What Are You Listening to? 2023

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I just got reminded to play this after reading the Ugly Things review of a more recent version. I have the Aztec records cd version from about a decade ago which adds a loadd of single sides and a 15 minute guitar work called God which was live from the Sunbury festival.

Lp itself is great anyway. Loads of incendiary guitar and psychedelic interplay while this is from 1973. IUU think its pretty necessary le alone essential.

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the art ensemble being a compilation of the longer pieces from the byg lps

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arrived a couple of days ago and I've managed to get through it while listening to a load of other stuff.
Quite enjoying it and glad to find out about a bunch of guitarists I wasn't aware of. Though may find out they were mentioned on here.
Prompts me to want to read teh Michael Heller book on the scene even more so.

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Not really consciously heard her before but found this for a euro yesterday so took the plunge .
Quite pleasant, ties in with some other stuff I quite like. Good voice against music taht references soul/singer songwriter stuff from the 70s

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This was 50c so I thought i'd pick it up in the same purchase as teh Corinne Bailey Rae. Guitar si quite good but lyricism is a bit earnest .
Had heard or read that this was omewhat decent but do think could do with more of the guitar and less of that lyricism. Seems to be going for a populism based on some notion of authenticity which seems a little fake I dunno. Maybe very much of its time. I think the production may reflect that too. & this is a cd from then. Guess it was worth 50c but then again could have listened to Spotify versions of the tracks.
Guitar gets semi gnarly for a few moments at least.

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another decent cover mount cd from the anniversary edition of the magazine I think I have about half of it and hadn't heard a few of the other tracks. Plays quite well and may well be the first time a lot of people have heard a load of these tracks. Think I'm a more eclectic listener than the person in the street so yeah, probably does what it set out to.

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double disc of various mid 00s idm folks remixing machine drum (the kind of idm folks that continued where autechre left off in the mid 90s and fell hard for BoC). I mainly kept this because of the artwork but there’s some good lush vibes and crisp beat stuff with some smatterings of chiptuneage

thought that said Mouthus at first

i love mouthus SO MUCH, but my son is listening to BTS right now

https://fb.watch/ndoJovWymq/
see if this link works for people

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these two going in different rooms:
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50c charity shop purchase.
Based in a blend of Middle Eastern and North African sounds.
Seems to work quite well as music. Seems to reflect years of study.
Not sure how authentic to anything other than sounding quite good it is.

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sorry that's "adrian" not a drain

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This is early 80s global electro awesomeness.

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nice compilation of Black Ark era productions and performances with a couple of glitches over version of tracks chosen.
I have a few Perry compilations floating around andnot sure where they all are. Tyhis appeared a few days ago so I thought i'd give it an ear. Glad I did so.

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actually 2nd disc of a 2cd set by the jazz singer . I do like her voice . Like her with then husband Max Roach on Freedom Now Suite.
THis is more blues and torch songs and pretty fine. her later People in Me is pretty great too. I still haven't listened to her later stuff from the 80s etc

someone kind has shared another song by The Rain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vwz4UA23xSE

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Was surprised that the youtube link was posted so long ago and that it took so long for me to find it.
Some good live performances here: https://unrest.bandcamp.com/

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kinda helps that my old turntable belt needs replacing so it has a touch of vangelis pitch-wheel wooze, too

wow. working cd player enables a spin of axolotl's "memory theatre", too. sweet https://i.discogs.com/fSgeIhsQevKGDHLZ2QThPnZxTdXlnyP3NQIKYjCwFX8/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:600/w:598/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTk3MzE3/OS0xNjY2NDQxMTA3/LTM5ODguanBlZw.jpeg

working through some selections based on the discography in Tony Russell's Country Music Originals
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among some other stuff.

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double bill of seth nehil - "furl" & "flock & tumble" understated spacious concrete https://i.discogs.com/TI0OlCN6arthiU3rMdyGlVX2ZVQSA0MWFvesod09tdk/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:271/w:250/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTIzNDA1/MjItMTI3ODE1MTUy/OS5qcGVn.jpeg & https://i.discogs.com/XsDEh36gNDhkVWNDcnUgmVgC-Q2QRRj1LjCgXuP6Zdg/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:236/w:250/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE4MzM4/NDctMTI0NjU1NjIz/Ni5qcGVn.jpeg

oh i wanted to enthuse about jan jelinek's "kosmischer pitch" in sunday but fudged the link
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lee gamble - koch

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Welsh folk act who played local University last week. I bought the cd from the singer.
I can't find a band history that's complete. Looks like most of band line up has changed over the years. Though I think guitarist remained from the start and they've just got a new violinist. Theyre a trio.
Anyway pretty sublime disc. Glad I got it.
Sung in Welsh like.

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mid 70s reggae set by producer and vocalist. I'm not familiar enough with his work to see if he has a signature style per se. But this is pretty great m got great groove and individualistic vocal style. Think it might even get semi tuneful in some of the bonus tracks which it isn't on the lp itself,
I had a copy of teh Hudson Saga which I'd love to replace but at least one disc is not very playable. Picked this cd up from Honest Jon's a few years back and should be more familiar with it. Vocals may be an acquired taste.
The Man From Shooter;s Hill is a classic though. Love that track

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NOt sure why I didn't have this beofre Bob Mould's last birthday. I saw the trio live at teh Astoria in late 89 and thought they were pretty great. So not sure why I wasn;t famniliar with this lp that has that line up on , Did have a recording of Work Book and some mid period Huskers.
So this was a great find I got the last Dog & Pony Show from the same person's cd collection a week or so ago.

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Have had this lying around for a while. I think I knew the other s/t much better and even then only partially but I had it around teh time it was current. Musically I would like to hear more like this.
But singer is not a decent person so going to be a factor in wanting t6o relisten.

aoxomoxoa bonus live disc +

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sub-par sound but worth it for the almost ferocious death don't have no mercy

B-52s "Whammy", way way better than I remembered

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Interesting melange of influences here. Half Indian singer partially brought up in Australia plays wityh international band including Tony Allen and a couple of members of Yat -Kha , I picked this up in a charity shop yesterday not knowing anything about it.
Brought it home and it is pretty great. May be the one really good lp by her apparently. So great find.

I found a copy of Tom Verlaine's Miller;s Tale for a Euro earlier in the week too but haven't played it yet so hoping it does play OK.

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Balllroom era psych with great lengthy guitar parts. I hear a soul influence in the sound as well as the great guitar.
Think I might need a new copy of this or the other compilation by them cos I've had this since around the time it came out & it;s showing wear.

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First couple of lps by US heavies from their original album series.
Getting into them. Went to find the first lp again and mislead it which is why I went for the 2nd.
Do enjoy them, asnd Leslie West's earlier Vagrants
somewhat heavy guiitar, bassist produced Cream. Rocks I guess

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First lp by band taht went onto play with Hugh Masekela for another couple of records.
Pretty sublime. African psych mixing traditional influences with electric guitar etc

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neo ouijia comp… more chill clicky blippy early 00s idm

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was familiar with a bunch of the doo wop and r&b material from other comps, but most of the rest is new to me. nuclear war... goddamn wow.

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I've been into 20s and 30s jazz of all kinds, this is an astonishing find. It sounds so fresh!

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That's an area I haven't looked into. Does it sound like it foreshadows later rock or anything at all. Keep hearingthings in 20s Irishand other ethnic folk stuff that I hear as echoing or pre echoing rock and roll things I'm aware of.

I have the preceding 2 cds in this thread. Was listening to the Sun Ra singles diwc 3 last week too. . Not heard taht Youssou N'dour in a while though.

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Galician folk in very celti8c style. Loads of percussion, a few pipes and a touch of medievalism.
THis turned up in a charity shop i infrequently visit but normally walk out with a stack of books frem. I only took one book this trip plus 10 cds. Now hoping i didn't leave anything by these behind because this is p[retty good. My one qualm about them was that on not being able to find anything about the band on the music rating pages I googled tehm and found one of their later sets highly regarded on Stormfront. NOt sure that has anything to do with them themselves though. Hope not at least.
Also trying to work out what teh music was like had me struggling with Spanish linernotes trying to decipher them based on my smattering of French and Italian. Understood enough to give it a try which is justy as well but I do think there were some other Spanish titles there so really do hope I didn't miss anything else as good.

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Solo Donegal fiddler, quite sublime. Another find in the same purchase and really really good. I think I may have come across teh title mentioned somewhere else. Seemed to ring a bell when I came across it.
Charity shop has started integrating cd shelves into the bookshelf . So I was working through and went through most of teh cds in the shop I think and did find some great ones. Think I'd recommend this to anybody who could take listening to a solo stringed instrument.
It is about Irish airs but it is just really really good.

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Another great one from teh same purchase. I know taht Sandy Denny covered a few of teh songs her. Not as sure about direct influence on Drake
. Do have teh Richard Morton Jack biography out of teh library right now so may find mention of some of this stuff, I do remember Patrick Humphries talking about him hitching into London to see Graham Bond quite frequently. Otherwise not sure to what degree Nick Drake actually ties into a traditional framework simply because he was an acoustic player.
But what is here is great and seems to hang together well.

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pretty quiet folky stuff by Canadian producer/performer who I think I know best for producing teh Simply Saucer material but went onto fame under his own right in the 80s. Some sung in French.
I had been looking at a copy of this in a different charity shop a couple of weeks earlier but I think it looked to be in questionable shape so wasn't sure it would play at home. It's nice enough I guess but not sure how much I will be returning to it.
Has member of U2 and The Neville Brothers on as well as Eno . Like its ok and may grow on me. I don't really like U2 after teh early singles taht much ho hum.

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Compilation of British r'n;r/pop star material from across several years in teh early to mid 60s. Not tyaken in how the later stuff fits with its time since i would have mainly associated him with late 50s/ear;y 60s. So will be listening again;.
Some of this stuff has a wall of sound type thing going on like a Spector.
I do like a lot of this stuff and possibly should know him a bit better. Got this now so will familiarise myself more

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Cheap compilation crossing a long period of time from Perry Como to Justin Timberlake. Mostly listenable, not very impressed by Timberlake.
But got some good stuff on. The 3 Guinness ad tie ins are fun as is Esquivel .

i'm really loving the new album by ilxor TtEG! its way cool. more Who fans should make records this good. the Who should make records this good.

https://mattweston.bandcamp.com/album/embrace-this-twilight

j Davey - the land of the lost

this fuzzy wobbly space r&b still jams