soundfan Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 (edited) I think I need to play it again as I was very Meh when I first heard it. This however was wonderful on first listen and exquisite on 30th listen - just gets better - so haunting Grouper - Ruins Lol. I sort of feel the same way about Ruins. Guess I'll give it another spin. Although I must be honest, have only played it twice. I do love "The Man Who Died In His Boat" though. Edited September 11, 2015 by soundfan 1
metal beat Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 Lol. I sort of feel the same way about Ruins. Guess I'll give it another spin. I do love "The Man Who Died In His Boat" though. ha ha, classik no accounting for our own tastes the Man Who Died in His Boat is a classic as well. Dragging a dead deer up a Hill is good as well. 1
hired goon Posted September 11, 2015 Posted September 11, 2015 Low - Ones And Sixes -- via the spotifies. Can't believe I started listening to this band over 20 years ago, and they are still putting out great albums. --Geoff 1
Candyflip Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Kate - for breakfast, on CD. Lovely set. 1
hired goon Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 The Sounds Of The Cosmos -- a 3xCD mix by Tom Middleton of Global Communications and Jedi Knights fame, blending house, soul, and ambient. $0.99 delivered from eBay. Choice, bro! --Geoff 3
Jesco Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Great album - played my copy yesterday by coincidence! And mine arrived this week... so it's now also currently spinning here too Took a while to find a CD copy... SQ is vastly better than their previous release on CD too.
soundfan Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Low - Ones And Sixes -- via the spotifies. Can't believe I started listening to this band over 20 years ago, and they are still putting out great albums. --Geoff It's great. I have been Spotifying it too while waiting for the vinyl version to arrive. 1
ThirdDrawerDown Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 This is OK to chortle along morbidly in the background. Allmusic rate it as a step above the usual generic New Age music; they are not usually so sharp in their reviews: The longest composition, "Four Elements," falls into the same gauzily impressionistic, rudderless rut of much of his '90s work, and the introduction of David James, the same countertenor used in "Incipit Vita Nova," seems tacked on just to fit in with the ostensible "medieval" feel of the album. The same applies to the use of a recorder on the final piece, "Sub Rosa." That work, however, does contain glimmers of the unique beauty and clarity of Bryars' earlier work as found on Hommages. But those instances are far too meager to be able to recommend this recording to anyone but listeners attempting to slowly crawl their way out of the new age morass.
betocool Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Testing my desktop system.... a cracker! I particularly love the JxL remix... 1
metal beat Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 The Shoegaze thread had me pull out the House Of Love, deluxe vinyl edition. 1
metal beat Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Wonderful album from 1992. Original UK pressing. This has been played hundreds of times and still sounds brilliant and fresh. Stereo MC's - Connected 1
deadc Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 (edited) Shellac "At Action Park" (Touch and Go) LP .... THOSE DRUMS!!! Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Slow Riot For New Zero Kanada" (Constellation) Stars of the Lid "The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid" (Kranky) .... one for the DROOOONE freaks! Edited September 12, 2015 by deadc 4
hired goon Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Stars of the Lid "The Tired Sounds of Stars of the Lid" (Kranky) .... one for the DROOOONE freaks! Love that CD ... much more ambient than drone, more like a shimmering haze than a brain burn. --Geoff 1
deadc Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Love that CD ... much more ambient than drone, more like a shimmering haze than a brain burn. --Geoff Just stunning in every way Geoff! Has just had a (very pricey) 3LP reissue....just wouldn't want to have to stop this to flip sides!
hired goon Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 Just stunning in every way Geoff! Has just had a (very pricey) 3LP reissue....just wouldn't want to have to stop this to flip sides! I have 7 Stars Of The Lid CDs ... might be time to play a few of 'em again --Geoff 2
hired goon Posted September 12, 2015 Posted September 12, 2015 ... but right now I am playing this CD wot I got this morning: Rodriguez - Cold Fact -- an older RCA pressing, not the remaster. Sixto is kinda popular lately but I'm kinda ambivalent. Some songs are good, some are just so-so. IMHO. --Geoff 3
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