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

Breathless Camel
English Electric 1 Big big train
ELP Brain Salad Surgery
Steve Wilson The raven who refused to sing
Chris Squire fish out of water
City Boy dinner at the Ritz
Syrogira bells, boots and shambles

Since last time I posted (all cds):

Also span Octopus last night alongside:
Cream - Fresh Cream
Pink Floyd - More
Canzoniere Del Lazio - Miradas
Art Zoyd - Berlin
The Cure - Wish
Kendrick Lamar - DAMN
Semiramis - Dedicato A Frazz
Scott Walker - Bisch Bosch

Hi Steve: Very nice and eclectic mix there. Been meaning to spin some Schulze lately but always end up with Vangelis for some reason. The Antarctica soundtrack fx has been my go-to album for very late night listening. Seeing you spin one of my faves of his though has made me find my copy. Thanks.
How do you feel about that Stones album btw? I’ve always felt a little underwhelmed when spinning it. In that it kind of reminds me of Sgt Pepper..two masterpieces of the British invasion that I hardly ever spin. I prefer the albums that surround those releases like Goats Head Soup, Revolver, Sticky Fingers and Magical Mystery Tour

Nick: Also very nice selection there buddy I especially dig the Autechre pick. Man I love his early work. Think I’ll spin Amber later on this evening.
Gotta love the Sabbath album as well. My two faves off of it are Megalomania and The Writ. Those tracks made me look at Sabbath in a very different way back when I first heard this album...in a good way mind you. I love it when the band fleshes out.

Today:
The Comet Is Coming - The Afterlife
Siouxsie & The Banshees - Hyæna
Parliament - The Clones Of Dr. Funkenstein
Igor Wakhevitch - Hathor
Franco Battiato - Clíc
Can - The Lost Tapes CD3
Air - Moon Safari

Yeah Blanckdance always ‘does’ something to me..I really love that album. Very cinematic and organic sounding - the latter most likely down to the real drums and acoustic guitars...oh and those opera vocals at the end always packs a punch and some goosebumps.
Your words about Main Street could’ve been mine. I can understand where most folks are coming from when they herald this album...but like you said yourself, I too prefer a little madness over a good country hoedown if and when I want to hear either The Stones or The Beatles flex
Yoko is loco...and sometimes that’s exactly what you want.

Edith:
Yep..I feel the same although I have a hard time picking faves when it comes to the first couple of Battiato albums. Clíc though is just...err breathtakingly enigmatic. It’s like this little sparkly universe I very often like to dive into...and I end up experiencing something new every time.
Also..it is a headphone album to die for! Sure it’s a great thing over speakers but man over a good pair of headphones..yowza!

Double Edith: Speaking of those Italians Steve, I can’t remember if I ever recommended Canzoniere Del Lazio’s Miradas? I span it here the other day...and it’s a freaky thing..and folky and a little avant..and I really dig it:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=48B1Q346L-s

Edited by Guldbamsen - April 18 2021 at 11:34

@Edith - Canzionere de Lazio does ring a bell. I’m pretty sure I’ve listened to that at least a few times, but it’s been a while since I had that avant-Italian binge that brought my first discovery (best thread I ever started, in terms of getting valuable recommendations).

Today was a long day. It’s been a long week. Long hours. At least I can usually listen to moozik while I work. To wit:

Black Country, New Road | For the First Time — new release, new band. Very interesting stuff. A bit mathy/post-punky but with horns and violin and stuff

Don Bradshaw-Leather | The Distance Between Us — someday I will own this, o yes

Guerilla Toss | Jay Glass Dubs vs Guerilla Toss — trippy dub versions of 4 tunes from GT Ultra

King Crimson | Lizard — just side 2 today. amazing.

The Residents | Intermission — some of my favorite Rez material on here (“Shorty’s Lament” being my absolute favorite)

The Cure | Faith / Carnage Visors — the deluxe 2 CD set. Disc 1 combines the album with the 28-minute Carnage Visors soundtrack, a great pairing

Jack Bruce | Monkjack — Jack on voice & piano, accompanied only by Bernie Worrell on low-key Hammond Organ.

The Clean | Compilation - New Zealand new wave, circa ‘79-‘81. Some of it reminds me of the early Feelies.

Edited by HolyMoly - April 19 2021 at 20:44

Guldbamsen wrote: Now that you mention it I do recall one smoking Italiano-reccy thread a good while ago. That reminds me...it’s beginning to look a lot like spring here. Sun, warmth, flowers and a maelsteom of women seems to be shooting out of the ground...and well that usually spells out RPI and electronic music for me. I listened to Pholas Dactylus, Blackdance and Cervello last night..so perhaps it’s time for some modern electronic tonight. Perhaps even with a little offkilter pop-rock thrown in for good measure ie Guerilla Toss. I haven’t heard of the one you posted though... Btw I am currently waiting on my cd copy of Faith. One of the few Cure albums I miss on cd.

Faith is 40 years old today, oddly enough.
And Guerilla Toss always sets me on a binge!

2 days of stuff:

Soft Machine | Switzerland 1974
Soft Machine | Seven
Trumans Water | Apistogramma
James Chance & the Contortions | Buy
Black Country, New Road | For the First Time (again; yikes this new album is gooood)
Ramones | s/t
Protomartyr | Ultimate Success Today
Shockra | 2-11-94 Horizontal Boogie Bar, Rochester NY (bootleg)
Soft Machine | 5
Slade | The Slade Box (on shuffle)
Ramones | Leave Home
Eivind Opsvik | Overseas III
Mogwai | Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will
Skinny Puppy | Cleanse, Fold, and Manipulate