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Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 18 February 2017 CE
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Edited Feb 19, 2017, 16:55
Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 18 February 2017 CE
Feb 19, 2017, 16:53
A surprisingly busy half-term, so just a couple of things. Normal service will (probably) be resumed next week…

Graeme Miller & Steve Shill – The Moomins. Latest entertaining oddity from Finders Keepers. Previously unreleased soundtrack to the early 80s fuzzy felt animated version of Finland’s most enduring export (Nokia having blown it in recent years). It’s a lovely though occasionally quite sinister collection of shonky post-punk pastoral electronica, with shades of Cluster and Wendy Carlos. Also at times foreshadows the type of noises that Pram, Broadcast et al would be making. Not quite a lost classic, but definitely worth a listen if you’re a fan of homemade retro futurism: https://soundcloud.com/finderskeepersrecords/sets/graeme-miller-steve-shill-the-moomins

Here Lies Man – s/t. The blurb promises ‘Black Sabbath meets Afrobeat’, but it actually rises above what sounds like a gimmicky conceit. Lots of fuzzy, funky riffing and polyrhythmic drumming, which often works surprisingly well, but it’s the strange, high-pitched dubby organ that really intrigues. Imagine a mash-up between Goat, the Budos Band and Sun Araw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fRg66sKS-I

Not music related, but went to see the Paul Nash exhibition at Tate Britain today, which was tremendous. Still perhaps best known as a war artist, he was actually regarded as Britain’s chief surrealist in the ‘30s: https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/25/paul-nash-review-pain-wonder-menace-tate-britain-london On for the next couple of weeks, pricey, but highly recommended.
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