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Logan
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Wonderful to read your comments on my entry and the other entries. You have described what this song has evoked in me better than I could. It's beautifully expressed. Thank you. While so far I have only listened through the playlist once (last night), methinks this is going to be hard for me to choose as there were at least six for which I strongly wished to cast a vote. |
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jamesbaldwin
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Thanks a lot, Nickie. Gotan Project is a European group, founded in France, which created the electro-tango, that is the tango with a rhythmic background of electronic percussion. I discovered it while dancing the tango, their pieces are usually very vigorous, decisive, and obviously very rhythmic (which does not happen often with tango, since the rhythm of the tango is not marked, it is something to be interpreted). The concertina is the bandoneon, the Argentine accordion, and if I'm not mistaken it is played by an Argentine. Their songs are usually written to be danced, so the pleasure of listening to their album may not be high, so I looked for one of the more elaborate pieces on a musical level. |
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Snicolette
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And yes, there is that instrument name that I must memorize again! My brain isn't what it used to be.
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Owwonderful ! |
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Snicolette
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Having now slept on it, relistened, and thought about all of the pieces, for me, these were the big standouts. Thank you to Kees for the running the poll (yay, now you've done one!), to George for the playlist (always incredibly helpful), and to Lorenzo (The Creator) for bringing these polls for us all to enjoy. Also, of course, thank you to all of the participants, every piece had merit and evoked the topic perfectly. I enjoyed each and every one, for different reasons. But since I must pick 3, here they are (plus the top 2 contenders for 3rd spot).
1 Greg:
Julia Holter “Words I Heard” Really fought with the 2nd spot, as I do especially love the harp. But this kept on playing in my mind's ear. Echo-y plaintive and silvery female vocalist. Shiny, slippy strings and minimal piano deep
chords underneath. Sensation of
wide-open air, infinite skies, and distance.
Sort of a crescendo about a third in.
Very dense and lush production.
Begins to sound like the vocalist is taking wing, then the piece comes
to a halt, before launching back skyward.
Almost indescribably lovely to my ear. 2 Nick: Adenine “Haar” Almost first spot, with it being harp, and a new artist to me. There are moments in this where you hear Celtic influence in the harping. There is a slight bit of background sound that is not harp. Very subtle keys? Or whistles, way back in the mix. Thoroughly enjoyable to my ear, but you all know that I’m partial to harp. Violin or viola added in about halfway, elevates the piece into more hopeful, yet melancholy territory, out of meditative. Listening as the sun is rising, perfect morning music. 3 Cristi: Echo “Cradles (from Cradles of the Past” And this made the Top 3, as it was a surprise. A bit less hard-edged than many of Cristi's choices, this one just hit a certain nostalgic nerve for me. Wind sounds and electric guitar picking out a melody, with a full band kicking in after a couple of repeats of the melody. Electric lead comes along, with the melody. Male vocalist, with some vocal harmonies begin a tale. There are echoes of psychedelia here. The songs is in a verse/chorus standard frame. The playing is impassioned, as are the vocals. Cool organ passage comes in, as a solo. Song dies back a bit, about halfway in, to percussion and chorded organ. Then acoustic guitar with cymbal shimmers create a bridge. Drums and organ percuss a bit together, then bass joins in again and we are off to a psych style electric lead, switching to organ, electric piano, then all over again interspersing amongst them. The vocalist returns and the piece ends on the rainbows in a child’s tear. Really enjoyed this, thank you! Honorable Mentions: Christian: The Beg Sans Nipple “A Free…” George: Band on the Can All Stars “Sago An Ya Rev” |
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suitkees
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This was one of those wonderful playlists again! Thank you all for participating. I haven't commented yet on Cristi's suggestion, which I liked very much (like actually all of the nominations, here!): it starts of as a classic rock track - making me think a bit of Scorpions - before veering into very Floydian territories. A very pleasant listen. But there are too many competitors for the podium; I could squeeze ten suggestions on the podium if it was up to me... In the end, one was obvious to me, despite the fact that I knew it before, but this is so mesmerizingly beautiful that my first vote could only go to Julia Holter. Then, there's a whole bunch of contenders, and if privileging my own preferences it would be between The Berg Sans Nipple, The Gotan Project, Bang on a Can, Michael Hedges, Maisha and Echo. You don't make it easy choosing... I think Dan Deacon's piece by Bang on a Can deserves my second vote, but after that it's getting rather arbitrary. I really appreciated the other tracks, but the Michael Hedges one delivers something - making the wind tactile - that I recognise in the Michel Portal piece, hence my third vote. So, in the end my votes go to Julia Holter, Bang on a Can and Michael Hedges. |
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Lewian
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This playlist has a very nice flow to it. There isn't much wind around here these days, but this makes me feel like being out in the nature having it all blowing around me. I love how this theme has played out.
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Lewian
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There's absolutely nothing in this playlist that I don't like. As almost always I have four candidates for the three votes, and that's the Aeolian Harp demo, Gotan Project, the Bang On A Can All-Stars, and Michel Portal. Gotan Project is my number one (I've just bought their live album). I'll also vote for the Aeolian Harp as this doesn't have votes yet. I think I vote for MIchel Portal as field recordings and experimental stuff are closer to my comfort zone and the jazzy material challenges me more. Unusual, I know...
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Snicolette
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Thank you, Christian.
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mathman0806
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I really liked this playlist. It was a breezy listen.
Tough to pick a top three. 1. Gotan Project 2. The Berg Sans Nipple 3. Michel Portal Honorable mentions: Julia Holter, Echo, Maisha |
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jamesbaldwin
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Happy to read your comments, Christian and George!
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My podium:
Azur: music in soundtrack style (new age style?), very slow and minimalist but with a development, a very nice crescendo towards 4 minutes, which unfortunately vanishes. Honorable mention The Aeolian Harp: two and a half minute instrumental piece, vibes, good vibes, experimental, Honorable mention, Nickie forever! Aerial boundaries: very ethereal instrumental piece, guided by the acoustic guitar, meditative, contemplative, new age style, interesting when the guitar goes on the high notes. A free ...: still an instrumental piece, even if there are some sounds of sampled voices, compared to the previous ones it is a percussive piece, with bells, or brass percussion. Vaguely oriental. Experimental. Honorable mention Blue, blue Sky: after ambient sounds, here is the first real song, bucolic, sung with a graceful voice, but it is very short, if you remove the noises of nature Azure: mini suite led by the flute (perhaps synthetic), then a jazz piano, very airy, exotic sounds, then the flute returns, impressionistic song, bronze medal Sago an ya rev: completely unpredictable noisy instrumental piece, and this is good, but without development, without direction, and this is bad: it remains a curious and original piece, more than anything else an experimentation of synthetic sounds. Histoire de Vent: once again an instrumental piece, this time guided by percussion and the saxophone, also unpredictable but more musical. Honorable mention. Cradles: second song with the vocals of a singer, song that becomes energetic, enthralling, with an electric guitar solo, the only one of its kind in the poll, but then slowly fades away, then a long instrumental piece starts, almost a long-drawn blues jam. Gold medal Words I heard: mesmeric song, which envelops you, between the beautiful voice of the singer and the arrangement of the violins. Silver medal |
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I'm not tied with the umblical cord to Switzerland. I'm having dinner in the garden of our house, pieds dans l'eau at the Côte d'Azur. ;)
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suitkees
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^ Ah, bon appétit ! (beware of the heatwave these coming days!) Still, the Côte d'Azur is not really nearby; I'm about 40kms West of Montpellier.
Glad you liked it, Lorenzo. On this piece Michel Portal is actually playing both bass clarinet and soprano saxophone... The bass clarinet is wonderful here, I think! |
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Mila-13
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Wonderful to read your comments! Unfortunately I can't do so myself this time around because I'm on vacation. That's why I managed to suggest just one track.
My top favourites are: Christian's "A free . ." by The Berg Sans Nipple and Nickie's Aeolian Harp. I really enjoyed all of your choices and just can't decide which track to give my third vote to. So, honorable mentions: The entire playlist of amazing windy, breezy or stormy tracks ! Edited by Mila-13 - June 15 2022 at 14:41 |
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Snicolette
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The playlist is a really great one, just from one to the next, flows really well together.
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jamesbaldwin
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Yes, sure, wonderul piece, it was a contender for the third place. I visited Montpellier 5 or 6 years ago. I went on holidays in Sète, and I have seen Agde and Montpellier. I have travelled a lot in France, I know many French cities. |
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Mila-13
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You guys have some great wine over there. Languedoc wines are among my favourites! - The temperature in Nice is still comfortable and according to the weather forcast it should remain quite stable. We normally travel to France in the first week of June in order to avoid the worst of the heat and the tourist crowds but this year Pentecost was quite late. I was a little worried.
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