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

Hey Jim, just this past week an acquaintance in another music group was asking for recommendations for weird Italian stuff, and thanks in part to you, I had plenty to offer him. I still listen to that Nascita della Sfera album all the time. Still haven’t found a reaonably priced CD copy yet. He thought that album was amazing too.

Today:
Franco Battiato | Battiato
Franco Battiato | M Elle le Gladiator
Franco Battiato | Sulle Corde di Aries
Albert Marcoeur | s/t
Julian Cope | Jehovahkill
Bob Dylan | Bootleg Series V 10: Another Self Potrait (1969-1971)
Parquet Courts | Human Performance
Nascita della Sfera | Per una Scultura di Ceschia
Animal Collective | Campfire Songs

James Ferraro - NYC, Hell 3:00 AM

HolyMoly wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Yesterday: The Thing With Five Eyes - Arabesque Mildlife - Phase Sphongle - Are You Sphongled? Air - 10000 Khz Legend Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun Popol Vuh - Aguirre Tim Buckley - Lorca The Orb - No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! That P Courts album is a doozy, is it not? That P Vuh is quite sweet as well. And Lorca? Wowzers.

Hi Steve
Yup I had a bit of a music party there. Popol Vuh for the zen. Parquet Courts for the dozies and funpacked action organ post punk. Tim for the mad mad part in me. He even seems to scare himself on this one. No wonder when you're really over yonder.

Nice Italiano section. I remember my birthday present for you a good while back was a review of that Nascita della Sfera album Good to see you're still spinning Franco. He's sadly quite ill these days. His music though is ill in the sickest way imaginable. Kudos to my main man!

Me yesterday:
ZU - Jhator
Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um
Santana - 3
Marvin Gaye - Troubleman Soundtrack
Walrus - s/t (kinda like the Morte Macabre album only more Krauty)
Tonton Macoute - s/t
Cocteau Twins - Garlands
Velvet Underground - Live ll (the one with stretched out psychedelia of The Ocean )
Fire! Orchestra - Enter

ALotOfBottle wrote: James Ferraro - NYC, Hell 3:00 AM

So yeah, to answer your earlier question I’ve heard and love all those Ferraro albums you mentioned, including this one. My obsession with this stuff is reminiscent of when I first discovered Ariel Pink in ‘11. I would not listen to anything else for like a week. It completely opened up new doors of perception for me. And now this guy is like all of the most insane radical sounds of Ariel’s early material mixed into a new stew and taken in his own unique direction. Though I know they both developed their art independently at around the same time. But he’s got so many albums that all really hit that sweet spot for me. A true gold mine. And I’ve only known about him for a month or so.

Guldbamsen wrote: Finnforest wrote: Thanks David, great to see you too!!  Yes, reading both Levon and Robbie's books have me listening to them again and appreciating them very much.  Garth adds so much to the songs, and Richard Manuel is one of my favorite vocalists.  Too bad it all ended in such acrimony with the songwriting credits thing, but the music lives on.  Grazie brother Michael!!!  Love ya man.  Nice to see you here still holding down our Villa.  And having quite the TD fest over there!   I latched onto The Band via Bob Dylan and the two actually managed to make countey western music palatable to me, which is quite the feat in itself. Alright I always loved the more rocking things they made together, but there is certainly a great country western footprint in there that goes beyond the surface of the genre. Have you heard the newest Fleet Foxes btw? Sorta like if The Beach Boys and The Band joined forces in order to record this beautiful lofty folk rock record. There's a gentleness there I think you'd appreciate.

HolyMoly wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: HolyMoly wrote: Guldbamsen wrote: Yesterday: The Thing With Five Eyes - Arabesque Mildlife - Phase Sphongle - Are You Sphongled? Air - 10000 Khz Legend Peter Brötzmann - Machine Gun Popol Vuh - Aguirre Tim Buckley - Lorca The Orb - No Sounds Are Out Of Bounds Parquet Courts - Wide Awake! That P Courts album is a doozy, is it not? That P Vuh is quite sweet as well. And Lorca? Wowzers. Hi Steve Yup I had a bit of a music party there. Popol Vuh for the zen. Parquet Courts for the dozies and funpacked action organ post punk. Tim for the mad mad part in me. He even seems to scare himself on this one. No wonder when you're really over yonder. Nice Italiano section. I remember my birthday present for you a good while back was a review of that Nascita della Sfera album Good to see you're still spinning Franco. He's sadly quite ill these days. His music though is ill in the sickest way imaginable. Kudos to my main man! Me yesterday: ZU - Jhator Charles Mingus - Mingus Ah Um Santana - 3 Marvin Gaye - Troubleman Soundtrack Walrus - s/t (kinda like the Morte Macabre album only more Krauty) Tonton Macoute - s/t Cocteau Twins - Garlands Velvet Underground - Live ll (the one with stretched out psychedelia of The Ocean ) Fire! Orchestra - Enter I do remember that birthday review well. You nailed it for that one! I almost bought a copy of Santana 3 today. I’ve given too little attention to those early albums, usually starting my listening with Caravanserai, Lotus, Borboletta, and a couple more Devadip albums. It’s a gap I intend to fill in my collection someday soon. Today (so far): Guided by Voices | Class Clown Spots a UFO James Ferraro | Postremo Mundis Techno-Emporium Tangerine Dream | Atem

Funny how that goes. I turned onto Santana via Woodstock and as a consequence started with the beginning of his discography. Selfttitled, Abraxas, 3 and one of my faves the early 1968 Filmore gig. There's a distinct bluesy vibe to the early years of the band even if it is spliced up with salsa, jazz and psych rock.

Atem eh? Those 4 notes have always reminded me of these humonguous stone doors opening and closing. I gather its my synesthesia playing tricks on me but they're always there, opening and closing in a very stoic manner.

Yesterday:
Pond - The Weather
Miles Davis - Filles de Kilimanjaro
Eloy - Dawn
PiNioL - Bran Cocou
Fleet Foxes - S/t
Kraftwerk - l
ZU - Jhator
Aktuala - S/t
Magma - Live/Hhaï
Klaus Schulze - Audentity

Finnforest wrote: Grazie brother Michael!!! Love ya man. Nice to see you here still holding down our Villa.

Cheers, mate, always good to see you around here!

AEProgman wrote: Great to see my RPI mentors in here again!  Jim and Michael, great to see you around again!  Michael, I miss your Maximillain avatar...lol

Ha, sorry, Jim, it's all me now, baby! Good to see you too, mate!

My choices the last two nights:

Popol Vuh – Das Hohelied Salomos
Popol Vuh – Einsjager & Siebenjager
Ash Ra Tempel – Starring Rosi
Agitation Free – Malesch
Agitation Free – Second
Amon Duul – Para Dieswarts Duul
Amon Duul II – Wolf City
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Embryo – Steig Aus
Neu! – s/t (the red writing one )
Wallenstein – Blitzkrieg/Lunatics
Museo Rosenbach – Zarathustra
Celeste – Principe di un Giorno
Hanuman – s/t
M. Efekt – Svitanie
Schicke Fuhrs Frohling – Symphonic Pictures
Scapa Flow – Uuteen Aikaan

That's a great day, Steve! 

Just a couple for me today:

La Dusseldorf – Viva
Harmonia – Musick von Harmonia

Here’s one for David and LottaBotta:

https://arielpinknymphposting.bandcamp.com/album/worn-copies-a-tribute-to-ariel-pink

Just released, an Ariel Pink tribute album! I contributed one of the tracks, under the band name Ra Goat.