What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (VOL V)

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by Lontano:
The Necks - Silverwater - named after the suburb of Sydney near the Olympic Park, I used to cycle round here regularly. First listen, will probably not be such easy listening.

It would be hard to follow that listening experience so I have not. Challenging, abstract, highly absorbing and quite compelling on first listen. I look forward to revisiting this one very soon.

Sounds v interesting...they seem to have a large discography too.

Father Christmas, uncannily (or very cannily) dropped this down my chimney too.

Not often that musical boundries are stretched over 600 years. The result is something quite new and, dare I say it, more spiritual than (plain old) plainsong. This electronic and ethereal soundscape shifts our vantage point on Dufay's music completely, not making it more accessible, just wholly different.

Laura Veirs "Saltbreakers"

an old favourite...

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Originally posted by droodzilla:


an old favourite...

Like it too, got it as a freebie from my local record store in Sydney at the time.

Done some"Spotify" comparisons:

Eric Hutchinson - Sounds Like This, OK sounds a bit like a white guy trying to sing like Stevie Wonder.Didn't come off for me.

The Temper Trap - Conditions, this I quite like.

Fortunately they didn't have anything from The Necks!!

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Originally posted by BigH47:

Fortunately they didn't have anything from The Necks!!

I don't think you'll like it! It is not easy at all but it creates an atmosphere that was impossible for me to follow last night. But anyway, come on over for a listen and I'll ply you with a drink or two to see if you can appreciate it.

Continuing with the avant-garde. Music for voice, amplified flute and piano. Rather strange.

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Originally posted by tpia:
Continuing with the avant-garde.

Did you like the Dufay/Ambrose Field?

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by BigH47:

Fortunately they didn't have anything from The Necks!!

I don't think you'll like it! It is not easy at all but it creates an atmosphere that was impossible for me to follow lat night. But anyway, come on over for a listen and I'll ply you with a drink or two to see if you can appreciate it.

For completeness sake I haven't actually heard anything by them, I was interpreting from your coments.
Better or worse than that Japanese piano guy?

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Originally posted by BigH47:

Better or worse than that Japanese piano guy?

Probably much worse. That had a tune. This is more about atmospheres. It is only something that can listened to as a whole - 67 mins, one track and for much of it nothing happens, just repetitive noises. I reckon it will be another of those "I would rather put pins in my eyes" moments.

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Continuing with the avant-garde.

Did you like the Dufay/Ambrose Field?

Very much, both to listen to and also because it is a genuinely innovative contribution; delightfully executed. I found a sense of apocalypse in the electronic overlays that made the plainsong more poignant - more mortal. Both beautiful and disturbing.

Steve Tannen "Big Senorita"

Another Sydney based experimental jazz/electronics band that have got some good recognition on the international experimental stage.

Moving on to John Taylor's last solo album:



Inexplicably, the CD comes with a set of four stickers depicting the album cover.

Not the John Taylor of Duran Duran fame, by the way.

The Weepies "Hideaway"

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Originally posted by droodzilla:

Inexplicably, the CD comes with a set of four stickers depicting the album cover.

Camjazz have started issuing stickers will all their new CD's. I have n' worked out what to do with them.

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Another Sydney based experimental jazz/electronics band that have got some good recognition on the international experimental stage.

Thanks will look out for that... actually continuing on the Dufay I am reminded of the final sequence in Kubrick's 2001 where Ligeti's Aventures is used to great effect.

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Originally posted by Lontano:

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Originally posted by droodzilla:

Inexplicably, the CD comes with a set of four stickers depicting the album cover.

Camjazz have started issuing stickers will all their new CD's. I have n' worked out what to do with them.

Thanks for clearing that up Adrian. I just bought tickets for Gianluigi Trovesi and Louis Sclavis at King's Place (18th and 19th March, respectively), so let me know if you're going to either.

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Originally posted by tpia:

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Originally posted by Lontano:
Another Sydney based experimental jazz/electronics band that have got some good recognition on the international experimental stage.

Thanks will look out for that... actually continuing on the Dufay I am reminded of the final sequence in Kubrick's 2001 where Ligeti's Aventures is used to great effect.

I like the Triosk CD, but have never got on with The Necks (to be fair, I've only heard one CD by them - Mosquito, I think it was called).