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

David Knopfler

Wishbones - Tidal HiFi

Edward

Cyril, Gone Through Years, Tidal.

This debut album is thematically based on H.G. Wells' story 'The Time Machine', which is a big ask! but it does deliver.

Well worth a listen.

A + | WAV

(1970)

Their second album from when the band were still finding their direction, this one with orchestral strings, precedes Rick Wakeman's arrival and saw Peter Banks (guitar) leaving after it was released.  

Missa Luba - an obscure 1960's pressing in the B&B I was staying in in Ghent at the weekend, by an outfit from the Belgian Congo.

Because it is innocent, heartfelt, haunting and atmospheric.

There was a turntable in the room and about 100 LPs to listen to!

David Knopfler

The Anthology - 16bit 44.1kHz Wave

Edward

These 3 Albion Albums back to back from Tidal.

Jolly good they are too.

JJCale - Troubadour

Jeff Beck - There and Back

Steve Hackett - Genesis Revisited

SLIM68, What sort of music is Albion? I can't find anything on them.

A + WAV

(2009)

BBC Review: Appropriating primitive rock riffs and then subjecting them to subversive psych-tinged FX-laden ju-ju, Wooden Shjips generate manic, warped pulses of pop-rock that don't just make your ears bleed but get your toes tapping at the same time.

Emanating out of the dissonant fringes of the San Francisco noise scene, their second full length album continues to plough the visceral furrows first heard on 2007's self-titled debut.

Of course 'full length' in the context of Wooden Shjips generally runs to about 35 minutes give or take a few seconds of ear-splitting din. Yet that small but perfectly malformed number means there's not much of the kind of chaff encountered on CDs lasting twice as long. Quality not quantity is the deciding factor here.

Down By The Sea occupies 10 of those precious minutes. The spatter-pattern from Erik 'Ripley' Johnson's twisted guitar and wrecked harmonics, spray madly across monolithic slabs of rhythm like some turbo-charged Jackson Pollock.

Drawing upon obvious influences such as the Velvet Underground and Loop, their instrumental frenzy is topped by largely indecipherable vocals. Impressionistic and resistant to any concrete meaning, they're like a collision between Jim Morrison's sneer and Damo Suzuki of Can's haunted whispers.

In the resulting obscure poetry that such an encounter produces, the brain composites these sombre murmurings into a vestigial sense that's not so much understood as simply felt.

An album of experimental music you can cut the rug to: every dream home (with or without heartaches) should have one! -- Sid Smith

Got Riddim

Sly And Robbie - The Island Collection 85-90

Eat lights Become lights - Nature Reserve

One of the best of the new motorik/kosmische bands (out of London) has a new album out. And it's fab - driving motorik beats with a dash of spacey interludes.

Bandcamp

Paul Weller - Stanley Road remastered on vinyl

A + | WAV

(2011)

(2011)

In need of more from the Shjips so playing the 11 minute EP phonograph followed by the full (37 minute) album West. If these boys had been on the West Coast scene in the late sixties they would have been a huge underground sensation. 

*Edit I should add that I've just run a Dynamic Range (DR) check on West  using the facility on Audirvana Plus (A+) and it has broken all records for albums in my collection having a DR of just about 4 with the lowest being 2!! Still, it suits the music and there is always beer or Neurofen to sort out the after affects. 

BigH47 posted:

SLIM68, What sort of music is Albion? I can't find anything on them.

Hi BigH47, 

Progressive rock would be as good a description as any. They are a Polish band that have been around since the early 90's. Plenty of Marillion/Genesis influence. I think they are a very talented bunch. Katarzyna Sobkowicz the Female vocalist is fantastic to these ears. Tidal have all the albums I have posted.

All the best, Simon.

Good job it's supposed to be a wall of Sound Steve! I must admit I never do DR checks, just go with the flow.

Edit: with reference to Wooden Shjips.

Earlier this afternoon, very enjoyable...

Just finished this one. Driving a bit much on the rhythm section....

Gary Shaw posted:

Good job it's supposed to be a wall of Sound Steve! I must admit I never do DR checks, just go with the flow.

Yep indeed and it suits their music perfectly, I never used to check the DR but its a tool available on A+ so its become a recent new toy to play with... 

Slim68 posted:

BigH47 posted:

SLIM68, What sort of music is Albion? I can't find anything on them.

Hi BigH47, 

Progressive rock would be as good a description as any. They are a Polish band that have been around since the early 90's. Plenty of Marillion/Genesis influence. I think they are a very talented bunch. Katarzyna Sobkowicz the Female vocalist is fantastic to these ears. Tidal have all the albums I have posted.

All the best, Simon.

Thanks for that Simon, BigH beat me to asking the question earlier, I'll be giving them a go.

Stevee_S posted:

Slim68 posted:

BigH47 posted:

SLIM68, What sort of music is Albion? I can't find anything on them.

Hi BigH47, 

Progressive rock would be as good a description as any. They are a Polish band that have been around since the early 90's. Plenty of Marillion/Genesis influence. I think they are a very talented bunch. Katarzyna Sobkowicz the Female vocalist is fantastic to these ears. Tidal have all the albums I have posted.

All the best, Simon.

Thanks for that Simon, BigH beat me to asking the question earlier, I'll be giving them a go.

You may also have seen my posts on Jerzy Antczak/Georgius, he is their Guitarist, Who I rate highly.

Kraftwerk, Computer-World, 1981 Japanese vinyl. No reason, just fancied hearing it.

A + | WAV

(2003)

From the In Mono vinyl box. Wow! That bass!