Maaan, I've been going stir crazy this last week. This is generally the time of year I start heading fer the hills, or at least the paths less trodden, but stuck in the same old suburban trackways has had me dribbling (and a weird lack of attention span). So I bought some super cheap headphones and tried to head for some deep listening, bit still found focus hard...any tips fellow HHer's ? or you all feeling the same (hopefully not). Anyways, the few albums I did manage to get through were....
Trees Speak - Shadow Falls
Track 5 - Automat is my jam of the week, though it's over waaay too soon.
https://soundsoftheuniverse.com/sjr/product/shadow-forms
Japan - Exorcising Ghosts
Unusual 'best of' from the 80's, but has some of my fav' Japan tracks, so all good.
David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
'Maria' on this fabulous album showed me music's amazing capacity for time travel. That song put me right back in 1987, in my OK sized bedsit near Moseley, candles lit, dinner served, slightly tipsy, romancing that special one who got away, lets call her Naomi. Prob my fav Sylvian 'proper' album (as in not too avant) alongside 'Flux and Mutibility', which is a yummy ambient affair with Holger Czuckay from Can. Found a rather wonderful live version of Maria up on youtube along an apparent unreleased gem called 'Wasn't I Joe' (great electronic percussion sounds). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUgIDNfZU48
Bauhaus - Mask (2008 box) In The Flat Field (2008 Box)
Great sounding remasters from Beggars Banquet, showing how to do a proper box set. Only sad they never did it for the rest of the Bauhaus releases at the time. I was tempted by those 40th anniversary remastered vinyls (horrible colours it's gotta be said), but apparently they were warped, badly pressed and generally shit, so I'm not gonna bother. Would love to hear the remaster of Sky's Gone Out though. Found a great live gig from 1980. Must be between the above albums releases, cos' 'Dancing and 'Poison Pen' are rough sketches and not yet fully formed. Great to see Pete in all his dervish glory. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upZ0RrmFKVE
Cope - Rite 2
Coil - Musick to Play in The Dark v:2
'Tiny Golden Books' and Rite's 'D.c.o.m.p.o.s.e.r. could be musical cousins in vibe and structure. Rite2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwAWrRLxDqU
Musick2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwtTzIMUsuo
Also a decent docu on Stiv Bators over on Prime called 'Stiv: No Compromise No Regrets'. Well worth a watch if yu were a fan.
Anyhoo, that's me. Keep well. xx
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