BEARDO DISCO (finally fixed for vahid) - not idjuts / lindstrom - harvey, rub'n'tug, map of africa

oh, i thought he was bay-area for some reason.

A freind dropped this on me the other night:
Andreas Vollenweider - Behind The Gardens ... Behind The Wall ... Under The Tree ...

Fucking GREAT swiss harpist balearic fusion smoked out electro acoustic voyage....
-- g®▲Ðұ, Tuesday, May 15, 2007 12:23 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

does anyone remember when andreas vollenweider was pretty much universally loathed? my co-workers reminded me that CTI was the same way once upon a time...
-- BATTAGS, Tuesday, May 15, 2007 1:37 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Link

ha. i picked up a vollenweider album yesterday for a buck and both of these descriptions are so true. it's like the coolest/grooviest, but at the same time cheesiest thing i've ever listened to.

but also on the top of my stacks near the record player i have 2 michael franks records, something by japanese smooth jazz group Casiopea, jan hammer's miami vice soundtrack, Sky (electro-cosmic new age), and michael columbier's "old fool back on earth" (double album/ four part operatic suite that sounds like Escalator Over the Hill filtered through keith jarret & a bit of disco). seriously wtf. i'm so torn on all the music i listen to lately.

also, how is it ok that i listened to that Dire Straits album totally unironically and totally dug it just now? it kinda reminds me of MoA :-/

the map of africa lp gives me a raging god-boner

i dont understand how its possible to not hump something while you listen to this

like i just put it on my stereo and all of a sudden the room smells like sex

and then "creation myth" comes on and im like WTF BLADE RUNNER

i think this record is making me stoned

i bought a two-disc andreas vollenweider set for $5 - it's called "the trilogy", and it features "white winds", "caverna magica" and "behind the gardens" ... good stuff

i'm gonna look into sky and cassiopeia, thx jaxon ...

best new MoA track = "the bone"

So do we know yet when the CD version is coming out, or if it'll be as absurdly limited as the LP? Because I really really really like this, especially "Creation Myth," and a clean digital copy would be aces.

check yr email telephone thing

Thanks! Very much appreciated.

vahid, don't search for casiopeia. it's not that good. i have a single that i sorta like that's sunny balearic jazzy disco, but it's definitely on the verge of just straight smooth jazz. i think i could do a re-edit and cut out the worst bits. the full length album i have i don't think is good.

oh, and there are probably like 50 bands named Sky. look for the one w/Francis Monkman and guitarist John williams

The MoA LP is great, once your affective shield is lowered, which mine most certainly now is (although Sky? fercrissakes, we've got to draw a line somewhere). However, for the most part it's not actually very 'cosmic'-sounding (as in spacy and out there, not the italian club or whatever), and it's at its best when it is. My favourite track from the singles was actually Off the coast, which appears in a different version here as Ely Cathedral. I love that whole psychedelic east anglia, sound of the fens, thing they're pushing, cos it's so weird. The track Map of Africa is fantastic as well, though.

Obviously part of the point of it is to open our ears to a kind of rock that is SO unfashionable, but also to have a laugh (if you listen to the interview on that Disco Devils mix they seem to think it's hilarious that they've started a rock band). And that sense that they're not entirely serious gets in the way a bit for me.

By 'not entirely serious' I of course mean that they're taking the piss.

"Cut off shorts-uh. On a vicar's daughter".

Er, yes, well.

decent Prins Thomas interview:
http://www.factmagazine.co.uk/da/54168

I hadn't realized that Andreas Vollenweider already recieved the Todd Terje Treatment:

http://www.juno.co.uk/products/250710-01.htm&highlight=on%20the%20beach

hey dmr:

h4rvey played about 12 minute of Supernature last nite and people went nuts like they rarely do in HNL. mixed out of it into this:

http://www.discogs.com/release/899544
http://mp3.juno.co.uk/MP3/SF254743-01-01-01.mp3

nice! yeah I need to get some of those wurst edits. I have heard a couple on beats in space or whatever and listened to them at the store but didn't get any yet.

been listening to supernature sooo much lately

However, for the most part it's not actually very 'cosmic'-sounding (as in spacy and out there, not the italian club or whatever), and it's at its best when it is.

otm. "Creation Myth" is one of the best tracks but it's a 2-minute-long instrumental ...

Obviously part of the point of it is to open our ears to a kind of rock that is SO unfashionable

ummm ... not so much out on the west coast. i remember 10 years ago in college, dudes who were putting on kit clayton and carl craig shows in san francisco were unironically pushing peter frampton and rush records on me

and dudes like doc martin and the hardkiss guys have always repped for hendrixes and doors and so forth ... and stoner rock is still much much more popular out here than minimal house (or even postpunk or freak folk)

i hate to say it but from my perspective this bold beardo house thing might be almost more of an accomodation to the listening sensibilities of a crowd who no doubt know carl craig's gavin + delia remix but might not know who xpress 2 is.

hi

are beardo edits the new electroclash?

mike simonetti started that exact thread a year or so ago.

are disco edits the new electroclash?

anyway, Runaway is Jacques Renault and Marcos Cabral.

sorry, you're probably referencing that thread...

i'm listening to the orb's remix of material's "praying mantra", it's very cosmic innit

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/4536/trueh8.png

hay confounded how was the harvey set in NYC last month?

TS:
Silver Connection "Fly Robin Fly"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM72iWami9M
vs.
Belle Epoque "Miss Broadway"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYkFFj1PTqU
vs.
Venus Gang "Spacer Woman"
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/mp3/Venus%20Gang%20-%20Space%20Woman.mp3

Belle Epoque by landslide (gravel provided in vox)

How can one be better? They're all the ame song!

But...that intro!

Here are the thoughts that went through my head as I watched the Fly Robbin Fly video:

1. Is there a new song called Fly Robin Fly?
2. Did Michelle Gondry direct this video?
3. This is kind of a cool sound, the snare is very tight and there's a weird spacey vibe to it.
4. Did some new band cover Fly Robin Fly?!
5. Holy shit, this is the original.

ooooh im on my 3rd carlsberg and the map of africa album is sounding so good. i'm gonna be playing this a lot, its hard not to get bimble-esque bout this, its so awesome, i love it! 'balearic rock style' is pretty on point. 'freaky ways' is my fave. title track and 'dirty lovin' coming a close second obv.

Version of Black skin blue eyed boys made me want to commit murder.

yeahhh, odd choice of cover ill admit

not sure where this fits into things really, and i can't find any discussion of this guy around here, but mark e has a really nice mix up at cool in the pool. really making this drizzly day.

looped steel drum (?) coolness! hiro ohta. nice.

where is the Fixx's "Reach the Beach" instrumental dub from? could it be an edit that jazzanova did? it's not on the LP and there doesn't seem to be a 12" listed on discogs.

oh, it's the b-side to One thing Leads to another

One Thing Leads To Another (12")
a) One Thing Leads To Another 8:00
Extended remix
b) Reach The Beach (dub) 4:06
Instrumental

MCA FIXXT 5, UK PS 1983

http://www.myspace.com/stillg0ing

eric of rub'n'tug & and Olivier Spencer of Manthraxx & Mr. Negative.

ON DFA!

it's wonderful. i wonder when it's coming out?

The song will also be featured on James Murphy and Pat Mahoney’s (LCD Soundsystem) upcoming Fabric Live mix.

nice

I probably should have known this already but it also says they did the How & Why record on Rong

eric and olivier I mean, not james murphy and pat mahoney

OMG this Map of Africa lp is completely burning my mind right now.

they had a copy of the MOA at thee record store last week! and i passed it up. :(

The CD is out now and still relatively easy to get- Sounds of the Universe, Juno, Boomkat, etc. all have copies. I think it's a limited run, just not as insanely limited as Whatever We Want vinyl.