― Hamildan, Monday, 7 May 2007 12:29 (sixteen years ago) link
― Michael F Gill, Monday, 7 May 2007 13:28 (sixteen years ago) link
― curmudgeon, Monday, 7 May 2007 13:46 (sixteen years ago) link
aw this poor thread
― cutty, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 03:08 (sixteen years ago) link
Okay I'm able to enthuse now. So the compilation is out in September right? Perhaps I can't wait that long. Not many record stores I know have "balearic" sections (yet) though.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 04:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I wish I knew what "Balearic Music" meant. I now sort of know it when I hear it, but that's not a very satisfying answer.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 14 August 2007 04:15 (sixteen years ago) link
What in God's name does Balearic mean?
― jaxon, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 04:41 (sixteen years ago) link
technically it's the kinda stuff alfredo would play in ibiza in the mid 80s. currently it just means sorta summery, islandy, smooth and mellow dance music with a bit of cheese and a bit of live instrumentation/acoustic guitar.
― jaxon, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 04:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Vahid's description on the thread you hyperlinked sounds right, based on what I've heard so far. Sort of leftfield disco-y, druggy, syrupy soft rock songs.
So, is this comp really Balearic, or is it just an effort to palm off on a trendy genre name?
Oh, and back on point, those AMO1 songs on the MySpace page are so good.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 14 August 2007 15:12 (sixteen years ago) link
I love this comment someone posted on a post I made on Beat Research back in the day:
'If you've heard someone like DJ Harvey play INXS's "need you tonight" in the moist middle of some of the underground euro beat tracks it actually grew out of, at a slow tempo, with sweaty smiling girls going crazy around you on a beach or in a basement, you will understand balearic."
― Tim F, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 23:02 (sixteen years ago) link
i'll put this here too, now that we're actually using this thread:
sample of A Mountain Of One - Brown Piano (Studio Version):
http://www.piccadillyrecords.com/mp3/A%20Mountain%20Of%20One%20-%20Brown%20Piano%20Studio%20Version.mp3
Funny, it sounds exactly how I would think Studio covering AMO1 would sound.
― gr8080, Tuesday, 14 August 2007 23:09 (sixteen years ago) link
I actually really love "People Without Love" - fabulous use of Fleetwood Mac's "Caroline", which I would have posted on my "tracks that should have new edits done" thread had AMO1 already kind of risen to challenge. But what is great about it is how it increasingly becomes AMO1's own track by the end, all the beautiful keyboard fills and mournful guitar over the original track's pseudo-african rhythm and christine mcvie's backing vocals. Gorgeous.
― Tim F, Saturday, 18 August 2007 01:45 (sixteen years ago) link
any news on their gig in stepney on thursday?
― Hamildan, Saturday, 18 August 2007 10:34 (sixteen years ago) link
haha. holy shit. http://dreamchimney.com/tracks/17302
Fleetwood Mac "Caroline" from Tango In The Night File Under: Sampled In A New Rock SongFinally got around to picking up the final Buckingham Fleetwood Mac album and when Caroline started it sounded instantly familiar. Seems A Mountain of One jacked the intro for their People Without Love track and used some other bits and pieces throughout the song. Definitely a great intro and an inspired sample for A Mountain of One.
Finally got around to picking up the final Buckingham Fleetwood Mac album and when Caroline started it sounded instantly familiar.
Seems A Mountain of One jacked the intro for their People Without Love track and used some other bits and pieces throughout the song. Definitely a great intro and an inspired sample for A Mountain of One.
― jaxon, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 21:58 (sixteen years ago) link
and another one from dreamchimney http://dreamchimney.com/tracks/17298
A Mountian of One "Brown Piano (Studio Remake)"
― jaxon, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 22:06 (sixteen years ago) link
that studio "remake" is really fucking good
― max, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 22:11 (sixteen years ago) link
reallllly fucking good
i wish i was more articulate, but TAKE MY WORD FOR IT
i think i wrote about it in ALL CAPS on the balearic thread
― max, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 22:12 (sixteen years ago) link
Jaxon is that "holy shit" as in "I can't believe they didn't know?"
Tango in the Night is such a balearic album.
― Tim F, Wednesday, 19 September 2007 23:05 (sixteen years ago) link
nope. "holy shit" as in " i can't believe I didn't know"
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 September 2007 00:47 (sixteen years ago) link
i stopped at Tusk until a few weeks ago when i bought Mirage. still haven't moved forward, but will now. specially since it's usually so cheap
― jaxon, Thursday, 20 September 2007 00:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I wasn't sure because I wrote this upthread:
"I actually really love "People Without Love" - fabulous use of Fleetwood Mac's "Caroline", which I would have posted on my "tracks that should have new edits done" thread had AMO1 not already kind of risen to challenge. But what is great about it is how it increasingly becomes AMO1's own track by the end, all the beautiful keyboard fills and mournful guitar over the original track's pseudo-african rhythm and christine mcvie's backing vocals. Gorgeous."
Get Say You Will too!
― Tim F, Thursday, 20 September 2007 02:27 (sixteen years ago) link
New ep..."Institute of Joy" Band's website says that the release date is today, the 19th.
http://www.normanrecords.com/images/covers/103960.jpg
· Stunning new material from cosmic rockband A Mountain Of One which will feature onnext year’s album ‘Institute Of Joy’.· Mixed by Danton Supple, the world renownedproducer behind Coldplay’s ‘X & Y’, and artistssuch as The Cure and Morrissey the album willfeature additional production from Rub andTug and Map of Africa’s Thomas Bullock.· The EP is strictly limited to 600 copies withno repress and stunning artwork.
Tracklist:IntroSky Is FoldingOutroWho By FireHail Pleasure
― van smack, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 02:15 (fifteen years ago) link
thanks 4 the inf0s
― cutty, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 02:38 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.flexx.be/item/mth001
― cutty, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 02:40 (fifteen years ago) link
Hype! I thought the original "Brown Piano" was quite snoozy, so hopefully things get a bit more excitable this time around.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 20 January 2009 03:07 (fifteen years ago) link
Oh JOY! It's streaming on their myspace page now...
http://www.myspace.com/amountainofone
― van smack, Saturday, 28 February 2009 01:32 (fifteen years ago) link
The new album will be out the first week of June according to an interview with Mo Morris found here..
http://amountainofone.oki-ni.com/interviews-2/
― van smack, Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:43 (fifteen years ago) link
ive seen it around online. it has 14 tracks.
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
this is the bio for it
A Mountain Of One have produced one of the albums of the year.'Institute Of Joy' is one of themost ambitious, direct and phenomenal records for a long time.Following the release and a string of highly sought after 12s and the 'Collected Works' CD thatbrought together the bands first three EPs, the band have been in studio for the past year puttingtogether this, 'Institute Of Joy'.This album feels like it could wrap itself round the world. It's a massive achievement, a recordthat looks through the past to discover the future, a musical trip that for people to losethemselves in, ITs music for the mind and soul, the work of a band at the peak of their powersand phenomenally creative.It's the work of two people - Mo Morris and Zeben Jameson - that know music passionately andinstinctively. It's a modern day classic. Much more than the sum of its vast influences, AMountain Of One have made a psychedelic rock record for 2009.www.myspace.com/amountainofone
Following the release and a string of highly sought after 12s and the 'Collected Works' CD thatbrought together the bands first three EPs, the band have been in studio for the past year puttingtogether this, 'Institute Of Joy'.
This album feels like it could wrap itself round the world. It's a massive achievement, a recordthat looks through the past to discover the future, a musical trip that for people to losethemselves in, ITs music for the mind and soul, the work of a band at the peak of their powersand phenomenally creative.
It's the work of two people - Mo Morris and Zeben Jameson - that know music passionately andinstinctively. It's a modern day classic. Much more than the sum of its vast influences, AMountain Of One have made a psychedelic rock record for 2009.
www.myspace.com/amountainofone
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
That's some Deep Purple Prose there. But I do like this group a lot. They had an EP earlier this year that didn't show up on eMusic, so I'm not hopeful about the new one, either.
― Daniel, Esq., Sunday, 19 April 2009 22:57 (fifteen years ago) link
is Leo Zero one of those 2 guys?
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Sunday, 19 April 2009 23:17 (fifteen years ago) link
if hes not hes a big fat liar
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Sunday, 19 April 2009 23:23 (fifteen years ago) link
will check this album out now
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 20 April 2009 11:12 (fourteen years ago) link
just got this, look forward to checking it out.
― Local Garda, Monday, 20 April 2009 11:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Leo Elstob, who used to be in the Chicane offshoot "Disco Citizens" was certainly involved in Collected Works. Don't know if he's on this.
― I am using your worlds, Monday, 20 April 2009 12:40 (fourteen years ago) link
Found it. Will check it out later today
― van smack, Monday, 20 April 2009 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
what do people think of it?
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Monday, 20 April 2009 21:42 (fourteen years ago) link
I don't see how this is interesting. It sounds like a weak 70s rock album with a terrible vocalist ruining every track with unnecessary lyrics. The Meanderthals album is about 100X better than this AMO1 thing.
― brotherlovesdub, Monday, 20 April 2009 21:43 (fourteen years ago) link
these guys are weird; i kind of dig the ambitious overkill and their constant over-reaching (tons of epics, sprawling style/sound) but none of their tracks have had any staying power for me except the gorgeous instrumental "here goes nothing"... and their attempts at guitar solos are pretty awful (as are most of the vocals)
"institute of joy" leans further on the MOJO-rock end of things.. not very groovy
i like the meanderthals album ok but the tracks are so similar and sound kind of like they're on auto-pilot, whereas AMO1 are constantly embarrassing themselves trying out new things.
― listen to it...put yourself in los angeles (winston), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 00:08 (fourteen years ago) link
"whereas AMO1 are constantly embarrassing themselves trying out new things."
Ha this is so true, it captures my mixed feelings of cringing and admiration when they're at their worst (e.g. "Innocent Line").
Haven't heard the new one but I wish they'd go back to the sound of their first EP.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 00:54 (fourteen years ago) link
Ha! I think Innocent Line is one of my favorite songs on the debut. It pleases my inner 70s arena-rock fan. Stupid lyrics, but I'm not listening to AMO1 for lyrics.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 21 April 2009 01:12 (fourteen years ago) link
Maybe it's just the combined back-to-back heft of "Innocent Line" and "Innocent Reprise" that strikes me as rather corpulent.
― Tim F, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 02:14 (fourteen years ago) link
truth.
I always wince at the bit in people without love where he goes "people without love are married to the CAGE!!"
the wince worthy lyrics add to the feel of 70s rock though. They probably sound amazing on 70s Californian cocaine though...
― Hamildan, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:23 (fourteen years ago) link
I'd like this an awful lot more were it not for the ridiculous hyperbole. "One of themost ambitious, direct and phenomenal records for a long time" = "yeh, it's OK".
― a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:45 (fourteen years ago) link
They probably sound amazing on 70s Californian cocaine though...
umm, forgive the innocence, doesn't everything ?
― mark e, Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:48 (fourteen years ago) link
Not Alvin and the Chipmunks. Or Ministry. Or New Kids On The Block (maybe).
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:51 (fourteen years ago) link
grimly whos putting out that hyperbole?!
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:57 (fourteen years ago) link
ill say this--i like this band a lot, but my tolerance would drop SHARPLY if they went from this funny little group exploring the corners of an under-used set of tropes to this hugely hyped future-of-music band
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
I thought it was "people without love are married to the CAVE!!"
which may be just as cringeworthy but if you are married to nick cave he *is* kind of a downer just think abuot it
― 鬼の手 (Edward III), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 15:58 (fourteen years ago) link
my tolerance would drop SHARPLY if they went from this funny little group exploring the corners of an under-used set of tropes to this hugely hyped future-of-music band
Yeah. You never know, but I'd guess there's little chance of this happening (as much as the band's publicist wishes it would).
I think Innocent Line is the song with the wordless wall-o-vocal-harmony in the chorus that hit all the right nostalgic buttons for me. Or maybe I'm on 70s Californian cocaine.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 21 April 2009 16:02 (fourteen years ago) link
eh, i guess its all a matter of perspective anyway--w/in the narrow world of beardearica i suppose they already are pretty well-hyped, and on the other hand its unlikely theyre ever going to hit the hot 100.
but i dont really even want them to make the 'crossover' into stereogum territory; they work so much better in the context of re-discovered 70s AOR and its kin than i think they would up next to fleet foxes or tv on the radio or whoever.
not that this is really a fear, or that i would actually stop listening to them--i just mean that their hilarious lyrics and... flamboyant touches are way, way more forgiveable so long as theyre not blog darlings. which maybe they are already, i dunno.
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 16:07 (fourteen years ago) link
Scroll up to the biog thing thing Pfunk posted!
― a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 16:10 (fourteen years ago) link
thats too hard to do
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 16:11 (fourteen years ago) link
but, dude.
can you find a publicist-written band biography that doesnt overpromise like that?
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 16:12 (fourteen years ago) link
In a former life, I used to get hundreds of those a week. That's one of the most, umm, enthusiastic I've seen.
― a tiny, faltering megaphone (grimly fiendish), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 17:07 (fourteen years ago) link
beardearica
not sure if it's because i'm on some great 00's Californian coffee, but i'm in love w/this word
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 18:07 (fourteen years ago) link
ill say this--i like this band a lot, but my tolerance would drop SHARPLY if they went from this funny little group exploring the corners of an under-used set of tropes to this hugely hyped future-of-music band― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, April 21, 2009 3:58 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i went from loving Studio when i felt this to kinda feeling bleh about them when all these anglophiles started hyping them as the new cure/talk talk/ar kane/whatevs band
― (jaxon) ( .) ( .) (jaxon), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 18:13 (fourteen years ago) link
I can relate, but in fairness, that's not Studio's fault. It isn't like they've wrapped themselves in that praise in some cynical attempt to capitalize on 80s nostalgia; they're just doing what they do.
― Daniel, Esq., Tuesday, 21 April 2009 18:45 (fourteen years ago) link
so having listened to the new album--definitely not feeling it like i was the 2 EPs... theres no 'people without love' or 'freefall' which were my 2 faves. but still hits a certain humid-evening sweet spot.
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Tuesday, 21 April 2009 19:44 (fourteen years ago) link
was all set to pick this up today without hearing any of it.only to realise its come out in digipack packaging. yuck.however, it is on spotify already.
― mark e, Monday, 14 September 2009 13:20 (fourteen years ago) link
Just picked up tickets to see these guys at the scala with mike simonetti, desire and glass candy in november. If I can put up with the tyorrent of turds that will be in the scala on a saturday i'll have a blinder
― straightola, Monday, 14 September 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
well, these albums are the perfect soundtrack for today while pottering in the garden.really wish they had made some more music.
― mark e, Thursday, 17 May 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
i was thinking about their beefy edit of Ian Hunter's "bastard" just the other day..
― brimstead, Friday, 18 May 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
UM WHAT
https://mixmag.net/read/a-mountain-of-one-new-track-custards-last-stand-news
A-side sounds excellent on first listen - very much in the vein of the first EP. B-side sounds like an overwrought sketch but I might get into it.
― Tim F, Monday, 9 August 2021 14:05 (two years ago) link
this Zei Orangen album from Kris Baha and Dreams is like the direction I had hoped AMo1 would go… leaning more to the psychedelic slowish tempo 80s dance like “big man restless”, or like “shake the mind” rather than the talk talk thing they kinda leaned intohttps://dieorangen.bandcamp.com/album/zwei-orangen
― brimstead, Tuesday, 18 April 2023 01:08 (one year ago) link