SO good. Lots of relatively upbeat numbers. I’m sure much of it will be on the new album.
― Evan, Sunday, 16 February 2020 14:42 (four years ago) link
Really enjoying Calypso. It's so long though, I'm only just spending time with the second half.
― cooldix, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 12:32 (four years ago) link
ooh, didn't realise this had been released now
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 14:40 (four years ago) link
so good
― sleeve, Tuesday, 17 March 2020 14:50 (four years ago) link
some of this is really good but some of it sounds distractingly like the most dated parts of 90s trip-hop, the melodies and pad sounds are great and this is probably better than like 80% of anything I'll hear all year though
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 08:08 (four years ago) link
Haha, definitely had the same thought re. dated '90s touchstones. There's a LOT of good stuff though.
― cooldix, Tuesday, 7 April 2020 10:37 (four years ago) link
"Khalifa golf club" is the standout jam imo
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Tuesday, 7 April 2020 12:15 (four years ago) link
He did a live thing the other day and I was surprised by how much it reminded of *something*... but I couldn't put my finger on what it was (Gottsching? Eno? Papa M? Fennesz?)
If you have time, listen to the first 7 minutes of this and please tell me what other artist/works it sounds like (RIYL?):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dm9r0vIZYUw
ISO slow, heavy reverb ambient guitar over soft drum machine?
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:33 (four years ago) link
the chords themselves (through the first 2 minutes, at least) sound quite a bit like "Sugar for the Pill" from the reunion Slowdive album
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
ok, that was a terrible reference. the rest of it sounds nothing like that, sorry
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:41 (four years ago) link
haha awesome - that's a cover of 'small hours' by john martyn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYLVM560Fok
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
+100000 points to NickB!
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:47 (four years ago) link
First seven minutes sounds particularly electric Windham Hill-y to me (Peter Maunu, Danny Heines come to mind). Also reminds me of that Jakob Bro guy on ECM. Not hearing any Eno or Ashra at all.
― Paul Ponzi, Friday, 17 April 2020 15:48 (four years ago) link
<3, thx NickB... not familiar with that track at all!
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
If you don't know the two Gaussian Curve records that Gigi did with Jonny Nash and Young Marco, they definitely mine that soundworld, as does some of Jonny Nash's solo stuff (e.g. 'Exit Strategies' from 2015). Also try the album 'Surface' by Santilli that came out last year.
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Friday, 17 April 2020 15:55 (four years ago) link
this Youtube is awesome, thanks
― zoomer death circus (sleeve), Friday, 17 April 2020 16:16 (four years ago) link
that Santilli album is madly underrated
― boxedjoy, Friday, 17 April 2020 21:17 (four years ago) link
Gigi Masin is my top new musical discovery from lockdown. Just what I need right now.
What type of music do you call this? Is it Balearic? And more recommendations in this style would be appreciated (I've checked out most of the names mentioned above)
― paolo, Sunday, 14 June 2020 10:31 (three years ago) link
music from memory has a great catalog with lots of stuff in this vein
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Monday, 15 June 2020 00:38 (three years ago) link
the gaussian curve albums are nice. 'uneven paths' and 'outro tempo' are very good. i don't think i've found anything as deep and beautiful as the stuff on talk to the wind tho tbh.
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Monday, 15 June 2020 00:47 (three years ago) link
I’d also check out Jonny Nash + Suzanne Kraft. Jonny Nash and Masin did an album together iirc
― brimstead, Monday, 15 June 2020 00:48 (three years ago) link
ah yeah both in Gaussian Curve
― brimstead, Monday, 15 June 2020 00:49 (three years ago) link
Lots of good things in this thread (although it goes back twelve years and is fairly all encompassing)
During lockdown Test Pressing have been releasing daily Stay In & Chill playlists on Spotify which are a veritable treasure trove of downtempo gems
You might also like some of the Claremont 56 releases - there's another Spotify playlist here which gives a flavour
― groovypanda, Monday, 15 June 2020 07:45 (three years ago) link
Thanks! I've been listening to a lot of Music From Memory lately (they were how I found out about Gigi)
― paolo, Monday, 15 June 2020 08:16 (three years ago) link
Do people rate the first Gaussian Curve album higher than the second one? Because after listening to both back to back during a bout of insomnia, I think The Distance (second album) is superior, if only for the gorgeous "Suspended Motion."
― Paul Ponzi, Monday, 15 June 2020 11:33 (three years ago) link
Agreed 2nd is my favorite
― Evan, Monday, 15 June 2020 11:38 (three years ago) link
Would also recommend Steve Hiett, Vini Reilly/The Durutti Column and Wally Badarou in terms of other '80s people with a similiar-enough sensibility if you haven't heard any of them yet
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Monday, 15 June 2020 13:11 (three years ago) link
Suso Saiz too
― Evan, Monday, 15 June 2020 13:28 (three years ago) link
For sure--looks like the MfM bases are covered, though
― call mr zbow that's my name that name again is mr zbow (Craig D.), Monday, 15 June 2020 13:51 (three years ago) link
Figured it was worth highlighting
― Evan, Monday, 15 June 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
xps talk to the sea lol. i've got memory worms
― crystal-brained yogahead (map), Monday, 15 June 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations! Those Test Pressing playlists are an absolute goldmine
― paolo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 11:45 (three years ago) link
I like the second Gaussian Curve album best too. I've also been feeling Gigi's albums with Tempelhof.
The first album from Young Marco (other other guy in Gaussian) is nice too, though a little clubber. Still chill though.
Love the second Gaussian Curve album.
― cooldix, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 13:28 (three years ago) link
Clubber? Clubbier.
― cooldix, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 14:46 (three years ago) link
Young Marco's a great DJ but I've not been too impressed with his solo productions. I'll check it out though.
― paolo, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:28 (three years ago) link
yeah I love that first album biology
― brimstead, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 16:31 (three years ago) link
Do check out his wonderful Welcome To Paradise Italian Dream House comps tho if you haven't already xp
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 17 June 2020 18:00 (three years ago) link
both of marco's lps are excellent
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Wednesday, 17 June 2020 20:53 (three years ago) link
'Suzaku' off Biology is a gorgeous summery synthpop thing and was well ahead of curve on that sort of YMO-ish tip afaicr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQakVMy6fHo
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Wednesday, 17 June 2020 21:01 (three years ago) link
i think they're both comparably great, but i may actually prefer the first gaussian curve album!
― dyl, Thursday, 18 June 2020 04:00 (three years ago) link
― willem, Saturday, 20 June 2020 09:04 (three years ago) link
Jason Kolar's Modified Perspectives on the stroom label is similar to gm's sound, w/o any drum programming. really nice.
― tomorrow, Saturday, 20 June 2020 14:42 (three years ago) link
I'd not heard Suzanne Kraft until now. Perfect.
And I'm probably being daft but is Kraft a Johnny Nash pseudonym?
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 21 June 2020 11:01 (three years ago) link
Sheeeiiit: Talk from Home was only released on vinyl and is currently going for around £80 on Discogs.
― Vanishing Point (Chinaski), Sunday, 21 June 2020 11:02 (three years ago) link
two different people, they've made several albums together. i would recommend nash's label in general to gigi lovers: https://melodyastruth.bandcamp.com/
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 21 June 2020 14:09 (three years ago) link
several releases i should say
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 21 June 2020 14:12 (three years ago) link
Lewis "L'amour" - its not the closest sounding stuff the way Jonny Nash and Suzanne Kraft are, but it has the same sense of otherworldly stillness as Masin's more song-structured releases
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 21 June 2020 15:41 (three years ago) link
In a similar way, K. Leimer and Beverley Glenn-Copeland slot alongside this stuff for me - not as lush but atmospherically similar
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 21 June 2020 15:45 (three years ago) link
Bit off topic but Diego Herrera (Suzanne Kraft) was also in a really good band called Pharaohs who out some great records like the album In Oeland on Mark Barrott's International Feel label. Lush neo-tropical sounds but quite uptempo - kind of a (Japanese) Mariah vibe?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caoUAfVO2Ys
On more of a Gigi tip, I've really been enjoying the album La Calle Roja by Pablo Color which came out last year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTgUQ_Sawag
― Boris the Spreader (NickB), Sunday, 21 June 2020 16:17 (three years ago) link
ANYWHO the Masin / Modell collab record is so beautiful maybe let's focus back on that
― Evan, Tuesday, 5 December 2023 17:25 (four months ago) link
Actually it’s my favorite album of the year?
― Evan, Thursday, 21 December 2023 03:00 (four months ago) link
New Gaussian Curve!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z00JUECdYyk
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:54 (three months ago) link
Truth be told, I'm feeling a bit emotionally fragile right now and also still finding Jamie's death hard to process so that was a hard (but very beautiful) listen
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 20:56 (three months ago) link
gorgeous <3
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 16 January 2024 21:15 (three months ago) link
<3
― Evan, Tuesday, 16 January 2024 21:20 (three months ago) link
Ah there's more info on what this is on Gigi's insta:
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2KLKRzsAOV/?igsh=MWF1eGhhOHk4NTV6NQ==
― blazin' squab (NickB), Tuesday, 16 January 2024 22:01 (three months ago) link
Out today :)
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 February 2024 06:26 (two months ago) link
Fever Dream is great and actually has some vocals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QfMkHwHRc8
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 February 2024 06:27 (two months ago) link