― groovemaaan, Monday, 26 February 2007 14:51 (6 years ago) Permalink
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"Urlichten" is the song playing on my stereo right now. This whole record is fantastic. I think "Walden 2" is my favorite track this week.
― kenan, Thursday, 31 May 2007 01:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
You ever have really good creeper bud, where you go around for 20 minutes not realizing what is happening to your head, but then there's this moment of realization where you're like, "Holy shit, I'm really high!" That's what walking around listening to this album on headphones is like. My #1 of 2007.
― kenan, Saturday, 11 August 2007 14:47 (5 years ago) Permalink
Jeez his animal collective remix is really tops.
Honestly, there are times where Pantha (not necesarilly the AC remix, just his stuff in general) reminds me why I like music in the first place.
― mehlt, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 01:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
For awhile this was in my Top 5 for the year, though I'm not sure that's still the case; I haven't been calibrating my favorites with any real attention to detail recently. But this is an absolutely gorgeous album for sure.
― Matos W.K., Tuesday, 11 September 2007 02:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
love love love this album.
― poortheatre, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 09:05 (5 years ago) Permalink
It's really lovely but there's something that prevents me from ever wanting to listen all the way through in one sitting. Perhaps its the limitations of the sound palette but there are some amazing melodic touches in there.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 10:53 (5 years ago) Permalink
Would I like this?
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 11:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think so.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 11:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
I may investigate.
― Scik Mouthy, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 11:06 (5 years ago) Permalink
i tried to buy immer 2 a few months ago in a shop and the clerk was like, "look, you can buy this, and it's good, or you can buy this.." there was a sign over it that said "FUCKING MASTERPIECE," so i took his advice.
― poortheatre, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 16:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
Why has this one been talked about/covered so much more than Diamond Daze?
― Andy K, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 16:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
vampire techno
― tricky, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 16:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
like anne rice style vampires
― tricky, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 16:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
don't believe me?
― tricky, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
andy, because this is much better than Diamond Daze.
― jed_, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
one of the 3 best albums of the year, imo.
― jed_, Tuesday, 11 September 2007 17:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
i picked up the animal collective single tonight and does indeed rock. thanks for the tip melht.
― tricky, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 04:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
wow, it's better than anything on this bliss which is really saying something.
― tricky, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 04:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
i wasn't feeling the peacebone remix at all at first, but after about ten or so listens, it's startling how much my opinion's changed. i love it. starts off so unassuming, then a slow, ever so subtle progression into a real banger of a track, i wish it would keep going another ten minutes!
― vmcjr, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 09:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
anyone know of an online store i could pick up the AC remix 12"?
not sure if Juno is out of stock, but they don't have it :(
― micarl, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 21:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
arr.. the Domino site.
― micarl, Wednesday, 12 September 2007 23:10 (5 years ago) Permalink
Still my #1, after some consideration and lots of shuffling around of playlists. I think it's at about 4:08 of the first track that I made up my mind over again.
And who said they can't listen to it all the way through? Rong.
― kenan, Thursday, 13 September 2007 08:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
Can't listen all the way thru!?
But... but... but then how do you get to its meisterstück, "Steiner Im Flug"!?
― dblcheeksneek, Thursday, 13 September 2007 13:42 (5 years ago) Permalink
I finally bought it (issues of loyalty to record stores that haven't been able to get it in, as well as delayed release in north america (I think) held me back) and it's pretty much what I'd expect this to be, nothing short of sublime.
I'm dead serious when I say Pantha du Prince reminds me why I like music in the first place. Listening to this, It almost put me back to when I just first started listening to electronic music, and probably back to when I first heard a melody that I just couldn't get over. I got this distinct feeling halfway through the album of being 16 again and first listening to Lawrence (obviously the similarity of the two artists factors in, but Lawrence was one of the first techno/house producers I started listening to, and one of the very first I felt really strongly about)and just being amazed at this new (to me) music which was just so mesmerizing and astonishing. And Pantha du Prince brings that feeling back, and he puts everything since then into context, he provides this amazing feeling of hearing something that feels like it's the first time combined with the familiarity and knowledge that comes with experience. For me, he is honestly one of those artists that only comes once in every few couple years, if that.
― mehlt, Monday, 15 October 2007 04:04 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think this is pretty pleasant.
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, February 26, 2007 6:04 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Link Nice and chilly, this is.
-- BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, February 26, 2007 10:35 PM
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 15 October 2007 04:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
"Jeez his animal collective remix is really tops. Honestly, there are times where Pantha (not necesarilly the AC remix, just his stuff in general) reminds me why I like music in the first place."
OTM. This record is killing me right now !
― oscar, Sunday, 18 November 2007 05:55 (5 years ago) Permalink
good for this time of year. slips into a cool gray day in a sort of unassuming fashion, and then gradually buoys you up...
― lukas, Thursday, 29 November 2007 01:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
see this is the type of shit that condemns me to spending too much time reading about and listening to music - to think that i might have missed THIS.
― lukas, Thursday, 29 November 2007 02:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
Two new remixes of his out recently: solomun , and errrm, someone else I can't remember, but of a track called deep tunnels, which has a lot of potential if it sounds like the title suggests. Downloaded the solomun one, haven't listened to it yet, but it sounds like a good remix, more dark and straightforward. Anyone heard the first one I mentioned?
― mehlt, Thursday, 29 November 2007 03:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
Phew, that being said, I think I should give This Bliss another whirl, and freaking buy Diamond Daze as soon as I can, it too is quite brilliant.
― mehlt, Thursday, 29 November 2007 03:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
boomkat sample of "deep tunnel" (the original is by 'blunt')(no, i haven't heard of him before either)(lousy name) sounds really nice. i have the solomun remix somewhere, but for some reason it didn't really stick with me, might have to give it a re-listen.
― jermainetwo, Thursday, 29 November 2007 04:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
the whole of "deep tunnel" is really nice. also, its predictably pretty, but if can't really get enough melancholy minimal tech with orchestral flourishes (i'm not sure i can) check out his remix of raz ohara and the odd orchestra's "kisses".
― jermainetwo, Thursday, 6 December 2007 20:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
was pondering earlier that this bliss might actually be my "album of the year".
― djh, Thursday, 6 December 2007 23:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
I forgot to mention kisses, which I've kind of previewed to mixed feelings, but don't listen to that because it's very much the kind of thing you need to hear from beginning to end.
In my end of the year list which is still in progress, I made a conscious decision to limit it to 1 track per artist, as otherwise it would just be This Bliss! Honestly though, Saturn Strobe (my #1), Florac, and the Peacebone remix are all top 10 for sure.
― mehlt, Thursday, 6 December 2007 23:43 (5 years ago) Permalink
here's Howard Skempton's utterly sublime "Lento" which Pantha used as the basis for "Saturn Strobe". it was good of him to give Skempton the entire writing credit for the track but a little shameful of him to mis-credit the track to "Robert Skempton" on the sleeve! i sent this to a friend of mine a while back and he messaged me tonight to say that it had just brought him to the verge of tears.
http://www.sendspace.com/file/sol35z
― jed_, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 23:05 (4 years ago) Permalink
Thanks! I love Saturn Strobe and thought it must be a sample, but I had no idea what.
― I am using your worlds, Wednesday, 18 June 2008 23:12 (4 years ago) Permalink
Blissful mix of soaring techno from Pantha for Sonar 2008 on RBMA Radio. Do yourself a favor and check it out, esp if you've been pining for something similar after his last record.
― oscar, Monday, 11 August 2008 21:07 (4 years ago) Permalink
is there an archive of this or other red bull shows for download anywhere?
― lucas pine, Monday, 11 August 2008 21:25 (4 years ago) Permalink
i've been asked that question many times. i would love to have all these great mixes as podcasts. to answer your question, no i havent been able to find a means to dl these.
― oscar, Monday, 11 August 2008 21:32 (4 years ago) Permalink
cool--anxious to hear this. just got This Bliss on vinyl--sweet!
― nerve_pylon, Monday, 11 August 2008 21:36 (4 years ago) Permalink
must listen to this again as it bored me first time around... is ot more an autumn / winter thing?
― mmmm, Monday, 11 August 2008 23:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
where exactly is this mix found?
― mehlt, Tuesday, 12 August 2008 21:08 (4 years ago) Permalink
Good God!
From http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1750&Itemid=26
There's no news like really fucking good news. One of our favourite labels in the world, Hamburg's Dial Records, has revealed its release plans for 2009, prompting at least one member of the FACT editorial team to wet himself.
First up, it looks as though there'll be a new Pantha Du Prince album hitting shelves before the year is out. The last album by Pantha AKA Henrik Weber (pictured above), This Bliss, was one of the albums of 2007, and it's shaping up to be one of the albums of the decade n'all. Details of its follow-up are scarce (i.e. non-existent), but we're reliably informed that it's going to surface "late 2009". It will be preceded in the early part of the year by a new 12" (dial45).
The most imminent Dial release is an EP collection entitled Pyramid Drift, due out on February 2nd. It features post-punk legend Momus along with Christoph de Babalon, Efdemin and Arises. This will be followed by Christian Naujok's debut LP on March 16th, which we're told will "deliver Marimba instrumentals, 12tone r 'n' b, piano pieces and endearing pop songs!"
In late April, Phantom/Ghost return with a new album, Thrown Out of Drama School, and 12" releases from Pigon and John Roberts are in the pipeline too. As if that's not enough, an album is expected from Pawel in the latter part of the year, while Carsten Jost is working on new material and Dial boss/figurehead Lawrence has completed an LP for release on Mule Electronic in late summer.
News comes and news goes, but this is too good of an announcement to help start to the new year
― mehlt, Tuesday, 13 January 2009 04:03 (4 years ago) Permalink
the new 12" is this big ominous riff that dissipates into this noodly melodic thing about 2/3rds of the way though, really great.
― oh, pregnantpaws (haitch), Friday, 24 April 2009 03:04 (4 years ago) Permalink
I love PdP and Behind The Stars. But it makes it pretty obvious that his template is:
1: Create nice chord progression: C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6
2: ----- C1 C2 ------------------ C3 C4 ---- C5 C6 -----
Where - is beats + tweaking
― ok star grumbles (lukas), Friday, 25 September 2009 09:18 (3 years ago) Permalink
"Pantha du Prince signed to Rough Trade Records. New album Black Noise to be released on Rough Trade on the 8th of Febuary 2010.
Black Noise includes collaborations with Noah Lennox aka Panda Bear of Animal Collective and Tyler Pope of !!! and LCD Soundsystem. Prepared instruments played on location in Swiss by Joachim Schütz, Stephan Abry and Hendrik Weber. "
Intrigued, at the very least. The last single - "Behind The Stars" wasn't that engaging, but given that "This Bliss" still delivers sublime listening (even if xpost kinda sullied the whole thing with pointing out the trick) and is even now frequently listened to, I'm looking forward to the new album.
― Tannenbaum Schmidt, Wednesday, 4 November 2009 11:34 (3 years ago) Permalink
Dear Pantha,
Please get Panda Bear the fuck off this thing right now.
Yours,
Matt DC
― Space Battle Rothko (Matt DC), Wednesday, 4 November 2009 11:35 (3 years ago) Permalink
Pantha's a lot more prominent than he was when This Bliss came out though.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 9 December 2010 15:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
listening to black noise for the first time in a few months and TOTALLY noticing a drukqs vibe― best poast - crazy 4 ya (diamonddave85), Monday, October 4, 2010 12:41 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark
― best poast - crazy 4 ya (diamonddave85), Monday, October 4, 2010 12:41 AM (3 months ago) Bookmark
Listening to it now and totally noticing a Severed Heads vibe, epecially on "Stick to My Side". Sure this has been noted elsewhere though.
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 1 February 2011 17:14 (2 years ago) Permalink
'XI Versions Of Black Noise' to be released on April 18th, 2011reworking of 'Black Noise' album by contemporaries
Rough Trade Records are excited to announce the release of ‘XI versions of Black Noise’ by Pantha Du Prince, an album of reworkings of tracks originally on his album ‘Black Noise’ by friends and contemporaries including amongst others Animal Collective, Moritz Von Oswald, Four Tet, Efdemin and North American audio pioneer Hyroglyphic Being.
The full tracklisting is as follows:
1. MORITZ VON OSWALD THE ONE VERSION OF „WELT AM DRAHT“
2. DIE VÖGEL VERSION OF „WELT AM DRAHT“
3. LAWRENCE VERSION OF „STICK TO MY SIDE“
4. FOUR TET VERSION OF „STICK TO MY SIDE“
5. THE SIGHT BELOW VERSION OF „A NOMAD´S RETREAT“
6. EFDEMIN VERSION OF „STICK TO MY SIDE“
7. HIEROGLYPHIC BEING VERSION OF „SATELLITE SNIPER“
8. CARSTEN JOST VERSION OF „STICK TO MY SIDE“
9. ANIMAL COLLECTIVE VERSION OF „WELT AM DRAHT“
10. PANTHA DU PRINCE „LAY IN A SHIMMER“ FATA MORGANA VERSION
11. WALLS VERSION OF „STICK TO MY SIDE“
― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 12:41 (2 years ago) Permalink
^^FUCK OFF WHY WON'T YOU FUCK OFF
props for getting die vögel on a remix though! "petardo" was amazing.
― lextasy refix (lex pretend), Tuesday, 8 February 2011 12:42 (2 years ago) Permalink
FIVE versions of Stick To My Side? Would have been good to have followed the order of the original album.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 13:37 (2 years ago) Permalink
Those all were already available on last year's digital release of the "Stick To My Side" single
― willem, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 14:06 (2 years ago) Permalink
I'm loving the remix album. It's not absolutely incredible or anything, but I just keep ending up reaching for it, which is its own kind of litmus test. I do wish the Animal Collective track wasn't on it, too...
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
I really like the AC track; it regularly pops up in my head apros of nothing. Like the Four Tet remix of it, too; is that what's on the remix album?
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:09 (1 year ago) Permalink
The remix album contains that Four Tet remix of the track that Panda Bear sings on, yeah, but it also contains a separate Animal Collective remix of a different track called "Welt am Draht"... I just don't like the flow and shapelessness of it very much. But I too find myself singing the Panda Bear song from Black Noise to myself all the freaking time, entirely randomly!
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 May 2011 15:14 (1 year ago) Permalink
Aha. So the remix album is worth getting, you think?
― lol sickmouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 18:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
wait 'til you find it used/cheap i'd say?
― i genuinely thought when i first joined that he was the admin (ilxor), Tuesday, 24 May 2011 18:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I throw it on quite a bit... I bought the vinyl version, which is only 5 versions, but you get a free high-quality DL of the full 11. I should note that I pretty much buy anything Moritz von Oswald is on without question, though.
― Clarke B., Tuesday, 24 May 2011 18:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
URSPRUNG (pantha du prince and stephan abry) record is definitely worth a listen: some nice ambient passages, motorik, and noodly guitar a la göttsching
― deadcandace (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:23 (11 months ago) Permalink
err motorik isnt the word i was looking for. whatever that sequenced beat in autobahn is called
― deadcandace (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 6 June 2012 15:24 (11 months ago) Permalink
The Christian Loeffler album is really good, but so obviously in debt to Pantha Du Prince that it might qualify as a tribute album in places.
― boxedjoy, Thursday, 28 June 2012 09:17 (10 months ago) Permalink
PANTHA DU PRINCE & THE BELL LABORATORY, ELEMENTS OF LIGHT, TO BE RELEASED ON 14TH JANUARYWork Composed by Pantha Du Prince Features a Three-Tonne, 50-Bell Carillon, Percussion and Electronics
Over the course of three albums—and as an in-demand remixer of artists ranging from Animal Collective to, most recently, Philip Glass—the Berlin-based musician and producer Pantha Du Prince (Hendrik Weber) has been celebrated for pushing the envelope of electronic music. His newest effort, Elements of Light, a collaborative project with The Bell Laboratory, is doubtless his most ambitious to date: The work is a symphony for electronics, percussion and bell carillon, a three-tonne instrument comprising 50 bronze bells. The genesis of the project began in Oslo in the summer of 2010, when Weber was having lunch with the local curators Mattis With and Håkon Vinnogg and heard, in the distance, one of the concerts that are played multiple times daily on a bell carillon inside the city hall. Weber was struck by how the frequencies and overtones unfolded unpredictably, influenced one another, and resonated, more or less, throughout the Norwegian capital. With and Vinnogg suggested he compose for the carillon, which was developed in China 3,500 years ago, during the Shang Dynasty, and made its way to Europe during the Middle Age. Weber began collaborating with the Norwegian Lars Petter Hagen, who served as arranger and conductor. For the recording, a bell carillon was shipped from Denmark to Germany, where Vegar Sandholt, the same carillonist that Weber had heard during his stay in Oslo, played it. A separate session, in Oslo, brought together a variety of percussionists, including Weber; Martin Horntveth, of Jaga Jazzist, Killl and The National Bank; Erland Dahlen, of Nils Petter Molvaer Trio, Susanne Sundfør, Madrugada, Xploding Plastix, and Kaada; the researcher and performer Håkon Stene, who teaches at the Norwegian Academy of Music; and Heming Valebjørg, of the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. They contributed numerous tubular bells, marimba, xylophone, cymbals, chimes, handclaps, finger snaps and other percussion. The album is a single continuous work, although it has been broken down into five tracks named for elements of light: “Wave,” “Particle,” Photon,” “Spectral Split” and “Quantum.” Sonically, the work is a fusion of electronic music and classical composition, and draws on house and minimalism, jazz and new music, gamelan and western sacred music. Influences include John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Steve Reich, LaMonte Young and Moondog.Elements of Light is a natural next step in the Pantha Du Prince oeuvre. Bells figured prominently on his last album, the highly acclaimed Black Noise, which Rough Trade Records released in 2010. In a Best New Music review of Black Noise, Pitchfork said, “each track is its own micro sound world with enough rich detail to draw you back for deeper investigation.”Elements of Light live performances are being planned for late 2013.
YES
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
I was quite excited upon reading that and the track is really nice but it does sound almost exactly like most of the last two albums but with live percussion. I still find myself wishing he'd stretch himself more either melodically or texturally.
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, saw mention of this earlier. Looking forward to it.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 17:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
Matt DC you misspelled "wishing he'd keep re-making the same album forever because they're basically dopamine release levers for humans instead of rats"
― hot slag (lukas), Wednesday, 17 October 2012 18:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
Ooh, I quite like the youtube with live bells. It does seem to lift it above the "more of that same album he makes every years" thing. I'm not sure what exact envelope he's supposed to have been pushing exactly.
I didn't get around to listening to the remix album for Black Noise, maybe it will help me get into that record more. Magical words "Four Tet remix" appear in there.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 18 October 2012 08:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
I have that FT remix somewhere, WCC. I'll try and dig it out for you.
― comedy is unnatural and abhorrent (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 18 October 2012 08:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
No need! It is on the remix album. Which I am listening to right now. But thanks.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Thursday, 18 October 2012 08:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
His music is lovely but he doesn't "push the envelope" at all, that's just press release bollocks.
I mean when you read things like a fusion of electronic music and classical composition, and draws on house and minimalism, jazz and new music, gamelan and western sacred music. Influences include John Cage, Iannis Xenakis, Steve Reich, LaMonte Young and Moondog then it's reasonable to expect a greater departure. Maybe the rest of the record will provide that.
Probably looking forward to the live performance more than anything right now.
― Matt DC, Thursday, 18 October 2012 09:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
I'm not really a fan of pdp's music but saw him live at the dial night at netil house last month and was actually pretty good
― suare, Thursday, 18 October 2012 11:34 (7 months ago) Permalink
Dunno if it's just the effects of the snow, but this record is sounding pretty great right now, if essentially the same as his previous albums. 'Spectral Split' is amazing.
― Matt DC, Monday, 14 January 2013 13:55 (4 months ago) Permalink
I was thinking of "Es Schneit" earlier today. Might have to give Black Noise a listen as I journey across the tundrous wastes of N London after work.
― Neil S, Monday, 14 January 2013 14:06 (4 months ago) Permalink
The live bells don't really sound that different to his sampled bells but this is really good, very wintery sounding. The sense stillness at the start of Spectral Split is really striking (excuse the excess alliteration).
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 19 January 2013 16:13 (4 months ago) Permalink
buildup on 'spectral split' is great
― 乒乓, Monday, 28 January 2013 16:04 (3 months ago) Permalink
This record making a tedious grey morning in a pokey little office seem infinitely more bearable.
― a la recherche du tempbans perdu (NickB), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 10:29 (3 months ago) Permalink
it's a gorgeous record, very cocooning, very suitable for this current weather
― lex pretend, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 12:18 (3 months ago) Permalink
Its brevity is a virtue as well, I lose interest in both This Bliss and Black Noise in their final third because his sound palette is consciously limited, but this is exactly the right length for one sitting.
― Matt DC, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 12:26 (3 months ago) Permalink
Very much looking forward to picking this up at the weekend.
― i would never inflict the process of making a sandwich on myself (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 12:32 (3 months ago) Permalink
I held the LP in my hands last weekend but chose not to buy it, largely because of what Matt DC says - the Pantha thing is often too much to take in the form of an album. Its supposed brevity makes me reconsider though...
― willem, Tuesday, 29 January 2013 12:38 (3 months ago) Permalink
love this album
― ramblin' evil mushroom (clouds), Tuesday, 29 January 2013 12:49 (3 months ago) Permalink
did anyone else go to the live show last night? INCREDIBLE experience. spellbinding
― lex pretend, Saturday, 16 February 2013 08:59 (3 months ago) Permalink
Did he/they basically play the album in order?
― Matt DC, Saturday, 16 February 2013 12:16 (3 months ago) Permalink
pretty much, but for the encore did reworked older Pantha material (Eisbaden among them)
the ravey/percussiony bits were way more intense than on record, and it was really visually compelling too - the lights, the shadows, the weirdly robed musicians (at first I thought it was a religious thing - the whole thing sounds so devotional) - but their costumes were actually scientists' lab coats; also, the actual act of playing bells is oddly fun to watch
― lex pretend, Saturday, 16 February 2013 19:20 (3 months ago) Permalink
So jealous.
― errant flynn, Saturday, 16 February 2013 19:41 (3 months ago) Permalink
ya. i stupidly missed them when they were here in chicago — and it looks like he won't even be playing in the states for the rest of the year :C
― crimson hexagon sonned (clouds), Saturday, 16 February 2013 19:55 (3 months ago) Permalink
jealous too
― zero dark (s1ocki), Monday, 18 February 2013 16:45 (3 months ago) Permalink
elements of light a godsend today
― dat neggy nilmar (wins), Wednesday, 6 March 2013 20:29 (2 months ago) Permalink
In the mood for a new Lawrence album.
(Couldn't find a Dial thread).
― djh, Sunday, 17 March 2013 18:45 (2 months ago) Permalink
have been loving efdemin's s/t lately
― mimosa pudica (clouds), Sunday, 17 March 2013 19:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
Feeling like I should love "Elements of Light" ... but I don't.
― djh, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 20:16 (2 months ago) Permalink
^^
― eris bueller (lukas), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 20:17 (2 months ago) Permalink
the human bell-players aren't as tight as machines + he doesn't get to play with timbre the same way
― eris bueller (lukas), Tuesday, 19 March 2013 20:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
Had a late night Dial Records shopping spree ... Phantom Ghost, Ursprung and Christian Naujoks albums now in the post.
― djh, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 20:18 (2 months ago) Permalink
x-post: maybe. i usually love hearing people hitting bells and usually love pantha du prince but i like the * idea * of it more than the actual result.
― djh, Tuesday, 19 March 2013 20:20 (2 months ago) Permalink
The new Lawrence single is making me want a new full-length too. But Elements Of Light is plenty sufficient.
― boxedjoy, Saturday, 4 May 2013 16:01 (2 weeks ago) Permalink