Interactive Duos Poll: Heaven-Sent and Hell-Bent

^ I hope you're recovering well, Lorenzo.

The Anders wrote: OK, better late than never. I am casting my votes now. Sorry for not participating in the most recent poll, but I have been rather stressed lately. Thankfully I am having some days off from work, so I have more time to listen now. My first vote is: Penderecki: Threnody for the Victims / Tallis: Spem in alium. Both are amazing pieces of music in every way. 20. Century avant-garde and Renaissance is a very interesting combination which I must really applaud.

And like Lorenzo with his comment I would like to mention that I am very happy that you appreciated my choices. Every time I make a poll, nominate or mention a piece of music, I'm thinking about how certain individuals will react, and was really hoping that you would appreciate these choices (I really appreciate that music). I knew I was going to do Penderecki as soon as I thought of this idea, and the Tallis had come to my mind early on, but forgot at first and was going to do Delibes until I remembered. This works as a better pairing for me.

Glad to hear you're able to take some time off work. Stress can really mount.

The next poll should be coming in the next few days, and I'm not sure if I'll have time to participate. I'm not as busy now as I have been until recently, but there will be lots more to get done. Such is life.

The Anders wrote: ...Generally, I am not so fond of duo votes, because very often I like one song much better than the other. So my honourable mentions are single tracks: Reynes: Heavenly Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury E.R. Rundle: Heaven Angles of Light: New York Girls Tom Waits: Hell Broke Luce

I can understand people not liking the duos for the reason you gave. One thing I was thinking with this is that might not just come down to what you like, but what creates a more visceral heavenly and hellish experience (the contrast). I like the additional challenge of it both in the selection and voting process, but I like to see these polls mixed up with different approaches. I even considered an additional limbo (purgatory) option for this, and then thought, no, I'm already asking quite a lot from people.

I think this is the third duos poll with Lorenzo's being the first, and then me doing one that immediately followed it, which might have seemed a bit much before, but I had already decided on my topic long before. I thought of this Heaven/Hell one about a month or two before doing it (course it's not that different from my duos of contrast one thematically). I like to think of the theme well in advance, but not give too much thought to my choices before starting the actual writing process of the OP and title.

Those top three you mentioned above were three of my favourite tracks too. I love Jacky's White Horses more than the Waits in that duo (despite liking the Waits), but I knew it very well. That kind of stuff is in my wheelhouse.


Edited by Logan - July 04 2021 at 10:45

Edited by The Anders - July 03 2021 at 19:09

I will listen to all the songs soon or later!

Thank you for the Poe and the Poetess votes, Lewian.  

This time, I dont vote.

Too many songs for me.

Wonderful job, girls and boys.


Edited by jamesbaldwin - June 23 2021 at 13:51

Ok, having listened to my shortlist (somewhere above) again, I have finally narrowed my choice down to three, and made my final vote(s).

^ I'm very glad you appreciated the Tallis. I find it quite sublime and rather ethereal, numinous...

Time for me to vote and while I will exclude the Tago Mago tracks which I know and like so very much, I am very glad to have them in the poll. "White Horses" is another I knew and like very much, although I wouldn't have excluded it as I didn't know, or remember the Tom Waits

Just copy-pasting those poll options:

Matteucci/Ahmann: To One in Paradise/Ali: O Vis Aeternitatis

I adored To One Paradise particularly.

Idem: Suedirland Bantry Bay / FM Einheit: Korrektionsanstalt

I thought this was a terrific combo. Korrektionsanstalt I found genuinely unnerving and Suedirland Bantry Bay I appreciated more and more with each spin. I was quite sure this combo would be in my top three all along.

Teeth of the Sea: Whilst We Live in Fear/ Reynes: Heavenly.. Enjoyed these very much.

A couple of other tracks I really appreciated are Harry Partch: Delusion of the Fury and Rundle's, but really I liked everything. And I did consider King Missile: Heaven / Noir Désir: 666.667 Club for my top three.   My choices changed a bit depending on the day.

Thanks so much everyone, by the way. I've really enjoyed this and I'm also looking forward to the next poll.

Edited by Logan - June 21 2021 at 18:18