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Monganaut 2383 posts |
Oct 05, 2020, 15:50
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Yeah, Trish was a sad loss, waaay too young, and to an flu/pneumonia that should have been spotted earlier. I feel Broadcast would have continued much further into some interesting realms if she was still around (not to say Cargill had no influence, quite the opposite, but I always felt she was the driving force of their sound). I'm a year older than you, and I think her, Peel and Balances early passing hit me harder than I'd have expected. I was pals with Tim and Roj in the early Pre Broadcast days, but lost touch over the years as you do when you've a family and they don't (Roj did have a kid with another friend, but things didn't end well for that relationship sadly). Do enjoy the Children Of Alice stuff, but doesn't get the spins it deserves. Ditto the Berbarian OST. Trish was a bit younger than me, but grew up in the same place, a weird concrete brutaist council estate on the edge of Birmingham which was interspersed with odd green spaces, parks and woods, with the countryside only a few miles away. I gotta say, I enjoyed my childhood there, before it's later decline. Daft as it sounds, I can deffo hear the influence of that environment in Broadcasts mid period records, before they moved out to a more 'rural' setting to raise their kid, I think it was Hungerford, but could be wrong there. Anyway, I digress......Keep Well.
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Monganaut 2383 posts |
Oct 05, 2020, 15:54
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Yeah, tbh I just left youtube doing it's thing whilst I was tiling, and it came up with stuff I'd not played in a long time (plus my CD's are stored out of the way cos' the house is in upheaval due to major DIY projects underway, lost my job cos' of covid, and need to earn my keep so to speak :).
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keith a 9576 posts |
Oct 05, 2020, 17:08
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Abbey Road – The Beatles Understated – Edwyn Collins S/T – The Doors Open Up (CDS) – Leftfield/Lydon Egypt Station - Paul McCartney Ship Ahoy – The O'Jays Transformer – Lou Reed Out Of Our Heads – The Rolling Stones Birth Of A Nation (Inevitable Records: An Independent Liverpool 1979-1986) – V/A Moanin' In The Moonlight - Howlin' Wolf
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garerama 1119 posts |
Oct 05, 2020, 17:27
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Thanks for sharing that with me. Got into Broadcast too late - when Witch cults was released and was really getting into them when Trish passed away. Playing the Hintermass album a lot as well lately. Yeah the whole Balance Sleazy loss affected me - having been a big PTV, Coil etc obsessive since mid-late 80s.
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Fatalist 1123 posts |
Oct 05, 2020, 18:06
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White Dog – s/t. Austin-based rockers and latest signings to Rise Above. Sounding like a proggier Allman Brothers. Not bad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG0UxufiSaY North Americans – Roped In. New agey American Primitive guitar and pedal steel combo. Again, not bad: https://northamericanszone.bandcamp.com/album/roped-in-2 Ray Russell – Fluid Architecture. Avant jazz guitarist who worked with Bill Fay and went on to compose the theme to Bergerac (!) returns with a pretty decent offering. Fans of Terje Rypdal take note: https://cuneiformrecords.bandcamp.com/album/fluid-architecture-2 Kairon; IRSE! – Polysomn. This is a hell of an earworm: https://kaironirse.bandcamp.com/track/welcome-blue-valkyrie Hawkwind Light Orchestra – Carnivorous Spriguns – Time Will Pass / Magic Lady. Been meaning to properly check these out for a while. This actually *is* acidic folk rock about witchcraft and Satan as opposed to all the other bands for which such is claimed. Check this version of an old standard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUOsKbG6gew&list=PL55664FBB78B388F2&index=6 Highway Robbery – For Love Or Money. An old Cope favourite getting a reissue. Horrible production but very heavy in places, certainly for 1972: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6MWkUdpVJc Fleetwood Mac – Future Games. Other than the ‘hits’, I know very little of FM’s oeuvre. This was perfectly pleasant if not amazing. Burnin’ Red Ivanhoe – M144. Oh blimey, why haven’t I checked these guys out before? Great jazz/psych rock from Denmark, and before the likes of Can, just about the first European band to be taken seriously by the UK press. Love this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxSXEofTvhc VA – Living On The Hill (CD1)
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Monganaut 2383 posts |
Oct 06, 2020, 00:18
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Fatalist wrote: Fleetwood Mac – Future Games. Other than the ‘hits’, I know very little of FM’s oeuvre. This was perfectly pleasant if not amazing. Like yourself ,I'm not that familiar with much work of 'Da Mac' other than what was on the radio growing up (and an older sisters incessant playing of Rumours, which I guess I absorbed by osmosis being in the general area sometimes). But you gotta hear the liars version of 'The Chain', absolutely one of my favourite cover versions ever...think it was on some MOJO other bands rehash of Rumours from many moons ago... Peeps i play it to either love it or hate it, so its a bit of a marmite track but hey, worth a listen. Liars - The Chain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYRmpy-AtdM
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Monganaut 2383 posts |
Edited Oct 06, 2020, 01:16
Oct 06, 2020, 00:48
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I (we) inadvertently caught them quite early on at the Phoenix festival in 1997, playing Guardian Stage (which if I recall properly was a fairly small tent), I'd not realised that Tim and Roj were in the same band at the time. My wife's boss had tickets for the festy and couldn't go so we managed to get first dibbs. Didn't stay the whole time though, as our eldest nipper was our first born at the time, and we had to head home pretty early, as she was fairly young. I then forgot about Broadcast for a couple years, but heard Echo's Answer on the Peel Festive Fifty and was hooked from thereon in. Was a good year as I recall... https://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/festive50s/1990s/1999/ Caught them another time live at the Birmingham Irish Centre on one of those Peel live shows. It was also probably the best Broadcast live performance I saw them, they were deffo locked in that night, They had these beautiful retro space/geometric graphics behind them. I'd had a few shrooms, so it was all very nice :) It was simultaneously broadcast live at the same time on the radio. I Got my missus to record it whilst I was out. Still have a minidisc of it somewhere, and I think it's probably on the web somewhere...in fact, here it is.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7F_7Y9hoM Keep meaning to go visit Johnns burial place/memorial in the Lake District, but have yet to summon up the courage. Listening to all the Coil last week made me realise what a loss they were. Not many artists affected me as they do. I see Johnn as our nearest contemporary to William Blake, those lyrics and atmospheres still amaze me. (Well you could include Cope too in that whole Blakeian remit, but for me, moreso Johnn). I've yet to really appreciate the Hintermass record, there's something I just can't get into about it, ditto the new Plone album Puzzlewood. Though I think that is cos' I find it more than a little derivative of that whole Ghostbox vibe. Plone... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcyIlONlFjM&list=PLg74NPkxeRvLLRx4JFGXFtu6kIRGMHiyP
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jb lamptoast-morsley 2448 posts |
Edited Oct 06, 2020, 13:48
Oct 06, 2020, 12:48
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Funnily enough with all the mention of Coil in soundtracks this week, I had been listening to Ape of Naples which I found surprisingly accessible (not knowing much about the band but expecting a harder time!). Where to next? * Update * I'm quite enjoying Time Machine Other stuff: Clannad - Clannad 2. Nah! The Cinematic Orchestra - To Believe. Seem to be moving away from their essential period 10-20 years ago Clara Luzia - When I take your hand Clive from Accounts - The trouble with Clive EP. Cluster - II Colosseum - Valentyne Suite. Friend from my dad's generation recommended this but sounds quite dated to me as it is entitled to do so i guess. Comacozer - Mydriasis The Comet is Coming - Death to the planet, Trust in the Lifeforce of the deep mystery. Not much to dislike here for modern edgy jazz fans. Didn't knock me out either, mind Cosey Fanni Tutti - Tutti. Quite respectable effort of electro synth fare from recent times The Cosmic Dead - Scottish Space Race. Me likey Crass - Penis Envy, Christ the album. Wanted to like them after loving the Jeffrey Lewis covers, but didn't really. Like the message but not the delivery Craven Faults - Erratics and Unconformities Cream - Wheels on Fire Michael Hurley and the unholy Rounders - Have Moicy. Listened to this several times. Punk attitude folkies from the 60s and 70's which is a delightful mix for me Steve Hillage - Green. Produced by Dave Mason who seems to be getting a bit of press these days. What one would expect really Grooverider - Mysteries of Funk Gogo Penguin - v2.0 Peter Gabriel - III, So Tim Hecker - Virgins Gong - Flying Teapot Gang of Four - Entertainment Guy Called Gerald - Essence
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Monganaut 2383 posts |
Edited Oct 06, 2020, 15:14
Oct 06, 2020, 15:10
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jb lamptoast-morsley wrote: Funnily enough with all the mention of Coil in soundtracks this week, I had been listening to Ape of Naples which I found surprisingly accessible (not knowing much about the band but expecting a harder time!). Where to next? * Update * I'm quite enjoying Time Machine There is a Timemachines II (and 3, though neither are up to the original release in my humble opinion) I'd say head straight to Musick to Play In the Dark Vols 1+2 for mor musical Coil. Fer a bit more variety, 'Moons Milk In Four Phases', the collected Solstice/Equinox EP's have some wonderful moments, as well as some noisy dissonance too. Early albums Like 'Scatology' and 'Horse Rotorvator', and the out-takes fer that period LP 'Gold Is The Metal With The Broadest Shoulders' are nicely odd but accessable, ditto their 'rave' period release 'Loves Secret Domain'. Proggier stuff like Astral Disaster have extended tracks up to 20 mins that is wonderfully relaxing. There's this Coil Live Archive http://live-coil-archive.com/ put together where you can listen or download whatever you want till yer hearts content. Despite it's name (yes it has pretty much every live show they've done) it has the regular albums too in Ogg, FLAC MP3 or APE, or whatever you want really. Happy listening. Do love that Craven Faults collection, esp on long car journeys. They've couple a new EP or LP's, out at the mo too... https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/live-works https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/enclosures
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garerama 1119 posts |
Oct 06, 2020, 15:22
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Monganaut wrote: jb lamptoast-morsley wrote: Funnily enough with all the mention of Coil in soundtracks this week, I had been listening to Ape of Naples which I found surprisingly accessible (not knowing much about the band but expecting a harder time!). Where to next? * Update * I'm quite enjoying Time Machine There is a Timemachines II (and 3, though neither are up to the original release in my humble opinion) I'd say head straight to Musick to Play In the Dark Vols 1+2 for mor musical Coil. Fer a bit more variety, 'Moons Milk In Four Phases', the collected Solstice/Equinox EP's have some wonderful moments, as well as some noisy dissonance too. Early albums Like 'Scatology' and 'Horse Rotorvator', and the out-takes fer that period LP 'Gold Is The Metal With The Broadest Shoulders' are nicely odd but accessable, ditto their 'rave' period release 'Loves Secret Domain'. Proggier stuff like Astral Disaster have extended tracks up to 20 mins that is wonderfully relaxing. There's this Coil Live Archive http://live-coil-archive.com/ put together where you can listen or download whatever you want till yer hearts content. Despite it's name (yes it has pretty much every live show they've done) it has the regular albums too in Ogg, FLAC MP3 or APE, or whatever you want really. Happy listening. Do love that Craven Faults collection, esp on long car journeys. They've couple a new EP or LP's, out at the mo too... https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/live-works https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/enclosures I can totally vouch with Monganaut there! My own personal fave is "Horse Rotorvator". "How To Destroy Angels" (very early single sided etched 12") is a beautiful piece as well. Best place to go is the archive. Happy listening!
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