Non Metal Now Listening

[Carnage]

It's well worth picking up the Heart And Soul boxset, it's got the majority of their studio output (inc. demos & singles) spread over 3 discs plus a live one an' all. A few bits missing apparently but there's about 40 non-album studio tracks there.

[Carnage]

Yes: Fragile

I've never really listened to them but this came up in the Rick Beato / Les Claypool interview so I said I'd give it a go. It has its moments but isn't really for me.

Jean-Michel Jarre: Oxygène

First listen to this as well. We've all heard Part IV and I always regarded it as fairly cheesy and throwaway, but in the context of the album it works fairly well. The whole thing is so well produced too, that carries a lot of weight. Enjoyable.

FSOL and The Orb owe him a hell of a lot.

[open face surgery]

I absolutely love Fragile.

[Carnage]

Ah yeah, it's not bad or anything, just not hitting the spot for me. On another day, in another mood it might be different. I'm not the biggest prog fan so was just dipping a toe in the water anyway.

Culper Ring: 355

[Mooncat]

It's well worth picking up the Heart And Soul boxset, it's got the majority of their studio output (inc. demos & singles) spread over 3 discs plus a live one an' all. A few bits missing apparently but there's about 40 non-album studio tracks there.

I'll def check that out. It was interesting to hear the original EP and hear him sing in his normal voice rather than his usual baritone! I moved onto Movement after which is the opposite: Bernard Sumner singing in a forced baritone rather than his normal voice 

[Carnage]

Yeah, it just wasn't the same. Movement's decent but has nothing on the JD material.

That boxset is great but the tracklisting is annoying, stuff out of order and scattered across the discs - apart from the album tracks themselves, they're grouped together. As I was reading Hook's book on the band I threw a chronolocigal playlist together from the studio material, grand for showing the development of the band and the songs.

[Ducky]

Love a bit of "Fragile", but I'd say "The Yes Album" is probably their best introductory record.

[Jward]

Mulatu Astatke featuring Fekade Amde Maskal – Ethio Jazz

Picked this up at the weekend with some ambient techno & hip hop.

Ethiopian Funk-Jazz with a Latin influence (Horace Silver style).
Pretty good recording; good playing on it.

[Carnage]

Harvestman: Lashing The Rye
Robert Fripp & Brian Eno: (No Pussyfooting)

[Mooncat]

Siousxie and the Banshees - Juju

Top quality stuff, every track is good. Great guitar playing too, kind of a proto johnny Marr.

[Mooncat]

Theo Vandenhoff

They're kind of gothy postpunk new wave. The singer sounds exactly like Andrew Eldritch.

[open face surgery]

This, and everything else I've checked out, is exceptional:

https://littlebarrie.bandcamp.com/album/electric-war

[Eoin McLove]

This, and everything else I've checked out, is exceptional:

https://littlebarrie.bandcamp.com/album/electric-war

Interesting stuff. I'm not usually into that kind of jazzy style- it always makes me think of Dirty Harry- but that's quite cool actually. Lovely expressive and playful guitar playing on it. It has a bit of a loosey-goosey jam room buzz, but the playing is sweet. Imperfect and very human, but sweet. Sounds like it would be fun to play.

[open face surgery]

I can, oddly enough, sorta get the Dirty Harry thing but I like it

As far as this goes, I think it just all sits and works perfectly. Nothing overplayed.

[Carnage]

Vanilla Fudge: s/t
Blue Cheer: Vincebus Eruptum