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

Sagichim wrote: ^ That's great, you'll love it  Just remembered another thing you might like that is not that far off from those albums. Check out Catapilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY1ECed8cAY Two past days included Groundhogs - Black Diamond Groundhogs - Crosscut Saw The Muffins - Palindrome England - Book Of Circles Black Mountain - IV Emilio Locurcio - L'Eliogabalo Black Widow - Sacrifice Chromb! - Le Livre Des Merveilles Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles Carmen - Fandangos In Space Fusioon - Minorisa Matching Mole - Little Red Record

Yes!!!! Catapilla
Man I love that band Their sophomore album is a clearcut masterpiece in my book. I always think of the ride I got from a friend who drove me from the airport in Copenhagen (Kastrup) and straight on into the heart of the city - pitch black night, heavy almost torrential rain and then this album on full blast mixing beautifully with the kaleidoscopic shimmers of neon light we got whilst looking out into what genuinely looked like Copenhagen by night..at sea.

Gotta say, I think that Black Mountain album is my fave of theirs. It used to be In The Future (mostly for nostalgic reasons), but I just love the way they’ve evolved as musicians. I mean there were no guitar solos on any of the earlier albums..at least not like you get on IV..and I love that. Also really dig the almost Germanic flashes of electronic that seem to pop up now and again - on some tracks even incorporating some 80s like dream-pop/post-punk vibes. It’s a colourful album compared to their earlier work..not as “one-noted” if that makes any sort of sense...and I tend to prefer bands’ earlier more raw efforts actually

Yesterday:
Jethro Tull - Songs From The Wood
Serge Gainsbourg - Histoire de Melody Nelson (One of those albums I NEVER tire of)
Ozric Tentacles - Erpland (Perhaps THE album I’d recommend newcomers to the band)
Ozric Tentacles - Jurrasic Shift (or this)
DJ Shadow - Endtroducing (Basically a great big scissors-adventure with a myriad of samples of old soul, funk and hip hop, interspersed with drums and beats...and it works! Especially with that old school turntable aura about it that really shines through)
Simple Minds - New Gold Dream ( ever get to one of those albums/cds that just need around 50% more volume to get to a normal listening level? This is one of those.)
Mike Oldfield - Amarok (Apropos the above..though not entirely because Amarok..is well different It’s one of those albums where it’s impossible NOT to fiddle around with the volume at least a couple of times during the track. One of the reasons is very straightforward because of the section with the LOUD high pitched noises that scare the faeces out of me every time I hear it (can’t prepare for this no matter what!), but more importantly: the whole album seems to be mixed with a somewhat big difference between the quietest sounds and the loudest ones (dynamic range).This effectively means that when I think I am at a nice listening volume..the music then suddenly picks up and introduces some rock passages and I’m literally jumping out of my seat in order to turn it down )
Dr. John - The Sun, Moon & Herbs (I’m not entirely sure why this album isn’t more popular..at least around the peeps who own and dig Gris-Gris. This music just sounds so..’real’. It’s natural and snaky - almost writhing like a blues snake, but yeah it sounds so genuinely ‘real’)
Jethro Tull - A (I kinda like the synths...but can definitely picture a whole horde of less than sympathetic fans of the band who had grown out their beards for years and also started to dress like troubadours..feeling somewhat let down by the arrival of the zippy sounds of Captain Kirk’s starfleet )

Edited by Guldbamsen - May 21 2020 at 05:49

Guldbamsen wrote: Gotta say, I think that Black Mountain album is my fave of theirs. It used to be In The Future (mostly for nostalgic reasons), but I just love the way they’ve evolved as musicians. I mean there were no guitar solos on any of the earlier albums..at least not like you get on IV..and I love that. Also really dig the almost Germanic flashes of electronic that seem to pop up now and again - on some tracks even incorporating some 80s like dream-pop/post-punk vibes. It’s a colourful album compared to their earlier work..not as “one-noted” if that makes any sort of sense...and I tend to prefer bands’ earlier more raw efforts actually

Sagichim wrote: ^ That's great, you'll love it  Just remembered another thing you might like that is not that far off from those albums. Check out Catapilla http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lY1ECed8cAY Two past days included Groundhogs - Black Diamond Groundhogs - Crosscut Saw The Muffins - Palindrome England - Book Of Circles Black Mountain - IV Emilio Locurcio - L'Eliogabalo Black Widow - Sacrifice Chromb! - Le Livre Des Merveilles Clearlight - Forever Blowing Bubbles Carmen - Fandangos In Space Fusioon - Minorisa Matching Mole - Little Red Record

 

Rodototoed - Relatos de Poder
Perhaps - Volume Two
Pescado Rabioso - Desartormentandonos

Sagi: that is so weird! I caught Black Mountain live in Christiania (2015) on the same tour and the sound was horrendous It was actually changing the band into a heavy metal one...which isn’t a bad thing per se but I didn’t feel it fit the music. It was such a bummer because they were indeed one of the main reasons I ordered my ticket for the ‘Copenhagen Psych Rock Fest’ (or something to that extent)...but then again I got to see a bunch of other brilliant acts including what perhaps is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen done by Swedish druid outfit Our Solar System. I have a framed photograph of the gig on my livingroom wall with Mr Miyagi on recorder and what looks like Janis Joplin on sax...both dressed as druids of course (and most likely on some form of acid).

Good call on Spirit Of Eden btw That’s another good example of an album you need quite a bit of volume on if you want the quiet parts to sound nice and full...but if you leave the volume there...the jangly guitars will then deafen your neighbour

Steve! That’s quite the playlist you’ve got going there.
I was listening to Violator here the other day and got to thinking; I’m not sure I have any Depeche Mode earlier than..err Black Celebration. I think it may have something to do with me watching a very kitcsh dancy MTV vid of them when I was a teen...and ever since I’ve been scared to go too far back in their catalogue
(I still don’t own Music For The Masses now that I think of it)

Edited by Guldbamsen - May 23 2020 at 04:26

The Muffins - Palindrome

Frank Zappa | Civilization Phaze III
MX-80 Sound | Hard Attack
21st Century Schizoid Band | Live in Italy
Eagles | One of These Nights
ABC | Alphabet City
The Stranglers | Rattus Norvegicus
The Stranglers | Black and White
MX-80 Sound | Always Leave them Wanting Less (live)
Faust | Patchwork 1971-2002
Faust | C’est Com... Com... Complique’

Hey all, its been a while.  Hope everyone is staying safe and in good health.  Glad to see Sagi back around!

^ Oh that POA album is in my top 5 if not 3 of RPI albums!  Fantastic!