the first track is one of the most, er, shoegazy on the whole thing. if mcguire can be called shoegazy. i know what you mean though!
― ilxor running, w/ laptop in hand, checking ILX as he sprints (ilxor), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
ilxor, please don't stop posting your links - I for one enjoyed your piece.
― She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 13:46 (thirteen years ago) link
^^ Co-sign. Haters gonna hate etc.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 10 May 2011 15:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm digging this album btw. Been on a major Emeralds kick lately (new speakers woohoo), this is a great addition.
bullshit boring drone band
― jumpskins, Monday, 16 May 2011 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
zoning out to 'ledges'
― jumpskins, Monday, 16 May 2011 02:02 (thirteen years ago) link
new Imaginary Softwoods up for preorder at Amethyst Sunset:
http://www.amethystsunset.net/
I missed out on the white/clear vinyl but o well
also Experimedia still has copies of the 2 new Spectrum Spools releases from Forma & Mist available. next two are out in July, one from Temporal Marauder (w/ awesome artwork) and a 2xLP from Bee Mask which I will slit throats to get.
― you penis-curling she-devils (jamescobo), Monday, 16 May 2011 16:33 (thirteen years ago) link
@Alan N, good call on "The Invisible World". Sounds like one of his best to me. Unfortunately the CD only has the first section of it. It seems to be in two parts on the original tape. Side A is 14 minutes, and has two 7 minute sections.
― plazzTT, Monday, 16 May 2011 22:55 (thirteen years ago) link
xp new Bee Mask has me excited
― last updated 2 minutes ago by 1 minute ago (van smack), Monday, 16 May 2011 22:58 (thirteen years ago) link
the new Imaginary Softwoods album is really good!
― XBOX BING GOATSE (jamescobo), Wednesday, 22 June 2011 06:02 (twelve years ago) link
It really is. I've been playing that and the new Pulse Emitter LP to death lately.
― Super Receptor (Barnaby, Hardly), Thursday, 23 June 2011 08:15 (twelve years ago) link
What's the production on the new Imaginary Softwoods like compared to the old 2xLP? I recently got that older one based on how much I love Emeralds and Mist, but the low-fi-ness of it has left me a little cold (although the pieces are intriguing and sounds good in their own way). I mean, Does It Look Like I'm Here? just sounds so freaking epic and delicious and huge and detailed, and the incredible production really adds to its immersive character (Imaginary Softwoods feels like something I'm beholding; Does It Look Like I'm Here? feels like something I'm inside, or touching). I really think it's one of the best sounding LPs I own.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 23 June 2011 15:22 (twelve years ago) link
well it's not mastered by Plotkin so it obviously won't sound AS rich as DILLIH but it sounds pretty damn good nonetheless. it's totally worth buying just on compositional merits, though; sadly I suck at knowing stuff about original kosmiche records so I'm not going to be much help coming up with comparisons ("it reminds me of Tangerine Dream!" yeah thanks buddy) but I can absolutely affirm that this record does a great job of soundtracking mundane tasks - for example, it helped make folding laundry EPIC last night.
― XBOX BING GOATSE (jamescobo), Thursday, 23 June 2011 16:39 (twelve years ago) link
I'll definitely check it out, thanks... The Mist album House from last month is really, really good as well, and it sounds delightful.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 23 June 2011 17:32 (twelve years ago) link
I actually couldn't get into that one (or the last Mist album either TBQH). really really REALLY excited for the upcoming Bee Mask 2xLP on Spectrum Spools though!
― XBOX BING GOATSE (jamescobo), Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:00 (twelve years ago) link
I really like the only thing from Bee Mask I have, which is the Hyperborean Trenchtown LP. I like it's musique concrete elements and its somewhat noisy and unsettled nature; some of this stuff can tend toward the TOO-smooth. I'm hoping for another Oneohtrix record this year, badly.
― Clarke B., Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:06 (twelve years ago) link
Has ayone else heard the Jurgen Muller LP (it came into and out of print instantly)? It fits right in with this stuff based on the tracks I've heard on Altered Zones and shit. Hopefully someone will make it available again.
― Walter Galt, Thursday, 23 June 2011 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
lovin this Mist LP! (Bye Bye)
It has near zero associations with Emeralds but there's something about the aesthetic... what is it??... that's transitioning so well for me.
― kelpolaris, Thursday, 23 June 2011 21:38 (twelve years ago) link
so can some kind & dedicated person make me an easy reference list of Emeralds side projects and which member(s) are involved in them? I would really appreciate it, can't keep any of this stuff straight.
― sleeve, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:21 (twelve years ago) link
John Elliott - Mist/Imaginary Softwoods/Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks. and the guy behind the Spectrum Spools label.
Steve Hauschildt -
Mark McGuire - Skyramps (w/ OPN)/Sun Watcher/Trouble Books & Mark McGuire
― van smack, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah some sort of discography would be invaluable
― i wanna be yr rhizome (seandalai), Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
that's a good start, thank you! xp
― sleeve, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:49 (twelve years ago) link
Elliott also did a solo LP and a split single with Raglani as Outer Space. both own considerably.
― XBOX BING GOATSE (jamescobo), Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:52 (twelve years ago) link
Oh yeah I forgot Outer Space. Those tapes are great
― van smack, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:53 (twelve years ago) link
the lp that mark mcguire did with trouble books is really, really good imo
― Lamp, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:54 (twelve years ago) link
So glad he isn't flooding the year with music, but you're right, that collaboration is one of the better things he's done in a while.
― van smack, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:57 (twelve years ago) link
Don't forget that "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morrisette is about Mark McGuire's dad!
― Clarke B., Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:58 (twelve years ago) link
!!!!!!
― sleeve, Friday, 24 June 2011 00:00 (twelve years ago) link
that must be like the worst potential pickup line ever... "hey, guess what famous song was written about my dad?"
― sleeve, Friday, 24 June 2011 00:01 (twelve years ago) link
"here's a little known factoid you oughtta know..."
― Lamp, Friday, 24 June 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
McGuire also collabs in Amazing Births, two tapes so far and an LP (which dropped this week, about par for the course so far this year)
― Stanley Tunechi (Spectrist), Friday, 24 June 2011 01:15 (twelve years ago) link
Steve Hauschildt had a solo tape or two as well. He's like the Chrissy of Three's Company.
― van smack, Friday, 24 June 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
Oops, I meant he's the Janet of Three's Company. Mark is Chrissy.
Mark McGuire's dad is Dave Coulier?
― XBOX BING GOATSE (jamescobo), Friday, 24 June 2011 02:01 (twelve years ago) link
Who do you think bought them that drool-worthy collection of vintage analog gear??
― Clarke B., Friday, 24 June 2011 02:20 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, so is John Elliott still Jack Tripper or is he the Olsen twins now?
― Stanley Tunechi (Spectrist), Friday, 24 June 2011 05:11 (twelve years ago) link
Discogs is fairly good for info on aliases / other projects:http://www.discogs.com/artist/Emeralds+%282%29
(Click on Members names, then see under "Aliases" and "In Groups")
― plazzTT, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 21:43 (twelve years ago) link
― Lamp, Thursday, 23 June 2011 23:54 (1 week ago)
Yeah it's a good'un. Its well worth checking out the rest of Trouble Books albums/EPs too they're ace.
― jimitheexploder, Tuesday, 5 July 2011 22:06 (twelve years ago) link
I hate loving this band. On good days they fulfill the promise of all these Klaus Schulze records I bought and only listened to once. On bad days they remind me of jealously watching synth demo videos and NAMM reports. Usually I can get ten minutes in before I'm gazing longingly at something on eBay.
― Boehner & der club of GOP (Ówen P.), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 13:38 (twelve years ago) link
yeah that new dave smith/roger linn tempest looks dope
― laughing stalk (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 14:24 (twelve years ago) link
speaking of hauschildt, he just launched this site:http://www.gneissthings.com
― laughing stalk (diamonddave85), Wednesday, 6 July 2011 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
is this where all the Spectrum Spools discussion goes too? the new Bee Mask 2xLP is OK through the first three sides but the fourth side is gobsmackingly incredible
― And we were wearing a lot of athletic shorts. (jamescobo), Monday, 18 July 2011 18:38 (twelve years ago) link
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Huh.
― She Got the Shakes, Tuesday, 19 July 2011 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
that's strange.. ghostery reports only fb connect and google analytics fwiw
― ILX Point Never (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 19 July 2011 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
Trouble Books & Mark McGuire LP has been growing on me a lot.
There's a track from Mark McGuire's new album here too: http://editionsmego.com/release/eMEGO+123V
― plazzTT, Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:26 (twelve years ago) link
and Amazing Births - Eclipsed By The Younger Moon from the new LP is one of my favourite McGuire tracks so far.
― plazzTT, Sunday, 7 August 2011 01:41 (twelve years ago) link
anyone get that LP of Outer Space demos yet?
― the tingly effervesence of a thousand tiny butterfly farts (jamescobo), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:13 (twelve years ago) link
is this where all the Spectrum Spools discussion goes too?
i feel like ive been a little bit burned on the bee mask lps - i should probably give them another listen but they just sort of blur outside of my consciousness like its more than just being 'boring' they p much just dont exist even when im playing them. or s.thing
imo the ss that ive liked the best is the forma record although i liked the fabric one too
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 17:18 (twelve years ago) link
the first Bee Mask LP is one of my very favorite releases of the year and probably my favorite Spectrum Spools release so far. I wasn't too keen on the second one initially, but after a few more listens I've warmed to it considerably (and of course the entire fourth side is still magnificent).
really excited for the Driphouse release in October, sounds like it's my type of stuff.
― the tingly effervesence of a thousand tiny butterfly farts (jamescobo), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 21:28 (twelve years ago) link
yeah im interested in it too altough i hope it doesnt just cannibalize his excellent nna tapes release
i feel like the double lp release had some good moments but needed to be cut down a lot i mean 'be shorter' is the worst sorta critique to level @ a double lp but yknow im kinda interested to know what you hear in it tbh
― Monstrous TumTum (Lamp), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 22:14 (twelve years ago) link