This album...it's simultaneously a declaration of being a proud black man and of war against the socio-economic situation so many (not just blacks, but focusing on the black experience) face in American society. It's the most daringly political album I've heard in some time. It's amazing.
rostasi - seeing your mention of Front Line the other day reminded me of a few Front Line albums I picked up from Guvera, so pulled them out. Admit to jealousy of receiving them as early copies!
Cool Ruler is such a great album.
Yeah, the early promos were because I had a radio show as a youngster.
I just wrote Virgin in London in '74 on radio station stationery and not only
received their first catalog, but frequent hand-written letters asking if I was
interested in any of their past releases (Caroline Records too) that had
already been put out. It just continued from there for years.
But even tho I had just a mild interest in reggae, I remember the day
that that now classic album Right Time from the Mighty Diamonds
showed up at my house and I was immediately swept into the world of
Front Line with more of these great titles - 7" and 12" singles and LPs -
showing up every few weeks (tho not really officially called "Front Line"
until a couple years later). Things were still a little more free-form then.
A deep zoneworld of glacial movement and magma-like flow, no beginning, no end... you have just been dropped off in a far corner of space, and what's that I hear? Imagine STRUCTURES FROM SILENCE emanating from a point far beyond. If a Mark Rothko painting could make sound, this might be it... 74 minutes x repeat mode = a severe change in atmospheric conditions... and possible hypnogogic states. Created September, 2002. This minimal, immersive sound environment can be considered a prelude to MYSTIC CHORDS & SACRED SPACES.
I find it so hard to choose classical recordings. There are moments that capture my ear in the Richter, but others where it sounds a bit too dramatic - there's a stillness at the heart of these kinds of Bach piano pieces that I treasure. And I am really not sure I can live with the tape hiss, especially as a lot of my listening is with headphones. I am enjoying the Ishizaka so far, perhaps a tad deliberate, but that might be the effect of listening right after the Richter. I'd really like to buy a complete Well Tempered Clavier, and am considering shelling out for the recent Schiff set on ECM, though it is expensive and I can't find anywhere to stream it, so I am not sure if I want to spend that kind of money based on reviews, so I am trying to figure out given the booster sale which emusic-carried version I might like best. Recs welcome.
(If you want to hear what Bach sounded like drunk, try the samples of this one.)
kez - If you're on a computer, just right click-copy image then in the text box right click-paste. It seems most browsers require some text below the image for it to show up, but even a space is enough.
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Now onto the second part of this - double CD length. Thanks Doofy - yes, it is ny kind of jazz
Again. Then probably again.
This album...it's simultaneously a declaration of being a proud black man and of war against the socio-economic situation so many (not just blacks, but focusing on the black experience) face in American society. It's the most daringly political album I've heard in some time. It's amazing.
Craig
https://m.soundcloud.com/manicure-records/mani002
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Greg, your boys did well, good result against us
But, right now:
This is turning into one of my favorite things from last year. If anyone likes vaporwave. May take a few listens to get into. NYOP.
Kez, this works for me, but I'm on a phone, there are easier ways I think, but with this just use < > instead of ( ):
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