Here is some of the music played in the Lowlife house this year, its been another great one.
The year I gad to say goodbye to E music but found a load of other great stuff using the odd streaming service such as Spotify & Bandcamp before buying them. I am sorry not been posting much over the last week but my trusty Mp3 player was lost at a gig and I have spent lots of time getting music onto my new one.
This period of the year is always busy in our house but this year includes my step daughters wedding and being trusted with supplying the music for the wedding breakfast has taken lots of thought.
Here is the list.
The Road – Unkle
World Class Spirituality – Alice Coltrane
Revelation for Ashley Henly 5ive – Ashley Henly
Colours – Beck
Bedouine – Bedouine
Migration – Bononbo
British Sea Power- Let the Dancers Inherit the Earth
La Sombra – Chip Wickham
Sacred Spaces – City and Memories NYOP Bandcamp
East of Oceans Broken EP – East of Oceans NYOP Bandcamp
Refection Mojave – Floating Points
Blue Latin – Gerado Frisina
Dark days and Canapés –Ghostpoet
Mysterium – Hammock
Dawn Chorus – Hidden Orchestra
Life will see you know – Jans Lekman
Seafaring – Last Days
Grace – Lizz Wright
Every Country’s Son – Mogwai
God First – Mr Jukes
Oh Sealand – Oddfellow’s Casino
IV – Psychic Temple
Every Valley – Public Service Broadcasting
Weather Diaries – Ride
Carry Fire – Robert Plant
Prisoner – Ryan Adams
Process – Sampha
Slowdive – Slowdive
Yonder – Sophie Hutchins
Drunk – Thundercat
Behind the Counter – Max Richter
Harmony of Difference – Kamasi Washington
Souljazz – Dearon Douglas Quartet
Antiphon – Alfa Mist
IGemini – Lets Eat Grandma
Karos – Noya Rao
Galaxies Like Grains of sand- Hampshire and Float
Thank you all for your postings over the year, its such a great buzz to hear about music that I would never otherwise have the chance to listen to
f I do not get a chance over the next few days to post may I wish all a very happy festive period and hope that Santa brings you all the music you have wanted and peace and happiness wherever you are
I agree that Sora was very good. I think it's a stretch to call The Kid is an ambient album. It has ambient passages, but there is no way e.g. track 3 is ambient. Even bandcamp's own review mentions "chaotic drums." Discogs has it filed as "electronic, pop" which seems about right to me.
I am dischuffed that the Galley Beggar isn't available to me on Emu as I saw them pre first album at a private festival a couple of years ago on a farm in Kent (and also that I subsequently bought their first album). Anyway think of a more in your face (ish!) Fairport Convention sorta thing. Glad they are getting recognition, and from over the pond at that!
Peter Margasak's list might be my favorite for the year - Like Gioia's, broad-ranging but jazz-literate. Margasak seems to me stronger on electronics & contemporary music, Gioia on international
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The year I gad to say goodbye to E music but found a load of other great stuff using the odd streaming service such as Spotify & Bandcamp before buying them. I am sorry not been posting much over the last week but my trusty Mp3 player was lost at a gig and I have spent lots of time getting music onto my new one.
This period of the year is always busy in our house but this year includes my step daughters wedding and being trusted with supplying the music for the wedding breakfast has taken lots of thought.
Here is the list.
The Road – Unkle
World Class Spirituality – Alice Coltrane
Revelation for Ashley Henly 5ive – Ashley Henly
Colours – Beck
Bedouine – Bedouine
Migration – Bononbo
British Sea Power- Let the Dancers Inherit the Earth
La Sombra – Chip Wickham
Sacred Spaces – City and Memories NYOP Bandcamp
East of Oceans Broken EP – East of Oceans NYOP Bandcamp
Refection Mojave – Floating Points
Blue Latin – Gerado Frisina
Dark days and Canapés –Ghostpoet
Mysterium – Hammock
Dawn Chorus – Hidden Orchestra
Life will see you know – Jans Lekman
Seafaring – Last Days
Grace – Lizz Wright
Every Country’s Son – Mogwai
God First – Mr Jukes
Oh Sealand – Oddfellow’s Casino
IV – Psychic Temple
Every Valley – Public Service Broadcasting
Weather Diaries – Ride
Carry Fire – Robert Plant
Prisoner – Ryan Adams
Process – Sampha
Slowdive – Slowdive
Yonder – Sophie Hutchins
Drunk – Thundercat
Behind the Counter – Max Richter
Harmony of Difference – Kamasi Washington
Souljazz – Dearon Douglas Quartet
Antiphon – Alfa Mist
IGemini – Lets Eat Grandma
Karos – Noya Rao
Galaxies Like Grains of sand- Hampshire and Float
Thank you all for your postings over the year, its such a great buzz to hear about music that I would never otherwise have the chance to listen to
f I do not get a chance over the next few days to post may I wish all a very happy festive period and hope that Santa brings you all the music you have wanted and peace and happiness wherever you are
I agree that Sora was very good.
I think it's a stretch to call The Kid is an ambient album. It has ambient passages, but there is no way e.g. track 3 is ambient. Even bandcamp's own review mentions "chaotic drums." Discogs has it filed as "electronic, pop" which seems about right to me.
http://musicisgood.org/2017/12/top-20-of-2017-david-smith/
https://www.birdistheworm.com/best-of-2017/
JazzTimes Readers' Poll 2017
Voting ends at 12 p.m. EST on Jan. 3.Nereffid's Best Albums of 2017
Reminded me of Joe Colley's aptly titled Psychic Stress Soundtracks.