What are you listening to and WHY might anyone be interested? (Vol. XI)
Posted by: Richard Dane on 31 December 2014
On the cusp of 2015, we start a new thread...
Anyway, links:
Volume X: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...-be-interested-vol-x
Volume IX: https://forums.naimaudio.com/to...16#22826037054683416
Volume VIII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...nt/12970396056050819
Volume VII: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...6878604287751/page/1
Volume VI: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878604097229
Volume V: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605140495
Volume IV: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878605795042
Volume III: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607309474
Volume II: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878606245043
Volume I: https://forums.naimaudio.com/di...ent/1566878607464290
Via Spotify - while interesting music, difficult to get my head around it if I totally like it or if it's just fine as background music.
Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band - The Distance (1982)
Vinyl
Keith Urban
"Get Closer" (deluxe edition 2011) mp3
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Appliance ~ Six Modular Pieces (2000)
Talk of this yesterday inspired me to give it a spin today.
"Six Modular Pieces is exactly what it advertises - circular electronic atmospherics reminiscent of Fripp/Eno's No Pussyfooting, early Can, Sonic Youth in its more pastoral moments. Four of six tracks are instrumental; all are lyrical, evocative. "20 Minutes from the East" is a headlong rush towards arrival; "Derailleur, King of the Mountain" a leisurely canyon hike near a mountain stream; "Slow Roller" a steady, cruising steamroller."
Dave Matthews Band
"Stand Up" (2005) mp3
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Appliance ~ Imperial Metric (2001)
Their penultimate album providing more excellent music from this band.
"Very few albums have impressed me as quickly and completely as Imperial Metric, the first Appliance work I ever heard and still my favoruite. Hauntingly beautiful soundscapes with lusciously etherial intelligence- perfect for watching the cosmos or divining the mysteries of life. This work's sonic expanse will take you there."
On the better end of the "smooth jazz" spectrum:
Evening Hymns
"Spectral Dusk" (2012) mp3
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
Appliance ~ Are You Earthed? 2002
Sadly, their final album.
"The meeting of warm organic sounds and a love of DIY electronics on Are You Earthed?, Appliance's fourth album and their most cohesive work yet, suggests the Exeter trio is hardly production-line. Previous outings Imperial Metric and Six Modular Pieces were heavy on electronic instrumentals, but singer James Brooks rediscovers his voice and delivers the sci-fi lullabies that govern the album in a soothing Lou Reed-meets-Tim Burgess drawl. Likewise, live guitars, drums and bass take to the forefront once again and are electronically enhanced rather than overwhelmed: the title track is Spacemen 3 paranoia with a dirty funk bassline, while the mesmerising segue of electronic raindrops, robotic cricket chirps and warm piano drone on "violins" caps off one of Appliance's most intriguing and beautifully accomplished pieces to date." --Leslie Gilotti
Joe Henry
"Kindness Of The World" (1999) mp3
Pleasant relaxing album, not complex but good for a quiet evening...
On CD:-
Streaming | CD FLAC rip
On very old vinyl, bought new:
steve
Interesting version of the music of Michael Jackson, with an own Rava spin - like it
Original Vinyl
On CD:-
The up and coming Liam Hayes album due out Monday next week.
Another first spin of a song recital. Christian Gerhaher has a high baritone, very evenly produced. He lends these mostly moody songs a sad, sweet quality - not for every moment of the day, but brilliant right now.
EJ