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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 28 February 2015 CE
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 28 February 2015 CE
Mar 01, 2015, 19:58
The Goner - Behold a New Traveller. A favourite over the last 5 years or so that I keep coming back two. Thought I'd better investigate what he has been up to and discovered...
E-Gone - All the Suns of the Earth. Just brilliant. Wonderful solo album with Daniel Westerlund playing a ton of instruments, covering a range of styles from Goner style folk to electronic drone and catchy up-beat electronica with Grails-esqu guitar etc etc. Last track sounds like it should have been on the last Untied Knot album. And it all blends into one succinct 40 minute listen. Love it.

Machinefabriek - Measures Taken. Electronic score for a ballet.

Sleep Research Facility - Stealth. Have been meaning to get this for years but never got round to it. Excellent ambient drone piece sourced entirely from field recordings of a stealth bomber at a US air base somewhere in the UK. Perfect for a rainy night in!

Troum/Closing the Eternity - Scent of Mires. Split LP inspired by bogs and mires.

Bong - Beyond Ancient Space. Has been back on heavy rotation recently.

Six Organs of Admittance - Hexadic. Unlikely to get as many repeat listens as earlier albums. Composed by chance based on a system developed for a standard deck of playing cards. But has its moments and the complete change in style is welcome - as ever his playing and guitar sounds are great. Check out his website for further explanation - seems he's been criticized in various quarters. As he says the chance approach is not new, but neither is releasing guitar albums...

Kikagaku Moyo - Forest of Lost Children and Mammatus Clouds. Still great.

John Luther Adams - Become Ocean. Orchestral 'drone' piece sounding good on first listens (admittedly only on an MP3 speaker whilst marking but still got a sense of the space and a kind of ebb and surge). Ian described it as an orchestral Odin - makes sense!

Gnod - Chaudelande. The 2 cd version.
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