SEAN TRANE

Age 45 but 17 of those years spent in Toronto, Canada (from age 10 to 26), now living in Brussels. My parents introduced me to classical music but my first exposure to rock was when I was 6 and my father bought STAND UP from JETHRO TULL on the strenght of Bourée and I just loved the sublime art work and the pop-up in the gatefold. I started buying records at the tender age of 12 in 74 and started with "Crime Of the Century", "Selling England By the Pound", and "Dark Side Of The Moon"- as you can see destiny exists. I bought around four thousand records (and got rid of well over half of them to finance new acquisitions), and I have heard many more through friends and the Belgian Mediatheque where you can rent the albums for one week (and fairly cheaply I might say), so I can say that at least if not well-read I am well-heard. I have also seen many concerts (roughly 50/year all styles considered)..

The period of music that I like best is from 65 until 75 with the core from 67 to 73, as things were still good but were starting downhill from 73 on. This is valid for almost all of the musical styles (except classic of course) from Jazz , Blues , Rock , Folk , Soul , even la chanson francaise. Among the music I highly regard is Jazz in general (especially COLTRANE and DAVIS), Folk from most countries in the world (as long as it is real/authentic, not overtly commercial), Rock (many styles but rather not hair metal and glam and certainly not New Wave - where image is more important than music), Classical music (especially DVORAK, HAYDN & SCHUBERT) etc... But my real tastes are complex music developped by the artists included on this site. In a few words, I consider music as an art or a form of expression, but dislike the industrial side of music and the blatant form of exploitation (MTV) and plagiarists. What I expect from an artist is honesty , inspiration and personality (be yourself).

Among my fave albums would be: "A Love Supreme" - COLTRANE ; "Caravanserai" - SANTANA ; "Elastik Rock" - NUCLEUS ; "Grey And Pink" - CARAVAN ; "Nursery Crume" - GENESIS ; "Crime Of The Century" - SUPERTRAMP ; "Lark's Tongue" - KING CRIMSON ; "In Rock" - DEEP PURPLE ; "Babylon By Bus" - MARLEY ; "12 Dreams of Dr Sardonicus" - SPIRIT ; "M. D. K." - MAGMA ; "Bitches Brew" - MILES DAVIS ; "Obsolete" - DASHIELL HEDAYAT (& GonG) ; "Stand Up & Thick As A Brick" - JETHRO TULL.....

A few too-little-known-gems IMO : "Cinquième Saison" - HARMONIUM ; "Les Porches" - MANEIGE ; "Movin' on" - CIRCUS ( swiss) ; "First Utterances" - COMUS ; "Sahara" - McCOY TYNER... Also works from unknown groups such as AUDIENCE , GNIDROLOG , OUT OF FOCUS etc...