― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 17 September 2003 15:31 (twenty years ago) link
― christoff (christoff), Wednesday, 17 September 2003 16:15 (twenty years ago) link
― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 17 September 2003 16:42 (twenty years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Wednesday, 17 September 2003 21:36 (twenty years ago) link
anyone listened to this lately? i think it's aged much better than the tortoise stuff.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 18 September 2003 06:30 (twenty years ago) link
the drone dissolving into the concrete then the emergence of the acoustic passages and finally the abstract jungle beats into reverse synth bleeding.
― gygax! (gygax!), Thursday, 18 September 2003 06:38 (twenty years ago) link
― JasonD (JasonD), Thursday, 18 September 2003 06:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Damian (Damian), Thursday, 18 September 2003 11:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Andrew L (Andrew L), Thursday, 18 September 2003 17:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Thursday, 18 September 2003 18:06 (twenty years ago) link
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:34 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 2 January 2004 19:37 (twenty years ago) link
― jed (jed_e_3), Friday, 2 January 2004 19:39 (twenty years ago) link
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― Rockist Scientist, Friday, 2 January 2004 20:03 (twenty years ago) link
Rockist: 'The Bar' is available on the three disc version of Perfect Lives, but it's a slightly different recording. That is an exceptional piece. He should get a whole thread, I'm an Ashley fanatic.
― (Jon L), Saturday, 3 January 2004 00:14 (twenty years ago) link
I didn't know the Ashley piece was based on someone else's poem.
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Saturday, 3 January 2004 01:26 (twenty years ago) link
and the only thing the tortoise piece has in common with the ashley piece is the namedrop. still no need to listen to tortoise.
― (Jon L), Saturday, 3 January 2004 01:43 (twenty years ago) link
But I bought some later Ashley that didn't hook me in, so I've kind of backed off from his work. (I can't think of the title right now, but it was a large-scale opera type thing.) Also, "The Bar" is really my favorite part of that Perfect Lives work.
I guess one of us should start an Ashley thread. You know more than I do, but if you start one some time, I'll chime in, maybe think of something new to say (maybe not).
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Saturday, 3 January 2004 01:54 (twenty years ago) link
didn't mean to be anti-Tortoise above, they certainly were better than many things in the 90's.
― (Jon L), Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:16 (twenty years ago) link
― (Jon L), Saturday, 3 January 2004 02:55 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Saturday, 3 January 2004 03:37 (twenty years ago) link
frustrating to realize only the rough tape survived. think of what they could have done with a more detailed mixdown.
― (Jon L), Saturday, 3 January 2004 03:40 (twenty years ago) link
― jed (jed_e_3), Saturday, 3 January 2004 03:41 (twenty years ago) link
― jed (jed_e_3), Saturday, 3 January 2004 03:43 (twenty years ago) link
I don't see what the big deal with the "tape crash" thing is.
― Rockist Scientist (rockistscientist), Monday, 31 May 2004 01:42 (twenty years ago) link
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― Pack Yr Romantic Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 31 May 2004 02:01 (twenty years ago) link
― Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 31 May 2004 03:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Mike Stuchbery, Monday, 31 May 2004 11:38 (twenty years ago) link
― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 16 June 2004 13:37 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 14:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― King Kobra (King Kobra), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 19:02 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Jordan, Monday, 16 April 2007 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link
I like Bumps more than I thought I would! It's fun to hear the whole frequency range is given over to the drums, like wide-screen breaks. I wish it came with some notes about how they got some of those sick drum sounds (or maybe it does, it's not like I have the cd).
― Jordan, Wednesday, 8 August 2007 20:18 (sixteen years ago) link
'millions now living...' is about as interesting and compelling as the genre gets. one of my favourite records of all time. well, top 30.
'tnt' is nice, but a little jammy and unfocused for my liking
'it's all around you' is one of those records that has really obvious merits, but not a gread deal of replay value i feel
― Charlie Howard, Thursday, 13 March 2008 06:21 (sixteen years ago) link
TNT trumps all.
― baaderonixx, Thursday, 13 March 2008 10:16 (sixteen years ago) link