Thanks all. @BN, well, kind of - it's about educational metaphors and theology.
NP:
Porya Hatami - Land
I requested this on the content thread at emusic and it was added in 2 days. (Which makes me wonder if it was in the works already, as there are other requests that have been sitting there forever.)
ETA: Reminds me about Suicide's static/industrial stuff, quite intruiging, actually.
- There's also elements that reminds me about Scott Walkers experimental/outer limits stuff (7: El Naco)
But way too seeeerious for my taste - Well, at least today . . .
I listened to the soundcloud song on Dave's selections (actually, listened and dl'ed all 3). Seems to be a consensus - this is a great album. Really hit the spot for me.
As a youngster, Ma?rtensson immersed herself in the recordings of jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Anita ODay. At the same time, she and a group of local boys were playing live jazz in her parents restaurant, which Emilia would later transform into one of the most successful jazz cubs in southern Sweden.
But, for all her jazz background, Swedish folk song was always deep in Emilias heart. You can hear it clearly, carved like an ancient rune, in the haunting and ethereal tones of her voice, in the dark melancholy of her storytelling and in the intimate, nocturnal hush of her timeless confessionals. Allied with the jazz musicians effortless sense of timing and expression, its enough to make Ma?rtensson a very special voice indeed.
Ma?rtenssons second album, Ana named after her Slovenian grandmother is where she pulls together all the many different strings that have illuminated her art.
Catching up with the rest of the world thanks to letting my daughter in on the booster sale at emusic. Given the virtually limitless extent to which I don't listen to female vocal pop, this is remarkably engaging. From Wikipedia: "Little's "less-is-more approach is stunningly minimal at times, and its vital in accentuating Lordes vocals and creating a focal point"." Indeed - this feels less like being beaten up aurally than most other things in the genre I've sampled lately, and the restraint does it favors.
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Thank you gentlemen!
Craig
NP:
Porya Hatami - Land
I requested this on the content thread at emusic and it was added in 2 days. (Which makes me wonder if it was in the works already, as there are other requests that have been sitting there forever.)
Steve Coleman - Alternate Dimension Series 1
ETA: Reminds me about Suicide's static/industrial stuff, quite intruiging, actually.
- There's also elements that reminds me about Scott Walkers experimental/outer limits stuff (7: El Naco)
But way too seeeerious for my taste - Well, at least today . . .
ETA 2:
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I listened to the soundcloud song on Dave's selections (actually, listened and dl'ed all 3). Seems to be a consensus - this is a great album. Really hit the spot for me.
Pete Namlook and Richie Hawtin - From Within
ETA: The downloadable track is worth replacing the 12 years old Emusic version, its bigger (256 kbps vbr. probably), and sounds much better.
The new Orcas is so dreamily wonderful. I don't remember the last one being this good.
We just saw this earlier this week and loved it.
- Remastered . . .
Streaming from Bandcamp
As a youngster, Ma?rtensson immersed herself in the recordings of jazz greats such as Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday and Anita ODay. At the same time, she and a group of local boys were playing live jazz in her parents restaurant, which Emilia would later transform into one of the most successful jazz cubs in southern Sweden.
But, for all her jazz background, Swedish folk song was always deep in Emilias heart. You can hear it clearly, carved like an ancient rune, in the haunting and ethereal tones of her voice, in the dark melancholy of her storytelling and in the intimate, nocturnal hush of her timeless confessionals. Allied with the jazz musicians effortless sense of timing and expression, its enough to make Ma?rtensson a very special voice indeed.
Ma?rtenssons second album, Ana named after her Slovenian grandmother is where she pulls together all the many different strings that have illuminated her art.
Catching up with the rest of the world thanks to letting my daughter in on the booster sale at emusic. Given the virtually limitless extent to which I don't listen to female vocal pop, this is remarkably engaging. From Wikipedia: "Little's "less-is-more approach is stunningly minimal at times, and its vital in accentuating Lordes vocals and creating a focal point"." Indeed - this feels less like being beaten up aurally than most other things in the genre I've sampled lately, and the restraint does it favors.
- Zappa remixed (kind of) - Very entertaining . . .
Thanks Lowlife
If you like this kind of R n'B, Rock and Roll, and Blues, I'd forgotten how good these albums are
Q2 album of the week:
Released by: Cantaloupe Music
Release date: Mar 25, 2014
So we got 6" of snow on the Saturday to Sunday overnight. Latest in the year I ever remember that much.
Various Artists - Rivers Home
Life in 24 Frames - Bitter End
Prompted by Craig's interview. Liking this so far.
Missed them the last time they came through. They just announced a date here in June. Not making that mistake again.
Craig
- And Summer Feelings . . .