Not much discussion on ILM of Richard Barbieri's solo work. I'm listening to "Things Buried" for the first time and quite like it, a bit of a merger of Rain Tree Crow instrumentals but a bit more prog at times.
I heard a track from his latest, "Under A Spell" which I'll listen to next as I heard a track on local college radio and it was great.
― Gerald McBoing-Boing, Monday, 18 October 2021 02:30 (two years ago) link
i like jansen / barbieri worlds in a small room a lot ... it was recorded in tokyo in the mid-80s and has that youtubecore / algo-ambient vibe that is currently popular
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dIbYcXXpnw
not familiar w/ barbieri's solo work but i enjoyed this recent vid where he demonstrates some tin drum style synth timbres on a nord lead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uO91uLBsx5w
― missingNO, Monday, 18 October 2021 04:50 (two years ago) link
Pretty sure Things Buried used to be on Spotify – there are a couple of tracks from it on the Introduction release from a few years ago. I have one of his records kicking around on my iTunes but I haven’t spent too much time with it. Barbieri is an incredible texturalist – his work in Japan, obv., but also RTC and the duos with Jansen are excellent. He has this way with evolving pads and melodic lines I find super listenable and pretty unique. You can see why folks like Porcupine Tree have come to him over the years. As a composer I’m less sold as the solo stuff proper I’ve heard often feels a bit like slightly noodly trip hoppy prog. I will give it another shot tho.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 18 October 2021 12:10 (two years ago) link
Worlds in a Small Room manages to be intimate, unobtrusive and melodic all at the same time, the palette of sounds they use are very warm.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 18 October 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
Agree -- that's a good'n.
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 18 October 2021 15:42 (two years ago) link
(which I note that missingNO had mentioned earlier)
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 18 October 2021 15:45 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds8sVhxdvfA
― MaresNest, Sunday, 4 September 2022 13:13 (one year ago) link
Not a Rick Roll
― MaresNest, Sunday, 4 September 2022 13:14 (one year ago) link
Rick should be glad that Mick didn't do his crabwalk move and steal the show.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 4 September 2022 15:12 (one year ago) link
Speaking of Rick, check his first choice here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2sGGE_pDU
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 4 September 2022 15:31 (one year ago) link