― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 00:33 (8 years ago) Permalink
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― mrjosh (mrjosh), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 01:02 (8 years ago) Permalink
― tricky (disco stu), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 01:07 (8 years ago) Permalink
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 01:11 (8 years ago) Permalink
― hector (hector), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 02:40 (8 years ago) Permalink
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 02:47 (8 years ago) Permalink
― geeta (geeta), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 02:55 (8 years ago) Permalink
Still havent heard this album but am definatly looking forward to it.
― hector (hector), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 03:46 (8 years ago) Permalink
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 04:01 (8 years ago) Permalink
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 04:21 (8 years ago) Permalink
― actionjackson, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 09:22 (8 years ago) Permalink
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:50 (8 years ago) Permalink
he is!! great really nice really smart guy
― s1ocki (slutsky), Wednesday, 13 October 2004 15:52 (8 years ago) Permalink
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 20 November 2004 05:07 (8 years ago) Permalink
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 20 November 2004 05:09 (8 years ago) Permalink
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:42 (8 years ago) Permalink
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 20 November 2004 06:51 (8 years ago) Permalink
The way the moods hazily evolve during the last twenty minutes is something he's never done quite this well before. Easily his best twenty consecutive maudlin minutes.
― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 20 November 2004 07:33 (8 years ago) Permalink
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:24 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:37 (6 years ago) Permalink
― Jena (JenaP), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:46 (6 years ago) Permalink
:(
glad you both enjoyed it tho.
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:49 (6 years ago) Permalink
― NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:51 (6 years ago) Permalink
:'(
― Jena (JenaP), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:52 (6 years ago) Permalink
i'll try again tomorrow.
― jed_ (jed), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:57 (6 years ago) Permalink
― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 20 October 2006 23:57 (6 years ago) Permalink
radio amor is working well on this rainy day. i love how this album gets better and better is it goes on. and "azure azure" is the peak. niice. i need more hecker.
― ROBIN TROUSERS (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 28 October 2008 13:59 (4 years ago) Permalink
Man, I'm gonna pull out Radio Amor tonight. That's a great idea.
― ilxor, Wednesday, 29 October 2008 01:10 (4 years ago) Permalink
Love sitting around listening to his albums on headphones while reading. An Imaginary Country, the newest, is pretty strong, imo.
― mh, Wednesday, 18 November 2009 14:48 (3 years ago) Permalink
Just listening to "An Imaginary Country" and quite enjoying it. I agree that Hecker hasn't really developed his sound so much, and a part of me wants to be a little more critical of his more recent output... But he really pushes the right buttons for me, when I'm in a certain mood.
Anyone else got this new-ish one? I've certainly listened to it more than the last Fennesz (to flog that dead comparison once more)
― Duke, Friday, 15 January 2010 20:47 (3 years ago) Permalink
http://www.sunblind.net/discography/ravedeath/ravedeath.html
― cutty, Monday, 27 December 2010 15:07 (2 years ago) Permalink
awes cover
― the tune is space, Monday, 27 December 2010 15:15 (2 years ago) Permalink
good song titles too imo
hope it's released early in 2011.
tim hecker is music for cold weather.
― Daniel, Esq., Monday, 27 December 2010 15:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
trust this will be reliably excellent
An Imaginary Country was super underrated imo, i rate it highly
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Monday, 27 December 2010 16:17 (2 years ago) Permalink
so i might take a class taught by this guy!
― flopson, Tuesday, 11 January 2011 22:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
wow, there are so many awfully-done reviews of this.
― j., Saturday, 12 February 2011 08:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
'Ravedeath, 1972' is scratching me right where I itch. It somehow feels Hecker set out to make this his quintessential record. All his previous albums sort of flow into this one, combining his different approaches to sound/noise and melody. It's a very dark and threatening album (which is how I like Tim Hecker best).
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
the samples sound like they're in a similar vein to the "decaying music" of william basinski and the new version of the sinking of the titanic (an artist and a longform piece that i love).
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 February 2011 13:45 (2 years ago) Permalink
Do you mean the Bryars/Jeck/Alter Ego version of Titanic?
I love William Basinski to death. I wouldn't say Ravedeath, 1972 sound a whole lot like it though. Basinski tends to work way more from a certain starting point after which elements start to fall away or become shattered/bruised. This Hecker album is a lot more flowing, moving in way more directions than Basinski usually does, who in my opinion is more singular and focussed on one or just a couple of themes. Hecker changes hue and tone way more often. In terms of "decaying music", it's more polished than Basinski too, more 'clear' a sound, less damaged. It sounds more Fennesz-like glitchy than really decaying, I'd say.
But this is just after listening to the record twice. I am really, really enjoying it though.
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 18 February 2011 13:53 (2 years ago) Permalink
yeah. one of my favorite items from last decade, actually (along with basinski's disintigration loops).
― Daniel, Esq., Friday, 18 February 2011 13:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
'The Piano Drop' is already up there with my favourite Tim Hecker tracks. Not had a chance to digest RD1972 in its entirety yet.
He was great live at Cafe Oto last year, a few hints of the slight changes in style in there too. A couple of those moments where you turn to a friend and exhale and nod.
― the worst dong of the last ten years (Craigo Boingo), Friday, 18 February 2011 14:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
i haven't heard the new record but Ned's AMG review makes me really eager to hear it!
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:29 (2 years ago) Permalink
It's really good. (The record, can't speak for my review.)
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 February 2011 15:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
it's really good, but not as good as the record ;)
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
j/k havent heard it, like i said. but i bet it's great. hecker's v consistent, i think most ppl slept on An Imaginary Country, which was totally great, might even say an improvement on Harmony...
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Friday, 18 February 2011 15:36 (2 years ago) Permalink
Enjoy:
http://ghostcapital.blogspot.com/2011/02/tim-hecker-live-at-la-sala-rossa.html
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 18 February 2011 21:46 (2 years ago) Permalink
lol otm too many empty adjectives. its strange too that as wonderful a record as this is that its almost an event
― polymath & psychics club (Lamp), Monday, 21 February 2011 19:51 (2 years ago) Permalink
tim's been this consistent for what, nearly a decade now? he's put out mindblowing albums like radio amor, mirages, harmony in ultraviolet, an imaginary country—and people are finally losing their shit over this one? smdh
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 21 February 2011 19:54 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^^ Ilxor on the money, I don't understand the sudden buzz
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 21 February 2011 19:55 (2 years ago) Permalink
As in it is a great album, but why is it suddenly hotcakes?
― La descente infernale (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 21 February 2011 19:56 (2 years ago) Permalink
maybe the mainstream underground is finally ready for him?
― Paradife Loft (diamonddave85), Monday, 21 February 2011 19:58 (2 years ago) Permalink
also the striking album cover and weird album title probably makes people go hmmm..
― Paradife Loft (diamonddave85), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:00 (2 years ago) Permalink
oh! and cant forget BEST NEW MUSIC®
― Paradife Loft (diamonddave85), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:01 (2 years ago) Permalink
bizarre week for p4k. honestly like 4 BNM's in the the past 3wks.
― The previous message has been brought to you by (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
idk i think i heard about tim hecker bcuz p4k was really into 'haunt me, haunt me' so its not weird that they gave him a good review
it was more just that every review is like "the highly anticapted release" or makes a claim for his status an "one of the most important artists" in ambient but 'imaginary country' sort of just came & went iirc, & its weird that there seems to be this consensus around him now
― polymath & psychics club (Lamp), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
pfork gave best new music to harmony in ultraviolet—rated it a bit higher, too, iirc
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
feel this one is more accessible, the sound is more coherent, more like a single mass its not as much abt noisescapes, not as much layering or dynamics. idk it sounds different to me. i like it tho
but ya i think harmony in ultraviolet & haunt me were hyped too u guys are wrong
― flopson, Monday, 21 February 2011 20:25 (2 years ago) Permalink
just browsing p4k... Fennesz's Endless Summer got a 9.4 but no BNM? What are their requirements??
― The previous message has been brought to you by (kelpolaris), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:30 (2 years ago) Permalink
they havent always had best new music dude
― just sayin, Monday, 21 February 2011 20:31 (2 years ago) Permalink
you may be looking at the reissue of endless summer? it was repressed by mego sometime 2007-08 i think, was OOP for a while there
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:33 (2 years ago) Permalink
or this—the original came out before BNM existed i guess
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:34 (2 years ago) Permalink
bowel [i]n movement
― flopson, Monday, 21 February 2011 20:38 (2 years ago) Permalink
ok gross
obv previous records have been really well received my point was more abt the way this record has been (almost universally) framed as An Important Work for a Major Artist or w/e - this feels new to me
anyway its a rad record although not particularly accessible comparatively
― polymath & psychics club (Lamp), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:43 (2 years ago) Permalink
Ok this is really good...slept on Tim Hecker up to this (it wasn't until opening this thread that I realised that Tim Hecker != Florian Hecker), will be investigating further.
― Pisle of dogs (seandalai), Monday, 21 February 2011 20:47 (2 years ago) Permalink
The last two releases have had one or two tracks that were standouts, or could stand alone, but I haven't listened to Ravedeath enough times to decide if there's anything like that here. Not that there needs to be, because the music is so damn good.
(off the top of my head, I would say that Chimeras and Borderlands are the two obvious picks from the last couple albums)
― mh, Monday, 21 February 2011 20:57 (2 years ago) Permalink
its true nobody cared about imaginary country, but i was more into fantasma parastasie at the time
― flopson, Monday, 21 February 2011 21:04 (2 years ago) Permalink
yesss that was a great record as well
― Damn this thread seems so....different without ilxor (ilxor), Monday, 21 February 2011 21:20 (2 years ago) Permalink
(it wasn't until opening this thread that I realised that Tim Hecker != Florian Hecker)
tim hecker aka the good hecker ; )
― am0n, Monday, 21 February 2011 21:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
i could swear that 'no drums' samples a really well-known ambient track or something like that, but i just can't place it—anyone recognize it?
― j., Thursday, 24 March 2011 06:23 (2 years ago) Permalink
tim hecker in shreveport, la this friday at what an old pumping station that has been converted into the "shreveport waterworks museum."
http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2225737240
shreveport is convenient to all kinds of places that are not shreveport. i will be there.
― adam, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
ignore unnecessary words
anyway this looks awesome and it's like $10. rooms at the best western off the interstate are very cheap and there's a full country breakfast buffet about which i am very excited.
― adam, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Sounds like a pretty awesome festival venue/lineup
― ( ) (mh), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
half my family is from Shreveport so I can firmly attest that there are lots of great places to eat. the most important thing is to go to Strawn's and get icebox pie, which is what God orders when He's in the mood for pie (their burgers and everything else they serve are also quite good). also go to Fertitta's and get a muffelata unless you don't eat meat; they are so awesome that my mom actually has one airmailed to me in Los Angeles every year as a birthday present.
in actual thread-relevant news I am ass over teakettle in love with the piano-sketch companion piece to Ravedeath which just came out today.
― punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ah, was going to ask about that. Good then?
― psychedelicatessen (seandalai), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
it reminds me of the Caretaker, which is to say that I love it immensely.
― punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:49 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^ that is completely otm and how I feel about it.
― Young Swell (Le Bateau Ivre), Tuesday, 11 October 2011 16:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
dropped pianos is great.
thx for the eating recommendations, i was worried it would just be like 2 applebees and a chili's. though i am suspicious of any muffuletta outside of the 504 area code.
― adam, Tuesday, 11 October 2011 17:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
I had a muffaletta when I went to New Orleans for a bachelor party in the spring. rest assured that Fertitta's owned it quite handily. I hate olives ordinarily but would mainline their olive spread if it were physically possible.
― punk rock hyrax (jamescobo), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 01:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
Re: No Drums - sounds like either a Disintegration Loops sample or homage IMO.
― Darren Huckerby (Dwight Yorke), Wednesday, 12 October 2011 16:13 (1 year ago) Permalink
man, both his 2011 releases are so good! really was not feeling the direction he was going in with imaginary country and harmony.
― where is fake disneyworld (blank), Saturday, 12 November 2011 20:55 (1 year ago) Permalink
I agree, he was running through the motions a bit with the last two albums, but "Ravedeath 1972" seems more, I don't know, extreme. "Dropped Pianos" seems really good too, although I still haven't given it a proper listen.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ravedeath is essential listening, probably Tim's best ever (and that's saying something, he is consistent way beyond most artists).
Dropped Pianos is very pretty, but not essential.
― ilxor, Monday, 2 January 2012 21:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
I didn't know of Hecker until last year, and Ravedeath/Pianos are pretty much always on in my house at the moment. Lovely, lovely music. Am working backwards through his other albums now.
― Not only dermatologists hate her (James Morrison), Monday, 2 January 2012 23:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
'my love is rotten to the core' is playing at my house rn
― Deist (Hungry4Aslan) (Lamp), Tuesday, 3 January 2012 01:39 (1 year ago) Permalink
Anyone else see any of these organ shows? I thought it was just about good enough but not transcendent - not enough organ, not loud enough.
― toby, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 07:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was at the early one and agree with you.
I enjoyed being plunged into darkness but at times it just sounded like Ravedeath on CD going through the PA. If he was playing the organ then I certainly couldn't hear it. It sounded like a standard set.
Not like when Charlemagne Palestine did an organ show at St Giles. Now there's a guy who really played the thing.
― Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 09:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I was at the earlier performance in London last night too, t'was okay, not nearly as good as it could have been, I agree, plus my ass hurts from those crappy pews as St Giles.
― sleigh tracks (1933-1969) (MaresNest), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 09:32 (1 year ago) Permalink
The one advantage of being at the late set was that I was drifting off towards the end, and it was good to really zone out to.
Can't imagine how great Charlemagne Palestine would have been there, very jealous of that.
― toby, Tuesday, 7 February 2012 13:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
The Charlemagne Palestine gig was certainly unique. He played for six hours, non-stop from 4pm - 10pm.
There was hardly anyone there so people just lay on the floor by the altar and full length along the pews.
Here's a snippet:
And someone else's review... http://www.musicalcriticism.com/concerts/stgilesinfields-palestine-1008.shtml
― Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Tuesday, 7 February 2012 14:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
Randomly found this recording of a St Giles show (I presume):
http://soundcloud.com/marcus-boleman/tim-hecker-live-organ-show-at
― toby, Wednesday, 8 February 2012 09:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
"In The Fog II" just killing me today.
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 5 April 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink
Ravedeath, 1972 won the Juno for Best Electronic Album of the Year. It was number one on my ballot; this makes me feel great.
― heiswagger (rennavate), Thursday, 5 April 2012 17:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
if tim puts out a christmas album he's a lock for album of the year juno
― A Little Princess btw (s1ocki), Thursday, 5 April 2012 18:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
Collab with Daniel Lopatin in the pipeline:
http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=17716
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Wednesday, 19 September 2012 11:23 (8 months ago) Permalink
Some great track titles there btw.