-- Julio Desouza
If we're talking Coleen, or Manitoba then I pretty much concur.
But SUPER-SEARCH: Asa Chang & Junray - Jun Ray Song Chang
The very antidote to that ailment.
― login name (fandango), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:39 (eighteen years ago) link
the first colleen record is GORGEOUS (the second one is just pretty).
― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 31 October 2005 14:59 (eighteen years ago) link
& Asa Chung's great, too.
― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 31 October 2005 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link
― everything, Monday, 31 October 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Doozer, Monday, 31 October 2005 16:43 (eighteen years ago) link
― cw (cww), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 31 October 2005 17:17 (eighteen years ago) link
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 31 October 2005 18:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― login name (fandango), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 06:13 (eighteen years ago) link
It sounded completely monged-out, but awesomely so. Similarly nearly-not-quite hiphopish beats too.
― login name (fandango), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 07:25 (eighteen years ago) link
― Ned T.Rifle, Tuesday, 1 November 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link
Start Breaking my Heart: C/SUp in Flames: not 100% C but still great to have while drinking in the sunTour EP: Total CMilk of Human Kindness: C/S
Leaf when I've dealt with them buying stuff have been nothing short of great. Good website for spontaneous buys as well which is a little Dud, I'm broke enough!
― Kv_nol (Kv_nol), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 12:02 (eighteen years ago) link
The webshop is http://www.posteverything.com/ yes? and it is indeed great. A model example of, in fact. Very reasonably priced, expansive (I think Leaf set it up, but carry a load of other labels too now), quick delivery & throw in nice freebies (stickers & other gubbins) too.
― login name (fandango), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― mzui (mzui), Tuesday, 1 November 2005 12:50 (eighteen years ago) link
VARIOUS / LEAF - Check The WaterLeaf2CD // £ 5.99
Cheap as chips massive 2CD Leaf retrospective featuring tracks from Caribou, Sutekh, Hanne Hukkelberg, Barbara Morgenstern, Boom Bip, Murcof, Four Tet, Psapp, Susumu Yokota and a happy-slappy cast of thousands (well 34 at least...). Having been in the fray for a full decade now, Leaf have sometimes been accused of essentially peddling a form of electronic porridge; comforting certainly, but somewhat lacking in innovation or bite. What a load of bollocks. Starting out with pathos drenched electronica from Boymerang on 'The Don' and finishing over two hours later with the herky-jerky rock splutter of Volcano!, Leaf more than prove their credentials. Far more generous than something this cheap should ever be, other highlights include the infuriatingly catchy 'A Grain of Sand' from The Sons of Silence, the classic thrum of Murcof's 'MIR' and the brooding jazz crackle of Triosk. How could you refuse?
http://www.boomkat.com/item.cfm?id=19463
― login name (fandango), Thursday, 3 November 2005 21:57 (eighteen years ago) link
Weird. Surprised I haven't contributed to this thread already.
Weirder. I've ended up playing two "new" (to me) artists on Youtube this year and both have been on the Leaf label.
I haven't even thought about Leaf for half a decade.
― djh, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:20 (four years ago) link
Yeah, I kinda lost them as well. But Leaf is releasing Keeley Forsyth's Debris this week, which I'm really looking forward to hearing. Very high praise recently from the Guardian.
― doug watson, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:24 (four years ago) link
Yeah, she was one of them:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8B4-I03LTcs
― djh, Tuesday, 14 January 2020 21:32 (four years ago) link
Craven Faults being the other?
― doug watson, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 02:20 (four years ago) link
Yup.
― djh, Wednesday, 15 January 2020 06:56 (four years ago) link
Both seem really good - are they being discussed on other threads?
― djh, Monday, 27 January 2020 22:51 (four years ago) link
Nope, haven't come across any discussion of either album elsewhere on this board. The Keeley Forsyth record is terrific and holds up against the almost overpoweringly strong critical response. I swear the Scott Walker comparisons are coming from those who didn't listen beyond the first couple of tracks. Anyway, she's opening for Ben Watt on his upcoming tour, which surprised me at first but made more sense with further listens.
I haven't spent the same amount of time with the Craven Faults album. It worked well enough for home listening but was maybe a bit too mesmerizing for driving.
― doug watson, Friday, 31 January 2020 16:04 (four years ago) link
Started listening to that Keeley Forsyth record this morning - sounded fantastic and I'm looking forward to spending more time with it. Was hearing a bit of Josephine Foster in there and amybe Kath Bloom too?
― ymo sumac (NickB), Friday, 31 January 2020 16:11 (four years ago) link
She was really great at the Union Chapel before Xmas (with Matthew Bourne). Here's a pic.
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49174741638_354f9b5bca_b.jpg
― Michael Jones, Saturday, 1 February 2020 00:22 (four years ago) link
Having one of those evenings when the Craven Faults album sounds almost perfect.
― djh, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 22:54 (three years ago) link
Must be a sign of spring!
― doug watson, Wednesday, 10 March 2021 23:46 (three years ago) link
Ha! Maybe?
Sometimes they're my (kind of) imagined idea of perfect. The artwork etc suits but there's also something about their European-ness and (conversely?) their Northerness (in a UK understanding of that).
― djh, Saturday, 13 March 2021 13:36 (three years ago) link
I just prefer to listen to electronic music (esp the Berlin-school sequencer stuff) in the warmer weather. Seems a perfect fit for the Canadian heatwaves, and less so for our oppressively deep cold winters.
― doug watson, Monday, 15 March 2021 13:24 (three years ago) link
I'd have thought Keeley Forsyth would be considered more "ilxor-y".
― djh, Friday, 25 February 2022 19:44 (two years ago) link
(Playing the new album for the first time).
― djh, Friday, 25 February 2022 19:45 (two years ago) link
Obviously, didn't want to mention it until I'd ordered the version I wanted but:
https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/album/standers
― djh, Friday, 3 March 2023 22:01 (one year ago) link
Lovely live show last weekend.
― djh, Saturday, 16 September 2023 19:29 (six months ago) link
Craven Faults, that is.
― djh, Monday, 18 September 2023 17:41 (six months ago) link
CF's Standers lp has been getting a lot of attention here lately. The last two tracks in particular are just gorgeous.
― sawdust lagoon, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 07:21 (six months ago) link
Are there any live reviews of the CF gig, really wanted to go, but it would have been a trip to get there and back and family stuff is hectic with the return to school.
although I liked there was a matinee for people that had to get home before evening kicked in.
I am imagining a wall of 5U synths, one long piece that goes on for the entire gig, the hushed silence of middle aged men and lots of blinkenlights.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Tuesday, 19 September 2023 16:01 (six months ago) link
Leaf put out one of the most beautiful ambient tunes of the 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PP9I0b-AaMs
― droid, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 16:21 (six months ago) link
x-post. Lots of middle-aged men and lots of blinking lights, yes. Unassuming. No attempts to be mysterious or anonymous (aside from a request for no photographs). Intriguing venue. Enjoyed it a lot.
― djh, Tuesday, 19 September 2023 18:45 (six months ago) link
Have been playing Odda Delf loads.
― djh, Wednesday, 4 October 2023 22:09 (five months ago) link
Yeah it's a fantastic album closer. Some beautiful modular work happening there.
― sawdust lagoon, Thursday, 5 October 2023 02:31 (five months ago) link
Loving this - https://cravenfaults.bandcamp.com/track/may-birching-3 - to the point that it weirds me out that there were only 100 physical copies.
Though it's here, too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw9-W3dYWDM
― djh, Monday, 9 October 2023 18:56 (five months ago) link
Lots of middle-aged men and lots of blinking lights, yes. Unassuming. No attempts to be mysterious or anonymous (aside from a request for no photographs). Intriguing venue. Enjoyed it a lot
also perfect review of Craven Faults London gig last night.
sound quality might have been the best I have heard in a long time.
― my opinionation (Hamildan), Friday, 23 February 2024 12:30 (one month ago) link