Harmonia .
Movies - Holger Czukay . Not as bizarre as My Life in the Bush of Ghosts by Eno/Byrne but still very innovative in its sound. Czukay's bass lines makes the record at times more funky than experimental. In essence it sounds very much Can, a fusion of electronics and world rhythms.
Works 1968 - 2005- Roedelius ie one half of Cluster and one third of Harmonia . Some interesting sounds and songs. His best piece is By This River , a collaboration with Eno .
Yazoo - "Other side of Love" 12" Simple Minds - "Sparkle in the Rain" (Doesn't "The Kick Inside of Me" just rock?) Fad Gadget - "Under the Flag"
Strong representation from Mute records today.
I was looking to see if there is a good way to transfer my vinyl to digital. Found a Sony MP3 turntable for about 178 quid, and a laser turntable that can play without contact, and play/skip tracks like a CD player for 8,500 quid. One of these options was quickly crossed off. Need to find a few partners to do the other one I think - and several hours with a PC and turntable hooked up. Isn't there an easier way to do this?
Just been checking: Benge: Twenty Systems at myspace. Dunnow if any-one before mentioned it. But I think it's brilliant.
He recorded 20 different synths, from 20 different years, starting in 1968 (if I'm correct). So, each year has it's own synt on wich he plays tunes that fit the machine. Or perhaps: the machine dictates what the user should play.
And it quotes that JF joined him in his studio to record some tracks. So who knows, even more new material from JF this year?
When you're a synth fan - and who isn't here at metamatic - I think this album is a 'must-have'. Alas, Eno thinks so ...
Originally posted by Lody Herst: Just been checking: [b]Benge: Twenty Systems at myspace. Dunnow if any-one before mentioned it. But I think it's brilliant.
He recorded 20 different synths, from 20 different years, starting in 1968 (if I'm correct). So, each year has it's own synt on wich he plays tunes that fit the machine. Or perhaps: the machine dictates what the user should play.
And it quotes that JF joined him in his studio to record some tracks. So who knows, even more new material from JF this year?
When you're a synth fan - and who isn't here at metamatic - I think this album is a 'must-have'. Alas, Eno thinks so ... [/b]
Sounds a lot like Martin Carradus: Analog (Toffeetones label)
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b] Just been checking: [b]Benge: Twenty Systems at myspace. Dunnow if any-one before mentioned it. But I think it's brilliant.
He recorded 20 different synths, from 20 different years, starting in 1968 (if I'm correct). So, each year has it's own synt on wich he plays tunes that fit the machine. Or perhaps: the machine dictates what the user should play.
And it quotes that JF joined him in his studio to record some tracks. So who knows, even more new material from JF this year?
When you're a synth fan - and who isn't here at metamatic - I think this album is a 'must-have'. Alas, Eno thinks so ... [/b]
Sounds a lot like Martin Carradus: Analog (Toffeetones label)
P.S. What's the URL for the Benge thing? [/b]
www.myspace.com/twentysystems It's also a link at John's Quiet Man blog ('Benge'). You can listen to some track there, sounds like velvet to me! So I decided to order the thing ...
Just bought The Foxx/Gordon albums Crash & Burn & From Trash after hearing snippets on itunes. I have to say I was surprised & maybe a bit disappointed. They came out in 03 & 06 respectively but they sound to me still from the 80's. Don't get me wrong they are good but not what I was expecting. I'll need to explore Mr Gordon more. I also bought Tiny Colour Movies & that is superb. Maybe leaning a bit more towards my ambient tendencies. Kurfurstendamm & Looped Los Angeles both blew me away.
My Lost City Gravenhurst "Flashlight Seasons" Thomas Dolby "The Flat Earth"
and
Morrissey "Years of Refusal" which (somewhat surprisingly given the reviews I have read of it) I think is something of a masterpiece.
Lots of Radio 2 where I work. They play the latest Pet Shop Boys single which I hadn't heard previously (I will get the album at some point when pay day comes), also what must be the new U2 single "Magnificent" (doesn't sound very magnificent to me, sadly), and a special shout out for what must be the worst song I have heard for some time, some filler off Ken Bruce's "Album of the Week". Step forward Lionel Ritchie ... where's the trapdoor lever when you need it. Also, we haven't a hope at Eurovision - awful, just awful.
The Eurovision thing is so disappointing. We could do this so, so much better just simply by not taking ourselves or the competition quite so seriously.
Tonight, I'm on The Drift with my 'brother jack' for company.
And I followed this with Third World's classic debut album - Sette Massgana, Slavery Days etc Found connections I couldn't previously have imagined
Yes, my head is f**ked. What's a guy to do when Scott Walker isn't difficult enough???
some fleetingly ambient, electronica post-jazz today -
Triosk: The Headlight Serenade.
I'm most pissed off, should be listening to A Secret Life, but its still not turned up. This is what I get for buying it cheaper from someplace else other than Townsend, (why do stores get away with advertising something as being 'in stock/4 days to deliver' when clearly they don't actually have their hands on the CD at all, and then they just keep fobbing you off with auto-email apologies )
I agree with you about them sounding like Teardrop 'D.
Gets a lot of play in the radio over here.
Today I've been listening to Ultravox The very best of
Had a quick listen to a clip of Mr X recorded at Glasgow this morning in readyness for Friday's gig in Brum.Gosh it sounds like they've never been away.Could have been recorded in 1980.
Over the last week it's been an unhealthy amount of Siouxsie & The Banshees;The Scream, Join Hands, Kaliedescope, Juju, A Kiss in the Dreamhouse, Nocturne, Hyaena and Tinderbox...to get back on the rails I'm returning to A Secret Life in My Lost City
Anne-Marie Helder (http://www.myspace.com/annemarieheldermusic) - In anticipation of seeing Ultravox on Friday. A fine voice, but in my opinion a strange choice to support Ultravox.
Surely there must be some up and coming electronic acts that would have made a better choice.
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Siouxsie and the Banshees: Tinderbox
spooky! I was just listening to that at lunchtime! The Sweetest Chill is still my fave
Welcome back maryann we've missed you! x [/b]
Thanks Garry.
Regarding Siouxsie: I am new to her music really. Picked up 3 unremastered cds in the bargain bin here and upon playing them said to myself, 'how the hell did I miss out on her'
Originally posted by maryann: [b] Siouxsie and the Banshees: Tinderbox
spooky! I was just listening to that at lunchtime! The Sweetest Chill is still my fave
Welcome back maryann we've missed you! x [/b]
Thanks Garry.
Regarding Siouxsie: I am new to her music really. Picked up 3 unremastered cds in the bargain bin here and upon playing them said to myself, 'how the hell did I miss out on her' [/b]
I don't know what the other two you have are, but if it's any help, many consider A Kiss in the Dreamhouse to be the best album they released. Others (myself included) reckon the honour should go to Juju, but all agree that The Scream is one of finest and stunning debuts by any band ever. Of the later stuff Peepshow stands out by a country mile.
ABC and the BBC orchestra doing The Lexicon of Love live at the Royal Albert hall, 8th of April 2009. From FM radio to a torrent near you, sounds superb
Benge's Twenty Systems - a well presented electronic catalogue.
Two 80's albums that were missing from my collection:
English Garden - Bruce Woolley and The Camera Club with a young Thomas Dolby. However, his keyboards are way back in the mix and the album comes up like a New Wave guitar-driven sound of '79. A couple of songs featured here were to become hits on The Age of Plastic by The Buggles. Geoffrey Downes' keys are well in the mix and makes this a memorable release.
David Bowie's CD version of Glass Spider, which is a pretty good concert apart from the chants of Up The Hill Backwards which are not necessary. David's greatest hits shows are probably his best and I wonder why the Sound and Vision Tour has not been released yet.
Jean Michel Jarre's Solidarnosc. As opposed to Glass Spider, the DVD is more impressive than the CD.
John Foxx's My Lost City , a great record to relax to.
Time Pie - Yamo , there is the Kraftwerk spark in there but it is all drowned by housey music from his collaborators on this project. Elektric Music's Esperanto and even Karl Bartos' Communication are closer in sound to Kraftwerk. Still not a bad record.
Pet Shop Boys: Yes etc. I like it and I'm impressed by 'This Used To Be The Future'. Great title for a great track. So I went out to buy the remaster of 'Actually'. To add to my PSB collection. A lot of people I know laugh about them, but that makes me even more stubborn in buying their albums. And because I've never heard a bad PSB album of course ...
Pete Doherty's debut; Grace/Wastelands - on initial hearings it's superb. Bound to bring new followers, very upbeat and much more adventurous than Shotters Nation.
Last of the English Roses starts of like Straight to Hell-era Clash with slow dub drums and melodica, but then the chorus comes in and it's Village Green...-era Kinks - and it all holds together so well.
If you loathed him before (and many do) give him a go;
quote:Originally posted by maryann: Siouxsie and the Banshees: Tinderbox
spooky! I was just listening to that at lunchtime! The Sweetest Chill is still my fave
Welcome back maryann we've missed you! x [/b]
Thanks Garry.
Regarding Siouxsie: I am new to her music really. Picked up 3 unremastered cds in the bargain bin here and upon playing them said to myself, 'how the hell did I miss out on her' [/b]
I don't know what the other two you have are, but if it's any help, many consider A Kiss in the Dreamhouse to be the best album they released. Others (myself included) reckon the honour should go to Juju, but all agree that The Scream is one of finest and stunning debuts by any band ever. Of the later stuff Peepshow stands out by a country mile. I now have 2 more Siouxsie cds (on the cheap too): Peepshowand Juju. The other 3 are Tinderbox, Hyaena and Kaleidoscope.
Originally posted by Alex S: Ken Freeman's excellent soundtrack to The Tripods TV series.
Thats a show that would have really appealed to me if I’d been a child watching at the time, surely worth a repeat on TV. I only ever caught some of the shows where the children were slaves in the alien city, and one of the boys accidentally discovered just how fragile the bodies of the aliens actually were.
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Interesting when you get the background to something.
For me its got to be the Juju album, next to The Garden it had to be the most played album of 1981 in the student house I lived in at the time
Two albums today on a dusty old cassette - both representing my'point of entry' to their respective careers..
First 'up' :rolleyes: The Good Son by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from 1990. I was in a much-favoured haunt, the Jericho Tavern, at An Emotional Fish gig. Pre-gig the DJ played a whole host of cool stuff including The Weeping Song from this album. It was my first of two Nick-Cave-jaw-dropping moments, and I was so taken with this stunning track that I went and asked him what it was. Bought the album, and a whole new world opened up for me. The Hammer Song still hurts, and the aforementioned is a work of simple songwriting seldom bettered in terms of its insight, depth and maturity Granted its not his best album, but probably the most significant for me.
On t'other side of this cassette is Julian Cope's masterpiece Peggy Suicide from 1991. Tenacious, ambitious, rebellious, turgid, inspiring, silly, manic and complete who-gives-a-**** genius. Tracks like East Easy Rider and Beautiful Love capture everything he's every tried to do. He's done better since, and worse, but this is a wonderful introduction to his cray world.
Wedding Dress, blue hair - the world would be a sad place without nutters...
Peggy Suicide! Got that on cd somewhere ... (searching) Found it! (playing it) God, what a lot of memories it brings back! (enjoying the diversity of it) And what a wonderful album it is!
Right now I'm getting to know Leftfield and enjoying the experience very much. I picked up a copy of A Final Hit on the weekend, and realised I'd only heard two of the tracks on it before.
Ties in very well with my re-discovery of the first two Third World albums, which I have always loved. That dub-reggae thing has always had an appeal to me, and I appreciated its strong presence in the recent remix of Burning Car, which may have set the scene for this? John Foxx going back to his 'roots' (Dangerous Rhythm, He's A Liquid, Underpass) - I'm beginning to get a taste for the collabaration promised between Foxx and Paul Daley which I'm not sure i have really 'got' before.
The sleevenotes on this 'best of' explain Leftfield's philosophy of introducing dance music to vocalists who are unfamiliar with that genre - which again ties in nicely with John Foxx. I'm now really looking forward to a retro 90s dance music style, with perhaps some of the Mirrorball/My Lost City-esque vocals set to a pumped up hip hop rhythm?
Maybe it will tie in too with some of the Nation 12 material, and connect with the Metamatics project??
So far, my favourite tracks are Storm 3000 Not Forgotten and Swords
Modest Mouse - We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank
featuring Johnny Marr on guitar. Follow up to the breakthrough album "Good News for People Who Love Bad News" in 2004.
How long this band 'stay' remains to be seen, and they could do with a hit, but they have certainly arrived. Good pedigree - one of those bands whom I suddenly found I have been following for a few years without realising it.
Yusuf - An Other Cup (My Favourite Album Of The Decade). Again in anticipation of his new cd Roadsinger. There is some great new music coming out just now.
Listening to Julianna Barwick. If you've ever wondered what the female version of Cathedral Oceans would sound like, try this. She apparently makes most of her music using her own voice, running it through guitar effects pedals and looping it. Most of the vocals are wordless ooh and ahh sounds, treating her voice more as an instrument for a result somewhere between Cocteau Twins ethereality (replacing Guthrie's guitars with vocal loops) and ambient. At least on the couple of tracks I've heard so far.
Originally posted by Steve Roby: Listening to Julianna Barwick. If you've ever wondered what the female version of Cathedral Oceans would sound like, try this. She apparently makes most of her music using her own voice, running it through guitar effects pedals and looping it. Most of the vocals are wordless ooh and ahh sounds, treating her voice more as an instrument for a result somewhere between Cocteau Twins ethereality (replacing Guthrie's guitars with vocal loops) and ambient. At least on the couple of tracks I've heard so far.
Hmm. Not keen. Sounds a bit African. And the piano's a bit plinkyplonk.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: John Foxx My Lost City - someone will have to put out something very spectacular to knock this from my Album of the Year slot.
Another superb album & this is more like Cat Stevens than his last album. There are a few references to his previous moniker which seems quite strange to me as when he brought out An Other Cup he seemed to try & distance himself from his past.
Originally posted by Steve Roby: Listening to Julianna Barwick. If you've ever wondered what the female version of Cathedral Oceans would sound like, try this. She apparently makes most of her music using her own voice, running it through guitar effects pedals and looping it. Most of the vocals are wordless ooh and ahh sounds, treating her voice more as an instrument for a result somewhere between Cocteau Twins ethereality (replacing Guthrie's guitars with vocal loops) and ambient. At least on the couple of tracks I've heard so far.
Thanks for this Steve - I'm enjoying it very much. Added these files to my iTunes - ethereal and experimental. Slightly crazy, which is always appealing. The Beautiful Light of Madness, and all that...
Nice album, isn't it Alex? Do you like the Robert Smith contribution as well? On the 2cd edition there's a 12 inch version of Numan's Angel. All contributors on the album are musical heroes of Tom Holkenborg (aka JXL). So there's a thin line between alternative and dance orientated electronic music ...
Listening to the new(ish) Midge Ure double album re-releases of 'Pure' and 'Breathe', and also Guns N'Roses 'Chinese Democracy', which I picked up for a potentially overpriced £5 in London over the weekend.
Dug out my Cocteau Twins stuff (vinyl). Really enjoying the "Tiny Dynamine" 12" EP right now. "Pink Orange Red" is current favourite.
Also "In the Gold Dust Rush" on "Head Over Heels" album. This is a much heavier album - I'm finding it hard to get back in to all of this one, AND can't find Victorialand - where did I leave it?
So glad I kept my turntable - just wish I had a decent listening space!
Originally posted by solenoid: Dug out my Cocteau Twins stuff (vinyl). Really enjoying the "Tiny Dynamine" 12" EP right now. "Pink Orange Red" is current favourite. Also "In the Gold Dust Rush" on "Head Over Heels" album.
An absolute favourite of mine. This current resurgence of interest in Guthrie has had me reaching for 'Lullabies to Violaine' too, and I've got the BBC sessions lined up for this evening
I've been a fan since her excellent debut Little Earthquakes which is one of my favourite albums but she hasn't come close to repeating the quality of that album but I keep buying them to find out. All her albums are good but not as good as the first.
I got bored with Tori after the excellent To Venus and Back. Her first four albums are outstanding, although my favourite will always be From the Choirgirl Hotel. I saw her on that tour.
It just seems to sadly be that since Scarlett's Walk, she's just been repeating the same old female-angst-sex-thing, which has become thoroughly boring. Shame.
Touch - Meridians 1 and from thence re-discovering the bizarre experimentation of "S/Z" having recently found their obscure 12" EP. The Meridains album really does have some wonderful music on here, and led me into Current 93 who I subsequently lost touch with and am now trying to catch up!
Andrew Mckenzie's Sigil tracks stand out as well, alongside of course the terrifying un-ness of Ludus's Corpus candle I feel some TG coming on...
There's a lot of birdsong on this compilation too - always a good sign
I had a trawl through my old cassettes and found to my horror "The Best of The Eagles" Don't think I've listened to it for the best part of a quarter of a century Believe it or not it sounds good .I must be going soft in my old age So my fellow Foxxheads I'm heading off into the desert with a sweet loving woman who looks like Linda Ronstadt to share a spliff and a bottle of tequila with and to see the sun rise over the cacti Don't let the sound of your own synths drive you crazy
Originally posted by Birdsong: * cough * I think I might have that somewhere...
Don't play it nearly as often as the double CD of Creedence Clearwater 'Revival' though.
Good luck Ivan, mind them guitars don't getcha...
Hello Martin Some kind soul notified Synthnesty International and they got on to my case After the weed tequila and mescalin ,I vaguely remember my brain being totally addled Gram Parsons/Neil Young style (I didn't get as far as writing tuneless acoustic guitar dirges which would have then been recognised as classics by the readership of various "Music Life Style" magazines such as Q ) I have now been coerced à la Russell Brand into Electro Rehabilitation and am being fed a healthy diet of JF , Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft, Cabaret Voltaire and Soft Cell I stipulated my agreement on the proviso there was NO Gary Numan or any Human League after "Dare" Apparently when they put the strait jacket on I was serenading Linda Ronstadt with "One of these Nights" I never did find out whether I managed "to turn on her lights " ! So , my friend "Take it easy , take it eaaaa..sy" (the offending tape has now been destroyed) On a more serious note , if you are interested in any Georges Brassens stuff , get in touch through the site
Originally posted by Lody Herst: In chill mood ...
[b]No-Man: Schoolyard Ghosts [/b]
I'm listening to that now too. Fantastic album. One of my favourite bands.
Also listening to John Foxx - Assembly. Not yet having any of Johns studio albums (stil listening to this years 3) I've just picked this up & there are some great songs in there.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b] In chill mood ...
[b]No-Man: Schoolyard Ghosts [/b]
I'm listening to that now too. Fantastic album. One of my favourite bands.
Also listening to John Foxx - Assembly. Not yet having any of Johns studio albums (stil listening to this years 3) I've just picked this up & there are some great songs in there. [/b]
I saw them at their first gig abroad ever! Proud to say it was at my homecountry. With a fantastic Steven Wilson among them. Also curious what you think are the best tracks on the 'Assembly' album.
Pet Shop Boys "Yes" - pretty damned good, and I really love "Did You See Me Coming?" despite Radio 2 playing it several times each shift.
Depeche Mode "Sounds of the Universe" - a grower I think. Great sounds, interesting lyrics, and "Wrong" is song of the year so far for me.
Aidan Moffat & The Best-Ofs "How To Get To Heaven From Scotland" - my new album of the year.
Bill Callahan "Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle" - another grower, already genius in places, he "used to be darker, then [he] got lighter, then [he] got dark again".
Originally posted by Birdsong: Be interesting to learn what you think are the stand-out tracks on Assembly, Scott, as someone who comes to them with fresh ears
Martin I have heard Johns first 4 solo albums but not for over 20 years so I suppose it is with fresh ears. I will buy them but there just seems to be so many good new albums being released just now Stand out tracks for me other than the singles on Assembly are Sitting At The Edge Of The World , In Mysterious Ways , Morning Glory & The Garden. The slow ones Showing my mellower side.
I'm currently listening to Substrata by Biosphere (a perennial favourite of mine) as I've just heard that they released a new album (entitled Wireless ) a few days ago. Just ordered a copy as the press blurb (below) sounds rather intriguing...
*****
Recorded live at The Arnolfini, Bristol, 27th October 2007 by the doyen of sound recordists, Chris Watson, using 2 x Sony ECM 77s with a Nagra P11 Ares flash card recorder, and from desk to hard drive. The recording was mixed, edited and mastered by Touch stalwart BJNilsen, in Berlin during March 2009.
This concert was part of Touch 25 Live, which also featured a performance of Storm [by Chris Watson & BJNilsen]. Biosphere is Norwegian composer and performer Geir Jenssen, and this is his sixth release for Touch. In the early 1990s he was a pioneer of so-called "ambient techno," but since then, he has refined his sound into something more magnetic and enduring. His last album, Dropsonde, wasn't a soundtrack like the interwoven Substrata, nor an episodic journey in the way that Autour de la Lune is. It pushed new directions towards the jazz colors of Miles Davis and Jon Hassell, while re-invigorating the pulse and projection of his signature sound: a hypnotic combination of pleasure and dread. Here Geir Jenssen takes this further, incorporating samples of field recordings by Jony Easterby and trumpet by Anders Karlskås, invoking a sparser, more arresting sound. A landmark release for Biosphere, his first live album, heralding new beginnings without jettisoning the past...
The same new stuff (the Depeche Mode album was indeed a grower and just keeps growing and growing!) and another new one:
U2 "No Line On The Horizon" - their best since "Pop". It's a shame about "Magnificent" (which is a B side at best, and not a very good one either) but the rest works.
Still trying hard with Sounds of the Universe - I put it on 'random' and you get some quite good combinations. Yes it is a grower but I'm not sure how much it's going to grow exactly.
I found that songs started to stand out more when I shuffled them - I started enjoying it much more after I got into the songs that way and each came into its own.
yes, that's right. I saw there was a healthy debate on the official forum about how the tracks on SOTU should be re-arranged, each one giving their own version of the tracklist. I like the 'tune-up' intro but In Chains is too slow a starter..
Originally posted by Rob Harris: I'm currently listening to [b]Substrata by Biosphere (a perennial favourite of mine) as I've just heard that they released a new album (entitled Wireless ) a few days ago. [/b]
Today is a mixed bag. The excellent John Foxx 'The Garden' 2008 re-issue, Billy Currie 'Production music' (some of which is very very good) and Ray Charles 'The Very Best of'.
Anoher mixed bag today. UB40's 'Twentyfourseven', a Mail on Sunday John Lennon complilation, and another of the excellent John Foxx 2008 re-issues, this time 'The Golden Section'.
I've been working in a seperate office this past week - so a place that's much quieter than my usual place of work, and therefore able to have much more control over my surroundings - and so have really been able to listen to the 2008 re-issues properly. As you say, it's excellent stuff.
This evening, as a gift, a good friend has given me a copy of Torment and Toreros - 2004 CD edition. My number one must-get album, of which I have three vinyl copies.
Simply THE best album there is.
Playing songs now that I have known for 26 years and still they pierce my heart to the core. 'Mamba' is almost too painful to listen to, but everything about this body of work is from some other place.
If you only listen to one Marc Almond album, let it be this. His version of Peter Hammill's 'Vision' is heartbreaking and so, so beautiful.
A test broadcast. Weird. very nice of course, but I can't imagine you'd want to listen to it for very long in a go. So instead I put on some Nick Cave...
The Boatman's Call will be followed by another wander through My Lost City
listening to Mirrorball without headphones - hurrah, let the flavour flood out - while supping a bottle of Badger's 'Fursty Ferret' and watching bats, with the music accompanied by two 'live' blackbirds. Sunshower is my new stand-out track
New 4AD signing The Big Pink, whose Velvet - will probably not set the world alight...which is a shame really as it's exactly the sort of thing that could set the world alight if people heard them.
A rare full morning off , I had intended to get 70 to 100k in on the bike , but "she who must be obeyed" had other plans , so I'm in "Hilda Ogden" mode and giving the house a much needed and somewhat belated Spring clean The old cassettes have been dug out so far The wonderful fiddle driven Agitrock of THE LEVELLERS (Eponymous first album) stand out track "100 Years of Solitude " Next up was the Angst driven negative but astounding and life affereming Weltanschau of Mr Matt Johnson (THE THE SOUL MINING) a veritable treasure trove The Everest being "Uncertain Smile" with Jools Holland in fine form tickling the ivories This was following by the beautiful whimsical folk of AL STEWART with the title track YEAR OF THE CAT being the high on that (mentioned in my saxophone thread) Next up will be INTRO PULP Can't wait to hear the spiteful magnificence of RAZZAMATAZZ again alongside SHEFFIELD SEX CITY (An habitué of the South Yorkshire metropolis like The Radler will probably appreciate it even more) The synth moment will come with OXYGENE by JM JARRE Right that's me out of here *dons marigolds and picks up feather duster*
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] A rare full morning off , Right that's me out of here *dons marigolds and picks up feather duster*
Ha!Ha!Ha! Just call in Mastro Lindo! [/b]
Bondì Membs Belated congratulations You were the better team on the day I saw it in Liverpool in the end Touts were wanting a bag of sand* per ticket ! At least I got my passport renewed plus early half century birthday celebrations If I were a Buddhist I'd call it karma you pulled us out of deep **** in 98 Just a tad pissed off with our defence . specially the keeper Everyone seems to get goal of the season past him !! (Your "third" one) *sorry you don't speak the local patois One thousand pounds Cleaning done got to make the dinner and pick the little one up now , then work !! [/b]
The country's in financial and political meltdown!
Time for the plastic guitar bubblegum power synth-pop of Kim Wilde and the slightly more focused but still plastic guitar bubblegum power synth-pop of Select
ahhhhh - that's better - the healing power of plastic guitar bubblegum power synth-pop
An unhealthy amount of Gary Numan has been emitting from all available speakers this week, with a bit of Simple Minds here and there and Grace Jones for good measure.
just got back from celebrating the big 5 .0 down the coast I've been living in the early 70's as my nephew and niece got my tht "Best of Thin Lizzy " and "THe Best of Sparks " both outstanding The second named album is basically "Kimono my House " "Propoganda" and the third one whose name escapes me "Indiscreet" ?I think All magical stuff with the standout being "Hasta Manana Monsieur" effortlessly clever "You mentioned Kant and I was shocked , so shocked Where I come come the girls do not have such foul tongues " Closely followd by "here in Heaven" ; "At home at work ,at play" Even the Glenn Milleresque "Looks , Looks .Looks " sees the Mael Brothers on fine form Re Lizzy possibly the first band I fell in love with it was great to hear "Whiskey in the Jar " "Jailbreak" and "The boys are back in town " after all these years " Phil Lynott was larger than life basically Right I'm off to Dino's bar and grill ** *puts on tight leather trousers , Fellaini wig, picks up bass and drives the women crazee *
** well "The what are you reading thread to be more precise
You know when you are in the car & you turn on the radio & hear something that immediately makes you listen. Well Radio 3 came on & I heard a rather exquisite piece of music.
When it had ended the presenter said it was called Quiet City by Aaron Copland
If you can spare 9 mins & 50 seconds of time to watch & listen to it. Click the link. You won't be disappointed.
Cheers Elektri k ... I read about A. Copland recently as am early 20th C. composer and was intrigued to hear some of his music. Thanks for this .. must find more.
Started off with a blast from the past with The Kane Gangs two albums. The Bad & Lowdown World Of & then Miracle. They wrote some good songs especially Closest Thing To Heaven.
Paolo Nutini - Sunny Side Up. On first listen not as good as his debut but now on 2nd listen & it will grow on me for sure.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Jon Hassell/Brian Eno Fourth World Vol.1: Possible Musics
Quadruple thumbs up (if I had four thumbs that is)
Eyeless In Gaza - All Under The Leaves, The Leaves Of Life [/b]
Cheers! Ooooh - Eyeless in Gaza - a name I've heard frequently over the years but never got round to listening to. Any recommendations?
Today it's the 4AD compilation Lonely Is An Eyesore...which is coming off in a minute as it's driving me mad (I can't work out if it's just dated really badly, or I've just grown out of it)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Eyeless In Gaza - All Under The Leaves, The Leaves Of Life
Cheers! Ooooh - Eyeless in Gaza - a name I've heard frequently over the years but never got round to listening to. Any recommendations?[/QUOTE]
I was the same as you about EIG. Heard them mentioned over the years, but never took the plunge until last weekend when I bought "All Under The leaves'. So I recommend that one.
The music does remind me of 4ad bands. Keyboards are Dead can Dance-ish. Great use of experimental sounds mixed in with structured, mostly drum machine - led songs. it's a bit folk like in some places, which is a good thing.
I'm enjoying the world of the Durtro label at the moment. Tonight it's Little Annie and Paul Wallfisch 2008 album When Good Things Happen to bad Pianos while I explore their catalogue and consider which others to pick up
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Eyeless In Gaza - All Under The Leaves, The Leaves Of Life
Cheers! Ooooh - Eyeless in Gaza - a name I've heard frequently over the years but never got round to listening to. Any recommendations?
I was the same as you about EIG. Heard them mentioned over the years, but never took the plunge until last weekend when I bought "All Under The leaves'. So I recommend that one.
The music does remind me of 4ad bands. Keyboards are Dead can Dance-ish. Great use of experimental sounds mixed in with structured, mostly drum machine - led songs. it's a bit folk like in some places, which is a good thing.
Go and 'ave a gander & wrap yer lug 'oles rahnd some sahnds, mush. [/b][/QUOTE]
Many thank Ilektrik!
I mentioned them to a mate of mine last night and he'd bought the re-issue of Photographs as Memories some time ago, so I'm going to give that a listen in a bit.
He's also got a few others of theirs which I'll listen to next week.
At home this lunchtime it was Mirrorball, followed perfectly afterwards by A Secret Life, and later on the ipod while on the journey to work, BOC: The Campfire Headphase, and Empire Of The Sun: Walking On A Dream
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Originally posted by RadioBeach: Jon Hassell/Brian Eno Fourth World Vol.1: Possible Musics
Great album, one day I must get around to replacing my old cassette copy
Originally posted by newvox: [b]Phil Collins - 'Serious Hits'
I hope Mr. Collins has a sense of humor as that title is a bit of an oxymoron. [/b]
I agree.
Perhaps we could shorten it...
I suggest we just get rid of the 'erious' bit and bring the two words together [/b]
ARF Radler! But even then the buyer might sue under the Trades Description Act as the actual content would be inferior to what is promised in the title itself
My new addition Graffiti Soul by Simple Minds. It is better than their previous one and has some pleasant surprises like Moscow Underground which is very reminiscent of the sound from Sons and Fascination. The second disc Searching For The Lost Boys is just the band jamming to some New Wave classics like Floorboards, Christine and Grip.
Mirrorball which is perfect for this type of season.
The Quiet Man preview on The Quiet Man website.
Prokofiev's symphonic version of Peter and the Wolf as narrated by David Bowie. My son's homework this week. He recognised his voice from The Snowman. Rather sweet of William. His favourite John Foxx tracks are Underpass , From Trash, Friendly Fire and Kurfurstendamm.
Talking of versions of GN's masterpieces, I don't know if anyone has Resonator or what they think of it, but there are some fascinating alternatives to the originals there. Slight shame there are 3 versions of Ancients though as after one sitting you do tend to feel a tad brainwashed. Anyway, that's what I'm listening to today....
I remember seeing Resonator but never getting it. The album was pulled by Gary about a week after it hit the shops as he wasn't happy with what was on it.
I've since heard it, and it's interesting, but I can understand his frustration with it.
You've spelt "enhanced " wrongly there Radler ! Only joking each to their own ! Memories indeed They were all I could afford as a youngster I often wondered why Noddy Holder , Barbara Streisand , Jimmy Osmond ,David Bowie , Marc Bolan , Kiki Dee , Les Gray and Demis Roussos all had the same voice in the studio Invariably bought from Woolworth's (Bootle or Liverpool City centre)
You've spelt "enhanced " wrongly there Radler ! Only joking each to their own ! Memories indeed They were all I could afford as a youngster I often wondered why Noddy Holder , Barbara Streisand , Jimmy Osmond ,David Bowie , Marc Bolan , Kiki Dee , Les Gray and Demis Roussos all had the same voice in the studio Invariably bought from Woolworth's (Bootle or Liverpool City centre) [/b]
You've spelt "enhanced " wrongly there Radler ! Only joking each to their own ! Memories indeed They were all I could afford as a youngster I often wondered why Noddy Holder , Barbara Streisand , Jimmy Osmond ,David Bowie , Marc Bolan , Kiki Dee , Les Gray and Demis Roussos all had the same voice in the studio Invariably bought from Woolworth's (Bootle or Liverpool City centre) [/b]
OH GOD...'WOOLWORTHS' Do you remember Woolies own brand cover albums? They were easy to spot as the cassette had a red shell instead of a black one - on the Chevron and Pickwick labels.
Oh man - the deflated and feeble looks kids across the land would have after unwrapping one of those at christmas...
"oh. thanks Auntie...excuse me while I just get a sharp knife from the kitchen..."
Paid back some time owed at work today for time off in lieu, and a very boring task I received ended up giving me the opportunity for several hours of non-stop music! so today’s album choice’s were a walk through subtle ambience, guitar drone, spiritual singing, and romanticism, beginning with:
Spacemen 3: Playing With Fire Sigur Ros: Agaetis Byrjun Spiritualised: Ladies & Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space, and Pure Phase and my favourite Cocteau Twins album: Victorialand All of which led up to a perfect musical finale with Mirrorball.
Having bought most of Johns post 85 albums I'm now buying up his first 4 albums. Metamatic is ordered & hopefully will arrive tomorrow. Review to follow. It's fathers day on Sunday so hopefully another will be opened if my hinting was taken into account lol. My wife & son have gone to see Angels & Demons so I decided I'll have a night of John & a wee drink. Recently bought Assembly & all I can say is that Morning Glory blew me away.
Nice anecdotes. Don't worry about 'too much detail' - that's what's makes this forum such fun.
Its more interesting to read about comments on what people are listening to,a nd why or where etc than just simply list it.
Thanks for posting. Sadly, my copy of Assembly has been rendered unplayable since my daughter spilled a cup of milk over it a couple of years ago... :rolleyes:
Originally posted by Birdsong: Its more interesting to read about comments on what people are listening to,a nd why or where etc than just simply list it.
Gary Numan Telekon Live in which Are 'Friends' Electric? has finally become the New Wave Bohemian Rhapsody it was destined to be! Superb.
Sounds like it was a great gig - I just wish he'd apply this sound (1980 souped up to 2080) instead of the Mickey-Marilyn-Manson-Mouse industrial that he's been (back)pedaling for the last 10 years or so, to new material then I might take more interest.
Originally posted by newvox: I know what your saying Garry. A modern day 'Machine Music' Era.
Absolutely.
Many years ago I read of a rumour that Numan was to appear on an Underground Resistance or Aux 88 album - two artists who took what Numan did and really explored it in some brilliant and stunning ways.
It's an absolute shame that this never took off, I always hoped it would and that Numan could of realised the potential that his sound had even now, and perhaps explored it again himself.
John Foxx - Metamatic 2 cd version. I haven't heard this album in it's entirety for over 20 years but it still sounds fresh. The 2nd cd has some great tracks too.
Stage - David Bowie Nite Romantics/Carnival - Duran Duran Rio - Duran Duran The Ultimate Collection - Grace Jones Wunderbar - Riechmann The Singles - Japan Ruido Blanco - Soda Stereo Come Summer - Fra Lippo Lippi Sulk - The Associates Radio One Sessions Volume One - The Associates
Yonderboi: Splendid Isolation No, nothing to do with politics:
"How about you? The one of your own? (yes, that's here too) Are you ok with it or do you condemn it? Do you think it is needed to achieve anything or it's just Something that's here, all the same? Is there a specific state or a condition that you are seeking? Are you really on the look for something or you simply can't stop searching? No one has ever come up with the one 'meaning' and the best way, Be it inside or outside, with or without".
PREPARE TO SPRING OFF, AND BE THE WINNER OF THIS REALTIME FALL
I liked this album a lot when it came out a few years ago, but haven't heard it for a long time until we needed something listenable in the car yesterday afternoon (the choice was either anything on my brother in law's iPhone collection, or Radio 4, so the former won out). The third album in for Crow at the time, it has some wonderful tunes and emotions coming out on the album and as I recall really established her as a mature songwriter and artist. It was nice to hear it in full and without interuption and as I'm in a quiet office today, I thought another listen to this album was good company to have.
My collection of Johns early albums continued when my son bought me The Garden 2 CD for Fathers Day. On my 2nd listen now & as with Metamatic , the whole album doesn't seem dated. The 2nd CD has great tracks too. Very impressed
Giving them a try now! Never heard of them before, but from the samples so far, its a good feel. If it was not for John's C.O. trilogy, i would never of listened to 'ambient' style music. These guys seem to take it in what id call a traditional direction, but its good stuff though.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] I've recently become addicted to The Pleasure Principle. One hell of an album.
I can understand that. I was addicted to that album for years, when it was released.
In contrast, I only picked up Metamatic years later. [/b]
Ahhh! These two albums will always be linked together in my memory. Bought them as a pair, after reading reviews about them. It was the BOMB for me. Never heard popmusic that sounded so velvet and strange yet familiar. Butter ...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Boards of Canada
Giving them a try now! Never heard of them before, but from the samples so far, its a good feel. If it was not for John's C.O. trilogy, i would never of listened to 'ambient' style music. These guys seem to take it in what id call a traditional direction, but its good stuff though. [/b]
Yes, know what you mean, you can't compare them to Biosphere for example. I've got one album of BOC that's called 'Music has the right to children'. It's a bit weird and I'm totally hooked on it!
Complete Madness by....Madness :p Just fancied something a bit nutty. Well, it was either that or a Topic... :rolleyes: Systems Of Romance in the car earlier. I must admit, I haven't played it for a while. I'd forgotten how brilliant it is! Perfect for a sunny day.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Boards of Canada
Giving them a try now! Never heard of them before, but from the samples so far, its a good feel. If it was not for John's C.O. trilogy, i would never of listened to 'ambient' style music. These guys seem to take it in what id call a traditional direction, but its good stuff though. [/b]
Glad you like it Newvox - The Campfire Headphase is probably the easiest BoC album to listen to, however many reckon Geogaddi is their best, most of it was clearly recorded around the same time as Music Has The Right To Children.
Today I'm kicking off with Geogaddi and then moving on to The Chemical Brothers Surrender.
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Playing The Piano Live Tokyo 29th April 09
Going to see him in Edinburgh in December. Thanks to Paul I managed to download this from itunes Japan to get me in the mood. It's great. I think the man is a genius on the piano & Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence still sounds excellent. Lay out in the garden sunbathing this morning listening to it. So relaxing. Can't wait for the concert now.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b]Boards of Canada
Giving them a try now! Never heard of them before, but from the samples so far, its a good feel. If it was not for John's C.O. trilogy, i would never of listened to 'ambient' style music. These guys seem to take it in what id call a traditional direction, but its good stuff though. [/b]
Yes, know what you mean, you can't compare them to Biosphere for example. [/b]
Yes, BoC and Biosphere are two of many groups ive not listened to before, at least not to the degree i should have. Heard their names but never the music much. Interesting how the Biosphere track 'Ballerina' has signs of Human League's - 'The Dignity Of Labour'.
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Originally posted by RadioBeach: Glad you like it Newvox
It was very easy too. I guess The Chemicial Brothers has been good training, for a guitars and moog's person like me.
Yesterday it was A Secret Life, on a beautiful and very hot day, I was inspired to play it as all morning at home I could hear the faint clanging sounds of construction work going on in the distance, not played it for some time, so it was great to hear it again, still a close favourite for my top album release from John so far this year. I’ve moaned in the past about its 36min duration, but it’s Just the right length for listening to at lunchtime before shooting off out to work, so ASL really is the audio snack you can enjoy between meals
Today it was a Can compilation sent to me from a friend, so I’ve been enjoying the Suzuki years, and thanks to the forum members for mentioning the albums in previous posts, got me wanting to hear more.
Originally posted by core memory: ...Today it was a Can compilation sent to me from a friend, so I’ve been enjoying the Suzuki years, and thanks to the forum members for mentioning the albums in previous posts, got me wanting to hear more.
A bit of a departure for me: it's been a long time since I've bought such at pop orientated album. Some very catchy tunes, I especially like the duet with Phil Oakey.
I've also bagged a couple fo tickets for the Wolverhampton leg of her forthcoming tour later this year.
A bit of a departure for me: it's been a long time since I've bought such at pop orientated album. Some very catchy tunes, I especially like the duet with Phil Oakey.
I've also bagged a couple fo tickets for the Wolverhampton leg of her forthcoming tour later this year.
Ha! she's been my guilty pleasure for over a week now!.... But really the album is quality electro-pop the likes of which we haven't seen or heard for ages. Yes, Phil Oakey duet especially good, could be hit for the old guy yet.
A bit of a departure for me: it's been a long time since I've bought such at pop orientated album. Some very catchy tunes, I especially like the duet with Phil Oakey.
I've also bagged a couple fo tickets for the Wolverhampton leg of her forthcoming tour later this year.
I must admit I haven't heard her album yet, but my youngest daughter is a big fan, so I've booked a couple of tickets to see her in Northampton on 21st October. Which just happens to be my birthday!!
I've not bought the album yet either (it's in a long list). Still not convinced whether I'd like a full albums worth though to be fair what I've heard so far I've liked.
A bit of a departure for me: it's been a long time since I've bought such at pop orientated album. Some very catchy tunes, I especially like the duet with Phil Oakey.
I've also bagged a couple fo tickets for the Wolverhampton leg of her forthcoming tour later this year.
I want to like her, I really do, but I have to say I prefer La Roux.
New ones from Dylan, Jarvis and Mono. From the FAX stable: Silence V - Pete Namlook and Sad World 2 - Dr Atmo & Ramin. Both perfect for summer evenings packing belongings.
Originally posted by John: I must admit I haven't heard her album yet, but my youngest daughter is a big fan, so I've booked a couple of tickets to see her in Northampton on 21st October. Which just happens to be my birthday!!
Excellent b.day prezzie!
Apparently by LB's own admittance a lot of her fans are "40 year old dads" which is good to know
Originally posted by MikeG: [b] Little Boots - Hands
A bit of a departure for me: it's been a long time since I've bought such at pop orientated album. Some very catchy tunes, I especially like the duet with Phil Oakey.
I've also bagged a couple fo tickets for the Wolverhampton leg of her forthcoming tour later this year.
I want to like her, I really do, but I have to say I prefer La Roux. [/b]
I do like the Little Boots album a lot but it does sound very familiar.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: It's an '80's also-ran' day today with Dalek I Love You - Compass kum'pas, Dalek I Love You, and Data Elegant Machinery
Ooh.... Listened to 'Compass/Kum'pas' yesterday. It's a very clever album. Definitely an overlooked classic. 'Missing 15 minutes' is jaw droppingly good. Especially the main guitar riff.
"We've got no time... we've got all the time we need."
used to have 'Elegant Machinery' + loads of Data's 12" singles. Superb synthpop!
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] It's an '80's also-ran' day today with Dalek I Love You - Compass kum'pas, Dalek I Love You, and Data Elegant Machinery
Ooh.... Listened to 'Compass/Kum'pas' yesterday. It's a very clever album. Definitely an overlooked classic. 'Missing 15 minutes' is jaw droppingly good. Especially the main guitar riff.
"We've got no time... we've got all the time we need."
used to have 'Elegant Machinery' + loads of Data's 12" singles. Superb synthpop! [/b]
Cheers guys! I’d only ever heard Dalek I Love You’s second album so the first was a big surprise. I had a very synth-pop Saturday what with Hands by Little Boots – great album.
Sunday was the polar opposite with the Ghost Hardware and Distant Lights EP by Burial, Black Sun by Kode 9 and 12” of the year – Moth / Wolf Cub by Burial & Four-Tet.
This morning I’ve been on gardening leave in My Lost City
Started off with Depeche Mode - Sounds Of The Universe
Now it's Louis Gordon & his This Air cd single. I was a bit wary of buying this as I'm not familiar with his work other than that with John. I was impressed & may now order his new album & try & track down his other solo work.
Originally posted by Chris C: [b]My Lost City. The more I listen to it the more magical it is. Excellent album!
Chris [/b]
Cant agree more Chris. Its not just the music, its the whole feel of the album. You can hear it was recorded in the 'good old days' I think of it as Cathedral Oceans 0.
Now on to my 3rd of Johns early albums. First impressions are that it seems a very mixed up album. What I mean by that is the track running order seems a bit out of sorts in my opinion. Don't think My Wild Love is an opening track. Siting At The End Of The World , Like A Miracle & Twilights Last Gleaming are great tracks though. It's been over 20 years since I last heard this but if memory serves me correct was Endlessly track 1 on side 2 of the Lp? I vaguely remember saying to my mate whose Lp we were listening to that side 2 should have been side 1.
Reformation - Spandau Ballet Seven and the Ragged Tiger - Duran Duran Penthouse and Pavement - Heaven 17 Homosapien - Pete Shelley Happy Families - Blancmange
Louis's new double album has just dropped through my letterbox so shortly I will be listening to Electric Shock Treatment/The Motion Picture event of the year.
Nice packaging.
I can just about name all cultural icons in the artwork
Originally posted by newvox: Visage - 'Beat Boy'. :rolleyes:
Know what you mean. It's that 'Questions' track that ruins it with all the saxaphone, awful guitars, backing vocals and bad Level 42 bass...oh hang on...we were discussing Visage and not Numan's The Fury weren't we?
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Visage - 'Beat Boy'. :rolleyes:
Know what you mean. It's that 'Questions' track that ruins it with all the saxaphone, awful guitars, backing vocals and bad Level 42 bass...oh hang on...we were discussing Visage and not Numan's The Fury weren't we? [/b]
Originally posted by newvox: [b] Visage - 'Beat Boy'. :rolleyes:
Know what you mean. It's that 'Questions' track that ruins it with all the saxaphone, awful guitars, backing vocals and bad Level 42 bass...oh hang on...we were discussing Visage and not Numan's The Fury weren't we? [/b]
New 2009 album from Warren Fischer and Casey Spooner. If you like you're music electronic (hey! no question about it!), with often bright melodies and sometimes dark lyrics, with layers of sounds and rythms you can dance to if you want ...
Just bought this album following attendance at one of Gary's recent shows, where a number of the tracks were played. Makes a nice contrast with his earlier works.
This morning Louis Gordon and his latest releases:
This Air - his debut CD single and quite a catcy tune.
E.S.T/The Motion Picture Event of the Year - missed out on the original release of E.S.T ep but it's finally here with extra tracks plus another album of Louie delights. Well worth the money and a pretty good double album.
I don't know what's happenning this year but we are totalling spoilt with so many releases from our favourite artists. I bet you are looking forward to the 30th Anniversary edition release of The Pleasure Principle. It looks fantastic.
Mustn't forget The Quiet Man CD which is now virtually round the corner.
....and there's more from John. Just received the Metamatic Newsletter.
These double discs are a delight and this October Shifting City and The Pleasures of Electricity will get this treatment. Next year it's Crash & Burn's turn.
We also have his collaboration with Paul Daley and a golden surprise, a 1983 full concert CD. We know the one we want.
I listened to The Beatles today. Haven't done that in years. My fave songs still hold up and A Day In The Life is still, in my opinion, one of their greatest tracks.
Originally posted by newvox: By the way Mr D, ive been reading the disc. So far it say's 00010 00001 11010 01110.
Cool! Me: White Lies - To Lose My Life - will be seeing them live tonight so sort of "swotting up" a bit. Will also see Blok Party who I know nothing about.. :rolleyes:
That well known beat combo John Foxx and Louis Gordon - The Pleasures of Electricity. With all the recent releases it's been a long time since I last heard this
Currently listening to our very own Alex (The Light Dreams), Paul (NerveJam) alongside Louis Gordon and many others on Robocast Radio Episode 36 – Listen to the Electricity
You should track them down maryann. Try & get a copy of China Crisis Collection a sort of singles colection. Tracks such as Christian , Wishful Thinking & Black Man Ray are awesome.
Yes "Diary" is a good starting point, although 'Flaunt the Imperfection' is their artistic highpoint and a lovely album for summer days, prod. by Walter Becker. Their myspace also has a selection of tracks to listen to.
Thanks to you both. Will definitely look into them.
Guess what I just got in the budget bin here... David Sylvian's Brilliant Trees. I never followed his solo career so am very interested to hear this cd.
Originally posted by newvox: David Bowie - 'Hours'.
I gave that album a spin recently, having been listening to the new Storytellers CD. For me, 'Hours' is an underappreciated and underrated album, barring a couple of below par tracks.
Originally posted by newvox: [b] David Bowie - 'Hours'.
I gave that album a spin recently, having been listening to the new Storytellers CD. For me, 'Hours' is an underappreciated and underrated album, barring a couple of below par tracks. [/b]
Post Tin Machine it is IMHO his best. I even classify it along his 70s masterpieces. As far singles are concerned, Strangers When We Meet is still my favourite from this post Tin Machine period.
On the subject of David...Sylvian :p , I've just been listening to the japanese CD single Forbidden Colours which includes Bamboo Houses and Bamboo Music. This was followed by Tin Drum and both US and UK versions of the Yellow Magic Orchestra´s debut.
I've been playing this album for nigh on 20+ years now, but for some reason, it's only today that I note how exceptionally beautiful 1/2 is. More so than usual.
One day, all albums will be made this way...oh, hang on...they are...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
I've been playing this album for nigh on 20+ years now, but for some reason, it's only today that I note how exceptionally beautiful 1/2 is. More so than usual.
One day, all albums will be made this way...oh, hang on...they are...
I have a strange relationship with Music for Airports. Occasionally I feel the wonder of powered flight, other times merely the frustration of waiting around. Which I suppose is the point.
- Glen Johnson "Details Not Recorded" - Depeche Mode "Sounds of the Universe" bonus disc - "Golden Section + Subterranean Omnidelic Exotour" every Monday night on the way to work - the splendid Jarvis Cocker "Further Complications" (containing You're In My Eyes (Discosong) - surely the best thing I've heard this year) - Soft Cell "Cruelty Without Beauty"
Originally posted by MemberD: Nouvelle Vague - all three albums and some other things ( ... and still admiring my new CD shelves... ;-) )
Just played me the third one, it was a present for my birthday. Another friend of me said it was "s..t muzak". But I love it, 'So Lonely' fits more to the lyrics as the Police version does. I say! :p
And so have I. Metamatic is indeed the most complete synth album. It still has me mesmerized when I listen to it. Timeless!
Also listening to some New Wave psychedelia:
Compass Kum'pas - Dalek I. The Wirral's best kept secret along with OMD.
Kilimanjaro and Wilder - Teardrop Explodes. It's funny how much Coldplay have borrowed from Julian Cope.
Finally, the overlooked Notorious album by Duran Duran. Nile Rodgers was in great demand in the 80s and this is an excellent production. It's funny that the best two tracks were not released as singles ie American Science, the sequel to View to a Kill and A Matter of Feeling, the sequel to Save a Prayer.
Relaxin' at home before I go off for a week to Berlin. Listening to 'Last Exit' by Junior Boys. They're influenced by our Johnny, so no-one will get harmed by listening to one of their albums. Recommended: Junior Boys: So This Is Goodbye
I've recently been expanding my Gary Numan collection to include his 21st century offerings and this one arrived yesterday. It's a tricky CD to source these days. I could have gone for the re-packaged Hybrid Sessions boxset, but being the awkward so and so that I am, it had to be the original release. Anyway, I ended up buying a used copy off Amazon.
Some radical re-working here, so it's not really a 'best of' album - more Impossible than Glimmer. Some great stomping tunes!
Simple Minds - Is "Sweat in Bullet" really nearly 30 years old? Still sounds so fresh. "The American" too. Just realised how desolate the music landscape is these days, or probably more accurately, how I'm not plugged in to it anymore!
Okay, I know I often mention the weather in this thread, but it’s been such a beautiful day outside earlier. Clouds in the sky, yet still mildly warm and with a gentle breeze, and I really was thinking how lucky I was just to have the simple pleasure of standing outside having a bit of peace in a quiet secluded little garden, with a drink in my hand (tea in my case!) and listening to atmospheric music filtering out from the house.
The thoughtful lo-fi acoustics, subtle electronica and field sounds of Benoit Pioulard: Temper, followed by Boards Of Canada; In A Beautiful Place Out In The Country, and Mirrorball, which I’ve not listened to for a few weeks, but every time I return to it, much as I love his work with Louis, I become more convinced that for me at least its growing to be Johns best project since his solo career, or maybe I’m just a sucker for lush romanticism.
Off to Lisbon tomorrow , then onto Madeira getting myself in the mood by listening to folk/Fado crossover MADREDEUS As far removed from retro future electronica on the musical spectrum as is humanly possibly , yet great stuff all the same
Originally posted by core memory: Okay, I know I often mention the weather in this thread, but it’s been such a beautiful day outside earlier...and Mirrorball, which I’ve not listened to for a few weeks, but every time I return to it, much as I love his work with Louis, I become more convinced that for me at least its growing to be Johns best project since his solo career, or maybe I’m just a sucker for lush romanticism.
Yeah I get Musically Seaonal Affected Disorder too! It's why I can only listen to The Garden in Spring/Summer and The Golden Section in Summer/Autumn!
Re - Mirrorball - I think along with Tiny Colour Movies and The Quiet Man its clear the 'electro' phase of his music is almost over*
Today I'm sliding down the vague conversation of Ultravox!, Ha!-Ha!-Ha! and Systems of Romance
*mind you, I'm saying that and Flightpath Tegel came out of nowhere and we've still to hear his stuff with Paul Daley yet and Daley's half responsible for the brutalist electro structures of Leftism and Rhythm & Stealth not someone you'd call a music wallflower...best not to write off the electro phase just yet - there still blood in those Metal Beats.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: ...best not to write off the electro phase just yet - there still blood in those Metal Beats
Metal Beats, or Mirrorball Beats… bring it on
This afternoons musical tea break tracks were: Bowie: Art Decade, & Moss Garden (I’d love a whole album of that track), followed by Stars Of The Lid: Piano Aquieu, & Mullholland
Sweet Billy Pigrim - We Just Did What Happened & No One Came.
Checked them out basically because they are on David Sylvians Samadhisound label & after hearing Tim sing Sleepyard on the Slope album. He has a lovely voice & the tunes just flow.
Two of the Touch cassette series today - Touch: Feature Mist [T1] and Touch: Meridians One [T2] - it's strange listening to these after such a long time, they feel like they're from another world.
Systems of Romance - It's been a while since I've played the CD (I normally listen to it on my ipod), so I hadn't looked at the beautifully put together booklet in some time - just gorgeous!
Right, I'm off to sing loudly and badly to When You Walk Through Me and annoy the neighbours
It's warm tonight, It rained tonight, The windows are all open wide...
I've finally got all 4 of Johns early releases & as I thought when I first heard them , this is the best of the 4. Not a bad track on the album & it's more of a "poppy" feel to it which is more to my liking. I bought the 2008 double cd but I wish he'd kept the tracks the same as on the lp as I notice This Side Of Paradise is on cd2 & I'm sure the running order has changed too.
Hey Scott - so glad you like this album. Welcome to the modest number of us that form the IMW fanclub!
I was blown away with the quality of this double CD, and - despite my intiial reservations - I am now all in favour of the revised tracklisting.
I know the intention throughout these 'extra' discs was to make sure that they played as 'full albums' in their own right, hence the re-purposing of the tracklist. "This Side of Paradise" has been moved to Disc 2 to allow the 'new' track "Spin Away' to take up its plac eon the album proper. It really works - beautiful track. Hard to believe it was not included first time out.
Morning Glory has always been regarded as the album's "best" track, and works really well as the closing piece I think.
"To Be With You", "And The Sky" - well, I'm just gonna have to play it again.
Two CD’s by Bent today: Programmed To Love, and The Everlasting Blink. (the latter one I’m amazed to think that I’ve not played since 04), all in all a dreamy sampled concoction of wistful electronica, poppy songs, and humour... which Bent fused so beautifully.
Funny how you can like a group so much, and then they go and bring out their third album (Ariels), which I disliked, but reviewers loved, and for me the final nail was seeing them touring live with it, then leaving the gig with the feeling that the singers on the tour (no disrespect whatsoever intended here ) had murdered for me the classic songs I’d taken to heart on those first two albums.
I recently put together a bunch of remixxes of John Foxx stuff that have been 'done' over the last few years, then stirred in the Amiga remixes of GODS that Alex found. It's a great playlist and has been entertaining me in the car for a while now. Gives you a very different (and refreshing) perspective on things...
Neuro Video (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) Electrofear (Shemsjo mix) - Nation 12 Never Been Here Before (Jeff Benett mix) Into The Wonderful (remix) - Nation 12 Electrofear (Dog mix) - Nation 12 Invisible Women (Electronic Mix) GODS (The DJ Rocks the Planet Mix) - PowerTrace Dislocated (Huoratron remix) GODS (D&B remix) - Patric Cold Burning Car (Dubterror 21st Century mix) Underpass (Radiation mix) - Clashcorner Electrofear (Alternative Mix) - Nation 12 Dislocated (Jussi Pekka's Pointed on a map remix) Dislocated (Jori Hulkkonen remix) Remember (Sub Dub Mix) Never Been Here Before(Sasse vocal mix) Impossible (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) Free Robot (With John Foxx) - Metamatics Dislocated (Definitive French remix) - The Youngsters 20th Century (Dubterror remix) Never Been Here Before(Jori Hulkkonen dub) GODS(2k7 Mix) - daXX 4am on Spectre Canal (John Foxx remix) - Metamatics GODS (Hard Copy Mix) - PowerTrace Mr No (Joakim remix) - The Vanity Project Never Been Here Before (Sasse dub) Electrofear (Beast mix) - Nation 12 Remember (Club mix) - Nation 12 GODS (Into the Wonderful 2005 Mix) - Introga
After reading the Torment & Toreros thread I thought I'd give it a listen & actually forgot how good it is. I've got all Marcs albums but admittedly haven't played any for a couple of years. Looking forward to his new album though which will be different again.
If you've read the other thread, you'll know how highly I rate this album.
Looking forward to Orpheus in Exile - the preview tracks are as good as I'd hoped. It will have to be somethng very special to improve on Heart on Snow though.
Portishead "Third", perfect after what can only be described as an irritating couple of days (but then life would be pretty unfulfilling if it ran completely smoothly).
Recently: the new one from A-Ha, and more Christmas music than is healthy in August.
Listening to Summer Make Good by Múm before I nip out to pick up their new one – Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know, which I hear is a return to form after the disappointing Go Go Smear the Poison Ivy.
Looking forward to hearing the track 'The Last Shapes of Never' which Múm describe as; “The saddest song we have ever made. It was written and recorded all in one day in a 14th century house in Estonia on a Monday. You can hear the fire place crackling in the background and if you listen carefully in the middle of the song you can hear the lady of the house coming in and offering us more chocolate.”
Earlier this week listened to A Secret Life as I went on a walk to a local mining museum, formerly a colliery, in one of the ex-mining towns in the area, (perhaps I was inspired by Birdsongs album review in the ASL thread ). Never listened to ASL outside before, and on a mild, but windy day, ‘parts 1 & 2’ really sounded good at the start of my journey as I cut across a wide open field, it felt just like one of those European film scenes, (cue Art House sub-titles ).
Can’t say I did actually go into the museum listening to the music, but there is a very tiny garden near the entrance and ‘part 6’ certainly added to the Zen-like feel of it all, fitting very well with nature, weather, and the like, which surprised me a little, as I’ve always felt ASL to be quite an interior album.
Finished the trip by walking around the area outside of the old buildings listening to the last three tracks from the Stars Of The Lid album: Gravitational Pull Versus The Desire For An Aquatic Life, some of which shares a similar feeling of emergence or transition to ASL (or so it seems for me)
This afternoon, a few tracks by Faithless, and Sylvian, - the more downtempo and reflective tracks from the album Outrospective: Crazy English Summer, One Step Too Far, and my all time fav’ Faithless songs, the very beautiful Code/Evergreen, and Liontamer.
followed up sweetly by Sylvians Nostalgia, Let The Happiness In, Darkest Dreaming, and Silver Moon.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Kitty Lectro - Vodka Tundra
thanks for posting, and thanks to Ms Kitty also, I'm taking advantage of her intriguing Vodka Tundra download as I type this (I'd love to be at one of her DJ sets for some of those mixes, looks like a great nights music)
Originally posted by Scott: Lilac Time - Time Compendium
I think Stephen Duffy is a very underrated songwriter/artist & should have had more success than he has had to date.
Agree! And he's the original DuranDuran leadsinger ... You've got that album from The Devils? That's what Duran really was all about in the beginning! Electronic popmusic of the third kind!
Originally posted by Scott: [b] Lilac Time - Time Compendium
I think Stephen Duffy is a very underrated songwriter/artist & should have had more success than he has had to date.
Agree! And he's the original DuranDuran leadsinger ... You've got that album from The Devils? That's what Duran really was all about in the beginning! Electronic popmusic of the third kind! [/b]
Yes I have The Devils album - Dark Circles & it's great too.
Stephen Duffy & The Lilac Time - Keep Running / Runout Groove.
He's been my artist of the week so far. After listening to Time Compendium & The Devils album after being reminded of it by Lody Herst I just keep going back to his cds in my collection.
I feel strangely drawn to this album now, having 'liked' it but never been truely convinced. Just shows how much mood and circumstances and time effect one's appreciation of music
Originally posted by Birdsong: Kate Bush - Aerial.
I feel strangely drawn to this album now, having 'liked' it but never been truely convinced. Just shows how much mood and circumstances and time effect one's appreciation of music
That's a great album Martin. Not as good as The Red Shoes though & hopefully we won't have to wait as long for a follow up.
Japan - Quiet Life first thing this morning, then Conrad Schnitzler - Conal, followed by Imogen Heap - Ellipse, now it's Telex - Neurovision from 1980 (including a track called Tour de France .. mmmm)
Originally posted by MemberD: Japan - Quiet Life first thing this morning, then Conrad Schnitzler - Conal, followed by Imogen Heap - Ellipse, now it's Telex - Neurovision from 1980 (including a track called Tour de France .. mmmm)
Oooooooh! Telex! Nigh on impossible to find any Telex stuff over here (believe me I've tried)
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] Japan - Quiet Life first thing this morning, then Conrad Schnitzler - Conal, followed by Imogen Heap - Ellipse, now it's Telex - Neurovision from 1980 (including a track called Tour de France .. mmmm)
Oooooooh! Telex! Nigh on impossible to find any Telex stuff over here (believe me I've tried)
Moskow Diskow...and..er...that's about it... [/b]
Used to have 'Neurovision' + another one called 'Birds & Bees', I think.
Originally posted by The Quiet Trees: .. Simple Minds - 'Empires And Dance'. Easy to forget what a bloody interesting band they once were because of their stadium rock years.
quite! this morn it's been: Heaven 17 - The Luxury Gap / remastered Royskopp - The Understanding John Lennon / Yoko Ono - Double Fantasy
Saint Etienne Foxbase Alpha (Deluxe Edition), The Sound of Water (Deluxe Edition), Leftfield Rhythm & Stealth...and an unhealthy amount of New Order, Donna Summer and Sparks
Apollo Four Forty: High On Your Own Supply. and, Gravity Wheel: Bulldogtunawasp, (rock/electro, Big Beat style group who made a great debut album, and then promptly disappeared) - Haven’t listened to either of these CD’s for many years, both were languishing for a while in a bag due for a trip to a charity shop, but giving them another spin I found that I still get quite a lot from them, and they are now rescued.
Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream Luxuria: Beast Box
Its been a wet week here alright, and apparently we had over 3 inches of rain during just one 24 hour period, so while Howard was singing “I prayed for the break of the Monsoon”, I was looking out at the unrelenting rainy gloom and “Nodding my head oh so wisely to the rhythm of its cruelty…”
Looking forward to there new album Let's Change The World With Music , which comes out on Monday so thought I'd give this one a listen today. We were talking the other day about Stephen Duffy being a good songwriter & underated. Paddy Mcaloon is another.
Roger was the keyboard player for Todd Rundgren's Utopia. I think some people here would enjoy this rather obscure release. Intricate and textured electronic jams with guitar too. Samples are here: http://fossilpoets.com/Listen.html Note "Blue Note Ridge" is a different album.
Was hoping they'd win the Mercury prize last night but was not surprised when they didn't but I hope it helps them get a bigger audience/fan base which they deserve.
Originally posted by MikeF: Roger Powell "Fossil Poets"
Roger was the keyboard player for Todd Rundgren's Utopia. I think some people here would enjoy this rather obscure release. Intricate and textured electronic jams with guitar too. Samples are here: http://fossilpoets.com/Listen.html Note "Blue Note Ridge" is a different album.
More Beatles. I'm really (finally) starting to understand the influence they've had on John's work. Hell, there's even glimmer and shimmer in one of the songs!
I think John's love of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is most prominent in "Through My Sleeping"... clearly a song of true Beatles calibre.
Originally posted by Alex S: I think John's love of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is most prominent in "Through My Sleeping"... clearly a song of true Beatles calibre.
I think it's more prominent in the original version of 'Endlessly'.
Originally posted by Alex S: I think John's love of "Tomorrow Never Knows" is most prominent in "Through My Sleeping"... clearly a song of true Beatles calibre.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] The newly remastered [b]Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [/b]
Hey there Alex!
Are these new remasters worth the money? When you already got Sgt Peppers (and other albums) in the 1987 edition? Is the sound improved that much?
Cheers, Lody. [/b]
I only bought the Sgt Pepper remaster - I previously had it on vinyl. In fact it's my first Beatles CD - I've been borrowing the 1987 issues from my local library.
The sound is very good - very clean and smooth sounding, unlike what I've heard of the 1987 CDs which are a bit rough and distorted in places.
The packaging is excellent - lovely tri-fold digipack, with a very big booklet on quality glossy material! Plus the CD comes with a short documentary about the album (to play on your computer).
I'm seriously tempted to go for the Magical Mystery Tour remaster next...
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] The newly remastered [b]Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band [/b]
Hey there Alex!
Are these new remasters worth the money? When you already got Sgt Peppers (and other albums) in the 1987 edition? Is the sound improved that much?
Cheers, Lody. [/b]
I only bought the Sgt Pepper remaster - I previously had it on vinyl. In fact it's my first Beatles CD - I've been borrowing the 1987 issues from my local library.
The sound is very good - very clean and smooth sounding, unlike what I've heard of the 1987 CDs which are a bit rough and distorted in places.
The packaging is excellent - lovely tri-fold digipack, with a very big booklet on quality glossy material! Plus the CD comes with a short documentary about the album (to play on your computer).
I'm seriously tempted to go for the Magical Mystery Tour remaster next... [/b]
Thankx Alex. I think I'll wait until a friend o' mine buys the album. Me I've got Revolver, Sgt Pepper's, the white album, and that blue 'best of'. I don't need more of them.
Currently listening to: Porcupine Tree: The Incident Disc 1 contains this opus of about 55 minutes, which is divided in 14 sections. Disc 2 contains 4 songs that don't fit in, but their quality is equal: very good. This is what progrock is all about. (and Richard Barbieri does a fine job on it)
Currently listening to: Porcupine Tree: The Incident Disc 1 contains this opus of about 55 minutes, which is divided in 14 sections. Disc 2 contains 4 songs that don't fit in, but their quality is equal: very good. This is what progrock is all about. (and Richard Barbieri does a fine job on it) [/QB][/QUOTE]
That sounds good Lody Herst. I'm waiting on that cd popping through my letterbox any day now.
After the news of Johns re-releases I've had a nice quiet day today listening to this years other releases
My Lost City A Secret Life Mirrorball
I think Mirrorball has now edged above A Secret Life as my favourite.
Originally posted by Chris C: The extraordinary [b]The Quiet Man . One of the best stories I've ever listened to, if not the best.
BTW, nice piano in the backgound and our beloved birdsong is also featured in here.
Chris [/b]
There's blackbird, robin and a wren at least. I suspect this is a recording of a dawn chorus somewhere.
Of course John uses birdsong often - I do wonder whether he has his own recordings (very difficult to do well, in which case a great effort) or he is using some library recordings. A tad 'anorak' I guess, but I'd be fascinated to know...
- out today but I got it Saturday. Quite taxing, never 'easy' - Sylvian singing over 'improvised' music/sounds, but works very well on this grey and dark Monday morning.. If you haven't heard it yet try Small Metal Gods which seems to be the most 'accessible'.
the joys of Spotify mean we can now listen to all manner of wonderful things. I'll be a bit mainstream and say Mark Hollis' solo album, sitting in the garden with a nice glass of wine (me, not him!)
Martin, reckon he get's it from the 'Lost Gardens of Helagon' birdsong album
Originally posted by MemberD: David Sylvian - Manafon
- out today but I got it Saturday. Quite taxing, never 'easy' - Sylvian singing over 'improvised' music/sounds, but works very well on this grey and dark Monday morning.. If you haven't heard it yet try Small Metal Gods which seems to be the most 'accessible'.
I agree with you—so far. I haven't had a proper listen but it wasn't as dry and obvious "Sylvian does Scott Walker's 'The Drift'" as I expected it to be.
I got mine in the post yesterday and tried to give it a listen in the office this morning but I could really not concentrate on the disc there. Here the afternoon is bright and sunny with a glorious cooling breeze, so I don't think I will resume listening to it at home tonight, either — it's more "Secrets of the Beehive" weather in Chicago tonight, if you will.
Ok Lele! Well it's been raining here for three days running - more or less since I bought and started listening to Manafon ... I sort of overdid it on Monday tho I think and had to listen to Gone to Earth as a kind of antidote.
This morning it's been Manafon (second half) and Glimmer Disc 2.
Originally posted by Alex S: Back on the Sgt Pepper remaster today!
I know it's considered a classic milestone in rock history and all that but I think most of it sounds incredibly dated now, and there are so many 'fillers'. It's a crime they didn't put Strawberry Fields / Penny Lane in it.
Since they were recorded in the same sessions, yeah!
I don't agree though, I don't think it is really dated as such. It's just no longer the 'epic' album it once was. The tracks all seem so much shorter than I remember them from years ago.
Despite that, it's still a personal favourite.
Sgt Pepper and Magical Mystery Tour stand out for me as the Beatles' best work.
I recently tried the White album and thought it was the biggest load of overhyped nonsense I've ever heard!!
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Back on the Sgt Pepper remaster today!
I know it's considered a classic milestone in rock history and all that but I think most of it sounds incredibly dated now, and there are so many 'fillers'. It's a crime they didn't put Strawberry Fields / Penny Lane in it. [/b]
I really did try to give the Beatles their due - you have to respect them for the seismic shifts their music and experimentation, and the times they changed and lived in. But time has caught them up. John Lennon once said that the only way to listen to Sgt. Pepper and The White Album is in mono. The reasons for this are far too lengthy and dull to go into, but he's quite right, so much so that there's even a mono box set available now.
So last year I got hold of the mono editions of Sgt. Pepper and The White Album and I sat and I listened, giving them the respect they deserve considering their impact and legacy.
But impact and legacy aside - they just don't stand up anymore. In comparison to Revolver or Rubber Soul they're actually quite weak. Whatever format you listen to.
I haven't heard Rubber Soul, but I found Revolver quite dull to be honest. Taxman, Eleanor Rigby and Tomorrow Never Knows aside, I failed to understand what all the hype was about.
All of their music is quite typical of it's time and it is dated - but it's also iconic and I would say still very influential. We all know music just wouldn't have been the same without them.
Yes Rubber Soul is my favourite album, but again I don't think The Beatles were ever an 'album' band. Perhaps they finally got it together, oddly, on Abbey Road, but again that's all debateable.
Help! is a good pop album but again you've got to put up with songs like Act Naturally or You Like Me Too Much. They put Yesterday on the end as a kind of afterthought. They were pioneering but then again didn't always get it right - perhaps therein lies their charm.
Everything's currently being eclipsed by the new Sylvian album Manafon.
It's far to early to articulate how good this album is, but the opening line is “It's the farthest place i've ever been, it's a new frontier for me” - seems to sum it up.
He's forging a brand new path and journey here. In its own unique way - it's a stunning debut album.
Originally posted by Alex S: What kind of music is he making these days?
In a nutshell - 'Improvised'. The new album is a sort of Fantasy Football dream team of artists from the Improvisation school of musics. Sylvian put them together in various studios, recorded the random music they created and then developed segments from these sessions into songs.
I've taken advantage of one of the special offers available at Toffeetones this week, and ordered Tenek's Stateless album. This hasn't arrived yet, but as part of the deal I also got the Submission single on download. So right now I'm listening to this little lot: -
Submission (Radio) No Time For Fighting Submission (Starstruck) Submission (Dubby's Dark Dimension) Submission (Toffeetronic) Submission (Add Your Voice)
Glad I got the download, as the fantastic No Time For Fighting isn't on the album.
I've decided to breathe the air outside the electronic ghetto and it's surprisingly good
I've been listening to the following. on cassette I hasten to add LEVELLERS THE LEVELLERS I just love their violin- driven crusty agit rock and it more than makes up for their hygienic and sartorial shortcomings , not to mention their dogs on pieces of string I could see Billy Currie having a good time in this band Next the beautiful folk whimsy of AL STEWART YEAR OF THE CAT I'd need a book of superlatives to explain how good it is Next up the bleak but life afferming meisterwerk MEZZANINE from Bristol trip hoppers MASSIVE (ATTACK) Can we now refer to them by their fullname or is that ridiculous 1991 BBC Gulf War ban still in force ? Last up STRAW DONKEYS THE SINGLES CARTER USM Sublime early 90's agit power pop I Know Martin will agree with me on that Before re-entering the electronic ghetto I shall be visiting (Albeit virtually)Nottingham where my favourite miserablists TINDERSTICKS reside First three albums if I get time
Speaking of 'outside the box' - where Ivan and I have crossed paths before. I'm hoping to set up a cafe there some day...
I'm currently enjoying a trip round Dixieland with the great Sidney Bechet Music I love - maybe I oughtta shout about it a bit more often. My love for Bessie Smith came out of this enjoyment of "Tom and Jerry Music"
Since the release of Johns more gentle and reflective style with A Secret Life and Mirrorball took hold over me, I feel I’ve been gradually drawn to more ambient/acoustic musical corners. I was already travelling more in this direction earlier this year, and Johns 09 releases have really added to that journey for me, but over the last few days I thought its been a while since I’ve played any John & Louis electro albums, so time to round up and play the 03 to 08 electro suite of:
Crash And Burn/From Trash/Sideways, and Impossible.
I still find it hard to choose an all out favourite from the first three albums, sometimes I think Sideways slightly wins out, (though unfairly it does contain a great version of FT’s ’Impossible’), but really it’s a choice between that or Crash And Burn, mainly just because for me there’s marginally more top songs on these than on From Trash. (Sideways and CAB do though also contain one or two of the poorest tracks for me.)
When it comes to Impossible, ’Adult Concerns’ sounds quite boring now, but ’Walk This Way’ is still top stuff, and I certainly prefer a lot of the remixed CAB/FT tracks, perhaps with the exception of ’A Million Na Nah Cars’
Picked up a copy of Marc Almond's debut Untitled on CD last week, so time to get sleazy. This album has been totally eclipsed in his catalogue by the follow-up Torment and Toreros, but it is a great piece of work in its own right. Formative in many ways, and quite naive, but decadent and experimental too.
Almond's slower ballads have always been his strength, and he introduces themes and artists here that he has revisited a lot during his career (Walker, Brel, Reed etc) And of course it features Marc's first version of Brel's "If You Go Away" which is what turned me on to his genius in the first place. Not to mention the bitterness of Caroline Says
Not one to cheer you up, but it doesn't sound dated at all and is long overdue for a few spins.
I'll be following this with another dose of the wonderful Orpheus in Exile and therefore inevitable drown myself in the pathos of liquour as the night falls
I received 'The Pleasure Principle' 3 disc set over the weekend from Townsend & I'm really frustrated because I can't listen to it until Tuesday, as I have a guest staying with me until then.
I really wanna play it... bummer! as my American friend would say.
Originally posted by Birdsong: My love for Bessie Smith came out of this enjoyment
FWIW, I think Bessie Smith is the greatest blues singer of all time. Someone once told me that listening to her was too painful. She really projects raw emotion which is not going to be to everyone's liking.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: I received 'The Pleasure Principle' 3 disc set over the weekend from Townsend & I'm really frustrated because I can't listen to it until Tuesday, as I have a guest staying with me until then.
I really wanna play it... bummer! as my American friend would say.
Blimey I'd forgotten about that! Is it PP time already? Good!
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b] My love for Bessie Smith came out of this enjoyment
FWIW, I think Bessie Smith is the greatest blues singer of all time. Someone once told me that listening to her was too painful. She really projects raw emotion which is not going to be to everyone's liking. [/b]
Absolutely. I think that's a good description actually - "painful" music. That's why I listen to a lot of torch songs. It's that quality that I love in a lot of the Current 93 and Durtro material, esp Baby Dee and Anthony & The Johnsons. Scott Walker too of course, Aznavour etc...
Currently listening to various pieces from the An Anthology of Noise and Electronic Music series of compilations on the Sub Rosa label.
It’s helping to take away the memory of the bitterly disappointing Futurism exhibition that was at the Tate Modern yesterday.
I guarantee you - any Futurism exhibition you'll see won't be as bad as that. I'll just tell you this - all they had were some of the canvases. The first movement to truly make use of modern media and they had NONE of the following...not even a slide or a clip or a print;
No Film
No Photos
No Music
Just the canvases and a few journals - that's it. And let's face it, Futurism has an brutal, ugly side - Fascism....didn't even get a mention. The whole 'They're Fascists who described the noise of war as 'symphony' then went to war and understood the true horror of war' - nothing. It was a Futurism exhibition for five year olds - 'Here's some Italians, they liked machines, look at the lovely colours of the machines! There was a war. The End'
The more I think about it the more utterly bizarre it appears. I blame focus groups and modern living. I'm with Ballard in 'Millennium People' - I predict a riot! I predict a riot!
Right, I'm off to buy the pedestrian 2 disc edition of The Pleasure Principle because I'm stupid and I didn't order the 3 disc edition...Grrrrr!
Amongst others ROCK N ROLL DISEASE GREEN ON RED FRENCH RECORD KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE FUTURAMA BE BOP DELUXE
Not much time for listening between work and getting the party ready My little princess hits double figures today So one track is de rigeur Not for the first time on Metamatic we're going back to 1981 and this enchanting wee Scottish vixen
Help! I'm being sucked into the Gary Numan thing again. The shuffle function on my phone seems obsessed with playing Numan tracks at me. And they're great!
(I must point out that I only have early and late Numan on there. Theres no "middle-years" crud..)
Originally posted by NerveJam: Help! I'm being sucked into the Gary Numan thing again. The shuffle function on my phone seems obsessed with playing Numan tracks at me. And they're great!
(I must point out that I only have early and late Numan on there. Theres no "middle-years" crud..)
For whatever reason, I seem to have the intro to "This Wreckage" identified as 6 different independant tracks (the space between each synth riff seems to qualify as a track spacer!). When I play in shuffle mode, it just picks ups one riff and plays it as a track (all 3 seconds of them). Amusing and annoying!
Currently listening to both the Thomas Dolby remasters. I really hope he'll come up with a new album with the same quality level. Who knows ...
And to NerveJam and Chris: I experienced myself how one can get addicted listening to Numan. Often it goes like this: playing one song (because listening to Basement Jaxx for example), then listening to the album, then listening to other fav albums from various style periods, and I end up trying to create my all-time GaryNumanBestOf. I allways fail ...
An album that proudly wears its Motorik and obvious influences on its sleeve, its a good fun listen, and will keep me going till the Neu remasters box-set appear on CD (if ever)
And also playing, the Wooden Shjips: Wooden Shjips
I'm still totally absorbed by Orpheus in Exile - even as a lifelong fan of Almond, I can't find a precedent for it. Kozim's songs are brazen, bawdy, brilliant and utterly beautiful. Injustice, unfairness, misunderstanding. Decadent, relentless, fascinating. Marc Almond interprets this with such total conviction that he is at a career best in terms of credibility, compelling drama and defiance.
His lust for life has never come across so strongly in a body of songs. "Please don't go - so many songs have not been sung yet."
This opens so many windows, exposing so much truth and challenges preconceptions in a way that few others dare to try. Its a complete redefinition of absolute genius.
We are so blessed that Almond is still with us - and this performance would suggest he has more to offer than ever before. How is this possible??
Currently playing Backdrop by Fra Lippo Lippi from their Nov 1980 'Tap Dancing for Scientists' EP.
I only like this ambient/experimental track from the B side of the single - the rest of the material doesn't move me, but its good for a nostalgia trip occasionally
Total Harmonic Distortion - Mechanical Advantage Likes: Cyberchrist Dislikes: The rest of the album! Not sure when, but I seem to have shifted away from this genre quite a bit. Had a hard time not to hit the "next track" button. Now safely back in the CD rack for another 10 years?
Tom Waits "Alice" - beautiful and great fun, sometimes at the same time. I must locate the demos disc (which was "available" before the official version).
Originally posted by the church puddle: Tom Waits "Alice" - beautiful and great fun, sometimes at the same time. I must locate the demos disc (which was "available" before the official version).
A Sunday morning of cleaning up at home :rolleyes: , so to ease those chores its been a full on sensory musical lift with two Niyaz albums:
Niyaz, and Nine Heavens.
Just the right mix of acoustic and electronica, Niyaz are neither new-age slick or overtly ethnic and are far removed from those pit-falls, being balanced between Iranian/Indian instrumentation and European Dance Beats with the fantastic singing of Azam Ali’s mystical voice sweeping you along throughout the music.
Just bought this from ebay & the first thing I noticed was that A Million Cars is on this cd. Downloaded a similar version the other day which is from the soon to be re-released Impossible album. Other tracks on Impossible come from From Trash & Crash & Burn. Is Impossible a sort of compilation album?
Originally posted by Scott: Is Impossible a sort of compilation album?
Not really, Scott. It's a live-in-the-studio album, with some alternative arrangements and deliberately left a bit rough around the edges. And weighted in favour of John and Louis's more recent work.
Originally posted by Scott: Is Impossible a sort of compilation album?
Scott: a handy description from JohnFoxx myspace:
Quote:
The album also includes two exclusive tracks - ‘Adult Concerns’ and ‘Walk This Way’ - plus ten versions of previously released material. Some of these re-workings are completely new arrangements, others are closer to the live versions.
There’s a raw, analogue, fractured, aggressive style to the material - the closest in sound is 2003’s Crash & Burn but it’s heavier than that album, featuring ‘rusty metallic synths’ and ’shredded’ vocals, as one listener noted. William Burroughs, Guillermo Del Toro's surreal imagary and the strobe-lit, London techno-punk of early Ultravox! are also reference points.
Like an extended John Peel session, the tracks were recorded fast, in the heat of the moment . .
The Moog/ARP Odessey face-off that is The Pleasure Principle: 30th Anniversary Edition - a really nice demo version of Conversations on Disc 2 is getting the 'play it all back' treatment.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: The Moog/ARP Odyssey face-off that is The Pleasure Principle: 30th Anniversary Edition
On ‘principle’ I’m saving that ‘pleasure’ of the 30th Anniversary hearing for myself, till much nearer the time of Gary’s tour in the dark cold month of November
It’s a different kind of Moog Odyssey for me today, one of the prog Wakeman/Anderson kind with Yes: Close To The Edge
ON YOUR 70's RADIO A compilation I picked up in some bargain bin. AS befits a record of this ilk , the cover is adorned by a (if I may use a unPC term ) a scantily clad dolly bird . Just like those cheapo Pickwick one's I used to buy in Woolworths The artists were definitely not the originals !) As I had to clean the house I thought I'd put something easy on I was blown over by the quality These supposedly throw- away chart songs have aged well As soon as the first track came on , a Proustian timewave took me back to my adolescence , not to the factory towns of Chorley but 27 miles away to the dockside "Coronation Streets" of North Liverpool I was wearing someone else's clothes . Anyway enough of this pseudo - intellectual claptrap , the record itself starts with 'Appy 'Ammy DAVID ESSEX If Lou Reed is the godfather of punk Dive is the same for Boy Bands "Gonna Mike you a Staar" good stuff I remember my little sis being into him Also him and Top Blue Ed "Stewpot" Stuart used to goon about Everton/West Ham clashes on the radio Other jewels ELO LIVING THING I'd forgotten how good they were LYNN ANDERSON ROSE GARDEN The original Urcountry Goddess taking a great song into the top 3 Country is a genre I don't have a lot of time for , but when it's good It's very good The jewels in the crown COLIN BLUNSTONE SAY YOU DON'T MIND What a song What a voice ! Equally as good , a song I've spoken on here before about with Martin DOCTOR HOOK SYLVIA'S MOTHER ,pure genius, a song which can have me in fits of laughter or tears of compassion on successive listeningsI still haven't worked out if it's tongue in cheek or sung from the heart (AND THE OPERATOR SAYS 40 CENTS MORE FOR THE NEXT THREE MINUTES ) Other artists ex ANIMAL ALAN PRICE and Leigh's (7 miles from Chorley where I once worked) GEORGIE FAME SAILOR somewhat louche GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS ok , but not up there with the excellent GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE Cult band SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE With A FAMILY AFFAIR Come across as a premier leage Stereo MC's (which admittedly isn't very hard to do !)THere are also good solid contributions from SANTANA SHE'S NOT THERE (Ironically , originally done by BLUNTSTONE'S band The Yardbirds (I think so anyway , I can't be arsed googling ) ALL in all 3.99 well spent THE 70'S WE SALUTE YOU !
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: ON YOUR 70's RADIO...
"Gonna Mike you a Staar" (AND THE OPERATOR SAYS 40 CENTS MORE FOR THE NEXT THREE MINUTES) GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS... GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE
all classic lines ingrained into my childhood brain, and yes, definitely sung with heart
Yesterday – still in a slightly long-haired Kaftan wearing mode, and tripping lightly like a young gazelle through the expansive bright flowery landscapes of some Yes tracks: Survival, Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil), and Awaken.
Okay, I’m all back to normal now, and today its some down to earth straightforward listening with Manafon, first time alone and at home with the full album, should be an easy experience, no problem
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] ON YOUR 70's RADIO...
"Gonna Mike you a Staar" (AND THE OPERATOR SAYS 40 CENTS MORE FOR THE NEXT THREE MINUTES) GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS... GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE
all classic lines ingrained into my childhood brain, and yes, definitely sung with heart
Yesterday – still in a slightly long-haired Kaftan wearing mode, and tripping lightly like a young gazelle through the expansive bright flowery landscapes of some Yes tracks: Survival, Ritual (Nous sommes du soleil), and Awaken.
Okay, I’m all back to normal now, and today its some down to earth straightforward listening with Manafon, first time alone and at home with the full album, should be an easy experience, no problem [/b]
Spot on Core lad , yer wee radge Only joking Is there a standard English equivalent for that Edinburgh expression which I picked up from reading Irvine Welsh ? I reckon on my native Merseyside It would be "scally" Re Yes I always preferred big Rick on his tod with all those mad synths ! I was lucky enough to see him back in 76 as a youngster Btw I'm having visions of you as a Midlothian Demis Roussos with your kaftan on ! HAPPY TO BE ON AN I_I_I SLAND IN THE SUN
David Sylvian - Manafon and the new Mary-Anne Hobbs Wild Angels compilation album.
There's a few nuggets of electronica and dubstep on there (? by Mark Pritchard and Hyetal's We Should Light A Fire being two of them) but it's not grabbing me as much as her previous album Evangeline.
I bought this years ago. I think it was when Fripp toured with Sylvian. Hadn't played it in years either but it's so good & away ahead of it's time. Think I'll need to look out more KC albums.
Uh oh - I feel one of those 'Long and Sleepless Nights' coming on. Scott Walker started it...
It fascinates me how things follow one another. After Who Shall Go To the Ball... I have drifted into Bjork's Medulla and that's going to be followed by those Polish torch singers I told you about before.
Originally posted by Ivan Basso:yer wee radge … I'm having visions of you as a Midlothian Demis Roussos with your kaftan on !
I’m actually a ‘Weegie’ by birth. That Mr Roussos and I would make for (sadly hilarious) polar opposites if placed side by side, and now I’m trying to get “Forever And Ever” out of my head, but I’d happily take his island in the sun anytime.
Well, after a couple of very close play’s of Manafon it is probably still a bit premature for me to comment, except to say that taking some of the tracks out of the context of the album is much more rewarding. Snow White In Appalachia, and Emily Dickinson are presently the songs that completely reach me, and happily (!) evoking a sense of mystery in the engagement between the music and the singing. But for me so far, listening to the whole of the album and its less potent moments just feels, well, ‘dull’
Okay, bit cheap to leave a one-word comment like that I know, makes me seem like I haven’t ‘got where the albums coming from’, so please, all Manafon fanatics, no rocks at my head, it can hurt! and I should leave posting anymore about the album for the proper Manafon thread.
I also had yet another first time play through of an album new to me, and I’m finding it completely addictive and I really want to big this one up here -
Jacaszek: Treny.
Came on a disc of loads of great stuff given to me earlier this year by a work colleague, and I just completely ignored listening to it, but looking for a post-Manafon refuge I chanced to start playing it, its since rapidly become one of those albums I now feel the need to own in its own sleeve.
Classical and electronica, with faint touches of trip-hop, glitch, and fleeting sounds of harp and piano, the perfect soundtrack for a haunted ballroom, sunken vessel, or a Jean Cocteau film. Its very beautiful and mesmerizing, and just, well, ‘supernatural’, now if only David Sylvian had been singing along on an album like this…
Never been a fan. Liked the odd song he's done like Russians & Fragile but nothing more.Borrowed this the other day & must say I'm impressed. He's got a good band playing here with him , B.J Cole , Chris Botti & Dominic Miller amongst others. I'm impressed with his lyrics.
Going to see him in concert tonight. The man has an amazing voice & this album of cover versions brings that voice to light especially in his cover of Van Morrisons (of who he has done numerous covers) Brown Eyed Girl. Really looking forward to his concert as having seen him over a dozen times , he knows how to please the crowd.
earlier today - Dead Can Dance: Toward The Within, sometimes the more strident and sonic songs I'd usually identify this band with the most can unexpectedly be knocked into second place for me on this album by a great ballad such as the closing track Don't Fade Away
later on found myself digging out Lambchop: Nixon not played it a very long time, really made for a good late evening's listen.
Last days were MAGAZINE -Play; the Definitive remastered edition within two new tracks on the Melbourne gig and a second gig from 1978 in Manchester . GREAT!!!
And ARCHIVE - Controlling Crowds ; will go to the gig in Hamburg on the 18th October.
This morning I saw the raindrops on my window after I woke up - so I decided to listen to In Mysterious Ways with my headphones during I layed in my bed... :rolleyes: Perfect soundtrack for a lazy morning... :rolleyes:
Been listening to Manafon in 5.1. Now, at perhaps the other end of the scale (although I've no idea what scale) I've been listening to the 5.1 surround mix of King Crimson's 'Red'.
I'm not but I could be listening to this compilation New Romantics on amazon .. It looks incredibly like some of those tapes we used to make up in the early 80s (well, I did anyway)... oh, and check Disc 2 track 20 ... heeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!
Since the begining of the week I've mostly been going back and forth between Jacaszek: Treny, and some of Davids Manafon tracks, but this morning its been Arcade Fire: Funeral, 'Neighborhood *1 (Tunnels)', a great opening track, and a great start to the day...
Originally posted by core memory: Since the begining of the week I've mostly been going back and forth between Jacaszek: Treny, and some of Davids Manafon tracks, but this morning its been Arcade Fire: Funeral, 'Neighborhood *1 (Tunnels)', a great opening track, and a great start to the day...
That Jacaszek album is really good isn't it? Haven't felt the peace to play Manafon yet.
Having said that, 1am is quite peaceful but in a more gloomy way, and so the perfect choice:
Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain. This album is so often overlooked but there are glorious tunes and some real stompers. Standout tracks for me would have to be Raoul and the Kings of Spain and Sorry .
Originally posted by MemberD: I'm not but I could be listening to this compilation New Romantics on amazon .. It looks incredibly like some of those tapes we used to make up in the early 80s (well, I did anyway)... oh, and check Disc 2 track 20 ... heeeeeeeeeere's Johnny!
Haha. Very funny!
Seriously, though, I know what you mean. I'd delete the Spandau, ABC, Adam and the Ants, Culture Club, and MOST DEFINITELY "Blue Rondo a la Turk" (Bleurgh!) Most of the other stuff WAS on my tapes, except the stuff that would have been IF I could get hold of it.. Trouble was, a lot of my tapes were recorded on a portable cassette recorder, placed either next to the radio or tv. Lots of "your dinner's ready", etc..
Originally posted by OurFriendAnalogue: Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain. This album is so often overlooked but there are glorious tunes and some real stompers...
Yes, I always enjoyed this one too..had it on cassette! Really like "Humdrum and Humble" "God's Mistake" and "Don't Drink the Water".
Speaking of stompers, had The Editors on this morning "The Back Room"..nice one Ivan
Originally posted by OurFriendAnalogue: Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain. This album is so often overlooked but there are glorious tunes and some real stompers. Standout tracks for me would have to be Raoul and the Kings of Spain and Sorry .
Yes it's a great album & may even be there best. All tracks are great & would be hard to choose the best.Was at one point in my fav top 10 albums on its release.
Tim Friese-Greene "10 Sketches for Piano Trio", Tim of course being the other half of the Hollis/Friese-Greene partnership within Talk Talk. I do not know how seriously this new record is intended to be taken. I laughed a couple of times and enjoyed it immensely.
Originally posted by the church puddle: That Jacaszek album is really good isn't it? Haven't felt the peace to play Manafon yet.
Undecided if I should get Jacaszek: Pentral, have heard some samples online, but maybe one for the wish-list, and I'm still feeling some unexplainable compulsion to play the selective tracks from Manafon that work for me. Earlier this evening playing Jacaszek: Treny, then later on Burial: Untrue on the night-time bus journey home, both of these albums went unexpectedly really well together, lots of ghostly atmosphere for these darker nights
An unhealthy amount of early New Order 12"s back-to back. Had almost forgotten how good some of the less well-known tracks (Procession, Lonesome Tonight) are
Originally posted by Alex S: ...and in a bizarre move, the new Robbie Williams single, [b]Bodies! [/b]
Alex S, there's a cure for a headache like that, just take New Manafon*.
"Two tracks taken just before bedtime contain a powerful combination of pop music relieving ingredients. Manafon tracks are coated and specially shaped for easy swallowing, the slow-release formula is suitable for all the family in the fight against the common music ailments that can intrude upon our everyday musical sensibilities."
*Before you take Manafon
Do not take this album if any of the following apply to you:
• You are allergic to Improvisation, Polwechsel, Cello, Foxes, or any of the other ingredients listed on the back of the album or in the album booklet
• You have or have ever had a stomach ulcer, perforation or bleeding
The Quiet Man . I just love listening to the piano background to John's prose.
The Pleasure Principle (30th Anniversary Limited Edition) - Gary Numan. It is a remarkable album and the demo recordings are great insight to how the synths sound without the studio treatment. The live EP tracks are pretty good featuring the one and only Billy Currie.
Penthouse and Pavement - Heaven 17 . Another one of my favourites and the closest to the Human League sound. Martyn recently mentioned that side two of the original LP were tracks earmarked for the third Human League album before he and Ian parted company with Phil and Adrian.
Red Carpet Massacre - Duran Duran . It's taken me two years to buy this one and it turns out to be quite a good album. The problem with me and the general public is that by 2007 the novelty of a reunited Duran Duran wore off after Astronaut. Always ahead of the game, they should try and release a follow up now that all 80s music is back in fashion. Just the wrong timing.
Originally posted by Brian: Jules Holland live on Later on BBC2
Magazine are on & Seasick Steve.
Full version on Friday night:)
thanks for the info for Friday Brian, only just noticed that I'd just missed it on TV a few minutes ago as I was channel surfing, but it is also repeated later tonight on Sky 'BBC2 NI' at 11.20pm
Originally posted by Brian: [b] Jules Holland live on Later on BBC2
Magazine are on & Seasick Steve.
Full version on Friday night:)
Cheers for letting us know about Magazine Brian!
I'm currently living under the dark skies of Burial & Four Tet Moth / Wolf Cub 12", Manafon and that other cheery party classic Mark Hollis
Think it's time for A Song From Under The Floorboards and The Correct Use of Soap [/b]
A rare music related intervention from me (Shock ,Horror) but I've been listening to LOVE BITES THE BUZZCOCKS quite a lot recently There's a track called LIPSTICK and you can hear a nascent (In the bass line at least ) SHOT BY BOTH SIDES trying to reach the light of day I don't know the time frame so maybe it's the other way round , but Shelley and Devoto's lawyers can sort it Maybe they wrote it amicably together and decided to squeeze two tunes out of it .
Originally posted by Alex S: [b]...and in a bizarre move, the new Robbie Williams single, [b]Bodies! [/b]
Alex S, there's a cure for a headache like that, just take New Manafon*.
"Two tracks taken just before bedtime contain a powerful combination of pop music relieving ingredients. Manafon tracks are coated and specially shaped for easy swallowing, the slow-release formula is suitable for all the family in the fight against the common music ailments that can intrude upon our everyday musical sensibilities."
*Before you take Manafon
Do not take this album if any of the following apply to you:
• You are allergic to Improvisation, Polwechsel, Cello, Foxes, or any of the other ingredients listed on the back of the album or in the album booklet
• You have or have ever had a stomach ulcer, perforation or bleeding
• You suffer from haemophilia or from gout
• You are in the last stages of pregnancy
• You are breast-feeding
[/b]
I took the Manafon and I had a very bad reaction to it!!!
Originally posted by Alex S: ]I took the Manafon and I had a very bad reaction to it!!!
You should have read the small print
I wonder if The Samadhisound Corporation has been hit by a lot of Lawyer's letters for Compensation Claims, post the introduction of Manafon into the marketplace
Especially: Komputer: Like A Bird Mojo's review: 'Formed in 1998 as a reaction to Britpop and openly hailing Kraftwerk as a key influence both in terms of sound and image, London-based duo Simon Leonard and David Baker have evolved musically over three albums. This track - and its accompanying video - echoes Kraftwerk's own sense of escapism coupled with the romanticism of things past'.
Albeit passively over coffee , at a friend's house THE BEST OF SUZI QUATTRO pleasant memories Now at home Sticking to the 70's ROD THE MOD'S GREATEST HITS Great mandolin driven stuff on MAGGIE MAY (Images of him playing footy on TOTP whilst Peelie pretends to play aforementioned stringed instrument ) YOU WEAR IT WELL another timeless gravel voiced classic . His shite hair is inversly proportional to his quality chart stuff . The bird he was going out with must have been pretty rough mind , if he compares her to Celtic (Stalybridge ?)
Well Roderick , you've got a great voice , but I don't really think you're sexy. In fact you're plug ugly but to paraphase the great bard of Wolverhampton , Mr N Holder "THANKS FOR THE MEMORY !"
David Bowie (aka Space Odddity) (40th Anniversary edition)- Yes, it's 40 years since this was released and man landed on the moon. Pure chance, pure coincidence...pure genius. This was Bowie's first serious release and should be grouped as part of his 70s works of art. The songs are very much of the era but are of a high calibre. I bought this one on CD way back in 1984/1985 when I got into Bowie. I later got the Rykodisc version which contained this brilliant obscure track A Conversation Piece. This appears in this collection along with the singles The Prettiest Star and Memory of A Free Festival, the unreleased single London Bye Ta Ta,the original b-side Wild Eyed Boy From Freecloud amongst others. All in all nice music to relax to.
Back to electronics: Greatest Hits - Heaven 17. Already released before in one other shape or form this has the added bonus of featuring the band's videos on a separate DVD disc. The other bonus is the demo version of Temptation. It sounds like a Penthouse & Pavement outtake minus Carol Kenyon's epic vocals and John Wesley Barker's string arrangements. I've never realised this but like Martyn I own his two most treasured synths, the Roland Jupiter 4 and the miniKorg 700S. Ian's semi-modular Roland is too cumbersome to own, I guess it's best to visit Benge!
Hope to be listening soon to In the Glow, The Pleasures of Electricity and Shifting City. The Garden will do for now.
Three albums back to back today, and all making for a mystical musical mood –
Vas: In The Garden Of Souls. Azam Ali’s fantastic voice, and a great 10 minute title track opener.
Dead Can Dance: The Serpents Egg. The uplifting closing track Ullyses makes a lovely ending for this album
My Lost City. Haven’t played this since before the summer, forgotten just how very good some of the tracks are. Imperfect Hymn even sounds slightly creepy to me now, or is it just these gloomy overcast days we’ve had. The romantic but slightly regretful sounding Holywell Lane also makes for a great start to the album. I’ll have to play MLC again in the winter months ahead.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b]Mojo's free cd: The Man Machine
Especially: Komputer: Like A Bird Mojo's review: 'Formed in 1998 as a reaction to Britpop and openly hailing Kraftwerk as a key influence both in terms of sound and image, London-based duo Simon Leonard and David Baker have evolved musically over three albums. This track - and its accompanying video - echoes Kraftwerk's own sense of escapism coupled with the romanticism of things past'. [/b]
Agree 100% with you on that one Lody. 'Like A Bird' is the best track on there. Must buy their stuff.
Originally posted by Chris C: [b]David Bowie (aka Space Odddity) (40th Anniversary edition)- Yes, it's 40 years since this was released and man landed on the moon. Pure chance, pure coincidence...pure genius. This was Bowie's first serious release and should be grouped as part of his 70s works of art. The songs are very much of the era but are of a high calibre. I bought this one on CD way back in 1984/1985 when I got into Bowie. I later got the Rykodisc version which contained this brilliant obscure track A Conversation Piece. [/b]
Oooh, Conversation Piece! I'd love to hear the original version! I have the 2002 re-recording that appeared on the Heathen bonus disc (I hadn't heard it before), and it has since become one of my favourite Bowie songs. It would be interesting to compare the two.
Kraftwerk "Radio-activity" - one of those that got left behind on my shelf. This is where it all seems to begin.
John Foxx & Louis Gordon - "The Pleasures of Electricity" (original version, the new mixes, and the bonus tracks). John appears to do his best Roger Waters impression on the verses of "Twilight Room" ...
Arab Strap "The Red Thread", "Elephant Shoe" and "Monday at the Hug and Pint" - nothing more than "peerless" needs saying about these.
Pulp "We Love Life" - mature, reflective, autumnal, uplifting, depressing, and heartbreakingly good.
Gary Numan "The Pleasure Principle" - slowly starting to give him the benefit of the doubt since this really is very very good. Maybe one day I will even give "Telekon" a try ...
Originally posted by the church puddle: Kraftwerk "Radio-activity" - one of those that got left behind on my shelf. This is where it all seems to begin.
Gary Numan "The Pleasure Principle" - slowly starting to give him the benefit of the doubt since this really is very very good. Maybe one day I will even give "Telekon" a try ...
Radioland is just one of the most beautiful tracks they ever did. For some reason, that more 'human' material like Radioland and Ananas Symphonie (from Ralf & Florian) for example, all but disappeared after Trans-Europe Express.
Telekon is excelllent as is the much too derided Dance which is a very bleak and emotional album for Numan.
A really dark and gloomy day out there, looking like there could be rain on the way for a while, so indoors its been a quiet mood with -
Japan: Gentlemen Take Polariods, (and David fittingly under his umbrella on the cover )
followed by Blue States: Man Mountain, taking things up a notch with a blend of gentle songs and a touch of atmosphere (this is a CD I usually seem to play in the darker months)
Like every Yello album, this sounds like a perfect film soundtrack. TOUCH would be the Film Noir soundtrack; a smooth and velvet combination of jazz, funk and electronics that creates a smoky nightclub atmosphere. Some tracks sound as if they belong to the Twin Peaks OST. It's their 12th studio album and they're still going strong.
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.
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Originally posted by Birdsong: Does anyone else have days when nothing you can play is dark and difficult enough???
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.
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!)
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.
Originally posted by core memory: School Of Seven Bells: Alpinisms, special edition
Tangerine Dream: Phaedra
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.
Marc Almond: Orpheus Tom Waits: Real Gone Scott Walker : 3 Various: Orphee Brian Eno: Before and After Science Aphex Twin: Druqx Nick Cave: Murder Ballads
Originally posted by core memory: Just started listening to The Pleasures Of Electricity Plus I'm only three tracks into it and it is f**king brilliant
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Sisters of Mercy - Floodland
Hmm. Haven't listened to that for years. I have it on vinyl somewhere. Classic stuff..
Used to pop into the pub and put "This Corrosion" on the jukebox, followed by Jim Reeves' "Distant Drums". Always got a response, that. [/b]
One of my favourite albums ever. Just wish the re-issue came with the original 12" of Lucretia - my god that was good; the true meaning of Drum and Bass!
Originally posted by core memory: Tangerine Dream: Phaedra ...not so sure its entirely my kind of thing...
…I’m well into this whole album now its good stuff.
Doing some bedtime earphone listening with –
Cylon: Resonanz (limited edition CD-R)
and Gas: Konigsforst (tracks 3 and 6)
both great for dropping off to sleep with. The Cylon album has been described as “just like floating through the clouds”, and I’d agree with that. The majority of tracks on Konigsforst have a heart-beat type pulse sound going through them that would keep you awake, but this is absent from tracks 3 and 6 which are suitably calm and meditative.
The Swell Season - Strict Joy Nosound - A Sense Of Loss
Strict Joy is a great follow up to Once. The new Nosound album is great too but not as immediate as there previous two & needs more in depth listening.
The Blue Nile "Hats" and "Peace At Last" - the former is absolutely brilliant, the latter is pretty hard to listen to - something's really not quite right.
Chicane "Far From the Maddening Crowds"
Low "Drums and Guns" - not recommended for headphones because of the left/right separation factor but incredible songs nonetheless.
Its Halloween again, and its a very bright much warmer day than it has been for ages, late afternoon and already the sun's going low and long shadows are stretched out across the ground. Been playing David Sylvian: Approaching Silence album, and as the Jazz word was mentioned recently also been playing some tracks from Miles Davis: Bitches Brew and its all gone very well with today's weather
You will travel together with whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles. Most of these animals are endangered or even threatened with extinction. This album is officially endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Part of the revenue from the album will be donated to the WWF to help preserve these beautiful animals. Michel sampled a lot of sounds myself. This album was released during the E-live festival on the 17th of October 2009
Look out for a track appearing on the next ROBO CAST RADIO podcast.
It's a Sakamoto-thon today in preparation for tonight's "gig" (his word!) "playing the piano".. so here we go .... Out of Noise - Mototronic - Beauty - Neo Geo - and some interesting stuff I've just discovered with electronics artist Alva Noto..
You will travel together with whales, dolphins, sharks and sea turtles. Most of these animals are endangered or even threatened with extinction. This album is officially endorsed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Part of the revenue from the album will be donated to the WWF to help preserve these beautiful animals. Michel sampled a lot of sounds myself. This album was released during the E-live festival on the 17th of October 2009
Look out for a track appearing on the next ROBO CAST RADIO podcast.
This sounds really good - and for a very good cause.
I think I mostly prefer this style of album to her earlier works which are saturated in reverb, and there’s a lot more light shining through it’s mood, (though Cover The Windows And The Walls is a great earlier album.) Got Dragging’ earlier this year, but sadly haven’t played it much, if I’d gotten it last year on its release then I might have been tempted to put it into our ‘Album of the Year’ thread. If you want moment’s of evocative and faintly cocteauesque vocals, electro acoustic’s and touches of drone then give it a listen.
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Thanks for reminding us about her (I think it may have been Steve Roby who posted previously) I meant to check her out, some of the singing and effects are not unlike a brighter version of Grouper. Her Sanguine album is a little bit too flowery for me, but I’m very interested in the Florine EP, (certainly the itunes samples have got me putting her on my wish list.)
A noisy and challenging adaptation of Alfred Jarry's play "Ubu Roi." There are a few good tunes and lots of dark humor. Tom Waits fans may like it. Little Boots fans will recoil in horror.
Here is a song from the album with the background animation that was used in live performance:
Gallic agit rock for Ivan today TRUST TRUST TRUST MARCHE OU CREVE
Brilliant late 70's early 80's band from Nantes led by Bernard Bonvoisin
Excellent stuff , try and imagine Holy Bible /Gold against the Soul period Manics singing in French (same cutting politically charged lyrics) with Angus Young guesting on guitar A marriage made in heaven
GOTTA WHOLE LOT OF ROSA LUXEMBURG !!
Allez-y les Foxxheads! This'll send shivers down your maillot jaune !
Well it's been a David Sylvian week of listening for me.
Starting off at 5.15am Monday morning with a drive down the M40 to pick my boss up from Heathrow, listening to 'Gone To Earth'. There was a moment during 'Wave' than took my breath away. Watching the sun slowly light up the horizon in a shimmering golden glow whilst in the rear view mirror I could see a full moon shining in a sky of darky dreamy blue, as David sings "open the door to life & let it go". It was almost an epiphany.
Rediscovering fingernail tonight, via the so_backwards album.
I think this was my entry point as far as IDM is concerned, as I discivered fingernail on the 'soft love' tribute album to soft cell. Found the wonderful other people's children at the same time.
it was a small step from fingernail to metamatics and all things warp...
Can't take this off my cd player or ipod. Album of the year in my opinion. They should be as big in the Uk as they are in Ireland. Going to see them in January as part of Glasgows Celtic Connections.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Starting off at 5.15am Monday morning with a drive down the M40 to pick my boss up from Heathrow, listening to 'Gone To Earth'. There was a moment during 'Wave' than took my breath away. Watching the sun slowly light up the horizon in a shimmering golden glow whilst in the rear view mirror I could see a full moon shining in a sky of darky dreamy blue, as David sings "open the door to life & let it go". It was almost an epiphany.
That’s a really magical image, and what a fantastic moment to have been listening to Wave.
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Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Still listening to David Sylvian ….Alchemy - An Index Of Possibilities
Snap! Its also what I was listening to yesterday lunchtime (and again today). Recently bought it on CD, haven’t heard Words With The Shaman’ since I parted company with the original cassette years ago, nor listened to Steel Cathedrals on my VHS copy this side of the millennium, so I was really happy that the tracks have weathered the passage of time well. Steel Cathedrals just fits in perfectly with my current listening habits, and the CD reminded me of how consistent David has always been in his more textural and ambient work.
It’s a French Funkelectro day as I don my space biker helmet and visor, slip into my black jump-suit with neon stripes and cut some Space Cowboy shapes to tracks from these albums -
It's an 80s avantgarde moment with Touch cassette: Meridians 1 - lots of scary 'treated' noises and various soundbites producing an uneasy background music for home, car or office listening. Oh and something called The Quiet Man 4 by John Foxx in the middle of it.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Sorry to lower the tone, but I'm back with Kai Motta, the High Priest of Rap.
very disappointed you took down the first picture of Rev Motta, he seemed like a fine figure of a lovely young man of the cloth, and if that picture above now is representative of our spiritual guiders then its sadly no surprise indeedy that church attendances are (apparently) on the increase I expect to see this fully reviewed in 'The News of the World' (apparently Britain's biggest-selling newspaper)
Drugs and Religion? That can’t be right surely...
Listening to Bibio: Ambivalence Avenue
came through the post this week (after a very long delay, must’ve been a strike or something). I wasn’t entirely grabbed by his first two albums, I love his nostalgia ambience, but just a bit too much of the folkyness mix for me, but he does it all so well. I got into Vignetting The Compost more though, (his earlier album this year), but Ambivalence Avenue is a bigger change of direction that opens up much more ground for me to enjoy.
Moving right along from the avant-garde I'm now onto "Più di te" (More Than You) the comeback covers album of flame-haired Italian songstress Ornella Vanoni, popular in the sixties and seventies amazingly now 75 and in fine form. Unknown in the English speaking world I think but bizarrely has her own page on the NME site and really does have an amazing voice.
Just bought Johns Cathedral Oceans I & II & it's beautiful. Listening to it just now with a nice glass of red & it's so relaxing. It's the first time I've heard this & I must say it's been a pleasure.
34 years ago today as a young impressionable lad , I started my concert going career at Liverpool Empire . I bought in high Mr Frederick Bulsara of Zanzibar , along with Brian May , John Deacon and Roger Taylor Freddie was as over-the-top as Mr Foxx is understated , but still the best two lead men I've ever had the privilege to see live . Little did I know that very soon , events would take me away from Rock and towards both synths and Eric's . So the listening choice tonight is easy QUEEN QUEEN II SHEER HEART ATTACK A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: System 7 - 'Power of 7'
System 7, that’s a bit of a co-incidence! as just this morning I posted off my old (mint condition) copy of their Golden Section album (sold it on Amazon marketplace for only a few pounds ) lost interest in it a long time ago, the drum & bass aspects to it seem a bit dated to me now.
Today turned into a Ladytron day, not of the Eno/Manzanera kind, but the Liverpool electro foursome with the European songstress. Playing tracks from their four studio albums: 604, Light & Magic, Witching Hour, and Velocifero.
Originally posted by core memory: [QUOTE]Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [qb] System 7 - 'Power of 7'
System 7, that’s a bit of a co-incidence! as just this morning I posted off my old (mint condition) copy of their Golden Section album (sold it on Amazon marketplace for only a few pounds ) lost interest in it a long time ago, the drum & bass aspects to it seem a bit dated to me now.[QUOTE]
It would've been even more of a coincidence, because I was looking for 'The Golden Section' to play, but came across 'Power of 7' first.
The only track on 'Po7' that I find a bit of a let down is the first track 'Interstate'. Even it's 'Hallogallo' sample doesn't do it for me. the rest of the album is rather good.
Twenty-one covers of Warp songs by Warp artists like: Autechre, Maximo Park, Jamie Lidell and Clark. If you like those artists (don't forget Aphex Twin) you'll find loads of electronics here that will make you run for cover.
As a return favour to a work mate I've been placing a lot of electro and ambient music files onto a disc this morning, so I've been adding three from John to the selection:
A Secret Life, TPOE 09, and the first Cathedral Oceans album,
the latter I've not heard in a while, I'm actually enjoying it even more after the passage of time. It's a 'quiet' volume album (well it is for me) so does this beg the question that it may be scheduled for remastering? Be great if we had all three C.O. albums and the DVD as a box set, how about sometime next year Foxx management?
Peter Baumann-The Virgin Compilation (I feel certain John listened to Romance 76 back in tha day...) ((The warm-moog sound so beloved of us older enthusiasts))
Tonto-Latest of 4 compilations from Mr.Cecil. ((Even warmer-The Original New Timbral Orchestra sound))
Crystal Lake-Schulze ((Well,it was like an oven betwixt these cans.))
What a totally horrible gloomy afternoon, I’m indoors freezing and its only after 4 o’clock!
David Sylvian: Dead Bees On A cake
A few great tracks here and there, but I just dip in and out of this album. I can only appreciate the whole of it if I imagine I’m relaxing in a café you know the sort of modern lounge style, with cosy well-worn settee’s, and feeling way too relaxed and sleepy while drinking coffee, but not the Greasy Joe, egg and chips type of place, with plates and cutlery clattering all around you, and the windows all steamed up, and 'Withnail And I' complaining away in the background! well, you wouldn’t bump into Mr Sylvian in there now would you!
and Blemish
After a long time of not playing this album I’ve been listening to it more again since the release of Manafon. I’d slightly ignored it a bit in the past, think I was just listening to different things at the time and didn’t allow it to fully get under my skin, but its definitely one of his best works.
Hopefully the nomination for the Mercury prize wil give this band the recognition they deserve. Kalypso & Truth Only Smiles are mesmerizing. You can check them out in interview here playing There Will It End
Originally posted by Alex S: Gary Numan Dark Light
But that's one of the worst Numan live recordings ever! I thought you'd suffered enough Numan trauma at the weekend - you trying to make yourself ill or what?
Originally posted by Alex S: Have you broke the case?
Snap! Deux!
Funny you should mention that Mr.S - When I got my prized possession from RetroSynthValhalla-R-Us, the case was indeed cracked! Bah! So I've had to cannabalise a perfectly good copy of Living Ornaments '81 to house it in....only kidding! (as if I'd cannabalise a perfectly good copy of Living Ornaments '81! ) so - the case is cracked but the music ain't broken!
been doing some late night ambient and drone guitar listening, to these two albums, each of which ends with a beautiful and haunting closing track - 'The Same Moon And Stars' - (Songs For The Brokenhearted), and 'The Artificial Pine Arch Song' - (Ballasted Orchestra), the latter one really is perfect as the last thing to hear before going to sleep...
Still can't get into the whole album. There are some good tracks on it but a bit too much heavy guitar for my liking. Still a good album but there poorest in my opinion for a while.
David Sylvian - 'When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima'.
Well I lasted only 36 mins 15 seconds & had to press stop. I'm bitterly disappointed with this. I like Sylvian's exhibition pieces, but this is the sound of a man disappearing up his own art.
I actually like 'When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima' from his "exhibition pieces". Prefer listening to it outside on a walk , though not in the weather we're getting here just now lol
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: David Sylvian - 'When Loud Weather Buffeted Naoshima'.
Well I lasted only 36 mins 15 seconds & had to press stop. I'm bitterly disappointed with this. I like Sylvian's exhibition pieces, but this is the sound of a man disappearing up his own art.
Quitter!
If you'd of lasted 36mins 45 seconds you would of heard the sound of scratching, a slight wind in the distance and an old woman wailing...a truly unforgettable soul-searching experience...
...just kidding - I think I've only heard 15 minutes of it, I fall asleep after that!
Today I’m putting away the laptop electro and digital ambient music of late, and listening instead to some retro synths with – The Human League: Travelogue. (I’m getting into mode for Gary’s gig tonight, praying with the aliens, and mingling with the Numanoids).
When Phil Oakey sings: ”The black hit of space, sucking in the human race. How can it stay at the top, when it’s swallowed all the shops”, 30 years later I now realise that he’s referring to the ultimate outcome of Simon Cowell’s continued X-Factor stranglehold on the UK pop charts.
And for a bit of light relief, and industrial rock and roll musical theatre, I’m also playing - Laibach: Jesus Christ Superstars (I’ve no doubt been unconsciously influenced by the ‘appropriation of religious imagery’ discussion going on in another thread )
In The Glow - a perfect souvenir of the post-Metamatic era. Great live tracks and fantastic guitar playing by Robin Simon in particular Walk Away on disc one.
Shifting City - the remastering does make a difference and it is a very good album.
Pleasures Of Electricity - one of John's finest albums. Only slight differences between the remastered and the original. The original was so good that it's funny that it didn't chart. What people have been missing.
Finally, I just treated myself to Duran Duran's collection of A sides and B sides on the three disc The Singles 1981-1985 . Some fantastic B sides like Faster Than Light, Secret Oktober and Khanada.
Originally posted by Chris C: Over the past weeks John's latest offerings:
[b]In The Glow - a perfect souvenir of the post-Metamatic era. Great live tracks and fantastic guitar playing by Robin Simon in particular Walk Away on disc one.
Shifting City - the remastering does make a difference and it is a very good album.
Pleasures Of Electricity - one of John's finest albums. Only slight differences between the remastered and the original. The original was so good that it's funny that it didn't chart. What people have been missing.
Finally, I just treated myself to Duran Duran's collection of A sides and B sides on the three disc The Singles 1981-1985 . Some fantastic B sides like Faster Than Light, Secret Oktober and Khanada.
Chris [/b]
Has there ever been a remaster of the first Duran album with 'Faster Than Light' 'Late bar' & 'khanada' on it?
First remaster a la John Foxx/Ultravox has been Rio. In February 2010 will be the Arcadia album's album turn including a DVD. It is expected that the Duran Duran album and Seven and The Ragged Tiger will get the same treatment in 2010.
John (Foxx) is also to release Crash & Burn in remaster glory in 2010.
For all synth fans we are leaving our dreams. By the way has Steve Malins anything to do with all this?
btw Chris, you may be interested in Andy Wicketts website which contains order details for the very first Duran Demo with 4 tracks. All were rehearsed in a tiny industrial house in Birminghams Cheapside, a stones-throw from where I've worked for the past 31 yeaahs.
Really looking forward to see him live on Wednesday in Edinburgh. Read mixed reviews of his shows so far but I can't wait. One read "If you want to sit & watch a guy at a piano all night then fair enough but not my kind of thing". So why go then. What were they expecting?
Originally posted by RadioBeach: More Suicide; Live 1977 - 1978 Discs 1,2 & 3
They are truly the first electro punk band. About five years ago, I saw them live in New York at the Knitting Factory. I was standing next to Ric Ocasek who produced some of their albums. Martin Rev was literally punching and karate chopping his synth. Alan Vega couldn't remember his lyrics so he made up new ones for every song. It was shambolic but good fun.
About 10 years ago, I saw an Alan Vega solo gig where he did a few songs with the opening band Panasonic who do minimal, buzzy, noisy techno with homemade synths. Alan was caterwauling on top of this music. The bartender summed it up as "singing love songs to your blender" which was an excellent description.
Some elementary basics today, that I have mostly spent up a ladder painting ceilings.
Accompanied by FOUR Soft Cell albums
The Very Best Of... The twelve inch singles Non-Stop Ecstatic Dancing Cruelty Without Beauty
I also enjoyed a full half hour of remixes of their 'return' single, the very typical and thereby wonderful Monoculture
In context of the earier material, CWB is really very good indeed, and contains some of their best songs, including 'Last Chance For Love' and 'My Caligula Syndrome'. Dave Ball remains an understated, quietly spoken genius, true to the nature of so many electronic maestro keyboard programmers...
Now, tell you what, how about a Dave Ball remix of some Foxx/Gordon stuff...
ditto yesterday for me,Martin. In my case Big Jonno re-masters,selected according to where they appeared in the CD Case Logic Album so as to avoid a very - artexy?- ceiling emulsion finish on the discs.
p.s. saw Suicide support(Buzzcocks?Clash?...some bunch of thrice-chord wonders)back in 1977.Superb.
Originally posted by Scott: [b]Ryuichi Sakamoto - Playing The Piano/Out Of Noise
Really looking forward to see him live on Wednesday in Edinburgh. Read mixed reviews of his shows so far but I can't wait. One read "If you want to sit & watch a guy at a piano all night then fair enough but not my kind of thing". So why go then. What were they expecting? [/b]
Quite! It's even called 'R. Sakamoto: Playing the Piano"!! Anyway it gave me a bigger thrill than watching Depeche Mode playing their music for the masses in front of thousands of others... ! But perhaps that's just me:..
This morning the sun is shining at last albeit through some fairly grey clouds and I found this young lady doing a decent cover version of a well known song..
Originally posted by Scott: [b] [b]Ryuichi Sakamoto - Playing The Piano/Out Of Noise
Really looking forward to see him live on Wednesday in Edinburgh. Read mixed reviews of his shows so far but I can't wait. One read "If you want to sit & watch a guy at a piano all night then fair enough but not my kind of thing". So why go then. What were they expecting? [/b]
Quite! It's even called 'R. Sakamoto: Playing the Piano"!! Anyway it gave me a bigger thrill than watching Depeche Mode playing their music for the masses in front of thousands of others... ! But perhaps that's just me:..
This morning the sun is shining at last albeit through some fairly grey clouds and I found this young lady doing a decent cover version of a well known song..
Originally posted by RadioBeach: [b] More Suicide; Live 1977 - 1978 Discs 1,2 & 3
They are truly the first electro punk band. About five years ago, I saw them live in New York at the Knitting Factory. I was standing next to Ric Ocasek who produced some of their albums. Martin Rev was literally punching and karate chopping his synth. Alan Vega couldn't remember his lyrics so he made up new ones for every song. It was shambolic but good fun.
About 10 years ago, I saw an Alan Vega solo gig where he did a few songs with the opening band Panasonic who do minimal, buzzy, noisy techno with homemade synths. Alan was caterwauling on top of this music. The bartender summed it up as "singing love songs to your blender" which was an excellent description. [/b]
Many thanks for sharing Mike,
Suicide never really seem to do gigs do they – they’re more, sort of…’events’ heh! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a bad Suicide ‘event’ either – they’re just too chaotic to deliver one!
I too saw the Alan Vega & Pan Sonic shows (they had also supported Suicide back in ’98) – I like your bartenders description!
Originally posted by Chris C: [b] Over the past weeks John's latest offerings:
[b]In The Glow - a perfect souvenir of the post-Metamatic era. Great live tracks and fantastic guitar playing by Robin Simon in particular Walk Away on disc one.
Shifting City - the remastering does make a difference and it is a very good album.
Pleasures Of Electricity - one of John's finest albums. Only slight differences between the remastered and the original. The original was so good that it's funny that it didn't chart. What people have been missing.
Finally, I just treated myself to Duran Duran's collection of A sides and B sides on the three disc The Singles 1981-1985 . Some fantastic B sides like Faster Than Light, Secret Oktober and Khanada.
Chris [/b]
Has there ever been a remaster of the first Duran album with 'Faster Than Light' 'Late bar' & 'khanada' on it?
Originally posted by Chris C: [b] Over the past weeks John's latest offerings:
[b]In The Glow - a perfect souvenir of the post-Metamatic era. Great live tracks and fantastic guitar playing by Robin Simon in particular Walk Away on disc one.
Shifting City - the remastering does make a difference and it is a very good album.
Pleasures Of Electricity - one of John's finest albums. Only slight differences between the remastered and the original. The original was so good that it's funny that it didn't chart. What people have been missing.
Finally, I just treated myself to Duran Duran's collection of A sides and B sides on the three disc The Singles 1981-1985 . Some fantastic B sides like Faster Than Light, Secret Oktober and Khanada.
Chris [/b]
Has there ever been a remaster of the first Duran album with 'Faster Than Light' 'Late bar' & 'khanada' on it?
quote:Originally posted by Chris C: Over the past weeks John's latest offerings:
[b]In The Glow - a perfect souvenir of the post-Metamatic era. Great live tracks and fantastic guitar playing by Robin Simon in particular Walk Away on disc one.
Shifting City - the remastering does make a difference and it is a very good album.
Pleasures Of Electricity - one of John's finest albums. Only slight differences between the remastered and the original. The original was so good that it's funny that it didn't chart. What people have been missing.
Finally, I just treated myself to Duran Duran's collection of A sides and B sides on the three disc The Singles 1981-1985 . Some fantastic B sides like Faster Than Light, Secret Oktober and Khanada.
Chris [/b]
Has there ever been a remaster of the first Duran album with 'Faster Than Light' 'Late bar' & 'khanada' on it?
The Devils (Rhodes and Duffy) on v.retro Phillips Cassette Walkman. Also the BBC R4 Documentary on same-hilarious anecdotes abound... (Rackhams Cafeteria circa 78' anyone)
And early next year,a live recording of the current Pleasure Principle tour will be released in an exclusive "Living Hearth" box set.
"NuWorld are pleased to announce a limited edition box-set of the '79, '80 and '81 shows.
Living Hearth will feature all 3 albums housed in japanese style mini-vinyl replica sleeves with reproductions of the original box set booklet and merchandise sheet.
For a limited period only - order direct with Townsend and your edition will be supplied with Fireside tools, coal bucket and a guard.
Perfect for those evenings in, listening to Are 'Friends' Electic? with friends...and for doing those marshmallow things on a stick.
I have been getting back into the Cocteau's lately! Especially "Blue Bell Knoll", unfortunately I need to stock up again as everything I have is on vinyl, except for investing in the above!
Having 'discovered' the wonderful Baby Dee (and thence other Durtro-artists via Current 93) I've been wondering about other female singer/harpists or other 'unusual acts'
I like Virginia Astley's material - no harps there necessarily - and Deerhoof work for me too.
But I have recently downloaded odds and ends by Joanna Newsom (27 yr old from Nevada, I think). She's quirky enough, and suitably kookie to be worth investing in, but I'm not sure if her voice is strong, or just cute? Nice Super-8 video too
I think she's amazing, and there's a lot of material out there.
Originally posted by Alex S: Oh I've had Empires and Dance for years! And Reel to Reel Cacophony.
Both great albums... although Real to Reel utterly terrified me the first time I heard it.
Premonition and Changeling.... two excellent songs.
It was a genuine joy to hear I Travel played live at the gig last weekend.
I had an unhealthy addiction to Sister Feelings Call when it came out. It came shrink-wrapped with Sons and Fascination - which is a good album - but I reallly liked Sister Feelings Call...no idea why.
I'm currently listening to John Foxx & The Maths, Sideways and...
"Ba-b-baa! Ba-ba-ba-b-baa!This is Planet Earth...." The first album by Duran Duran;
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Oh I've had Empires and Dance for years! And Reel to Reel Cacophony.
Both great albums... although Real to Reel utterly terrified me the first time I heard it.
Premonition and Changeling.... two excellent songs.
It was a genuine joy to hear I Travel played live at the gig last weekend.
I had an unhealthy addiction to Sister Feelings Call when it came out. It came shrink-wrapped with Sons and Fascination - which is a good album - but I reallly liked Sister Feelings Call...no idea why.
I'm currently listening to John Foxx & The Maths, Sideways and...
"Ba-b-baa! Ba-ba-ba-b-baa!This is Planet Earth...." The first album by Duran Duran;
Can't believe how I survived so long without this album Every time I here the mono version of Shadow Man it makes me grin from ear to ear. I think I like this version more than the album one.
Paul Berry - Slow Motion Pictures.
Still amazed this album was a free download. If I'd paid top whack I wouldn't feel short changed. Quality.
Talking of Duran Duran I did make contact with Andy Wickett and happened to be into Ultravox at the time when John was the lead singer.
I listened first to Portfolio. This is a collection of tracks post his venture with Duran Duran. Nothing exciting for me but some good songs in there written with his guitar. He kindly added Stevie's Radio Station from his pre-Duran Duran band TV Eye. It's a track that if you send the mp3 to Iggy Pop he'll cover it immediately. This track was played by Duran Duran with and without Andy Wickett. Parts of this track appears on the Duran Duran tracks Rio and Last Chance On A Stairway. Simon Le Bon's romantic melodies are very different to Andy's new wave's melodies and his input to Duran Duran is often overlooked.
I then played the Duran Duran Demos. This consists of four tracks with Andy (Wickett), Nigel (aka John), Roger and Nick. Reincarnation and Working The Steel didn't do too much for me and I can see why these tracks never resurfaced later on. See Me, Repeat Me is a fantastic track, reminiscent of Japan, which sees John, Roger and Nick paving the way for their first hit Planet Earth. Although, parts of this track appeared on Rio, a cut and paste job a la William Burroughs. The original of Girls On Film appears here and is very true to the hit single. All that changed was Simon adding his romantic lyrics and vocal melody, and Colin Thurston's excellent production skills.
If you like Duran Duran it's worth getting the Demos and only costs GBP7 including P&P. Oh by the way, artwork is by John Taylor.
It's now the turn of John Foxx and The Maths...hurrah for analogue synths!
All in a continued loop. Eagerly anticipated new material from John Foxx. As owner of some synths I'm just in awe on how all sounds are carefully sequenced and how easily John comes up with a melody. As a fan of analogue synths all this music is heaven.
Good new band. New single Winter Winds should hopefully do well in the Christmas charts & give them a bit more recognition. Going to see them in March next year.
Full-on disco extravaganza today with Donna Summer; Bad Girls, Little Boots; Illumintaion, Hands and...er...um... The Gristleism by Throbbing Gristle...
Finally got around to buying 'Shifting City' remaster. A fine job done superbly by Dallas Simpson. he doesn't get enough credit imo.
Still can't get to grips with 'Here We Go'. Had to skip it after 2 mins.
'An Ocean we Can Breathe' is big, beautiful dream noise & possibly my favourite. And then there's the early version mono mix of 'Shadow Man' & I nearly go a blow a gasket! It's brilliant! We want more mono mixes, John.
Back To Mono. "The way it was in the past a long long time ago."*
Here's(Brit-based)fun. Sainsbury's are flogging a USB/Battery-powered Mini-amp for Comps/MP3/CD in their Xmas gifts range.John sounds particularly delightful in Mono-and it ain't "tinny" thanx to tiny bass/treble controls. Woo!Hoo!
(I don't work for above. I'm one of David Byrne's loved ones)
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Full-on disco extravaganza today with Donna Summer; Bad Girls
I think "Our Love" and "Sunset People" have some great instrumental breaks even if I don't love the entire songs. New Order admitted that "Blue Monday's" drums were inspired by "Our Love." Moroder was very ahead of the curve.
MADNESS - The Liberty of Norton Folgate FLEET FOXES - Fleet Foxes PET SHOP BOYS - Yes
Impressed with all of these, especially the first, which is a revelation as hitherto I've not been much of a fan...
Topped these with a generous dollop of
MORRISSEY - Years of Refusal
The jury is still out on this as I've only played it a handful of times, but it's certainly among his better releases and has so far spectacularly failed to disappoint
Was in a Cocteaus mood tonight. Started off with Elizabeth Fraser - Moses what a voice. Then Moved on to Robin Guthrie - Angel Falls & Songs To Help My Children Sleep & am now finishing with Cocteau Twins - Victorialand
I just got the Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call and New Gold Dream 2002 remasters, so am enjoying the improved sound quality of these 2 damn fine albums.
And later, I plan to play Jarre's Hong Kong live album.
Originally posted by Alex S: I just got the Simple Minds - Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call and New Gold Dream 2002 remasters, so am enjoying the improved sound quality of these 2 damn fine albums.
Yep! I didn't bother with them at the time, but at 3.99 each (actually Sons/Sisters was 2.99) on hmv.co.uk, they weren't to be missed!
The sound level on NGD was always infuriatingly low and the vocals almost lost in places. The remaster sounds so much better, although the vocals are still quite deep in the mix - must have been how it was recorded. It's got much more punch and clarity overall.
And Sons/Sisters comes with the 2 tracks originally omitted (for reasons unknown) from the 1986 CD issue, "League of Nations" and "Sound in 70 Cities". It all sounds very nice and clear
Bright Eyes "Letting off the Happiness" - the perfect way to unwind cathartically before tomorrow's travel chaos. I feel almost CLEANSED.
Jim White "No Such Place" - timeless, with wonderful track titles including "10 Miles to Go on a 9 Mile Road", "God Was Drunk When He Made Me" and "Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi".
Have I heard the last of Slade and their ilk this year? I do believe I have.
Originally posted by the church puddle: Have I heard the last of Slade and their ilk this year? I do believe I have.
Mark, I do hope so. Though of all the tat, the Slade song stands above the rest.
Thanks for new names to look into, listen out for etc.
I'm currently going for the carols, with choirs from Westminster Abbey and Guildford. No excuses, its one of hose seasonal things I enjoy. Gonna end tonight with Bill nelson's Crimsworth for no particular reason.
Signing out now until 29th, when I return to real life...
Happy Christmas sir, may your travels be rewarding
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: CAN - 'Future Days'
Note to self... Must buy more CAN material this year.
Apart from Out of Reach and Rite Time which are truly awful and well worth avoiding.
Mornin' Mr.Ilektrik! Mornin’ all! Happy New Year and all that!
First day back in work - I find I'm the only one in our team stupid enough to turn up. How comes every other country in Europe can handle snow - but here in England...useless! Bah!
If we're having 'Retro Weather' then "Bring Back Fog!" That's what I say!
Anyway, as I’m on my lonesome I’m playing the following this morning;
Broadcast and The Focus Group – Broadcast and The Focus Group Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
United States of America - United States of America
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Broadcast and The Focus Group – Broadcast and The Focus Group Broadcast and The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age
Ha! listened to The Dreaming yesterday morning ... the our-Kate-is-completely-barmy album! Never Forever is another one of those '30 year old' albums this year..
Originally posted by MemberD: Ha! listened to The Dreaming yesterday morning ... the our-Kate-is-completely-barmy album! Never Forever is another one of those '30 year old' albums this year..
These are the albums that sold her to me. I never got on with the first two The Kick Inside and Lionheart - they just sounded a bit too twee to me at the time - I really should give them another listen.
Listening to Lotus Plaza: The Floodlight Collective
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Originally posted by RadioBeach: [QUOTE]Originally posted by MemberD: [qb] Ha! listened to The Dreaming yesterday morning ... the our-Kate-is-completely-barmy album!
More disagreement! - Never got into her with The Kick Inside, though I really liked Lionheart at the time, but for me The Dreaming will always be her definitive album.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Permission to disagree sir
The Kick Inside is the definitive Kate BUsh album, and still stands head and shoulders above her contemporaries at the time.
Lionheart has some sublime moments - I actually felt that Never For Ever was the one that fell short of my expectations.
Permission granted!
Over the years I've neglected all the albums except The Dreaming and Hounds of Love. I really haven't heard The Kick Inside or Lionheart for over 20 years so I should give them a listen.
What did people think of the later ones? I liked The Sensual World but I can't remember a single thing about The Red Shoes. Aerial was a superb return.
I have to disagree with some of the above comments about Kates albums. I've liked her ever since Wuthering Heights but have to say The Red Shoes for me is by far her best work. Every note & word on it just seems to glide into place perfectly. My top 5 would be.
1. The Red Shoes 2. The Hounds Of Love 3. The Kick Inside 4. Aerial 5. The Sensual World
Garry you should grab a copy of The Red Shoes. You'll love it. As you can see by my top 5 , I prefer her later albums.
Amazon have just suggested that 'I might also like': Classix Nouveaux - Liberty Singles Collection, a new CD being released later this month. Anyone here ever like them? I remember the name, but strangely I can't remember what any of their songs sounded like, were they just an average band, or an obscure treasure?
Originally posted by core memory: What Music Are You Listening To? or rather, not!
Amazon have just suggested that 'I might also like': Classix Nouveaux - Liberty Singles Collection, a new CD being released later this month. Anyone here ever like them? I remember the name, but strangley I can't remember what any of their songs sounded like, were they just an average band, or an obscure treasure?
Yes. I liked them. Had 2 of their albums plus quite a few singles, but I don't think i'd buy any of it now.
Amazon have just suggested that 'I might also like': Classix Nouveaux - Liberty Singles Collection, a new CD being released later this month. Anyone here ever like them? I remember the name, but strangley I can't remember what any of their songs sounded like, were they just an average band, or an obscure treasure?
Core Memory - I remember liking Is it a dream. In fact, after seeing your post I have just played it twice on YouTube. First time I've heard the track in about 20 years - great stuff
You're all so mistaken, the official likable-ness/ innnovative/worthiness of the Kate Bush albums is...
The Kick Inside The Sensual World Lionheart The Dreaming Aerial Hounds of Love Never For Ever The Red Shoes
Oooh - I do like a good disagreement :p
Actually, Kate Bush is an interesting one. OK so she is undoubtedly the single best-looking woman ever to walk into a recording studio (OK, maybe the second...)
But - does her music have the durability we associate with some of other favoured artists on this forum?
As I listen now to The Sensual World - from whence I will start to pay more of her material - I realise how seldom I play anything by Kate BUsh except Aerial and The Kick Inside. Most times, I love Aerial, but then it bores me.
As my taste has matured and diversified over the last ten years, so I have left this behind and rarely listen now. Which suggests to me tht it was part of a time, and part of me at the time, and has less relevance to where I am now than most other things I listen too.
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Classix Nouveaux - Guilty
Guilty – I know I remember it now! Couldn’t listen to the link yesterday as I was at work at the time, I can see now how they fitted in easily with the new romantic/goth scene. But, Is It A Dream, I still couldn’t quite recall that one, funny how you forget some things but remember others, The lead singer stays in my mind very clearly (perhaps they were featured in Smash Hits ) but the music has faded away.
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Originally posted by Birdsong (Re: Kate Bush): As my taste has matured and diversified over the last ten years, so I have left this behind and rarely listen now. Which suggests to me that it was part of a time, and part of me at the time, and has less relevance to where I am now than most other things I listen too.
It often turns around for me, just takes a very long time! Her albums are definitely a part of a period for me, so, apart from The Dreaming I really don’t let myself experience them anymore. After ‘annexing’ her in the past I even let The Red Shoes album just drop off my radar. I feel a Kate Bush revival coming on, note to self: reinstate her into my listening this year
"Bye ... I'm on standby, out of order or sort of unaligned, powered down for redesign Bye bye ... I'm on standby, according to the work order that you signed, I'll be down for some time"
The snow returned last night, so should I go back to playing winter themed music? ...no sod it! I'll go for a more warmer atmosphere with a cool breeze, and imagine I'm walking along a country path with Ulrich Schnauss: A Strangely Isolated Place, and David Sylvians: Blemish
A strange playlist that includes Alvin Stardust, Marmalade, Jacaszek, Peggy Lee, Robbie Williams, Antony and the Johnsons, Steven Brown, Starbuck and Bertrand Russell. I should be a DJ ...
Been musing on Kate this week thanks to fellow posters on this thread! So, Aerial has been getting a few plays over the last couple of days, shamefully I’ve not listened to it for some years, musically I was in other places with what I was listening to, but my impressions of Aerial now are more consolidated. On the one hand some of the music still sounds slightly dated in parts much as it did on its release in 2005, too many preset drum and synth loops, there’s a world of difference between being deliberately retro, or just ending up sounding dated, and this is more apparent on disc two than on disc one for me.
I just hope she open’s herself out to more progressive electro-acoustic influences in future, but I remain with everyone who shares the opinion that disc two is not just the best part of the album, but is the album, a tad whimsical at moments, but another gem in the crown of Kate’s great talent, and if only more ‘artists of talent’ would have a go at writing linked theme works, uh, oh, the dreaded ‘concept’ album rears its head again, well bring it back I say!
Disc one, yes still one or two great tracks here to visit, like Joanni, King Of The Mountain, and Pi, but its an uneven experience for me, and in truth I still don’t wish to go to some personal places she wants to take us, such as The Coral Room, or Mrs Bartolozzi. The whole of Aerial has a middle-aged sense of reality about it, no rocketships into the sky, or racing over mountaintops here, but over the last few years in my own life I’ve come to understand that reasons exist for this, and that events happen, and self progress or your enthusiasm for things can feel like its going to be forever prohibited to some degree, but its all normal, and one day it will all balance out again.
There I go, sounding all serious and introspective, well I’ve got Kate to thank for that, that’s just one of the jobs of a great artist, in the past she’s either lifted us up, or made us stop and think, here she’s content just to pause, and let us reflect with her on the passing of a peaceful day, and the beauty of the slowly changing sky above...
Destination - John Foxx and the Maths Above the Cloudline - Ajanta Music Rio - Duran Duran Live at Hammersmith '82 - Duran Duran Lament - Ultravox U-Vox - Ultravox
Originally posted by core memory: The snow returned last night, so should I go back to playing winter themed music? ...no sod it! I'll go for a more warmer atmosphere with a cool breeze, and imagine I'm walking along a country path with Ulrich Schnauss: A Strangely Isolated Place, and David Sylvians: Blemish
It's taken me a while to warm to Schnauss - but I'm getting there. Of the two albums of his I have A Strangely Isolated Place and Goodbye, Goodbye is the favourite. After I hear him though, I have to go and play the real deal - so Loveless gets blasted out!
With new album Soldier Of Love out on the 8th Feb I thought I'd go back & listen to all her previous work. Every one a classic. Anyone who's interested here's a link to her new video.
St. Etienne - Foxbase Beta : it's what it says on the packet, a re-production by Richard X of the original 'Alfa' - some tracks benefit, others less so. I wonder if it will start a new trend of 're-producing' not just 'remixing'... :rolleyes:
Just back from a quick trip home to the UK, and brought back some more vinyl..
1) This Way, by Bruce Gilbert. I heard this at a "ballet" by Michael Clark many many years ago, and found it a fascinating sound - industrial sounds but in an almost ambient way? Hmm. Anyway, sounded good when I heard it again today.
2) Give Me, by I-Level. The engineer was Joe Dworniak who worked John Foxx a lot I believe. That was the link that got me listening to them, and it wasn't bad stuff (a wee bit bland, but fairly unique at the time)
3) Funkapolitan, album by Funkapolitan. Almost leading on from I-level in terms of style, I think a friend of mine influenced me on this one. Enjoyed "Illusion".
Originally posted by solenoid: Just back from a quick trip home to the UK, and brought back some more vinyl..
1) This Way, by Bruce Gilbert. I heard this at a "ballet" by Michael Clark many many years ago, and found it a fascinating sound - industrial sounds but in an almost ambient way? Hmm. Anyway, sounded good when I heard it again today.
2) Give Me, by I-Level. The engineer was Joe Dworniak who worked John Foxx a lot I believe. That was the link that got me listening to them, and it wasn't bad stuff (a wee bit bland, but fairly unique at the time)
You lucky thing! I have one Bruce Gilbert cd & that's 'In Esse', which is superb-o-mundo.
I bought a few I-Level 7"'s because of the Foxx connection. I remember one called 'Teacher' which was unbearably catchy, so was 'Minefield'. In fact all of their singles were catchy. Surprised that they didn't have more commercial success. Jo Dworniak also played bass. I think Duncan Bridgeman was also involved, might be wrong though.
You lucky thing! I have one Bruce Gilbert cd & that's 'In Esse', which is superb-o-mundo.
I bought a few I-Level 7"'s because of the Foxx connection. I remember one called 'Teacher' which was unbearably catchy, so was 'Minefield'. In fact all of their singles were catchy. Surprised that they didn't have more commercial success. Jo Dworniak also played bass. I think Duncan Bridgeman was also involved, might be wrong though.
Correct - both Jo Dworniak and Duncan Bridgeman appear (a lot) on The Garden. Thanks for the links, sadly none of their stuff seems available on CD, so I may have to buy that USB turntable after all!! I have the teacher 7" as well, and did have the album, but that seems to have one AWOL over the years!
On my third listening of "This Way" now - first track on side two is my favourite. Kids hate it - "why are you listening to machines?". Something similar to what my mum was saying all those years ago!
Also with all that old vinyl was another blast from the past, a copy of edition 2 of the John Foxx Information Service newsletter! Great to read after all this time. I wonder if anyone of the fans who submitted questions for that publication are on this forum?
I couldn't find many references to "The Editors" on these pages. I just caught up with them on "Later, with Jools" and found them intriguing. Any "local" insights for me to be aware of? I think I'm going to order their first two releases via amazon - New Order Meets...... someone else! Great stuff I thought!
Originally posted by solenoid: Chaps and Chapettes,
I couldn't find many references to "The Editors" on these pages. I just caught up with them on "Later, with Jools" and found them intriguing. Any "local" insights for me to be aware of? I think I'm going to order their first two releases via amazon - New Order Meets...... someone else! Great stuff I thought!
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I guess I'm a big fan since I have all of their albums.The latest is the most electronic they've done.Previous 2 are more guitar based with the odd bit of Ultravox (all eras) & New Order thrown in for good.Tom Smith's vocal style is quite unique.His delivery on some tracks comes over sounding like a working mens club crooner.
I dont mean in a bad way though,I'm just looking for description.I can happily recommend all of their albums.
Latest album does owe more to New Order than the other 2.
I don't know much about The Editors either, so thanks for the tip-off. Will check them out.
Last night was one of those "what shall I play?" moments, and after several minutes rummaging through the heap of CDs I closed my eyes and went - "that one".
(I don't have a filing system, or even a shelf... :rolleyes: )
Call it what you will, but hearing Nick Cave's Murder Ballads was completely inspirational, and I've had it on twice today since. It's not an album of his that I play very often at all, but right now I'd say it's up there with his best material. There's crimes of violence, crimes of passion, crimes of madness - deserving victims, innocents in the wrong place at the wrong time, desperate lovers - wonderfuly written stories set to some subtle, dark and tense instrumentation. Cave's interpretation of Stagger Lee brings out all the bitterness and hatred that Cave seems to deliver so well, and is sung with a viscious pride, and the dark tale of Eliza Ray (a haunting under-performance by Kylie Minogue) is one of the album's most serious and accomplished tracks.
The album ends with Cave's arrangement of Dylan's Death is Not the End which is as uplifying and moving as the rest of the album is macabre and cynical.
Originally posted by core memory: [b]Ulrich Schnauss: A Strangely Isolated Place
It's taken me a while to warm to Schnauss - but I'm getting there. Of the two albums of his I have A Strangely Isolated Place and Goodbye, Goodbye is the favourite. After I hear him though, I have to go and play the real deal - so Loveless gets blasted out! [/b]
Goodbye is firmly my fav’ out of the three of his albums I have. Hey, just when is the remastered Loveless CD ever going to appear, its two years overdue for heavens sake!
Since yesterday I’ve been heavily back on the drone and minimalist path with: Celer: Discourses Of The withered, and Engaged Touches, and, Windy & Carl: Depths.
Prior to this I’ve spent all last week listening to two albums by our Kate, such is the suggestive power of this forum and its members that Miss Bush has hardly been out of my ears! except for Friday when I found myself listening to Miles Davis: In A Silent Way, which seemed to return me back to listening to minimalist electronica, now how did that happen
The Kick Inside, and The Red Shoes, two Kate Bush albums I’ve never owned, the former I already knew most of, and the latter I’ve only ever heard two of its singles, so it was off to Fopp to get these. With The Kick Inside I can see Birdsongs point in describing it as ‘the definitive KB album’, her theme’s are so fundamentally there from the start, some of the ‘rockier’ numbers don’t appeal to me, but the album is peppered with plenty of her unique haunting lyrical sound and singing.
I really loved The Red Shoes single back in the past, so, ignoring all the fuss and criticism about this album from it's time, ‘Kate does pop’, so what, I thought, she’ll probably do it very well, I was looking forward to finally getting to hear it, expecting it all to be a Celtic thumping fairytale extravaganza in the style of the title track, you know, music like only Kate can do, but I was disappointed.
There’s four tracks I do like, but it's more like an album from a MOR chart artist, and this is not for me a Kate Bush album. I know it has many fans, and I hate to join a chorus of disapproval, but in quite a strange way I was feeling my disappointment 17 years later, a very odd experience, it really affected me! I was so down I had to turn to Miles Davis for comfort
Abstract sound narratives mixed live each week from sounds indiscriminately harvested and plundered from multifarious sources/60min continuous mash up from location recordings, sound fx, film excerpts, dialogues, music of different genres all brewed and stewed in a glutinous and rich sound soup. Head chef: Joel Cahen
A lot of Peter Gabriel. In particular his third and fourth albums, plus So and Us, with tracks from Big Blue Ball and the odd b-side thrown in for good measure.
This is providing a suitable soundtrack to the re-design of my PG website, which is coming together very quickly, and giving me a good opportunity to re-review the albums and re-write my reviews!
Might even get the new site online this week... or part of it anyway...
Bit of a mixed week, starting with Numan's Pleasure Principle album and some of Replicas, then tracks from Ulrich Schnauss, and, Stars Of The Lid, but mostly its been Grouper: Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill.
These days I listen to music through a Bose SoundDock and the ipod, (got the Bose at xmas, really recommend it, fantastic audio quality). The albums of Liz Harris (Grouper), have never sounded quite right on my ears through the ipod, but I’ve now modified the preferences on importing CD’s into itunes (duh!) and its made a great difference to the music.
Dragging A Dead Deer’ is a really beautiful album, there’s a track called Invisible which just shoots me through the heart everytime, and Travelling Through A Sea could easily be a Virginia Astley song (but minus the squeaky vocals). Hope Liz brings out a similar follow-up album, and if I’d only listened to this more when I got it I’d have included it in the best albums of the last ten years thread.
Yesterday - listening to Slowdive: Souvlaki, and enjoying dreampop heaven with tracks like: 40 Days, and Machine Gun.
This morning - it’s an acoustic atmospheric vein with Christina Carter: Electrice, and after that I’ll probably find myself going back to dragging a dead deer again!
Throbbing Gristle After Cease To Exist' (The Original Soundtrack Of The Coum Transmissions Film)
It's been a while since I heard this, but I have recently been playing TG again following my adventures with David Tibet and Current 93.
This is a fairly comfortable point of entry to TG if you feel that way inclined - 20 minutes of sampled piano, voice, noises, drones, feedback and looped 'guitar'. Sound soup.
It's actually a lot 'easier' to listen to than most of their earlier material, but none the worse for that
Someone, Garry I believe, told me I should try making some music. if I did, I can't help thinking it would sound like this...
Waiting for a new turntable that I ordered to arrive so I can dust off the old vinyl. My 25 year old turntable has departed from this earthly plane of existence.
Sade - Soldier Of Love. It just oozes class. Can't understand why her fans here kind of deserted her. The album will go top 10 I'm sure but she's a much bigger act in the states now than here.
Saw her bat Edinburgh playhouse in 85 in what was one of my all time favourite concerts.
Flowers of Romance by Public Image Ltd. and Slope by Massive Attack...sorry - I mean Heligoland by Massive Attack...it just sounds in places a lot likeSteve Jansen's Slope
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Finally bought 'The Garden' remaster. listened to disc 2 first.
It's superbly packaged. The reprint of 'Church' just takes me back to being a hopeless young romantic who didn't want saving.
Smell the trees... smell the trees.. mmmmmmmm...
And the fishes are still there! yay!
Still on Heligoland. It's separating slightly from Slope - getting warmer too. I'm also clearly getting older as I no longer want to put two fingers through Damon Albarn's eye sockets in a repetitive motion whenever I hear him sing.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Still on Heligoland. It's separating slightly from Slope - getting warmer too. I'm also clearly getting older as I no longer want to put two fingers through Damon Albarn's eye sockets in a repetitive motion whenever I hear him sing.
unfortunately I remain immature, and I do still want to poke Mr Albarn in the eye!
Eye was in Fopp earlier this week and was treated to a couple of Heligoland tracks being played out, the second of which was Mr Albarn doing his usual Mockney stylee. From what I was hearing I don’t think this CD is for me, I was hoping for a progression/continuation of the music from the previous two albums.
Spent the last couple of days listening to William Basinski: Vivian & Ondine, his new CD, released just before xmas, but I got around to buying it this week. Its more accessible than some parts of his Disintegration Loops series, theres more feeling of movement, but its similar in nature in its absorbing slow-motion romanticism, this is one that I’ll easily be playing a lot this year.
The Editors: 1) The Back Room (like "All Sparks" a lot - kind of reminds me of watching "The Old Grey Whistle" test, and "Open Your Arms", reminded of Joy Division), and "Munich", also "Blood")
2) In This Light And On This Evening - (like Papillion, EatRaw Meat = Blood Drool, Walk the Fleet Road)
First time in a long time I have sat through two albums straight and not hit the FF button (actually hit the RW button to hear "All Sparks" again!)
Youtube: Papillion - unique..don't fancy being an extra in this though! Too much running! Link to video
Blood - projecting images onto people - where have I seen that before? Link to video
Originally posted by solenoid: The Editors: 1) The Back Room (like "All Sparks" a lot - kind of reminds me of watching "The Old Grey Whistle" test, and "Open Your Arms", reminded of Joy Division), and "Munich", also "Blood")
2) In This Light And On This Evening - (like Papillion, EatRaw Meat = Blood Drool, Walk the Fleet Road)
First time in a long time I have sat through two albums straight and not hit the FF button (actually hit the RW button to hear "All Sparks" again!)
Youtube: Papillion - unique..don't fancy being an extra in this though! Too much running! Link to video
Blood - projecting images onto people - where have I seen that before? Link to video
Glad your enjoying them.
After watching the film Control the weekend I can now hear the strong Joy Division influences in Editors.
I've been listening to disc 2 of In Mysterious Ways.
It's an interesting album, but one that will no doubt divide opinions.
PG with no drums or guitars - anybody expecting anything upbeat or close in style to the original songs is in for a bit of a shock - the songs bear no or very little resemblance to the originals, but surely the whole point of doing a cover is to put your own spin on a track, which is exactly what's going on here.
I'm in the lucky position where I'm only familiar with two or three of the album's tracks, and having little interest in the majority of original artists concerned, I'm approaching Scratch My Back with fresh ears and a largely unbiased opinion.
"Heroes" is arguably the best-known song on offer here, although Gabriel's version is nearly unrecognisable, having turned the track completely upside down, into a slow and moody affair, with a gradually building orchestral backing. Like "Heroes", "The Boy in the Bubble" is almost a complete opposite of Paul Simon's upbeat original; reduced to a sombre piano and vocal arrangement.
Elbow's "Mirrorball" is perhaps as optimistic as the album gets, with some lovely cinematic orchestral parts, but despite that, no memorable melody.
"Flume" is down right boring, but fortunately, salvation comes in the form of Talking Heads' "Listening Wind" – clearly the album's high point, perfectly lending itself to Gabriel's vocal style and the orchestral direction of the album, and perhaps the most overall successful new interpretation out of the whole selection.
Tracks such as "The Power of Your Heart" and "The Book of Love" are perhaps too underplayed and samey. Whilst quite emotive and easy on the ear, there's little added value.
The full impact of the orchestra comes into effect during "My Body Is A Cage" and "Après Moi", which has a typically Gabrielsque lyric to begin with so the overall result is quite impressive.
I'd started to yawn a little by Neil Young's "Philadelphia", feeling that the album was perhaps a couple of songs too long. And I was right. "Philadelphia" itself is not a great vocal performance at all and not easy on the ear, and the cover of Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out") is even worse.
I would have finished the album with Après Moi - it's just right for a dramatic closing number.
Sombre, slow and melancholic are perhaps the best three words to summarise the overall sound and style of the album. But it's not as suicidal as some critics have made out, and I can easily imagine many of the songs here turning up in film soundtracks in the near future.
Gabriel's raspy vocals are showing signs of age in places, although his upper range is not what it once was, age has blessed him with some lovely, earthy deep tones, adding a lot of character to the songs.
Given some of the comments I'd read prior to release, I'm pleased to say that I enjoyed it more than I was expecting to. Maybe not all the tracks work, some are wonderful, with some beautiful orchestral parts; others are pretty difficult to endure. However, detached from his usual world instruments and layers of production, this is Peter Gabriel at his most exposed and vulnerable, not to mention emotional.
I have that one Chris. I really liked the DVD a lot, nice collection of the man. Really like this "Grand Union" film. For small money it is a great buy
Today's listening started with Can: Tago Mago, then School Of Seven Bells: Alpinisms, and ended with Grouper: Cover The Windows And The Walls
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Originally posted by Alex S: some are wonderful, with some beautiful orchestral parts; others are pretty difficult to endure
thanks for the Gabriel Scratch My Back review Alex S, I emailed it to a friend as I knew that he was interested in hearing this particular album, turns out he’s already bought it and pretty much agrees with you, though he feels that there isn’t enough variation, and although it’s a seriously ‘down’ album he’s really enjoying it.
The Brits 2010 - well this is a music thread afterall!
The Brits Awards has been on TV for at least 300 years now, it was fun in the dark early days when there were hardly any music awards shows, but now it’s often just pants and who really cares about it anyway apart from the big suits. Its not unlike CH4’s Big Brother in being a media curse that you try to avoid hearing about, but the Brits is like attempting to fend off a cold while you stand naked and neck deep in a muddy pond as some very ill people constantly sneeze all over you, eventually you will succumb.
I caught some of it last night when I got home, well, 3 minutes of it, Lady Gaga (who I quite like) looking like she was wearing a large whipped ice-cream on her head, and you could argue that Madonna spawned female artists such as Ms Gaga, but Lady G is oh so ‘art school’ in a way that Madge can only ever dream about being.
I turned on Sky News this morning expecting to hear about more world disaster and economic downturn and was instantly ‘updated’ on ‘the’ music event of the year, I had to down my cornflakes whilst also consuming Sir Robbie Williams latest award for Services To All Humankind, he’s finally gotten over his feigned embarrassment at always being nominated and always winning every music prize on the planet. As I listened to him swaggering through “Let Me Entertain You” I thought to myself surely its only a matter of time till Sir Robbie gets awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his music, he surely deserves it.
Apparently this year’s show was as predictable, ahem, sorry, the official tag line is ‘as controversial as ever’, (will we ever forgive Sam Fox and Mick Fleetwood blundering aimlessly onstage). Last night we had the usual celebrity fraudster tactics, such as Liam Gallagher pretending to look for a fight, and pretending to ignore the very existence and importance of his fiendishly smarter brother Noel as he thanked only the other band members for helping make Oasis the greatest band in the world forever! and even Sir Robbie officially stated that Oasis deserved to Live Forever. Liam, as the whole world must know by now, threw his mic’ (or his award?) into the crowd, rock and roll has really downsized in these times of recession, in years past the appropriate stance would have been to throw a big TV from out of a hotel window.
Lily Allen also pretended that she didn’t want to get noticed, or have to conceal her disappointment at not winning, so her tactic instead was to wear a big bright orange wig, a disguise allegedly, and babble enthusiastically on actually receiving her award, but in reality its no competition again this year for any of our female artists, as poor old Amy Winehoose is still lost somewhere in Rehab...
The Essential (early version) - Jean Michel Jarre Themes - Vangelis La Dusseldorf - La Dusseldorf Viva - La Dusseldorf Mecano (the clock album!) - Mecano Il Divo - Il Divo
Originally posted by core memory: Spent the last couple of days listening to William Basinski: Vivian & Ondine, his new CD, released just before xmas, but I got around to buying it this week. Its more accessible than some parts of his Disintegration Loops series, theres more feeling of movement, but its similar in nature in its absorbing slow-motion romanticism, this is one that I’ll easily be playing a lot this year.
Thanks for that, Core! I am something of a newbie when it comes to Basinski. I love "Melancholia" but despite acquiring numerous others through emusic I have yet to try them.
Originally posted by Alex S: It's an interesting album, but one that will no doubt divide opinions.
PG with no drums or guitars - anybody expecting anything upbeat or close in style to the original songs is in for a bit of a shock - the songs bear no or very little resemblance to the originals, but surely the whole point of doing a cover is to put your own spin on a track, which is exactly what's going on here.
I'm in the lucky position where I'm only familiar with two or three of the album's tracks, and having little interest in the majority of original artists concerned, I'm approaching Scratch My Back with fresh ears and a largely unbiased opinion.
"Heroes" is arguably the best-known song on offer here, although Gabriel's version is nearly unrecognisable, having turned the track completely upside down, into a slow and moody affair, with a gradually building orchestral backing. Like "Heroes", "The Boy in the Bubble" is almost a complete opposite of Paul Simon's upbeat original; reduced to a sombre piano and vocal arrangement.
Elbow's "Mirrorball" is perhaps as optimistic as the album gets, with some lovely cinematic orchestral parts, but despite that, no memorable melody.
"Flume" is down right boring, but fortunately, salvation comes in the form of Talking Heads' "Listening Wind" – clearly the album's high point, perfectly lending itself to Gabriel's vocal style and the orchestral direction of the album, and perhaps the most overall successful new interpretation out of the whole selection.
Tracks such as "The Power of Your Heart" and "The Book of Love" are perhaps too underplayed and samey. Whilst quite emotive and easy on the ear, there's little added value.
The full impact of the orchestra comes into effect during "My Body Is A Cage" and "Après Moi", which has a typically Gabrielsque lyric to begin with so the overall result is quite impressive.
I'd started to yawn a little by Neil Young's "Philadelphia", feeling that the album was perhaps a couple of songs too long. And I was right. "Philadelphia" itself is not a great vocal performance at all and not easy on the ear, and the cover of Radiohead's "Street Spirit (Fade Out") is even worse.
I would have finished the album with Après Moi - it's just right for a dramatic closing number.
Sombre, slow and melancholic are perhaps the best three words to summarise the overall sound and style of the album. But it's not as suicidal as some critics have made out, and I can easily imagine many of the songs here turning up in film soundtracks in the near future.
Gabriel's raspy vocals are showing signs of age in places, although his upper range is not what it once was, age has blessed him with some lovely, earthy deep tones, adding a lot of character to the songs.
Given some of the comments I'd read prior to release, I'm pleased to say that I enjoyed it more than I was expecting to. Maybe not all the tracks work, some are wonderful, with some beautiful orchestral parts; others are pretty difficult to endure. However, detached from his usual world instruments and layers of production, this is Peter Gabriel at his most exposed and vulnerable, not to mention emotional.
Highlights: Listening Wind, Après Moi
This was playing in my local Fopp the other night (which was rather arresting to say the least). Interesting to hear the staff talking about it, describing each track as starting slow and quiet, slowly adding orchestra, and ending with PG almost shouting! Personally I thought it sounded terrific ("The Book of Love" was a song I recognised and it took me some time to remember who it was by and why I knew it) and I look forward to acquiring it in the near future.
Yello: Pocket Universe Have this one for just a couple of months (the only album I didn't buy from the Swiss guys, shame on me!) and it's serious stuff. It's telling the story of the birth and re-birth of the space we all live in. A weightless album indeed!
Robin Guthrie - Carousel Robin Guthrie - Everlasting E.P
In anticipation of the Sunflower Stories E.P which is being released next month I believe I wanted to give these two recent purchases a listen & one word describes them both for me. Beautiful.
Originally posted by Brian: For the very first time in my life Gary Numan's Pleasure Principle.
This forum never ceases to surprise me. Nice one, Brian. The past is the new future after all
Talking of which, it's the first anniversary of My Lost City so I'm giving that a spin.
Still don't really "get" it and haven't yet arrived at the part when it hangs together. There are sublime moments and wondrous parts, but there's a lot that I haven't quite made sense of.
You could say that "my destination remains unknown"...
Originally posted by Brian: [b] For the very first time in my life Gary Numan's Pleasure Principle.
This forum never ceases to surprise me. Nice one, Brian. The past is the new future after all
Talking of which, it's the first anniversary of My Lost City so I'm giving that a spin.
Still don't really "get" it and haven't yet arrived at the part when it hangs together. There are sublime moments and wondrous parts, but there's a lot that I haven't quite made sense of.
You could say that "my destination remains unknown"... [/b]
I still dont get Replicas either but I will go back to it.
My Lost Music is still out there
I think the reason is that I had very little cash in the early 80s.I tended to focus on 1 band (Ultravox).I always liked most of Numans early singles though.
I think the reason is that I had very little cash in the early 80s.I tended to focus on 1 band (Ultravox).I always liked most of Numans early singles though.
I can relate to that! - the 30th anniversary Pleasure Principle is the first time I ever *bought* the record, and ditto for the 2CD version of Metamatic ... :rolleyes:
One of the best albums from last year & after seeing them at Celtic Connections last month , this album is on quite a lot just now. For anyone who hasn't heard them please give them a listen. You won't be disappointed.
Originally posted by Scott: [b]Swell Season - Strict Joy
One of the best albums from last year & after seeing them at Celtic Connections last month , this album is on quite a lot just now. For anyone who hasn't heard them please give them a listen. You won't be disappointed. [/b]
Is that like bagpipe music?
Currently listening myself to: Warp20 (Chosen) Loads of essential electronics from the first two decades of music from the influential Warp label.
Originally posted by Scott: [b] [b]Swell Season - Strict Joy
One of the best albums from last year & after seeing them at Celtic Connections last month , this album is on quite a lot just now. For anyone who hasn't heard them please give them a listen. You won't be disappointed. [/b]
Is that like bagpipe music?
Currently listening myself to: Warp20 (Chosen) Loads of essential electronics from the first two decades of music from the influential Warp label. [/b]
No it's not bagpipe music lol. Please give them a listen.
Its Shifting City 09 this morning, but since last week I got a bee in my bonnet about The Doors, so decided to get a few albums (having long given away the obligatory ‘ best of’ that you get in your youth). So I’ve been enjoying their first album, together with Strange Days, and Waiting For The Sun.
Also been listening to Replicas, and enjoying TPOE 2009 again, (which got me around to finally giving Shifting City 09 a listen). I bought a copy of TPOE 09 for a friend at Christmas, he often refers to it in emails, so I can confirm that it’s very accessible for non-Foxx listeners! (I’ll probably have to get him a copy of SC09 now ).
Found myself playing School Of Seven Bells a lot recently too, everytime I do I have to agree with Radiobeach’s endorsement of their work, so many good tracks, hope they bring out a new album soon.
Originally posted by core memory: Found myself playing School Of Seven Bells a lot recently too, everytime I do I have to agree with Radiobeach’s endorsement of their work, so many good tracks, hope they bring out a new album soon.
Cheers guv - and yes, I hope there's some new stuff soon.
Today it's Heligoland by Massive Attack - it's taking its time but I'm warming to it.
inspired by another thread on the forum I'm off to bed with the ipod to listen to some of the original tracks from The Golden Section (Disc 1): Ghosts/Miracle/Hidden Man/Twilights' these last four on the album should make for a great journey towards sleep, roll on fantastic dreams...
Originally posted by core memory: inspired by another thread on the forum I'm off to bed with the ipod to listen to some of the original tracks from The Golden Section (Disc 1): Ghosts/Miracle/Hidden Man/Twilights' these last four on the album should make for a great journey towards sleep, roll on fantastic dreams...
Must be catching! I was listening to The Golden Section this morning!
Just back from a Groove Armada gig in Brussels! Great vibe, but like many 'dance' acts they played way too loud. Of course, now I'm listening to: Groove Armada: Black Light An album that will remind you of late seventies / early eighties electro (DM, League, Numan, H17).
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b]Groove Armada: Black Light An album that will remind you of late seventies / early eighties electro[/b]
I haven’t listened to GA since Vertigo! – (a great album, although unfortunately some of it ended up getting over-used on TV here) Had a listen to Black Light samples, the OMD, and League inspiration is clearly there on the pop Electro and Power pop, good direction for them. I love Fall Silent, its all Numan in mood and style.
Most early mornings since last week I’ve been listening to a few tracks back to back by Scritti Politti and The Doors: Hypnotize, Flesh And Blood, and When The Music’s Over, this morning it was a change with some Golden Section tracks,
a little playlist I’ve named Golden Morning, (naff, I know ): A Kind Of Wave, The Lifting Sky, Sitting At The Edge Of The World [alternative vers), Annexe, and A Long Time [alternative vers).
The thing that occurred to me on playing it was that I thought at first that John was 'shouting' a lot, but that’s because I’ve had the quieter Shadow Man Mono Mix going round in my head. Seriously though, I had visions of artists like Peter Blake, together with long lost colour saturated summers that I can barely remember, and the idea that Pop Art and 60’s style was always a logical choice for John to pursue (not that I thought that back in the early 80’s), and just how versatile a singer song-writer he truly is, but you all knew that of course, and I’m stating the obvious to my wise peers on here, okay, I’d better not overdo it
Originally posted by Alex S: Jarre keeps talking about playing new songs like on the tour - he has been talking about a new album, some of which was recorded last year. It was suggested that this year there will be both a new studio album and live CD/DVD from the tour.
I've totally lost interest in Jarre. The last thing he did that got my attention was Revolutions, which itself was a bit hit-and-miss.
Can I just say: Teo & Tea... Aero? disappointed.
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And what's happened to him? Has he used alien technology to grow a clone body, and transplant his brain patterns??
No wonder he split from Charlotte Rampling, he'd look like her grandson now..
I'm currently listening to Editors - The Back Room . No kidding, it's like having Joy Division back again. Bloody excellent.
I got the CD in HMV's "2 for £10" promotion. I was already buying one CD (La Roux - yes I know, leave it!), which would have cost me £7 anyway, so I effectively got this for £3. Result.
Originally posted by NerveJam: currently listening to Editors - The Back Room - No kidding, it's like having Joy Division back again. Bloody excellent.
Have to say I don’t know too much about them apart from the Joy division/Interpol comparisons, and I’m sure I must have seen The Back Room cover in the past since 2005, but as soon as I read your post I thought to myself substitute the word EDITORS for JOHN FOXX and it’s design looks in style and mood like a lost Foxx album from the last decade, oh if only it was...
Originally posted by Alex S: I purchased 6 tracks from Black Light from iTunes and I'm really enjoying them, especially the Bryan Ferry one!
Who are the other guest vocalists?
Jarre keeps talking about playing new songs like on the tour - he has been talking about a new album, some of which was recorded last year.
It was suggested that this year there will be both a new studio album and live CD/DVD from the tour.
Fingers crossed, eh?!
Yes, a new album would be great. Lost track of him after 'Equinoxe', but re-discovered him after his last tour. About the other Groove Armada guest singers - Will Young, Fenech-Soler, Nick Littlemore, Jessica Larrabee, SaintSaviour - I'm afraid I only just heard of them ... But they do a great job on the album!
I'm a fairly recent convert to DM and this is only the fourth or fifth time I have listened to this album. Its a real grower, and one of my fav DM albums at the moment.
Like MikeG with Depeche Mode , I'm a recent convert to SP. I've liked a few of there singles but never heard a full album until recently & I'm impressed with each listen.
Quit Dreaming (And Get On The Beam) - Bill Nelson Duran Duran Demos - Duran Duran with Andy Wickett The Singles - Japan. Hansa Japan compilation. Above The Cloudline - Ajanta Music
Originally posted by core memory: [b] Spent the last couple of days listening to William Basinski: Vivian & Ondine
Thanks for that, Core! I am something of a newbie when it comes to Basinski. I love "Melancholia" but despite acquiring numerous others through emusic I have yet to try them. [/b]
Tonight I’m back on the Basinski, listening to El Camino Real, heard it in the past and decided last week I should get around to having the actual disc, fantastic, haunting. Along with Vivian & Ondine its a sweetly accessible piece, can’t wait to listen to it in bed whilst dropping off to sleep at night - It’s pure undiluted dream juice! Easily my favourite chapter now in that distinctive Basinski lush ‘drowned orchestral’ world, playing like a half remembered memory, the same elusive scene going around in your head with a subtle shift of perception taking place as it repeats itself.
Church Puddle, I also recommend Watermusic with its subliminal 'not quite there' quality, Watermusic II, and also 92982 - (of which track 4 is particularly beautiful in a Stars Of The Lid style). Melancholia I’m not so sure about this one for me, its faded piano sound reminds me slightly of The Caretaker, (who I prefer in that context), it’s different to the other Basinski works that I like. At some point I may get around to buying Silent Night its slightly eerie, but kind of romantic.
I've spent the weekend listening to Siouxsie & The Banshees; Juju, Köln '81, and Secondhand Daylight, The Correct Use of Soap and Magic, Murder and the Weather by Magazine...only realised this morning all those albums feature the sorely missed John McGeoch.
Bought a 2 disc set 'The Noise Made By People' & 'Ha Ha Sound' a week or so ago & just can't believe what I am hearing. Their songwriting is outstanding, the use of odd sounds within the stereo field is second to none.
It's been years since I have played one album constantly, but to get two in one go is a real Brucie bonus.
Last week I played 'Ha Ha Sound' 10 times & 'TNMBP' 5 times & they just keep on getting better & better with each listen. Not a weak track on any of them.
Originally posted by Scott: [b]Harold Budd - Lovely Thunder [/b]
There’s some great pieces to listen to on that album during this changeable weather.
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Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Obsessed with BROADCAST. Bought a 2 disc set 'The Noise Made By People' & 'Ha Ha Sound' a week or so ago & just can't believe what I am hearing. Their songwriting is outstanding, the use of odd sounds within the stereo field is second to none.
Thanks for posting, I recall Broadcast’s most recent work being mentioned on the forum but I never thought to check out their back catalogue. Like what I heard, and been spurred on to buying a 2 disc set myself
Mostly been listening to William Basinski: Watermusic (I) this week, (and also been returning to Mr Foxx via A Secret Life). Echospace: The Coldest season, this one I got on sale at £3, after three play’s I’ve gone from thinking it was disappointingly weak to now happily getting into some of the Aphex Twin meets GAS style of tracks at the middle of the album.
Yesterday was the best weather we’ve had in nearly five months, journeying to work in the afternoon without the ipod I wished I’d had some music to listen to, but I quickly put that out of mind as the air seemed to be full of the sounds of birds singing. This morning to ‘celebrate’ the return of summer it was Goldfrapp: Seventh Tree, this proved to be a bit premature as lo and behold the weathers slipped right back to rolling clouds and high winds, so, it was on to more suitable listening with Mr Sylvian’s: Secrets Of The Beehive.
Celer: Capri, (quite a sombre one this. I bought several albums by Celer towards the end of last year, Capri is one along with a couple of others that I've been meaning to get around to playing for the first time).
and followed by, Dead Can Dance: into The Labyrinth
Originally posted by Scott: [b] [b]Harold Budd - Lovely Thunder [/b]
There’s some great pieces to listen to on that album during this changeable weather.
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Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Obsessed with BROADCAST. Bought a 2 disc set 'The Noise Made By People' & 'Ha Ha Sound' a week or so ago & just can't believe what I am hearing. Their songwriting is outstanding, the use of odd sounds within the stereo field is second to none.
Thanks for posting, I recall Broadcast’s most recent work being mentioned on the forum but I never thought to check out their back catalogue. ...[/b]
That was probably me ranting and raving about the brilliant Broadcast & The Focus Group with Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age. My fave Broadcast albums are Ha Ha Sound and Tender Buttons if that's a recommendation at all.
Currently listening to an unhealthy amount of Siouxsie & The Banshees...and then...Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age! Here's some samples of the madness;
Originally posted by RadioBeach: ...the brilliant Broadcast & The Focus Group with Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults of the Radio Age... and Tender Buttons
cheers Radiobeach, both of these albums are most definitely on my wishlist.
The Suns come out big time!!! so I'm back on the Scritti Politti, and high on the clear blue sky, absolutely...
I must be happy about something or perhaps it's the change in temperature and the promise of sunlight because I'm flitting between David Sylvian and his Dead Bees On A Cake and Snow Borne Sorrow by Nine Horses
Can't say I'm a fan but I heard her version of Springsteens - Dancing In The Dark & it blew me away. One of the best cover versions I've ever heard. You can find it here just after the last track ends. I managed to borrow a copy it it's surprisingly good. Will give it a few more listens though before I say I'm a "fan".
Originally posted by MemberD: after carefully checking the hair on my upper lip I've been listening to *selected* (I repeat, selected..) tracks from 'If I Was..Best of M. Ure'
I wouldn't call it music as such. But I've been listening to myself mess around with an Alesis Nanopiano put through the effects on an Alesis Nanoverb. I bought the Nanoverb on Ebay last week for £39 & I'm really impressed with it
Garry luv. I'll be taking both modules to Sonic Weekend 6. It's shame you are not participating.
The best group my native Merseyside has ever produced DEAF SCHOOL THE ANTHOLOGY Their three albums SECOND HONEYMOON /DON'T STOP THE WORLD/ENGLISH BOYS ,WORKING GIRLS plus a BEST OF live Truly amazing band who never really got the acclaim they deserved They would sell out the Liverpool Empire (as I found out to my chagrin on a couple of occasions)They bridged that horrible hole between Glam/Prog and Punk New Wave in the mid 70's when everyone was in thrall to The Eagles, Peter Frampton , The Bay City Rollers and Boney M Brings back great memories of the long hot Summer Eddie Merckx , Duncan McKenzie , Bjorn Borg and Lancashire Cricket team's one day exploits in the Sunday League . Ultravox ! and Kraftwerk were just about to arrive. Truly wonderful band Most famous tune is probably "WHAT A WAY TO END IT ALL " It's jaunty classic pop at odds with its theme of suicide IT'S A BOYS'WORLD beat both Billy Joel (we didn't start the fire) and The BELOVED HELLO By a country mile and at least a decade with the "Shoppimg list" style song Famous members BETTIE BRIGHT (MRS SUGGS)basically Sarah Cracknell's musical auntie and guitarist CLIFF (CLIVE) LANGER ) producer supreme I think I mentioned on a previous thread that when I bought their first two albums on vinyl at Probe Records , I was served by none other than DEAD OR ALIVE's PETE BURNS
Different from John Foxx but equally as classy
"So hand me my coat and my beret I'm going home to Rock Ferry "
Presently its Suicide: 2nd Album..."Diahmunds, Fircoat, Champain"... oh yeah!
but this morning I was listening to Terminal Twilight - Black And Blue and The Fire Of Love: http://www.myspace.com/terminaltwilight I've also been mulling over buying Goldfrapp's new Head First album (I keep playing the samples), and speaking of yesteryears disco sounds and diamonds furcoats and champagne - I heard on the news today that ABBA are considering making a new album, or so they say...
I'm off out in a bit to the fourth in our local "Under the 8os" clubnights.
My second set, so I'm dead nervous. This time I've got the best part of 40 minutes!
Here's the set what I've put together. It's quite deliberately structured the way it is.
Quiet Men (full version) Metro Mr X Underpass A Man Could Get Lost Dancing Like A Gun Black Heart Young Savage Born to Lose Burning Car (live) The Boy Who Came Back
I'm a real novice behind the decks. D'you think it'll work?
£3 to get in by the way, 10 minute walk from the station. Feels appropriate that it should be raining, but don't let that put you off
Back home. Didn't go well as I was on too early. There were six people there, apartf orm the three of us playing...
Still, home earlier than expected.
Perfect hour now to sit back and listen to Tom Waits "Asylum Years". It's not a great compilation, which is interesting, because the albums themselves from which the tracks originate are all superb. Works for now though
To Birdsong: sounds like a neat setlist! If I were at your local I surely would've enjoyed it. But the title 'The boy who came back' doesn't ring a bell for me.
Currently listening to: Roxy Music: Live (world tour 2001) They had an album full of new material ready back then, with the original line-up (with BE that is) on it. Wonder what happened.
Originally posted by Scott: [b] [b]Mick Karn - The Concrete Twin [/b]
What's your verdict on it, Scott? [/b]
It's good but not as good as some of the reviews I read. They said it was his best work but I can't agree on that. Not a lot different from Three Part Species. It's still very atmospheric & jazzy & if you like his other work you'll like this but maybe I'm a bit harsh as I wanted a bit more difference though he does use the ocarina which I think is a first since Titles. I may change my opinion on further listens.
John Foxx Golden Green came on a while ago during some random shuffling...
Now I'm immersed in the splendour of Cathedral Oceans II. I'm reminded of the time when I considered this to be the best of the three albums in the series, and for a while I will go back to that point of view.
It most strongly resembles My Lost City, but seems to have a darker, Gothic element and is somehow more 'tangible'. I am really going to enjoy playing this again now a few times over the coming week and see where it takes me.
I've been stuck on Exorcising Ghosts most of the week - dunno why! Today though it was The Kinks and The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society.
Gentlemen Take Polaroids- Japan. An Oberheim OBX vs Prophet-5 tour de force and an elegantly produced album. One day this album will be released with the lost track Some Kind Of Fool, which does exist as a finished version and can be found somewhere in the Virgin vaults. Any volunteers?
The Party's Over - Talk Talk. It is my personal favourite from the band. Perhaps it has the Colin Thurston touch which makes it one of the best synth debuts and a highlight from 1982. Could Talk Talk be next in the expanded editions from EMI?
I'm still stuck in my 80's mood & this bank holiday weekend so far it's been.
Big Country - Greatest Hits Talk Talk - The Colour Of Spring (My fav Chris) John Foxx - In Mysterious Ways David Sylvian - Gone To Earth Japan - Tin Drum
listening to Yonderboi: Shallow And Profound, and presently its Road Movie - a track of really lovely ambience.
I'm with you guys on Talk Talk, and for me its the haunting Spirit Of Eden album, with I Believe In You being on my all time favourite songs list, in fact this is an album I'd love to hear filtered into John's work should he ever go in a more electro/acoustic direction.
This weekends listening has mostly been The Doors first album, and Suicide 2nd album. And lots of nightime lying in bed with headphones with Celer: In Escaping Lakes, best way to experience this album is to immerse yourself in it, great for dropping off to sleep, and also, Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-All, (bit of a mouthful title that ), the music of the last 10 minutes of part 3 of this album - Tended Pouring is really beautiful in a kind of Cathedral Oceans way, with a rippling musical sweep.
Vienna (edit) - Ultravox . Helping out with the make Vienna No. 1 campaign.
From Townsend: Destination (edit) - John Foxx & The Maths September Town (edit) - John Foxx & The Maths Running In Traffic - John Foxx. Even though I own The Hidden Man CD. Got carried away I guess
The 1999 2xCD compilation release Calling for Vanished Faces which is really where I started once I decided I wanted to learn more about the terrifying madman that is the genuis of David Tibet.
It's a truly uncompromising collection of dark, industrial and chilling pieces on Big themes, presented at an awesome scale. The stuff of nightmares - and at the same time, contains more than a few moments of haunting beauty, delicate guitar-and-piano tunes and guest vocal appearances by the likes of Björk and Nick Cave.
Defies description, but the term 'industrial folk music' has some relevance.
Do not listen to this album in front of a mirror...
Didn't know where else to post this little anecdote.
I was at Mottisfont Abbey on the Bank Holiday, and during a tour round the house we came upon A Woman On A Stairway - posing in an elegant long white dress being filmed for something. I thought that was quite cool, until we were outside (in The Garden) half an hour later and a girl walked pasted wearing a T-shirt with the phrase "Dance With Me" written on it...
earlier this week I had a morning of - My Lost City, and Niyaz: Niyaz, together with Dead Can Dance: Into The Labyrinth. Good stuff, but I think I overdid it with the serious tones and felt a little bit like jumping off from a cliff after all of these together , so I spent the afternoon following it up with School Of Seven Bells: Alpinisms, Bibio: Ambivilance Avenue, and Lotus Plaza: The Foodlight Collective, all of which balanced out the earlier albums.
Getting a bit random yesterday I'd uploaded what I thought was going to be a Doves album, (lent to me by a friend a while ago), boy I thought, have they changed since I last got one of their albums - (Lost Souls), but it turned out I was actually listening to Muse, , how stupid am I, (I don't know much about them).
Muse: The Resistance, how odd is this album! with huge chunks of MidgeVox, Queen, and shades of the Eurovision Song Contest creeping in along with fleeting echoes of Magma. It made me think that it sounded like what might have resulted back in '79 if John had never left Ultravox and Midge Ure had instead become lead in Thin Lizzy and he then attempted to create the MidgeVox sound with a rock band.
I'm not convinced The Resistance works, or if its just really cheesy, but, erm, some of the tracks such as United States Of Eurasia/Collateral Damage, I Belong To You, and the Exogenesis Symphony 3-parter have really grown on me...
Not owning any Mesh material prior to this, I bought this album based mainly on positive feedback posted on this thread. This is a cracking album, so thanks for the tip
Scott: there are five or six songs on the player (top right) so I don't know which one came up when you went onto the page. They're all good and from different periods of the band's history. A nice, different version of "Christian" there too.
Nice sunny morning so now listening to album "Difficult Shapes and Passive Rhythms (Some People Think It's Fun to Entertain)"
Merseyside's second best band after Deaf School "dees ees fax" as Fat Rafa would say Seen them headlining in Liverpool and supporting Simple Minds in a big tent in Milan just before Mr Kerr's name was changed from Jim to Juan !
Alright la! First saw 'em supported by one Howard Jones in north western student dive, then in a big tent in Bologna just after the Heysel disaster in 85.. they were trying to keep a low profile and were scared sh...less. "Seven Sports for All" . .but don't mention footy!
Sunny weekend, and glorious here again today too - which I am celebrating with my first week off work this year.
Spending the time with my ole mucker 'reggie' in the form of Third World, Aswad and various internet radio stations. Love roots and dub reggae, so its a treat to be able to indulge while painting.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Sunny weekend, and glorious here again today too - which I am celebrating with my first week off work this year.
Spending the time with my ole mucker 'reggie' in the form of Third World, Aswad and various internet radio stations. Love roots and dub reggae, so its a treat to be able to indulge while painting.
I see Jah glory... in daa risin' sun
I trust there's some Peter Tosh in the mix there Mart . in addition to Steel Pulse plus those two great 70's top chart topper "Up town , Top Rankin '" and "Irie Feelings" Reggae like Bailey's Irish Cream for me , an occasional indulgence
Originally posted by MikeG: Mesh - A Perfect Solution
Not owning any Mesh material prior to this, I bought this album based mainly on positive feedback posted on this thread. This is a cracking album, so thanks for the tip
Mesh are one of my favourite bands, but I have to say I was disappointed with A Perfect Solution (with the exception of 'Everything I Made'), just as I was with the previous release.
I would however, seriously recommend 2002's "The Point At Which It Falls Apart" - a stunning album!
this afternoon its become David Sylvian: Gone To Earth - Disc 2 (not heard the ambient album in a long time), followed by, Stars Of The Lid: Avec Laudenum.
Decent gig. Apart from when gary either completely forgets the lyrics or starts scat singing.
Lots of funky slapbass.
And a rare live version of Love Needs No Disguise!
Intrigued (not by the slap bass, but he does a lot of that scat singing..."Bridge? What Bridge?"....um the one you just jumped off Gaz?)- as I've never heard any of the Warriors tour at all - where can I get it?
I'm now even more gutted about missing last years show after hearing this. Midges' voice sounds even better now & it's good to see the whole show on the 2 discs. I'll depress myself more now by watching the dvd
I intend to spend a day in the company of someone who's up there with JF in terms of quality output Step forward "Mr Matt Johnson" and his double definite article SOUL MINING INFECTED MIND BOMB All lined up
This morning it was The Garden but I've just found out that Leftfield are back*! So it's the 2CD version of Leftism and the perfect day for tracks like Original and Melt
*the myspace page states; "Completing the live line up will be Adam Wren (keyboards), Jess Mills (vocals) and Sebastian Beresford on drums, replacing Paul Daley who is working on other recording projects."
Talking about China Crisis. The 2 CD version of The Collection is great for it's B-sides. I found the second disc more entertaining than the first disc with all the hits. I was playing it the other day and tracks like Scream Down At Me, Watching Over Burning Fields, Greenacre Bay, Dockland, A Golden Handshake For Every Daughter etc are refreshing as can be.
A band I had completely forgotten about is the NYC new wave band that went totally mainstream in the late 70s and early 80s: Blondie. As I'm quite familiar with their smash hits I just treated myself to a small selection of some lesser known tracks but still great tracks from youTube: Scenery, Angels On A Balcony, Fan Mail, In the Sun, Contact In Red Square, Accidents Never Happen and ended up with the very powerful Union City Blue . That's enough pop for the day!
Ultravox - live in Oregon November 1979 - a bootleg of course which I'd never heard before (yes, I'm a bit slow) with Midge Ure singing Slow Motion and Quiet Men plus early versions of the new stuff ... love it!
Originally posted by Birdsong: The Bridge - Thomas Leer and Robert Rental
AT LAST!
It's taken me far too long to get a digital version of this. Previously I've had a crappy recording on cassette, and I have hardly played it.
It's a really innovative and thought-provoking album. I don't think I ever really appreciated how much Soft Cell there is in it.
Great album - very inventive and full of ideas.
If you can find it (it's out there in the ether somewhere...) try and get to hear the EP documenting a live set by Robert Rental and Daniel Miller (as The Normal) played in 1979 supporting Essential Logic - it's called Live At West Runton Pavilion, 6-3-79.
Originally posted by Birdsong: The Bridge - Thomas Leer and Robert Rental
It's a really innovative and thought-provoking album. I don't think I ever really appreciated how much Soft Cell there is in it.
I agree this is a brilliant album. Side A consists of catchy, punky songs that sound like they were performed by early Cabaret Voltaire (Nag Nag Nag era). Side B has very low key ambient tracks that set a contemplative mood.
Even the song titles are good:
"Attack Decay" "Day Breaks, Night Heals" "The Hard Way In & The Easy Way Out"
I haven't listened to this in years. Now that I have a brand new turntable, I really ought to put this on.
the EP documenting a live set by Robert Rental and Daniel Miller (as The Normal) played in 1979 [/QB]
I wanted this for years. It is incredibly rare in America. I imagined it might sound like The Bridge meets Warm Leatherette. When I finally found it, it was disappointing. Two guys noodling around on synths for 20 minutes. Not awful but nothing memorable. Nothing on side 2. I wouldn't recommend this one.
I’ve been buying up Depeche Mode’s back catalogue in reverse chronological order and this is my most recent purchase. It’s been a journey of electronic bliss (well, apart from Exiter). Now I’m back in the 80’s I haven’t that far to go. I will be sad when it all ends
Ahh, I like that album Alex! It's his return-to-form album. Together with 'Exile' it's one of my fav Numan albums. I like it's dark ghostly atmosphere. What do you think of it?
Originally posted by Lody Herst: Ahh, I like that album Alex! It's his return-to-form album. Together with 'Exile' it's one of my fav Numan albums. I like it's dark ghostly atmosphere. What do you think of it?
I couldn't agree more! Today, Sacrifice might lack production, but the minimal approach and the dar atmosphere make it quite sinister and unsettling. it's a dark psychological journey and certainly lyrically, one of Gary's best albums.
Sacrifice and Exile and certainly in my top 5 Numan albums alongside Telekon and The Pleasure Principle and probably I, Assassin.
It's the OST to the German TV documentary '24H Berlin'. Fehlmann was the leadsman of an eighties group called Palais Schaumburg. They tried to combine avant-garde with dance music. Fehlmann is now the elder statesman of the German Kompakt label. This album has the same mix of avant-garde and melodies as his former band. It's all electronic, and for people who dig Eno and Foxx's TCM: go check it out!
Presently its Grouper's album: Dragging A Dead Deer Up A Hill.
And earlier this morning it was some David Sylvian tracks: Boy With A Gun, Orpheus, The Ink In The Well, Taking The Veil, Before The Bullfight, and Wave, all of which made for quite a good little album together
Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street.
Having heard samples of this last year I'd been looking forward to finally getting the album, its turned out to be a mixed bag with one or two tracks just a tiny bit irritating for me, but the title track is really beautiful with it's Stars Of The Lid meets the drowsy Hassell sound, it's a track I can keep on repeat a lot.
Jon Hassell! Makes me smile. I've seen him once in the early eighties at 'de Effenaar' in my hometown. It was forbidden to stand up, to smoke and to make any noise at all. I remember one keyboardplayer being blind and they had a huge palmtree on stage under which Jon sat and played his prepared trumpet. I've got a couple of JH albums, on one it's Eno who's playing along. The other is a co-production of Hassell and Eno ('Possible Music'). MY question for you, Core Memory: has this album other musicians playing on it? And does JH still play in minimal - avantgarde - jazz style? Have fun listening!
If you like early Numan then you will like this. Their debut album is out very soon and on the strength of what I have heard on MySpace it has gone straight to the top of wish list
they certainly wear their influences on their sleeve! - sounds like a young Gary singing, I wonder what he'd make of it
Been playing some of Muse: The Resistance again recently. For an album that on first play left me scratching my head in uncertain be'muse'ment parts of it have now really grown on me. Was listening to the lovely orchestrated trio of songs at the end while walking home from work the other evening and during the gaps between tracks I could hear the birds chirping at dusk, really went so well with the music.
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Originally posted by Lody Herst: Jon Hassell… I've seen him once in the early eighties… they had a huge palmtree on stage under which Jon sat and played his prepared trumpet. ...has this album other musicians playing on it?
Actually, The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street was mentioned in this thread last year, by Radiobeach and Mr Ilektrik (I think), that’s what reminded me to go check it out, and quite a few other musicians do make their contribution on it I love Fourth World Vol 1 & 2, though Possible Musics is a bit of a sore point as I have to make do with my old cassette version, I’m really hoping it will get a new CD reissue. In fact Fourth World Vol 1 was my first experience of anything as musically different as it is, a college friend I lived with in ’83 (a big Eno fan) had bought the LP on its release, I remember he played it to me one day and I couldn’t listen to it, I likened it to the aural equivalent of being stuck indoors and watching the rain through a window. Its funny how your tastes change, in ’87 I remembered it, and bought the Vol 1 & 2 tape edition, and played it religiously!
I was talking to an old pal on facebook today who I haven't seen for years. We got talking about our old days in the 80's & the good times we had. Brought back some great memories & I dug these out today to listen to. Duran Duran - Duran Duran , Arcadia - So Red The Rose , John Foxx - In Mysterious Ways , Depeche Mode - A Broken Frame & even some Nik Kershaw but don't laugh at that one.
Well, I'm playing my copy of Metatronic. Surprisingly, I've got into the main compilation disc; that was the one I thought I wouldn't play, since I had everything on it, aside from Underpants extended.
If anything, the live album doesn't do much for me - again I find the mix a little difficult.
But back to the point - this is a really well and cleverly chosen selection of songs. It's not a "best of" or singles collection, or anything of the sort. Metatronic CD1 really feels like a carefully selected snapshot of John's electro work, but in a chronological way. It plays like an album, rather than compilation.
Played both CDs. The music flows and yes it's a great feeling to have eventually the extended version of Underpass. I like the New Wave take on Burning Car. It's a pretty good version. The live album is top notch. Good choice.
Flitting between tracks from Ladytron, Vitalic, Muse’s Resistance album, Chrome, and Moon Duo’s brilliant Escape album, but this week has been dominated by one album in particular –
Desire:II
A collaboration and a change of pace from members of the Italians Do It Better label, of which I’m not entirely sold on their other albums, but I had to buy this fantastic release of last year. Since getting it last weekend I’ve been completely smitten, playing it over and over like a love-struck teenager lost in music. It’s a fairly minimal electro affair of synth, piano, strings and guitar creating a laid back atmosphere that transports you to a post-disco state of mind, pondering love’s up’s and downs, rather than stepping out onto a dancefloor.
Its sublime Shangri-La style singing is delivered in a world-weary manner, set against a gently pulsing beat with romantic orchestrated overtones. High points are: Don’t Call, Oxygene, and the truly beautiful Under Your Spell, amazing, if only all pop were this good, it’s definitely my album of the moment.
Caught up with Metatronic in HMV myself today and agree that it looks fab!!
Haven't read the sleevenotes yet Garry, but you must feel great knowing your work is out there in the High Street. Thoroughly well-deserved
Incidentally, I think HMV Southampton has set a new record for Foxx albums in stock. Today there were copies of Metamatic, IMW, TGS, The Garden, Mirrorball, My Lost City, Glimmer and Modern Art. That's NINE albums IN A SHOP
Dusting down my cassettes and came across the following gems YEAR OF THE CAT AL STEWART (Sublime) LEd ZEP4 LED ZEP (The equivalent of a Tesco's pizza satisfying in its own way , but strictly an occasional indulgence) DISCO LEN AND HIS SEXOLETTES I'M YOUR MAN ( Canada's "Mr Miserable" Cohen goes disco and surprisingly it works) EMOTIONAL HOOLIGAN GARY CLAIL ( minor league Bristol Sound member outshone by Massive Attack , Tricky , PJ Harvey , Portishead but enough electronic beats and sequencers to keep this Foxxhead happy ) KILLING JOKE WHAT'S THIS FOR ?
Right , I've got a bike race to go and watch live . Giro d'Italia time is here . Laters !
1. Swoon (Radio Edit) 2. Galvanize 3. Star Guitar 4. Block Rockin' Beats 5. Close Your Eyes 6. Got Glint? 7. The Pills Won't Help You Now 8. Piku 9. Saturate 10. Surface To Air
If you don't own any Chemical Brothers - I urge you to get this as it's a well thought out and damn fine compilation of their tunes - and includes new single Swoon.
Last week it was mostly relaxing ambience with Pantha Du Prince: This Bliss, and Echospace: The Coldest Season, and mid-week I had a double bill of Shifting City and Pleasures Of Electricity. Spent the last four days ill with a viral thingie, which was rubbishly timed to start on the evening of my last working day, and began clearing up just in time for me to start back at work again :rolleyes: there’s something very wrong there! and I can’t listen to music when I’m ill, it gives me a headache.
Todays music has mostly not been relaxing! Chrome: Red Exposure, Psychic Ills: Mirror Eye, and Deerhunter: Microcastle/Weird Era Continued.
Sound quality is something else, isn't it? I find myself loving Through My Sleeping again, especially that crazy psychedelic/backwards/inside out/mashed up nonsense at the end, when the heee-owwgge bass notes kick in.
And why have I not noticed before the Underpass riff that inhabits Part II of My Sex?
Apparently Murphy says this is the last LCD Soundsystem album - maybe he's run out of other people's ideas...it's very Bowie; '77-'79 Bowie with a load of Eno thrown in.
Drunk Girls is White Light/White Heat in Boys Keep Swinging clothing. If I stop thinking about all the theft it's quite enjoyable - dunnno if it's as good as Sound of Silver yet though.
Cranking up the volume with my rather worn-out copy of Exile On Main Street
Looking forward to getting the new expanded edition and proud to say it's always been well placed every time I put together a Top 100 albums-what-I-like.
Just bought a USB turntable and started going through some vinyl favourites to load on to my iPod. Arrrrggh - they are so scratched and worn from over playing and years of neglect!
First up was "This Jungle", then the 12" version of "That's no Lie" by Heaven 17 (love the intro), then "Strange Day" and "Hundred Years" by the Cure. No real order to this apart from JF first (see another thread for why that is - the B side one), didn't realise that my vinyl isn't A-Z sorted anymore! Ho hum, another task!
'Elektro Guzzi' is an Austrian band who are interested in structure. They produce and perform like any modern electronic producer and performer wanting that every element of a track is exactly where it is intended to be. There is no computer backup material they prepared earlier, no loops and things, no overdubs. However hard it is to believe, what you hear is 100 % live.
After liking the single The Flood which was produced by William Orbit I was expecting a bit more from this album. I have her other albums & was hoping for a different direction with this one as she said that was what she was aiming for but to me it's just more of the same which isn't too bad a thing , I was just wanting that bit more.
I'm rediscovering some lesser known works by John Foxx
This week, I played a copy of the material for The Bed soundtrack for the first time in a couple of years, and was taken aback by its sudden transition into a very contemporary piece! Seriously, it really sounds as if it would fit onto his recent releases and sound like it had only just been written.
I've also been absorbed into Drift Music which I have always considered to be one of John's more abstract and innovative pieces. It is mind-altering in a psychelic kind of way, and really changes the mood. It filters through my brain in a way that few - if any - other music does.
Overlooked. I chose it as a Desert Island album, and I can totally see why.
Invaders Must Die Prodigy (iTunes version) and on my CDRW in the car I have 'Billion Dollar Gravy' by London Elektricity,'Octavarium' by Dream Theater, Metamatic & In the Glow
didn't much play this album when I got it last year, but been playing it quite a lot over the last week on any sunnier days that we've had (as is this morning's),
I'm sure that Flightpath Tegel was filmed around Brum,those underpasses,the New Bull Ring (Selfridges) are all in there.Nice to see the whole film at last
My new playlist: Angels In the Architecture (1987) Ian Brown My Way Prodigy Maida Vale sessions (Disc 2 of Music for a Jilted Generation) John Foxx Golden Section
Edit:Think I'll treat myself to the itunes plus upgrade of Systems Of Romance
Goldfrapp "Seventh Tree" - pretty impressed. The Durutti Column "A Paean to Wilson" - the best most consistent for some considerable time I reckon.
"New" stuff on the night shift:
Bark Psychosis "Hex" - one of my favourite bands and yet their only (unavailable for years) full-length (until 2004) had eluded me in terms of finding a mood/time (and I knew half the tracks from other recordings). I finally find the time and mood - 5am to 6am in an office that is closing in a few months. Newbies to Bark Psychosis may note that "Pendulum Man" played behind the first televised Jam (Chris Morris) sketch.
"New" stuff on the bus:
David Sylvian "Dead Bees on a Cake" - at his most mellow in places. I almost thought it was Sade in places. Which is not necessarily as bad as some people would think. Not in the league of "Secrets" or "Blemish" though.
Must be Foxx Fans who went to the gig on Saturday. They started following me on twitter,looked on Myspace & there they were.
Massive bigup to them from me.
Not at all bad Brian. Like Cruel and Play with Fire. the last live video (Feed Your Addiction)looks, er.... visual! The semi professional recorded one is wonderfully atmospheric, and the first (Office Politiks) is also quite unique.
Actually, the more I think of it, a VJ set would have been more effective at last weeks Roundhouse event - there is enough material lfrom the period about and would have served as a useful visual distraction from looking at the rest of the crowd!!
I've decided to give Ian Brown 'My Way' and Prodigy 'Invaders Must Die' a rest, each are on over a 100 play counts for each album so....
Its 'Time Flies' Oasis that arrived two days early on Saturday thanks to HMV and a pre-order for the Chemical Brothers latest album which iTunes will deliver in the morning,it'll be the first album of theirs that I've owned.
Cry-makingly fabulous. It's been too long since a collection of songs have left me so exposed and so short of words.
Seldom is an album as good as I wanted it to be, and fewer still surpass my expectations or cut as deep.
But in world of burlesque and circus, of sideshows and strippers and sailors and freaks there is magic and weirdness and all manner of absurdities, crudities, glamour and sleaze. There are bottles of strange liquours, broken pianos and curtains of the heaviest cloth. There are lovers and lies. Truth and sins of every colour.
And then there is Marc Almond.
If this is to be his Swan Song, his epitaph, then we shall for ever carry torches. His time is over, he does not belong in this world. He knows.
But strange is good. And variety is better.
I will be amazed if I hear anything subsequently released this year that even comes close.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Marc Almond's [b]Varieté
Cry-makingly fabulous. It's been too long since a collection of songs have left me so exposed and so short of words.
Seldom is an album as good as I wanted it to be, and fewer still surpass my expectations or cut as deep.
But in world of burlesque and circus, of sideshows and strippers and sailors and freaks there is magic and weirdness and all manner of absurdities, crudities, glamour and sleaze. There are bottles of strange liquours, broken pianos and curtains of the heaviest cloth. There are lovers and lies. Truth and sins of every colour.
And then there is Marc Almond.
If this is to be his Swan Song, his epitaph, then we shall for ever carry torches. His time is over, he does not belong in this world. He knows.
But strange is good. And variety is better.
I will be amazed if I hear anything subsequently released this year that even comes close. [/b]
Originally posted by Birdsong: Marc Almond's [b]Varieté
Cry-makingly fabulous. It's been too long since a collection of songs have left me so exposed and so short of words.
Seldom is an album as good as I wanted it to be, and fewer still surpass my expectations or cut as deep.
But in world of burlesque and circus, of sideshows and strippers and sailors and freaks there is magic and weirdness and all manner of absurdities, crudities, glamour and sleaze. There are bottles of strange liquours, broken pianos and curtains of the heaviest cloth. There are lovers and lies. Truth and sins of every colour.
And then there is Marc Almond.
If this is to be his Swan Song, his epitaph, then we shall for ever carry torches. His time is over, he does not belong in this world. He knows.
But strange is good. And variety is better.
I will be amazed if I hear anything subsequently released this year that even comes close. [/b]
I think if you'd been born and raised in Southport Martin your "Lebensmude"* would be just as trenchant For further evidence , see Morrisey's "Everyday is like Sunday " *I think that's the right pseudo -Freudian term for "Being fed up with life "
Well I was being nice to JMJ cos he got his award and you never know if he might be watching...but I don't think I've ever listened to it from start to finish. :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
D.N.A. Carrying on from where he left off with Tiny Colour Moviesthis is Foxx electronic territory. A niced blend of slower ambient tracks like A Secret Life with quicker rhythimc ones like Maybe Tomorrow.
Zavvi have finally delivered the stuff I oredered for my birthday (Two weks late) Anyway STRANGLERS RATTUS NORVEGICUS (IV) BILL NELSON THE LOVE THAT WHIRLS ST ETIENNE TALES FROM TURNPIKE HOUSE
should all be going on my gramophone today (If I can find a replacement wind-up handle) I know the first two are class I've got them on vinyl somewhere I bought the third on the strength of it being Sarah and The Boys I'm sure it will be yet another belter from the London based Green Jerseyed French football team that once had Platini afficianados On that trivial note , did you know there's also a French rock band called Aston Villa ?!
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: [b] On that trivial note , did you know there's also a French rock band called Aston Villa ?!
No, but I just found out "Europe After The Rain" is a painting by Max Ernst :rolleyes: [/b]
So....there's a UK band called Saint Etienne and there's a French band called Aston Villa? hahahahaha! That's great!
D - Europe after the Rain; When Ernst finished painting it Peggy Guggenheim gave him the cash to get himself on a boat to the US just before Nazi occupation. Ernst spent the money making sure that the painting went on the boat instead - Ernst becoming a stowaway on the same boat to New York.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Apparently there's a football match on today... Now remind me, is that the one with the round ball?
It’s whether the stripes on the player’s tops are meant to be horizontal solely for Rugby and vertical for Football that always confuses me
Listening today to Jean Michel Jarre: Oxgene. All the talk a few weeks back about his award finally had me getting a CD. I stopped listening to my vinyl copy in the early 80’s, so it’s been a long while since I heard it in it’s entirety again. Very definite teenage bedroom listening memories came flooding back, I was heavily into this album (and Equinox) at the time, happily for me, it’s really stood the passage of time well, operatic and unearthly in places, and majestic overall.
Mirrorball – last played this in the much colder months and my opinion of it as an album had sadly lessened somewhat, but today I’ve really enjoyed it, making me feel that it’s perhaps a very seasonal work that really comes into its own in the summertime.
Casino Royale soundtrack (1967) - Burt Bacharach and the Tijuana Brass.
Barbarella soundtrack - by Bob Crewe and Charles Fox
Space 1999, Second Season - Derek Wadsworth's music for Gerry Anderson's completely style over content 70's TV epic.
the first two albums I'd been meaning to get for years, and the latter one I only recently found out had been released last year. Yes, once upon a time 'the future really was fantastic...'
Pop Will Eat Itself - DefCon 1 Jesus and Mary Chain - April Skies The Charlatans - The only one I know
(I don't actually recall buying these)
and...
A band called "Metropolis" that I saw play live in Stevenage once upon a time, single called "See no Reason". Anyone else heard of this? Lady singer, synth band.
Peter Frampton Thank You Mr Churchill, great album with a Mark Knopfler/Gary Moore sound, listened to it on the drive to work,the production is very good.
And now Electric Cafe by Kraftwerk. Just spent the last few days documenting the vinyl collection (discogs.com is very useful). Started digging up stuff I'd forgotten.
Gone back to discs in my car after being spotted holding the iPod in traffic by an eagle eyed officer,he said I would have got three points if it was an iPhone so ;
Invaders Must Die -Prodigy Prodigy - Mixtape by Bluefire(Bootleg) Jimi Hendrix - Fire (Best Of) John Foxx - Metamatic Stone Roses - The Complete Howard Jones - Best Of
Just added another MP3 disc to the car CD collection with: Peter Gabriel 'So',U2 'Wide Awake in America'and Pet Shop Boys 'The Alternative'(B side compilation), picked these three albums up at a local boot sale this morning,U2 and Peter Gabriel discs are original issues from 1986/87 and are near mint, Pet Shop Boys double CD looks like its had a bit of a hard life,but iTunes imported it without any hassle.
I fly out to Lake Garda tomorrow so thought I'd listen to my favourite Italian band (the only one I know actually) Nosound & listen to there 3 albums Sol29 , Lightdark & A Sense Of Loss.
A random selction of diamonds from Antony & the Johnsons.
So beautiful.
River of Sorrow takes your breath away and makes your heart hurt. I always feel so glad to have discovered Antony. The live performance of 'Hope Theres Someone' is unbelievably powerful for such a simple thing
Lots of Mike Oldfield of late, but only up to and including QE2 (1980), I've never got on with the rest, save TBII which was genius. He's always been very unfashionable but I keep going back to stuff like Ommadawn and Incantations.
Bizarre weather we’ve been having lately, with overcast days that are also blazing hot when the sun does get to break through, and now it's all changed to being relentlessly rainy and very foggy. It’s certainly been atmospheric, and Music-wise its made me go from one extreme to another, from slow movement ambient sounds, with tracks taken from Celer: Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-All, William Basinski’s: 92982, and Stars Of The Lid: Avec Laudenum, and on the other days when we’ve had much more sun than not, I’ve been playing Atlas Sound: Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel, along with Deerhunter: Microcastle, and Lotus Plaza: Floodlight Collective.
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Originally posted by Brian: I have the first Season of Space 1999 music on another Anderson themes disk..
I also have the CD soundtrack of the first season music that was released in 2004, and much as I enjoy the funky music of Derek Wadsworth in the ‘outrageously revamped’ second season, you cant beat Barry Gray’s first season music for spine-tingling fantasy atmosphere. I used to have the RCA gatefold vinyl album of it, bought it in the late 70’s, saved up my pocket money and got it mail-order (how did we ever survive prior to the internet!). Sadly, I was broke in my early 20’s and sold the album to a local store for peanuts, now if only I’d seen its long term rarity value and the coming of ebay in a crystal ball, mind you, if I still had that album then I definitely wouldn’t part with it now.
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Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: The new solo album from Dead Can Dance founder member Brendan Perry. Superb!
Presently playing the Ark album myself right now, thanks again for mentioning it. Great music, and that gently strident voice that overpowers and stirs you onwards emotionally, only tiny criticism for me is with the ordinariness of some of the lyrics set against this rich tapestry, but otherwise Superb!
Originally posted by MemberD: Lots of Mike Oldfield of late, but only up to and including QE2 (1980), I've never got on with the rest, save TBII which was genius. He's always been very unfashionable but I keep going back to stuff like Ommadawn and Incantations.
I love Oldfield's work, but I tent to stop at QE2 then skip straight to Amarok and beyond. TBII was fantastic, but I am quite a fan of his later, more electronic/chill-out work too.
However - Mark - I would urge you to check out The Songs of Distant Earth (1995). It's one of the best instrumental/concept albums I've heard. I love it.
During the past few weeks a selection of German avant-garde music:
Deluxe - Harmonia Jardin Au Fou - Roedelius Sowiesoso - Cluster Cluster & Eno - Cluster & Eno After The Heat - Cluster Moebius Roedelius Katzenmusik - Michael Rother
This album is just what it says for me. It's got his more dark visions, his funkateer adventures, PSB pop ('new thing from london town'), ballads and haunting instrumentals. Strange, but very charming indeed.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b]Gary Numan: Strange Charm
This album is just what it says for me. It's got his more dark visions, his funkateer adventures, PSB pop ('new thing from london town'), ballads and haunting instrumentals. Strange, but very charming indeed. [/b]
think its been an unconscious weather-related choice of music for me today, its very warm but its also threatening to really pour down.
Todays music has been - Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream, and presently it's Boards Of Canada; Music Has The Right To Children, the melancholy BOC always seem just so right for a quiet summers afternoon when the skies are about to change.
Originally posted by core memory: think its been an unconscious weather-related choice of music for me today, its very warm but its also threatening to really pour down.
Todays music has been - Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream, and presently it's Boards Of Canada; Music Has The Right To Children, the melancholy BOC always seem just so right for a quiet summers afternoon when the skies are about to change.
Music Has The Right To Children is indeed just so right for summers like this! It's lazy and melancholic (and electronic!) with a twist. But there's also something else; something magic or extra-terrestrial that waits behind the sun ... :rolleyes:
David Bowie. Glass Spider Tour........ better heard than seen at least! Rarely played tracks like "Time" and "All the Madmen" make it worth the effort.
The Prodigy Experience album, I'm needing to relive the the last 20 years I spent following them,Saturday at the Warriors Dance Festival in Milton Keynes has got me raving again!
The Horn The Hunt (sort of The Knife meets Mighty Boosh...you'll have to trust me on that description and not the weird Czech lager I was drinking whilst observing them - I think it was called Zatac...blimey...might of been called Zanax...now there's a thought; "A pint of Zanax please guv'nor and a valium chaser if you please...")
A s**t load of Propaganda
A f**king shedload of Christy Moore and Irish rebel songs
...if I just listen to her debut album, I'll calm down to the bad funky 90s feel of it all and all will be okay
Claudia Brucken - Love & A Million Other Things
This should have been massive & led to a great solo career [/QB]
Hiya Scott - I liked it at the time but listened to it a while back and didn't think it had dated well.
But it's getting the double re-issue treatment soon so I'll give it another go...not entirely sure I need 4 remixes of Kiss Like Ether though!
CD 1:
1. Kiss Like Ether 2. Baby Sigh 3. Absolut[e] 4. Suicide - A Song For A Ghost 5. Unforgivable 6. Moments Of Joy 7. Fanatic (The Nail In My Soul) 8. Love In Another World 9. Always... 10. Surprise
CD 2:
1. Absolut[e] (Shooting Star) 2. Absolut[e] (Bastille Mix) 3. Whisper 4. Kiss Like Ether (As Pure) 5. I, Dream 6. Kiss Like Ether (Electrical Embrace) 7. I, Dream (Recurring) 8. Kiss Like Ether (Earth Mood Magic) 9. Kiss Like Ether (Earth Mood Magic In A Present Tense)
Originally posted by core memory: [b] Suicide: A Way Of Life
Great album - except the remastered version - think Rev must of been on mushrooms when he did that [/b]
I must confess, it’s the 2005 remastered CD
Todays music has been Chrome: 3rd From The Sun, and yesterday saw JMJ: Oxygene, followed in the afternoon by Taylor Deupree: Weather And Worn.
Most of the earlier part of the week was about giving air to two albums I bought last year but have maybe only played once, so lest they end up going into that other thread we have on the forum - (can’t remember what its called, ‘what music aren’t you listening to’ ? or, ’albums you’ve got but don’t play’ ?)–
Boozoo Bajou: Grains.
I have/love their 2001 album Satta, but wasn’t keen on their 2005 follow-up album Dust My Broom, and promptly forgot all about them, so I was surprised last year to come across Grains their third release. Of the 11 tracks, 7 are pleasantly atmospheric in a classic Thievery Corporation kind of way (and made for very good ‘hangover’ listening last Tuesday morning after a night out before), but for an album with a mostly lounge/trippy style I hate it when you get up to 4 tracks peppered throughout that sound out of place, spoiled by vocals that feel like they belong to an entirely different album, which in this case is a man trying to sound like Paul Weller, and a woman attempting to be Sade Adu.
Pocahaunted: Island Diamonds.
I recently got this years release (Make It Real), but I’ve mostly ignored listening to this previous one since I got it. Of the two albums the latter one definitely clicks for me, more melody seems to have crept into the musical jamming, and the tribal wailing of the vocal duo is a little less 'taxing' on the ear and has taken on more form, but of course they’ve split up now as a band!
Got Chemical Brothers: Singles 93-03 for my birthday. When I opened the booklet I read that the reason why I had this CD in my fist, is just one song. And it's not by the Brothers. The Beatles: Tomorrow Never Knows A good starting point to kick of my holiday ...
China Crisis - Working With Fire & Steel , Flaunt The Imperfection , Warped By Success & Disc 2 Of The Collection.
Going to see them on Thursday so they'll be on most of this week. Will probably listen to there other albums tomorrow. The last time they were due to play Glasgow they canceled but hopefully it'll go ok this time. Haven't seen them for a number of years so really looking forward to it.
checking her page out myself right now , It's always interesting to hear what John and Benge have been listening to in the course of making their music.
Last nights bedtime listening was Yes: Relayer, unexpectedly this teenage blast from the past got a look in after all those decades, and I blame the power of the media and the hard to resist influence of the BBC Prog Britannia programme, (which I'd recorded from last week)
This morning for me its been Fight Bite: Emerald Eyes.
Came across this Texas duo's '08 debut album via an itunes link, and just had to get it. With beautiful songs like Swissex Lover, Strings, and Spring Rain, it's a melancholy landscape of girly singing set against low-fi synth dreampop, and I'm not ashamed to say I like it...
Going to treat myself to the new Arcade Fire album, after this I'm not buying any more albums until John Foxx and The Prodigy release their respective live CD/DVDs from The Roundhouse and Milton Keynes.
I got Mesh's most recent album A Perfect Solution a few months ago and connected with it straight away. Suitably impressed, I have now splashed out on their back catalogue. They do have a really distinct sound, and We Collide is a perfect pre-cursor to A Perfect Solution.
I had a few difficulties getting a copy of Who Watches Over Me? (as mentioned in a seperate topic), but it has been well worth the wait - a stunningly good album.
I've also found good value copies of their earlier albums on Grooves Inc (http://www.grooves-inc.co.uk/), so I've got three more albums on the way
Originally posted by Scott: [b]China Crisis - Singing The Praises Of Finer Things
Still on a high after last nights gig. [/b]
Second best group to come out of my native city after Deaf School Saw them supporting Simple Minds in a big massive tent in Milan a long time ago Are both Garry and Eddie still featuring ?
Originally posted by MemberD: School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from Desire
what think you of it MemberD? and you too Garry? I read a rather average review when it came out, and from the samples I've heard it seems more poppy/dance to me than the first album.
Dusting off The Dark Side Of The Moon CD last week. Two things always occur to me when reacquainting myself with it, that, I’ve never ever warmed to the track Money, it sticks out for me, spoiling the flow after the atmospheric The Great Gig In The Sky, (okay, it was the start of side 2 in the olden days).
The main thing though is how emotionally charged this album leaves me feeling, such resonating songs such as Us And Them, with simplistic, almost childlike lyrics, but so perfect in meaning:
“With, without. And who'll deny that's what the fighting’s all about. Get out of the way, it's a busy day, and I've got things on my mind. For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died”
Originally posted by core memory: Dusting off The Dark Side Of The Moon CD last week. Two things always occur to me when reacquainting myself with it, that, I’ve never ever warmed to the track Money, it sticks out for me, spoiling the flow after the atmospheric The Great Gig In The Sky, (okay, it was the start of side 2 in the olden days).
The main thing though is how emotionally charged this album leaves me feeling, such resonating songs such as Us And Them, with simplistic, almost childlike lyrics, but so perfect in meaning:
“With, without. And who'll deny that's what the fighting’s all about. Get out of the way, it's a busy day, and I've got things on my mind. For want of the price of tea and a slice, the old man died”
genius
Completely agree, Core. I haven't heard it for a while either (apart from Us and Them on Ken Bruce the other day) but have you heard the Flaming Lips's brilliant take on the album?
M83 "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts" (astonishing) Underworld "A Hundred Days Off" (ditto) David Sylvian "Dead Bees on a Cake" (a very rich cake with very dead bees) The Durutti Column "Rebellion" (a very good album but you really ought to skip tracks 4 and 5)
Originally posted by the church puddle: M83 "Dead Cities, Red Seas & Lost Ghosts"
Good album.
(I've had the much more poppy Saturdays = Youth album on my wish list for some time now )
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Originally posted by core memory: [b] Dusting off The Dark Side Of The Moon
have you heard the Flaming Lips's brilliant take on the album? [/b]
just some samples of it only, as is also the case with the Easy Star All-Stars dub version, but I'm more than happy to hear nothing other than the original sound of the moon
Originally posted by MemberD: [b]School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from Desire
what think you of it MemberD? and you too Garry? I read a rather average review when it came out, and from the samples I've heard it seems more poppy/dance to me than the first album. [/b]
It's a much tighter album and heavier on the electronic side of things than the debut. I really like it.
The only let down for me was their recent performance at The Scala - the sound was really poor and it just didn't work.
Originally posted by core memory: School of Seven Bells - Disconnect from Desire
It's a much tighter album and heavier on the electronic side of things than the debut. I really like it
cheers for that Garry.
Over the last few weeks I’ve gone from ignoring an album by a band that came out in ’07 which I stuck on a wishlist and forgot about, to then getting this years new album and being completely bowled over by that, and I'm now about to see them play tonight (as by a happy coincidence I discovered that they are performing as part of The Edge Festival here), and the name of this new love is - The Besnard Lakes
Two great albums: Are The Dark Horse, and, Are The Roaring Night.
Uplifting guitars and vocals sprinkled with magical touches of the Beach Boys, Phil Spector, and Roy Orbison that transport you from a valley of peaceful reflection in one moment, and then take you in an instant to a mountain top, where you feel no inhibition in joining in with the truly anthemic spirit of the vision that's being beautifully crafted by this low-fi band from Montreal.
Besnard Lakes I salute you, (and here’s hoping that your great sound delivers tonight at Sneaky Pete’s! )
Rara is the music played throughout Kanaval, an anarchic folk-meets-punk collision of drums, voices and bamboo sticks which all creates an exciting, energising soundtrack to Kanaval in Haiti. Rara bands tour the countryside for days at a time accosting people, car drivers and anyone in their way, demanding payment before they move on and the crowd of musicians and singers gets bigger all the time.
I'm also reading the accompanying book called Kanaval;
“This book contains the most disturbing but exhilarating photographs you are ever likely to see" Bill Drummond
Soul Jazz Records' new photography book release is a fascinating combination of stunning photographs (by Leah Gordon), cultural, historical and anthropological text (with essays by Madison Smartt Bell, Don Cosentino, Myron Beasley, Richard Fleming and Kathy Smith) and unique oral histories.
Just before my computer gets packed for moving house I have made an mp3 CD of the best two albums from 1986 Peter Gabriel 'So' and Genesis 'Invisible Touch'
Just before my computer gets packed for moving house I have made an mp3 CD of the best two albums from 1986 Peter Gabriel 'So' and Genesis 'Invisible Touch'
Wednesday morning saw me with a bit of a hangover from a gig the night before, so music-wise all I could manage to bear was the slow-motion shuffle of Bohren & Der Club Of Gore: Black Earth. By lunchtime though I'd perked up a bit and had the great idea of making a Foxxy uptempo playlist.
Feeling that I'd neglected our John a bit recently, (checking out this forum gave me a twinge of guilt!), so I came up with these five beauties in a row:
Drive (the Impossible version), Neuro Video, Sidewalking, Friendly Fire (Impossible vers), and Making Movies.
This turned out to be a tad premature. A fantastic blast from John and Louis, but way too much excitement for me, and I was back on the sombre inward path. So the rest of this weeks listening has seen me flit between Boards Of Canada: Music Has The Right', Bibio: Vignetting The Compost, and Broadcast: HaHa Sound.
Tonight I'm listening to some online samples of new releases and thinking, no, its too much money So yet more things are added to the never-ending wishlist:
Zola Jesus: Stridulum II, (track 8, Sea Talk sounds a bit like classic OMD, Organisation or Architecture & Morality period). Annoyingly I've just noticed that Zola Jesus are playing here on Sep 4th, and I'm supposed to be visiting Manchester then
Also listening to samples of:
Alter Eagle: Mechanical Gardens. Fennesz: Knoxville. Luke Abbott: Holkham Drones. Women: Public Strain and an Efterklang rerelease: Parades.
I want them all!
As usual I've waffled on at length here , hey come on guys, outbake my waffle.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: I’m currently listening to Rara in Haiti ...the pictures are amazing, you've never seen anything like them. Incredible book.
Thanks for posting. Great music, and those pictures sure make Día de los Muertos look tame.
Quote:- "a furious noise that sounds at times as if football fans were attempting psychedelic marching tunes on vuvuzelas"
Beach Boys - Wild Honey album. Remembering listening to it as a very young kid, thought it was the bee's knee's! Most tracks are just over 2.5 minutes - short and sweet.
Just finished listening to Teneks new album On the wire,as has been said before,very Foxxy and Ultrvoxxy in places,great stuff,currently listening to Propaganda Sectret Wish 25th anniv edition while we wing our way up M40
Originally posted by Alex S: Tori Amos. To Venus and Back.
David Bowie. Heathen and Hours.
Alex, your musical choices inspired me see your hand with a Kate Bush: Lionheart to your Tori Amos, and raise you a Space Oddity against your Bowie.
But after a gap of many a year of having last listened to Lionheart much of it sounds rather 'quaint' to my ears now, and there's one or two bland folky tracks on Space Oddity.
I think I've dealt myself a rubbish hand in the musical poker stakes with these two
Mirrors' 'Ways to an End' EP . .they're seriously out-OMDing OMD ... they even do 'experimental' 'B sides' (Of the Night and the Light and the Half Light)
Originally posted by MemberD: [b] the cool summer sounds of Joy Divion's "Closer"..
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Funnily enough, I first heard "Closer" in the summer so for me they go together well! I also first heard "Pornography" in the summer. Happy days ... [/b]
Aah... 'Pornography'... Genius in the drugged-up dark...
One of my life-shaping albums. An all-time favourite.
It feels like Ferry put everything into this album – every bit of experience gained from his days in Roxy music, right through to his continued obsession with the films and fashions of the 1930s and 40s.
Originally posted by Alex S: Bryan Ferry's Mamouna from 1994.
One of my life-shaping albums. An all-time favourite.
It feels like Ferry put everything into this album – every bit of experience gained from his days in Roxy music, right through to his continued obsession with the films and fashions of the 1930s and 40s.
And Eno's production is utterly outstanding.
I totally agree with you Alex!
For me it's part of a set: Taxi / Mamouna
On Taxi it was Michael Brook (or: how close can you get to Eno?) who was very important. It's the best coveralbum I ever heard, every song is stripped to the essential and built up again in a complete different and tense way.
After news that John is working with Robin Simon again for the gig in September, it's Systems of Romance this afternoon, followed by a stroll in The Garden
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Gary Numan's Radial Pair
eh?? .. never knew he had one ...
me? ..a 50 song i-tunes random playlist .. brings up some interesting combinations [/b]
Ah, would be interested to hear your encounters!!!
I had "Wild Honey" by the Beach Boys followed by "Suffer Well" by Depeche Mode, encored by "You're So Vain" by Carly Simon. Difficult to find a thread that connects, but so glad they all exist!
not much to shout about given my limited "library" on this here computer..but let's just say Clara Rockmore wedged in between Joy Division and Saint Etienne make interesting bedfellows
Urgh. My brain's doing that 'turning into a search engine' thang where I can't stick to one damn thing for a single minute so it's already been various aspects from; Siouxsie and the Banshees The Scream, Kraftwerk Man Machine,John FoxxMy Lost City, Saint Etienne Finisterre...and it's not even 10am! I need a lie down
santa came early for me, or rather not, I received some belated birthday pressies from some younger relatives in the form of my wishlist CD's, so I'm now ploughing through a few new releases:
Originally posted by core memory: Zola Jesus: Stridulum II
Ooooooooooooo! You'll have to tell me what it's like! I'm working with a band called The Horn The Hunt and they supported Zola Jesus in Leeds the other week.
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Urgh. My brain's doing that 'turning into a search engine' thang where I can't stick to one damn thing for a single minute so it's already been various aspects from; Siouxsie and the Banshees The Scream, Kraftwerk Man Machine,John FoxxMy Lost City, Saint Etienne Finisterre...and it's not even 10am! I need a lie down
I'm not the only one then! This evening I've been switching between Eric Satie,Pictures at an Exhibition by Tomita,Queens Of the Stone Age and an old Network Records compilation from 1991 - odd combination.
Originally posted by core memory: [b] Zola Jesus: Stridulum II
Ooooooooooooo! You'll have to tell me what it's like! I'm working with a band called The Horn The Hunt and they supported Zola Jesus in Leeds the other week.
I heard Zola Jesus are bit This Mortal Coil-ish? [/b]
Spooky.. I was watching Zola Jesus on Youtube last week. vocals are very Siouxsie-ish & I thought the music was a bit gothic 80's. Not bad though.
Well for someone who doesn't rate Dylan or Young , despises Springsteen and sees Van Morrison as no more than a competent journeyman , funnily enough I'm listening to an artiste who supposedly comprises elements of all the four aforementioned GRAHAM ("Nosey" to his mates)PARKER The first three albums HOWLING WIND HEAT TREATMENT STICK TO ME This speccy-eyed ex petrol pump attendant from Surrey who looks like ELVIS COSTELLO'S wimpy brother (that takes some doing)really raawks Great memories of him supporting THIN LIZZY at Liverpool Stadium mid 70's plus a couple of headlining dates He's supported by THE RUMOUR ; uber pubrock group par excellence featuring BRINDSLEY SCWARZ amongst others Also lined up for use on the gramophone DOREMI FASOL LATIDO If Big Den is the Gold Medallist these are the Silver (Machine) medallists in the 70's FUturist Olympics I've seen T'WIND Live on several occasions and they've never been less than excellent , particularly when BOB CALVERT was there MY only reservation about this group is that they spawned LEMMY , but then again you can't have everything To round things off PROVISION by Metamatic's favourite Welshman GREEN GARTSIDE His journey has been long both musically and aestethically Gone are the Princess Di/Fernando Torres gender bender blond locks and he now looks like a prop- forward for Maesteg or Llanelli Music still of the highest quality Got to go , my Silver Machine awaits and remember "You don't need a cardiologist to have a change of heart "
Superb - the worst cover version in the entire history of crap cover versions! Felt compelled to leave a sarcastic comment, as a riposte to all those who actually thought it was good. It left me in the mood for a proper Kraftwerk tribute so I had to go and look this one up again. I know, you've probably all seen it a million times but what the hell, it's a good 'un!
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: Superb - the worst cover version in the entire history of crap cover versions! Felt compelled to leave a sarcastic comment, as a riposte to all those who actually thought it was good. It left me in the mood for a proper Kraftwerk tribute so I had to go and look this one up again. I know, you've probably all seen it a million times but what the hell, it's a good 'un!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: [b] The worst Kraftwerk cover version in the whole robotic universe ever...!
that is the equivalent of Vic Reeves doing his pub singer routine on Shooting Stars, but its more scary than funny. [/b]
There is another 'Computer World' cover I've heard, which sounds as if it should be performed at 'The Wheel Tappers & Shunters Social Club' or 'Phoenix Nights'. It's that bad, it's genius!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: There is another 'Computer World' cover I've heard, which sounds as if it should be performed at 'The Wheel Tappers & Shunters Social Club'
I'd forgotten all about that '70's TV variety show set in a fictional Northern Working Men's Club for railwayworker's! Can you imagine the gormless club chairman asking the audience to "give order", as he introduced a small German band and their novelty music act all the way from Dusseldorf, here to perform (appropriately) their song Trans-Europe Express...
Currently listening to Tom Waits' masterpiece 'Mule Variations'. From the soulful ballads of 'Georgia Lee' and 'Take It With Me' to the riotous blues of 'Cold Water' and 'Filipino Box Spring Hog' to the almost country 'Hold On' and the almost negro-spiritual 'Come On Up To The House' there's more than enough variation for my eclectic tastes. Favourite Tom Waits quotes:
"My father was an exhaust manifold and my mother was a tree."
"I love Burroughs. He's like a metal desk. He's like a still and everything that comes out of him is already whiskey."
"The other day I heard my older kids talking to my younger boy. They were saying 'Don't ever, don't EVER ask Dad to help with your homework.' They said I made up a war once."
Originally posted by Birdsong: Seems like you and I have similar (excellent) tastes, Stringy Bob
That would indeed seem to be the case. I don't have Orphans & B*stards so after Mule Variations I gave Swordfishtrombones a spin.
I think with TW you either love him or hate him, no middle ground. My other half's not a huge fan so I tend to listen to him more when she's not here :p
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: I think with TW you either love him or hate him, no middle ground.
Actually, I feel very middle ground about Tom Waits! I absolutely love to bits some of his work, but much of his oeuvre I am kind of indifferent to and find it works perfectly well as background music — I don't really even notice it is playing. But there is also a bit of his work that makes me kind of roll my eyes because it seems like he's, well, trying so hard to be "Tom Waits" that the strain shows.
Oddly enough, a couple of nights ago I found a copy of "Blood Money" that I forgot I still had (probably haven't played it since it came out). I meant to give it a re-listen but got distracted — it has been sitting on the corner of my desk behind the computer, just waiting for me to pop it in. And now that many of you seem to be on a Tom Waits kick, I feel obliged to join in the fun . . .
Originally posted by core memory: [b] Swordfishtrombones, and Bone Machine for me
Ooooh - don't have Bone Machine. Where does that sit, style and chronology speaking? [/b]
Sorry, Core, if you are preparing an answer but I fancy answering this one too! Great records! Bone Machine was one of my first from Tom - I'd say it belongs in terms of style between Swordfishtrombones and The Black Rider. It is probably my favourite Waits album. Chronologically speaking, it belongs between Frank's Wild Years (or the Night On Earth OST, if you want to count that one) and The Black Rider.
A mixed bag today. Started off with Dalis Car - The Waking Hour with news that Peter & Mick are to begin work on a follow up next week. This was followed by an afternoon of O.M.D Looking forward to getting the new album on Monday as I've liked what I've heard though I must say the new single is probably the least exciting , I stuck on O.M.D , Architecture & Morality , Junk Culture , Crush , The Pacific Age & Sugar Tax.
Originally posted by Scott: [b]Dalis Car - The Waking Hour with news that Peter & Mick are to begin work on a follow up next week[/b]
Thanks for posting Scott - a New album in the wings! Hopefully also we will get another reissue of the Waking Hour and I'll be able to replace my old copy on cassette that I was lent many surreal moons ago!
Originally posted by core memory: [b] Swordfishtrombones, and Bone Machine for me
Ooooh - don't have Bone Machine. Where does that sit, style and chronology speaking? [/b]
Sorry, Core, if you are preparing an answer but I fancy answering this one too! [/b]
Cheers much for adding your great opinion, with my limited experience I'm really not qualified to judge, so I'll just tell a story
My introduction to Tom was the Franks Wild Years album way back in the year of its release in ’87, while I was in Cornwall for a week with a couple of other people, one of whom was self-financing and (failingly) attempting to make a video doc' about an ‘urban’ sculptor who lived there. None of us had any real experience, albeit much of a clue about what we were actually doing, and I was only there as I was unemployed and it was a free trip all paid for out of ‘the director’s’ pocket, on one of those wacky adventures that sadly only happen in youth and don’t seem to come along when you are much older (and wiser!). The sculptor (who shall remain nameless) played us Franks', along with another well known Frank, Mr Zappa, and was also partial to a bit of Gong, he also for his amusement liked to trick our sensible director with hash cakes and hash tea, while the crew (me and one other guy) were rather grateful for this generosity!
I didn’t pick up ‘83’s Swordfishtrombones until ’88, and at that time I went on a date with an almost complete stranger, and played this album to the person when I suggested that at a very late hour we come back to my place, basically an unfurnished room in a shared house where I had a mattress on the floor and was practicing a design concept I’d originated which I called ‘low living’ (in reality an excuse for not owning much). Everything is placed on the floor, including table lights, and things you’d hang on the walls, pictures etc, are hung no more than one or two feet up from the ground. It’s not something you’re likely to see on 60 minute make-over with Claire Sweeney, and although my date thought it was strange, fortunately they didn’t think I was a crazed serial killer or anything.
The only other Waits album's I’ve had are Bone Machine, my fav’, and Mule Variations.
Frank's Wild Years Swordfishtrombones Big Time Orphans, Brawlers, B*stards and B-sides Closing Time Asylum Years Small change Blue Valentine Real Gone Bounced Checks Mule Variations
Funny how it's so many when you list them like this. I've always considered myself to be a fan of Tom Waits, but never consciously gathered his albums or followed his career. They've just kind of 'come along' randomly, suited at various times to moods, relationships, budgets etc.
A bit like a trip down the pub - unplanned, irreverent and ragamuffin.
(In fact, the same is true of my relationship with Nick Cave...)
Looks as if I will now add Bone Machine to the list...
If I remember rightly, Bone Machine is the album where he uses all sorts of junk as instruments, including brake drums from a car, though I haven't heard the album. I too was a late convert to his music, about ten years ago when I bought Swordfishtrombones on a whim. Since then I've just picked up the odd album here and there, so all I have is the aforementioned Swordfish Trombones, Mule Variations, The Asylum Years and Blood Money, all very different but very good albums. Blood Money takes a few plays to get used to as his voice is deeper and more husky than ever, like a white Paul Robeson. Some great tracks on there though, especially Coney Island Baby and All The World Is Green.
[b]Frank's Wild Years Swordfishtrombones Big Time Orphans, Brawlers, B*stards and B-sides Closing Time Asylum Years Small change Blue Valentine Real Gone Bounced Checks Mule Variations
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What, no "Rain Dogs"?!
Although it's still pop-oriented compared to the theatrical art-rock that followed it, it's a lovely transition from the "Blue Valentine"-type sentimentality to the messier Beefheartian experimentalism that followed. It's a very tight album and damned if "Gun Street Girl" isn't the best song Tom ever put to vinyl.
Another good album though they've done better. Fav tracks so far are New Babies : New Toys & Sister Marie Says. I'm not too keen on the female vocals on Sometimes & Pulse which is very similar sounding to another 80's band (possibly Heaven 17). All in all though I'm liking what I'm hearing & look forward to seeing them live in November.
The little one's 11 th birthday today She's opened her pressies from various relatives and friends , so I'm about to be subjected to a wall-to-wall barrage of -----
I've been rummaging through a whole stack of cassette boxes hidden in my loft cupboard in the process of decorating, so today I've had the delightful experience of spending some (hissy and flat) time with
The Sugarcubes The Brilliant Corners and Ned's Atomic Dustbin
A setlist dedicated to Captain Basso, methinks, to right the atrocious wrongs committed recently by his offspring
Originally posted by Birdsong: I've been rummaging through a whole stack of cassette boxes hidden in my loft cupboard in the process of decorating, so today I've had the delightful experience of spending some (hissy and flat) time with
[b]The Sugarcubes The Brilliant Corners and Ned's Atomic Dustbin
A setlist dedicated to Captain Basso, methinks, to right the atrocious wrongs committed recently by his offspring [/b]
Cheers Martin you're a pal ! How do we attempt to explain the concept of cassettes to the younger forum members ? Did you also line up your cassette player in front of the radio of a Sunday evening as Alan "not arf Brentford nylons" Freeman did the Chart rundown ? The Golden Age of Radio indeed ! Talking 0f Brentford I've got a match to follow BYEEEE!(In the voice of my fellow Evertonian Ed "Stewpot" Stewart ): I bet you used to listen to him of a Saturday morning
--haha! had a lot of that during the summer hols .. . .to which you may add Cesare Cremonini (quite good actually) if you please, and that burke who wants to be a millionaire so effin bad .. d'you know the one? :rolleyes:
--haha! had a lot of that during the summer hols .. . .to which you may add Cesare Cremonini (quite good actually) if you please, and that burke who wants to be a millionaire so effin bad .. d'you know the one? :rolleyes: [/b]
Luckily I've missed out on the two you mention !I suppose I've got it all to come !
Freebass - a band comprising of Peter Hook(Joy Division) and Mani (Stone Roses) and the guitarist from the Smiths. Stumbled across the album via a Twitter outburst by Mani. Nice album.
I'm listening to another of my bathtime compilations! Since our computer room is right next to the bathroom I often just go through the music folders on my hard drive and select whatever tracks jump out and grab me to listen to whilst soaking in the tub (no, of course I'm not still in the bath!). It's weird what a wide assortment of artists take my fancy at any given moment. Here are today's, in alphabetical order:
Al Stewart David Bowie Deep Purple Eminem Fad Gadget Four Non Blondes Gary Numan Half Man Half Biscuit (of course) Ian Dury John Cooper Clarke Lexx (theme music from Lexx, also known as Yo-A-O or the Fight Song Of The Brunnen-G) Muse Peter Gabriel
I like the video - Its the sort of visual to musical accompaniment that I would have expected to see with Ghost Box, (instead of their unidentifiable blob).
I like the video - Its the sort of visual to musical accompaniment that I would have expected to see with Ghost Box, (instead of their unidentifiable blob). [/b]
I got "into" Pointybird stuff via the "Man in Formaldehyde" Album "Copper Sulphate Crystals", which was given away free with "Robots and Electronic Brains" (REB) ages ago.
Art Giraffefungal is a similar kind of thing. Odd, but good.
* I first discovered REB via a posting in this thread.. someone posted "Copper Sulphate Crystals" by "Man in Formaldehyde", and I replied "You made that up!" Guess not.
Originally posted by NerveJam:* I first discovered REB via a posting in this thread.. someone posted "Copper Sulphate Crystals" by "Man in Formaldehyde", and I replied "You made that up!" Guess not. [/QB]
Luxuria - Unanswerable Lust with Beast Box cued to come on next.
The Luxuria albums were, IMHO, Devoto's best post-Magazine work. I have his solo album, Jerky Versions Of The Dream but to be honest, a lot of it is a bit weak to me. Luxuria, on the other hand, was just stunning stuff with HD at his lyrical best:
"Good evening, I am the madman in love with your daughter, we need to talk, just you and me."
"Our curious leader has such a lovely daughter, we wash their feet and quench our thirst with the same water."
If you have these albums and haven't listened to them for a while, dig them out and give them a spin, you won't be disappointed.
Originally posted by NerveJam:* I first discovered REB via a posting in this thread.. someone posted "Copper Sulphate Crystals" by "Man in Formaldehyde", and I replied "You made that up!" Guess not.
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: Luxuria - [b]Unanswerable Lust with Beast Box cued to come on next.
The Luxuria albums were, IMHO, Devoto's best post-Magazine work. I have his solo album, Jerky Versions Of The Dream but to be honest, a lot of it is a bit weak to me. Luxuria, on the other hand, was just stunning stuff with HD at his lyrical best:
"Good evening, I am the madman in love with your daughter, we need to talk, just you and me."
"Our curious leader has such a lovely daughter, we wash their feet and quench our thirst with the same water."
If you have these albums and haven't listened to them for a while, dig them out and give them a spin, you won't be disappointed.
Ô¿Ô [/b]
Hi Bob, sounds good, can't say I've ever heard the Luxuria albums - were they ever released on CD? I'm a "Secondhand Daylight" man myself - who isn't?
Today, I have been continuing revisiting a box of tapes. "Architecture and Morality", "The House of Love" (Fontana), and Floyd's "Meddle" and "Animals" since the sun was out - gone now.
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: Luxuria - [b]Unanswerable Lust with Beast Box cued to come on next.
. . .
If you have these albums and haven't listened to them for a while, dig them out and give them a spin, you won't be disappointed.
Ô¿Ô [/b]
Excellent advice, Stringy Bob — I think I just might do that! Magazine is always wending its way through my iPod, and I am (somewhat embarrassingly) fond of "Jerky Versions of the Dream," but it's been ages since I listened to Luxuria. I only have "Beast Box" on CD but should round it up and try to figure out why I haven't played it in years.
You know I was going on about loving disco. well seeing Member D's Smash hits scan about My Face flexi. I noticed the lyrics to 'Searching' by Change, which was one of my favourites.
So here it is with Mr. Luther Vandross on vocals.
Who would like to dance around my handbag avec moi?
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: The Luxuria albums were, IMHO, Devoto's best post-Magazine work... dig them out and give them a spin, you won't be disappointed. Ô¿Ô
Bob, I am playing the Beast Box album as I type this, and for me its Devoto's best outing after the Magazine years.
Stupid Blood is one of my all time favourite tracks ever, 2.47 minutes of sheer heaven as it sends shivers up my spine in that classic Magazine sound of noir originality. Karezza and Animal In The Mirror are other fav's' on the album.
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Originally posted by Scott: [b]David Sylvian - Sleepwalkers [/b]
its def' on my wishlist, a great selection as there is a period of his that I didn't follow, so there's some songs there that make up for it, and a fantastic cover image. An all round stylish looking package.
It’s been the same four albums for the last few weeks:
Merriweather Post Pavilion by Animal collective. I mulled over buying last year, and was amongst some discs a friend burned for me recently. Musically it’s a kaleidoscopic effect that tend’s to eventually merge into the one kind of thing, and sounding a bit like the Beach Boys meets early Genesis in a very trippy haze. The first two tracks are my fav’s, My Girl’s, and in The Flowers, which takes me back to college day’s and ‘having to listen to’ Gabriel era Genesis when a fellow student used to play it at us.
Relayted by Gayngs. Leftfield soft-rock styled concept album, inspired mostly by 10cc’s I’m Not In Love, which kinda works if you imagine it as a lush and downtempo soundtrack to a Baz Luhrmann film that climaxes in a prom night.
Celer: Panoramic Dreams Bathed In Seldomness. Great night-time drifting off, and my favourite album by them at the mo’. Its romantic and poetic in the style of their more accessible works.
Zola Jesus: Stridulum II. This has been the one most played and it’s never out of my head, so it’s likely to feature on my best albums of this year. I’ve quickly forgotten the initial similarities to Siouxsie’s singing, and the album has very much come into its own. It’s a short affair where the first seven tracks hang well together texturally, and the last two take on a slightly different style, with Lightstick sounding a bit like Arcade Fire, and Sea Talk sounding like… Spin Away by our John No actually, Sea Talk sounds a bit like Joy Division’s Atmosphere, which funnily enough Spin Away also reminds me of...
I'm not in Glasgow, but it is a sunny day Having lunch at home in the warmest spot I can find - gotta make the most of the sun while its here, we had freezing torrential rain at the start of the week!
David Bowie live at Nassau Coliseum '76.. part of the absolutely lovely new Station to Station box set remaster thingy.
Bowie at the top of his game and possibly best ever vocal performance.
Lovely artwork and reproductions. Great booklet, full of information and a timeline for the album, plus photo cards etc. Well worth the money; a superb package.
Long time since I gave this one a spin. But good timing, it was obvious again how his music, and THIS ALBUM in particular, influenced the sound of OMD, especially their third! So, in a moment, I'm going to listen to:
This weekend I've been listening to a disc that has kept a much-needed silly grin on my face. The Man Who Never Met a Song He Couldn't Out-Sing is in fine fettle on Tom Jones' "Praise & Blame."
yes, thanks also from me for the link, I've been enjoying the other tracks by TPPOTU on YouTube. I never listen to the radio, so cheers for sharing your finds here
Originally posted by Lele: The Man Who Never Met a Song He Couldn't Out-Sing...
Tom Jones
and if what I read in todays Metro (the free newspaper here) is true then Tom would have us believe that he was almost 'The Man With The Golden Gun...' Back in the day Cubby Broccoli 'discussed' the idea of him playing the role of James Bond, but decided that Tom Jones was such a big character in his own right that it would be impossible for the public to accept him as 007
I think he would have made a good baddie instead, a Welsh mega-rich, megalomaniac, with secret underground headquarters down in the valley, a big silver rocket, and an army of cat-suited martial arts trained fembots all ready to do his bidding
Don't know if its due to the time of year or something but I've had Woman On A Stairway going through my head since the weekend. It must be the change in season approaching, today I've found myself in the mood for Jacaszek: Treny, and Taylor Deupree: Northern
I've often wondered if Gary has done an outright steal from John's Ultravox! & I've found one. He's nicked the beginning of 'My Sex' & put it at the beginning of the above track from 'Berserker'.
It's only taken me 26 years to realise this. :rolleyes:
Originally posted by Brian: This morning Mark Ronson and the Business International new album called Record Collection.
This is much better than I ever thought it would be considering the mountain of writers and collaborators including Duran Duran & Boy George.
If you can cope with 80s retro synths & a bit of hip hop here and there then this could be worth a listen.
If you like vinyl then you can have have yourself a complete retro-fest with every track available in a limited edition box set on 45s.
I've been giving this one a regular spin myself. I love it! And the fact Ronson was able to draw on 80's influences, whilst making the album sound like it was made in 2010 is commendable.
A nasty cycling fall means I'm more housebound than I'd like to be , so I'll cheer myself today by listening to my favourite Nottingham miserablists TINDERSTICKS TINDERSTICKS TINDERSTICKS II CURTAINS
The first two unimaginative album titles teem with a beautiful wistfulness and sorrow (as does the third) .Morrisey should go to Stuart Staples for a masterclass in pathos Later on I'll be listening to Big Den's fellow East Lancastrians , my favourite light- rock with occasional orchestral flourishes artistes BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST )Anything but "Poor Man's Moody Blues" as they refer to themselves in one of their songs. One class act -
That Jim Kerr album is pretty good. I've managed to put myself a playlist of The Charlatans together as I'm seeing them at Brixton Academy on the 22nd, this is what I'm listening to:
Originally posted by Ivan Basso: Later on I'll be listening to Big Den's fellow East Lancastrians , my favourite light- rock with occasional orchestral flourishes artistes BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST )Anything but "Poor Man's Moody Blues" as they refer to themselves in one of their songs
Can’t believe you posted this, why’s that? Is it because BJH are 'the love that dare not mention its name’ well perhaps so, but no, it’s more the fact that it’s a group my life-long best friend loved in his youth, and when I first met him this became the subject of much derision on my part. He’s a Failsworth lad, and one of his cherished moments as a young teen is when he and a pal were invited into a concert hall (in Oldham I believe) where the band were due to play that evening, and they were allowed to sit through the whole of the rehearsal.
It’s a significant birthday of my friends at end of month, so, gasp, I have just this morning purchased 4 BJH albums as a pressy They say that BJH are a bit Pink Floyd :rolleyes: - can’t see it myself at all, but I’d agree with the Moody Blues influence. I’ve stuck with the Polydor mid to late 70’s era albums as pressies, as I know he used to bang on about the Octoberon one, or the one with the big fairy on the cover as I used to call it.
It's nostalgia day here in the Bob household (and because the missus is out at work ) so I'm listening to the seventies classic Never Mind The Things I'm Not Allowed To Mention On this Forum, Here's The Sex Pistols. Regardless of your opinion about the Pistols, whether you think they were McLaren's lucrative puppets or a genuine band, this album still stands the test of time over thirty years later (do we all feel old now?). Submission is one of the best songs ever written, IMHO. Johnny's almost robotic delivery of the word 'problem' at the end of 'Problems' still hits the mark today. Classic!
More nostalgia today. I discovered a bunch of zip files on my hard drive that I downloaded two or three years ago when I lived in Edinburgh. Not sure where I downloaded them from but they contain Peel Sessions tracks by Cocteau Twins, PIL and Eno & The Winkies (that one's from 1974!). There's a Gregory Isaacs one too but I don't think it would fit in too well with the aforementioned three and I'm not feeling that eclectic today!
Nostalgia also in Eindhoven. In the 'Forgotten Masterworks' series it's:
The Stranglers: The Raven
It's the album that all the original members of the band are proud of. It had the spirit of punk combined with the artisticy of progrock. It even had to go on number 1 entering the charts, if it wasn't for a clerical error that 'Regatta De Blanc' was miscredited with sales from 'The Raven'! JJ Burnel named the album: "The raven was a very potent symbol in Nordic mythology . Odin the King of Gods, had two ravens and they were his eyes and they would fly out to the world and come back and report to him, and it all fitted in with the subject matter of the album. The Raven was a symbol of flight because the Vikings used ravens aboard ships to find new territories".
'The Raven' was and still is an exceptional album the sort that's made to be played over and over again!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: Muslimgauze - 'A Small Intricate Box That Contains Old Blue Opium Marzipan'
good stuff, last time I listened to anything by Muslimgauze was back in 2001, and having just googled I know now that this project of Bryn Jones has continued to be released posthumously. Gareth Jones is mentioned as being his nephew, is this the same Gareth Jones?
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Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b]The Stranglers: The Raven. JJ Burnel named the album: "The raven was a very potent symbol in Nordic mythology. [/b]
I like the mythology of birds such as ravens and crows. If the ravens ever abandon the Tower of London then England will fall, so beware my southern forum members
I like the mythology of birds such as ravens and crows. If the ravens ever abandon the Tower of London then England will fall, so beware my southern forum members [/QB]
I've been working this week in one of my new roles as a painter/decorator, which has meant spending long hours in the company of two mates and The Coast radio station.
My head is absolutely f*cked having being subject to American melody-driven guitar worshipping MOR for much much much too long!!
Hence I'm listening to Tonto, EN and a bit of Nick Cave to re-dress the balance.
But what is it with that kind of music?? Clapton, Foreigner, Air Supply, U2, Robert Palmer, Tracy Chapman, Dire STraits, Tom Petty...
Aaaaagh! Three in a row from our 'God-of the Day' now straight after the news. That's three more tracks exactly the same from someone with a slightly different voice? I swear EVERY track I heard ALL WEEK had a guitar solo in it, and included "woooh, wooh" or "yeah" in its lyric.
Don't people have ANY imagination...
Apologies - cynical politically incorrect rant over. Anyway, The Cannibal's Hymn is just starting…
Originally posted by Birdsong: I've been working this week in one of my new roles as a painter/decorator, which has meant spending long hours in the company of two mates and The Coast radio station.
My head is absolutely f*cked having being subject to American melody-driven guitar worshipping MOR for much much much too long!!
Hence I'm listening to Tonto, EN and a bit of Nick Cave to re-dress the balance.
But what is it with that kind of music?? Clapton, Foreigner, Air Supply, U2, Robert Palmer, Tracy Chapman, Dire STraits, Tom Petty...
Aaaaagh! Three in a row from our 'God-of the Day' now straight after the news. That's three more tracks exactly the same from someone with a slightly different voice? I swear EVERY track I heard ALL WEEK had a guitar solo in it, and included "woooh, wooh" or "yeah" in its lyric.
Don't people have ANY imagination...
Apologies - cynical politically incorrect rant over. Anyway, [b]The Cannibal's Hymn is just starting… [/b]
Goddammit man where's Peter Frampton , Styx and Kansas !!!!!!! Gerrem on now or I'll be round to kick your synthy faggot asses !!
This week I've been stuck on an electronic theme. Have listened to..
Villa Nah - Origin John Foxx - In Mysterious Ways O.M.D - History Of Modern Propaganda - Unreleased Album Hurts - Happiness Depeche Mode - Music For The Mases Human League - Reproduction
Originally posted by John Taylor: Music For Supermarkets JMJ - Part 6 is my favourite.
I've always wanted to hear this - well hear a decent version, rather than the poor quality bootlegs. Is yours a bootleg or one of the cover/fan mixes? Or did you happen to buy the original?
Cheers Mr Ilektrik. I'm really pleased to know there's another fan of the mystery and magic of Celer on here Thanks for posting the YouTube link, I've never thought to investigate Celer's visual presence there, and the Steel Cathedrals thought is very interesting, that never occurred to me. It's funny to think that in summer 2009 I only chanced upon a track of theirs online and now today I have ten albums of their work. I tend to go for their more lush sound, of which the album that 'Extended Sways Of Silence' is taken from is probably my favourite Celer composition. (I don't imagine bikers when listening to it! but I do feel for the romanticised and free spirit of travel connected to the visuals):
Originally posted by core memory: Martin, I think I'm correct in saying that from previous posts on here you are an Antony & The Johnsons fan - might you be interested in this item?:
Not a hip-hop fan but Pauls Boutique by the Beastie Boys is a classic, before the days of computers in music - the amount of samples used is nothing short of legendary.
Currently playing previews of "The Constant" from I Blame Coco - Sting's daughter. It's kind of funny hearing a female Sting singing some kind of weird electro pop.
Bill Nelson - Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lights - both discs back to back. Nice!
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P.S. Judging by the intense thunderstorm raging outside while I'm listening, Chance Encounters In The Garden Of Lightning might be a more appropriate title!
And that there looks set to be a new TG album next year, provisionally entitled 'Desert Shore' [/b]
Hey Martin, ta for the links - I'll try these next. This is my first foray into the TG universe - (1) I heard that C&C was quite electronic, (2) I read a FACT interview with Chris Carter which was interesting ( http://www.factmag.com/2010/10/04/chris-carter-space-exploration/ ) , and (3) I heard that Depeche Mode gave "October Love Song" single of the week in possibly Smash Hits in 1983.
Started the week off by listening to a few CD copies sent to me from a friend - Fleet Foxes: Fleet Foxes - too folky for my tastes, but there were three tracks on this album that really hit the mark for me, Sun It Rises, Heard Them Stirring, and Blue Ridge Mountains.
Midlake: the Courage Of Others - is another group I also expected not to be my kind of thing, but to my surprise I really enjoyed it, there's a vaguely dark and faraway quality about this album that snuck up on me with its hint's of Moody Blues meets Radiohead. I particularly like the tracks Bring Down and Winter Dies.
Over the last couple of days I finally got around to buying two albums that were released a few years back, and just wish I'd got them sooner. Paavoharju: Laulu Laakson Kukista, and Yha Hamaraa. Totally gorgeous albums of music, and I can't stop playing them. There's a rare fairytale-like sensibility at work here, with shades of The Caretaker, and Jacaszek in the haunted and lost folk-style songs and melodies, as they dissolve and disintegrate away into a haze of radio fizz and crackle. Beautiful electro-acoustic works of art, which are just right for this present season as autumn gives way to winter.
The Listening Pool - Still Life. The album that Paul , Martin & Malcolm released after O.M.D split. I'd forgotten how good it was & should have been more successful. Oil For The Lamps Of China & Still Life are the standout tracks.
Also listening to Gary Numan & Prince on myspace. I like some of there stuff & trying again to get back into them. I've a few of Garys 7's pre Berserker but don't know much of his stuff after. I'll buy the Automatic cd soon as I had that on cassette many years ago. Good album.
Another almost summer day in South West England, so Pete Namlook "Silence V".
Earlier, a couple of things that didn't grab me at all but I was always really hoping they would:
Gavin Bryars "Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet" Jon Hassell with Brian Eno "Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics"
The former I found excrutiatingly repetitive and irritating. The sample of the tramp is ok on the first few cycles but then slowly becomes maddening. Tom Waits joins in on the last two tracks and at least brings some variation but overall I am very disappointed. Re the latter: Now I usually like trumpets. Eno's contribution is interesting enough but the foreground trumpet is a hideous sound that should have been left off the mix. Like a violent wasp with a personal grudge spoiling another almost summer day.
Originally posted by the church puddle: Jon Hassell with Brian Eno "Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics"
Eno's contribution is interesting enough but the foreground trumpet is a hideous sound that should have been left off the mix. Like a violent wasp with a personal grudge spoiling another almost summer day.
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b]Jon Hassell with Brian Eno "Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics"
Eno's contribution is interesting enough but the foreground trumpet is a hideous sound that should have been left off the mix. Like a violent wasp with a personal grudge spoiling another almost summer day.
I can't believe you just said that! [/b]
Hmm, maybe you're right. Not a violent wasp, not even with a personal grudge. But a wasp nevertheless. I'll try it again - I will know more what to expect. I usually give everything at least two listens.
Originally posted by John Taylor: [b] Music For Supermarkets JMJ - Part 6 is my favourite.
I've always wanted to hear this - well hear a decent version, rather than the poor quality bootlegs. Is yours a bootleg or one of the cover/fan mixes? Or did you happen to buy the original? [/b]
Mines a 128mp3 given to me on a USB drive,sounds like 96 though its just OK.
Originally posted by the church puddle: [b]Jon Hassell with Brian Eno "Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics"
Eno's contribution is interesting enough but the foreground trumpet is a hideous sound that should have been left off the mix. Like a violent wasp with a personal grudge spoiling another almost summer day.
I can't believe you just said that! [/b]
Hmm, maybe you're right. Not a violent wasp, not even with a personal grudge. But a wasp nevertheless. I'll try it again - I will know more what to expect. I usually give everything at least two listens. [/b]
I think I know what you're saying guys!
The first time I heard that record (when it came out), I had several Eno albums in my collection. But I didn't know who JH was. At a first listen his playing sounded very nervous to me. Almost in contradiction to the electronic ambience Eno provided for the album. But later on, after hearing a few JH albums, I understood and felt the magic of his playing better.
the thing about Beatles albums is that I always think the tracks are in the wrong order ..I mean "Come Together" is hardly a good opening track, but on this album I do like the sort of 'suite' of short songs on Side Two, works really well .. anyone know if this sort of thing has been done on more "modern" albums?
My first Numan cd. I was quite surprised at how much I liked it. The single In A Dark Place , Haunted & Pressure were the stand out tracks for me. Also went digging in my collection of 7" singles & found This Is Love & Your Fascination. Can't actually remember buying these just The Live ep. Maybe bought them on the back of the ep. After a few listens again to them I'm wondering why I stopped buying his work though reading earlier posts in the Numan thread , the mid 80's - mid 90's wasn't his strong point.
Quite a contrast in the quality of production of these two albums, but both superb (the Toffeetones sound is about as crisp and clear as I have heard).
I think the Tenek album is a step forward over their debut album, especially the vocals. Good stuff!
Was browsing the F section in HMV Birmingham when I spied the above. Only bought 7" of 'Money' when it came out & didn't buy the album. So 30 years later I catch up & give myself 30 lashes for over-looking it way back when.
I had their other sort-of-hit single, 'TV' when it came out. It had that memorable line that went: "I think you're very, very, very..." I too never heard an entire album. 'Money' was definitely one of the more original Beatles covers, the other obvious one being Siouxsie's 'Helter Skelter'.
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: I had their other sort-of-hit single, 'TV' when it came out. It had that memorable line that went: "I think you're very, very, very..." I too never heard an entire album. 'Money' was definitely one of the more original Beatles covers, the other obvious one being Siouxsie's 'Helter Skelter'.
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It's quite experimental & dubby in flavour & has a 'recorded live in the studio' feel to it, even though it wasn't.
Always thought it was a Beatles cover myself, until I read the cd sleevenotes. Also included on the cd is the dub version of 'Money (That's What I Want)' which was on the 7" b-side. I used to crank it up on my Waltham Music Centre!
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: The Flying Lizards - 'The Flying Lizards'
Was browsing the F section in HMV Birmingham when I spied the above. Only bought 7" of 'Money' when it came out & didn't buy the album. So 30 years later I catch up & give myself 30 lashes for over-looking it way back when.
Monsieur Ilektrique, I bow to your superior knowledge (and the fact that you have the benefit of the CD sleeve notes!). As for the recorded live in the studio feel, I think I read at the time that some of the vocals were recorded in somebody's bathroom to achieve that sort of effect. Shows how far technology has come that you can now just set your VST reverb plugin to 'Bathroom' and achieve the same effect!
I wore a badge with that single cover on it to college one day and my lecturer asked me what it meant, he said something like "How can you drink electricity?". The words 'point' and 'missed' came to mind. That said, the poor guy's name was Frank Bottom (no kidding!) so I had to make allowances.
I never bought any of their subsequent releases but I played this one to death.
I wore a badge with that single cover on it to college one day and my lecturer asked me what it meant, he said something like "How can you drink electricity?". The words 'point' and 'missed' came to mind. That said, the poor guy's name was Frank Bottom (no kidding!) so I had to make allowances.
I never bought any of their subsequent releases but I played this one to death.
It's probably one of the better unofficial old Numan compilations on the market. At least it gives a fair overview of his post-1984 work (up to 2001 anyway), unlike the other crap compilations out there.
All the Dare hits ....and more! There's an interesting early version of Don't You Know i Want You, and Mirror Man, when it was still called "I can't Get to Sleep at Night" ...
Brian Eno with Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams - Small Craft On A Milk Sea - not what I expected at all - which is how it should be! Some great stuff on the bonus disc too.
Originally posted by MemberD: The Human League - live bootleg, Tokyo 1982.
All the Dare hits ....and more! There's an interesting early version of Don't You Know i Want You, and Mirror Man, when it was still called "I can't Get to Sleep at Night" ...
Originally posted by RadioBeach: Brian Eno with Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams - Small Craft On A Milk Sea - not what I expected at all - which is how it should be! Some great stuff on the bonus disc too.
It is a great album - been listening to it most of this morning - now regretting not buying the version with the bonus disc...
Arguably the best album ever made in the history of music "Ha ! Ha ! Ha! " Ultravox ! Sheer genius Big Den sets out his template for greatness and world musical domination . he achieved the first at least
Originally posted by Alex S: Is that perhaps why they couldn't even come up with a name or title?
You know when you go to PC World and you ask the sales assistant a clear, concise and reasonable question - and they stand there looking distracted and mumble something about it 'not being my department'...
Can't get enough of "Telekon" at the moment. Sounds like it was made yesterday! Can't believe I have waited 30 years to expose myself to this (although thinking about it my sister was a Numan fan so maybe I was exposed after all).
Bjork's "Volta" deserves mention too, especially for "Wanderlust".
Dr Atmo & Ramin "Sad World" - lovely bing bong doorbell sounds. A record for sunny November failing light and threat of snow just over the border.
Originally posted by Brian: [b] Expanded Crash and Burn and Sideways have turned up a few days early so I'm listening to disk 2 of both
I'm sure it'll sound even better given your exploits up at our place today Well done ! A long and dismal winter ahead for us ! [/b]
Sorry Ivan.I think we are your bogie team(Stoke is ours).The North West took our mojo @ Blackpool at the start of the month and we got it back from the same place(i think its some kind of regional karma).Carling cup in the week then the Toon next Sunday (probably another draw)
You'll be back in the groove soon enough I'm sure.
@Alex I've been listening to the whole of both CDs so I've only just finished.I'll put my comments on another thread.
Originally posted by Alex S: Just listening to Daft Punk's soundtrack to the new [b]Tron film. [/b]
Thanks for the link, was trying to listen to samples on itunes a few weeks back, but none up there. I’m really enjoying this 21 minute piece, played it twice over. Its now on my wishlist.
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Originally posted by Brian: Currently listening to The Vile Electrodes new dark Xmas song:
Really love the music, not so keen on the singer’s voice, reminds me of Ms Allen.
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Originally posted by Gary Hunter: Catherdral Oceans II for me tonight.
Its been either III or II most nights before bed for me Gary since I got the Box-Set. Beautiful stuff.
Went today from outside Edinburgh to Glasgow's outskirts, it involved a round trip of four trains, two buses, and some delays - six and a half hours total commute time there and back! I easily managed to pass the time with all or parts of several albums, some of which were quite ambient and fitted beautifully while looking out of the train window at the brightly sunlit snow-covered landscape.
Hans Zimmer: Inception Biosphere: Cirque Celer: Engaged Touches Windy & Carl: Depths Pocahaunted: Make It Real Taylor Deupree: Northern Philip Glass; Powaqqatsi
On holiday from work but all plans for visiting certain places are on hold due to the horrific weather up here so apart from clearing some of the snow from my path & driveway I've had the pleasure of listening to
Bryan Ferry - Taxi love his version of All Tomorrow's Parties but not as good as Japans.
Gary Numan - Replicas
Villa Nah - Origin This should be No 3 in my top 3 albums of the year.
Originally posted by Scott: On holiday from work but all plans for visiting certain places are on hold due to the horrific weather up here so apart from clearing some of the snow from my path & driveway
Snow here has been horrendous too. I've been off work due to evening closures, but no holiday for me as I've had knock-on home commitments. Also spending 2 hours a day clearing snow, and spent the last three nights since Saturday clearing it in the evening and out again at 4.30 am - 7.30 am - creating three mountains for the council to lift - so much snow that I've now done my back in, and could have made several igloos to keep an extended family of 50 Eskimos, 6 pet sea otters, and two large Walruses happy - talk about Iceland - wheres that Kerry Katona when you need her? - she's probably back in the jungle trying to be a celebrity
Been listening to:
Cloudland Canyon: Fin Eaves Sun Araw: On Patrol Rhythm & Sound And quite a bit of Mr Sylvian: Dead Bees On A Cake, Brilliant Trees, Gone To Earth (ambient disc) Japan: Quiet Life, and have decided that after all this time I've always preferred Sylvian's solo work over Japan, and nows the time to admit to it
And John's had a look-in with A Secret Life and some tracks from In Mysterious Ways
This took a few listens to get into & I have to say it surprised me how good this album is. I must admit I haven't listened to a Minds album since Real Life & i was probably expecting it to be more of the same but no . It sounds more like there earlier 80's stuff. I was going to mention the standout tracks but I'd just have named most of them. Really impressed though with the cover of The Silencers Bulletproof Heart.
Gary Numan - Berserker
Forgotten how good this album is. Ok there is no Cars or Are Friends Electric on it but the sounds , lyrics , vocals are all there. Excellent.
Gary Numan - The Fury
I stopped buying , listening to Numan around this point & maybe hearing this album first time round did it for me. It's an ok album but nothing jumps out at you. The sounds etc I mentioned above aren't here for me. His style seemed to change a bit here & not for the better. I will listen to it more but it's not one of his best albums.
Originally posted by core memory: earlier today it was - David Sylvian: Approaching Silence, and ...then it all got uptempo with - School Of Seven Bells: Alpinisms, and Scritti Politti: Cupid & Psyche 85.
I wondered who that was sat in the corner by the turntables! Carry on!
Scott, if you liked Kerr's solo album, then the last 2 Simple Minds albums are worth investigating for sure. Similar in sound, perhaps a bit more reminiscent of their late 80s work, but miles better than Real Life. IMO they really lost their way on that album, largely due to Mick MacNeil leaving the band.
Berserker is a good album; there's a couple of duff tracks on it (Pump Me Up, anyone?!), but it has such a huge sound, I think the good tracks clearly overshadow the few below par ones.
Similar thing with The Fury - again, great sound, but very obscure song writing. THE standout track for me on that album is God Only Knows.
I'm currently listening to the Friday morning office fire alarm test
Rubber Soul by yet another Liverpool combo, The Beatles. ...then it's onto Crash & Burn super-dooper yummy deluxey edish by synth-pop duo Foxx 'n' Gordon.
The most gorgeous alternative version of Bryan Ferry's "Me Oh My" from Olympia... stripped back, instrumental. One of the most moving soundscapes I've heard. Slow, sombre, atmospheric - and still distinctly Ferry despite the absence of vocals.
Originally posted by Alex S: The most gorgeous alternative version of Bryan Ferry's "Me Oh My" from Olympia... stripped back, instrumental. One of the most moving soundscapes I've heard. Slow, sombre, atmospheric - and still distinctly Ferry despite the absence of vocals.
Originally posted by John Taylor: The Best of D.A.F.
I still haven't done this. ages ago I decided to follow up recommendations from the forum to listen to some D.A.F.!
A New Year Resolution made early. I WILL do this. Thanks for the reminder, John.
Meantime, I'm excited to have recently 'discovered' NYC's emerging underground heroes Xeno and Oaklander - a good ole-fashioned synth duo like as if they come from 1979/80. All analogue, all retrofuture. Their debut album Sentinelle is a real inspiration and reminds me of just about everything that excited me in the first place.
A very laid back album in true Ferry style. As others have said some tracks stand out beyond others & for me Me oh My , Reason Or Rhyme & Bf Bass are most enjoyable. His version of Song To The Siren is good also. A good album but not his best.
Gary Numan - Exile
This is a great album & the best I've heard of his post 90's albums so far. It reminds me of his earlier work. The opening track Dominion Day & title track are favourites so far but there are no bad tracks.
No bad tracks at all in my opinion, on Exile. It may lack production, but the heaven/hell concept is strong and I think the arrangements, lyrics and his vocals are all excellent.
Perhaps only "The Angel Wars" gets skipped from time to time, but I learned to appreciate it more after hearing the extended version from the extended edition of the album, where the instrumental parts of the song really make it more epic.
Excluding my own compositions, my top 5 most played songs according to iTunes are:
Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene 2 (Aero version) Jean Michel Jarre – Aero Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene 2 Depeche Mode – Hole to Feed Jean Michel Jarre – Oxygene 3
I'm a Jarre fan then! I'm pretty sure Bowie's Golden Years would have been in there too, had I not replaced it recently with the new remaster which I've only played a couple of times.
Coincidentally, John Foxx comes 7th in my top 25, with A Million Cars.
These days I rarely listen to music through itunes on computer - so my top five initially came as a bit of a surprise, there's a lot of guitar involved, but its also electro-acoustic - so maybe not such a surprise at all:
Bibio: Abrasion Deerhunter: Vox Humana Atlas Sound: River Card Benoit Pioulard: Ash Into The Sky Bill Nelson: Living In My Limousine
John's first showing in my list is with A Secret Life - Part 2
Shameless own-trumpet-blowing by listening to one of my own 'mini-albums' that I sort of 'released' many years ago: The Cloud Factory by The Shed Man (that was me in a former incarnation on another forum)
I made three of these little albums but this was the only completely electronic one and turned out to be my favourite. Hold on, I think the tracks are on my SoundClick page if anybody's remotely interested. Yep, I thought so, here you go (next six tracks on the page after tracks one and two):
Recently discovered Rukkanor and everything he's done just blows me away. If you like Martial Industrial/Neofolk/Dark Ambient it's right up your street. Beauty and Beauty from Despartica - Face One The Fall Of Humanity from Deora
He's also part of the group Across the Rubicon, which is even heavier Martial Industrial, State Of Fear from the album Elegy.
Just as a heads-up, if you like this stuff Steinklang Industries have a sale on at the moment.
At the same time I also discovered Triarii, another Martial Industrial group, more orchestral than Rukkanor, The Final Legion from their album Muse In Arms
Been listening to these since and I've yet to tire.
Nothing but crumbs from The Captains Table this weekend, so:
Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Clear Spot Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Lick My Decals Off baby Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Shiny Beast (Bat Chain Puller) Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band - Trout Mask Replica
Listening to some things old and some things new, still trying to get through a few of this years album releases that I’ve not paid enough attention to, so in no particular order its been:
CocoRosie: Grey Oceans
Magic Lantern: Platoon
Sun Araw: Off Duty
Deerhunter: Weird Era
Celer: Salvaged Violets
Dead Can Dance: Spleen And Ideal
Laibach: Volk, and WAT
Atlas Sound: Let The Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel
And Mr Foxx’s: D.N.A.
Oh, and also been listening to music by some guy called ‘The Shed Man’, and VS303’s links to Rukkanor’s Despartica cheers guys. Stringy Bob, I’ve been enjoying the suite of ‘six pieces written in praise and celebration of coal fired power stations’: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=247665&content=music
DANCE is underrated outside of fan circles. I know a lot of fans who rate it as their favourite. It took me a while to get into it and appreciate it, but Dance is a very emotional album - a very 'human' contrast to the 3 'machine' style albums which went before.
Originally posted by Alex S: I've been left unimpressed with the bits I've heard so far. Only Girl Panic on the iTunes preview made me want to hear the rest of the track.
They do sound more like Duran Duran again compared to Red Carpet Massacre, but it doesn't sound like any classic Duran style songs are on there.
Hopefully I'm wrong though.
On my third listen, nice pop album,its all good with a touch of 80s DD,not over produced and not what I'd call 'too commercial', though obviously hope it sells well.
Been listening to Duran Duran's new album quite a bit myself. I picked up the John Foxx signature "flangersynthbass" in The Man Who Stole A Leopard too. On the whole I really like this album. Good return to form from a band who have gone off on way too many tangents over the years.
Originally posted by Alex S: I've been left unimpressed with the bits I've heard so far. Only Girl Panic on the iTunes preview made me want to hear the rest of the track.
They do sound more like Duran Duran again compared to Red Carpet Massacre, but it doesn't sound like any classic Duran style songs are on there.
Hopefully I'm wrong though.
Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now
My thoughts exactly Alex. I was given the download as a Christmas present & I'm not too impressed. I've been a fan since the beginning but they haven't made a good album since Big Thing i.m.h.o. They have made great songs since eg Serious , Ordinary World & Come Undone bit I tend to skip tracks on albums since BT. Astronaut was a big improvement & probably the best since but they fell flat on there faces again with the awful Red Carpet Massacre. Todays free song on itunes "Mediterranea" is probably there best new song. Will it be on the cd version of the album?
Spoilt for choice the moment, just running a back up of iTunes purchases and I have 15.2 GB worth since Sep 10,a tad more than I thought.
So my listening for the the first week of 2011 will be the following: Gary Numan - Dance The La's - The La's Pete Lunn - Everything Is Number New Order - Best Of
I also bought from iTunes Depeche Modes Barcelona concert, so I'll watch that on a commute at some point.
Been listening to Royksopp online, haven't heard anything by them since Melody A.M. so checking out their most recent albums: Junior, and Senior. Each album makes a nice contrast to the other, with the former applying female vocals and a europop style, whilst the latter is all instrumentals traveling along a 70's euro-synth path, quite like them both, two for the wishlist.
After listening to most of Micks work since he passed away I stuck on this cd that I got for Christmas & it lifted my mood immensely. Comparisons with Karen Carpenter are there. A stunning album.
Donald Fagen "Morph the Cat" - it must be a normal weekend again! Bliss.
Tried D.N.A. again - Maybe Tomorrow is my new favourite track. In fact apart from wanting to skip A Secret Life 2 (through familiarity) and wondering whether I should add A Secret Life 7 to the A Secret Life album playlist, only Violet Bloom seems a bit humdrum.
Originally posted by Scott: [b]Rumer - Seasons Of My Soul
After listening to most of Micks work since he passed away I stuck on this cd that I got for Christmas & it lifted my mood immensely. Comparisons with Karen Carpenter are there. A stunning album. [/b]
From what I have heard, I am likely to buy this album too. Radio 2 is raving about her but then with very good reason. Her's is a beautiful voice that doesn't try to sing itself to death (step forward Leona, Alexandra et al.)
Currently re-acquainting myself with another musician who is no longer in the physical realm, a 'best of' compilation of Esquivel (Juan Garcia Esquivel) called 'Loungecore'. Not everbody's cup of tea but his quirky arrangements of 1950's and 60's classics combined with his own compositions, virtuoso piano playing and experimenting with the 'new technology' of his time, i.e. stereo recording, are a fascinating journey through a truly extraordinary mind.
Originally posted by Brian: John Foxx and the Maths Evergreen... And bloody fantastic it is as well
now that sounds good!
Played Gayngs: Relayted album this morning, one of last years release’s that I listened to quite a bit in the summer. With its leftfield take on 80’s soft-rock it liberally absorbs a heavenly 10CC sound, and re-imagines it into a stoner-cloud of hazy memories of love and soul-searching. Its slumbering mood surprisingly suited the moment this post-snowy January morn’, where the atmosphere has brightened up just a tiny bit, like a chink of light in all the gloomy weather we’ve had.
On Relayted there’s the most sedated sounding cover version ever of Godley & Creme's ‘Cry’. I totally love it!!! The accompanying video (which models itself on the original - complete with the participation of Kevin Godley) includes dissolving head-shots of the 23 Gayngs musicians and just looks, well, completely naff, rather spoiling the song.
Should you choose to click on the link, sit down first, put your feet up, have a relaxing drink, let yourself drift, and for Gawd’s sake don’t watch the video, listen and look away, you have been warned
Recently its been Brendan Perry: Ark, and Can: Ege Bamyasi, and Tago Mago, the track 'Oh Yeah' really conjures up the feeling of a time and a place that I was too young to ever experience.
just listened to the 1m30s sample of a new song on Gary Numan's website.
Captured Underground Noise Transmission.
You can work the acronym out for yourselves. And if that isn't bad enough, he's swearing in the song too, in the obligatory whispery bit. I'd generally respected Numan for not stooping so low in his music, but now, he's hammered in the final nail. The swearing starts, I switch off. He's not Trent!
Is this dirge is all he's got to offer after god knows how many years of waiting and hoping?
Always a shame to have to resort to living in the past of an artist's work. But those early Numan albums are timeless. Interesting lyrics, catchy synth riffs, real drums and good basslines.
Originally posted by Alex S: just listened to the 1m30s sample of a new song on Gary Numan's website.
Captured Underground Noise Transmission.
You can work the acronym out for yourselves. And if that isn't bad enough, he's swearing in the song too, in the obligatory whispery bit. I'd generally respected Numan for not stooping so low in his music, but now, he's hammered in the final nail. The swearing starts, I switch off. He's not Trent!
Is this dirge is all he's got to offer after god knows how many years of waiting and hoping?
Always a shame to have to resort to living in the past of an artist's work. But those early Numan albums are timeless. Interesting lyrics, catchy synth riffs, real drums and good basslines.
Somebody tell him, please!
Well I really like it. Big noise, full on & real drums. The swearing doesn't bother me, it's used correctly in the right context, unlike Reznor who over used the swearing so much, I did switch off & I did the same with Marilyn Manson.
I do really like 'Jagged', so it's no surprise that I like 'C.U.N.T.'( sorry, just couldn't resist!)
Originally posted by Alex S: Captured Underground Noise Transmission.
You can work the acronym out for yourselves. And if that isn't bad enough, he's swearing in the song too, in the obligatory whispery bit
those early Numan albums are timeless. Interesting lyrics, catchy synth riffs, real drums and good basslines
I must be a numpty, I was thinking what acronym? - it wasn't till Mr Ilektrik posted that I saw the light :rolleyes:
Captured Underground Noise Transmission - I expected to hate this, however, I quite enjoyed it, and I know I'd enjoy it live, but do we really need more of this sound?
Swearing really puts me off as well - "sh!t will float" OMD take note - but I can't make out any on Gary's clip, so I'm deaf as well as word-blind!
Googling the title gives links to YouTube and 'noise torture', which I suspect you might agree with Alex. I will side with you in saying why on earth doesn't he try to do something more with all he's learned with his industrial side, even if he looked to the minimalism of his early pure electro, or the esoteric quality of an album like Dance for some future clues of originality to set against where hes at now.
Perhaps we should start a new music thread called: 'As recommended by other artists...' As I came across my usual copy of the free Metro on the bus during the week, and true to its cornucopia of urban culture and hip lifestyle aspiration (with some news thrown in of course), there was a double paged article on a new singer/songwriter's debut album.
An artist as recommended by Sir Bri' of Eno, no less, is miss Anna Calvi. I mention it on here as Eno's attention on something may strike a chord, for he 'raved about her phenomenal music'. The old hound clearly with his youthful eye still on the look-out for a fat lady from Limbourg apparently wanted to be 'her protector', going as far as to text Nick Cave to 'treat her well' while on tour.
Intrigued by Eno's concern for her health (she's a thin and striking looking lady from England, and not a fat one from Belgium) I checked out her "unique blend of dark atmospheric romantic pop" (says lastfm) which might well appeal to more than a few music fans on here. Too early for me to be sure if her album is for me or not, but this track sure is a good one:
Saw him live on Thursday night as part of Glasgows celtic connections. Fantastic voice but he needs to change his set list. As long as I can remember he always slips in his Van Morrison cover slot which is a medley of Crazy Love , Have I Told You Lately & Tupelo Honey. He does a great version of Brown Eyed Girl but only sung it live once , which would have been better. He has a vast back catalogue so should utilize it more.
An artist as recommended by Sir Bri' of Eno, no less, is miss Anna Calvi. I mention it on here as Eno's attention on something may strike a chord, for he 'raved about her phenomenal music'.
My first post in this topic for 2011.
This track is fine, fine, fine. Thanks for sharing!
Inspired me (in an extremely tangental way no doubt) to put aside some time to spend with Nico
I'm a big fan of her Chelsea Girl album, but the 2007 double CD pack The Frozen Borderline takes things a lot further. It contains her two 'solo' albums - 1968's The Marble Index and 1970's Desertshore, which demonstrate her vocal and lyric range perfectly, brought out of the despair and heroin-induced madness in her head by the genius of John Cale's arrangements.
Extreme music, yes, but the ideal doorway to another world when your life is otherwise routine and inconspicuous. You just hold you nose, raise your other hand above your head and go under...
It's terrifying in a lot of ways, lacks percussion and any kind of structure - you just have to go where it takes you. Not unlike Scott Walker's later albums.
Lyrically profound too.
Desertshore if anything, is even more intense. I read somewhere this album being described by Cale as "inevitable". Amazing that its only half an hour long - time is of no relevance.
Originally posted by Birdsong: the 2007 double CD pack [b]The Frozen Borderline takes things a lot further. It contains her two 'solo' albums - 1968's The Marble Index and 1970's Desertshore
It's terrifying in a lot of ways, lacks percussion and any kind of structure - you just have to go where it takes you. Not unlike Scott Walker's later albums.
Lyrically profound too. [/b]
Cheers Martin. This seems like an absolutely excellent package, and for two remastered albums its a really great price online. I have just seconds ago purchased it.
Thanks for reminding us all of these works. I look forward to indulging in its distant romanticism, and ultimately dark atmosphere, and I take your point about its lyrics also.
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: [b] An all-time electronic classic: Leftfield - Leftism.
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Its aged well, hard to believe its 15 years since release. [/b]
It has indeed aged well. OK, there are one or two tracks that do sound a little dated now but for me the three stand-out tracks - Release The Pressure, Afro-Left and Open Up - have really stood the test of time. Lydon's vocals on Open Up are absolutely superb, really at his best.
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: An all-time electronic classic: Leftfield - Leftism. ...there are one or two tracks that do sound a little dated now but for me the three stand-out tracks - Release The Pressure, Afro-Left and Open Up - have really stood the test of time. Lydon's vocals on Open Up are absolutely superb, really at his bestÔ¿Ô
Playing it earlier. Its an album that encompasses a few styles of its time, and to be honest I now find the tribal/rave tracks dated, but of course it could just be where ones at in the head, as I still listen to and enjoy a similar type of ambient/techno (as made by other artists) of tracks such as Storm 3000, and Melt.
Open Up remains a great track, no doubts there.
Presently listening to Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream
Faute de mieux* , MOTT THE HOOPLE'S GREATEST HITS Probably my favourite "Best Of" Starts of with All THe WAY FROM MEMPHIS " It's a mighty long way from the Liverpool docks to..." This correspondent agrees whole heartedly with that sentiment Another early 70's hit Honalouchie Boogie They never gave less than 100 per cent on TOTPand were brilliant . Shortly afterwards their breakthrough song , given as a present by Dame David of Bowie ALL THE YOUNG DUDES "Maan I need TV ? when I got T Rex ! " great stuff From hereon in they are joined by backing vocalists THUNDERTHIGHS and come across as a prototype FUNBOY 3 /BANANARAMA With ROLL AWAY THE STONE and the peerless over the top "GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK N ROLL " Penultimate track is FOXY FOXY !!! would you believe then a great finish with "THE SATURDAY GIGS" "The ticket for the fantasy wre 12 and 6 a time ;Now the kids pay a couple of quid cos they need it all the same " Reminds me of spending the afternoon at Goodison Park and then seeing the likes of Ultravox ! at Eric's mid to late 70's A great feelgood album If you can't afford it , "beg , steal or borrow it " as prototype pomp rockers The New Seekers once famously said . I reckon it'll be as cheap as chips . I should imagine it retails in the 3.99/4.99 price range
Presently listening to Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream
Not as good, IMHO, as the Luxuria stuff, musically speaking, but lyrically and vocally definitely a Devoto classic - must dig out my copy and have a listen, it's been too long!
Originally posted by Birdsong: [b]the 2007 double CD pack [b]The Frozen Borderline takes things a lot further. It contains her two 'solo' albums - 1968's The Marble Index and 1970's Desertshore
It's terrifying in a lot of ways, lacks percussion and any kind of structure - you just have to go where it takes you. Not unlike Scott Walker's later albums.
Lyrically profound too. [/b]
Cheers Martin. This seems like an absolutely excellent package, and for two remastered albums its a really great price online. I have just seconds ago purchased it.
Thanks for reminding us all of these works. I look forward to indulging in its distant romanticism, and ultimately dark atmosphere, and I take your point about its lyrics also. [/b]
I do love Nico. I would however recommend that "The End" (also produced by Cale) is even more intense. Ear-splittingly, on one song.
Originally posted by Stringy Bob: Howard Devoto: Jerky Versions Of The Dream - Not as good, IMHO, as the Luxuria stuff, musically speaking, but lyrically and vocally definitely a Devoto classic Ô¿Ô
I'd agree there Bob, as The Beast Box album is Devoto's best post Magazine outing for me.
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Originally posted by the church puddle: I do love Nico. I would however recommend that "The End" (also produced by Cale) is even more intense. Ear-splittingly, on one song.
Cheers Church, and with Sir Eno's atmospheric touches, (he sure gets around, past and present!)
Well, its gone 2 A.M. in ole Britain here but far away from the land of nod in a distant kingdom called Chic-Europeland the dazzling nightclubs of Xanadu have yet to open their doors. Its still way too early for the hipsters to roll up for the sound of the crowd and to "put a hand in a party wave, making a shroud pulling combs through a backwash frame, getting onto the dancefloor for funky computer and italo disco, while stroking a pocket with a print of a laughing sound...":
"Alright everybody now here we go, It's a brand new version of the dosido. Just stomp your feet and clap your hands, come on everybody its the hamster dance, Spin it around and feel the groove, move to the beat from Giorgio..."
If you are going to listen to Disco Computer, then you must also hear the superior Moskow Diskow . Belgian producer Dan Lacksman of Telex was involved with both records.
Which reminds me, LCD Soundsystem decided to borrow the first 2 bars of the Moskow Discow bass line for their Get Innocuous! .
I randomly play alphabetical shuffles of my itunes playlist. This evening, the following:
All is Falling in Parts - Zea Crazed-up Dutch nonsense from their 2003 album 'Today I Forgot To Complain'. Or are they German? Great fun tune, anywayz
After The Call - Pieter Nooten & Micheal Brook From Orphée. Treated cellos and echo-ey vocals that 'experiment with and celebrate' the male voice.
Ancestors - Björk Medulla is my favourite Bjork album, and one of her most off the wall. Typical I guess. Lots of vocal gymnastics and gyrations going on here.
Alsatian Cousin - Morrissey Made me jump. Mozzer trying to find his way. Were you and he lovers? And would you say so if you were?? - from 1988's Viva Hate
Archaeology of Sound - Derek Jarman Radio samples, soundbites, loops, bits and bobs. From the cuckoo'snest that is Touch Meridians 2
As real As rainbows - Current 93 One of the more subtle and understated tracks from 2009 album Aleph on Hallucinatory Mountain. Probably self-indulgent rubbish, but the piano track is great
All Tomorrow's Parties - Velvet Underground This is just one of those songs that still makes me stop whatever it is I'm doing and just blo*dy listen. A compulsory experience
Atomic Flower - The Atomic orchestra of Radioactive Europe The more I am drawn towards formless music, the more I love this album. Thanks to them as know who they are. Seemed to follow the above track so silky smooth...
Perfect.
Are there any vacancies for an evening slot on 6 Music??
Originally posted by Birdsong: You know how sometimes it just [b]works??
All is Falling in Parts - Zea Crazed-up Dutch nonsense from their 2003 album 'Today I Forgot To Complain'
Atomic Flower - The Atomic orchestra of Radioactive Europe The more I am drawn towards formless music, the more I love this album. Thanks to them as know who they are [/b]
Intrigued by your interesting post Martin, and being unfamiliar with some of the names I went looking online.
Is The Atomic Orchestra' our forum member Mr Ilektrik by any chance, and was the name inspired by the 2005 opera 'Doctor Atomic"? its by American composer John Adams who also composed the 1987 opera Nixon In China.
Most unexpectedly of all and by co-incidence, ZEA, who I've never heard of before, are actually playing in nearby Glasgow this coming Sunday the 29th!
Is The Atomic Orchestra' our forum member Mr Ilektrik by any chance, and was the name inspired by the 2005 opera 'Doctor Atomic"? its by American composer John Adams who also composed the 1987 opera Nixon In China.
Yes it's me & no the name wasn't inspired by 'Doctor Atomic'. Never knew of it until you mentioned it, Core. I came up with the name myself. 'Atomic Flower' was inspired by the painting of the same name by Humphrey Spender. I've searched the net for a picture of the painting, but can't find it.
Been listening to
Pagan Dub Lord - 'Neon Icon.................From Above'
Originally posted by Mr.Ilektrik: 'Atomic Flower' was inspired by the painting of the same name by Humphrey Spender. I've searched the net for a picture of the painting, but can't find it
Had a look in the library as I was quite interested in finding a pic, but all I found were two books of realism photos from the time when Spender was involved in 'The Mass Observation Project', eerily fascinating in itself, but also somewhat depressing reminders of how people used to live in 1937 and the difficult years to come.
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Pagan Dub Lord - 'Neon Icon.................From Above'
Avalon By Bus - 'Live @ Glastonbury 2010'
The Tantric Juju Clowns
Its gonna sound like I've been stalking you now but all I could find online about any of those bands was one copy of a different Pagan Dub Lord album for sale, and the fact that Trillian Green (a Seattle trio of multicultural influences) had an album out in '95 called Psycho Tantric JuJu Jazz. And to think I thought that the internet had an answer for everything
YouTubeing it yet again this evening, well its cheaper than going out or even having to bother buying music Came across some fantastic uploads and put-together visuals by a contributor called 'suburbanbatherson' who has great taste in music and obscurities...
2 CD collections hunted and captured over Christmas:
The Stranglers: For many years I wanted to have all their albums with Hugh in it. However, most of my purchases have been synth related. Eventually I got down to it. Their studio albums were easily obtainable except for one US release and a couple of live albums. I discovered how punky were their three first albums. They don't do much for me except those tracks which have Dave Greenfield's swirling arpeggios ie Grip, Sometimes, Hanging Around, No More Heroes, Tank etc. Their musical proficiency comes through on The Raven and through The Gospel According To The Meninblack, La Folie, Feline, Aural Sculpture and Dreamtime. I'm not too sure about 10. Despite their antics inside and outside the studio they are one of the greatest new wave bands and like The Banshees they deservedly played The Royal Albert Hall.
Blondie: I went for this and The Stranglers collections when Clem (Burke) recently toured the US with Hugh. Another band I had forgotten about but were one of the bands I most fondly remember from the radio friendly/pop/disco side of the late seventies and early eighties. Their first six albums, from their eponymous titled debut to The Hunter, are incredible pieces of avant garde pop. Even though they came from a punk background, the music comes out as a fusion of different styles, all commercially friendly. I remember all of these when they went to number 1: Heart Of Glass, Sunday Girl, Atomic, Call Me and The Tide Is High. All in all, a well gelled band with very talented musicians and songwriters and a beautiful lead singer.
Been meaning to play this for ages and finally got round to it today. These guys were way ahead of their time, musically speaking, and even today most of this still sounds as fresh as it did way back then when I was still at school!
The title track is clocking in at approx 45 minutes. It's an epic minimalistic piece. For me, it fits in somewhere between John's work with Harold Budd and Tiny Colour Movies.
The composer John Barry passed away yesterday on Sunday. I'm presently having some late night listening to his soundtrack for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It's perhaps not the most remembered of the James Bond films, but there's a consensus amongst Bond music fans that Barry's score for OHMSS is certainly of the best of his compositions for the Bond series.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b]Jean Michel Jarre: En Attendant Cousteau
The title track is clocking in at approx 45 minutes. It's an epic minimalistic piece. For me, it fits in somewhere between John's work with Harold Budd and Tiny Colour Movies. [/b]
A superb and underrated album. When I saw him live in October, En Attendant Cousteau was playing as the pre-gig music - it was very atmospheric and made a very unusual build-up to the show.
It is a brilliant ambient piece, although it took me a long time to realise that.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b] [b]Jean Michel Jarre: En Attendant Cousteau
The title track is clocking in at approx 45 minutes. It's an epic minimalistic piece. For me, it fits in somewhere between John's work with Harold Budd and Tiny Colour Movies. [/b]
A superb and underrated album. When I saw him live in October, En Attendant Cousteau was playing as the pre-gig music - it was very atmospheric and made a very unusual build-up to the show.
It is a brilliant ambient piece, although it took me a long time to realise that. [/b]
I can understand why. It's, like 'Sessions 2000', a different piece of cake! But that's exactly what JMJ makes such a compelling artist.
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b] [b]Jean Michel Jarre: En Attendant Cousteau
The title track is clocking in at approx 45 minutes. It's an epic minimalistic piece. For me, it fits in somewhere between John's work with Harold Budd and Tiny Colour Movies. [/b]
A superb and underrated album. When I saw him live in October, En Attendant Cousteau was playing as the pre-gig music - it was very atmospheric and made a very unusual build-up to the show.
It is a brilliant ambient piece, although it took me a long time to realise that. [/b]
When I was much younger, I travelled and saw the Paris 'La Defense' concert in 1990 and this piece was used continuously over several hours in the build up to showtime on the day. It was an amazing gig to experience - for a long long time afterwards, nothing I saw ever matched it visually or for the sheer energy that was put out over the city. Sadly, for me at least, a lot of Jarre's output since then has been in the 'downhill' category; interesting enough for its genre, but no more than that.
Originally posted by Alex S: Genesis Live - The Way We Walk Vol 2 - The Longs.
Firth of Fifth. Best guitar solo I've ever heard.
The problem for me with Genesis is that although they are technically perfect night after night on stage, there is no spontaneity in the music. The solo (and combination of medley) you mention has been played absolutely the same on each tour since 1992. After a while for a listener, it's easy to 'switch off' because you know what you're getting.
Originally posted by core memory: The composer John Barry passed away yesterday on Sunday. I'm presently having some late night listening to his soundtrack for On Her Majesty's Secret Service. It's perhaps not the most remembered of the James Bond films, but there's a consensus amongst Bond music fans that Barry's score for OHMSS is certainly of the best of his compositions for the Bond series.
Yes, it was sad news. I have always loved the "Out of Africa" theme - epic, sad but hugely uplifting and it was quite emotional to hear it on the radio in tribute.
Reading John Foxx recent interview with Record Collector (thanks Alex!) has lead me to
Wunderbar by Wolfgang Riechmann
**ck me, what an amazing album!!!
Riechmann was a contemporary of Michel Rother and Wolfgang Flür, and this (mostly instrumental late Krautrock/psychedelic album) was released just a few weeks after Riechmann's unfortunate murder.
It's a 'critical link' in the chain of lots of things. On the title track for instance, I got to a moment in time when The Shadows met Flightpath Tegel, with a bit of primordial 'vocalisation' thrown in.
And the track 'Weltweit' places My Lost City in Dusseldorf c1978
Thanks to John Foxx for the reference - this album adds another thin layer of colour and understanding.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Reading John Foxx recent interview with Record Collector (thanks Alex!) has lead me to
[b]Wunderbar by Wolfgang Riechmann
**ck me, what an amazing album!!!
Riechmann was a contemporary of Michel Rother and Wolfgang Flür, and this (mostly instrumental late Krautrock/psychedelic album) was released just a few weeks after Riechmann's untimely murder.
It's a 'critical link' in the chain of lots of things. On the title track for instance, I got to a moment in time when The Shadows met Flightpath Tegel, with a bit of primordial 'vocalisation' thrown in.
And the track 'Weltweit' places My Lost City in Dusseldorf c1978
Thanks to John Foxx for the reference - this album adds another thin layer of colour and understanding.
I can hear some bits of of OMD in it too...? [/b]
That's weird, I've just started playing this as well this week. I don't know how I stumbled upon it but it was not through Foxx or Record Collector. It's a great album!
Having foolishly sat up half the night and had half my sleep I'm now listening to Biosphere: Cirque, its quite relaxing in places for this moment on an overcast rainy morning.
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Originally posted by Birdsong: [b] Reading John Foxx recent interview with Record Collector (thanks Alex!) has lead me to [b]Wunderbar by Wolfgang Riechmann [/b]
That's weird, I've just started playing this as well this week. I don't know how I stumbled upon it but it was not through Foxx or Record Collector. It's a great album! [/b]
Thanks for posting this chaps. I recall seeing that Blue style cover image a few years back but with no musical links to hear. Had no idea that the album was re-released in 2009, after reading your post I listened to itunes, and not only satisfied my curiosity, but enjoyed what I heard.
Its been a funny week musically, going from Kate Bush's Dreaming to Boards Of Canada's 'Right To' and Geogaddi, and to the funk of Lindstrom & Christabelle, and Neotropic's La Prochaine Fois.
I even listened to one of the few classical albums I have, in my early 20's I stumbled across Herbert Von Karajan's interpretation of Brahms Ein Deutesches Requiem, of which the second part is my favourite, Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras or 'For all Flesh is as Grass', which with its musical shades of darkness moving towards the light and its sense of hope triumphing over loss, its one of the most fantastic pieces of music I've ever heard, and with no need of being religious to appreciate the sheer spiritual power of it. Not having listened to this since I was a younger man it was great to experience it at full volume once again.
It was a A Secret Life at lunchtime today, and right now its the best late 80's early 90's dreampop band of them all IMO, Lush and their collected EP's album: Gala, and next up its Spooky
"indie gothic rock, combining elements of drone, electronic, and drawing comparisons to the likes of Portishead and Siouxsie Sioux...", and thus is the description of the recently released debut album from Brighton band Esben And The Witch: Violet Cries.
Not sure about the album, but I do like this track, its good loud! - I'm not so keen on the video - a good-looking woman, a cool-looking guy, and a geek, all get battered by a supernatural force (best not to watch while having your breakfast ) :
Originally posted by Lody Herst: [b] [b]Jean Michel Jarre: En Attendant Cousteau
The title track is clocking in at approx 45 minutes. It's an epic minimalistic piece. For me, it fits in somewhere between John's work with Harold Budd and Tiny Colour Movies. [/b]
A superb and underrated album. When I saw him live in October, En Attendant Cousteau was playing as the pre-gig music - it was very atmospheric and made a very unusual build-up to the show.
It is a brilliant ambient piece, although it took me a long time to realise that. [/b]
Thanks for the post, guys! Sounds like one for me to check out.
Recently, The Beatles (from about 1965 onwards). Put off for decades by the likes of "Get Back" and "Hey Jude" and the band's general cultural significance and overbearing popularity, I finally decided it was time to give them a chance.
I am happy to report that I like very much just over half of what I have heard.
Now comes the hard part, assembling the tracks I like into themed playlists ...
Marc Almond - Variete A fantastic album. Should have bought it sooner. I had ordered the 2cd version from play.com in September & it kept saying awaiting stock. I finally gave up last week & phoned them only to be told that it had been discontinued. After a few raised words as to why they never contacted me about it & that I couldn't track it down anywhere else I ordered the single cd version & wow , it's superb. Marc doing what he does best.
With the Numan sampled monsterhit 'Where's Your Head At' on board. It's the most electro funky B J album of all times. The Prince album Prince never made? :p
Another French lady, hey, did she just say "your just a dirty tw*t!", oh dear, I don't think she'll be allowed to come back to the forum. Kas Product - Never Come Back:
Ah, this must have been the nightclub where Phil Oakey first came across Joanne Catherall and Susanne Sulley, and its clear to see how their fantastic dancing convinced Phil they'd make a great addition to his new band. Poeme Electronique - V.O.I.C.E:
Before The Blue Man group became the worldwide success that they are now, they originally tried their luck at being The Silver Man Group. Rockets - Space rock:
"Hey Baby, my blue jeans is tight, so onto my love rocket climb", sang Robbie Williams to his fellow singing partner in his recent duet with Gary Barlow. Zlad! Elektronik Supersonik:
Claudia Brucken - Combined A good collection though I'd hoped they'd include some of the Another Language album with Andrew Poppy which is hard to come by unless you want to pay lots of ££££.
Originally posted by John Taylor: Visage - Best Of
Can anyone recommend an Erik Satie compilation?
Erik Satie: The Early Piano Works
On the Philips label, as performed by Reinbert de Leeuw. But whatever compilation you choose, MAKE SURE it is performed by Reinbert de Leeuw! Most other performers play Satie too fast (no kiddin').
Ever have one of those moments when you think oh sod it? I'm fed up with being serious about my music, always having to listen to my oh so considered sphere of sound. Why can't I just let my hair down, run outside into the rain, naked, and shouting 'I don't care what anyone thinks', 'I'm going to throw off my shackles of musical convention', 'I'm going to listen outside the box!'
I'm going to don a cloak, put some badly applied Adam Ant style stripes on my cheeks, stand outside in a forest and adopt a pathetically inept angry look on my face, smoke 20 fags in a row, and with a gravely voice I'm gonna rage against the machine, "Yee Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrigh!!!"
Originally posted by John Taylor: [b] Visage - Best Of
Can anyone recommend an Erik Satie compilation?
Erik Satie: The Early Piano Works
On the Philips label, as performed by Reinbert de Leeuw. But whatever compilation you choose, MAKE SURE it is performed by Reinbert de Leeuw! Most other performers play Satie too fast (no kiddin'). [/b]
It's a fine album, but I still prefer the debut Affenstunde. This one is, for me, a little too near the fence around the hippie commune and has one too many dreamlike and new-age/spacey sequences in it.
I never really went 'Big' on Tangerine Dream (not much at all beyond Atem and Phaedra anyways), and this is kind of where that started.
Fricke's piano though, is absolutely superb and I do love the 'vocal' treatments (reverb, echo etc) on the title track
Originally posted by Birdsong: Hang on - I'll turn it up...
It's a fine album, but I still prefer the debut [b]Affenstunde. This one is, for me, a little too near the fence around the hippie commune and has one too many dreamlike and new-age/spacey sequences in it.
I never really went 'Big' on Tangerine Dream (not much at all beyond Atem and Phaedra anyways), and this is kind of where that started.
Fricke's piano though, is absolutely superb and I do love the 'vocal' treatments (reverb, echo etc) on the title track [/b]
Not bowled over by T.D. myself, apart from 'Electronic Meditation'. The 80's T.D. bored me to tears, but then so did most 80's sequencer electronic bands. For that I blame digital synths flooding the market. Coming on like analogue was the dinosaur of the synth world. remember digital = Lazy.
Originally posted by John Taylor: This weeks listening: Tooth Mother - Mick Karn
excellent album! My favourite tracks are the title track, Plaster The Magic Tongue & Lodge Of Skins. In fact there is not a duff track on this album. Probably Mick's best one. I really miss him.
Made in '81, but I actually watched it on video in the early '90's
C'mon everybody, lets clap our hands and sing it together:
"Ulysses, Ulysses, soaring through all the galaxies, in search of Earth, flying into the night. Ulysses, Ulysses, fighting evil and tyranny, with all his power, and with all of his might"
Thomas Dolby - The Golden Age Of Wireless. Looking forward to his new album "A Map Of The Floating City" due for release in the summer. A new ep will be released on March 28th entitled "Oceana"
"These are the voyages, to explore strange new compositions, to seek out new sounds and musical interpretations, to boldly go where perhaps no man should go..."
I'm listening to Radiohead's new album The King of Limbs. Only hearing it for the third time now, it reminds me in many ways of their KidA/Amnesiac era. A lot of sonic experimentation going on in there. I'm curious to see how they will pull this one off live.
Whilst the wife took my daughters to dance class I could'nt resist putting my newly acquired KEF Cresta 3s through the paces:
John Foxx - My Sex Prodigy - Weather Experience Pet Shop Boys - Paninaro Prodigy - Warriors Dance (Benga Remix)(Vinyl) Sting - Conversation With My Dog (Vinyl) Beastie Boys - Shake Your Rump (Vinyl) Sade - Smooth Operator (Vinyl) Pet Shop Boys - Do I have to?
Slowdive's classic album: Souvlaki, and found myself pairing it up with John and Robins Mirrorball, for me these went very well together. I also dusted off another album not played since last year, Empire Of The Sun: Walking On A Dream.
The 2007 remaster of David Bowie's Buddha of Suburbia, and it sounds (and looks) al the better for it! Also playing Rock Dust Light Star, Jamiroquai's latest.
Been enjoying disc 2 myself a lot recently - it works on its own really well.
Have moved on this week to Morrissey - Swords (which I prefer over Years of Refusal) - and for the last couple of days I've been relaxing in the evenings with Serafina Steer
Quite a discovery. Must be good if its persuaded me to buy mp3 downloads!!!! Bloody Hell EP is especially good
Received the new album "Bordeaux" by Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd in the mailbox today. Simply put...wonderful soundscapes... Nothing new, but thats also it's strength imho.
Originally posted by fons: Received the new album "Bordeaux" by Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd in the mailbox today. Simply put...wonderful soundscapes... Nothing new, but thats also it's strength imho.
Might just put this up a few places now in my "to buy" list.
Originally posted by Alex S: The Walker Brothers' [b]Nite Flights album... [/b]
SUBERB ALBUM!!!...
(...erm...well...first 4 tracks anyhow...I do sneakingly like Den Haag - but SHHHH! Don't tell anyone. I pedal on to Child of Flames but I'm practically limping at that point...)
Well barring a couple of more well-known songs, I knew nothing about Scott Walker at all. And David Bowie is forever banging on about him.
So I was curious to hear the original version of Nite Flights, as I absolutely love the Bowie version. It's become the definitive version for me, not ever having heard or previously heard of, the original, but I felt the time was right to investigate.
I know Walker's voice well enough to realise it's influence on Bowie's own vocals, particularly from the late 70s onwards. What I wasn't expecting was such a striking similarity to David Sylvian's vocal style, particularly the harmonies. I'll wager he cites Walker as an influence too.
As for Nite Flights as an album, well it's interesting. Great bass playing, and production. Typically late 70s funky kind of thing, but in the most obscure fashion. A very curious listen, and accessibly short album.
Originally posted by Alex S: Well barring a couple of more well-known songs, I knew nothing about Scott Walker at all. And David Bowie is forever banging on about him.
So I was curious to hear the original version of Nite Flights, as I absolutely love the Bowie version. It's become the definitive version for me, not ever having heard or previously heard of, the original, but I felt the time was right to investigate.
I know Walker's voice well enough to realise it's influence on Bowie's own vocals, particularly from the late 70s onwards. What I wasn't expecting was such a striking similarity to David Sylvian's vocal style, particularly the harmonies. I'll wager he cites Walker as an influence too.
As for Nite Flights as an album, well it's interesting. Great bass playing, and production. Typically late 70s funky kind of thing, but in the most obscure fashion. A very curious listen, and accessibly short album.
His vocals were influential on Ian Curtis too - you can hear the transition in the months between the whining thinness of An Ideal for Living and the deeper, rounder vocals on Unknown Pleasures.
It was rumoured that Sylvian and Walker, both Virgin recording artists in the 80s were to begin a collaboration but that was all it was sadly; rumour. Interesting one though - I wonder what the results would have been like.
If you want to investigate Scott's solo work, Scott 3 and Scott 4 are great places to start.
Originally posted by Alex S: Yeah, I know of those albums. Could be time to investigate...
Scott 3 is devastatingly good but I would probably suggest Climate of Hunter (despite its weirdness and particularly its strange lyrics) might be a better place to start for a lover of Simple Minds.
Radiohead "The King of Limbs". It is (like all their recent albums) interesting, strange, instantly recognisable as them, but also slightly different. Like a lover with new accessories.
Lots of The Cure, especially "Join the Dots" and "Mixed Up".
Strand of Oaks "Pope Killdragon" - one of the best new things I have heard for a long time.
Marc Almond "Stardom Road" - I'm new to this one. Very enjoyable, a real labour of love.
CocoRosie - Grey Oceans, Neotropic - La Prochaine Fois, and one that I've looked for from time to time, and I'm particularly pleased to now finally own on CD, and I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg for it... an unused... still sealed... pristine copy of... John Hassell & Brian Eno - Fourth World Vol 1
At last I can get rid of my late 80's double cassette of Dream Theory'/Fourth world'.
I recall mention of Fourth World' towards the end of last year on this thread, with the poster saying that it was like an irritating insect in the background (that would be Ba-benzele then ) - Admittedly the first time I heard this album (it belonged to a friend) was back in '83, it was such a shock the effect was quite numbing, like being stuck indoors on a wet day looking out at the rain running down a windowpane!
Later in '88 I found myself buying that tape version, and revelation, genius music, it became one of my all time solid favourite works. I spent many a long-distance train journey in the 90's with the old cassette walkman, drifting off to Charm.
Still a brilliant album except for 'In A Dark Place'. It does absolutely nothing for me. Can't get into it at all & can't listen to it all the way through.
Originally posted by Alex S: [b] Yeah, I know of those albums. Could be time to investigate...
Scott 3 is devastatingly good but I would probably suggest Climate of Hunter (despite its weirdness and particularly its strange lyrics) might be a better place to start for a lover of Simple Minds. [/b]
Ahh yes, Climate of Hunter! Love that album! Bought it in the same week as David Sylvian's Brilliant Trees, in the year these albums came out.
The opening song tells it all. It starts with a simple cowbell, and it ends with a massive orchestrated tune. It's intimate and over the top at the same time. Only Scott Walker can get away with it ...
The Tilt album was originally supposed to be produced by Brian Eno. During the making of the album there were too many differences between the two and Eno backed off. Walker and Eno working in the recording studio, imagine that!
Currently reading Under The Sky - The Life & Music Of Kate Bush by Graeme Thompson. Intersting to read what some of the songs are about. Hadn't played this album for a while & it was good to make sense of the lyrics.
Mirrors - Lights And Offerings
Surprised to see it fall through my letterbox this morning. Ordered direct from Skint Records to get the remix disc also. Haven't played that yet but the album itself is great & could follow in the footsteps of my favourite album from last year which also got played too.
Hurts - Happiness
The best from last year. Similar electro/80's sounding Mirrors will do well to better this but on previous listen it'll come close.
playing Gang Gang Dance: Saint Dymphina, which has got me in the mood for checking out samples online of Rainbow Arabia's debut album: Boys And Diamonds, due out this week.
Yep Fons, Mr 'wrapped in a brown sheet' is blowing in the the desert winds of change...
By co-incidence I've been checking out Rainbow Arabia, equipped with weapons in the video for Let Them Dance its not apparent immediately, but this is actually a video about unity:
Last night it was bedtime listening with Jon Hassell: '...the moon came dropping its clothes in the street.
This morning its two albums by The Alps (not to be confused with the British Greenwich band, but instead the San Francisco psychedelic, Popol Vuh influenced one): III, and Le Voyage.
Still down the psychedelic and German sounding path, though this time its of the genuine vintage variety as opposed to a a more recent retro take on that sound.
Between: And The Waters Opened - picked this up last month, I was inspired to get it because of this clip with its fittingly sinister visuals:
From the slightly weird (of the time) the album flows along in a gentle Indian spiritual vibe towards a more cosmic sound. Fortunately its not so long-haired-hippie for me that it makes me want to shout out 'Gouranga!', and its not likely either to take me on 'a trip' and have me shouting out Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer's Shooting Stars catchphrases of 'Uvavu!' and 'Eranu!'
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Originally posted by Birdsong: ...been listening to [b]Esben and the Witch Not sure if its all up my alley as it were, but its good to play around now and again [/b]
Originally posted by Brian: [b] Mirrors Lights & offerings arrived today.
Cant believe it was way back in July that I first heard Ways to an end on 6 Music
Great Album.So glad they are doing the Troxy
Yes, you guys are lucky to see Foxxy, Numan and Mirrors all on the same bill. Quite a treat. [/b]
Bought a ticket for Mirrors in Hamburg at the Molotov on 14th April for a few minutes... Absolute bargain - only 13,50 Euro. Looking forward to that show! (will buy Lights and Offerings on that evening,too)
Woke up this morning to discover that it had snowed during the night, only an inch at most, but an unexpected sight that was surprising mainly as I’ve spent the last couple of evenings before bed watching Inception on DVD - (only the second time I’ve seen the movie, but I’m still Lady Gaga about it) - and it was the James Bond-inspired snow battle in the dream within a dream climax which ended the day for me yesterday, so this mornings listening kicked off with Hans Zimmer’s soundtrack to: Inception.
The rest of the morning its been Dead Can Dance: The Serpents Egg, and Windy & Carl: Songs For The Broken Hearted.
Animal Collective: Fall Be Kind, followed by one I don't play as often as I might, After Dark (Italians Do It Better Compilation) - slightly mixed bag of an album, a few tracks being average to indifferent, while the rest aspire to an intriguing late-night sound of 70's disco filtered through a lethargic 80's synth beat.
(Spoken in an Alan Partridge Radio Norwich 'Drive Time' voiceover):- "its coming up for nine o' ten, and music by Stephen Wilkinson this morning, with a bit of [i]Hand Cranking from Bibio" "Ooh err missus"[/i]
Snowing again here, so I'm playing Eluvium: New Animals From The Air, perfect atmospherics for this weather (but equally as good on a long warm summers evening!) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBemieVpIog
Been listening to the new Blancmange album, which is better than I thought it would be with some great tracks on it, "The Western" (which is brilliant and should be a single!), "Drive", "I'm Having A Coffee" and "Radio Therapy" being the highlights.
I've been listening to David Bowie for about a fortnight now, almost non-stop. Just the occasional break for the Tron Legacy soundtrack, the Black Rain soundtrack, a bit of Bernard Lavilliers and early Simple Minds.
Originally posted by Gary Hunter: Been listening to the new Blancmange album, which is better than I thought it would be with some great tracks on it, "The Western" (which is brilliant and should be a single!), "Drive", "I'm Having A Coffee" and "Radio Therapy" being the highlights.
I saw them live on Saturday - superb gig; Neil Arthur's dry Northern humour in-between the songs and his dad dancing made it for me!
Sadly Stephen Luscombe has been diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurism, with complications, that has affected his mobility and requires surgery so was unable to appear - we wished him all the best. This really didn't affect the gig though.
Pandit Dinesh handled percussion, tablas etc and Graham Henderson on synths. They kicked off with new song I'm Having A Coffee which was very good. Of 'the hits' they played; Blind Vision, Waves, Feel Me, Living On The Ceiling, The Game Above My Head, God's Kitchen and Don't Tell Me - from memory, there might have been a few more. Of the new ones I can remember Drive and Star****er.
I'm presently on the "last train to Chicago" with the Besnard Lakes, and the last few nights I've been enjoyably lulled before sleep by the psychotronics of Sun Araw's: Off Duty
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Brian: [QB] Interplay as arrived
The 3 albums I'm waiting on (John Foxx , Human League & Duran Duran) never arrived today and I go on holiday on Monday. Need to wait until I return on Friday before listening & even then I'm going to see my sons band play a gig so it may be a long wait.
Listening to a new band I have discovered, there from Germany and are called The Silicon Scientist. The album i'm listening to is called "Poly" and it is fantastic with the Joy Division influenced "Meltdown" being the highlight - the best track Joy Division never made.
Thanks to losing a computer some time ago through theft, I'm re-loading a few lost albums on to the new one. Not to everyone's taste I appreciate, but today it's 'Some Girls' and 'Exile on Main Street' by the Stones.
Originally posted by Gary Hunter: Listening to a new band I have discovered, there from Germany and are called The Silicon Scientist. The album i'm listening to is called "Poly" and it is fantastic with the Joy Division influenced "Meltdown" being the highlight - the best track Joy Division never made.
A very impressive electronic album.
Cheers for this Gary. Listened to there tracks on youtube & I'm very impressed. Need to try & track down there cds now.
Originally posted by Scott: Cheers for the reply. I'll just wait for it's arrival. What are your thoughts on it?
I preordered the physical release from the albums official website, and it gave me a free download of the entire album.
The album itself is solid, a bit of a cross between Amnesiac and In Rainbows. It's quite a short album, but there are rumours splayed across the internet suggesting a part 2. It definitely requires multiple listens, but is ultimately highly rewarding, especially if you listen to it through some real nice headphones. I found it challenging upon first listen, but I've grown a strong attachment to it now.
Originally posted by Scott: Cheers for the reply. I'll just wait for it's arrival. What are your thoughts on it?
I need to give a second listen, not sure of track names as its just a single 40 min recording, but it seemed as quirky as most Radiohead albums can,the physical release in 'newspaper format' sounds interesting.
It's very camp. Fun and quirky. Not necessarily essential League, but simply nice to hear Phil's wonderful barritone crooning out new songs. His voice never ages.
Foot hasn't stopped tapping though. Apart from 'Single Minded' which I very nearly had to skip. Everything so far - 'Electric Shock', 'Never Let Me Go', 'Into the Night' and especially 'Sky' are really enjoyable.
More like Octopus than Secrets. Maybe. It's not really like any other HL album actually.
You also need a degree in packaging to get the booklet in and out of the digipack.
Originally posted by Scott: [b] Cheers for the reply. I'll just wait for it's arrival. What are your thoughts on it?
I preordered the physical release from the albums official website, and it gave me a free download of the entire album.
The album itself is solid, a bit of a cross between Amnesiac and In Rainbows. It's quite a short album, but there are rumours splayed across the internet suggesting a part 2. It definitely requires multiple listens, but is ultimately highly rewarding, especially if you listen to it through some real nice headphones. I found it challenging upon first listen, but I've grown a strong attachment to it now. [/b]
I agree, it is very good and quite low-key-sounding. Solemn AND hopeful? I had a less-than-attached play of it today but I probably wasn't giving it the usual attention. I can't wait to read the lyrics (in the newspaper) and know what the hell he is singing about!
Someone, I'd like to say 'kindly' but I think we may fall out over this one, has lent me the Liam Gallagher/Beady Eye 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' album. I'm trying to give it an unbiased chance...but on the initial play it's sounding nothing but awful.
Up next will be a whole raft of Prince albums. Yes, I know he's a bit erratic quality wise. But nothing could be worse than what I'm playing at the moment.
Well today I've played Interplay 4 times over in a row!
Prior to this I've not listened to much music recently, seem to have had a real lack of interest. On Friday I found myself out of the blue playing all of the In Mysterious Ways 2 disc remaster, it made for a different frame of mind in the lead up to experiencing Interplay. Last night I was online in front of the computer in the small hours, and playing in the background Jon Hassell's 'Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes' album, which really suited that half-awake/half-asleep sense of being...
I find it very hard to play anything more than once a day - for me it would be like having two breakfasts. But good health to them that can!
Three new albums: Credo, Interplay and REM's Collapse Into Now. The last of these rather washed over me, which might be a first for me with this band. I can hear potential in the slower songs but if this is going to be a grower it is but a tiny shoot at the moment. Credo was good fun and I look forward to being acquainted with it some more. Interplay was quite an experience.
Duran Duran - All You Need Is Now Human League - Credo
Both are good albums but not overly impressed. After a few listens to all 3 albums that were released last Monday I'd have to say that so far John Foxx & The Maths is my favourite. On Credo Phil's voice still sounds as good but don't think it's much better if at all on Secrets , though I haven't played that for a while. A.Y.N.I.N is way better than the awful Red Carpet & is probably there best since The Wedding album. Most impressed with Leave a Light On & The Man Who Stole A Leopard which reminded me in parts of The Chauffeur.
Currently giving All You Need Is Now another try. I wasn't in the right mood for it the other day. Some of it sounds really good, some not so - and far too many tracks.
That said, it's better than the majority of Red Carpet Massacre - I liked that album, but it just wasn't very Duran. At least this one stands up alongside Astronaut and The Wedding Album in terms of 'their best album since...'
Other than that still playing Interplay and Credo to death. Credo is a real grower of an album. Tracks that might not grab you at first, ultimately grab you by the bollards and swing you round. Very addictive.
Can you believe I played Interplay a further two more times yesterday after my post
and right now I'm just starting my second spin of the disc this morning... "no, I wouldn't take your medicine", unless its in the form of 'Interplay' of course
Interplay on again right now, what a fantastic album!
Had to, as since yesterday I've had Summerland going round and around in my head. I can't stop hearing it, it's like I've seen the face of a truly beautiful person pass me by in the street, and I want to follow to see where they go...
If its getting boring me saying this, but I'll whisper it anyway... today its been Interplay twice over, and even when its not actually playing I can't get those damn catchy tunes out of my head!
Moon Wiring Club A Stray Tabby At The Cat's Wedding
I first came across Ian Hodgson's tales from 'Clinksell' eary last year during the 'Wierd Tales for Winter' series on Resonance FM, and I've listened to bits and pieces of his since. This is the first whole album I've got that's connected to Ghostbox as well, who I find fascinating but probably don't really "get" if I'm honest.
This long album (22 tracks) comes across to me like it was written as a soundtrack to an interpretation of Through The Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. It's peculiar, oddly constructed and jammed full of seemingly random dreamlike sequences, connected by repeated samples, bells, ringing telephones and disembodied voices. Doors open and close on different scenes - like rooms in apartment block. Full of seemingly un-connected people whose interaction with one another is entirely coincidental.
The repeated elements phase in and out like bits of our own past. You come across people or events you think you have experienced or met before, but can't quite place where. We can't choose what we remember. It's quite funny too in places, like a very clever script for an afternoon play. Very Radio 4. Fragments from an Edwardian drawing room populated by Bright Young Things and belligerent Great Aunts. Think TS Eliot and Evelyn Waugh, Tenniell and Edward Lear
There were these ghosts. And they had a dance.
Childlike, naive and charming - yet also threatening, complex and completely mad. Or is it...?
Another one of those albums that I wish I'd heard before because it goes so well with everything else and makes me understand it all so much less
Originally posted by Birdsong: Last week, I discovered this:
[b]Moon Wiring Club A Stray Tabby At The Cat's Wedding
I first came across Ian Hodgson's tales from 'Clinksell' eary last year during the 'Wierd Tales for Winter' series on Resonance FM, and I've listened to bits and pieces of his since. This is the first whole album I've got that's connected to Ghostbox as well, who I find fascinating but probably don't really "get" if I'm honest.
This long album (22 tracks) comes across to me like it was written as a soundtrack to an interpretation of Through The Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. It's peculiar, oddly constructed and jammed full of seemingly random dreamlike sequences, connected by repeated samples, bells, ringing telephones and disembodied voices. Doors open and close on different scenes - like rooms in apartment block. Full of seemingly un-connected people whose interaction with one another is entirely coincidental.
The repeated elements phase in and out like bits of our own past. You come across people or events you think you have experienced or met before, but can't quite place where. We can't choose what we remember. It's quite funny too in places, like a very clever script for an afternoon play. Very Radio 4. Fragments from an Edwardian drawing room populated by Bright Young Things and belligerent Great Aunts. Think TS Eliot and Evelyn Waugh, Tenniell and Edward Lear
There were these ghosts. And they had a dance.
Childlike, naive and charming - yet also threatening, complex and completely mad. Or is it...?
Another one of those albums that I wish I'd heard before because it goes so well with everything else and makes me understand it all so much less [/b]
I'm shocked to see you posting here tonight, Martin. Thought you would be at The Troxy.
Originally posted by Birdsong: Last week, I discovered this:
[b]Moon Wiring Club A Stray Tabby At The Cat's Wedding
This long album (22 tracks) comes across to me like it was written as a soundtrack to an interpretation of Through The Looking Glass and What Alice Found There. It's peculiar, oddly constructed and jammed full of seemingly random dreamlike sequences, connected by repeated samples, bells, ringing telephones and disembodied voices. Doors open and close on different scenes - like rooms in apartment block. Full of seemingly un-connected people whose interaction with one another is entirely coincidental[/b]
Martin I completely agree with you about this, and that's an excellent interpretation you've got there. I listened to samples of the album online last year and considered getting it, but I've just checked the two sources I'd have bought it from and annoyingly the CD is now sold out
(There's a different mix or arrangement between the CD and the vinyl version, and it can be bought as a bundle)
Prince, 'Indigo Nights' - a great little disc recorded at the various club nights played in addition to the 21 dates he performed at the main O2 Arena in London in Summer 2007.
Last night, "Interplay" and "Credo" - both for the second time. For some reason "Credo" sounded a lot better last night - I'm sorry ... I'm sure it was just a case of being more in the mood for the latter.
Today, PJ Harvey "Let England Shake" for the second time.
Strange morning weatherwise, its warm, rainy, overcast and windy... presently playing Adam Wiltzie's The Dead Texan album, it just fits so beautifully:
Two from The Besnard Lakes this warm clear blue day: Are The Dark Horse, and Are The Roaring Night, followed by a complete change of style with Vitalic: Ok Cowboy, which led naturally to... Interplay
Another birthday has come and gone and as usual I used this as an excuse to buy myself some music
This year I took the opportunity to complete my Mesh collection by buying Original 91-93. Any thoughts that this would be a collection of rough demos was quickly dispelled; Mesh obviously hit the ground running. Good stuff!
Most recently I have been listening to Mesh - A Perfect Solution plus various bits & bobs on YouTube, the highlight of which was this gem from David McWilliams: -
More new albums have come out since the forum was away. Been listening to these
David Sylvian - Died In The Wool Kate Bush - Directors Cut Memories Of Machines - Warm Winter Neil Young - A Treasure John Foxx & Theo Travis - Torn Sunset Paul Simon - So Beautiful Or So What
Have to say that none are as good as Interplay which is probably still the years best.
Also listening to The Lost Brothers - Trails Of The Lonely.
I am finding it to be a very inconsistent album - some of the new interpretations are amazing, but some are rather disappointing because (dare I say it) she just doesn't have 'that voice' anymore...
And Scott, you forgot to list Marc Almond's new one - Feasting with Panthers.
Call me 'old school' and 'boring' but lately it's been:
The Human League - Dare / Love & Dancing Steely Dan - Greatest Hits Tubeway Army - Replicas J.M. Jarre - Essentials and the odd rarity China Crisis - Scrapbook / Acoustically Yours The Beatles
..just can't any enthusiasm up for anything 'new' (save Interplay).
Simple Minds today - a real mix. Tracks from Graffiti Soul, Good News from the Next World, Black & White 050505, Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, New Gold Dream and Cry.
And Scott, you forgot to list Marc Almond's new one - Feasting with Panthers. [/quote]
I haven't heard Marc Almonds new one yet. That should be this weekends purchase. I agree with you in some points on the Kate Bush album. Some of the new interpretations are amazing & I think the voice is still great. I thought she may have put at least one new track on the album as David Sylvian did.
I haven't heard Director's Cut and am not sure I really need to to be honest, but fair play to her, she has earned the right to do whatever she likes. I am also expecting Marc Almond any day now.
Tonight it is Morrissey "Years of Refusal".
Recently,
Jon Hopkins "Contact Note" (Ulrich Schauss fans will like) Bill Callahan "Apocalypse" Andrew Thomas "Between Buildings and Trees" (William Basinski fans will like) Bill Wells and Aidan Moffat "Everything's Getting Older",
I haven't heard Director's Cut and am not sure I really need to to be honest, but fair play to her, she has earned the right to do whatever she likes.
That's certainly true, but most other artists do this kind of experimentation in the live contect. KB hasn't had the luxury of this, so she's reinterpreted some of the songs quite drastically.
Marc Almond - well. It is what it is. Not a 'great' album in his catalogue, but nevertheless moving, perceptive and very, very emotive. The Patron Saint of Wiltons...?
Brian Eno: 'On Land' & 'Music For Airports' Harold Budd & Brian Eno: 'The Plateaux Of Mirror' Y.M.O.: 'Techno Bible' Ryuichi Sakamoto: '1000 Knives Of' Brendan Perry: 'Ark' Bill Nelson: 'Map Of Dreams' Killing Joke: 'Killing Joke' (debut album) Tod Dockstader: 'Quatermass'
Finally gave Kate Bush's Directors's Cuta proper listen this weekend..through headphones. I think it's quite a special record.
I'm not sure about this. Got it for Father's Day and wasn't impressed when I first played it. Since then, some of the tracks have really touched me, but now and then she doesn't quite get the vocals right etc and I feel disappointed.
Finally gave Kate Bush's Directors's Cuta proper listen this weekend..through headphones. I think it's quite a special record.
I'm not sure about this. Got it for Father's Day and wasn't impressed when I first played it. Since then, some of the tracks have really touched me, but now and then she doesn't quite get the vocals right etc and I feel disappointed.
Not having heard the majority of the tracks before it's all "new" to me and I like the kind of Aerial-y feel to it. A track like "Moments of Pleasure" is what it says it is...and I'll stick my neck out and say I quite like the effects on "Deeper Understanding".
Anyway back to the future and it's:
Japan - Quiet Life Depeche Mode - Remixes 81-11 / 2 - selected tracks. Pink Floyd - Echoes
right! Speaking of which..I listened to it a bit last night on proper speakers..is it just me (and my mp3) or is Magnetic Fields 2 a bit 'weak'?, sonically speaking... I do fret about such things..
Very disappointed in this. Bauhaus brought a new album out a couple of years ago & this seems to be in the same form rather than his other solo releases which were in a different sound & direction i.m.h.o which I liked more for that reason but this seems like a backward step. I'm really looking forward to the Dalis Car release later in the year which Peter was working on with Mick Karn before Micks death but this doesn't impress me at all.
Heavy rotation on the ipad: Mick Karn - Selected Tom Petty - Best Of Michael Jackson - Thriller Nirvana - Nirvana Foo Fighters - Wasting Light Art Of Noise - Into Battle Prodigy - Worlds On Fire (Live) 808 State - Ex:El
Only just discovered this band & you guys should check them out. A fantastic album. Norwegian band Airbag create a uniquely Scandinavian fusion of contemporary Progressive Rock edge, Art Pop emotionalism and Post Rock atmospherics.
Taking inspiration from the likes of Porcupine Tree, Radiohead, Pink Floyd, Talk Talk, Coldplay and No-Man, the band's debut release, Identity, combines cinematic soundscapes, epic guitar grandeur and sweetly soulful melodies to produce an astonishingly assured first statement.
“Prog at its most chilled, honeyed and soothing.” - Classic Rock
Today I wanted to listen to something with a bit more 'texture', and so I've settled on the Kundun soundtrack by Philip Glass - very highly recommended, the last track (Escape To India) especially is (I think) one of the finest pieces he's ever written.
It wasn't TD, although Klaus Schulze released an excellent album of the same name in 1979, but this was not in anyway connected to the actual film, with the exception of the cover to said album which is actually a scene from the film.
The actual score to the movie Dune was I believe recorded by Toto.
Right at this moment - Tangerine Dream "Livemiles"
Excellent choice, I must give that a listen - I'm on the look out for the OST of the film Dune I think it was entirely TD.
Hi John, I really used to enjoy that album back in the day when I had the David Lynch Dune original soundtrack on vinyl, the American rock group Toto together with a European orchestra were the main elements at play, and a specially composed track by Brian Eno featured - (I'm trying to recall) - in the scene where the giant Guild Heighliner cargo Starship travels through warp space. I think you are seeking the Klaus Schulze 1979 album Dune which was inspired by the Frank Herbert Novel.
Hi Graham, ah yes I can see that now (I've just been reading your introduction), Schulze's Dune seems (to me at least) to have had something of a mythical status back at some point, its not an album I've ever heard though, cheers I've been inspired to check it out and I'm listening to it right now, just right for this time of night:
Hi Graham, ah yes I can see that now (I've just been reading your introduction), Schulze's Dune seems (to me at least) to have had something of a mythical status back at some point, its not an album I've ever heard though, cheers I've been inspired to check it out and I'm listening to it right now, just right for this time of night:
The first track at half an hour is IMHO awesome. I love the mix of cello with Klaus's synths. The second track contains the vocals of Arthur Brown which many people at the time weren't too fond of, although the music is still of a very high standard.
On the re-release by SPV in 2005 there's a bonus track called "Le Mans" which is a live performance from around 1979 where Klaus actually attempts (quite successfully) to imitate the sound of a racing car with his synths.
The other thing I noted when I first heard this album on CD (with the exception of the bonus live track) is that the mastering/sound quality is amazing.
Right at this moment - Tangerine Dream "Livemiles"
Excellent choice, I must give that a listen - I'm on the look out for the OST of the film Dune I think it was entirely TD.
Hi John, I really used to enjoy that album back in the day when I had the David Lynch Dune original soundtrack on vinyl, the American rock group Toto together with a European orchestra were the main elements at play, and a specially composed track by Brian Eno featured - (I'm trying to recall) - in the scene where the giant Guild Heighliner cargo Starship travels through warp space. I think you are seeking the Klaus Schulze 1979 album Dune which was inspired by the Frank Herbert Novel.
I've been listening to one of my favourite electronic/metatronic albums. 'Arbor Bona/Arbor Mala' by The Shamen. The only track I can find on You Tube is 'Xochipili's Return'.. So here it is. Best listened to when you are the only one awake in your household at night. Anyone know what happened to Colin Angus?
According to the internet's fount of all knowledge that is largely apocryphal, Wikipedia:
"Colin Angus worked in a project called Pablo Sandoz from 2004 to 2008."
And that's all they have to say about his post-Shamen work. In an interview in April 2010, Mr.C spake thus:
"I have no idea what Colin Angus is doing right now as we don't keep in touch," admits Mr. C. There are unconfirmed reports he dropped out of the band to further his interest in the mystic and psychedelic, travelling the world visiting temples and ruins. He is thought to be behind the mysterious electronic project Pablo Sandoz (Watch 'Pyramid'), which emerged in the mid-‘90s and produced music up until 2009, and is now rumoured to be living in Brighton.
Boss Drum is one of my favourite albums of the nineties (and I don't have many favourites from that era) but for some reason my hard drive has decided to delete the first three tracks irretrievably so I have only a somewhat truncated version of it. Still, at least Librae Solidi Denari is still in there and it's one of my favourite tracks so I shouldn't complain!
When you've listened to a bit of PDL. Put on 'Incense & Gifts Of Sacred Science'. It's what made me think of The Shamen when I was listening to it on Sunday night, even though it sounds nothing like The Shamen. Bloody good album though. The very Foxx like 'Thinking Metal (Dance Of The Gemenids)' was the stand out track on this listen.
Clearly Mike's most barmy work, and a list of instruments to rival any other!! And some of his very best guitar work, hidden away between the cavemen, chainsaws and toothbrushes!!
Over the last couple of weeks I've returned to listen to a haunting and majestic track called Afraid Of You, from Our Sleepless Forest, its felt so right for the days of summer mixed with rain that we've been experiencing here recently:
On a similar note I've been addicted to playing Tim Heckers In The Fog, parts I to III, from his recent work Ravedeath,1972 (think I'm going to have to buy this one). The album was recorded in Iceland using a pipe organ but for me his track Fog perfectly fit's that time of day during a green and lush summer when the sun's still in the sky and the evening feels so much longer:
On one of those random youtube searches I came across a clip from the early days of Genesis, my past experience of that band was (with the exception of having parts of The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway 'played continually at me' by a fellow college student) limited to that period when Peter Gabriel (Yay) was completely solo, and Genesis 'were three', and then Phil Collins (boo hiss) went solo and became chums with Princes Di.
So I was really quite impressed by a fantastic video of the band where Peter wasn't shaving off the front of his hair and pretending to mow the intergalactic field's with an invisible lawnmower, and he instead looks like a rather handsome, nay cute, young man, dressed in a slick black jumpsuit and seemingly channeling Mick Jagger, and our Phil also looks like quite a cool guy before he met any Royalty. So now I'm well on my way to becoming a fan of early Genesis:
From all of the sublime above and ending now the music on the ridiculous (depending on your tastes of course), ah, remember the good old days, radical haircuts, distinctive suits, and synthpop was the future? well on another random youtube search I'm seeing the past I'd never seen before, close your eyes and it sounds less frightening than it looks:
I particularly like the guy in the hat, shades, and stripey shirt, jumping about and waving his hands in the air, he's clearly seeing the brave future coming a decade ahead, and its name was Rave!
Got this superb album a few months ago, hoping to go see Tom Krell AKA How To Dress Well playing his ghostly R&B transmissions in Glasgow this coming Monday.
After Martin's recommendation I checked out a few songs on YouTube. Half an hour later I had my order in at Amazon. Arrived yesterday and I've already played it twice.
Brilliant - I'm now gutted that they are not supporting Jonh at Leamington Spa.
I'm completely and utterly hooked on this artist right now having just seen her as the support act at a recent gig, I've had to buy her two albums. Grimes (Claire Boucher) was totally fantastic onstage, a one woman lo-fi powerhouse of keyboard and loops:
Grimes Crystal Ball video struck a chord and immediately led me to this one from Madonna, never been a big fan of Marge, but she had me bewitched back in '98 with great music and visuals that lean towards Sergei Parajanov and Andrei Tarkovsky making this one of my favourite audio-visual works:
Particularly enjoying Richard Hawley's "Truelove's Gutter" at the moment. Bought the album months ago but only just getting round to listening to it; a real slow burner of al album - at times so laid back it's almost comatose but wonderfully atmospheric and evocative.
Funny really as years ago I used to be in a Sheffield band that shared a practice room with Hawley's former band Treebound Story, and he once accidentally (I hope) locked me in the room overnight!
Scott, I notice that NAO are playing in Glasgow and Edinburgh this September.
Originally Posted By: Herbert the turbot
Particularly enjoying Richard Hawley's "Truelove's Gutter" at the moment. Bought the album months ago but only just getting round to listening to it; a real slow burner of al album - at times so laid back it's almost comatose but wonderfully atmospheric and evocative.
Funny really as years ago I used to be in a Sheffield band that shared a practice room with Hawley's former band Treebound Story, and he once accidentally (I hope) locked me in the room overnight!
He clearly saw your talent as competition and wanted to keep you off the scene! I hope you had some snacks to keep you going overnight!
Haven't listened to anything by Hawley since his first two albums, I'm intrigued to check out this more recent one. His sound is one that stirs mixed emotions in me, it whisks me back to a childhood time of being dragged around the Glasgow 'Barras' by my father (he grew up in the bad old days of the Gorbals), we'd go into these strange little places around the market with ramshackle stalls that were illuminated by bare lightbulbs dangling on cables from above, selling bric-a-brac, and sometimes just plain rubbish, rusted food tins, broken electrical appliances, boxes of faded postcards or photographs of anonymous people, it was usually raining outside, and always in the background there was this mournful sound of country ballads coming from an old record player or radio, or Jim Reeves singing "Welcome To My World", it used to both disturb and move me emotionally:
After hearing the diabolical new single from Erasure, decided I needed to go back and listen to some of their classics so it's Total Pop tonight for me.
Anyone else heard their new single?? What are your thoughts?
I like the chorus and think it works as a single because it has that Erasure catchiness and sweeping arrangement we know and love. A little cheesy - but isn't that what they do?
However I found the verses clumsy and Andy's voice cringe-makingly awkward. It's too high in the mix for me as well, as if he's singing over the music that is very quiet by contrast.
Not the sort of thing I'd buy, but it's ok and should do well.
Not too keen on the new Erasure single. There best albums are Wonderland & Cowboy & need to keep that sound though Andy's vocals aren't what they were.
I've not heard the new Erasure single yet. Erasure were my first mature musical love, when "The Circus" (the single) came out. I'm a big fan of "I Say, I Say, I Say" and their self-titled album from 1995. Since then I've largely stopped listening but I do keep meaning to re-evaluate their two most recent albums.
Harold Budd with Zeitgeist "She is a Phantom" - a real gem.
Crumbs - I haven't listened to that album for ages...
Originally Posted By: Alex S
Mike Oldfield Tr3s Lunas and the deluxe editions of Tubular Bells, Hergest Ridge and Ommadawn
Are these deluxe editions worth the money?
I mean, I already have these albums (a couple of times over) - and it would be good to hear 'first-hand' what these new editions sound like... I understand that Incantations has also been given the deluxe treatment.
Rob I wondered what these deluxe editions were like too. I've umpteen versions of Tubular Bells and so is it worth buying again? I have read in reviews on Amazon that there is a sound problem on one of the Incantations discs and the record company is looking to sort this. Have a read yourself and make your own mind up as to whether it might be good to hold off buying it just yet.
Prompted by a feature in the Mojo Pink Floyd special edition I've been inspired to check out the Psychedelic Rock Sound of Shin Joong Hyun: Beautiful Rivers And Mountains -
I've recently discovered a band called Epic45 who have a lovely album out called "Weathering" at the moment. Their press release sums it up neatly thus;
"There is a long tradition of pastoral music capturing a quintessential Englishness, running from Vaughan Williams through the English folk tradition to more recent names like Robert Wyatt and Talk Talk. Further down this line you’ll find Epic45.”
I rate 1.Outside as his best album.... well it's certainly my favourite Bowie album... closely followed by Earthling...
I'm afraid to say I haven't heard these albums yet. None in fact since Black Tie White Noise with the exception of the odd single. They keep getting mentioned here especially by Alex. I think a trip to the shops is in store this weekend.
I rate 1.Outside as his best album.... well it's certainly my favourite Bowie album... closely followed by Earthling...
I'm afraid to say I haven't heard these albums yet. None in fact since Black Tie White Noise with the exception of the odd single. They keep getting mentioned here especially by Alex. I think a trip to the shops is in store this weekend.
I think you might be impressed Scott. I'd have a wee look on Amazon if I were you as they're both currently going for about 4 quid each...
I've recently discovered a band called Epic45 who have a lovely album out called "Weathering" at the moment. Their press release sums it up neatly thus;
"There is a long tradition of pastoral music capturing a quintessential Englishness, running from Vaughan Williams through the English folk tradition to more recent names like Robert Wyatt and Talk Talk. Further down this line you’ll find Epic45.”
Me too. I haven't actually played anything yet but I really like the artwork and anything that mentions Talk Talk gets my attention immediately! Some of their CDs seem to be limited/rare/expensive but downloads are available at normal prices.
"There is a long tradition of pastoral music capturing a quintessential Englishness, running from Vaughan Williams through the English folk tradition to more recent names like Robert Wyatt and Talk Talk. Further down this line you’ll find Epic45.”
Thanks for posting Herbert, I really enjoyed the track, so much so I've forwarded the link to a friend. The suggestion of a popular/alternative music with an elusive 'Englishness' conjuring up a faraway avenue of a pastoral land has captured my imagination since my youth, its an ideal that really strikes an emotional chord, not sure why its so potent, seeing as I'm Scottish, and nor was I exposed much to either classical or folk music while growing up, but in that passage from youth to adulthood John's Garden album was entirely to blame for consolidating forever a deep-rooted feeling for some lost green place.
Came back on a long distance bus journey last night and treated myself to a listen of the new Wooden Shjips album West, no secret that I'm a huge fan of both this band and mainman Ripley Johnson and his other band Moon Duo, and West is another winner for me. Was posting a youtube link to a friend and I spotted an amusing comment below the video by someone called 'cubangigolo' -
I rate 1.Outside as his best album.... well it's certainly my favourite Bowie album... closely followed by Earthling...
I'm afraid to say I haven't heard these albums yet. None in fact since Black Tie White Noise with the exception of the odd single. They keep getting mentioned here especially by Alex. I think a trip to the shops is in store this weekend.
I think you might be impressed Scott. I'd have a wee look on Amazon if I were you as they're both currently going for about 4 quid each...
If you like Diamond Dogs, Low, Heroes, Lodger or Nine Inch Nails, then you'll like 1.Outside.
I think out of the two, Earthling, though a shorter, simpler album is harder to access. Damn good though, once you get past the common misperception that it's a drum & bass album! It isn't!
Both albums I would say, are Bowie's most electronic works.
Start off by getting hold of a copy of Buddha of Suburbia. It's brilliant. Underrated and undervalued. A much better album that BTWN - much more 'Bowie' - and would provide an ideal lead into Outside, with it's fusion of pop, rock and jazz elements.
I did my shopping spree online at the weekend & these were the first two to arrive. I did check out my local hmv but prices are shocking. I used to love going round my local record shops & spending ages looking at the covers etc & chatting with the owners. Those days have gone now & I suppose online trading has played a large part in that & it's very much the cheaper option nowadays. There are still a couple of smaller record shops (don't think they're called that anymore) I visit but it's harder to pick up the things I want there now. Going back to the two albums , both are very good , different styles but very enjoyable.
It is only available via OMD website although it has appeared on Amazon for around £25 which is a rip off. As I understand it there has only been 1,000 pressed.
Originally Posted By: Scott
Originally Posted By: MemberD
Originally Posted By: Alex S
Midlife crisis? ;-p
No, not another one!
Anyway I'm better today - it's been: OMD live in Berlin, Dark Side of the Moon and a bit of Ladytron.
Is the OMD album just a website release at the moment?
I've recently discovered a band called Epic45 who have a lovely album out called "Weathering" at the moment. Their press release sums it up neatly thus;
"There is a long tradition of pastoral music capturing a quintessential Englishness, running from Vaughan Williams through the English folk tradition to more recent names like Robert Wyatt and Talk Talk. Further down this line you’ll find Epic45.”
Me too. I haven't actually played anything yet but I really like the artwork and anything that mentions Talk Talk gets my attention immediately! Some of their CDs seem to be limited/rare/expensive but downloads are available at normal prices.
Just to say am playing "Weathering" right now. Stunning. Reminds me of Hood, Savoy Grand and Bark Psychosis so far - and there's not much higher praise I could give.
yes, Scott.."Any Colour You Like" .. didn't realise it was a 'best of' except for the obvious inclusion of Wonderful Life which has been re-recorded, ditto 'Sweetest Smile'. I only ever had the first album and I remember those tracks from that .. just all the tracks on this new one seemed really slow. Lacking a bit of oomph like, say, Everything Is Coming Up Roses or I'm Not Afraid off the first album.
Villa Nah - yes, pleasant enough although i wasn't very inspired. In places, sort of sounded as if OMITD had met The Human League in mid-1980. I'll have to give it another shot. Not as immediate as, say, Mirrors who are in a similar vein. (they're more OMITD meets Depeche Mode in 1980..but I'm waffling).
The Kim Wilde one is pretty dour - I was attracted by the setlist: she does some 'classics' like Wonderful Life (see above), In Between Days, Ever Fallen in Love, Sleeping Satellite but not very remarkably. May attract some kinds of mid-40's (male) listeners but not this one.
This is a fantastic album. I've recently bought his last 6 releases three of which have arrived , Buddha of Suburbia & Outside the others , this is by far the best. Slip Away is an outstanding track & blew me away.
The new Gary Numan album "Dead Son Rising" which is very hit and miss and is disappointing considering he has been working on this for almost 5 years. Worth a mention are the tracks, The Fall, For The Rest Of My Life and Not The Love We Dream Of all of which are pretty good the rest is mediocre at best.
The Kim Wilde one is pretty dour... May attract some kinds of mid-40's (male) listeners but not this one.
That made me laugh MemberD. In the early 90's I once had Kim Wilde stood posing right next to me for a short while in a London Gallery as she was having a photo shoot of sorts. I was doing some close-up photography of exhibits in a cabinet and never noticed her as I was completely absorbed and oblivious to her 'aura', only afterwards did a star-struck attendant inform me of my proximity to the 'Kid From America'. Dammit, I believe that she was hobnobbing with specky ginger DJ Chris Evans at the time, as a specky, once-gingerish person myself I feel that I unwittingly blew my chances that day...
Originally Posted By: Scott
David Bowie - Heathen. This is a fantastic album... Slip Away is an outstanding track & blew me away.
Totally agree Scott, its such a beautiful track, Slip Away is 100% classic Bowie.
Originally Posted By: Gary Hunter
"Dead Son Rising" which is very hit and miss and is disappointing considering he has been working on this for almost 5 years
It'll be interesting to read reviews and listen to some excerpts when they surface.
Originally Posted By: Birdsong
Oooooh
The Agnes Obel track's (above) are really nice. Thanks for the heads up - Philharmonics sounds like a great album. I like this video especially, for the track 'Riverside'. Very Foxxian! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjncyiuwwXQ
Yes, her music really takes root in the mind. That version of 'Close Watch sends shivers down my spine, her style has a lovely minimalist manner that works a subtle but powerful charm, glad you've enjoyed it Martin.
I recall seeing the enigmatic album cover photograph a few months ago, its an image inspired by Tippi Hedren's character in the film The Birds. The work of Alfred Hitchcock is an influence on Obel's creativity.
I had her youtube playlist on repeat yesterday, and I notice shes playing at Stereo over in Glasgow in November, but factoring in all the various travel costs from where I live, gig ticket, bite to eat and a few drinks, and just a casual gig like this can cost me almost £50 for a night out, so I've settled for buying instead the Deluxe Philharmonics CD, great value posted for £8 from cdwow.
Numan's Dead Son Rising for me too. Too early to formulate a full review or opinion yet, but it's an interesting and varied album. Much more varied than Jagged with cleaner production.
it sounds pretty much like what it is - a load of demos from the last 2 albums, fashioned into a finished set. It's understandable why Numan considers DSR a "filler" in the run-up to the next album, but on the other hand, it's simply nice to have some new material for the first time in ages.
just discovered Siouxsie & Banshees covers album "Through the Looking Glass" - contains among others a good cover of Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors of all things...
just discovered Siouxsie & Banshees covers album "Through the Looking Glass" - contains among others a good cover of Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors of all things...
just discovered Siouxsie & Banshees covers album "Through the Looking Glass" - contains among others a good cover of Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors of all things...
well I never.
I must hear that is it a new album??
No! It's from 1987..! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking_Glass_(Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees_album)
Completely passed me by too, although I remember the cover of "This Wheel's On Fire" as a single.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Wheel%27s_on_Fire_(song)
(note to self: another one to add to the list of "bands and artists who have done cover version albums" .. )
just discovered Siouxsie & Banshees covers album "Through the Looking Glass" - contains among others a good cover of Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors of all things...
well I never.
I must hear that is it a new album??
No! It's from 1987..! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through_the_Looking_Glass_(Siouxsie_and_the_Banshees_album)
Completely passed me by too, although I remember the cover of "This Wheel's On Fire" as a single.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Wheel%27s_on_Fire_(song)
(note to self: another one to add to the list of "bands and artists who have done cover version albums" .. )
I bought this album when it came out. Great tracks on it. They also released "The Passenger" as a single.
I have to admit I'm not impressed with these two albums. Earthling is the worst Bowie record I've heard. I was on the verge of switching it off. It really just sounded like he threw it together as quick as he could. Some of the songs just seemed like a droning noise. I've never been critical of him before but I was very disappointed in it. Reality will have more plays to see if I can get into it more but I can't say the same about Earthling.
Siouxsie & Banshees covers album "Through the Looking Glass" - contains among others a good cover of Kraftwerk's Hall of Mirrors of all things...
used to have this on cassette long time ago and completely forgotten till you mentioned it MemberD! Listening to some of it online now it does have one or two tracks that still appeal to me, have to agree though about Hall Of Mirrors, superb.
Been playing Bowie myself today Scott, have hardly anything from some later decades of his career and not the two above. Was listening earlier to Lodger, 1.Outside, and Heathen.
I have to admit I'm not impressed with these two albums. Earthling is the worst Bowie record I've heard. I was on the verge of switching it off. It really just sounded like he threw it together as quick as he could. Some of the songs just seemed like a droning noise. I've never been critical of him before but I was very disappointed in it. Reality will have more plays to see if I can get into it more but I can't say the same about Earthling.
Hmm, interesting to hear your view Scott. For me, Earthling is one of those very rare records that sounded devastatingly, blisteringly good on first hearing and has remained so ever since!
Earthling blew me away when it came out - it sounded like nothing else. However 14 years later (where does the time go??!!), unlike Outside which STILL sounds new and fresh and exciting and futuristic (to me anyway), Earthling has dated a bit.
Still prefer it to Reality any day. Although if the latter turns out to be Bowie's last album, "Bring Me the Disco King", is the perfect closing number.
Currently playing the new John Foxx and the Maths track, "Talk".
I'd like to see her addition on the XFactor and put the willies up the judges, probably even make Cheryl Cole cry. Alternatively, she could join the ranks of Rage and Cage as Ayshay Against The Machine and be the next candidate in the traditional 'Knock Simon Cowell's protege off from the Christmas Number One spot'
I'm listening to Will Young's new album, Echoes. Am I OK?
He's all over the shop at the mo', turned on Jonathan Ross's show and he was sat in the green room, couple of weekends ago I switched on a car radio (not my car or choice of stations) as I went from one to the other (four in a row) the same song was playing, which I guess is his new single? With his catchy new electropop direction (a la Erasure) I wouldn't be surprised if he pops up playing on a kepboard at XOYO on the 25th.
Been listening to the new Erasure album, it is being streamed on the guardian website.
9 tracks, 31 minutes long and the worst Erasure album ever, it is terrible, void of good ideas, production all over the place.
I'm a massive fan of Vince Clarke/Erasure/Yazoo etc bit this is such a disapointment, 4 years and they have come up with 9 mediocre tracks, I think time should be called on Erasure.
As for being 31 minutes long the album that is leaving fans very short changed.
I think by now you get me...... the album is terrible!
I'm indoors at home as long shadows are cast on the ground outside in this beautiful blue and breezy sunny afternoon, a sudden sickness in the family means I have to be nurse.
listening to David Sylvian's ambient disc 2 from the Gone To Earth album, just what the doctor ordered!
30th anniversary week of The Garden and we've had the most rare and amazingly beautiful weather today - warm, so very warm, blue skies and birds singing long into the evening, I was outside in a local park and could not believe that I was actually in Scotland and not transported to Italy or Spain, and amazingly tomorrow is the first day of October! So this evening I quickly put together ten tracks for listening to as it got dark (in no particular order):
I'm working my way through Pink Floyd's discography since picking up the Discovery boxset. I've only really been familiar with 73-78 era Floyd up until now, and it's really nice to be able to track the growth of the band through their music. I think the remasters do improve slightly on past releases, I'm currently up to Animals and it has never sounded so clear!
So much for the weather eh, we had the great sunshine one day and next day as soon as we got into the 1st of October we've had fog and heavy rain for 48 hours!
No relationship to the climate, but I'm in the mood for more Kraftwerk robotic aerobics:
Courtesy of Gary Hunters podcast thread I've been following up on his links, enjoying some late evening listening to a few artists featured on his show. I'm particularly enjoying these, sweet at heart, and very enjoyable -
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning. Got Steven to sign my copy when he appeared in Glasgow last Thursday.
Erasure - Tomorrow's World. Agree with Gary. A poor album & to last just over 31 minutes made it even worse. Erasure have only made one good album in the last 20 years & that was the excellent "Cowboy". All the others are ok & have some good songs on each of them but I'm struggling to find one here.
Courtesy of Gary Hunters podcast thread I've been following up on his links, enjoying some late evening listening to a few artists featured on his show. I'm particularly enjoying these, sweet at heart, and very enjoyable -
Steven Wilson - Grace For Drowning. Got Steven to sign my copy when he appeared in Glasgow last Thursday.
Erasure - Tomorrow's World. Agree with Gary. A poor album & to last just over 31 minutes made it even worse. Erasure have only made one good album in the last 20 years & that was the excellent "Cowboy". All the others are ok & have some good songs on each of them but I'm struggling to find one here.
Scott Erasure have completely lost the plot with their new album. The new single didn't even make the top 100, not surprised as it is as awful as the album!!
"Now Foxxy's back and in the spot light Band assembled : women glow All across this wild October The Maths will go
With Interplay… With Interplay… With Interplay… With Interplay…"
Ha ha... Great stuff Martin!!!
Originally Posted By: Gary Hunter
Glad my shows are proving interesting especially for discovering new bands.
By the way the link has been put in this thread now to download the show, which should be ok now
Cheers Gary, have been using the play option and spent the last few days having a synthpoptastic time listening to your shows - great to have whilst indoors at home alternating between being ill and doing all the chores. I'm amazed at the extent of influence by Erasure/Depeche Mode/Pet Shop Boys on many of the bands you feature, and I'm inclined to make a future purchase of Austra's Feel It Break album, I really like it - hilariously enough there's a somewhat bizarre performance on youtube of Lose It live where the singers and backing keyboard player all look like they're stoned - they'll be covering Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freeburd next:
Cheers John for mentioning this, hadn't realised it was out now. Its gone on my must buy asap list.
Originally Posted By: Ivan Basso
The Very Best of Hot Chocolate Chez Ivan , everyone's a winner you sexy things!
Ha, Ivan, we had a 'best of' on vinyl - a double gatefold (I think?) in our house back in my teenage day - reminds me of school summer holidays - saturday night fever - backcombing - and tight teeshirts with button pockets on the chest - no doubt about it!
Delighted you enjoy the shows, I tend to feature synthpop a lot because there is so much good stuff out there, as long as it is electronic based of course!
There is something about the band Austra, very unique sound with fantastic vocal arrangements. I saw that video and spot on they looked off their heads!!
I think they have a bright future.
Originally Posted By: core memory
Originally Posted By: Birdsong
"Now Foxxy's back and in the spot light Band assembled : women glow All across this wild October The Maths will go
With Interplay… With Interplay… With Interplay… With Interplay…"
Ha ha... Great stuff Martin!!!
Originally Posted By: Gary Hunter
Glad my shows are proving interesting especially for discovering new bands.
By the way the link has been put in this thread now to download the show, which should be ok now
Cheers Gary, have been using the play option and spent the last few days having a synthpoptastic time listening to your shows - great to have whilst indoors at home alternating between being ill and doing all the chores. I'm amazed at the extent of influence by Erasure/Depeche Mode/Pet Shop Boys on many of the bands you feature, and I'm inclined to make a future purchase of Austra's Feel It Break album, I really like it - hilariously enough there's a somewhat bizarre performance on youtube of Lose It live where the singers and backing keyboard player all look like they're stoned - they'll be covering Lynyrd Skynyrd's Freeburd next:
Fell asleep yesterday afternoon listening to Brian Eno's "Drums Between the Bells", but it was a very nice nap and a pleasant re-awakening after about an hour or so..
In light of Member D's listening, I feel slightly pedestrian mentioning the anniversary edition of Aladdin Sane and the non-anniversary edition of Tago Mago
Been returning constantly to this very addictive album since receiving it a few weeks ago, there's a quality to its mood that shifts with the changes of the day for me, and right now its perfect for a late night listen...
In light of Member D's listening, I feel slightly pedestrian mentioning the anniversary edition of Aladdin Sane and the non-anniversary edition of Tago Mago
Ha! don't fret . .that was just for a moment during my "research" on you know what!
this morning I've heard bits of David Bowie - Young Americans and all of Cabaret Voltaire 2 x 45
Involuntary listening waiting to order something in a bookshop My ears were regaled with the following
Get down tonite ! KC and the Sunshine band We are family Sister Sledge You make me feel (Mighty real) Sylvester Good times Chic I'm sure If I'd hung round long enough Giorgio Moroder would have made an appearance All quality stuff .I also picked up a second hand copy of "Trans European Express" Kraftwerk , so all in all Ivan's a happy cyclist ! *goes off to have hair afroed and purchase some loons before hitting the dance floor *
There's been a lot of good new releases recently & currently I'm listening to
John Foxx & The Maths - The Shape Of Things Thomas Dolby - A Map Of The Floating City Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Marketa Irglova - Anar Peter Gabriel - New Blood Slow Electric - Slow Electric
Today turned into a four album Foxx-fest of a lovely hue and shade with the music of:
Interplay The Pleasures Of Electricity (09) D.N.A. Mirrorball
(After something of a while it was particularly nice to experience again the nature of those last two very fine albums above. I'd always thought of Mirrorball as a spring album, but its really come into its own today on this mild and pleasant autumn day)
There's been a lot of good new releases recently & currently I'm listening to
John Foxx & The Maths - The Shape Of Things Thomas Dolby - A Map Of The Floating City Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Marketa Irglova - Anar Peter Gabriel - New Blood Slow Electric - Slow Electric
Coldplay,one band I avoid - however the new album is meant to be very good. I'll have a listen on Spotify
There's been a lot of good new releases recently & currently I'm listening to
John Foxx & The Maths - The Shape Of Things Thomas Dolby - A Map Of The Floating City Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Marketa Irglova - Anar Peter Gabriel - New Blood Slow Electric - Slow Electric
Coldplay,one band I avoid - however the new album is meant to be very good. I'll have a listen on Spotify
I actually think it's there poorest album yet. Maybe change my mind after a few more plays.
Dedicated the afternoon to an artiste who by the law of averages I shouldn't like since I find both Dylan and Van Morrison bog standard and as dull as dishwater In addition to this I can't abide Springsteen OK Bruce your Daddy worked in a car factory and had a hard life , no need to take revenge on society with endless albums full of pedestrian lumpen rock which constantly harks on about the fact Anywat his music apparantly contains similarities to all three In addition this guy don't do synth and yet I think he's excellent Step forward the prototype Elvis Costello who I saw supporting THIN LIZZY eons ago at Liverpool Stadium Ladies and gentlemen , please give it up for ... MR GRAHAM PARKER and his first three albums HOWLING WIND HEAT TREATMENT STICK TO ME ADDENDUM Apolologies for not mentioning his sterling back- up band THE RUMOUR So Brindsley Schwarz and co if you happen to be reading this sorry boys !
Presently listening to Agnes Obels Philharmonics album and trying to decide if I should change me plans and go see her gig in Glasgow this coming Thursday (I was originally planing to visit that city this Wednesday) - dunno if I can face the late trip back or the hours involved - on that point, John's recent Glasgow gig should have seen me get home way after 2.30am, but the early finish got me catching all the last connections and home instead by half past midnight, so I'd only partially turned into a pumpkin!
Came across this last night, wow, I so want this music on disc, but a fruitless search online reveals that there's no CD distribution to our shores for the album, also there's supposed to have been a 2nd? album 'I'm The Little Bunnyman' out in September, its all very annoying indeed -
Sleep Party People (aka Brian Batz): A Dark God Heart (absolutely beautiful at the 1.24 mark) -
Its been quite a laid back evening for me, and its started raining outside which has added to the calm, think I'm heading for an early bedtime soon having just spent the last couple of hours with some appropriately hypnotic and trippy sounds - Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972:
also, two other albums which both dropped through the post this week, Far East Family Band - Nipponjin, and I'm really digging (excuse the hippy vibe I'm channeling here) the obvious Pink Floyd and Moody Blues style of FEFB:
Its been quite a laid back evening for me, and its started raining outside which has added to the calm, think I'm heading for an early bedtime soon having just spent the last couple of hours with some appropriately hypnotic and trippy sounds - Tim Hecker - Ravedeath 1972:
A good choice, an album I find both terrifying and relaxing, if that is possible.
Brendan Perry - 'Ark' Dead Can Dance - 'A Passage In Time' Dead Can Dance - 'Into The Labyrinth'
Happened to be listening to Mr Perry myself late Tuesday evening when I came across two songs The Nightmare Goes On, and You Never Loved This City sung by him on an album called Ovations by Piano Magic. I’m not familiar with the band but this album is certainly worth checking out, Peter Ulrich contributes his skills and there’s a clear DCD influence on several other tracks
Presently listening to an album I bought earlier this year. Belong: Common Era (the 2011 follow-up to October Language) and its oozing that lovely intoxicating My Bloody Valentine sound:
Rediscovering Cabaret Voltaire. Beginning with the period 74-82. It's been fun searching the web for the catalogued CABS cds.
On the player at the moment Listen Up With Cabaret Voltaire
It must be the recent John Foxx and the Maths recent record that has got me back into Cabaret Voltaire. The Wrangler/Mallinder mix of Shatterproof is brilliant.
Mesh have gone off my radar a bit of late. Their last two albums didn't do much for me, sadly. I really liked "Everything I Made" on A Perfect Solution, but that was about it.
Fragmente 2 is a great compilation though, each disc almost works like an album in itself - same with their early work compilation, Original 92-93, which I love!
Just been playing Jean Michel Jarre's Waiting for Cousteau. The 45-minute title track has to be one of my favourite ambient pieces.
There's been a lot of good new releases recently & currently I'm listening to
John Foxx & The Maths - The Shape Of Things Thomas Dolby - A Map Of The Floating City Gary Numan - Dead Son Rising Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto Marketa Irglova - Anar Peter Gabriel - New Blood Slow Electric - Slow Electric
Coldplay,one band I avoid - however the new album is meant to be very good. I'll have a listen on Spotify
I actually think it's there poorest album yet. Maybe change my mind after a few more plays.
Mylo Xyloto is easy listening, though I grimaced a little to realise Rhianna was on one of the tracks - its quite good. Right now I'm listening to Landscape From the tea rooms of Mars to the hell holes of Uranus.
Just finished listening to Cabaret Voltaire's back catalogue from '74 to '82. It's interesting music to those interested in sounds generated from cheap synths, drum machines, tapes and tape-loops. My pop sensitivity picked the following as favourites:
CABS1CD - Nag Nag Nag/Yashar/Yashar (remix) CABS6CD - Living Legends .
Their singles happen to be their most memorable tunes and their albums are where all their experimental stuff is kept. The period thereafter, after moving to a bigger label, saw the release of four seminal albums The Crackdown, Micro-Phonies, The Sword, the Covenant and the Arm of the Lord and Code. These are getting the reissue treatment next year and it'll be great to catch up with these.
Tenek - On The Wire Little Boots - Hands Xeno & Oaklander - Sentinelle
Regarding Xeno & Oaklander, I've also purchased Vigils plus Sets & Lights but they are both reserved as Christmas presents to myself so I'm going to have to show a bit of patience
Just finished listening to Cabaret Voltaire's back catalogue from '74 to '82. It's interesting music to those interested in sounds generated from cheap synths, drum machines, tapes and tape-loops. My pop sensitivity picked the following as favourites:
CABS1CD - Nag Nag Nag/Yashar/Yashar (remix) CABS6CD - Living Legends .
Their singles happen to be their most memorable tunes and their albums are where all their experimental stuff is kept. The period thereafter, after moving to a bigger label, saw the release of four seminal albums The Crackdown, Micro-Phonies, The Sword, the Covenant and the Arm of the Lord and Code. These are getting the reissue treatment next year and it'll be great to catch up with these.
Oh good - The Crackdown is my favourite album of theirs.
The senior year (6th grade - 11-12yr olds) were playing track that sounded both wonderful and strangely familiar. Oh my God - I exclaim, they are playing a Grace Jones track! "I've Seen that Face Before" by Grace is actually a cover/overdub of a 1974 South American song called Libertango. I never knew that, but liked had known and liked the Grace Jones single since it was released. Seems I don't know half as much as I think - should go back to school!
I have now heard this album for the first time, treading back from late night shopping through the teeming rain, puddles full of light, having spent money I don't have in the pursuit of happiness. So far, so good.
I have now heard this album for the first time, treading back from late night shopping through the teeming rain, puddles full of light, having spent money I don't have in the pursuit of happiness. So far, so good.
Just had a listen to the iTunes samplers, very tempted to hit purchase, that's what I like about his thread, prompting forgotten memories and discovering new artists.
I'm not actually listening to this yet, but I soon will be - NEW album from Moon Wiring Club
Sounds interesting, I'm still hoping to get myself 'a spare tabby' at some point!
Originally Posted By: Chris C
Just finished listening to Cabaret Voltaire's back catalogue from '74 to '82. ...four seminal albums The Crackdown, Micro-Phonies, The Sword, the Covenant and the Arm of the Lord and Code. These are getting the reissue treatment next year.
Your post had me checking the back catalogue, one I've never heard back then is Johnny Yesno (and now there's a Johnny Yesno Redux DVD) - reading about the director Peter Care I see that he directed an episode of Six Feet Under, its a TV show from 2001 that I missed first time around but co-incidentally I'm presently watching it on repeat on Sky Atlantic and Peter Care's episode The Black Forest is onscreen in a few weeks time.
Thanks to the comments on the forum about Chris & Cosey (from Martin I think) I purchased Silver Apples as C&C cite the band as a major inspiration. A double-album bargain on CD at £2,99 posted! Have to admit I knew not a lot about them but what a revelation it was. Cant say I like all of the tracks but some are superb, overall amazingly original for 1968 and unquestionably a specific influence on a lot of people thereafter: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDk-PGRMMw4
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[quote=Birdsong] Gazelle Twin The Entire City I have now heard this album for the first time, treading back from late night shopping through the teeming rain, puddles full of light
May also get this in future, there was a link via the forum a few months back where most or all? of the album could be heard, (a track was played out prior to John's Interplay set at the gig I attended).
I'm still going through all my last years 'new' albums, but other things been getting an airing are - David Bowie: Space Oddity, The Doors: Waiting For The Sun, Rhythm & Sound: See Mi Yah, and in an act of rebellion on xmas day after two decade's of compulsory visiting the relatives I suddenly announced 'no, enough, not this time', and then spent the evening in total peace listening to Slowdive's reissued 2CD: Just For A Day - disc two with the collected songs is the particular prize here.
Gah! I really disliked that album. Can't believe my friends convinced me to buy it. Dead Cities was much better though. I think they lost the plot a bit after that.
DEPECHE MODE 101 A live which takes me fondly back to San Siro two summers ago
I challenge you sir, not to wave you right arm in the air during Never Let Me Doooown ..
You're not far wrong there Membs ! Just to capture the complete San Siro atmosphere I get the missus to sell me little plazzy cups of crap supermarket beer at 7 (seven) euro a throw ! Going off at a tangent You might have seen in the "Reading " thread about "The Death of Marco Pantani " Loads of places from round your way are mentioned Marco rode up the Col de Leominster , Pantani tackled the Luggwardine descent , Lots of place from Emilia Romagna mentioned too !
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
Choooooooooooooooons!
I had a massive disco-phase late last summer after reading Peter Shapiro's Turn The Beat Around: The Rise and Fall of Disco
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
aaaargghhh! noooo! the 70s ! nooooooo! I've been trying sooo hard to get into the 90s ..
Boards of Canada Future Sound of London Underworld ... - that sort of thing.
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
Choooooooooooooooons!
I had a massive disco-phase late last summer after reading Peter Shapiro's Turn The Beat Around: The Rise and Fall of Disco
Mind you, I seemed to of had a massive Disco phase since 1978 or thereabouts...
Thanks for the heads up RB. It looks a 'must read' the way my listening habits are at the moment. My current interest has been largely kindled by watching Top Of The Pops 76 and now 77 on BBC4. Back in the day I was kind of programmed that you weren't supposed to like disco or 'uncool' mainstream like Abba, The Bee Gees and songs like Mississippi and Don't Go Breaking My Heart. Against my instincts all along, as is happens. What strikes me, besides choons that were to die for, is how much IDENTITY much of the music had back then compared to now.
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
All are top tunes.
Keep on going back to Tara Busch - Pilfershire Lane. The title track is pure crafts(wo)manship.
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
All are top tunes.
Keep on going back to Tara Busch - Pilfershire Lane. The title track is pure crafts(wo)manship.
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
All are top tunes.
Keep on going back to Tara Busch - Pilfershire Lane. The title track is pure crafts(wo)manship.
Ilektrik pleads to Ron Manager to keep bros Gibb on! Elliman too emtionally unstable to come on. Bros Gibb can still dazzle opposition with their fancy footwork.
Non-exec club Director sticks oar in and questions the inclusion of both McCoy brothers... would instead advocate that Elliman came on replacing the Shuffle, to support the Gibb trio in midfield...?
A disco oriented selection I compiled. Guaranteed to conjure those of a certain age back to carefree summer nights of childhood and adolescence:
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version) Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara Mississippi - Pussycat
All are top tunes.
Keep on going back to Tara Busch - Pilfershire Lane. The title track is pure crafts(wo)manship.
Ilektrik pleads to Ron Manager to keep bros Gibb on! Elliman too emtionally unstable to come on. Bros Gibb can still dazzle opposition with their fancy footwork.
HA ! Ha! Ha! Ivan Basso likes this reply but if I can't have her , I don't want nobody baby ! Re La Elliman as you're from Brum and I think we are of a similar age do you remember that Carling Black Label ad mid 70's with the Brummie guy going "I bet that cooleed your biri arni !" ? It featured Yvonne in the background Whilst we're on the subject of your home city , I've just wasted 2 hours off my life watching Aston Villa vs Everton Totally dire !
Non-exec club Director sticks oar in and questions the inclusion of both McCoy brothers... would instead advocate that Elliman came on replacing the Shuffle, to support the Gibb trio in midfield...?
Arf Martin ! Keeping it strictly football ,I've scored an own goal! To my horror I've just discovered that THE GIBBS M B and R wrote it for ELLIMAN Y It topped the billboard charts as well in 78 ! Evidence follows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Can%27t_Have_You
Set & Lights was my most eagerly anticipated Christmas present and it hasn't disappointed. Mesh have been one of my favorite groups since I discovered them a few years ago. I believe they will have a new album out this year so I'll be keeping my eye out for that.
I'm having a very good start to the year, catching up with my Christmas presents and the albums I got towards the end of last year
All high-profile stuff cp to what is often put up in this thread, but over the last two weeks I have thoroughly enjoyed:
Kate Bush - 50 Words For Snow Magazine - No Thyself Band Of Holy Joy - How To Kill A Butterfly The Horrors - Primary Colours (and) Skying John Foxx - The Shape Of Things Xeno and Oaklander - Sets and Lights Gazelle Twin - The Entire City
Nothing new this year yet, but that's one heck of a start for me!
catching up with my Christmas presents and the albums I got towards the end of last year
All high-profile stuff cp to what is often put up in this thread
I know what you mean, last night I found myself listening to some obscure album by some obscure English guy with a cult following, I believe he's been around for a while but I'm sure it'll never catch on. His album has one of those leftfield cool but not overly self-consciously hip titles, called 'interplay'
Lol. I've heard of him. Didn't he do that one about Underpants, back in the day? God, is he coming back? What is it with all these old geezers from the 80s trending again all of a sudden because nowadays synths are 'cool'. Who do they think they are!
Anyway, I've gone all obscure again today and back into the fascinating world of Moon Wiring Club
think that should be "my lunch is trending" #tweetspeak
ha,ha, I'm like old Aunty Mable getting to grips with modernity, next I'll be expecting to catch a new-fangled electric tram on the high street - you have to live here in Edinburgh to see the irony in that one
I'm presently playing Catwalk and feeling this long held need to ask John on here the question 'just who is Brody?'
You must get 'Pilfershire Lane'. It is superb. If it had been released last year it would've been a tough decision choosing between Tara's album & 'Interplay' as my record of the year. It's that good.
The music I've heard from Gazelle Twin is very impressive.
Some of 'Living Ornaments 80'. I Die You Die, M.E., Everyday I Die, Down In The Park, The Joy Circuit, Tracks, & Telekon from the mixing desk gig type of thang.
Listening to a band I have featured on my electronic podcast shows quite a few times, Parralox. The album is called "Metropolis" and I liken it to The Human League's "Dare" album, quite brilliant.
No music today ... I believe it was Kraftwerk who used to have a "no music" day once a week. I wonder if that is possible now?
Music is not all it's cracked up to be Membs I quite often have two or three non music days a week unless you count the shite I'm accosted with in local Emporia I was subjected to an Italian version of TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART BONNIE TYLER The welsh songstress must be turning in her grave (presuming she's dead) it was J Arthur Rank I'm not violent by nature but I suddenly had this urge to seek out Nec and Laura Pausini and beat them to a pulp with an iron bar I'd had one of Morrisey's retiring Buddhist's moment Guess I'd just end up in Strangeways tho WHO SAID I'D LIE TO HER !!!
Music is not all it's cracked up to be Membs I quite often have two or three non music days a week unless you count the shite I'm accosted with in local Emporia I was subjected to an Italian version of TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART BONNIE TYLER The welsh songstress must be turning in her grave (presuming she's dead) it was J Arthur Rank I'm not violent by nature but I suddenly had this urge to seek out Nec and Laura Pausini and beat them to a pulp with an iron bar I'd had one of Morrisey's retiring Buddhist's moment Guess I'd just end up in Strangeways tho WHO SAID I'D LIE TO HER !!!
Nek's "version" of Total Eclipse even got slagged off on X-Factor! There was a much better (English) version done by the lovely lady runner-up Antonella.
Anyway speaking of Italianates, I'm off to listen to Giorgio Moroder's early works .. Kraftwerk would've been *nothing* without him..and neither would Chicory Tip!
Chromatics "Night Drive" - excellent, shades of "Seventeen Seconds" Cure near the start then drifts via "Running Up That Hill" cover to goodness knows where - trance is a dirty word these days but I'd say it ends up at trance.
Soft Metals "Soft Metals" - also excellent, reminded me of early nineties house/techno in places. But with actual songs.
David Lynch "Crazy Clown Time" - also excellent. Much of the time his voice reminds me of Neil Young, which is rarely a bad thing. A bit twisted in places, but what would you expect?
I think it's my fave KW album at the end of the day..there's a lot of variety of sounds on it, even though it's a kind of overall sound/concept. (That phrase probably makes no sense whatosever but I know what I mean).
I think it's my fave KW album at the end of the day..there's a lot of variety of sounds on it, even though it's a kind of overall sound/concept. (That phrase probably makes no sense whatosever but I know what I mean).
I still find Stimme der Energie a bit scarey.
I think that sums it up nicely.
You mention Stimme der Energie - shockingly, I only have Computer World in the original German (Computerwelt) - I've never heard Radio-Aktivität or any other Kraftwerk German albums (if that makes sense).
I always thought Radioactivity (album) is the one and only bi-lingual KW album.
Even more creepy ... !
From that bastion of truth, Wikipedia;
“All of Kraftwerk's albums from Radio-Activity onwards have been released in separate versions: one with German vocals for sale in Germany, Switzerland and Austria and one with English vocals for the rest of the world, with occasional variations in other languages when conceptually appropriate...”
“…Electric Café, in versions sung in English and German, as well as a limited "Edicion Española" release, featuring versions of the songs "Techno Pop" and "Sex Object" that had only Spanish lyrics.”
Note 1: In Spain the album was released in two versions. One was the regular English/International edition, and the other a local Edicion Española version, appearing early in 1987, with Spanish-language lyrics for both "Techno Pop" and "Sex Object" (often mistakenly titled "Objeto Sexual" by discographers). The Spanish-only vinyl album was withdrawn soon afterward because of a manufacturing error—a several-second complete drop-out of sound during the final track—and has never been reissued on CD. Both versions were also available as a cassette. Note 2: The song "Sex Object" is absent from the South Korean pressings of the album.
Great day footballwise so chilling out with a few beers Done a Carol Voorderman Nothing from the top two rows so no Big Den or Bill Nelson but a real mixed bag of gems emerged ( 4 from the third row two from the fourth row and so on ) RATTUS NORVEGICUS THE STRANGLERS THE BACK ROOM THE EDITORS CRISIS ?!WHAT CRISIS ? SUPERTRAMP ALADDIN SANE DAViD BOWIE DOREMI FASOL LATIDO HAWKWIND MACHINE HEAD DEEP PURPLE KIMONO MY HOUSE SPARKS EVERYONE IS EVERYBODYELSE BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST TWO BESTS OF TODD RUNDGREN AND EAGLES
Absolutely knackered due to travel hassle between Sheffield and London, so today it's recovery with Deluxe by Harmonia and This is The Ice Age from Martha and the Muffins.
Pet Shop Boys - Format Latin Quarter - Ocean Head Airbag - All Rights Removed Paul Cusick - P'Dice Red Box - The Circle & The Square Dalis Car - Waking Hour
ooh the eighties .. I'm back again! (Altough technically ETS is 90s!)
"Many Happy Returns, Many Happy Returns!"
yup ! . .although actually I prefer Valentine's Day
"If you gave me a pound for all the moments I missed / and I got dancing lessons for all the lips I shoulda kissed / I'd be a millionaire / I'd be a Fred Astaire!"
Found myself playing a lot of Suede over the last few weeks, Dog Man Star, Coming Up, Head Music but annoyingly I can't find my CD of their first album!
Originally Posted By: RadioBeach
Absolutely knackered due to travel hassle between Sheffield and London, so today it's recovery with Deluxe by Harmonia
In one of those win some lose some CD buying situations I managed to finally get a cheap and not over-inflated (new) CD of Harmonia: Musik Von Harmonia, good stuff (been wanting to get it since Garry alerted our attention to the Krautrock programme on TV a few years back), it arrived same week as Royksopp: Junior, oh boy what a bad sounding album, the mastering on this is really terrible, no perspective at all, and draws attention to the weakness of many songs, after a few plays I couldn't bear hearing the dullness of it anymore.
Yes, the prices have come down somewhat - the vinyl editions also. For years, I wanted to get Cluster's Zuckerzeit, but the prices were eye-wateringly expensive back in the late 90s. The quality of the reissues is still murky though - especially the Neu! stuff - I've seen bootlegs of the first album resurface again - even though it's readily available as an official vinyl release with proper mastering.
Still on Sleepwalkers and a playlist based on the Victim of Stars compilation.
I've not heard Construction Time Again by Depeché and their Modé in years - I can vaguely remember they were working on a pipeline or summat - did they ever finish it?
Actually in retrospect Pipeline is a pretty amazing track .. i found it a bit dull at the time, but there's so much going on - clings and clangs and sampled ping-pong balls! Plus Gore's vocals are ace.
Actually in retrospect Pipeline is a pretty amazing track .. i found it a bit dull at the time, but there's so much going on - clings and clangs and sampled ping-pong balls! Plus Gore's vocals are ace.
Construction Time Again is the one recorded at The Garden (...I think) - the timeline of both albums, Construction Time Again and The Golden Section(summer '83) - I wonder if they were using the same sampler?
Actually in retrospect Pipeline is a pretty amazing track .. i found it a bit dull at the time, but there's so much going on - clings and clangs and sampled ping-pong balls! Plus Gore's vocals are ace.
Construction Time Again is the one recorded at The Garden (...I think) - the timeline of both albums, Construction Time Again and The Golden Section(summer '83) - I wonder if they were using the same sampler?
..didn't notice any ping-pong balls on Section, or clanging metallic sounds ... but I might be wrong. Will check LP sleevenotes, I think they might have mixed it at Hansa or summat.
An excellent singles collection as such. New song "Where's Your Gravity? is good but I won't agree with other comments elsewhere that it's David back to his best. A bit disappointed that the title track wasn't included.
Dead Bees On A Cake an amazing album! Incidentally The Only Daughter on Victim Of Stars, is it meant sound like a skipping CD or have I got a duff disk?
Been compared to artistes I don't have a lot of time for Nasmely Dylan/Springsteen and Van Morrison yet magically it works for me Saw him supporting THIN LIZZY at Liverpool Stadium back in the day He was briilliant Saw him in his own right too up there as best live act along with LIzzy , Queen and Slade
I recently ripped my Weatherbox CDs and did a comparision with the remasters and, blimey – there is a difference. Although quieter, the Weatherbox editions are much warmer.
I’ve been ill in bed with manflu most of the week so there are few things I’d get out of bed for, but a certain record shop in Soho tweeting they’ve got 100 of the new Burial 12” was one of them.
Sub-titled ’12-minute symphony No.1’ – Kindred is recognizably Burial but significantly the softer edges and warmer tones that he’s gleaned from working with Four-Tet are there too – almost. Buried (apologies) perhaps, but they are there. Doesn’t prepare however for the B-Side Ashtray Wasp – it’s…well…it’s…the bleakest most uplifting House tune you’ll hear in a long time (Bleak House? “What the Dickens!” etc…)
I've been listening to some Cluster related Stuff of late.
Cluster - Qua (2010) Moebius - Tonspuren (1983) Roedelius - Durch Die Wuste (1978) Roedelius - Lustwandel (1981) Roedelius - The Diary Of The Unforgotten (1990)
plus
Simple Minds - Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call (1981) Simple Minds - New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) (1982)
A day late perhaps but today it's Talk Talk; The Colour of Spring
Tourism is their latest release, Leftism performed live in Australia, if only it had been in Essex!
I'm now listening to DM Exciter on a retro gadget called a minidisc
Cheers John! Didn't hear about Tourism, thanks for letting me know.
Minidisc eh? Ah, the good old days! All now in about two shoeboxes with a load of cassettes that I keep meaning to convert to mp3 but never get round to it.
I've been giving And Never Ending Nights by Loops of Your Heart a good thrashing lately. Very much a droney, krautrock style vibe that I find so entrancing... I highly recommend it if you're into that sort of thing.
Oh, and these guys (aka, my band ) from Melbourne, Australia. If you find the time, you can download our EP for free here... www.askyonfire.bandcamp.com
We've sort of got a bit of a post-punk vibe going at the minute, so if that's your sort of thing then give it a listen!
Heaven 17 "Penthouse and Pavement". Not sure how I missed catching up with Heaven 17, having been a fan of Travelogue for so long.
John Foxx and the Maths "The Shape of Things". One play, second half more engaging than the first, shades of The Golden Section for the most part or am I projecting that onto it? Promising.
Blancmange "Platinum Collection". Not sure how I missed catching up with ... but not convinced of the cover of The Day Before You Came.
Harmonia '76 "Tracks & Traces". Another perfect accompaniment to sunny afternoons. I could swear the lyric (the only lyric on the whole album) sometimes becomes "Don't get lost on lunar buggies" (rather than "Luneburg Heath", which possibly adds something else to the mix?)
Sorry guv! Phone typing on the move and I forgot to say –
I got a Korg Monotribe – lovely piece of kit! And The Bridge is an album by Thomas Leer and Robert Rental. Originally on Industrial Records but I think Mute may have it now.
over the last few weeks of reasonably mild weather which lead to an unexpected glorious springtime heatwave I'd been drawn to quieter and minimalist works such as A Winged Victory For The Sullen, and Celer's: Engaged Touches, but I thought the weathermen were really havin a laff when they predicted 'snow' this week, well its been snowing here all morning in an unabashed blizzard-stylee, so right now I'm blasting out Scritti Politti: Absolute, it seems to be doing the trick!
Rummaging through some secondhand vinyl off Brick Lane last Saturday, I came across a lovely copy of Sister Feelings Call. On the back cover, somebody has written 'File under well-produced regression'
Ever get that moment when for no apparent reason a tune just pops into your head from out of the blue and you cant stop 'hearing' it. I just had to share this one:
Hence I have just purchased and am now enjoying The Boomtown Rats debut album more than I even did first time round.
Far better musicianship than I was able to appreciate as a teenager. And even better is that I know how good the follow up is a s well!
Nice one Mart Got me to revisit that fine album again What can one say about "The Ballad Of Joey " ? You could leave a thousand Bruce Springsteens in a room for a million years with instruments at their disposal and they'd never get anywhere near it I shall then listen to "TONIC FOR THE TROOPS" more sterling stuff I was in Dublin 3 weeks ago and Fond memories of THE RATS ans THIN LIZZY came flooding back Seen them both live back in the day and never less than excellent On the negative side the same city also produced U2 but never mind ...
Nice. I would love to have seen the Rats, but sadly I am considerably too young... ;-D
Picked up the first three albums for a tenner on the weekend and they are all quite superb. On the debut, which is very much 'of its time' I can hear bits of Wide Boys in the Neon Heart
It's all swaggery, arrogant in yer face attitude - but cleverly crafted and squeaky tight. All prompted by an interview I just read with Simon Crowe in Vive le Rock magazine, recounting the well-known (?) story of how Rat Trap was added as an album filler when they only had 32 minutes of material recorded or something
I'm particularly enjoying the couple of free tracks that have been made available from Blue Nile frontman Paul Buchanan's debut solo album. Click the free download button on the link below to download.
I'm now listening to Chicane Thousand Mile Stare with its Magnetic Fields style cover, not a bad album, can't say Chicanes earlier productions are my cup of tea but this album is a grower.
Have you heard their follow-up album InGladAloneness? CD version isn't available from them until the 14th of May
Cheers for that info Rob, I was most unawares, gave it a listen on eyetunes and my ears enjoyed it, particularly King Cloud and Sound Cloud, cant get those out of my mind. I'm also still hanging in hope that The Waking Hour will get a new CD re-master/re-release.
Don't know about anyone else here but I'm still pondering Mr Ilektrik's enigmatic 'blank' post on this thread back on April 10th, it went like thus:-
Originally Posted By: Mr.Ilektrik
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Was the music being listened to perhaps John Cage's 4'33" ? Or maybe it was Stiff Records The Wit And Wisdom Of Ronald Reagan ? Or could it possibly have been a new opus from the great Northern God of dream music Mr Bill Nelson with yet another of his many fan club releases - (is this studio album three thousand four hundred and fifty six?) - no doubt it must have been poetically entitled The Sound Of One Hand Clapping...
Don't know about anyone else here but I'm still pondering Mr Ilektrik's enigmatic 'blank' post on this thread back on April 10th, it went like thus:-
Originally Posted By: Mr.Ilektrik
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Was the music being listened to perhaps John Cage's 4'33" ? Or maybe it was Stiff Records The Wit And Wisdom Of Ronald Reagan ? Or could it possibly have been a new opus from the great Northern God of dream music Mr Bill Nelson with yet another of his many fan club releases - (is this studio album three thousand four hundred and fifty six?) - no doubt it must have been poetically entitled The Sound Of One Hand Clapping...
Neither! It was an image of Ozric Tentacles - 'Waterfall Cities' album. It was there for a bit & then disappeared.
My copy of Something for everybody was lost almost two years. Found it yesterday - had dislocated it in a case of Vangelis' Oceanic. Guess what I've been listening Luckily I had uploaded the tracks in my cellphone, though.
I rate this album really high. An excellent follow up to the In Miniature debut. But here the songs are deeper, more adventurous and make a much bolder statement of intent.
Black or blue is exceptionally good. Powerful basslines, stong clean guitar lines cutting through the drone and a vocal that keeps one hand firmly on the mad/sane door...
Interesting pick. I've been listening to this. I rate this song really high. An excellent follow up to a sedge warbler. But nightingale's songs are deeper, more tekno and make a much bolder statement of intent. Powerful basslines, strong clean boing boom tschaks cutting through the bushes and a vocal that keeps neighbourhood awake all nite long...
I've today been listening to oldies (sic) like Software
-and Charles Darwin; Origin of the species as an audiobook (while drivin'). I had not read it before. Brilliant, clever and clear book that makes sense.
Went on a mad shopping spree today & bought 4 albums that were just released today. Ultravox was the first one in the cd player. On first listen it's ok but no stand out tracks so far. A few more listens needed I think.
NORTHERN DREAM BILL NELSON Me brother's birthday present ( Alongside ESSENTIAL YELLO and LATE NIGHT MOVIES ALL NIGHT BRAINSTORMS ; DOCTORS OF MADNESS) has arrived a couple of days early and after 37 years I've finally gotten to hear it It's interesting to hearing The Admiral nailing his statement of intent and (futuristic) manifesto to the mast On first hearing I recognised many riffs , hooks and chords from AXE VICTIM the most obvious being JET SILVER(AND THE DOLLS OF VENUS) and what would become ADVENTURES IN A NORTHERN LANDSCAPE the incredible SISTER SEAGULL (from FUTURAMA) end sequence is there too Many happy memories flooded back listening to it Well that's my monthly contribution and a musical one to boot Fear not I'll be back with a Tour de France update next month Au revoir Les Foxxheads ! Btw Where has everyone disappeared to of late ? There's more life in a Mexican desert pueblo ! *fights way off site through tumbleweed *
I picked up a copy of this a few weeks ago - and it's excellent value at a little over twelve pounds over at Amazon.
It's certainly worth it to finally once again hear the alternate versions of NGC 891, Epsilon In Malaysian Pale, Pizarro And Atahuallpa and Tropic Of Capricorn on CD from the Solo 1974 - 1979 album.
I picked up a copy of this a few weeks ago - and it's excellent value at a little over twelve pounds over at Amazon.
It's certainly worth it to finally once again hear the alternate versions of NGC 891, Epsilon In Malaysian Pale, Pizarro And Atahuallpa and Tropic Of Capricorn on CD from the Solo 1974 - 1979 album.
Rob
Thanks for the heads-up on this John & Rob. Have just ordered it after only hearing a couple of 30 second samples. But being a Dali fan I had to buy it because of the excellent title 'A Dali-esque Sleep Fuse'. Plus I have had nearly a bottle of red wine.
The new remastered Human League "Dare" album, another poor job done, everything sounds so flat, why oh why are they making a mess of remastering albums when there is so much technology available.... it baffles me!
The new remastered Human League "Dare" album, another poor job done, everything sounds so flat, why oh why are they making a mess of remastering albums when there is so much technology available.... it baffles me!
I agree, in comparison to my old CD the reissue sounds flat.
I found last week Nephew's Danmark/Denmark for one ecu in local fleamarket, and that's been spinning round and round in car cd player since that. They often sing both Danish & English in their songs, music sounding like hits that Depeche Mode has missed for twenty years, and their videos are original stuff, like Va fangool (warning: there will be gore, it is a black-and-white-and-red video):
CHOPIN (federique) When in Warsaw on Tuesday , at my dasughter's behest , we went to visit the eponymous museum which bears the prototype Franco- Polish Gary Barlowe's name Very interesting stuff indeed Particularly touching was the Tribute Room with heart warm thanks from bands that he inspired LIEUTENANT PIGEON , RACEY , and MADNESS amongst innumerable others Well what do you think I should buy CHOPIN THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION or CHOPIN 20 GOLDEN GREATS (Which has extended versions of MOONLIGHT SONATA and THE FUNERAL MARCH ) ?
Currently listening to Into The Diamond Sun by Stealing Sheep - three girls making happy Folktronica - kinda like The Wicker Man but without the sacrifice. It also came with a mix CD they've done which includes: Bjork, Love, Captain Beefheart and Broadcast.
Currently listening to Into The Diamond Sun by Stealing Sheep - three girls making happy Folktronica - kinda like The Wicker Man but without the sacrifice. It also came with a mix CD they've done which includes: Bjork, Love, Captain Beefheart and Broadcast.
What a diamond find, Garry! Must buy album. Especially after seeing & hearing this track. Spotted the Man Ray influence near the end of the vid.
It is very catchy, and the CD is definitely going to be bought come Aug 27. The only downside for me right now is the similarity of drum sounds / beats on some tracks. There is also a video of "Her Fantasy" on the site too. I'd argue that this track doesn't need any video stimulation as it relly "paints" strong images into my mind!!
The Shape Of Things and bonus disc. According to Nemone TSOT is John's new one. I think there's Evidence that isn't the case.
Marc & The Mambas: Torment & Toreros. Music for a gloomy monday.
...And my expanded 70s compilation. Warning - contains a few eyebrow raisers :):
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version)- Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees The Crunch - The RAH Band December 1963 (Oh, What A Night - The Four Seasons Silver Star - The Four Seasons Oh Lori - Alessi Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In) - Brotherhood Of Man Angelo - Brotherhood Of Man Ding-A-Dong - Teach-In Northern Lights - Renaissance Mississippi - Pussycat
The Shape Of Things and bonus disc. According to Nemone TSOT is John's new one. I think there's Evidence that isn't the case.
Marc & The Mambas: Torment & Toreros. Music for a gloomy monday.
...And my expanded 70s compilation. Warning - contains a few eyebrow raisers :):
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version)- Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees The Crunch - The RAH Band December 1963 (Oh, What A Night - The Four Seasons Silver Star - The Four Seasons Oh Lori - Alessi Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In) - Brotherhood Of Man Angelo - Brotherhood Of Man Ding-A-Dong - Teach-In Northern Lights - Renaissance Mississippi - Pussycat
Sheesh QT you are making me feel old . I know all of them apart from the crunch Fine choice of Alessi I can't be arsed googling but wasn't Ding -a - Dong The Netherland's entry for Eurovision ? Probably beaten into second place by the aforementioned Brotherhood of Man or some French bird singing about a street , a tree and a bench
Nay, Ding a Dong was def a winner, and quite rightly so, in 1975, the year after Abba's epic Euro-victoire, and I know all that without googling .. I am a very sad person.
The Rah Band was actually just Richard Anthony Hewson. Hence RAH.
The band who performed The Crunch on Top Of The Pops were all session musicians. Richard Hewson was unable to do it owing to a prior booking to arrange another artist's work. The frontman sports what must be one of the most bizarre and uncool outfits in Top Of The Pops history, while incongrously the two guitarists look incredibly cool and ahead of their time. The drummer merely looks a few years out of date. All in all vintage TOTPs, and that week's show climaxed with Legs & Co dancing to 'I Feel Love' at number 1. Could anything be better?
The clip is the original single dubbed onto the TOTPs film. The session band's attempt at The Crunch was as anaemic as New Order's infamous performance of Blue Monday on the show six years later. Richard Hewson couldn't believe The Crunch continued to climb the charts after it!
The Rah Band's only other major hit was the completely different but rather good 'Clouds Across The Moon' in '85. Kind of to the mid-eighties what 'I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper' was to the disco era.
Sterling stuff Mr Trees ! I recognise it now Very eclectic Where else could you expect to see Prince . a PLO* member and various renegades from The Glitter Band and Chicory Tip in a synth -led jam sessuon ? Yasser* , they can boogie !!
Sterling stuff Mr Trees ! I recognise it now Very eclectic Where else could you expect to see Prince . a PLO* member and various renegades from The Glitter Band and Chicory Tip in a synth -led jam sessuon ? Yasser* , they can boogie !!
The Shape Of Things and bonus disc. According to Nemone TSOT is John's new one. I think there's Evidence that isn't the case.
Marc & The Mambas: Torment & Toreros. Music for a gloomy monday.
...And my expanded 70s compilation. Warning - contains a few eyebrow raisers :):
The Hustle - Van McCoy Yes Sir, I Can Boogie - Baccara Magic Fly - Space More More More (Extended Version)- Andrea True Connection I Feel Love (12 Inch) - Donna Summer The Shuffle - Van McCoy Sorry I'm A Lady - Baccara You Should Be Dancing - The Bee Gees The Crunch - The RAH Band December 1963 (Oh, What A Night - The Four Seasons Silver Star - The Four Seasons Oh Lori - Alessi Oh Boy (The Mood I'm In) - Brotherhood Of Man Angelo - Brotherhood Of Man Ding-A-Dong - Teach-In Northern Lights - Renaissance Mississippi - Pussycat
Yeah, both works of genius in encapsulating/creating the zeitgeist of seventies' light summery disco. Like most people these are the only tracks I know from the sadly curtailed ouevre of Mr McCoy, so if anyone has any suggestions for further listening...
I got to this via Bedford's connection and work with Mike Oldfield in the 70s. They were bandmates in Kevin Ayer's The Whole World , and Bedford went on to orchestrate both Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, Oldfield's first two studio albums.
Oldfield also plays guitar on this amazing opus by Bedford, originally released in 1976 (one track also appeared on MO's Boxed box-set). What's amazing about it though are the keyboards - Bedford proudly boasts playing an ARP 2600 synthesiser, Stringman string sythesiser, Hammond organ, as well as clavinet, vibraphone, cymbal, gong and, er, wine-glasses. Bedford denied being a proficient keyboard player although this work is a masterpiece of OTT mid-70's keyboard music, complimented (but not smothered) by nifty guitar work by Oldfield and Andy Summers (months away from joining The Police). Bedford's Odyssey was also performed live in 1977 at the RAH with no less than ten keyboard players .. surely that would've been a sight to see. Apparently a recording exists. The hunt continues...
I got to this via Bedford's connection and work with Mike Oldfield in the 70s. They were bandmates in Kevin Ayer's The Whole World , and Bedford went on to orchestrate both Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, Oldfield's first two studio albums.
Oldfield also plays guitar on this amazing opus by Bedford, originally released in 1976 (one track also appeared on MO's Boxed box-set). What's amazing about it though are the keyboards - Bedford proudly boasts playing an ARP 2600 synthesiser, Stringman string sythesiser, Hammond organ, as well as clavinet, vibraphone, cymbal, gong and, er, wine-glasses. Bedford denied being a proficient keyboard player although this work is a masterpiece of OTT mid-70's keyboard music, complimented (but not smothered) by nifty guitar work by Oldfield and Andy Summers (months away from joining The Police). Bedford's Odyssey was also performed live in 1977 at the RAH with no less than ten keyboard players .. surely that would've been a sight to see. Apparently a recording exists. The hunt continues...
Sadly, Bedford died last year.
Yes the great Rick Wakeman did inspire a lot of tribute bands back in the mid 70's my dear Membs . Still as the man who carries the name of our local airport once famously opined "Whatever gets you through the night "
I'm currently listening to one of my 'absolute all-time favourite' Bill Nelson albums - Chamber Of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition). I was originally drawn to the Trial By Intimacy box set (which contans Chamber Of Dreams) when I first saw it in Reddington's Rare Records in Birmingham. It was purchased solely on the strength of the artwork which I thought was beautiful.
I rediscovered the four Trial By Intimacy albums (The Summer Of God's Piano, Chamber Of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition), Pavilions Of The Heart And Soul and A Catalogue Of Obsessions) some fifteen years ago when they first came out on CD.
All four albums have just been remastered, and are about to be released as a limited edition box-set. It's currently available to pre-order over at Amazon.
I got to this via Bedford's connection and work with Mike Oldfield in the 70s. They were bandmates in Kevin Ayer's The Whole World , and Bedford went on to orchestrate both Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, Oldfield's first two studio albums.
Oldfield also plays guitar on this amazing opus by Bedford, originally released in 1976 (one track also appeared on MO's Boxed box-set). What's amazing about it though are the keyboards - Bedford proudly boasts playing an ARP 2600 synthesiser, Stringman string sythesiser, Hammond organ, as well as clavinet, vibraphone, cymbal, gong and, er, wine-glasses. Bedford denied being a proficient keyboard player although this work is a masterpiece of OTT mid-70's keyboard music, complimented (but not smothered) by nifty guitar work by Oldfield and Andy Summers (months away from joining The Police). Bedford's Odyssey was also performed live in 1977 at the RAH with no less than ten keyboard players .. surely that would've been a sight to see. Apparently a recording exists. The hunt continues...
Sadly, Bedford died last year.
As a bit of an Ayers Head this one does pique my interest. David Bedford was involved in some lamentable experiments with avant garde minimalism on The Whole World album 'Shooting At The Moon' and 'The Garden Of Love', but most of his work with Kevin Ayers was excellent and a key ingredient in the success of the early albums.
I'm currently listening to one of my 'absolute all-time favourite' Bill Nelson albums - Chamber Of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition). I was originally drawn to the Trial By Intimacy box set (which contans Chamber Of Dreams) when I first saw it in Reddington's Rare Records in Birmingham. It was purchased solely on the strength of the artwork which I thought was beautiful.
I rediscovered the four Trial By Intimacy albums (The Summer Of God's Piano, Chamber Of Dreams (Music From the Invisibility Exhibition), Pavilions Of The Heart And Soul and A Catalogue Of Obsessions) some fifteen years ago when they first came out on CD.
All four albums have just been remastered, and are about to be released as a limited edition box-set. It's currently available to pre-order over at Amazon.
Rob
This could be the reissue of the year and I'm very much looking forward to it. Got my pre-order in at Cherry Red where it's available at the end of this month, well before Amazon have it and cheaper too when I last looked. Plus, the Cherry Red orders will be signed by Bill - up to a certain amount.
I take it you bought the boxset from Reddington's when it was opposite Moor Street Station at the back of where The Pavilions is now, Rob? Those were the days: a veritable Aladdin's Cave that was! I well remember discovering albums by the likes of Rupert Hine and Klaus Nomi there. Sadly the decline of vinyl and then the gradual rise of the internet proved to be the downfall of Reddingtons and other shops like it. Its final incarnation in Digbeth was a pale Shadow Of Its Former Self.
The Beams CD arrived today, Matthew Dear. Much better in real life (as opposed to Soundcloud via PC speakers), so much going on at lower frequencies. Even the wife said "Interesting"!!
Also, had a day of The Garden and Golden Section yesterday in the car. First time in a long time to listen as albums as opposed to just the odd track now and then. Feel refreshed!
Thanks, Martin. Not a duff track on STD. Although I'm not sure if it's my favourite Skids album. I do love 'Days In Europa' with Bill Nelson on keyboards & production.
Both albums are miles better than 'The Absolute Game'.
Do you remember being 15 or 16 and going to your first big gig? Was there some completely obscure music being played on the PA when you arrived (way too early)? Was it annoying that you didn't know what it was but actually, it wasn't bad?
I had that at the Numan/Japan/Ultravox/Depeche Mode gigs in the early '80's, and think I heard it today with Matthew Dear (again) today (albeit in my car!!). Beams, it is one of those albums that needs to be heard on really big speakers with space.
I officially love this album now! If anyone has a huge venue with big speakers, please invite me around - I'll bring the wine!
Just spent 4 great days in the company of my VELOMATIC team mate RADIO BEACH Loads of cycling (140 k approx) including the EPICA race on Sunday Evening spent chilling out and resting our weary legs in the hills with good food and wine listening to gems from the 70's A great combination, life don't get much better GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR HOWLING WIND GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR HEAT TREATMENT GRAHAM PARKER AND THE RUMOUR STICK TO ME BOOMTOWN RATS BOOMTOWN RATS BOOMTOWN RATS TONIC FOR THE TROOPS *BARCLAY JAMES HARVEST EVERYONE IS EVERYBODY ELSE *CAMEL RAIN DANCES
Again listening to PSB's "Elysium" which gets better with every listen, earlier listened to "Evidence" again and also an early Human League gem, "Travelogue".
I bought cheap'n'easy music converter few weeks ago, and now transferring old cassettes into mp3s. Currently, on alphabetical order, L - http://youtu.be/qyvX9iJwZgI
A slightly more orthodox rendition of the track from Black City CD. This version was recorded at the Moog Sound labs. I like both versions but they appeal to very different centres of my brain. Have a listen, hope you like it!
Probably the wrong thread for this, but probably not worth starting a new one either! Technically not what [b]I[/b] am listening to, but what someone else is listening to.... Julianne Regan (All About Eve) just posted on FB that she was listening to Ultravox! "Slow Motion" and commented "Forgive me; I've probably posted this before, but here it is. This is why I don't care that I'm 50 because I was around and switched on when THIS was happening and it was phenomenal."
When someone commented that she should listen to JF and the Math she responded "Hi Peter... Had a quick listen. Perhaps it's just the mood I'm in today but I just hear a gap where a Robin Simon style guitar could be. I love electronic music but I also love the humanness a gtr can bring, especially in the context of John Foxx. Still, he's pleasing himself so that's wonderful. I should give it another listen when I'm not feeling so nostalgic for Ultravox... with an exclamation mark!".
I know what she means as I'm kind of waiting for Robin to reappear on some new stuff too! Maybe John should get a collaboration between himself, Julianne, and Robin? That would be good!
Probably the wrong thread for this, but probably not worth starting a new one either! Technically not what [b]I[/b] am listening to, but what someone else is listening to.... Julianne Regan (All About Eve) just posted on FB that she was listening to Ultravox! "Slow Motion" and commented "Forgive me; I've probably posted this before, but here it is. This is why I don't care that I'm 50 because I was around and switched on when THIS was happening and it was phenomenal."
When someone commented that she should listen to JF and the Math she responded "Hi Peter... Had a quick listen. Perhaps it's just the mood I'm in today but I just hear a gap where a Robin Simon style guitar could be. I love electronic music but I also love the humanness a gtr can bring, especially in the context of John Foxx. Still, he's pleasing himself so that's wonderful. I should give it another listen when I'm not feeling so nostalgic for Ultravox... with an exclamation mark!".
I know what she means as I'm kind of waiting for Robin to reappear on some new stuff too! Maybe John should get a collaboration between himself, Julianne, and Robin? That would be good!
I'm with you 110 percent re Ultravox with an exclamation mark ! The unpunctuated version will never be more than a pale imitation . While I'm here , treat yourself to a bottle of saké or a bottle of that expensive Tuscan red you linked last month. Your beloved Citeh won with the last kick of the game apparently ! *(Can't be arsed going to the football thread) Re guitars Robin Simon very good Stevie Shears even better Goor Steve !!!! (Distant Smile)
As regards what I'm listening to Fuer Immer Deutsche Amerikanische Freundschaft Remember kids , Verliebt sein ist leicht !
I'm with you 110 percent re Ultravox with an exclamation mark !
Technically, you are with her (i.e. Julianne)!
Originally Posted By: Ivan Basso
While I'm here , treat yourself to a bottle of saké or a bottle of that expensive Tuscan red you linked last month. Your beloved Citeh won with the last kick of the game apparently ! *(Can't be arsed going to the football thread) Re guitars
Splendid idea! <<Sound of saké bottle being unscrewed!>> Just imagine what they could do if they played the other 80 minutes with as much effort - kind of annoying.
Thanks for reminding me of DAF, somehow they had slipped back into the background and is refreshing to be listening to them again. That led into a Front 242 session too.
I'm with you 110 percent re Ultravox with an exclamation mark !
Technically, you are with her (i.e. Julianne)!
Originally Posted By: Ivan Basso
While I'm here , treat yourself to a bottle of saké or a bottle of that expensive Tuscan red you linked last month. Your beloved Citeh won with the last kick of the game apparently ! *(Can't be arsed going to the football thread) Re guitars
Splendid idea! <<Sound of saké bottle being unscrewed!>> Just imagine what they could do if they played the other 80 minutes with as much effort - kind of annoying.
Thanks for reminding me of DAF, somehow they had slipped back into the background and is refreshing to be listening to them again. That led into a Front 242 session too.
I was at West Brom v Man City.
We should have settled for a draw instead of trying to win it. Best game of the season so far despite our loss.
Good lords Membs , shame on you not knowing the legendary RADIO STARS In your defence , radio probably hadn't reached Herefordshire at that point of the mid 70's Anyway listen to your Uncle Ivan and learn Front man ANDY ELLISON in addition to MARTIN GORDON (Bass) and DINKY DIAMOND (drums) Both part of the excellent SPARKS band from KIMONO MY HOUSE era A very prescient Nostrodamus type song fortelling of the geo-political upheaval about to come a mere 15 years later in Eastern Europe . Joking apart the line "There are no Serbs in Croatia" is quite chilling Anyway enjoy From MARC BOLAN's telly show I've still got the vinyl EP back in Bootle and remember "Ver are no Vrassians in Vrassia "
The picture sucks. And I'm still wondering what this track is
The Man Who Dies Today...
This kind of shitty research and lack of attention is more than a bit rubbish
One shall write to the BBC and complain.
Mister G. Rumpy - Southampton
Originally Posted By: Ivan Basso
...Front man ANDY ELLISON in addition to MARTIN GORDON (Bass) and DINKY DIAMOND (drums) Both part of the excellent SPARKS band from KIMONO MY HOUSE era
I think Paul Simon might have played drums with Radio Stars for a while. They were formed when Martin Gordon left Ian North's band 'Radio' (who later went on to become Neo ...)
Good lords Membs , shame on you not knowing the legendary RADIO STARS In your defence , radio probably hadn't reached Herefordshire at that point of the mid 70's Anyway listen to your Uncle Ivan and learn Front man ANDY ELLISON in addition to MARTIN GORDON (Bass) and DINKY DIAMOND (drums) Both part of the excellent SPARKS band from KIMONO MY HOUSE era A very prescient Nostrodamus type song fortelling of the geo-political upheaval about to come a mere 15 years later in Eastern Europe . Joking apart the line "There are no Serbs in Croatia" is quite chilling Anyway enjoy From MARC BOLAN's telly show I've still got the vinyl EP back in Bootle and remember "Ver are no Vrassians in Vrassia "
Ivan, I confess my ignorance but at the time I was probably heavily into Abba*, Star Wars and a girl called Becky Davies and had no time for "punks" and their ilk.
* at the time of abovementioned Ultravox! session The Name of The Game was riding high in the charts together with top mobile-disco faves Yes Sir, I Can Boogie and Black is Black, for which we gladly parked up our combine harvesters in favour of a bit of, er, boogie with Becky et al...
Good lords Membs , shame on you not knowing the legendary RADIO STARS In your defence , radio probably hadn't reached Herefordshire at that point of the mid 70's Anyway listen to your Uncle Ivan and learn Front man ANDY ELLISON in addition to MARTIN GORDON (Bass) and DINKY DIAMOND (drums) Both part of the excellent SPARKS band from KIMONO MY HOUSE era A very prescient Nostrodamus type song fortelling of the geo-political upheaval about to come a mere 15 years later in Eastern Europe . Joking apart the line "There are no Serbs in Croatia" is quite chilling Anyway enjoy From MARC BOLAN's telly show I've still got the vinyl EP back in Bootle and remember "Ver are no Vrassians in Vrassia "
Ivan, I confess my ignorance but at the time I was probably heavily into Abba*, Star Wars and a girl called Becky Davies and had no time for "punks" and their ilk.
* at the time of abovementioned Ultravox! session The Name of The Game was riding high in the charts together with top mobile-disco faves Yes Sir, I Can Boogie and Black is Black, for which we gladly parked up our combine harvesters in favour of a bit of, er, boogie with Becky et al...
Bad news for you Membs Your pre- teen lust was actually making the world a worse place . I found this in The Daily Mail archives
SEEMINGLY INNOCENT SPANISH DISCO BAND SPONSOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Little did we know back in the 70's that when we bougfht Baccara's single , we were inadvertently helping terrorists , Our intrepid reporter discovered that the band were none other than ULRIKE MEINHOFF and CARLOS THE JACKAL with a wig on . The name of the song was a thinly veiled allusion to where there sympathies lay "YASSER , I CAN BOOGIE " with all proceeds going to the P.L.O ! MI5 and the CIA tried to counter-act this by giving huge amounts of cash to THE EAGLES :ABBA and C J MCCALL in an attempt to keep this heinous single as far down the charts as possible - Both band members were eventually taken out by Security Forces and it seemed the problem had been resolved Unfortunately the rights fell into the hands of right- wing Balkan terrorists groups and it hit the charts again in the 90's as "YES SIR , ARKAN BOOGIE" again making money for cowardly causes ! " It's in the Daily Mail , so it must be true . You've got blood on your hands , Membs !
Bad news for you Membs Your pre- teen lust was actually making the world a worse place . I found this in The Daily Mail archives
SEEMINGLY INNOCENT SPANISH DISCO BAND SPONSOR INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
Little did we know back in the 70's that when we bougfht Baccara's single , we were inadvertently helping terrorists , Our intrepid reporter discovered that the band were none other than ULRIKE MEINHOFF and CARLOS THE JACKAL with a wig on . The name of the song was a thinly veiled allusion to where there sympathies lay "YASSER , I CAN BOOGIE " with all proceeds going to the P.L.O ! MI5 and the CIA tried to counter-act this by giving huge amounts of cash to THE EAGLES :ABBA and C J MCCALL in an attempt to keep this heinous single as far down the charts as possible - Both band members were eventually taken out by Security Forces and it seemed the problem had been resolved Unfortunately the rights fell into the hands of right- wing Balkan terrorists groups and it hit the charts again in the 90's as "YES SIR , ARKAN BOOGIE" again making money for cowardly causes ! " It's in the Daily Mail , so it must be true . You've got blood on your hands , Membs !
Ha! That would probably explain the anarchic-terrorist tendencies that emerged in later years after that teen-testosterone spirit gradually subsided making way for revolutionary tendencies, also on discovering the Red Brigade (no, not they're not fire-fighters), Basque Separatist-chic and, er, Gary Numan. Musical tatses did in fact shift from ELO (a bunch of Brummy 'poof-perms') and Cliff Richard (we don't talk anymore, Harry "Rodger" Webb!) to the proto-dystopian groove thang of The Pleasure Principle and Chorley's own Metamatic, both of which were concocted by a band of underground insurrectionists who decided that Robert Moog was the new Che Guevara, and that ... "one day all music will be made this way...OR ELSE WE BOMB!"
No this one http://www.ibs.it/ Loads of cd's for 5 euro I paid 19 95 in all
Cool.. We've got an ibs.it store so I might go and have a butcher's. Seems like loads of places are having a 'let's get rid of our huge stocks of unsold CDs' sales.
I'm drowning my tears and striking a northern-long-faced dark-overcoat-wearing pose and shoe-gazing to the sounds of a dramatic ancient european grandeur being meshed with middle-eastern beauty, yes, its a Dead Can Dance albums day, so with the exception of Toward The Within Live album and the rather 'new-age-y' Spiritchasher I'm starting from 1984's debut album and onwards to 2012's latest.
- a nice bit of 1968 Brit psychedelia to get the week started. A kind of poor-man's Pink-Psychedlelic-Floyd, if you will, yet not without its moments. The band's one and only album release, the singer/leader David Bedford went on to do greater things with Mike Oldfield and those Tubby Bells.
- a nice bit of 1968 Brit psychedelia to get the week started. A kind of poor-man's Pink-Psychedlelic-Floyd, if you will, yet not without its moments. The band's one and only album release, the singer/leader David Bedford went on to do greater things with Mike Oldfield and those Tubby Bells.
Intrigued, never heard of it. I'm hoping The Lost Tapes by Can turn up this week, and may go and see Damo Suzuki in Oxford in a couple of weeks too. However, today it's like yesterday and I'm just listening to Nick Drake - it's the sort of weather for it.
- a nice bit of 1968 Brit psychedelia to get the week started. A kind of poor-man's Pink-Psychedlelic-Floyd, if you will, yet not without its moments. The band's one and only album release
Cheers for posting MemberD, just had an enjoyable saucerfull of July online, and by one of those happy co-incidences I'd already spent the morning listening to Ulver - the Norwegian darkly 'experimetal' band (see what I did there, duh!) - and their fantastic new album Childhoods End with its seamless covers of various psychedelic songs:
I'm sat here in me "Maillot Jane" with a string of onions round my neck and smoking a Gauloise ciggy , thinking about Le Tour De France and listening to TRUST TRUST* TRUST TRUST* MARCHE OU CREVE TRUST
How do I describe these gallic cats or chats even ? Les Precheurs Maniques de la Rue ? Basically as if Nicky Wire and James Bradfield had translated their lyrics into French and got AC/DC to supply the riffs
They are "Le Clash" It's ok to like as Bernie Bonvoisin and his "Amis" come from the sink estates of Nantes unlike fake Mockney agit prop rock merchant Joe Strummer
*in terms of lack of imagination they are worse then Queen and Led Zep Even the other two bands remembered to add the number 2 to their respective second albums Anyway don't take my word for it , listen for yourselves (I've probably written similar before Apologies if so I can't be bothered trawling back Warning to non- francophones some bits of interviews in the middle of the song)
just come across this band (seemingly no CD album release for them yet). I would have put this in the 'new(ish sort of) music you've found' thread but I've tried searching with no luck (I'm sure we had such a thread?)
love the promo, cheesy foreign TV show meets daft punk video effects -
Been listening this week mostly to Norwegian producer Lindstrom's retro disco meets lounge-style dance 2008 album 'Where You Go I Go Too'. Influences throughout include Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, and Space's Magic Fly, with some cheesy preset handclaps thrown in for kitsch effect. Final part from this continuous 3 track album, The Long Way Home:
This evening I'm following an echo... beautiful clear (cold) night so I've had an hour up in the attic looking out at the night. Listening to songs with 'Moon' in the title. Why not??
Moonbathe Skin - Marc Almond (Stranger Things) Strange Moon Rising - Smoke Fairies (Through Low Light) Give Me The Moonlight - Gorp (Touch Meridians 2) Moonlight On Vermont - Beefheart (Trout mask replica) The Prison Moon - Gary Numan (Warriors) Moon Song - Luminescent Orchestrii Marquee Moon - Television Man In The Moon - Grinderman Grapefruit Moon - Tom Waits (Asylum Years) Skip Softly Mr Moonbeam - Procul Harum Turn On the Moon - Budd & Guthrie (Before The Day Breaks)
A random selection that really works. Nicely chilled now :-D
Had a brief but intense flirtation last week with the 2011 album 'W' by the artist Janine Rostron otherwise know as Planningtorock, when for a few days she captivated me with mangled gender obscured vocals and her makeshift facial prosthetic's!
Initially I thought I'd missed a great album that had completely flown under my radar, this despite an amusing review bashing it hard online from critic Anthony Fantano whose opinion I greatly respect, but I remained sure it would've likely been on my 'best of' from last year. However, a strange thing happened after I'd played the album several times, surprisingly the whole transpired to become far less than the sum of its parts. Frustratingly many of the tracks really work for me in isolation, but as an album experience it no longer hang's for me, pity...
First listen (A long story)& didn't grab me as much as the other two. A few good tracks but maybe this could be a closing point for this project. I'm sure it'll be a grower but when Interplay was released I played it non stop. I can't see that happening with this one.
In short*, it's brilliant, and strangely - much more visceral and accessible (but no less for that) than The Drift - that's just my opinion though.
I’ve been listening to it purely on headphones – it’s a complete experience. What I found, and despite all the sound and the reports of knives and ram’s horns etc is that a lot of the power is through nothing, nothing at all. There’s a lot of silences. I read they recorded the album using analogue but spliced in digital silences – these large blocks of dead space – and then Walker or something else, cuts in, creeps in, scuttles in, transmits…
* I’m trying not to descend into poetry and prose about it – no point really. It’s noticeable that there are a million reviews out there of Bish Bosch (I feel like I’ve read them all) from the experts to the ‘5* / back of a postage stamp’ merchants and not one of them will help you in anyway whatsoever or can truly describe to you what’s going on. The nearest I can get to, the nearest…
You know when you watch a psychological thriller and you look away, and your brain starts concentrating on the sounds and filling in the pictures. And if it’s a really good film – that relies on the sounds alone – no Hammer strings etc – just the sounds – well, it’s a bit like that in places.
Heh! True. I’ve only been torn away from Nico by Bish Bosch.
I’ve not got X-TGs Desertshore yet – first thing in the New Year. But I did go to the Chris n Cosey talk on Desertshore at Rough Trade East the other week, and got a copy of Desertshore’s ‘evil twin’ – Faet Narok. I’ve not listened to it yet, as I’m saving it until I’ve heard Desertshore.
A few things from the night: Chris n Cosey also said that, bar one or two tracks – Bargeld recorded a vocal for almost every song on the album he was that familiar with the original work. Gen doesn’t respond to any of their emails.
Currently listening to pop music of 1966. It all started when my live band, after last gig, discussed whose year of birth was the best popwise. One of us was from 1956, another from 1970 and I am from 1966. Not bad - the year of "Good vibrations", "Gimme some lovin'", "Strangers in the night", "These boots are made for walkin'", "Summer wine", "You keep me hangin' on", "Friday on my mind", "Under my thumb", "All tomorrow's parties", "Knock on wood", "Reach out I'll be there" and "They're coming to take me away, ha-haa". Frank Zappa made his first album. Walking in nextertown yesterday, I for the first time listened The Beatles' "Yellow submarine" from earplugs: I didn't know that song is panned in one ear, the instruments to another and sound effects are in the middle! By coincidence, few weeks ago mixing my band's forthcoming song I panned almost all instruments (including drums & bass) bouncing randomly.
This far the best (& only) synthpop I've found from 1966 is Perrey & Kingsley: eg. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKY4gCIIEI (Three years later Gershon Kingsley made "Pop corn", which three years later become a hit by Hot Butter).
Black City - Matthew Dear Elements of - Fad Gadget (backing vocals here and there), Meat Beat Manifesto (similar drum / opening as "Genocide"), and other old sounds. So much so, it felt like listening to the radio 30 years back and discovering something very new. It is however, very modern. Drips in creativity, and probably a great Christmas present for someone yet to buy themself that last minute gift!!
Am now transcribing "In Mysterious Ways" to MP3 from vinyl. Will let you know what I find, must be well over 20 years since it last got aired!
The Doors: L.A. Woman, money, girls, and a man growling... yes, "its getting to be a lot like Christmas", either that or its a day at Father Ted's house
cheers for the link Martin, I'll be playing it whilst busy at home today, but presently and appropriately its Kate Bush: 50 Words For Snow (or rain rather)
Not impressed with it at all after first listen & will not be making it onto my best of the year list. Should also have been called Bish Bash Bosch.
Good job I wasn't eating anything when i read your post, Scott. otherwise it would've been plastered to the computer screen after spitting it out in shock.
I've only listened to it once & it is definitely my album of the year. Sdss1416+13b (Zercon, A Flagpole Sitter) is absolute genius. Lasts over 20 minutes, but I wish it had gone on for a longer.
Hopefully repeat listening will help you change your mind.
I hope so too. Had a few listens now & it's getting a bit stronger on me now but won't make it into my top 5 of the year which I hope to post tomorrow.
All stuff I was given for Xmas or picked up in HMV in London last saturday THE HOLY BIBLE MANICS THE BOATMANS CALL NICK CAVE MARQUEE MOON TELEVISION THRILLS PILLS AND BELLYACHES T'MONDAYS LED ZEP 4 OXYGENE J M JARRE PRINCE HITS VOLUME 1 THE NIGHT FLY DONALD FAGEN HEADLIGHTS WHITE LINES BLACK TAR RIVERS THE LEVELLERS INFECTED THE THE REMAIN IN LIGHTS TALKING HEADS
BOATMANS CALL is possibly Nick cave's best album. Ditto Manics (although its their ONLY album I like...). Marquee Moon I need to play again as I haven't heard it for ages. Prince is better than most people think, and talking heads album is a cracker.
Currently listening to Flash And The Pan lps that I bought really cheap from a fleamarket. This band was missed in Finland when it was active in the turn of the eighties - foreign pop to Finland that time came from Europe and North America. Good synthpop.
After the excellent singles "Where Are We Now" & "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" I was really looking forward to this & expecting a Bowie "classic" after a 10 year gap. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement. It sounds as though to me it was a rushed album. All the music just seemed to be thrown together without much thought. There are a few good songs on the cd , mainly the latter ones & hopefully it'll be a grower but it's left me feeling a bit down to be honest.
There are a few good songs on the cd , mainly the latter ones & hopefully it'll be a grower but it's left me feeling a bit down to be honest.
sorry to hear that, must admit the days when I rush to get a new Bowie album are long gone so I'm not up to speed on the material in this new one, however, I really like the track Obstacle (annoyingly only an itunes exclusive), an instant hit for me, should have been a single release, begins with his voice channeling Scott walker via Pete Murphy and then go's off somewhere else, power rock, Roger Waters, or Jim Kerr? And later the music unexpectedly takes a lovely euphoric trance direction at the 3:38 mark, sublime stuff, yeah this I like, got it on repeat, more of this please :
There are a few good songs on the cd , mainly the latter ones & hopefully it'll be a grower but it's left me feeling a bit down to be honest.
I really like the track Obstacle (annoyingly only an itunes exclusive), an instant hit for me, should have been a single release, begins with his voice channeling Scott walker via Pete Murphy and then go's off somewhere else, power rock, Roger Waters, or Jim Kerr? And later the music unexpectedly takes a lovely euphoric trance direction at the 3:38 mark, sublime stuff, yeah this I like, got it on repeat, more of this please :
over 83 thousand views on the Bowie page and only 82 views on the FIXX page, I am both amazed and disappointed, amazed that its the Fixx, and disappointed for Bowie. It explains though why I was trying to place where his voice was at throughout the song, imitating his hero Walker and also parodying Murphy and Kerr who've both mimicked Bowie. The track is from 2012's album Beautiful Friction, I've never listened to the Fixx since I first saw their rather obvious? name back in early 80, but will give their latest album a listen based on 'obstacle' (wonder if the mistaken posting is actually a devious marketing ploy )
The new album by Mesh arrived on my doorstep this weekend. Only one listen so far, but it is safe to say, if you liked their previous album, you will like this one.
I listened to Delta Machine today for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised. I think it's the best thing they've done for years. Some cracking tracks. Good to see Flood on board again to mix the album.
I listened to Delta Machine today for the first time. I was pleasantly surprised. I think it's the best thing they've done for years. Some cracking tracks. Good to see Flood on board again to mix the album.
I so want to agree with you ... A couple of listens so far. Let's give it the weekend ..
I've been persisting with Delta Machine, but out of the 17 tracks, I can say there are only 7 firm favourites, and even most of those took some warming to.
Such a slow album. Boring slow.
It doesn’t break any new ground, and it pains me to say it, but I think they've become stuck in a musical rut. Throwing in a few analogue sounds doesn’t automatically make a good 'electronic' album – if anything, the bleeps and warbles are irritating. It just seems that they don't really have anything new to say; this album merely confirms they're still alive.
But, "Heaven", "Secret to the End", "Broken", "Soft Touch/Raw Nerve", "Should Be Higher", "Alone" and "Soothe My Soul", are, to my ears (and after a few plays) as good as any of the high points of their last 3 albums. But for me personally, the strongest track of the lot, is the b-side/bonus track, "All That's Mine", which really should have been on the album!
Disappointing and frustrating overall - and a shame
I've heard the new Mesh album too, and don't like that either! Awful name & cover art... and just more of the same to my ears. They've lost the variety and creativity that flourished on their early works.
Maybe it's a grower - I certainly agree that it has much more energy then DM.
That said, the 7 tracks on DM that I like, I really like. So it's not all gloom
There has been three great albums released this year so far(& I don't include Depeche Mode or Bowie in those) & I have to say pop pickers that OMD is languishing at the No.3 spot.
The other two are.
Hurts - Exile Steven Wilson - The Raven That Refused To Sing
English Electric by those Orchestral Manouvres and their Dark. Album of the year so far for me.
I bought it more out a sense of nostalgia than anything else, but I have to admit to being surprised at how good it is, far better than the disappointing History Of Modern. Perhaps my only complaint is that it sounds a bit too digital with all those clean soft-synths; it could have done with a spot of 8-bit grit from a Mellotron or two or maybe some deliberately lo-fi sampling.
Ruben Garcia - The Gatekeeper Improvised piano pieces for a simple life. Beautiful
Robert Calvert - Test-tube Conceived Don't understand why I haven't heard this before. Progressive electronica. Links with lots of things from before and after
I recently treated myself to the special edition Depeche Mode remasters of Black Celebration, Music for the Masses, Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion.
They sound epic. Rediscovering them all over again. Brilliant!
I recently treated myself to the special edition Depeche Mode remasters of Black Celebration, Music for the Masses, Violator and Songs of Faith and Devotion.
They sound epic. Rediscovering them all over again. Brilliant!
You spelt Graham Parker wrong there lid ! I see you are still in dirty stopout mode I tried yours last night about half eight to no avail !
Oh y'know him . .probably at some London "underground" station busking wiv 'is Theremin, perfecting his repertoire of Blondie, OMDee and Tangerine Dream numbers for the commuters.
brings out the best in the latest Ulrich Schnauss (almost as good as his first, and if it weren't for nostalgia, it WOULD be his best).
Also Bridget St John - some distant (contented) Nico relative.
Also the new Darkstar "News From Nowhere" and Bvdub "Serenity".
Elsewhere, Low, Depeche Mode, David Bowie and OMD all continue with varying degrees of success:
Low "The Invisible Way" - great band, and perhaps a great album. Would be hard to top "Trust", "The Great Destroyer", etc, but it is getting there. Certainly a "return to form".
Depeche Mode "Delta Machine" - with possible exception of "Soothe My Soul", this has settled as faultless (that's good, by the way).
David Bowie "The Next Day" - good fun. Much has been said about it already. My view is it is possibly a bit too long (even without the extra tracks) (and I hate to say that - isn't it becoming rather a cliche to say that 35 to 40 minutes is the perfect album length?). A few classic songs, especially "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" and "How Does the Grass Grow?", but not much ground broken? But is there really any ground left to break? Maybe next time. Could have been recorded immediately after "Reality"? The lyrics are the striking highlight this time.
OMD "English Electric" - two listens so far, very very promising indeed.
I've got quite a soft spot for Bridget St. John's debut album - I didn't realise she was still doing stuff.
Don't think she is, sorry, I meant to say it is her "Songs for the Gentle Man" from 1971. I love "Back to Stay" and the sweet (but barking) voices on "The Pebble and the Man".
Can't say I'm impressed. Nothing stands out. Very bland. Apart from the excellent "Sleep" with Paul Buchanan they haven't brought out a good record since "The Hush" back in 99.
That's still a difficult question. It's better than Strange Cruise but not by much. I've listened to it a few times but needs more time. The guitar from Robin Simon is great as is the analogue synths. You could have thought that "She's Electric" was "Fade To Grey". I'd say a few of the songs sound like Strange Cruise , the others trying to be old Visage but not quite getting there. I'm sure you'd like the album & if they came to play near me I'd probably go.
It's going to be off the stereo in a minute. Just awful.
I listened to it on spotify this afternoon & thought it was ok.
I got this this week. True it is the weakest Bartos since he left Kraftwerk (and the previous "Communication" was brilliant; "Off the record" is strange publication after he also in his forum page wrote about quitting making albums in these days musik industry). "Atomium" is enigmatic, the rest ones mostly cheesy. Booklet stories are more interesting, and I value the songs as some kind of documents from good old Kraftwerk times.
Tangerine Dream: Exit Stephen W. Tayler: Ostinato John Foxx And The Maths: Tides - The Very Best Of John Foxx And The Maths (personal CD-R compilation) John Foxx: Metanym (personal CD-R compilation of instrumentals only) The Fixx: Beautiful Friction (expanded personal CD-R compilation)
[ John Foxx And The Maths: Tides - The Very Best Of John Foxx And The Maths (personal CD-R compilation) *
* would love to know what you've included there.
With Metadelic waiting in the wings I've opted for China Crisis' - Diary of a Hollow Horse new digital remaster, re-issue thing with loads of alternative versions, demos and stuff. Nice.
[ John Foxx And The Maths: Tides - The Very Best Of John Foxx And The Maths (personal CD-R compilation) *
* would love to know what you've included there.
With Metadelic waiting in the wings I've opted for China Crisis' - Diary of a Hollow Horse new digital remaster, re-issue thing with loads of alternative versions, demos and stuff. Nice.
Now you're talking! Didn't know anything about that one - they're not going to do the same thing with the first four albums are they?
Currently A-Ha "Stay on These Roads" - very much a mixed bag but the good bits are among their best.
Earlier, John Grant "Pale Green Ghost" - great songs, great synths; Tennis "Europe on Horseback" - "our" Benge with Douglas Benford (he of "Beauty Reports" which some in the know know out-Enos Eno); and a rather beautiful eponymous offering from A Winged Victory For The Sullen.
Now you're talking! Didn't know anything about that one - they're not going to do the same thing with the first four albums are they?
Church: yes this one sort of came out of the blue. They've basically replaced the Mike Thorne produced tracks with the original Walter Becker ones, making it an entirely WB produced album as it was originally intended. Apparently there have always been 'issues' with certain tracks being re-recorded, under pressure from Virgin, after they'd finished doing the album with Becker in Hawaii. The incriminated tracks are St Saviour, Red Letter and All My Prayers. The originals do in fact sound quite different. The re-recorded versions are included for good measure as are extended versions..with the added plus of the demo versions of most of the album tracks which I have yet to listen to properly but according to Gary Daly's sleevenotes really show how good the band were in those days (1988-89ish).
There's no evidence of the other albums being re-issued bu then again with the Chinas you never know.
John Foxx And The Maths: Tides - The Very Best Of John Foxx And The Maths (personal CD-R compilation) *
* would love to know what you've included there.
01. Shatterproof 02. Rear-View Mirror 03. Talk 04. Evidence (featuring The Soft Moon) [album version] 05. Evergreen 06. Where You End And I Begin (featuring Tara Busch) 07. September Town [album version] 08. Unrecognised 09. Changelings (featuring Gazelle Twin) 10. My Town 11. Summerland 12. Invisible Ray 13. Vapour Trails 14. Have A Cigar 15. A Falling Star 16. Destination [album version] 17. Tides 18. Walk 19. Only Lovers Left Alive 20. A Falling Star (Remixed by Gazelle Twin)
John Foxx: Metanym (personal CD-R compilation of instrumentals only)
And for anyone remotely interested ...
01. Personal Magnetism (John Foxx And The Maths) 02. Spirus (John Foxx And The Maths) 03. Maybe Tomorrow 04. Kurfürstendamm 05. Skyscraper 06. Flightpath Tegel 07. Neon Vertigo (John Foxx And The Maths) 08. Looped Los Angeles 09. Phantom Lover 10. Mr. No 11. Film One 12. Glimmer 13. Swimmer II 14. Florian (Nation 12) 15. Modreno (John Foxx And The Maths) 16. My Life As An Echo (John Foxx And Robin Guthrie) 17. Now That I’ve Forgotten You (John Foxx And Harold Budd featuring Reuben Garcia) 18. Oceanic 19. Cloud Choreography (John Foxx And The Maths) 20. A Peripheral Character 21. Astoria (John Foxx And The Maths) 22. Metanym
Nice stuff there Bri ! Sounds like Bob Calvert led Hawkwind in their "Quark Strangeness and Charm " period "Spirit of the Age " to be more precise As for me I'm in Canadian Folk Mode the excellent GORDON LIGHTFOOT and KATE AND ANNA MCGARRIGLE rather than the weed addled buffoon Neil Young
Currently enjoying the youtube previews of the new Pet Shop Boys album "Electric". After the rather tired and insipid Elysium it's nice that they're returning to their dancefloor roots, even though they're well into their 50s!
Scott Walker "Bish Bosch". I don't know why it has taken me 6 months. Very impressed after the second listen - some of the sounds are incredible, then there's Scott's various vocal styles on this one. And that snatch of Jingle Bells - heard in June it works somehow ...
Funnily enough, I played this yesterday for the first time longsince too.
It still scares me, excites me and is an absolute masterpiece but will take a long time to understand. I agree with your comment on his vocals - he's more inventive (read : 'mad as a fish') than ever on this album.
That's just crazy enough to work! I'm just trying to imagine David crooning a Bill routine such as "Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration ...", or maybe Bill riffing on "Small Metal Gods".
That's just crazy enough to work! I'm just trying to imagine David crooning a Bill routine such as "Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration ...", or maybe Bill riffing on "Small Metal Gods".
“THE DOOR IS AJAR…”
Ha! That'd be great - it'd be a hell of a lot more interesting than Uncommon Deities at any rate!
Basically I put a sort of ‘chillout’ playlist together on my phone. Usual suspects: Kate Bush, Boards of Canada, Talk Talk, blah blah. Got kinda bored of it very quickly – realised I’d accidentally created a weird ‘café del mar 3CD Tesco set’ with some of my favourite artists. Wrong wrong wrong. So started to spice it up a little with some Bish Bosch, Manafon and two Bill Hicks albums – now it’s spectacular – a sort of audio Finnegans Wake. It’s quite something on shuffle when ‘Please Do Not Disturb’ comes as a welcome relief after 'Zercon…' and then goes into 'The Sensual World'! Gonna see if I can stretch it to 7 hours.
Pet Shop Boys "Electric". Great fun, possibly a bit throwaway in places and is that the third album in a row where a classical tune has been appropriated? There was also no need for the guest spot rap on "Thursday" but it is thankfully brief. "Axis" I swear has listened closely to A-Ha's "Here I Stand and Face the Rain". But these are minor quibbles (and the last one is not really a quibble at all) and although I suspect this will probably go down as a minor album in their canon - closer to "Relentless" or one of the later "Disco"'s - one feels obliged to say they have earned the right to choose to do whatever they like. And we have the right, if we choose, to like whatever they do.
Against all the odds my album of the year so far. It just hits the spot.
Yes, it is very good. Was never too keen on Visage (they seemed to me to take the potential of an Ultravox and Magazine supergroup fronted by a perfect pop star in Steve Strange and ... well it never worked for me) but Robin Simon's involvement had me interested. So far it feels like a missing link between The Garden and, well I'll say it because I thought it at the time, Bucks Fizz. Which isn't as bad as you might assume ...
Yes it does strike a winning balance between pop and an edgier sound. Though Bucks Fizz didn't come to mind for me because for one thing Lauren Duvall's sweet vocals are backing and never lead. Though I suppose as a link you aren't too far off the mark.
Something that should encourage any waverers on Hearts And Knives is it takes The Maths' route and only vintage analogue synths are employed, along with a very 1982 production. Robin Simon's input is fantastic, he is awesome on 'Lost In Static'.
I totally agree with the TEC review here: http://www.electricity-club.co.uk/visage-hearts-and-knives/. There’s proper songs on it - but the production is very flat and very messy and Strange sounds half awake. The thing that got me was the drum programming – really, really terrible and in this century – when you can get decent vintage drum machines on your phone, there’s no reason for it. Having just re-read the review, it says the drums were recorded in a single day, it sounds like it too. Some of synth sounds are really ill-chosen as well.
It’s a start though, and nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be, but I doubt I’ll be playing it more than a handful of times.
I actually see the validity in most of the criticisms in the Electricity Club review. But those things somehow just aren't a problem for me with Hearts And Knives. I guess I judge it as if it was made in 1982.
Orchestra Bailam e Compagnia di Canto Trallalero I had the pleasure of seeing these down the coast live and free early July Excrellent so I bought there CD All in Genoese dialect , some songs date from the 12 and 13th century I can't find my fave toon Barba Tomaxin(Uncle Tommy) So you'll have to make do with this for now http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H_n0wE-kb8
In some somgs they sounded like The Mission or Echo and The Bunnymen
Mr Amazon arrived. Hannah Peel - Nailhouse EP - Good, love "Harbour" of course. Magnetic North - Orkney - Great relaxer on the high-stress commute! Juri and John - European Splendour - Loving it more and more and is putting so many images in my head that I think a mini video may pop out soon if I get enough material. OMD - English Electric - Wow, straight out of the '80's. It is 30 years too late, but I like it!
"Spirit of Talk Talk", the covers album from last year, for the first time. Pretty good. Almost entirely respectful to the originals (but that's nothing to worry about) plus the odd real pearl of a version: I'm thinking "Myrrhman" by Joan As Police Woman, "?" by Jack Northover and "It's Getting Late in the Evening" by Nils Frahm, Peter Broderick and Davide Rossi.
Found this oddly appealing. Was posted on Facebook by Julianne Regan (who could probably do an excellent colab with Mr Foxx). Not heard of Stalker before, anyone here heard of them?
I received my copy of Gary Numan's Splinter the other day. I've only had one listen so far. Some tracks jump out immediately as being as good as anything Gary has released for a while. A couple of the slower tracks don't really do it for me though.
I received the Tears For Fears 'The Hurting' box set today. 3 cds and a dvd. You get the original album,a disc of b-sides and remixes, a disc of live sessions and a live concert dvd from December '83.Plus a book of photos/interviews and replica tour programme. Many of the early singles,b-sides and remixes have never been available on cd before. This is my favourite TFF album so can't wait to work my way through it.
Agree with you regards the new Numan album, his best for a long time and I love 9 out of the 12 tracks (the 3 I think that are poor are, A Shadow Falls On Me, We're The Unforgiven and Who Are You).
One thing that really disappoints me about the album is the fact that once again song lyrics and even a song title contain "God" and "Bleed". I really don't know how many times he has to use those particular words in songs. He has been lambasted for it for so long I was amazed to see they reared their ugly heads again on this album and he was even daft enough to release "Love, Hurt, Bleed" as the lead single from it!!!
That aside a very solid album.
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I received my copy of Gary Numan's Splinter the other day. I've only had one listen so far. Some tracks jump out immediately as being as good as anything Gary has released for a while. A couple of the slower tracks don't really do it for me though.
I received the Tears For Fears 'The Hurting' box set today. 3 cds and a dvd. You get the original album,a disc of b-sides and remixes, a disc of live sessions and a live concert dvd from December '83.Plus a book of photos/interviews and replica tour programme. Many of the early singles,b-sides and remixes have never been available on cd before. This is my favourite TFF album so can't wait to work my way through it.
I'm off to see Depeche Mode tomorrow night and Feathers are the support act. It's a well put together album, so looking forward to seeing them as well as DM
Properly miffed I'm not going to see Depeche Mode in Birmingham tomorrow, as that's another blow on top of missing Numan last year. One year out of the loop and you miss a shedload of news and new material!
Well mental infirmity brought me half way across Europe to see my beloved Blues play at Crystal Palace . On a high from the unexpected win at Selhurst Park , I met up with my fellow Metamatician velohead Radio Beach on the Sunday (see footy thread) the beer and the company were excellent but clouded my subsequent judgement in HMV After maxing out on my credit card to by my teenage daughter her One Direction merchandise I realised a had a few shillings left to spend on myself I've more or less got everything I want now music-wise but proceeded to buy the following Script for a Jester's tear Marillion Stand out tracks Garden Party Basically it's as if Nicky Wire had run into Rick Wakeman in a pub in Pontypridd and invited him back for a session with his fellow Manics Rather than the usual Tolkein inspired bollocks favoured by prog bands (Such rubbish titles as Middle Earth spring to mind Fish goes all vitriolic and lays into The Establishment who end up "running" the country. Other stand out track Forgotten Sons Fish has run into PFM in a Milan trattoria and rails against the futility of war over the Italian bands moog playing . Footnote my Brother is a proghead and we went and saw them back in the day in Liverpool they were good Next up MANIC STREETY PREACHERS GOLD AGAINST THE SOUL I already had it on cassette but decided to drag myself into the 1990's by purchasing it on CD . Good political stuff to a faux Guns and Roses background beat. Just to think THE HOLY BIBLE was just round the corner A solid 7 out of 10 on all tracks Stand out SCREAM TO A SIGH As a linguist I'd like to point out to James that the stress falls on the final syllable so it is durer-a rather than du-rera But whatever , La tristesse will never go away Lastly TRANSFORMER LOU REED Stand outs for me SATELLITE OF LOVEand ANDYS CHEST Unfortunately a lot of it sounds like Dave Brubeck or Johnny Dankworth none more so than Walk on the Wild Side only saved by its risqué lyrics "And Cleo Laine goes doo da doo da doo "
How'd you get on with the books? Started on either yet?
Halfway through The Tim "I'm the centre of the Universe " Burgess one Think I know about 3 tracks by The Charlatans , I don't think I'll be endeavouring to deepen my knowledge of their opus. Good read all the same Thanks for putting me onto it Reckon I'll enjoy the Simon Reynolds one more BTW Princess Basso already had 2 of the 3 books I got her . Could have spent the cash on further slurps !
They only let me out when relatively insignificant eighties albums get the 'deluxe' re-issue treatment.
Next one is set to be Kajagogoo's Islands - Deluxe pending imminent release. Rumours among fans talk of the inclusion of long-awaited demo versions of the hits Big Apple and Turn Your Back on Me, as well as the much sought after 12" only B-Side Big Apple (instrumental version) and the sans Limahl re-working of Too Shy, from the near-legendary Janice Long session.
They only let me out when relatively insignificant eighties albums get the 'deluxe' re-issue treatment.
Next one is set to be Kajagogoo's Islands - Deluxe pending imminent release. Rumours among fans talk of the inclusion of long-awaited demo versions of the hits Big Apple and Turn Your Back on Me, as well as the much sought after 12" only B-Side Big Apple (instrumental version) and the sans Limahl re-working of Too Shy, from the near-legendary Janice Long session.
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...
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 ..
I initially mis-read that as TREVOR HORN .. so I was going to suggest The Age of Plastic and selected Dollar tracks!
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 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.
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.
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
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in the form of industrial music as performed by Kluster. They may have been the guys who invented Industrial Music but it´s certainly not for me. Even Cluster 71 and Cluster 11 are in the same vein. I´d only rescue a track from the latter "Im Suden". Then came Zuckerzeit to my amazement. This is a great album and one which ranks alongside Autobahn and Taking Tiger Mountain By Strategy as the electronic albums of 1974. The unfortunate thing is that Cluster´s pioneering synth pop only lasted one album. Their next releases were very good ie Sowieoso, Cluster & Eno, After The Heat and Grosses Wasser. Not too sure about the track from After The Heat "Broken Head" as featured on Rusty´s playlist. Their 1981 release, Curiosum, was going back to their industrial days, a real shame. Begegnungen and Begegnungen II are interesting compilations involving Conny Plank. Conny Plank was their engineer even during the Kluster days 
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I got to this via Bedford's connection and work with Mike Oldfield in the 70s. They were bandmates in Kevin Ayer's The Whole World , and Bedford went on to orchestrate both Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge, Oldfield's first two studio albums.
