Brokeback - Brokeback and the Black Rock
I feel like I am still trying to get enough distance from this to appreciate it well. I loved the first Brokeback album so much and so intensely, and the second only a little less, that when this one finally arrived after a long hiatus and had such a different sound and approach (and even personnel) that it would have been less misleading to just use a different band name, I've been hearing it mainly through disappointment. Am still trying to get to how it might have sounded to me if I had heard this one first. Now, after some time has elapsed since buying it, I am already enjoying it more.
Amos Hoffman - Evolution. Israeli guitarist and oud player Amos Hoffman, featuring "Middle-Eastern scales and African rhythms." I really like this one, has to be one of the top discs from the Jazz Loft Haul.
@brighternow, re Julia Kent, on a first listen I did not care for it as much as Delay, which is what I have listened to most by her, though now that I listen back to Delay I think it is actually quite similar, though with more layering on the new one. It is certainly in keeping with her past work, so if you liked that a lot you may well like it, but for me personally I started to find it a bit uniform - lots of melancholy; layered long cello notes played close to drone territory; some plucked notes for accents; slow tempos; repeat. Not much that I could remember once the next track started. Nothing with the energy of, say, Idlewild. I suspect that it is being very good at being what it is aiming to be, but I was finding it a bit of a drag after a while. Just my reaction. I think maybe the layered approach on the new one is focusing me less on the solo cello (which I like) and more on the dirgey effect. I like my drones to have more of a sense of space.
ETA, dipping in a second time, the new one sounds kind of like high class film music for a rather depressing film.
loscil - Sketches from New Brighton.
Odd - this seems to be no longer for sale as MP3 on Amazon, yet other Kranky releases are there.
Then:
Tone Color - The Last Day
One of my favorite free ones from 2013. Nothing revolutionary, but I like it for its unassuming gentleness.
ETA, something I'm curious about but unable to answer: do I like so much British ambient music because there is something British, or at least European, about its aesthetic or is it just coincidence?
Elements of Light by Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory
Another interesting one from the Time Out London list. If you like minimalism, enjoyed the recent Dawn of Midi album, or are intrigued by the idea of techno performed by a bell ensemble, you might want to give this a listen.
The new Motorhead album Aftershock - liked it. Of course saying the "new" Motorhead album may seem like a bit of an oxymoron since the bands sound is shall we say consistent but I have to give the love to Lemmy and the boys for being out there working.
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Cascades by Quiet Evenings
EP on Bandcamp, NYOP. Beautiful!
Brokeback - Brokeback and the Black Rock
I feel like I am still trying to get enough distance from this to appreciate it well. I loved the first Brokeback album so much and so intensely, and the second only a little less, that when this one finally arrived after a long hiatus and had such a different sound and approach (and even personnel) that it would have been less misleading to just use a different band name, I've been hearing it mainly through disappointment. Am still trying to get to how it might have sounded to me if I had heard this one first. Now, after some time has elapsed since buying it, I am already enjoying it more.
Julia Kent - Character
Childish Gambino - because the internet
Craig
NP:
The band that never blinks in great shape:
R. Kelly - Black Panties
Why yes, the lyrics are incredibly dirty. How could you ever have guessed?
Craig
ETA, dipping in a second time, the new one sounds kind of like high class film music for a rather depressing film.
Andrea Keller Quartet - "Wave Rider"
Spotify
(Emusers link)
Birgitte Alsted, electronics, vocals
Rasmus Schj
Jim Hall on guitar - see R.I.P. page.
- Thank you very much Bad Thoughts !
Here's a lot of material for my upcoming "Does humor belong in music ?" FMA mix.
:-)
Vialka: Succ
Vialka @ Bandcamp
ETA: and both of these albums are also released by Recommended Records (RER-Usa) and are on music
loscil - Sketches from New Brighton.
Odd - this seems to be no longer for sale as MP3 on Amazon, yet other Kranky releases are there.
Then:
Tone Color - The Last Day
One of my favorite free ones from 2013. Nothing revolutionary, but I like it for its unassuming gentleness.
ETA, something I'm curious about but unable to answer: do I like so much British ambient music because there is something British, or at least European, about its aesthetic or is it just coincidence?
Gary Numan - Splinter: Songs from a Broken Mind
Much less of the unassuming gentleness.
#23 from Jazz Loft.... Joane H
From the Timeout 2013 list. Fun so far.
Yes, recommend giving this a listen.
Elements of Light by Pantha Du Prince & The Bell Laboratory
Another interesting one from the Time Out London list. If you like minimalism, enjoyed the recent Dawn of Midi album, or are intrigued by the idea of techno performed by a bell ensemble, you might want to give this a listen.
It's on Bandcamp:
- Sounds great from first listen . . .
- With an excellent "name your price" remix track 11:
- I actually started a Julia Kent thread back in 2011.
Old favorite
eta Yikes, hope temporarily forgetting bb code for image posting isn't sign of early-onset dementia...