What albums did you listen to today?

....And done!

Roj wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Yesterday: John Carpenter - Lost Themes ll This I have not got around to hearing yet.  Shame on me.  Does it come recommended?

Mjello Roj Nice to see you again!
I actually prefer it to the 'debut' ie Lost Themes pt 1. It feels more varied and flows together like this sonic river tapestry. Great for either training or chilling on a lawn (I've used it for both).
Oh and as a properly enlightened prog electronic head as yourself, I'd get my hands on Sinoia Caves' incredible soundtrack to the Canadian sci-fi thriller Beyond The Black Rainbow
One of the best Berlin school albums in recent times...and it manages to do this without brownnosing TD - at least not as much as one would expect from the genre

MESHUGGAH - Alive
DAVID GILMOUR - Rattle That Lock
ESKATON - 4 Visions
CARAVAN - Cunning Stunts
HIDRIA SPACEFOLK - Astronautica

Crammed a lot in today:

Seven Steps to the Green Door – Fetish
Izz – Everlasting Instant
Izz – Crush of Night
The Tangent – The Music that Died Alone
Ben Craven – Last Chance to Hear
Willowglass – The Dream Harbour
Nektar – Journey to the Centre of the Eye
Arena – Arena (1976) (killer Aussie prog-fusion band, not the UK Neo group)
Twelfth Night – Live at the Target (I had completely forgotten about this album)
Agitation Free - Last
Abraxis - s/t

Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Armed Forces"
XTC - "Black Sea"
Many Moods of Dad - "The Consequence Of Trying"
Elvis Costello and the Attractions - "Get Happy!!"
bob hund - s/t
Dain Bramage - "I Scream Not Coming Down"
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - "Imperial Bedroom"
Elvis Costello and The Attractions - "Blood & Chocolate"

progbethyname wrote: Peter Gabriel-- Up ( holy crap. This is really quite good!)

First time hearing it, Nick? I honestly think it's the best solo album he ever released. Superb beginning to end, very modern sounding yet intelligent and subtle at the same time, and he's far from being some tired, uninspired old man with nothing to say on it.

Heh, now I'll have to go and dig the CD out!

Shub Niggurath - Les Morts Vont Vite. This is really dark, ominous, and unsettling music! Again, it is more on the RIO side of zeuhl for me, but those female opera-like vocals make it zeuhly. Don't listen in the dark! Really, sometimes it seemed to creep on me.
Tangerine Dream - Electronic Meditation. I've been enjoying early kraut works recently (Organisation, Kluster etc.), so I thought I'd give this one a listen once more. It is probably as experimental as TD ever got. I like how that experimentation does not overshade the... emotion? Yeah, I think it does have a lot of emotion, this album.
Tony Conrad & Faust - Outside the Dream Syndicate. This was recommended to me by my dad and because I had remembered it had high ratings on here, I had to listen to it. It is very unaccessible, I think. But I see the point. This constant rhythm passes the borded of being boring and becomes interesting, making you question the subjective meaning of time. Pretty nice!
Eider Stellaire - Eider Stellaire I. This is how I like my zeuhl - it really highlights all of the genre's elements that I like - electric piano, rapid jazz-rock improvisations, overdriven basslines. Really well composed and well performed music. Love it!
Kraftwerk - Ralf und Florian. I feel like Kraftwerk is often dismissed around these parts due to their commercial approach, that they picked later in the seventies. However, their first three (even four) albums are just pure krautrock. And this one is the best of them (or is it their debut?). Very good music!

Also parts of Affenstunde by Popol Vuh to correct some of the mistakes and improve my new review on this album.


Edited by ALotOfBottle - July 29 2016 at 13:58

Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote: Cheers, Sam, I've made a note to keep an eye on that Electric Orange one. How does it sound compared to the previous album `Volume 10'? Yep, that Mo-Du one is really quite Berlin School, if in shorter bursts. I feel it's well worth buying! Today's choices, an accidently all-modern day: Porcupine Tree – The Sky Moves Sideways (original version) FEM Prog Band – Sulla Bolla di Sapone

Hard to tell at first listen but I think it's similar to "Volume 10" in some ways but different enough to be an interesting follow-up. I know it's a really vague description 

Cheers, Sam, I've made a note to keep an eye on that Electric Orange one. How does it sound compared to the previous album `Volume 10'?

Yep, that Mo-Du one is really quite Berlin School, if in shorter bursts. I feel it's well worth buying!

Today's choices, an accidently all-modern day:

Ben Craven – Last Chance to Hear
Comedy of Errors - Spirit
Porcupine Tree – The Sky Moves Sideways (original version)
Riverside – Love, Fear and the Time Machine
Le Orme – Felona e Sorona 2016
FEM Prog Band – Sulla Bolla di Sapone
The Angling Loser – Arena of Apprehension

Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - July 29 2016 at 06:50

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