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ANy comments please: although i usually listen to chamber/instrumental ie. acoustic, classic music, i thought i liked the raunchy easy style of this voice etc. What a diff. between the radio and Kans speaker presentation. Even at 1/4 amp. volume i was...

I just downloaded my first piece of music off of the internet. I got the whole album in one large mp3 file. Now my question is what do I use to break it up into it's component tracks, before I try burning it to CD.It's bit-rate is 192. Will this be...

Well I have started, have two herbaliser, two Mr Scruffs, but I think there must be a lot more out there, any recommendatons for the king of the mis-spelt?

got my copy of the self titled album from new "supergroup" audioslave on friday, and after listening to it over the weekend thought i'd post a quick review.for those who don't know, the group comprises of ex-soundgarden front man chris cornell, and...

Well here it is, afater a few weeks in the wilderness I am finally able to play reacord again.On the deck: Herbaliser : Blow your headphones, Frank Zappa: waka Jawaka, Blues: Blues Power (mix) Jethro Tull: Heavy Horses, Songs From The Woods, Wishbone...

I recently picked up Jerzy Semkow's (who?) 1976 recording of this wonderful opera on the cheap. After listening to it, I am definitely interested in finding a better recording of the work. It's not that this performance is terrible - it's quite good -...

Reading through the posts in this Forum you come across many strange names chosen by the beat combos to uniquely identify themselves. But where do the ideas for band names come from?A few examples I can think of...Van Der Graaf Generator - after the...

I found a Charlie Parker LP at a record and CD fair in Canterbury last weekend, which I've just cleaned up and is currently on the Mighty Garrard. There's absoluely no personnel information on the record. It's called Bird Song and has the following...

Latest in the great Blue series from Thirsty Ear (www.thirstyear.com) this extraordinary record has bowled me over. It features huge layered turntabalism, hiphop funk and electronica with some of the best musicians in modern jazz (the ubiquitous...

I was able to borrow a copy of Alfred Schnittke's Life with an Idiot from my local library and was simply amazed at this opera. The story, in so far as there is a comprehensible one, is told twice, and the whole thing is just about the most grotesque,...

OK as well as the spelling other things are not looking so good.I have covered floyd, and yes. Also I have a fairly good collection of Bowie, most of Clapton and a good amount of Mayell.I have the whole fila catalouge and a heck of a lot of zappa.I...

Hi there,Not sure that how many of you are into Japanese techno-pop, i.e. Yellow Magic Orchestra or YMO (perhaps R. Sakamoto would be more familiar to you). If you are into Kraftwerk, you won't be disappointed. They have numerous collabration between...

Anyone else gotta hold of this gem from 2001.Loads of musical influences from Yes, Genesis, and Floyd etc: etc:Beautifully recorded and the rhythmic tracks just bounce along.

If you were too young or too old to catch the early nineties rave scene you can relive it at your computer through sites likeBack to the Old Skool. This has music and video of many of the defining tracks from that era such as A Guy called Gerrald's...

Anyone else heard the 2002 release of this piece. Just listened to it once after purchase, but sounded pretty flabby and unfocused. How are these LSO live CD's in general, they certainly are inexpensive.Bruce

Is there a particular meaning to the band's name?

Last night I played out Live Herald by Steve Hillage, that took me back to my youth. Having seen that Coma Divine has been delayed (again) I went on to Amazon to have a browse.So I looked up Live Herald and went to the "People who bought this also...

Short and sweet, I notice a decline in the traditional fanzine - it seems that they're dropping like flies. Is this due to the net?TC '..'"Girl, you thought he was a man, but he was a Muffin..."

Being largely ignorant of (and somewhat uninterested in) rap developments since the late-80s, I'd nonetheless love to find more fantastic sounds like this:Cannibal Ox: The Cold VeinI'm sure there are a few here that could point me in the right...

1. Coldplay - Rush Of Blood2. David Gray - New DayThese two are seriously bad recordings/productions.The new Santana isn't much better. A friend has a Buddy Holly CD recorded in 1958 that pisses on these discs.What is going on. Is it fashion, or ...

Only had one play but feels like it's going to be a real grower. Nice to have a record that's not overproduced but is brimming full of melody and invention. No second album stumble here. I think Mr Gough will be around for many years to come.

Scientific research has shown that all 'normal' human beings age at the same rate. We all become roughly one year older every 365 days or so. When God was at his drawing board, he/she/it designed us so that as we get older our tastes in many areas...

I have just lifted from my mailbox the latest edition of the UNCUT mag. Excellent compilation disc from The Wizened Stone.Regards AQD

Yup that's right. Going on right now, vinyl only and for how much longer I know not. No one there seemed to know either. I picked up a nice pile at the 18th St. store. I'm not sure if the sale is going on at the 10th St. store.

THe Wire magazine has released a 3CD set of music from the edge and the fringes which might interest some in this forum.It contains music from Derek Bailey, Coil, Fela Kuti, This Heat, Pauline Oliveros, Pam Sonic, John Coltrane and more. You can get...