What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. X)

Dave Brock - Strange Trips & Pipe Dreams  -  fold out cover cd,

lots of amusing messing around with samples in the studio between heavily dominated synth tracks gives this album its flavour. There are great versions of "Space is Deep"and "The Death Of War" (Bosnia) which would appeal to any of the die hard Hawkwind fans. 

Mindy Smith "Mindy Smith"

Jerry Joseph & Steve Drizos "Denmark Veseys"

Joe Henry "Blood For Stars"

One and only.

I loved long enough to see the groove's back after 30+ years. (Daft Punk RAM )

On vinyl. Soothing Saturday night music.

It's been said that Walter has developed a close friendship with the composer and that he was *the* authority on Mahler programs.

Certainly this is very different Symphony 1 from what I have heard so far by others. The first half is rather plain and heavy but it gets sort of interesting from the Funeral March and after. There is a clever touch where the soloists are out of sync playing on top of each other creating a deliberately disjointed harmony.

Hard to imagine this is how Mahler wanted it to be played, but If one has a patience to get through the first half, the finale’s fireworks is pretty cool. I have never heard Walter firing on all cylinders like that.

Something nice and gentle to start the day.

Natalie Maines on vinyl.

The perfect music for Sunday morning, sometimes magical but not across the record his Beethoven cd was better - still better then most others

John Vanderslice "White Wilderness"

G

Junior Wells followed by some Eddie Boyd.

Both on vinyl

Japanese copy of the Floyd's "Relics" in a very nice gatefold:

Great album - I first heard this in 1999 when the guy I bought my CDS from played Lazy flies through the CDS into nac52 with Linn Klout power amps and keltic speakers. Also heard Gomez's debut album for the first time that day and loved it ever since.

Moody and atmospheric CD of bonus tracks included in the latest album from Emily Barker  'Vena Portae'.

Julia Stone "The Memory Machine"

Delicate playing, not as delicate as Lang, but very good in high res...

Vinyl:

IMO this is the best post PG Genesis album. What do you lot think 

Graham.

'Trick...' & 'Seconds Out' then 'Wind..' for me.

G

Black Sabbath on vertigo swirl.