Thanks, Plong42. Doesn't quite work as office listening - the quiet passages are inaudible at the levels I need it at so that the loud passages don't startle colleagues.
In my wife's car this afternoon, so CD only, but enjoyed listening to this from the CDs actually in the car, very limited choice of music I'll lsten to!
@Doofy: thanks. The mention of Gainsbourg last week made me wonder about other similar musics from the 1970s--stuff that was more political as it was feeling its way around Rock. Your post reminded me how I had only ever heard the later works of Gil and Velosos. It helps that I can read some Portuguese, thanks to my wife. (Rolling Stone Brazil's list of the greatest Brazilian records has a lot of great ideas, many of them are on Guvera.)
This is quite a long album with a range of styles - I'm listening to the parts I didn't get through a couple of days ago. Some tracks I like a lot, some less so, but nothing wrong with that
Hailed by NPR as "a plaintive masterpiece", "cool blue halo" by NYC singer/songwriter Richard Barone is an album consistently cited as one of the best records you've never heard. The unique sound of "chamber rock" replaced bass and drums with cello and percussion, and presaged the Unplugged era that shortly followed. We celebrate the 25th anniversary of the album, "cool blue halo" with a sampler that includes tracks from the 25th anniversary special remastered album, and from the live 25th anniversary concert - both available October 30, 2012. Richard Barone is an acclaimed recording artist, performer, producer, and author. Since fronting indie-pop icons The Bongos, Barone has produced countless studio recordings and has collaborated with artists in every musical genre -- from Lou Reed and Moby to Liza Minnelli, Tiny Tim and most recently, Pete Seeger.
edit - certainly worth the download! Really liked this and will watch out for the full album next week, if emusic have it.
Now onto Freelance Whales Noisetrade Sampler available here.
After two years and over a dozen tours, Freelance Whales were feeling road-worn and eager to rediscover their creative process. They had been building on the grassroots appeal of their earthy debut, Weathervanes, for tens of thousands of miles. To tare the scale, the band embarked on a many faceted journey during which they found themselves isolated in West Kill, sprawled with their instruments in Hoboken, and packed into studios in Brooklyn and Manhattan. What resulted from nearly a years worth of creative productivity is the groups second full-length, Codec Diluvia (out Oct. 9th on Mom+Pop/French Kiss). Diluvia (which was recorded over two months in New York City with producer Shane Stoneback) also finds Freelance Whales xploring new instrumental experiences by blurring their trademark organic instruments with liberal use of electronics and more aggressive rhythm. Diluvia is an experiment in finding the confluence between science and emotion.
Still working through this piecemeal, with quite a ways to go. I'm glad someone made it cheap for me to explore, and I am enjoying parts of it, but I'm afraid I'm not sure I am going to turn into a big Mahler fan. There are plenty of works left to surprise me though.
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Gismonti has several excellent albums of Brazillian Jazz on ECM, mostly low track numbers (Dan
Internet Club - Final Tears
Amazingly I think this is as good as advertised.
Now:
(Guvera)
Craig
Who here got me on this Brazil kick?
Thanks, Plong42. Doesn't quite work as office listening - the quiet passages are inaudible at the levels I need it at so that the loud passages don't startle colleagues.
In my wife's car this afternoon, so CD only, but enjoyed listening to this from the CDs actually in the car, very limited choice of music I'll lsten to!
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Among the latest Guvera haul - on a lot of best-of lists last year. Came to discover that Ambrose is also on this one:
BT, I think I mentioned that Jorge Ben album. There's a ton of stuff over there by Jorge, Gilberto Gil, Caetano Veloso, etc...
Still following Plong42's trail.
Thanks, Plong42 - might actually download this one.
Kilowatts - The Right Words EP
An epic of an album, think it could be their best
This is quite a long album with a range of styles - I'm listening to the parts I didn't get through a couple of days ago. Some tracks I like a lot, some less so, but nothing wrong with that
Free download from Noisetrade
edit - certainly worth the download! Really liked this and will watch out for the full album next week, if emusic have it.
Now onto Freelance Whales Noisetrade Sampler available here.
So far a bit poppy but quite pleasant.
Streaming from Bandcamp
Q Magazine - **** "His talent shines through... Strummed ruminations worthy of John Martyn."
Still working through this piecemeal, with quite a ways to go. I'm glad someone made it cheap for me to explore, and I am enjoying parts of it, but I'm afraid I'm not sure I am going to turn into a big Mahler fan. There are plenty of works left to surprise me though.
OK, I've reached critical Mahler dosage after putting in an hour or so. Moving on to this, which includes Greg Haines and Nils Frahm.