What Are You Listening to? 2023

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^reminds me i keep meaning to listen to this: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018857289/toody-cole-return-of-the-living-dead-moon

no lime tangier, Sunday, 23 April 2023 02:19 (one year ago) link

xp THere was a really interesting looking Turid compilation that i was thinking of buying a couple of years back. That's not it is it?
Same label who were reissuing other Swedish prog stuff

Stevo, Sunday, 23 April 2023 08:01 (one year ago) link

yep... if only they'd rerelease those first 3 lps in full!

no lime tangier, Sunday, 23 April 2023 09:56 (one year ago) link

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Debut lp of Bristol post-punk group, dubbed out to psychedelic excess. One of my all-time fav lps since I was turned onto it by comparisons in Birthday Party articles I read in 83 though they were actually from a while earlier.
Prompted by it sitting by my bed and Mark Stewart had just died.
THis is the version from the anniversary 3cd set. So its on a weird black disc thing not a silver cd. So my player got fuzzy half way through.
Cleaned that more thoroughly this morning so may have sorted.
Love the way it sounds like the sound is in freefall when this does play properly though.

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1st disc of this which may be more ska and soul than reggae. A lot of thsi does sound like it would be classed as soul if played by different groups, I'm assuming it is actually Jamaican or UK artists picking up on soul before they wind up really getting into what constitutes reggae. Have definitely heard reggae with a major Impressions/Curtis Mayfield influence elsewhere. I think this is mainly 60s recordings so a bit early to be reggae per se.
Anyway hangs together quite well even crossing several genres . I think I picked this up in Sister Ray a few years ago and was happy to see a second wave of Trojan 2cd compilations after the Sanctuary version of Trojan 2cd sets were pretty exemplary. Not sure if this is quite to that level, good though.

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Heavy, primitive Brazilian psychedelic rock stuff with stun guitar. Trying to get the cd cleaner cleaned I was next to a shelf I haven't really been getting to for a while so checked this out. I think it's pretty good.
Very doomy too.
THis version comes with a load of bonus tracks from the earlier incarnation of the band as the Love Machine

Stevo, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link

Ultima Thule, a long-running Australian ambient podcast, drops about 20 episodes at a time every quarter or so. I'm listening my way through them now. It's a nice, eclectic mix presented each show by a different member of a rotating cast of DJs.

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 21:06 (one year ago) link

I've been listening to all the Lou Donaldson records, pretty much one per day. Today's was Alligator Bogaloo, which I had never noticed before is misspelled!

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And that led me to these two great Idris Muhammad albums.

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Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Tuesday, 25 April 2023 21:38 (one year ago) link

https://i.discogs.com/vDDzgPBA813GmhekJMKKhgu-WPixS4qKZQeVnYWDZUM/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:594/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzNTg2/MC0xMTgxNjYyMzIw/LmpwZWc.jpeg the vacuum boys - "songs from the sea of love" 2002 scratchy jerky abstract tuneless lo-fi hi-fi ambient wtf from gert-jan prins, a stillupsteyppa and 2 others. highly satisfactory. thank you, gents.

massaman gai (front tea for two), Friday, 28 April 2023 13:56 (one year ago) link

https://i.discogs.com/ceY_AXLfZo8ZFlF6Sgg3GIS9iLcrwiGMlhv3fJDMfa8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:40/h:300/w:300/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTc0NDEz/OTUtMTU0MDQ5Njky/NC02MTg1LmpwZWc.jpegchristian lillinger - grund. perfect storm of campy '60s "modern" jazz, braxton chess moves and heavy beat science

massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 29 April 2023 19:26 (one year ago) link

Sad man in him room

ian, Sunday, 30 April 2023 15:11 (one year ago) link

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San Franciscan psychedelic band not to be confused with the Lemurians. I take it this name refers to an internal light which I think is audible.
THey use loads of repetition but reference a wider palate of music than i think one might assume. I'm hearing bits of things like Telstar in teh mix here. Alongside a lot more Krauty and spacerock stuff. But done pretty much right.
I really liked this. So shouldn't have been sitting on a difficult to access shelf for so long.

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ONe of my favourite lps. Luo benga guitarist picking out melodic lines in a percussive way. Rhythm section doing something very danceable that isn't really funk but is pretty infectious.
Bits of this remind me of Television who I think I was discovering at around teh same time my dad gave my family a single by him on one of the trips he made through London in the early 80s. So when this compilation appeared it was something I'd been dying to get hold of for years.
Very colourful music that isn't intentionally psychedelic but I'd love to hear some psych with this incorporated as influence.
I'm still having trouble with the sound on the cd player so this is fuzzing out at times I've been trying to play it. BUt has played through at others.

tried playing
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both discs. Got through about 1/2-2/3s of teh live stuff a couple of times before it became unlistenable then tried playing the studio compilation and first track was just a cloud of fuzz. Does work on dvd/blu ray in front room. I'm going to see if I can actually fix the bedroom cd player again hoping I can keep it running.

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great set by pioneer of electric guitar in jazz. Player only played first half a couple of times. Which is a pain.

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Late 70s heavy psych/garage prog . THis has played through a few times.
Really like this, it came out a few years back. An archival release from a previously unknown band that were doing their own thing

Stevo, Monday, 1 May 2023 15:40 (one year ago) link

discreet music side a

brimstead, Monday, 1 May 2023 18:26 (one year ago) link

I bought like fifteen Edward Ka-Spel records on Bandcamp last weekend, filling in some gaps, I think I have 66 releases by him now. Great stuff, particularly this 2003 live recording w. a guest theremin player:
https://legendarypinkdots1.bandcamp.com/album/an-unlikely-event-2013-remaster

Perverted By LinguiƧa (sleeve), Wednesday, 3 May 2023 19:06 (one year ago) link

first thought on seeing that^ was trying to imagine some kind of zappa/harmonia mash-up & just couldn't do it

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no lime tangier, Wednesday, 3 May 2023 20:45 (one year ago) link

lol I actually thought the same thing for a sec. It's chamber music arrangements of Zappa compositions. I'm listening again today, it's really nice morning music.

Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 4 May 2023 15:06 (one year ago) link

Maybe "nice" isn't quite right, it gets a little prickly. But I like it better than most real Zappa albums these days. Anyway, onto other morning music:

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Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 4 May 2023 16:20 (one year ago) link

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3rd lp by legendary underground rock band and possibly the first of their absolute classics. I think I haven't been giving this enough if a chance, not sure how much better I know its follow up. Anyway great burning rock stuff with smouldering guitar leads.
I think this must have been an influence on both grunge and stoner rock later on as well as being something that a few post-punk bands admitted to liking. I known Mark E Smith has said he liked them .
THink I picked this up in a FOPP not sure how long ago, think it's the version that came out about 20 years ago. I also have the next 2 and have also neglected Who Will Save The World. I hadn't realised they had just continued putting records out for so much longer after the material I'm aware of. Not sure if I've really heard Hogwash and don't know what I've heard after that. Think I may have been turned onto the band more by Julian Cope writing about them in the early 00ies.
Very worth checking out if you haven't already. They started out rooted in the blues but there's a number of other influences coming in here. Like the syncopated drumming and use of dynamics.

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Senegalese singer's early 2000s exploration of his view of Islam and how it has influenced him.
Beautiful record with interesting rhythmic use of strings.
N'dour has a great voice and I really like his earlier 1980s work with Etoile De Dakar.
I got lucky with this, picked up a nice conditi8on one for a euro from a charity shop in town.
So glad people are disposing of cds in this way. Just wish I could rely on my player more. Think I need another go at it.

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Did finally get to hear this through a couple of times but it has fuzzed out and not played at other times.
It's a really great set by a mid 20th century jazz guitar pioneer normally in a setting with vibes also dominant playing pretty short tunes which are pretty melodic and really atmospheric. I love what I'm hearing and wish the player would play clearly and consistently cos i could really get into this if it did.

I started the week with Groundhogs, Charlie Christian and this on the 3 changer
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First disc of this which is the blues/soul singer from the early 60s singing the original versions of a number of songs heavily picked up by Beat bands in the mid 60s also artists like the Grateful Dead who did his Turn On Your Lovelight as extensive raveups throughout 1969.
I love the way his voice can be as smooth as Sam Cooke or as rough as Howlin Wolf often within the same song.
Also enjoy the backing group who utilise some odd textures in the sound. Otherwise some pretty exemplary r'n'b type stuff.
But player is fuzzing out prt wa through disc.
Will see if i can get into the machine over the next couple of days and see if I can improve things.

Stevo, Tuesday, 9 May 2023 21:50 (one year ago) link

https://i.discogs.com/MXgsn9ZDQwViMhe6O55Z6T62PA2eMTtIf_zmeGN3Sd4/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:228/w:227/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTM0MDE3/NzktMTMyODk4MzY2/NC5qcGVn.jpegtom abbs & frequency response - lost & found: punky & poignant bass/tuba, sax, drums, vn. plangent rumblatum. what an absolute gem.

massaman gai (front tea for two), Wednesday, 10 May 2023 13:06 (one year ago) link

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I've long been into the Invictus / Hot Wax catalog, but I've had to get most of the stuff at thrifts on the south side of Chicago, or scavenged stuff from Ebay / Amazon.

This would be an awesome record to have but I'm listening to it on YouTube.

Confessions of an Oatmeal Eater (I M Losted), Friday, 12 May 2023 15:15 (one year ago) link

I think Edsel did some pretty comprehensive sets of COTB some years ago. 2 or 3 lps together on 2cds. I managed to pick one up a few years ago. Wish I'd got more.

Think it may have been a more comprehensive reissuing of the Invictus catalogue cos I think I have a related Ruth Copeland set. Seems to be just before teh turn of the millenium they put out the series.I was just thinking I had another band's material tied in with Invictus, early 70s funk bunch. The 8th Day.

Invictus being the label that the Holland brothers and Lamont Dozier set up after leaving Motown

Stevo, Friday, 12 May 2023 16:02 (one year ago) link

https://i.discogs.com/kKMb-zfkbzMoKJtG0G6x3Wz2XCKkyP7RPjTkbXuPJfQ/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:400/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE5MTgx/NzYtMTI1MjM2MzE0/Ni5naWY.jpegvoks - "astra & knyst" like if sun city girls did casio yamaha presets. RIYL aavikko, yximalloo etc

massaman gai (front tea for two), Saturday, 13 May 2023 06:33 (one year ago) link

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Nyabinghi drumming, parping horns and other elements of groove. Reissue from 2003 .
Really does sound quite amazing. Mystic Jamaican trance. Heavy influences from Jazz and Africa tied in with repetitive communal drumming makes for a sublime result.
I should be more familiar with this. It is pretty great. I must have bought it around the time it was reissued since it has the price tag from a shop that closed way back on the cover.

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White hillbilly blues artist sounds like he is playing pretty much what would just be thought of as blues if he was black. Like seems to be little differentiation apart from skin colour. Not notably more European derived I think .
Pretty good.
I think this was something i had meant to get for years after having read an NME piece on the Gun Club where the writer threw in a stack of names of artists from both blues and hillbilly and other early roots music . Took me about 20 years to get this after reading that and I've had it for about the last decades. It's on Document who are often pretty good.

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Compilation from the start of the millennium covering outtakes and live tracks. This bridges the last few years of what I think of as the classic line up and the first few of the new.
Deeply resonant epic music.
Classic line up is the one I prefer hence my use of the term. I did continue buying the lps on release for a while after the lineup change but don't think I've picked up the last few.
Classic line up features the very idiosyncratic guitar style of Blixa Bargeld. I think he stopped playing on all of the newer stuff, Also the classic band had Marc Chung on bass and Alex Hacke on 2nd guitar among other stuff, reshuffle with new line up had Alex move over to bass. & Chung become a record label executive. They also lost F.M. "Mufti" Einheit in the reorganisation which is a shame.

Stevo, Sunday, 14 May 2023 10:29 (one year ago) link

Still listening to one Lou Donaldson record per day. I'm up to 1976, when Lou moved from a long tenure at Blue Note to Cotillion Records and dove fully into (pretty cheesy) disco.

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Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 18 May 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link

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3rd album by Dublin based folk meets avant band, level of drone makes things pretty psychedelic. I'd heard the band name around for a while but not looked into them prior to picking this up last year. Great record though.
I think most of the material is traditional or at least based in the traditional style. They do heavily accentuate teh drone though which gives it a different feel. The vocals may be an acquired taste though.

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Again avant meets melodic reinvention. Coltrane taking Mary Poppins tune apart as well as Eden Ahbez.
But this is Coltrane post Love Supreme as he's getting further out with the original quartet.
Player is totally temperamental these days still so not getting full sound picture. But album is pretty good. Just don't need the extra fuzz.

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First disc of this which combines pretty poppy bands with guitar distortion and the start of heaviness.
Really enjoying what I'm hearing of this but need to get myuself together and seeif taking the 3cd player apart again will sort anything out.
This and other Grapefruit sets are very worth investigating But I need to sort my player out cos this recently has been frustrating.

I also tried putting this on
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but only got a cloud of hiss, which si a major shame cos it is a pretty great set. First disc is the first 2 lps in totla plus a couple of bonus tracks i think from singles.
I got this when it was released in the early 00is or shortly after that.
I had the 3 lps on vinyl since the late 80s. Do love teh bands' sound the mix of Television/ballroom sound guitars and the melodicism etc. & Perret's lyricism.

so have had to listen to various tracks on Spotify instead alongside bits of Drexciya 2 of whose cds I will be getting before long in the mail so definitely need to see if there is anything I can do about the player. Tresor were on single digits of cds they still had on their bandcamp page if you are looking fo rthei rmaterial.

Stevo, Saturday, 20 May 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link

i have no where Stevo lives, but if i live nearby, then i would love to given them my unused cd player thats in my attic.
the never ending cd player issues are heartbreaking.

mark e, Thursday, 25 May 2023 18:44 (eleven months ago) link

Thanks. I'm in Ireland.
IT is frustrating.
I've now got one cd taht seems to be playing ok with no distortion and growing amounts of distortion from a couple of others. Which is a bit confusing, always seems to be one that is almost listenable and others that aren't. So not sure what is triggering major distortion and what is avoiding it.

Keep hoping that I can sort out the thing myself and not managing to.

Inow have Martin Hayes Peggy's Dream that I can hear nuances etc in and very little distorion.
Irishfiddle player plus band playing pretty sublime stuff.
amd have gone through
Frank Sinatra Only The Lonely charity shop find still sealed 50th anniversary reissue that cut off half way
Plastic Cloud Canadian psych band that started out sounding clean and fuzzed out within a few tracks.
and a few others I've swapped out.

Think I just need to get something else to play things on while I take the player apart and try to se what I can do

Stevo, Thursday, 25 May 2023 19:22 (eleven months ago) link

I have the reissue of Mendocino on Acadia it's got some great grooves. Title has also been used for a number of compilations representing other parts of the band's career.

Haven't heard the later 1+1+1=4 material which I need to remedy.

Have heard some of the garage era stuff . She's About a Mover is pretty great.

Stevo, Friday, 26 May 2023 08:32 (eleven months ago) link

1+1+1=4 is from a bunch of different sessions & players, so not as cohesive as mendocino. still solid though.

no lime tangier, Friday, 26 May 2023 08:58 (eleven months ago) link

https://i.imgur.io/slpQrC5_d.webp?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium

singers unlimited - the complete a capella sessions (1970s)

so great.

my beard exists more than i do. (Austin), Friday, 26 May 2023 18:14 (eleven months ago) link

this unexpected lo-fi house stormer on the new nabihah iqbal album.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWMY-JKFhL4

undomondo, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 09:20 (eleven months ago) link


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