drewbhoy
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 05, 2017, 11:17
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ELO - Hyde Park
ELO - Across The Universe
Depeche Mode - Ultra
Depeche Mode - Spirit
Dogs Die In Hot Cars - Please Describe Yourself
Christine and the Queens - Chaleur Humaine
Madness - The Liberty Of Norton Folgate
Squeeze - Argy Bargy
Squeeze - Frank
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 05, 2017, 13:46
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Iron Maiden - Book of Souls saw them in Newcatle a couple of weeks ago, they were on fire, absolutely stormed the Metro Arena, only dissapointment was they didn't play Empire of the Clouds so I've had that on repeat since
Velvet Underground - & Nico, White Light/White Heat saw the John Cale VU thing in Liverpool which I enjoyed immensely, the press didn't seem so keen and supposedly the sound was bad but from where I was standing it was spot on. Not as goose bump inducing as when I saw the Stooges but a good go , the guy from SFA doing Lady Godiva's Operation and a half hour finale of Sister Ray were my highlights and I got the impression that 90% of the audience have been programming there cd players to switch off after Heroin or never got to the end of the albums B side but all in all it was a sterling effort [did you see what I did there, I apologise]
Depeche Mode - The new one, the one before that, the one that has purple on the cover, the one with the flower on the front. I've had these played constantly by Mrs Elf as we went to see DM on Saturday, my brother in law is a huge DM fan and Mrs Elf is quite keen, I can take or leave them , although I've become rather fond of the new one, much better than the flowers on the front which I'm reliably informed is their best. Live however they are outstanding, Dave Gahan is the new Freddy Mercury as far as I'm concerned, not unlike post DSOTM Floyd they wrie songs which are designed to be played in Stadiums, even i was dancing about like a loon singing [bellowing tunelessly] 'the train is coming' during 'Where's the Revolution'. Not quite up the with Springsteen in 85 but they made the London Stadium seem like a Basildon night club, they encored with a cover of 'Heroes' which just added to the fun, I'm now a DM convert
Bowie - Heroes dug it out after my DM experience, where does this stand in the Bowie canon now, has it had a Ziggy Style relegation to not as good as we thought it was? I hope not as it's a gem, not as good as TMWSTW or Station but just behind, and 'Secret Life of Arabia' is a song which I've often felt spoilt the end of the LP but just clicked this time around
SunnO)))-Monoliths & Dimensions, Kannon a suitable counterpoint to last weeks sunshine
BTO-Live In Japan because Taking Care of Business is my new favourite song
other gaps have been filled by a D/L of the FLoyd massive box thing, an awful lot of John Latham pts 1-whatever and I'm not overly impressed with the early stuff, I need to work out if I really want a bunch of DVDs I'll hardly ever watch to get the tracks I'll really listen to, that old question of do I really need 3 versions of Echoes/Atom Heart Mother or should I get the new PigsX7 LP , first world problems eh!
Klaus Schulze - Cyborg, Irrlicht I used to have a bunch of Klaus Schulze tapes which have long wowed and fluttered their way to the tape graveyard but I've been replacing them with the MIG reissues and absolutely loving them
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machineryelf
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 05, 2017, 13:48
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riverman wrote:
GAS - Narkopop. Excellent new album from Wolfgang Voigt, revisiting his 90s early 00s GAS project. Deep forest orchestral techno!
damn another one on the list, I take it this matches up with the other GAS releases
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jb lamptoast-morsley
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 05, 2017, 16:48
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Herbert - Scales. Modern Orchestral arrangements with great vocals. Great composer too.
Herbaliser - Remedies
PJ Harvey - Stories from the City, stories from the Sea. She doesn't let you down, this gal.
Philip Glass - Heroes Symphony
Magik Markers - Gucci Rapidshare Download
Howlin Rain - Wildlife.
Cakewalk - Transfixed
New Model Army - Thunder and consolation. Not sure about this!
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thesweetcheat
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 05, 2017, 19:33
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jb lamptoast-morsley wrote: New Model Army - Thunder and consolation. Not sure about this!
A bit marmite this lot. I absolutely love this record to bits.
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Squid Tempest
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 05, 2017, 21:48
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Great list Mr Elf! A good read indeed.
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Spaceship mark
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 05, 2017, 21:50
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Fatalist wrote:
Spaceship – A Prospect Of Loughton Brook. This is a proper deep listening experience, sound-processed field recordings of a stream’s journey through Epping Forest, augmented by simple piano and synth. Reminded me a bit of Jon Brooks’ excellent Autres Directions, which similarly uses environmental sounds as the basis for its tracks, but this is rawer and stranger: http://forged-river.com/album/a-prospect-of-loughton-brook
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it, and the Jon Brooks comparison is flattering. I really like that album...
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Fatalist
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 06, 2017, 14:45
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Spaceship mark wrote: Fatalist wrote:
Spaceship – A Prospect Of Loughton Brook. This is a proper deep listening experience, sound-processed field recordings of a stream’s journey through Epping Forest, augmented by simple piano and synth. Reminded me a bit of Jon Brooks’ excellent Autres Directions, which similarly uses environmental sounds as the basis for its tracks, but this is rawer and stranger: http://forged-river.com/album/a-prospect-of-loughton-brook
Thanks! I'm glad you're enjoying it, and the Jon Brooks comparison is flattering. I really like that album...
It's great, isn't it. Really like the last track on yours with the violin.
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spencer
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 06, 2017, 15:14
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Miles: try the Transmission Impossible cheapo 3CD live box...a corker, in my view - plenty of Jap broadcast stuff
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garerama
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Re: Soundtracks of Our Lives week ending 3 June 2017 CE
Jun 07, 2017, 00:22
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spencer wrote: Miles: try the Transmission Impossible cheapo 3CD live box...a corker, in my view - plenty of Jap broadcast stuff
Thanks for the recommendation. I shall investigate ... can't have too much Miles!
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