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

If I may Samuel try starting the album at the third or fourth track. May just help things along. I'm currently doing most of my listening via my little Cowon dap and have it set on loop ie albums never end they just continue. With the James Holden album it works like a treat...that is I often spin the sucker 1,5 times because the end and start seemingly line up perfectly.

Cool you dug the Yusef album. I too get that lazy afternoon vibe from it. One of my best memories of holidaying on Rhodes island was listening to this down at the beach whilst watching purple and blue sunspots in the corner of my eye.

Guldbamsen wrote: Yeah explosive is the right word alright Just remembered my review of it from a couple of years back. Still perfectly captures my thoughts. Here's my take on that infamous second track: 'It´s aptly called Suite and starts out with some rather cacophonous jamming with the different instruments falling elegantly all over each other in what seems like a musical edition of a women´s mud wrestling match performed on guitar, upright bass, drums and a mixture of piano and organ. At some point the music pulls itself together - and feels like it´s been through a regular storm, only to be metamorphosed into an entirely different beast: the organ turns evil in an eccentric and freakish way - sounding like a derailed version of a circus melody spinning around its own axis. The rhythm section on the other hand turns solid and groovy balancing things out nicely - just in time for the electric piano to take off on a pulverizing ride over stock and stone. This piano player knows what he´s doing, that´s for damn sure. Abruptly the focus is turned to the drums for an earthshaking rhythmic hubbub, before the whole track takes the form of a runaway car violently crashing into a children´s percussion store, and rattles, bongos and eggs are flying all over the place in one big explosion. Ending this musical mayhem is (and I might be mad at this point) the distinct buzzing of a giant insect - genetically combined with the store´s ringing alarm.'

Yeah! Your description illustrates that album's dynamic very well. I love the expression "earthshaking rhythmic hubbub."

Today:
Spacecraft - Paradoxe (You were right, Sam, I loved this one! Really reminded me of Lard Free and even Heldon at times, while being more easily digestible than the latter.)
Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven
Joy Division - Closer
Can - Ege Bamyasi

Having a great holiday break. All headphone listens today....so far. :)

The Doors--The Singles. (sublime reissue. Really love it. Proto prog Heroes. )
NIN--The Downward Spiral (SACD) visceral experience.
Unreal City-- Frammenti Notturni ( this is my jam. Best album of 2017 for me. I can't get over how this band can keep getting better. RPI heroes. :)
Savatage-- In The Hall of The Mountain King. ( what an amazing shift in sound from their 85' release Power of the Night. This is an amazing album. )
IQ-- A Very Dark Christmas. ( I just got this in the mail yesterday and I'm all over it! Best live album of the year. Just incredible. IQ show no signs of weakening. I think the world of them. )
Niadem's Ghost--In Sheltering Winds ( anyone have this? God it is really quite good. Peter Nicholls sings incredibly well. Album overall has a Smiths flavoring to it. )
Royal Hunt--Devils Dozen. ( I really like what these Danish metallers do. I mean DC Cooper is a guy who can really sing. Also, there arrangements and song writing I think are some of the best offered in prog metal right now, only behind Haken and DT. )
Genesis--Nursery Chryme ( I was really in the mood to hear the Musical Box. One of the most fantastic epics ever written in prog. I seriously adore the whole album. Best Mellotron sound on the Fountain of Salmancis. )
Pendragon-- The Man who Climbed Mountains ( haven't spun this one in a while. I really like it but Barrett chooses some awfully tough vocal lyrics/patterns that kind of go waaaay beyond his range and capabilities. Otherwise it is a fantastic album. )
Slipknot--Iowa ( sometimes I'm just in the mood for that crazy Ross Robinson production. That guy is totally insane and I love him for that. )
Savatage--Streets ( having trouble putting this one down lately. )
Kotebel--Structures. (Calming...awesome instrumentals. )
Zimmer& Wallfisch--Blade Runner 2049

Last two days:

Yesterday:
Chicano Batman - Freedom is Free
Jose Cid - 10000 Anos....
A Tribe Called Quest - We Got It From Here...Thanks 4 Your Service
James Holden & The Animal Spirits - s/t
Burial - Untrue
The Horrors - V
Andy Stott - Faith In Strangers
Sam Rivers - Streams
Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

This Heat - Deceit
Sun Araw - Boat Trip
Solid Space - Space Museum

Guldbamsen wrote: I'm doing it wrong? Mumpbeak - Tooth

Yes!

I saw you mention these guys in the AOTY discussion thread. Wasn't aware of them before, but I am now. Sounds like my kind of thing, so will check out.

Meltdowner wrote: Motorpsycho - The Tower

What did you think?

The Bearded Bard wrote: Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere (Instrumentally right up my alley, but the vocals I could easily gone without. Really wouldn't mind the album being fully instrumental.)

A few Christmas Eve concert experiences.

Rush--Grace under pressure tour 1984 ( live, 5.1 DTS mix)
IQ-- Scrape Across the Sky ( 5.1 24/96k Dolby mix. Superior audio)
Metallica-- Quebec Magnetic (5.1 DTS 24/96k mix)
Genesis--Seconds Out (5.1 mix DTS 24/96k) best performace of suppers ready of all time for me. Ridiculous. )

Joe Satriani - The Extremist