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

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dave marshall posted:

Life after Zep????

Good album and I think this was the beginning of a great reunion culminating on that final(?) concert. I always  loved Michael Lee on drums and his enthusiastic performances, who sadly left us at the tender age of 39. RIP.

Sparse tuneful guitar playing............no longer with us, sadly.

Tony2011 posted:

dave marshall posted:

Life after Zep????

Good album and I think this was the beginning of a great reunion culminating on that final(?) concert. I always  loved Michael Lee on drums and his enthusiastic performances, who sadly left us at the tender age of 39. RIP.

Not sure whether the final concert was the BBC one, anyway the DVD is brilliant, and I agree, Michael Lee put everything into his drumming.

dave marshall posted:

Tony2011 posted:

dave marshall posted:

 

Life after Zep????

Good album and I think this was the beginning of a great reunion culminating on that final(?) concert. I always  loved Michael Lee on drums and his enthusiastic performances, who sadly left us at the tender age of 39. RIP.

Not sure whether the final concert was the BBC one, anyway the DVD is brilliant, and I agree, Michael Lee put everything into his drumming.

I was referring to their 2007 O2 concert, Dave.

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(2016)

Pleasing dronescapes as ever from Cousin Silas, relaxing interesting and involving. He's eschewed the longform he usually adopts and broken this up into six (micro dronescapes) of twelve minute pieces, delightful ambient music.

https://weareallghosts.bandcam...es-vol-1-waag-rel086

2001 - Original vinyl...

A-Ha, Hunting high and Low, prompted by a friend on Facebook talking about how old she feels.  Sadly I bought this on vinyl when it first came out, however, it sounds much less crap than I was expecting it to after all these years.  Flac via Audirvana/Hugo 

On vinyl...

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On vinyl...the SPT is really making a difference, this sounds fantastic!

apye! posted:

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On vinyl...the SPT is really making a difference, this sounds fantastic!

What is an SPT?

On the original vinyl:-

dayjay posted:

apye! posted:

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On vinyl...the SPT is really making a difference, this sounds fantastic!

What is an SPT?

Sorry, Lyra SPT, stylus perfomance treatment/cleaner.

Have just started using it yesterday and everything I play sounds so much better!

Ah, glad it's working for you, the suspense would have killed me! 

Men At Work, Business As Usual.  I bought this as a present on cassette for my brother when we were very young.  Sadly he didn't like it, but on the plus side I did, and still do although not on cassette.  Happy music - Flac via Audirvana/Hugo  

Third spin of Morava.

George Mraz (bass), Zuzana Lapcikova (voice), Emil Viklicky (piano).

From an audiophile perspective, I'd rank Melody Gardot high up in my list. She uses the audio soundstage very well in her albums and has a very silky and mature voice. Just an opinion.

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(1975)

Their first (official) live album, excluding Electronic Meditation which was a essentially a studio session recorded live.

"While the first set is (for Tangerine Dream) relatively heavy on electric guitar and percussion, the second set is particularly intriguing. Starting with their most straight-forward music yet, a beautiful solo piano piece, it quickly launches into the sequencer section, and then never lets up." Bullfinchart Discogs

Forogt I had this as it was stashed away in a set of HDD's I hardly ever look through.

Contains the wonderful September probably one of my most played tracks the year this was released. 

Shiv Kumar Sharma - Raag Rageshri 

Part 2 of an occasional series!

Shiv Kumar is generally acknowledged to have promoted the Santoor (a close cousin of the hammered dulcimer and cimbalom) into the accepted ranks of Indian Classical instruments, largely by increasing its range and developing a technique (can be seen in the video) for appearing to sustain notes.

While it doesn't have the expressive range of the sitar or sarod, it does lend itself to more overt melodies. 

Older folk here may remember the first cross-over Indian Classical album from the late 60s, Call Of The Valley, on which Shiv Kumar loomed large (and he has released several albums that attempt that cross-over again and are mostly awful). If you like this look out for his son's work (Rahul).

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(2016)

I can't seem to stop playing and enjoying all the music by Black Hill at the moment. All four of their  albums are a treat to relax with, instrumental ambient guitar feature strongly while their style is post rock heading toward shoegaze.

https://blackhill1.bandcamp.com/album/rivers-shores