What albums did you listen to today?...continued

Happy The Man - The Muse Awakens

ALotOfBottle wrote:  this main theme from Ricochet Part 1 (you know, the most rhythmic, the most catchy one) is simply phenomenal, in my opinion. One of my favorite moments from Tagnerine Dream, probably. I

Edited by Modrigue - August 02 2016 at 04:09

Meltdowner wrote: ALotOfBottle wrote: Tangerine Dream - Ricochet. I am really glad I revisited Tangerines yestarday and rediscovered their genius once again. Ricochet  is such a great album. BTW, I believe the main motiff of Part 1 is the same thing they played at the Coventry Cathedral concert, right? Anyway, I love their melodic, classical electronic stuff! If you're talking about the video of the Coventry concert on Youtube, they used the album recording over the image. If you listen to the bootleg, it's completely different.

Oh, ok, I see now. Kind of the shame, because this main theme from Ricochet Part 1 (you know, the most rhythmic, the most catchy one) is simply phenomenal, in my opinion. One of my favorite moments from Tagnerine Dream, probably. I just listened to parts of the original Coventry recordings and they are also very nice, although a lot more ambient.

The Rolling Stones - "Out of Our Heads"
Devo - "Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo!"
The Police - "Sycnhronicity"
v/a - "Grind Madness at the BBC: The Earache Peel Sessions" disc 3
Radiohead - "In Rainbows"

Serge Bringolf Strave - Vision. This was definititely a very ncie zeuhl album! However, it was not very inventive or innovative, sort of repeating most of the genre's cliches. It did highlight its best parts, though. Not memorable after first listen, will have to revisit.
Manuel Gottsching & Michael Hoenig - Early Waters. I always love those relentless, lengthy soundscapes, really krautrock's (or Berlin School's too, for that matter) very own characteristic. I could listen to this, E2-E4, "Hallogallo" etc. on repeat for days! This one is very good!
Tangerine Dream - Ricochet. I am really glad I revisited Tangerines yestarday and rediscovered their genius once again. Ricochet  is such a great album. BTW, I believe the main motiff of Part 1 is the same thing they played at the Coventry Cathedral concert, right? Anyway, I love their melodic, classical electronic stuff!
Egg - The Polite Force. Most of you, or at least those, who I frequently meet on other threads, know this is my absolute #1 of all time. Wow. It's just so extremely good. Long Piece No. 3 is so perfect, varied. It's nineteen minutes long and has moments that are probably the most sophisticated in the whole prog rock history (I'm sure) and even spacey ambient parts. Killer!
Peter Frohmader - Musik Aus Dem Schattenreich. (twice) This has been playing on repeat lately here in ALotOfBottle cavern. I am currently working on a review for this dark, sinister masterpiece and I want this to be the best review I've ever written, sort of to commemorate my promotion to a title of a "Prog Reviewer" (again, big thanks to all admins and those who congratulated). Anyway, guys, check it out, you won't regret it. In fact, I've worked out a deal with my former bandmate (a stoner/doom fanatic) that we would meet for a little jam the day after tomorrow and play something in the vein of this one. Love it!

Saturday...

A couple of old favourites. Not feeling adventurous today:
Led Zeppelin - s/t
Jean Michel Jarre - Équinoxe

Yes - Tales From Topographic Oceans

King Only wrote: ALotOfBottle wrote: Michael Hoenig - Departure From the Northern Wasteland. Even better! After looking for my "perfect" Berlin School album for a few weeks now, I think I've found it. This music cannot be really put to words. This takes all of the best elements of Klaus Schulze, Tangerine Dream, and Ashra, mixes them in a blender, and the result is the tastiest possible sauce one could imagine! Ever! Sometimes you're in a great mood and when you pair it with incredible music, you nearly feel as if you were a part of the sonic landscape it creates. Yeah, this album is really good, I love it. It's a pity he never made any other albums like this. His album Early Water (with Manuel Gottsching) is okay but very unfocused. And his later albums and soundtracks have a very eighties digital sound.

Interesting. I liked this one especially because it did not have that digital sound. Everything sounded extremely organic, glassy, smooth, spacious, yet quite "analog", if you will. And the compositions were also smooth as heck. Never overwhelming, never underwhelming. It was close to... Perfect?

Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (CD2: Live 1980-1981).