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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: April 25 2015 at 03:03 | ||
`Optical Race' is a terrific album, Tom, (well, maybe the upbeat title track pushes the friendship a little! ), so many very strong melodies, and it's interesting enough to either enjoy in the background or as an attentive listen. They may have made plenty of better albums, but it's in my top five personal TD favourites.
This track is superb as well: |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 25 2015 at 03:09 | ||
I forgot - Lily On The Beach is my least fave TD, Optical being 2nd least fave. Too hot for my Chinchilla indeed
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: April 25 2015 at 03:12 | ||
Tom, your Chincilla demands you give `Optical Race' another spin!
Dammit, where's Sam?! I recently convinced him to buy a copy of `OR', and he was singing it's praises to me the other day, he'll back me up! Has it been a lot of years since you've heard them? I really don't find that trio of `Optical Race/Melrose/Lily...' as bad as they're made out to be (although they do go in order of best to worst with diminishing returns as you go along), and you'd probably be a bit more forgiving of them if you gave them a new spin. I definitely find good value moments on all of those. |
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Man Overboard
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Posted: April 25 2015 at 03:41 | ||
Today, I listened to Where Have All The Merrymakers Gone?, King James Version, and Little By Little by Harvey Danger twice apiece, and then moved on to Eyedea & Abilities's album By The Throat.
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Meltdowner
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Posted: April 25 2015 at 04:19 | ||
Yeah, the title track of Optical Race is the worst one, especialy because it's very different from the album's mood. Good for a Sonic the Hedgehog video game though I really like the album, it has a great relaxed mood that doesn't get ruined by agressive programmed drums like some of their next albums. It also has interesting and sometimes unpredictable progressions and song constructions. I also find the technological aspect of the album interesting, the fact that it was made using a classic Atari ST with software from the recent Steinberg company (I imagine it was a collaboration with them). It certainly doesn't deserve all the hate and the really low rating and I think it's better than Melrose. I don't know 'Lily on the Beach'... should I? |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: April 25 2015 at 13:34 | ||
Yesterday:
Fire! - You Liked Me Five Minutes Ago Fire! with Jim O'Rourke - Unreleased? Fire! with Oren Ambarchi - In the Mouth - A Hand Fire! Orchestra - Exit Fire! - (Without Noticing) Fire! Orchestra - Enter Today: Volcano the Bear - Golden Rhythm / Ink Music Shining - In the Kingdom of Kitsch You Will Be a Monster Shining - Grindstone Shining - Blackjazz Shining - One One One Kayo Dot - Coffins on Io |
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Tom Ozric
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2005 Location: Olympus Mons Status: Offline Points: 15916 |
Posted: April 25 2015 at 22:39 | ||
I am reluctant to give Optical Race a spin........
However, these are the albums my TT has spun this weekend : PANZERPAPPA - Astromalist SEMIRAMIS - Dedicato a Frazz THE ENID - In The Region Of Summer Stars NEW TROLLS - Searching For A Land KAJAGOOGOO - Islands and some 12" E.P.'s (really digging these guys lately, as if you can't tell) MASTODON - Crack The Skye JOURNEY - Dream After Dream .....and currently the debut album of DIAGONAL. |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: April 26 2015 at 17:05 | ||
Motorpsycho and Ståle Storløkken - En konsert for folk flest (A Concert for Most People) (2015)
Listened to this multiple times today. Characteristic Motorpsycho hard rock blended perfectly with the sounds of Storløkken's fingerworks on the mighty Nidaros Cathedral's newly restored Steinmeyer organ, and the choir. Two firsts for the band; lyrics written for a choir, and in Norwegian. A quirky, humorous, yet serious, approach to an intricate and, for us Norwegians, personal, and perhaps for some even touchy , subject: the Norwegian people, who we are and what we do. An ambitious project executed at a grand location resulting in yet another special Motorpsycho album.
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: April 26 2015 at 19:58 | ||
Sonic the Hedgehog!! Funniest thing I've read on here in ages, mate, and 100% true! I can picture the little blue jerk racing for those rings accompanied by that track as we speak! I say jerk, because I was always a Mario man, and I sucked at the Sonic games! I'd even take Alex the Kidd over him! I think `Race', `Melrose' and `Lily' are kind of a trilogy of sorts, they all have a fairly similar sound (although `Race' is the best by far), and they all have superior tracks. Definitely throwaway moments, and on the latter two the sax was starting to be brought in, but if you like `Race', you should find good moments on them as well, Sam. Just a few choices from last night: Annexus Quam – Osmose Akasha – s/t Soft Machine – Fifth Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - April 26 2015 at 20:01 |
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Tom Ozric
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 01:48 | ||
^ That AQ album is a bit of a gem, actually. So is SM 5. I still haven't fully warmed to the AKASHA album yet.
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 03:21 | ||
I used to really like it, but giving it a fresh spin the other night, it was a shcoking night at work, endless phone calls every two or three minutes, so I was stopping and starting it, plus there's those kind of strained vocals - drove me MAD!! Turned it off after 15 minutes this time! Yep, the `Osmose' album calmed me down nicely though! |
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Meltdowner
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 05:20 | ||
Speaking of Mario, I really like this cover of one of my favourite tracks, very progressive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7vs2cqX3tw I'll give Lily a listen then, I probably heard worse albums from them This weekend: Quarteto 1111 - Onde, Quando, Como, Porquê Cantamos Pessoas Vivas Vangelis - Spiral Arena - Seventh Degree of Separation (This album is quite good, I guess the lower rating is because of the six years of expectation and the heavier sound. Nolan is not much present, but Mitchell really shines here. Manzi's vocals are not very convincing, but on the concert I saw last week he added a lot of emotion to this albums' tracks ) King Crimson - Islands
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Sagichim
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 06:53 | ||
I don't have that Osmose album but I've listened to it a few times on the tube over the years, it's definitely good. I'm guessing it was released on CD right? |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 07:09 | ||
Yeah, it's great, Sagi, a lazy comparison would be a mix of early Floyd with jazz and a pinch of RPI! I've got a vinyl reissue I transferred onto the computer, but looking on Discogs, there seems to have been CD reissues up until about 2008, so probably wouldn't be too hard to track down? Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - April 27 2015 at 07:17 |
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Sagichim
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 07:38 | ||
Thanks man I'll try and track down this album, I feel I gotta have it in my collection and also I'll try to play it today. |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 07:50 | ||
That's great, my friend, I think it's a beautiful addition to my collection, and I"m sure it would be to yours as well. It's an album I really don't listen to often enough, and every time I do, I think `Why aren't I listening to this all the time?!'! |
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Meltdowner
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 18:44 | ||
Murple - Io Sono Murple (Such a great musical trip )
Baffo Banfi and Matteo Cantaluppi - Frontera (Very good new release from this Italian electronic artist. It has some danceable beats but very discrete, many interesting progressions and an obvious Italian touch Certainly a better comeback than the new Jarre song ) Daal - Dances of the Drastic Navels (I heard Floyd, Marillion and Tangerine Dream on this album ) Handwrist - Random by Design (Great new album from this jazzy Avant-Prog Space Rock multi-instrumentalist. Soon on PA ) |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 19:23 | ||
Ponty, Jean-Luc, Stephan Grappelli, Stuff Smith Jazz Violin Summit 1967 565 5/23/00 30 537
Gruntz, George et. Al. Percussion Profiles 1977 Sep. 935 7/5/04 56 799 Gismonti, Egberto Works 1981 1978- 525 7/10/99 1222 Oldfield, Mike Light + Shade 2005 1168 12/23/05 120 578 Genesis ...and then there were three... 1978 133 1/1/01 33 |
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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poeghost
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 20:13 | ||
The Beatles - Help!
The Beatles - With The Beatles The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Magma - 1001 Centigrades Gentle Giant - The Power and The Glory The Doors - The Best of the Doors |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: April 27 2015 at 20:32 | ||
Captain Beefheart - Safe as Milk
Captain Beefheart - Strictly Personal Captain Beefheart - Trout Mask Replica Captain Beefheart - Lick My Decals Off, Baby Captain Beefheart - The Mirror Man Sessions
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