a question. on the CV methodology: attic tapes (74/75) there are tracks called things like "Synthi AKS (Piece One)". did they have a AKS? weren't they crazily expensive at the time? (~£450 at launch which is well over £5k today)
(this is £6 on google play music store btw, £20 on amazon)
― koogs, Friday, 3 January 2020 12:30 (four years ago) link
I was listening to Ekoplekz thing just hours ago but the significance of the title didn't even occur to me!
I haven't heard Hai! before now. This appears to have been a non-trivial oversight. I'm clearly unworthy of my username.
― Nag! Nag! Nag!, Friday, 3 January 2020 13:25 (four years ago) link
Funny, it actually hit me after a recent Cab Volt jag. Always wondered where that third mantra got to.
did they have a AKS? weren't they crazily expensive at the time?
According to Wikipedia about £450 originally but worth thousands by the end of the 70s.
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 3 January 2020 13:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhds6KtWZHE
New (RHK-only) album coming this fall. Sounds pretty good, but also not that different from all of his other project names.
― Doctor Madame Frances Experimento, LLC", Wednesday, 19 August 2020 15:23 (three years ago) link
this new album sounds very Virgin era CV, and rather different to the solo RHK material that i have heard (URP Vol 1-3, Truckers, Sandoz, Dasein, Electronic Eye), mainly due to the drums and complete lack of techno basslines.
― mark e, Saturday, 21 November 2020 16:00 (three years ago) link
that said, i am only halfway through the album, so, things could change of course.but so far its hitting the spot for me.
― mark e, Saturday, 21 November 2020 16:02 (three years ago) link
It brings to mind the Drinking Gasoline EP. It's solid but I miss Mal, so there's Wrangler for that.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:39 (three years ago) link
I have only heard one track so far and that vaguely made me think of "Red Mecca". I miss Mal too and I do find it hard to really accept it as being CV without him.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 November 2020 18:42 (three years ago) link
GMB : exactly.it is very much of that era.there is little use of modern bass heavy production that i thought would be present.and while i get and understand the whole missing Mal thing, i subscribe to the CV (trio) -> CV (duo) -> CV (solo) path i have no issue with RHK using the name.as i said, this album sounds very different to a lot of the RHK solo material i have heard.(that said Dasein sounded like a CV album with its use of clipped guitars/samples)
― mark e, Saturday, 21 November 2020 19:16 (three years ago) link
Yes, it is fair enough really and I have engaged with several post Mal CV releases.
― stirmonster, Saturday, 21 November 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
new 3 track ep, shadow of funk, is great.sonically it's more of the same as recent album (though with a lot more intensity in the beats/layers), so, if you weren't impressed, then no need.the 10+ minute 'skinwalker' could totally be from the 'drinking gasoline' era.
― mark e, Thursday, 18 March 2021 12:46 (three years ago) link
absolutely insane price for the digital edition.
(also, the 2 RHK albums on Warp are massively reduced as well .. )
https://bleep.com/release/265713-cabaret-voltaire-8385-collected-works-1983-1985
― mark e, Thursday, 28 December 2023 18:06 (three months ago) link
yesterday i got email re bleep/warp sale, after which i decided to get the 2 RHK albums as i have never seen cd editions out in the wild. earlier today i decided to check re Drinking Gasoline in remastered form as i have the tracks, but spread across various options.saw that DG was £3.50 and was about to purchase, when i thought i'd check the price re the Virgin era boxset, thinking it would be in the £20-30 range .. very very glad i checked .. best late xmas present to myself ever.
― mark e, Thursday, 28 December 2023 18:11 (three months ago) link
Low price because its actually 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Saturday, 30 December 2023 01:45 (three months ago) link