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Stevo 6664 posts |
Edited Oct 03, 2011, 23:20
Oct 03, 2011, 12:48
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Osiris Best of pretty dirty funky in places but retains a bit of an 80s sheen in others. I think the good outweighs the bad anyway and it does finally mean I have a copy of War on The Bullshit which I've been missing for years. Had it on an NME gogo compi they put out with the sountrack to Good To Go. Just reminded with the sheen of what was wrong with the studio material Troublefunk were releasing around the time, too glossy. Troublefubnk were downright dirty live so I wonder what this crew were like. Guru Guru Hinten Loopy improvisatory guitar workouts on 2nd lp by German avant dunt trio. Red Crayola Parable of Arable Land. Sonic Boom remastered version. Stereo still sounds a bit odd, compressed or something. But mastertapes were apparently scrapped after the mono set was produced. Great lp, with avant-garage tracks interpsersed with open ended free improvisation as I guess most of you should know. Wondering if I should plunk for God Bless in this series version too? Mountain Bus Sundance Country influenced Dead like jams from Chicago based band whose career was wrecked by Mountain's management. Would love more material like Hexahedron here. Been meaning to buy this for ages. So finally have. The Web I Spider Interesting proto prog lp. I think the new singer/keyboardist Lawson is singing consciously without vibrato because his predecessor had a powerful one. This tends to veer from getting towards the hard followed almost immediately by something more melodic/softer. I think I like it overall. Would like the hard fuzz-bassy stuff to stick around a bit longer though. Pere Ubu Datapanik disc 2 This contains the first 2 lps that I was introduced to by the band. Dub Housing & New picnic Time. Dub Housing has a great sense of rhythm mioxed with a feeling of almost schizoid estrangement verging on the abstraction. New Picnic Time might be considered poppier if it wasn't so abstract. It's not as artily abstract as the band got with Mayo Thompson onboard over the next few lps though. Van Der Graaf Generator World Record Van Der Graaf Quiet Zone The Nice Here Comes.... The Immmediate anthology The Mops Psychedelic Sound From Japan Disco Inferno The 5 EPs Grateful Dead Europe 72 Arhus & Rotterdam Pink Floyd Piper, Saucer & Animals Free Spirits Live Scene '67 Henry Cow 25/11/76 Harmonia Musik Paebiru Brazilian lp from '74 which largely disappeared in a flood at the time. This is the cd version that came out a couple of years back. Pretty great throughout but I think the last 2 sides contain the real gems. Each side has an elemental theme. Need to look at the liners more to find out what is really being sung about but some great themes appearing. The Stepkids Am pretty impressed by this live set by the psychedelic soul group from East Coast USA. Sounds enough like things like Curtis Mayfield to make me want to further investigate. May grab myself a copy of the cd now. Had been intrigued by short articles in the current uk monthly music rags. Sun Ra Disco 3000 Sun ra in small group combo with beatbox. Gets really alien sounding in places. Thankfully doesn't get very discoey. watched Soldier Blue not as good as I'd hoped Doctor Who last 3 episodes. Did think that the 'eternal question' was supposed to be just that no human could pronounce his name. will fill this out a bit more later. Stevo
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keith a 9574 posts |
Edited Oct 03, 2011, 12:59
Oct 03, 2011, 12:58
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flashbackcaruso wrote: keith a wrote: flashbackcaruso wrote: Pet Shop Boys - Bilingual I love that album! It's the last really great PSB LP until 2009's 'Yes'. The whole Paul Simon/Rhythm Of The Saints approach really shouldn't have suited Pet Shop Boys, but of course they immediately sour the vibe of the upbeat drumming with the typically sublime melancholia of 'Discoteca' which then segues brilliantly into the (sort-of) title track. The singles are probably the least interesting moments, but it closes with 'Saturday Night Forever' which sounds like it was written for Take That and is strangely wonderful nonetheless. Yeah, that is one of the greatest segue-ways in the history of pop! Just played the album and have put it on again. So many great tracks - I love Before which was the 1st 45 off it IIRC. Quite understated as a PSB's single really. Elsewhere Metamorphosis is great update of that 80's gay disco sound whilst Up Against It has that Being Boring-like sense of melancholy about it. But the track I enjoyed most today is To Step Aside. I'm pretty sure I was disappointed with this album when I first got it. It didn't last long. Now it's possibly my fave my them. I've just dug out Nightlife, so that'll be played next! Edit: Yeah Saturday Night Forever is fab!
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Moon Cat 9577 posts |
Oct 03, 2011, 15:17
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Squid Tempest wrote: Opeth - Heritage Mindbogglingly great. A prog-fest of almost supernatural proportions. Thought you'd like it! Squid Tempest wrote: Billy Cobham - Crosswinds , Spectrum Marvellous! Fusion in the sun! 'Tis the all the rage! ;^)
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Moon Cat 9577 posts |
Edited Oct 03, 2011, 15:22
Oct 03, 2011, 15:22
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Squid Tempest wrote: What 1001 said. Vox are clean, not a cookie monster in sight! It's a cracking album. It makes me think of Mars Volta only with actual emotion and feeling and decent songs instead of muso wankery. It rocks in places, but it is also pastoral, jazzy, and gorgeous. I think Opeth mine their proggery from a more classic vein than Mars Volta (whom I really, really like BTW), who seem to graft prog onto something of an art-punk vs Latin rock hyrbrid. Eat that pseuds corner!
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Squid Tempest 8769 posts |
Oct 03, 2011, 19:02
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Moon Cat wrote: Squid Tempest wrote: Opeth - Heritage Mindbogglingly great. A prog-fest of almost supernatural proportions. Thought you'd like it! Squid Tempest wrote: Billy Cobham - Crosswinds , Spectrum Marvellous! Fusion in the sun! 'Tis the all the rage! ;^) You were certainly right about the Opeth - it's a stunna! As for fusion in the sun, definitely. I enjoy a bit of Mahavishnu in the heat too.
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