tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16203659576076902112024-02-19T04:14:22.782+01:00SONIC NURSE | Le Design Sonique ®Boosting your advertising, special events & media projects with audio adrenalineSonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.comBlogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-88613597184644801832018-01-20T08:20:00.000+01:002018-01-20T00:14:47.086+01:00Orbiting Your Living Room<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br />Bottom/ </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">The Songs Of Distant Earth</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Warner Bros, 1994</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">)</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">by </span><span style="color: #666666;">English multi-instrumentalist musician and composer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Mike Oldfield</span> <span style="color: #666666;">has ethnic <span style="color: #993399;">world chants</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Native American</span> influences, evoking earlier works such as</span> <i style="color: #993399;">Ommadawn</i><span style="color: #666666;"> and </span><i style="color: #993399;">Incantations</i><span style="color: #666666;"> that featured extensive use of chanting and drumming. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Oldfield works a style that blends <span style="color: #993399;">prog-rock</span>, folk, ethnic or world music, </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">classical music</span><span style="color: #666666;">, electronic music, <span style="color: #993399;">New Age</span> and more recently dance. His music is often elaborate and complex in nature. He is best known for his 1973 </span><span style="color: #666666;">magnum opus</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><i style="color: #993399;">Tubular Bells</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #666666;">. </span>Top/</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Oldfield</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">'s single </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">"<span style="color: #993399;">Let There Be Light</span>"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">from</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">The </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Songs Of Distant Earth</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">shines down on an album inspired by the late</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Arthur C. Clarke</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">book of the same name.</span></div>
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Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-44032876878362418262013-04-17T08:01:00.000+02:002013-04-16T00:16:32.789+02:00Shake Well Before Opening<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><i style="color: #993399;">Loaded</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (</span><span style="color: #666666;">Cotillion Records) </span><span style="color: #666666;">is the fourth album released by American rock band <span style="color: #993399;">The Velvet Underground</span>. The album was released in September, 1970, one month after <span style="color: #993399;">Lou Reed</span> had left the band. </span><i style="color: #666666;">Loaded</i><span style="color: #666666;"> is a commercial effort aimed at radio play, another step away from the <span style="color: #993399;">Warhol</span>-influenced days. The album's title refers to Atlantic's request that the band produce an album "loaded with hits". The album holds two of the best-known Velvet Underground songs, "<span style="color: #993399;">Sweet Jane</span>" and "<span style="color: #993399;">Rock and Roll</span>."</span><span style="color: #666666;"> When bassist <span style="color: #993399;">John Cale</span> </span><span style="color: #666666;">was eased out of</span><span style="color: #666666;"> The Velvet Underground in 1968, <span style="color: #993399;">Doug Yule</span> (who had befriended the band in 1967) joined as Cale's replacement.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> Yule's contribution to </span><span style="color: #666666;">their third album, </span><i style="color: #993399;">The Velvet Underground</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1969)</span><span style="color: #666666;"> was considerable, and his distinct melodic style suited Reed's desire to move into a more mainstream direction. On </span><i style="color: #666666;">Loaded</i><span style="color: #666666;">, his role became even more prominent, singing lead vocals on several songs on the LP (</span><i style="color: #666666;">Loaded</i><span style="color: #666666;">’s spin-off single </span><span style="color: #666666;">"<span style="color: #993399;">Who Loves The Sun</span>", "<span style="color: #993399;">New Age</span>", and "<span style="color: #993399;">Oh! Sweet Nuthin'</span>"), and playing six instruments (including keyboard and drums).</span><span style="color: #666666;"> Reed was critical of the album's final mix</span><span style="color: #666666;">. After its release, Reed discovered that <span style="font-style: italic;">Loaded</span> had been re-edited and resequenced without his consent. </span><span style="color: #666666;">The band essentially dissolved while recording the album, and Reed walked off just before it was finished. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Almost three decades later, the album would be reissued as "<span style="color: #993399;">Fully Loaded</span>" with the edits restored and all versions included. </span><span style="color: #666666;">In 2005, <span style="font-style: italic;">Loaded</span> was #109 on Rolling Stone's reissue of their </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">500 greatest albums of all time</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/ </span><i style="color: #993399;">Tommy</i><span style="color: #666666;"> is the fourth album by the English rock band <span style="color: #993399;">The Who</span>, released by Track and Polydor in the United Kingdom and Decca and MCA in the United States. A double album telling a loose story about a "deaf, dumb, and blind boy" who becomes the leader of a messianic movement, </span><i style="color: #666666;">Tommy</i><span style="color: #666666;"> was the first musical work to be billed overtly as a <span style="color: #993399;">rock opera</span>. Released in 1969, the album was mostly composed by guitarist <span style="color: #993399;">Pete Townshend</span>. It has sold over 20 million copies worldwide.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> The cover is presented as part of a triptych-style fold-out cover. All three of the outer panels of the triptych are spanned by a single pop art painting by <span style="color: #993399;">Mike McInnerney</span>. The drawing is a sphere with diamond-shaped cutouts and an overlay of clouds and seagulls rendered with a figure-ground ambiguity similar to that in the work of <span style="color: #993399;">M. C. Escher</span>. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Top/ </span><i style="color: #993399;">It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah</i> <span style="color: #666666;">(Radioactive, 1995) by </span><span style="color: #666666;">alt-dance band <span style="color: #993399;">Black Grape</span> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> from England</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">was</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Shaun Ryder</span><span style="color: #666666;">'s first musical project after the disintegration of</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Happy Mondays</span><span style="color: #666666;">, due to his multiple drug addiction</span><span style="color: #666666;">. The album cover featured</span><span style="color: #666666;"> a photograph of international terrorist </span><span style="color: #666666;">Carlos the Jackal</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">colored in pop art style.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> Shaun Ryder appears on "<span style="color: #993399;">挑戦 (DARE)</span>", a single by </span><span style="color: #993399;">Gorillaz </span><span style="color: #666666;">from their 2005 album</span> <i style="color: #993399;">Demon Days<span style="color: #666666;">.</span></i> </div>
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Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-91535338650786630872013-04-16T23:30:00.000+02:002013-04-16T00:17:19.077+02:00Telepathic Surgery<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Top/</span> <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Sacrilege</span> (Spoon Records, 1997) is a </span><span style="color: #666666;">double remix album </span><span style="color: #666666;">by German <span style="color: #993399;">electronic</span> pioneers <span style="color: #993399;">Can</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Can was a musical group formed in West Germany in 1968. One of the most important "<span style="color: #993399;">krautrock</span>" groups, Can had a style grounded in the art rock of bands such as <span style="color: #993399;">The Velvet Underground</span>, with strong experimental and world music influences. Described by keyboard player <span style="color: #993399;">Irmin Schmidt</span><span style="color: #666666;"> as an "anarchist community" and by guitarist </span><span style="color: #993399;">Michael Karoli</span><span style="color: #666666;"> as "a geometry of people", Can constructed their music largely through free improvisation and </span></span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">editing</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">, which bassist </span><span style="color: #993399;">Holger Czukay</span> has referred to as "instant compositions". Through </span><span style="color: #666666;">albums such as</span> <i style="color: #993399;">Tago Mago</i> <span style="color: #666666;">(1971) and</span> <i style="color: #993399;">Ege Bamyasi</i> <span style="color: #666666;">(1972), Can exerted a considerable influence on <span style="color: #993399;">avant-garde</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">experimental</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">underground</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">ambient</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">New Wave</span> and <span style="color: #666666;">electronic</span> music.</span> <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="color: #993399;">Cunning Stunts</span></span> (1975) by <span style="color: #993399;">Caravan</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">blends <span style="color: #993399;">psychedelic rock</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">jazz</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Caravan are an English </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">band</span><span style="color: #666666;"> from the Canterbury area, founded by former <span style="color: #993399;">Wilde Flowers</span> members </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">David Sinclair</span><span style="color: #666666;">, Richard Sinclair, Pye Hastings and Richard Coughlan. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Caravan rose to success from 1968 onwards into the 1970s as part of the</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">Canterbury scene</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Along with </span><span style="color: #666666;">their contemporaries</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Soft Machine</span><span style="color: #666666;">, Caravan were a leading exponent of what became known as "<span style="color: #993399;">the </span></span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">Canterbury sound</span><span style="color: #666666;">" - a concoction of styles including jazz, <span style="color: #993399;">classical</span> and traditional English influences. According to Allmusic, their 1971 album </span><i style="color: #993399;">In the Land of Grey and Pink</i><span style="color: #666666;"> is considered by many to be the pinnacle release from Caravan. In the Q & Mojo Classic Special Edition </span><i style="color: #666666;">Pink Floyd & The Story of Prog Rock</i><span style="color: #666666;">, the album came #19 in its list of "40 Cosmic Rock Albums". </span><span style="color: #666666;"> The Tolkienesque cover art was by Anne Marie Anderson. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Caravan still remains active as a live band in the 21st century. </span></div>
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Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-75119658123987373592012-08-20T18:24:00.000+02:002012-08-24T14:38:49.903+02:00Together In Electric Dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span></span><i style="color: #993399;">Faith and Courage</i><span style="color: #666666;"> is the fifth full-length album by </span><span style="color: #666666;">Irish </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">singer-songwriter</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Sinéad O'Connor</span>, released in 2000 on Atlantic Records. The album includes the single "<span style="color: #993399;">No Man's Woman</span>," and featured contributions from <span style="color: #993399;">Wyclef Jean</span> of the <span style="color: #993399;">Fugees</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Dave Stewart</span> of <span style="color: #993399;">Eurythmics</span>. On the eve of its release, O'Connor came out as a lesbian, and then retracted the statement.</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #993399;"><span style="color: #666666;">Her second album</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span></span></span> <i style="color: #993399;">I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got<span style="color: #666666;">,</span></i><span style="color: #666666;"> was reissued in 2009 with an accompanying bonus disc containing </span><span style="color: #666666;">B-sides</span><span style="color: #666666;"> and previously unreleased material.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">The <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Serenity Prayer</span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><span style="color: #666666;">an originally untitled prayer, most commonly attributed to the theologian <span style="color: #666666;">Reinhold Niebuhr, kicks off the album in the song "<span style="color: #993399;">Feel So Different</span>"</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Top/</span> "Produced under the universal influence of C.O.I.T. (Compagnie d'Opera Invisible de Tibet)", </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">You</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;">(Virgin Records, 1974)</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-style: normal;">by </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">progressive /psychedelic</span> rock band</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span style="color: #993399;">Gong</span> is </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">the third</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> of the legendary </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">Radio Gnome Invisible</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"> trilogy of albums, following <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Flying Tea Pot</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #993399;">Angel's Egg</span>. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">Their music has also been described as <span style="color: #993399;">space rock</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">From the infamous <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Camembert Electrique</span> (Virgin, 1971) on</span><span style="color: #666666;">, the Gong mythology is a collection of recurring characters, themes, and ideas that permeate the albums. Among them are the mythology's central character,<span style="color: #993399;"> </span></span><span style="color: #993399;">Zero the Hero</span><span style="color: #666666;">, the "great beer yogi" </span><span style="color: #993399;">Banana Ananda</span><i style="color: #666666;">, </i><span style="color: #666666;">the <span style="color: #993399;">Octave Doctors</span>, Hiram the Master Builder, as well as a number of <span style="color: #993399;">Pot Head Pixies</span> from the Planet Gong. These pixies are green with propellers on their heads, and they fly around in teapots. In </span><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Angel's Egg</span><span style="color: #666666;">, the second installment of the trilogy, Zero locates the Planet Gong, and spends some time with a prostitute who introduces him to the moon goddess </span><span style="color: #993399;">Selene</span><span style="color: #666666;">. Places evoked throughout the Gong mythology include the One Invisible Temple of Gong, <span style="color: #993399;">Bananamoon Observatory</span> and the <span style="color: #993399;">Isle of Everywhere</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">The characters of the story are often based on or used as </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">pseudonyms</span><span style="color: #666666;"> for band members.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">The Lost & Found</span><span style="color: #666666;"> is an EP record by <span style="color: #993399;">Rasputina</span>,
the first edition of which was self-released in 2001 and the second
edition released in 2003 by Instinct Records. It consists of covers
of songs by <span style="color: #993399;">Creedence Clearwater Revival</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">Pink Floyd</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">Marilyn Manson</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">Pat Benatar</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">The Velvet Underground</span>, and <span style="color: #993399;">Led Zeppelin</span>, as well as a rendition of <span style="color: #993399;">Mother Goose</span>'s nursery rhyme "<span style="color: #993399;">This Little Piggy</span>."
Rasputina is a cello-driven band based in New York that is
renowned for their unconventional and quirky music style as well as
their fascination with historical allegories and fashion,
especially those pertaining to the Victorian era. The group is
fronted by cellist/vocalist <span style="color: #993399;">Melora Creager</span>, who also writes all of the lyrics and creates art for the band's albums, singles, and website.<span style="color: #666666;"> Album releases include </span></span><i style="color: #993399;">How We Quit the Forest</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1998), </span><i style="color: #993399;">Frustration Plantation</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (2004) and </span><i style="color: #993399;">Oh Perilous World</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (2007).<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Sister Kinderhook</span>, the seventh full length LP album from the cello-rock outfit, was </span><span style="color: #666666;">released on June 15, 2010 on the </span><span style="color: #666666;">Filthy Bonnet Co. label</span><i style="color: #666666;">. </i><span style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/ </span><i style="color: #993399;">Peasants, Pigs & Astronauts</i> <span style="color: #666666;">(Columbia, 1999) is the second album by the British <span style="color: #993399;">indie</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">psychedelic</span> rock band <span style="color: #993399;">Kula Shaker</span>. Like its predecessor, </span><i style="color: #993399;">K</i><span style="color: #666666;">,
the album continues the band's hybrid of 1960s-style psychedelic
rock, groovy indie pop, and Indian instrumentation, albeit with a more
progressive rock slant than on previous releases. Musically, many of
the songs make use of <span style="color: #993399;">Beatles</span>-influenced psychedelic effects, swirling guitars, and Indian chants.</span> <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Top/</span> <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">The Secret Migration</span> (V2 Records, 2005) </span><span style="color: #666666;">is the much-anticipated sixth album by</span><span style="color: #666666;"> American <span style="color: #993399;">indie rock</span> group <span style="color: #993399;">Mercury Rev</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">With their early records, Mercury Rev offered experimental, </span><span style="color: #993399;">psychedelic</span><span style="color: #666666;"> rock, which gradually shifted to a melodic, ornate sound. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Labeled anything from <span style="color: #993399;">chamber pop</span> to <span style="color: #993399;">space rock</span>, their music is often compared to the <span style="color: #993399;">Flaming Lips</span>' lush, multi-layered psychedelic</span><span style="color: #666666;"> arrangements.</span>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-52983425372834581672012-07-03T13:08:00.000+02:002012-07-04T09:27:25.610+02:00Beautiful Chaos<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjArw0CMToAlB7CSsN11ghAxdC-yEiYvJD4WEaxNDw6n_s6eEXgb-4kryln4jZdmJLOpSXSP73Azi8SfR8eQG3Mo24neQ9MVGeWXnzpxPfxur_uWvsDBfkKAXiMOGtprHltjQNNPC5aY/s1600-h/The+Psychedelic+Furs_The+Psychedelic+Furs.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5192557895556614050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjjArw0CMToAlB7CSsN11ghAxdC-yEiYvJD4WEaxNDw6n_s6eEXgb-4kryln4jZdmJLOpSXSP73Azi8SfR8eQG3Mo24neQ9MVGeWXnzpxPfxur_uWvsDBfkKAXiMOGtprHltjQNNPC5aY/s400/The+Psychedelic+Furs_The+Psychedelic+Furs.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 499px; width: 499px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/</span> </span><i style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">The Return of the New York Dolls: <span style="color: #666666;">Live from Royal Festival Hall 2004</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></i><span style="color: #666666;">(Attack) captures the reunion of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">U.S.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <span style="color: #993399;">prot</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">o-punk</span>/<span style="color: #993399;">glam rock</span> group at the 2004 Meltdown Festival in London, curated by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">Morrissey</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Formed in New York City in 1971, the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">New York Dolls</span><span style="color: #666666;"> prefigured much of what was to come in the <span style="color: #993399;">punk rock</span> era and even later; the Dolls' visual style influenced the look of many <span style="color: #993399;">new wave</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">glam metal</span> groups, and their playing style set the tone for many later rock and roll bands such as</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Kiss</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Hanoi Rocks</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Blondie</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">The Clash</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Ramones</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span><span style="color: #666666;"> <span style="color: #993399;">Guns N' Roses</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">The Damned</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">Japan</span> and </span><span style="color: #993399;">The Smiths</span><span style="color: #666666;">. They were also a large influence on the </span><span style="color: #993399;">Sex Pistols</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Top/ </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Self-titled debut album <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Psychedelic Furs</span> (Columbia, 1980) by </span><span style="color: #666666;">English <span style="color: #993399;">post punk</span> band </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">The Psychedelic Furs</span> </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">was produced by <span style="color: #993399;">Steve Lillywhite <span style="color: #666666;">and</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> includes "<span style="color: #993399;">India</span>" and "<span style="color: #993399;">Sister Europe</span>".<span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">The band recorded their next album, </span><i style="color: #993399;">Forever Now</i><span style="color: #666666;">, with producer <span style="color: #993399;">Todd Rundgren</span> in </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">Woodstock</span><span style="color: #666666;">, New York. </span><span style="color: #666666;">The Psychedelic Furs </span><span style="color: #666666;">is an English rock band</span><span style="color: #666666;"> founded in 1977. Led by singer <span style="color: #993399;">Richard Butler</span> and his brother <span style="color: #993399;">Tim Butler</span> on bass guitar, the Psychedelic Furs are one of the more successful acts spawned from the British <span style="color: #993399;">punk rock</span> scene. Their music went through several phases, from an initially austere <span style="color: #993399;">art rock</span> sound, later touching on </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">new wave</span><span style="color: #666666;"> and <span style="color: #993399;">hard rock</span>. They scored several hits in their early career including "<span style="color: #993399;">Love My Way</span>" and </span><span style="color: #666666;">"<span style="color: #993399;">Heaven</span>"</span><span style="color: #666666;">, but were launched to international attention in 1986 when movie director/writer <span style="color: #993399;">John Hughes</span> borrowed their song title "<span style="color: #993399;">Pretty in Pink</span>" for his movie of the same name. The Furs went on hiatus in 1991, and the Butler brothers formed a new band called <span style="color: #993399;">Love Spit Love</span>.
The Psychedelic Furs later regrouped in 2001 and continue to perform
around the world. Richard Butler has released a solo album called <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Richard Butler</span>, and has hinted at a possible new Furs album<span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">In 2011, the band launched a spring/summer tour of the U.S., performing the album </span><i style="color: #993399;">Talk Talk Talk</i><span style="color: #666666;"> in its entirety. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-82403275799197486452012-06-14T12:51:00.000+02:002012-06-16T13:01:24.271+02:00You Can Be Special, Too<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Top/</span> <span style="color: #666666;">The album cover </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Aion</span> (4AD, 1990) by <span style="color: #993399;">Dead Can Dance</span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> shows a detail from the Dutch </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">painter</span><span style="color: #666666;"> <span style="color: #993399;">Hieronymus Bosch</span>'s triptych, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">The Garden of Earthly Delights</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">. Assigning a </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">musical genre</span><span style="color: #666666;"> to Dead Can Dance is difficult, as its style is particularly eclectic. However, its early work could be considered </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">darkwave</span><span style="color: #666666;">. In their later work, including and subsequent to the release titled </span><i style="color: #993399;">The Serpent's Egg</i><span style="color: #666666;">, Dead Can Dance would take ancient or various musics from around the world as primary sources, with contralto <span style="color: #993399;">Lisa Gerrard</span> <span style="color: #666666;">singing </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">glossolalia</span> (</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">commonly called "speaking in tongues")</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">, givin</span>g it a very distinctive style. As a result, their later albums such<span style="color: #666666;"> as </span></span><i style="color: #993399;">Into the Labyrinth</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1993), </span><i style="color: #993399;">Toward the Within </i><span style="color: #666666;">(1994) and </span><i style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">Spiritchaser</span></i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1996) sound quite different from the first three. Various sources have labeled those latter releases as </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">neo-classical</span>,</span><span style="color: #666666;"> or </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">ethereal</span>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> Bottom/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> "<span style="color: #993399;">More Than This</span><span style="color: #666666;">" is a single from</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">Roxy Music</span>'s eighth studio album</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Avalon</span> (Virgin, 1982)</span><span style="color: #666666;">, generally regarded as the culmination of the smoother, more adult-oriented sound of the </span><span style="color: #666666;">English art rock group</span><span style="color: #666666;">'s later work.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="credit" style="color: #666666;">Cover painting ‘<span style="color: #666666;">Veronica Veronese</span>’ by <span style="color: #993399;">Dante Gabriel Rossetti</span>, 1872. </span><span style="color: #993399;">Bill Murray </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">performs </span><i style="color: #666666;">More Than This</i><span style="color: #666666;"> in a memorable karaoke scene in the 2003 movie </span><i style="color: #993399;">Lost in Translation</i><span style="color: #666666;">, directed by <span style="color: #993399;">Sofia Coppola</span>.</span></div>
</div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-62023529293595097632012-06-13T12:29:00.000+02:002012-06-16T13:04:39.974+02:00A Kiss In The Dreamhouse<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiT7vRR3skai5MW-wD6qXTzXIS4tX59OYopAMk4LyS2_nFFqsm1R50c2Wao_MmvXLsEzyTqUlfFBsm2RUsqLIaI6m-DmabZyfFsaZvsqL_y81a_A2UAn8uQkuACdWATMAo3JfkxwUqqaO/s1600-h/Siouxsie+-+Mantaray.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169152186330976370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCiT7vRR3skai5MW-wD6qXTzXIS4tX59OYopAMk4LyS2_nFFqsm1R50c2Wao_MmvXLsEzyTqUlfFBsm2RUsqLIaI6m-DmabZyfFsaZvsqL_y81a_A2UAn8uQkuACdWATMAo3JfkxwUqqaO/s400/Siouxsie+-+Mantaray.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 488px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br />Bottom/ </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Floored: <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Something Wrong</span> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Recall, 2003) is the second album by <span style="color: #993399;">electropop</span> darlings <span style="color: #993399;">Bang Gang</span> from Iceland, starring</span><span style="color: #666666;"> songwriter/producer <span style="color: #993399;">Barði Jóhannsson</span> who formed the band and lives in Reykjavík. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Mixing influences</span><span style="color: #666666;"> from <span style="color: #993399;">trip hop</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">rock</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">rhythm and blues</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">pop</span>, </span><i><span style="color: #993399;">Dive Deep</span></i><span style="color: #666666;"> (Echo, 2008) is the sixth studio album by English</span><span style="color: #666666;"> group</span><span style="color: #666666;"> <span style="color: #993399;">Morcheeba</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">. It is also the second studio album recorded without former lead singer <span style="color: #993399;">Skye Edwards</span>. </span><i style="color: #666666;">Dive Deep</i><span style="color: #666666;"> features many guest vocals, such as acclaimed singer-songwriter <span style="color: #993399;">Judie Tzuke</span> </span><span style="color: #666666;">on the first single "<span style="color: #993399;">Enjoy the Ride</span><span style="color: #666666;">"</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">. </span><i style="color: #666666;">Billboard</i><span style="color: #666666;"> described the album as a "gorgeous collection of <span style="color: #993399;">folk</span>- and <span style="color: #993399;">blues-inflected</span> <span style="color: #993399;">electro-pop</span> ballads". </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">BBC Music</span><span style="color: #666666;">
noted that guests "appear chosen less for who they are than what
they can bring, sweet and soulful voices that supply an emotional
backbone to the Godfreys' languid, slo-mo </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">funk grooves</span><span style="color: #666666;">."</span><span style="color: #666666;"> Morcheeba's</span><span style="color: #666666;"> most popular albums include 1996 debut </span><i style="color: #993399;">Who Can You Trust?</i><span style="color: #666666;"> and 1998's </span><i style="color: #993399;">Big Calm</i><span style="color: #666666;">. They achieved huge international pop crossover success with the single "<span style="color: #993399;">Rome Wasn't Built in a Day</span>" in 2000. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Top/ </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Always in style: high priestess of punk <span style="color: #993399;">Siouxsie</span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> explores</span><span style="color: #666666;"> a variety of musical styles, including <span style="color: #993399;">pop</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">glam</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">industrial</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">electronic</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> in </span><span style="color: #666666;">her first solo album</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">MantaRay</span> (Universal, 2007)</span><span style="color: #666666;">, preceded by the "</span><span style="color: #993399;">Into a Swan</span><span style="color: #666666;">" single</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Siouxsie Sioux is the lead singer of </span><span style="color: #993399;">Siouxsie & the Banshees</span><span style="color: #666666;">, formed at the advent of the British <span style="color: #993399;">punk</span> scene, and that soon became one of the major bands in the <span style="color: #993399;">post-punk</span> erea. The Banshees' music influenced a wide range of very diverse bands over the years, amongst them</span> <span style="color: #993399;">The Cure</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Massive Attack</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Garbage</span> <span style="color: #666666;">and more recently</span> <span style="color: #993399;">LCD Soundsystem</span><span style="color: #666666;">. Key albums by Siouxsie and the Banshees include</span> <i style="color: #993399;"><span class="mw-redirect">Kaleidoscope</span></i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1980),</span> <i style="color: #993399;">Juju</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1981) and</span> <i style="color: #993399;">A Kiss in the Dreamhouse</i><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-17622359402930652112012-06-06T12:41:00.000+02:002012-06-16T13:09:41.918+02:00You Never Blow Yr Trip Forever<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrFx-4fPCnD3WsGlenFuHmJBUsl0ZPcDFCWmOEM7zDBevkujf6KFmusk1_68MgiFl0iJwuVEPE7VPALdMeBjhMNESzvyiTmoPQfEOSLz0lBkM3sPDMq2J5t2oMm7lNquiQJ64qfEx7Bw/s1600/Gong_Gazeuse!**.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5467077013988891010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYrFx-4fPCnD3WsGlenFuHmJBUsl0ZPcDFCWmOEM7zDBevkujf6KFmusk1_68MgiFl0iJwuVEPE7VPALdMeBjhMNESzvyiTmoPQfEOSLz0lBkM3sPDMq2J5t2oMm7lNquiQJ64qfEx7Bw/s400/Gong_Gazeuse!**.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 481px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">A</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">lbu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">m title</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">The Psychedelic Sounds Of The 13th Floor Elevators</span> (International Artists, </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">1966) by </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">The 13th Floor Elevators</span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">is pu</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">rported to be the first use of the word "psychedelic" in reference to music within. </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">The 13th Floor Elevators</span><span style="color: #666666;"> was an American <span style="color: #993399;">acid rock</span>
band originally from Austin, Texas, from late 1965 until 1969. The
band found only limited commercial success before dissolving amid legal
troubles and drug use. However, as one of the first psychedelic bands,
they have been cited as an influential </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">proto-punk</span><span style="color: #666666;"> group. Their biggest hit "<span style="color: #993399;">You're Gonna Miss Me</span>", a Billboard #55 hit in 1966, was later to be considered a landmark in the history of <span style="color: #993399;">garage rock</span> and the development of <span style="color: #993399;">punk rock</span>.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">The band's classic line-up featured singer/guitarist <span style="color: #993399;">Roky Erickson</span> and electric jug player <span style="color: #993399;">Tommy Hall</span>. The "electric jug" sound would become the band's signature and trademark. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/ </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">S</span><span style="color: #666666;">tarring Jeff Bridges</span><span style="color: #666666;"> as "The Dude",</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <span style="color: #993399;">The Big Lebowski</span></span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">has a soundtrack</span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Mercury, 1998) </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">that was composed by </span><span style="color: #993399;">Carter Burwell</span><span style="color: #666666;">, a veteran of all the</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">Coen Brothers</span><span style="color: #666666;">' films</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span> <span style="color: #993399;">T-Bone Burnett</span><span style="color: #666666;">, who also worked with the Coens on</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><i style="color: #993399;">O Brother, Where Art Thou?</i><span style="color: #666666;">, is credited as music bibliographer. <span style="color: #cc0000;">Top/</span> </span><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Gazeuse!</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">(released as </span><i style="color: #993399;">Expresso</i><span style="color: #666666;"> in the </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">U.S.</span><span style="color: #666666;">) </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">is an album by <span style="color: #993399;">Pierre Moerlen's Gong</span>, issued in 1976 on Virgin Records</span><span style="color: #666666;">. Pierre Moerlen's Gong is a <span style="color: #993399;">jazz fusion</span> outfit which is very different from the first incarnation of <span style="color: #993399;">Gong</span>, the <span style="color: #993399;">psychedelic </span></span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">space-rock</span><span style="color: #666666;"> act led by <span style="color: #993399;">Daevid Allen</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Amid a flurry of lineup changes in the mid-1970s, including the departure of founding members Daevid Allen and <span style="color: #993399;">Gilli Smyth</span>, Moerlen was asked to co-lead the band with <span style="color: #993399;">Didier Malherbe</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Steve Hillage</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">, guitar player of Gong,</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">who himself left shortly thereafter, only appearing on a couple of tracks on the next album </span><i style="color: #993399;">Shamal</i><span style="color: #666666;">.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Pierre Moerlen (1952 - 2005) was a French drummer and </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">percussionist</span><span style="color: #666666;">, best known for his work with Gong and <span style="color: #993399;">Mike Oldfield</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Pierre Moerlen's Gong</span><span style="color: #666666;"> is notable for the prominent use of </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">mallet percussion</span><span style="color: #666666;">, such as <span style="color: #993399;">marimba</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">xylophone</span>, and <span style="color: #993399;">vibraphone</span>.</span><span style="color: #666666;"><br /></span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-18811860000448236992012-06-04T12:57:00.000+02:002012-06-16T12:58:05.709+02:00C'mon Feel The Noize<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_F27XtblHPOtgBGyo5We8ZZgoaEAErhwm_lZVTG758AxisdD6oBckLcWERfyWcq_iCQWxIHTakYemZb3yMhcJEj22A6FBAtGPTflQQgA7HLaoSeMEcZnURcCxPMJiKj_qLijbfOZLAPTQ/s1600-h/Bran+Van+3000+-+Afrodiziak.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168234669647399922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_F27XtblHPOtgBGyo5We8ZZgoaEAErhwm_lZVTG758AxisdD6oBckLcWERfyWcq_iCQWxIHTakYemZb3yMhcJEj22A6FBAtGPTflQQgA7HLaoSeMEcZnURcCxPMJiKj_qLijbfOZLAPTQ/s400/Bran+Van+3000+-+Afrodiziak.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 483px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span><i style="color: #993399;">Kimono My House</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (Island, 1974) was </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">Sparks</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">' third album, scoring a number 2 hit with the glam single "<span style="color: #993399;">This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us</span>".</span><span style="color: #666666;"> In contrast to the esteem in which they are held by such peers as <span style="color: #993399;">Morrissey</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">Depeche Mode</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">New Order</span> and the <span style="color: #993399;">Pet Shop Boys</span>, who all cite the L.A duo of <span style="color: #993399;">Ron</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Russell Mael</span> as a major influence, <span style="color: #666666;">Sparks</span>' almost constantly changing styles —</span><span style="color: #666666;">including <span style="color: #993399;">glam pop</span>, power pop and electronic dance music</span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">— </span><span style="color: #666666;">and unique visual presentations have sometimes seen them dismissed as a novelty act</span><span style="color: #666666;">. The album title is generally assumed to be a pun on the <span style="color: #993399;">Rosemary Clooney</span> hit "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">Come on-a My House</span><span style="color: #666666;">"<span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">Sparks
have been highly influential on the development of popular music, in
particular on the late 1970s scene, when in collaboration with <span style="color: #993399;">Giorgio Moroder</span> (and <span style="color: #993399;">Telex</span> subsequently), they reinvented themselves as an electronic pop duo, and abandoned the traditional rock band line up.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">The 2002 release of </span><i style="color: #993399;">Lil' Beethoven</i><span style="color: #666666;">, their self-described "genre-defying opus", as well as the more recent albums </span><i style="color: #993399;">Hello Young Lovers</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (2006, their 20th studio album) and </span><i style="color: #993399;"><span class="mw-redirect">Exotic Creatures Of The Deep </span></i><span style="color: #666666;">(2008)
have brought Sparks renewed critical and commercial success, and seen
them continue to "steer clear of pop conventions." On August 14, 2009,
the band premièred the radio musical </span><i style="color: #666666;"><span class="new" style="color: #993399;">The Seduction of Ingmar Bergma</span><span style="color: #993399;">n</span>.</i><i> </i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/</span> LP <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">It's Only A Movie</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Raft Records, 1973) </span><span style="color: #666666;">is the last original studio album </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">by English rock band </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">Family</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">before they disbanded that year. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Top/</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Single "<span style="color: #993399;">Afrodiziak</span>" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">from debut album <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Glee</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Audiogram, 1997) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">by <span style="color: #993399;">Bran Van 3000</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">, an electronica collective from Montreal, Canada founded by the DJ <span style="color: #993399;">James Di Salvio</span>.</span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-16675358030066735982012-01-09T10:53:00.000+01:002012-01-08T10:54:12.164+01:00That Great Love Sound<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFzoyj-1a_k_ljrP0fUzusEhi7fLlisINsbifpsoRNnmWpegfn1HXzrKFX_NKyYgRVlUcnoh4gCT25_7DL6G1iY3_2w65U-WNGNJRIfr5tNdsr-eQZxNij4z14YKoGwEn5yFRzHc7YMk/s1600-h/Raveonettes.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238421213514497122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXFzoyj-1a_k_ljrP0fUzusEhi7fLlisINsbifpsoRNnmWpegfn1HXzrKFX_NKyYgRVlUcnoh4gCT25_7DL6G1iY3_2w65U-WNGNJRIfr5tNdsr-eQZxNij4z14YKoGwEn5yFRzHc7YMk/s400/Raveonettes.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 486px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span></span><i style="color: #993399;">Chemical Chords</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (Duophonic/4AD, 2008) by <span style="color: #993399;">Stereolab</span> includes the tracks "<span style="color: #993399;">One Finger Symphony</span>", "<span style="color: #666666;">The Ecstatic Static</span>", "Fractal Dream of a Thing" and "<span style="color: #993399;">Vortical Phonotheque</span>".<span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">Stereolab are an </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">alternative</span> music</span><span style="color: #666666;"> band formed in 1990 in London, England.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> Called "one of the most fiercely independent and original groups of the Nineties", </span><span style="color: #666666;">Stereolab were one of the first bands to be termed "<span style="color: #993399;">post-rock</span>". Their primary musical influence is 1970s <span style="color: #993399;">krautrock</span>, which they combine with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">lounge</span><span style="color: #666666;">, 1960s </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">pop</span><span style="color: #666666;">, and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">experimental </span><span style="color: #666666;">music. They are noted for their heavy use of vintage electronic keyboards, and their sound often overlays a repetitive "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399;">motorik</span><span style="color: #666666;">"
beat with female vocals sung in English or French. Stereolab often
incorporate socio-political themes into their lyrics. Some critics say
the group's lyrics carry a strong </span><span style="color: #666666;">Marxist</span><span style="color: #666666;"> message, and </span><span style="color: #666666;">songwriting team <span style="color: #993399;">Tim Gane</span> (guitar/keyboards) and <span style="color: #993399;">Lætitia Sadier</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> (</span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">vocals/ </span><span style="color: #666666;">keyboards/ guitar)</span><span style="color: #666666;"> admit to being influenced by the </span><span style="color: #993399;">Surrealist</span><span style="color: #666666;"> and <span style="color: #993399;">Situationist </span>cultural and political movements.</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">However, Gane is sceptical of labels such as "Marxist pop", and defends the band against accusations of "sloganeering".</span><span style="color: #993399;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span>Top/ </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">On </span><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Pretty In Black </span><span style="color: #666666;">(Columbia, 2005), <span style="color: #993399;">Sune Rose Wagner</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Sharin Foo</span> from Danish pop duo </span><span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">The Raveonettes </span><span style="color: #666666;">lay down</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">hard-edged electric guitar songs overlaid with liberal doses of noise. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Characterized by close two-part vocal harmonies inspired by</span> <span style="color: #993399;">The Everly Brothers</span><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><span style="color: #666666;">their
songs juxtapose the structural and chordal simplicity of 50s and 60s
rock with intense electric instrumentation, driving beats and often dark
lyrical content, similar to another of the band's influences</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">The Velvet Underground</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-16762459168055897492012-01-06T10:42:00.000+01:002012-01-08T10:54:03.218+01:00Detour Thru Your Mind<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1WLL7d69hJB2A5FcdC7gE3g0ybsl7lMpiFfWoLmgOAQ_VacFHOoxeInLGBVT7R_yJKfRMBkVh6LDesVVs7R4YCO5puGm8k4Ak4yZpZEr7KdWuAHvvmcwCqrXBmzR3W_GwEY4fbKRV7c/s1600-h/Death+In+Vegas_Scorpio+Rising.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5379386993549056882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN1WLL7d69hJB2A5FcdC7gE3g0ybsl7lMpiFfWoLmgOAQ_VacFHOoxeInLGBVT7R_yJKfRMBkVh6LDesVVs7R4YCO5puGm8k4Ak4yZpZEr7KdWuAHvvmcwCqrXBmzR3W_GwEY4fbKRV7c/s400/Death+In+Vegas_Scorpio+Rising.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 488px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Top/ </span><i style="color: #993399;">Scorpio Rising</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (Concrete, 2002) is the third album by British <span style="color: #993399;">electronica</span> band <span style="color: #993399;">Death in Vegas</span>. The album takes its name from an experimental film by <span style="color: #993399;">Kenneth Anger</span>. </span><i style="color: #666666;">Scorpio Rising</i><span style="color: #666666;"> features guest vocalists <span style="color: #993399;">Liam Gallagher</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">Hope Sandoval</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">Nicola Kuperus</span>, and </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">Paul Weller</span><span style="color: #666666;">, as well as string arrangements by <span style="color: #993399;"><span style="color: #666666;">Dr. </span>L. Subramaniam</span>. "<span style="color: #993399;">23 Lies</span>" includes a sample from "<span style="color: #993399;">Goin' Back</span>" by <span style="color: #993399;">The Byrds</span>, written and composed by <span style="color: #993399;">Carole King</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Gerry Goffin</span>. "<span style="color: #993399;">Scorpio Rising</span>" takes its main riff from "<span style="color: #993399;">Pictures of Matchstick Men</span>" by <span style="color: #993399;">Status Quo</span>. Several songs on the album have appeared in television advertisements and on film soundtracks. "<span style="color: #993399;">Girls</span>" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2003 film </span><i style="color: #993399;">Lost in Translation</i><span style="color: #666666;">, directed by <span style="color: #993399;">Sofia Coppola</span>. "<span style="color: #993399;">Hands Around My Throat</span>" is featured on the </span><i style="color: #993399;"><span class="mw-redirect">Animatrix</span></i> <span style="color: #666666;">soundtrack. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/ </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Tuning in with </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Clearlight Symphony</span> (Virgin Records, 1975)</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> by French progressive rock band <span style="color: #993399;">Clearlight</span>, led by keyboardist <span style="color: #993399;">Cyrille Verdeaux</span><span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Featured on <span style="font-style: italic;">Clearlight Symphony</span> are friends from the <span style="color: #993399;">Gong</span> family, among them </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">saxophonist and flutist</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Didier Malherbe</span>, </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">f.k.a <span style="color: #993399;">Bloomdido Glad de Brass</span>, one of the founders of the </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">Canterbury sound</span><span style="color: #666666;"> band <span style="color: #993399;">Gong</span>. Malherbe is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">currently </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">performing his own brand of wind-led, acoustic ethnic-jazz under the name</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Hadouk Trio</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">with multi-instrumentalist <span style="color: #993399;">Loy Ehrlich</span><span style="color: #666666;">, and percussionist </span><span style="color: #993399;">Steve Shehan</span><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Clearlight's music has been called <span style="color: #993399;">symphonic</span>, sometimes <span style="color: #993399;">psychedelic</span>. </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">Artwork by Jean Claude Michel. </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #993399;">10 000 Hz Legend</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">(Astralwerks, 2001</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> by French electro band <span style="color: #993399;">AIR</span></span></span> <span style="color: #666666;">is the follow-up to their debut LP, </span><i style="color: #993399;">Moon Safari</i><span style="color: #666666;">, once called a </span><span style="color: #666666;">"pop masterpiece". </span><span style="color: #666666;">On
this album, more electronic-oriented experimentations find the duo
expanding their capacities and working with other artists including </span><span style="color: #666666;">American musician, </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">singer-songwriter</span><span style="color: #666666;">, and multi-instrumentalist</span><span style="color: #993399;"> Beck</span> <span style="color: #666666;">and Japanese rock band</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Buffalo Daughter<span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-16763133374232138192011-12-22T07:51:00.000+01:002011-12-27T08:00:01.258+01:00Chant Of The Paladin<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6yJN-uiqk1cJbJW-9u9obpj_xAb5G88GxdblO5i_yCvoocfoYOCA6JXt4SVSSyZH8Zjyb8wbLb4kbCElCnk9c8STJjUKxL26ogjb_KhcF_HHDd3iWKL4lvB-UcpeTZQvS4US9T0-BTo/s1600/Panic+At+The+Disco_Pretty.+Odd.***.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5554554924646491298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv6yJN-uiqk1cJbJW-9u9obpj_xAb5G88GxdblO5i_yCvoocfoYOCA6JXt4SVSSyZH8Zjyb8wbLb4kbCElCnk9c8STJjUKxL26ogjb_KhcF_HHDd3iWKL4lvB-UcpeTZQvS4US9T0-BTo/s400/Panic+At+The+Disco_Pretty.+Odd.***.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 490px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;">Top/ </span><span style="color: #666666;">Birthed </span><span style="color: #666666;">in</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"> Las Vegas by </span><span style="color: #993399;">b</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">aroque pop</span> </span><span style="color: #666666;">band</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span> <span style="color: #993399;">Panic at the Disco</span><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><span style="color: #666666;">s</span><span style="color: #666666;">econd album </span><i style="color: #993399;">Pretty. Odd.</i> <span style="color: #666666;">(Decaydance, 2008) </span><span style="color: #666666;">includes</span><span style="color: #666666;"> "<span style="color: #993399;">I Have Friends in Holy Spaces</span>" and </span><span style="color: #666666;">"<span style="color: #993399;">Mad as Rabbits</span>". It is possible that the song's title is a reference to </span><span style="color: #993399;">Lewis Carroll</span><span style="color: #666666;">'s </span><i style="color: #993399;">Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i><span style="color: #666666;">, alluding to The Mad Hatter and the March Hare or the White Rabbit. </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/</span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Canadian singer, composer, harpist and pianist</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #993399;">Loreena McKennitt</span><span style="color: #666666;"> is often compared to</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Enya</span><span style="color: #666666;">, </span><span style="color: #666666;">but
McKennitt's music is more grounded in traditional and classical
invocations, using literary works as sources of lyrics such as "</span><span style="color: #993399;">The Lady of Shalott</span><span style="color: #666666;">" by Lord Tennyson</span><span style="color: #666666;">,</span> <span style="color: #993399;">Yeats</span><span style="color: #666666;">' "The Stolen Child" and </span><span style="color: #993399;">William Blake</span><span style="color: #666666;">'s "Lullaby". </span><i style="color: #993399;">To Drive the Cold Winter Away</i> <span style="color: #666666;">(Quinlan Road, 1987) is McKennitt's second album. All the songs were recorded in churches, many in Glenstal Abbey, Ireland. </span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span></span><i style="color: #993399;">Foxtrot</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (Charisma, 1972)</span><span style="color: #666666;"> is the fourth studio album by British <span style="color: #993399;">progressive rock</span> band <span style="color: #993399;">Genesis</span> </span><span style="color: #666666;">and the second from the "classic" lineup of </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;"> Peter Gabriel</span>, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Phil Collins, and Steve Hackett.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Featured in the album artwork</span><span style="color: #666666;"> is the "fox on the rocks"</span><span style="color: #666666;">. The figure in a red dress with a fox's head was one of Gabriel's earliest stage costumes</span><span style="color: #666666;">. Both <span style="color: #993399;"><span style="color: #666666;">"</span>Watcher of the Skies<span style="color: #666666;">"</span></span>, which is based on <span style="color: #993399;">Arthur C. Clarke</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">'s novel </span><span style="color: #666666; font-style: italic;">Childhood's End</span><span style="color: #666666;">, and the 23-minute <span style="color: #666666;">"<span style="color: #993399;">Supper's Ready</span>"</span> rank among some of the band's most beloved works. Also included is <span style="color: #666666;">"<span style="color: #993399;">Horizons</span>"</span>, which starts with the central idea of <span style="color: #993399;">Bach</span>'s Prelude of the first <span style="color: #993399;">Cello Suite</span></span> <span style="color: #666666;">and then develops its own piece, baroque</span> <span style="color: #666666;">style. </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;"> </span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-16506902690242231122011-12-05T22:49:00.000+01:002011-12-04T22:52:32.484+01:00Come And Play In The Milky Night<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUMluECQfkSP6aAWFXKyv9F3S1OFzo3P9osX8z0Is-EqS3XVbRpym9IqFZjcL6d-bVR1sNLbDt5X7IG784FkTIDmHEYeTcSReiSiNbsEN4Fkm230AGcHDG6Y75tjxdvjCv-0Y-Z0YE-I/s1600-h/Midnight+Juggernauts_Dystopia.jpeg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5206916540047611410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUMluECQfkSP6aAWFXKyv9F3S1OFzo3P9osX8z0Is-EqS3XVbRpym9IqFZjcL6d-bVR1sNLbDt5X7IG784FkTIDmHEYeTcSReiSiNbsEN4Fkm230AGcHDG6Y75tjxdvjCv-0Y-Z0YE-I/s400/Midnight+Juggernauts_Dystopia.jpeg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 490px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;"><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Top/</span> </span></span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;">Midnight Juggernauts</span> are a Melbourne based band, described by Rolling Stone US as "David Bowie if his Berlin Trilogy was a collaboration with <span style="color: #993399;">Kraftwerk</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Faust</span>." </span><span style="color: #666666;">Their debut album, </span><i style="color: #993399;"><span class="mw-redirect">Dystopia </span></i><span style="color: #666666;">(Siberia/Inertia, 2007), is sometimes reminiscent of<span style="color: #993399;"> Scissor Sisters<span style="color: #666666;">. </span></span></span><span style="color: #666666;">The
band has been described as anything from 'prog dance meets cosmic
film scores' to 'slasher-flick disco' to 'deadpan landscape'. It
also received reviews stating </span><i style="color: #666666;">Dystopia</i><span style="color: #666666;"> was an "euphoric hammering together of <span style="color: #993399;">Krautrock</span> grooves, <span style="color: #993399;">psychedelic</span> flights of melodic fancy and post-<span style="color: #993399;">Justice</span> grindy synth noises".</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #993399;"><span style="color: #cc0000;">Middle/ </span></span></span><i style="color: #993399;">The Devil, You + Me</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (City Slang/Alien Transistor, 2008) is the sixth studio album by German <span style="color: #993399;">indietronica</span> band <span style="color: #993399;">The Notwist</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">. The album </span><i style="color: #993399;">Neon Golden</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (released in 2002) put them on the map for American listeners, with its heartfelt sentiment and catchy tunes</span><span style="color: #666666;">. While singer <span style="color: #993399;">Markus Acher</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">, in addition to his work with The Notwist and <span style="color: #993399;">13 & God</span>, also works with indietronica band <span style="color: #993399;">Lali Puna</span>, lead programmer <span style="color: #993399;">Martin Gretschmann</span> also leads side project <span style="color: #993399;">Console</span>. Relying heavily on elements of <span style="color: #993399;">electronic</span> music, Console is reminiscent of some </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">electro</span><span style="color: #666666;"> bands, such as <span style="color: #993399;">Ladytron</span> and <span style="color: #993399;">Miss Kittin. <span style="color: #666666;">Cover design by <span style="color: #993399;">Yokoland</span>. </span></span></span><span style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/ </span><span style="color: #666666;">In 1982 British <span style="color: #993399;">alternative rock</span> band <span style="color: #993399;">The Cure</span> released </span><i style="color: #993399;">Pornography</i><span style="color: #666666;">
(Fiction Records), the third and final album of an "oppressively
dispirited" trio that cemented the Cure's stature as purveyors of
the emerging <span style="color: #993399;">gothic rock</span> genre. Recorded with the group on the brink of collapse, it represents the conclusion of the musical journey started with </span><i style="color: #993399;">Seventeen Seconds</i><span style="color: #666666;"> and </span><i style="color: #993399;"><span class="mw-redirect">Faith</span></i><span style="color: #666666;">.
Often cited as the most disturbing product of The Cure, the
album's opening lyrical line is "It doesn't matter if we all die". N<span style="color: #666666;">ow </span>considered one of the key gothic rock albums of all time, </span><i style="color: #666666;">Pornography</i><span style="color: #666666;"> has gained much respect over the years.</span> </div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-58290752218341822262011-09-05T17:00:00.000+02:002011-09-05T07:49:28.594+02:00Crisis? What Crisis?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMrv7OTqKrrJS-fauoqz46VOGDS2nL28UsqVraUaTr_F9fu2ub2SmR01aRu3mn_oOY43UkmHODo4AUYPXX_2zVy7aLRmB1pijx2N8luAIT0vmI53v1Hs-lhCL64qwsgGRP2jI308tQiHgu/s1600-h/Supertramp_Crisis%3F+What+Crisis%3F+%281975%29.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5169191700030099922" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMrv7OTqKrrJS-fauoqz46VOGDS2nL28UsqVraUaTr_F9fu2ub2SmR01aRu3mn_oOY43UkmHODo4AUYPXX_2zVy7aLRmB1pijx2N8luAIT0vmI53v1Hs-lhCL64qwsgGRP2jI308tQiHgu/s400/Supertramp_Crisis%3F+What+Crisis%3F+%281975%29.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 490px; width: 490px;" /></a><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Top/ </span></span><span style="color: #666666;">With its timeless cover artwork and title</span><span style="color: #666666;">, <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Crisis? What Crisis?</span> (A&M, 1975)</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">was </span><span style="color: #666666;">British <span style="color: #993399;">progressive rock</span> band</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <span style="color: #993399;">Supertramp</span></span><span style="color: #666666;">'s first LP to be recorded in America.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> The</span><span style="color: #666666;"> band had a series of top-selling albums in the 1970s and early 1980s.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">Their early music included ambitious concept albums, from which were drawn a number of hits including "<span style="color: #993399;">Goodbye Stranger</span>", "<span style="color: #993399;">Bloody Well Right</span>", "<span style="color: #993399;">The Logical Song</span>", "<span style="color: #993399;">Breakfast in America</span>", "<span style="color: #993399;">Dreamer</span>", "<span style="color: #993399;">Give a Little Bit</span>", "<span style="color: #993399;">It's Raining Again</span>", and "<span style="color: #993399;">Take the Long Way Home</span>". Supertramp attained superstardom in the United States, Canada, most of Europe, South Africa, Australia and Brazil, although they were not quite as popular in the UK. Nonetheless, the album </span><i style="color: #993399;">Breakfast in America</i><span style="color: #666666;"> was a big hit there.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> </span><span style="color: #666666;">On April 21, 2010 it was announced that Supertramp would give 35 concerts in the fall of 2010</span><span style="color: #666666;">. </span><span style="color: #666666;">This tour called "70-10" was to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the group's first release.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Bottom/<span style="color: #666666;"> </span></span></span><i style="color: #993399;">Bandwagonesque</i><span style="color: #666666;"> is the third album by </span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666;">Scottish indie rock outfit</span><span style="color: #666666;"> <span style="color: #993399;">Teenage Fanclub</span>, released in 1991 on Creation Records. </span><i style="color: #666666;">Bandwagonesque </i><span style="color: #666666;">achieved</span><span style="color: #666666;"> notoriety by beating <span style="color: #993399;">Nirvana</span>'s landmark album </span><i style="color: #993399;">Nevermind</i><span style="color: #666666;"> to be voted 'album of the year' for 1991 by US rock magazine </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">Spin</span><span style="color: #666666;">, also beating Creation stablemates <span style="color: #993399;">My Bloody Valentine</span>'s album </span><i style="color: #993399;">Loveless</i><span style="color: #666666;">, and </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">R.E.M.</span><span style="color: #666666;">'s hugely successful </span><i style="color: #993399;">Out of Time</i><span style="color: #666666;">.</span><i style="color: #666666;"> </i><span class="caption" style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Bandwagonesque</span> is included in the book <span style="font-style: italic;">1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die</span>.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> </span><span class="caption" style="color: #666666;"> The cover is designed by Sharon Fitzgerald. When <span style="color: #993399;">Kiss</span> member <span style="color: #993399;">Gene Simmons </span>(who trademarked a moneybag logo) was made aware of the record he sent a letter to Geffen Records - who in turn gave in and sent Mr. Simmons a cheque, according to Simmons audiobook <span style="color: #993399; font-style: italic;">Sex Money Kiss</span>. </span><span style="color: #666666;">Originally a <span style="color: #993399;">noisy</span> and chaotic band, Teenage Fanclub emerged from the Glasgow <span style="color: #993399;">C86</span><span style="color: #666666;"> scene. </span>Their sound relies heavily on chiming, </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">Byrds</span><span style="color: #666666;">-esque guitars and harmony </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">vocals reminiscent of West Coast bands</span><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: #666666;">.</span></span><br />
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Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-25701192432485298192011-08-02T00:39:00.002+02:002011-08-02T00:42:20.954+02:00Forever Blowing Bubbles<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAXL41BWbC6o3S8tVe2fvWuYAvvvQR6ZfBHPm3K5JAwh7duBoLnRrx9DQBhiBJiRetiaen2NEPG2WyRFebslVcnAcV0_AYB3znw8_ccXc0kV0z3P7djjWAq12Qt4_rsHeajnMex2v4U4/s1600-h/Black+Moth+Super+Rainbow+-+Dandelion+Gum***.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIAXL41BWbC6o3S8tVe2fvWuYAvvvQR6ZfBHPm3K5JAwh7duBoLnRrx9DQBhiBJiRetiaen2NEPG2WyRFebslVcnAcV0_AYB3znw8_ccXc0kV0z3P7djjWAq12Qt4_rsHeajnMex2v4U4/s400/Black+Moth+Super+Rainbow+-+Dandelion+Gum***.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191756466541808322" border="0" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 490px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnoQ9hcTABVmiZ1Qjyz5gBCqessPlckoDXd7DcPcsqXeN18kjhBTnPLHX2Kc6CQgBkxF6odsjnu_SP0cT73oFD8XB7Pm-iuslvvenfLjNWZ8yZ6NFrAoJ2wAaKKzrDGSRA_wpuePLMsQ/s1600/Deep+Purple_Fireball*.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTnoQ9hcTABVmiZ1Qjyz5gBCqessPlckoDXd7DcPcsqXeN18kjhBTnPLHX2Kc6CQgBkxF6odsjnu_SP0cT73oFD8XB7Pm-iuslvvenfLjNWZ8yZ6NFrAoJ2wAaKKzrDGSRA_wpuePLMsQ/s400/Deep+Purple_Fireball*.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5529899881489335026" border="0" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 484px; " /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjWOhb-rHCoFvE8Y5dcMMd-e7wgCTpO3bNk5kJObmI-mj8PA7MZ47QngFPuFw3sskzaK1RHbkp_SVr3DhRTgANC6U3MUe5t3e03IoIqLOEya18hT6h99xSnbaxi7wBUbl1WvnJVsWdlk/s1600-h/Bj%C3%B6rk_Volta.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRjWOhb-rHCoFvE8Y5dcMMd-e7wgCTpO3bNk5kJObmI-mj8PA7MZ47QngFPuFw3sskzaK1RHbkp_SVr3DhRTgANC6U3MUe5t3e03IoIqLOEya18hT6h99xSnbaxi7wBUbl1WvnJVsWdlk/s400/Bj%C3%B6rk_Volta.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5191756475131742946" border="0" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 490px; " /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Top/</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Neo-</span>Krautrock</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> band</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Black Moth Super Rainbow <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">from</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Pittsburgh lay down yummy synth bubbles and Vocoder hums on their third album </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; ">Dandelion Gum</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> (Graveface, 200<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">7)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Their music contains elements of </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">psychedelia</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">, folk, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">electronica</span>, and pop. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Track listing includes </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">"<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Neon Syrup for the Cemetery Sisters</span>",</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">"<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Jump into My Mouth and Breathe the Stardust</span>" and "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Lollipopsichord</span>".</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "> Middle/ </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Fireball</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> is a hard rock album by <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Deep Purple</span>, released in 1971 on Harvest. It was their fifth studio album, and the second with the classic Mk II lineup featuring <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Ian Gillan</span> (</span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">vocals</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">) and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Ritchie Blackmore</span> (guitar)</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Deep Purple</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> are an English rock band formed in Hertfordshire in 1968. Along with <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Led Zeppelin</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Black Sabbath</span>, they are considered to be among the pioneers of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">heavy metal</span> and modern <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">hard rock</span> although some band members have tried not to label themselves any one genre. The band has also incorporated <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">pop</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">progressive rock</span> elements. Within weeks of </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Fireball'</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">s release, the band was already performing songs planned for the next album. </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Machine Head</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">, </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">recorded at the Grand Hotel Montreux, Switzerland with the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Rolling Stones</span> Mobile Studio, and released in March 1972, </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">has since become one of the band's most famous albums, including tracks that became live classics such as "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Highway Star</span>," "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Space Truckin'</span>," "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Lazy</span>," and "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Smoke on the Water</span>." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Ritchie Blackmore</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">ranked 55 on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time in 2003. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Deep Purple was once listed by the </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="mw-redirect">Guinness Book of World Records</span></i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> as the world's loudest band, and it has sold over 100 million albums worldwide. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Bottom/ <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">For her </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">sixth full-length studio album</span> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Volta</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">(One Little Indian, 2007), Icelandic singer</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Björk</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">put together her own fourteen-piece brass section of female Icelandic musicians who play on three tracks on the album. </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Antony Hegarty</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">, fron</span>tman and lead singer of </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Antony and the Johnsons</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">, appears on the album for two duets.</span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-27694227615913709822011-07-25T00:01:00.001+02:002011-07-24T10:27:19.068+02:00Shiva In The Mix<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIGmK69r4oayrn9aBrrFkv_yzuuJoOl4t8bZNm4tnuhkDFXrznBDQit0aEHwBxSazm3etrVXK4c_ENCSyLC9zqG1R3WXy-s4pQ64Sr0vztQz2OUQl9JHWgbJVM0MwfTaCyUvtXF6ebDM/s1600/Nina+Hagen_Om+Namah+Shivay%2521.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; 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color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Om Namah Shivay!</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> </span>(SPV, 1999)</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Artwork by </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pierre & Gilles</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, whose collaborations include </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">actress </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Catherine Deneuve</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">designer </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Jean-Paul Gaultier</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">,</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">model <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Naomi Campbell</span>, </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">musicians </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Marilyn Manson</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">,</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Madonna</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> and lo-fi duet </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">CocoRosie</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> Although sometimes presented as dark and violent, Kali is often considered the kindest and most loving of all <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Hindu goddesses</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Bottom/ </span></span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!</i> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(Mute, 2008)</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> is the fourteenth studio album by <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">alternative rock</span> band</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. It is the second Bad Seeds studio album without</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">long-time guitarist and backing vocalist</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Blixa Bargeld</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">and features the same line up as the</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">double album. Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor. He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> Melbourne in 1983</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, a group known for its eclectic influences and musical styles. Before that, he had fronted the group <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The Birthday Party</span> in the early 1980s, a band renowned for its highly dark, challenging lyrics and violent sound influenced by <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">free jazz</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">blues</span>, and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">post-punk</span>. In 2006, he formed the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">garage rock</span> band <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Grinderman</span> that released its debut the following year. Cave's music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences, and lyrical obsessions with "religion, death, love, America, and violence."<br /></span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-72856038638538257622011-07-19T00:24:00.001+02:002011-07-19T00:45:59.427+02:00Direct To Mental<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjg2briaA0GqpRpUbRkXNQ843g7kionGUYn1R10J_3Vu2KnNi-uEfSx_0_W5w-yfjMLfmAYkiioA2GIHVj25Zk8D8pKhF-CK9OBhW970dXKG2frcpIbIzyayqAxg-TOHwUrzNirRJx5IY/s1600-h/Squarepusher_Just+A+Souvenir.jpg*"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjg2briaA0GqpRpUbRkXNQ843g7kionGUYn1R10J_3Vu2KnNi-uEfSx_0_W5w-yfjMLfmAYkiioA2GIHVj25Zk8D8pKhF-CK9OBhW970dXKG2frcpIbIzyayqAxg-TOHwUrzNirRJx5IY/s400/Squarepusher_Just+A+Souvenir.jpg*" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306491765380291746" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 490px;" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfN2saF_5U6Vj8FMzhh_VheZcEwtjPssGCZ9CQ9SoSrkYEj-gVmAJRvlsKzlRrLqrNsqnxV6NFNJ4GmWsdkeL6hKCrRqoGMfW76dah9UWkYPibC1koPnGsHovYpIVFcx4AS10LYQupv4/s1600-h/Beck_Sea+Change_alt_cover_2_2.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 484px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqfN2saF_5U6Vj8FMzhh_VheZcEwtjPssGCZ9CQ9SoSrkYEj-gVmAJRvlsKzlRrLqrNsqnxV6NFNJ4GmWsdkeL6hKCrRqoGMfW76dah9UWkYPibC1koPnGsHovYpIVFcx4AS10LYQupv4/s400/Beck_Sea+Change_alt_cover_2_2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432290365332293154" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Bottom/</span></span></span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> </span></i><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Sea Change</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> (Geffen, 2002) is the eighth studio album by American alternative rock artist <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Beck</span>. Produced by <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Nigel Godrich</span> and inspired by the dissolution of a relationship, </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Sea Change</i> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">received </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">overwhelmingly positive critical acclaim upon release, with several reviews regarding it as Beck's <span style="font-style: italic;">magnum opus</span>.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> Much of Beck's trademark recondite, ironic lyrics are replaced by more sincere, simpler lyrical content. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">"<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Lost Cause</span>" and "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Guess I'm Doing Fine</span>" were released as singles, respectively. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">The term sea change is defined as a broad transformation, which reflects the departure in style from both Beck's previous effort </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Midnite Vultures</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> and previous, sample-based recordings, as well as Beck's desire to give each album an identity.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> On </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Sea Change</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, Beck eschews the heavy <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">sampling</span> of his previous albums for real, live instrumentation. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">It is said that the album sound concept is inspired by the sound of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Serge Gainsbourg</span>'s album </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Histoire de Melody Nelson</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. Beck would later produce an album for, and record with, Gainsbourg's daughter <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Charlotte</span>. Critics have also compared the acoustic and relaxed melodies of <span style="font-style: italic;">Sea Change</span> to the works of British singer-songwriter <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Nick Drake</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Bob Dylan</span>'s 1975 album <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Blood on the Tracks</span>.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Over time, the album has become highly regarded as one of the best albums of the 2000s. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Top/</span></span></span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> Just a Souvenir</span></i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> is an album by </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Squarepusher</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, which was released on October 27, 2008 on Warp Records. The album's genesis came from a daydream, in which </span><span class="mw-redirect"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Tom </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Jenkinson</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> envisioned a rock band performing a concert against the backdrop of a large, glowing coathanger. The performance quickly became surreal: among other things, a river forces the band to kayak whilst performing; the guitarist is able to accelerate or decelerate time at will; and every drum in the drummer's kit begins to switch places with one another. As such, the majority of the album consists of Jenkinson's own version of </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">jazz fusion</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, thre</span>aded through with classical guitar, </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">math rock</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> and </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">funk</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> recordings. Squarepusher is the performing pseudonym of Tom Jenkinson, an English </span><span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">electronic music</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> artist signed to Warp Records. He specializes in the electronic music genres of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">drum and bass</span>, </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">musique concrète</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">acid</span>, with a significant <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">jazz</span> influence. </span>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-22678060382043168472011-07-14T02:04:00.002+02:002011-07-14T02:11:15.540+02:00We Mean It, Man<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk91Mrll9LjL4qI0RtOlkB8I4Gbra-FmDXS_yLp9-UpMWtu7N4K7o3V26lF-R5I8OAyK0GNJcE8esnlxuG9hw0A-SyN5xnOZyXzLJZx4irxdNzrjUDOuPNdMBNgod4FafN1GdIEtHkyM/s1600-h/Public+Image+Ltd._First+Issue**.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIk91Mrll9LjL4qI0RtOlkB8I4Gbra-FmDXS_yLp9-UpMWtu7N4K7o3V26lF-R5I8OAyK0GNJcE8esnlxuG9hw0A-SyN5xnOZyXzLJZx4irxdNzrjUDOuPNdMBNgod4FafN1GdIEtHkyM/s400/Public+Image+Ltd._First+Issue**.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5376539759134177346" border="0" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 490px; height: 483px; " /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><br />Bottom/</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Soundtrack album to the film </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Performance</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> by Donald Cammell and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Nicolas Roeg </span>features music from <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Randy Newman</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Ry Cooder</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Jack Nitzsche</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Buffy Sainte-Marie</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">The Last Poets</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Mick Jagger</span> (Warner Brothers, 1970).</span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> Performance</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> pushed boundaries by featuring extremely explicit sex scenes and use of drugs, both of which have been rumoured to be real instead of simulated</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">.</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> It has been reported that during a test screening, one Warner executive's wife vomited in shock.</span> <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Middle/</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Frontwoman </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Courtney Love</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Los Angeles band <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Hole </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">released</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); font-style: italic; ">Live Through This</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> (DGC, 1994) </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">just four days after the discovery of</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Kurt Cobain</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">'</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">s body, Courtney Love's</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> late husband, singer/ songwriter of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">grunge</span> band</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Nirvana</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "> Top/</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Rising from the ashes of the pivotal <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">punk</span> group the</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Sex Pistols</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">, iconic frontman <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">John Lydon</span> (formerly known as <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Johnny Rotten</span>) and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Public Image Ltd.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">(PiL) rolled out</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; "><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">First Issue</span> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">(Virgin Records) in 1978. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Arguably the first <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">post-rock</span> group, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">PiL</span> b</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">ranched out to a more experimentalist sound, and early work is often regarded as some of the most challenging and innovative music of the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">post-punk</span> period. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Album credits read: "Public Image would like to thank absolutely nobody".</span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-15279664963768838942011-07-01T01:16:00.000+02:002011-07-02T01:17:33.732+02:00Excursions Into "Oh, A-Oh"<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_5gyyfoWUgs6BQ6lGAaPuSoTqj_ZDvwiRBAZq_hJ2keckIju5ApRlzGuGRFbrHkJq3ht7QvqA3vjU4Y6CiVXFCnKvZqVZDvqp4i9R4ntrRsqvnnL2UpkzuEXGYksaY9cs9-pMFnPDv4/s1600/Goldfrapp+-+Lovely+Head.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja_5gyyfoWUgs6BQ6lGAaPuSoTqj_ZDvwiRBAZq_hJ2keckIju5ApRlzGuGRFbrHkJq3ht7QvqA3vjU4Y6CiVXFCnKvZqVZDvqp4i9R4ntrRsqvnnL2UpkzuEXGYksaY9cs9-pMFnPDv4/s400/Goldfrapp+-+Lovely+Head.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5570870536939395522" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 490px; height: 435px; " border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Bottom/</span> "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Utopia (Genetically Enriched)</span>" is an electronic song performed by British group<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Goldfrapp</span>. Released as <span style="font-style: italic; ">Felt Mountain</span>'s fourth single in June 2001, "Utopia (Genetically Enriched)" became Goldfrapp's first song to chart in their native England. The song was written and produced by <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Alison Goldfrapp </span>and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Will Gregory</span> for the duo's debut album </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="font-style: italic; ">Felt Mountain</span>(Mute, 2000). The album featured Alison Goldfrapp's synthesized vocals over<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); "> cinematic soundscapes</span> and is influenced by a variety of music styles including <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">cabaret</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">folk</span>, and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">electronic music</span>. Goldfrapp is a British electronic music group known for their visual theatrics and contribution to the popularization of electronic dance music. Their fourth album <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Seventh Tree </span>(2008) placed a greater emphasis on <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">ambient</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">downtempo</span> music, drawing inspiration from nature and paganism, while their fifth album, <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Head First</span> (2010), found the group exploring '80s <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">synth-pop</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">dance</span>. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Middle/</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> </span>"<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Christine</span>" is a song recorded by English rock band <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Siouxsie and the Banshees</span>. The song was written by Banshees members <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Siouxsie Sioux</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Steven Severin</span></span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">and it was released as the second single from the band's third album </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); "><span class="mw-redirect">Kaleidoscope </span></i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">(Polydor, 1980). "Christine" marked a change in musical direction for the band, with new guitarist <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">John McGeoch</span>, formerly of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Magazine</span>, and the brand new drummer and composer <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Budgie</span> from <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">The Slits</span>. Veering from a punkish, more guitar-oriented sound, The Banshees (reduced to a trio) began their experimentation with <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">electronic soundscapes</span> and Middle Eastern <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">exotica</span>. Lyrically the song continued the band's exploration with mental illness (as they did on previous single "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Happy House</span>"), as it describes Christine, a woman with "22 faces" </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">("...Personality changes behind her red smile / Every new problem brings a stranger inside / Helplessly forcing one more new disguise...")</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Two of Christine's identities, the Strawberry Girl and the Banana Split Lady, are mentioned in the lyrics of the song. <span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Top/</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Goldfrapp</span>'s </span>"<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Lovely Head</span>" was released as <span style="font-style: italic; ">Felt Mountain</span>'s first single in May 2000 on Mute.</span>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-91514401446456093282011-06-30T01:32:00.000+02:002012-07-04T08:47:50.036+02:00Reset The Preset<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSWj5yzpB4Pg582DEhVMjUg9TbP_vSba781aNXuuVbFKZ3Mpts5bRjQBOCDAO9NY3o_5B6NNSAyLZ9ravjutKlvCfPnMSxvoWbCLXMQQrbFNRALvEJfep1pSOw6Mr_KFsQ0-f_hOeiV0/s1600/Banco+de+Gaia_Big+Men+Cry.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621219464699857634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCSWj5yzpB4Pg582DEhVMjUg9TbP_vSba781aNXuuVbFKZ3Mpts5bRjQBOCDAO9NY3o_5B6NNSAyLZ9ravjutKlvCfPnMSxvoWbCLXMQQrbFNRALvEJfep1pSOw6Mr_KFsQ0-f_hOeiV0/s400/Banco+de+Gaia_Big+Men+Cry.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 497px; width: 499px;" /></a><br />
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<i style="color: #993399;">Big Men Cry</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (Mammoth Records) is a music album by artist <span style="color: #993399;">Banco de Gaia</span>, released in 1997. Banco de Gaia is an <span style="color: #993399;">electronic</span> music </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #666666;">band</span><span style="color: #666666;"> from England, formed in 1989 by <span style="color: #993399;">Toby Marks</span> (born 1964, South London). The music of Banco de Gaia is best categorized as </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">ambient dub</span><span style="color: #666666;">, but Marks works to cross genres, often using </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">Arabic</span><span style="color: #666666;"> and </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: #993399;">Middle Eastern</span><span style="color: #666666;"> samples against a bass heavy <span style="color: #993399;">reggae</span>, <span style="color: #993399;">rock</span>, or <span style="color: #993399;">trance</span> rhythm to produce deeply textured tracks that progress layer upon layer. Key albums by </span><span style="color: #666666;">Banco de Gaia</span><span style="color: #666666;"> include </span><i style="color: #993399;">Maya</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1994), </span><i style="color: #993399;">Last Train to Lhasa</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1995), </span><i style="color: #993399;">Live at Glastonbury</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (1996) and </span><i style="color: #993399;">Farewell Ferengistan</i><span style="color: #666666;"> (2006). On 20 September 2009, Banco De Gaia played an album launch show for his album, </span><i style="color: #993399;">Memories Dreams Reflections</i><span style="color: #666666;"> at Dingwalls in London. This show was to celebrate twenty years of Banco De Gaia.</span>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-13846080446327542672011-06-28T02:21:00.002+02:002011-06-28T02:23:29.377+02:00Voices Of Syn<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuegsAXF1T8XpdtWHRlxxgq2Zn440-2zCCTeEp-ZAQcUrytiEMlajr_u_1qKx-wrbqf62tP7zVzkXVQczT-z8S_WkRuh-0t_q04K0ySKRNljWLI-XObpNXZTPHs2jUdJeqLnMz_BRfY90/s1600/Klaus+Schulze_Blackdance*.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 479px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuegsAXF1T8XpdtWHRlxxgq2Zn440-2zCCTeEp-ZAQcUrytiEMlajr_u_1qKx-wrbqf62tP7zVzkXVQczT-z8S_WkRuh-0t_q04K0ySKRNljWLI-XObpNXZTPHs2jUdJeqLnMz_BRfY90/s400/Klaus+Schulze_Blackdance*.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5556774226556951746" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXS3yOzOWqWl2oORIwx43XhTO-fJ2SxPA3y05fZrFlD-a_MRR-wdsLF2OIv6XkLGuNSl5P-uEplZsypOeaCPIWbVRw-SBs6qfAbnIoDxCUaUwidqnFKabe7tZaru-c4qWzVHpVecL-EMc/s1600-h/Grateful+Dead_Blues+For+Allah***.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 487px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXS3yOzOWqWl2oORIwx43XhTO-fJ2SxPA3y05fZrFlD-a_MRR-wdsLF2OIv6XkLGuNSl5P-uEplZsypOeaCPIWbVRw-SBs6qfAbnIoDxCUaUwidqnFKabe7tZaru-c4qWzVHpVecL-EMc/s400/Grateful+Dead_Blues+For+Allah***.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196832526182468338" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"><br />Bottom/</span> </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Blues for Allah</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> (Grateful Dead Records, 1975) is the eighth studio album by the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Grateful Dead</span>. The Grateful Dead was an American <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">rock</span> band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">folk</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">bluegrass</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">blues</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">reggae</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">country</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">jazz</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">psychedelia</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">space music</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">gospel</span>—and for live performances of long musical improvisation. "Their music," <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Lenny Kaye</span> wrote, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Top/<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span></span></span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Blackdance</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> (Brain/Virgin, 1974) is the third album by <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Klaus Schulze</span>. Klaus Schulze is a highly influential German <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">electronic</span> music composer and musician</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. He was briefly a member of the electronic bands <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Tangerine Dream</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Ash Ra Tempel</span> before a solo career of more than 40 albums lasting over 3 decades. Highlights include 1976's </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Moondawn</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. Schulze often takes German events as a starting point in his compositions</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. His use of the pseudonym </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Richard Wahnfried</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> indicates his interest in <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Richard Wagner</span>, which also informs other albums of his music, notably 1975's </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Timewind</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">.</span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-57443757682944091152011-06-23T20:27:00.000+02:002011-06-23T03:13:15.950+02:00Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsul1_OGjTm4D4APZUuq66KDF3WCFxsPyPtftYSsOx5aQ91DkevtxXxpUjMMztCE-6zJJ1QxeyxK4ceYoKUsMdKZAkFj-0j_YvRCDai3jjHtxkjoF-TLat8p6ud1D2CxdKevp6UO4JlrTv/s1600-h/Stereo+Total+-+Discotheque_front.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsul1_OGjTm4D4APZUuq66KDF3WCFxsPyPtftYSsOx5aQ91DkevtxXxpUjMMztCE-6zJJ1QxeyxK4ceYoKUsMdKZAkFj-0j_YvRCDai3jjHtxkjoF-TLat8p6ud1D2CxdKevp6UO4JlrTv/s400/Stereo+Total+-+Discotheque_front.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168021037974096594" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 490px; " border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvhIpUffPRmDmO48DsIgwXgVAIOBNAo8c-_ZbvGo3mPFR8kWEV_6RBAEp0ODZu-8eQbqcEa1zakPcvZli1Svf9L1fWYSdIJHafDlBWsynhvhTjSvwwAzqCGXyMk-nY5ALEPNVbcPKhm84/s1600-h/Malcolm+McLaren+-+Duck+Rock**.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizvhIpUffPRmDmO48DsIgwXgVAIOBNAo8c-_ZbvGo3mPFR8kWEV_6RBAEp0ODZu-8eQbqcEa1zakPcvZli1Svf9L1fWYSdIJHafDlBWsynhvhTjSvwwAzqCGXyMk-nY5ALEPNVbcPKhm84/s400/Malcolm+McLaren+-+Duck+Rock**.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168021046564031218" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 490px; " border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoHTDy1BMp34xMdMI8li8oJge3JgrZjbmrai25z7GCXdjciYjUTWYFTJD6sxCEuXYd3hhm9dtk44wHRbs9MhwIHG567MS2iTBEPxGRRfqAzqWzFb0VWEduWa38JeqJ9XwBohWv4XxX3GZ/s1600-h/Rolling+Stones,+The+-+Let+It+Bleed*.jpeg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUoHTDy1BMp34xMdMI8li8oJge3JgrZjbmrai25z7GCXdjciYjUTWYFTJD6sxCEuXYd3hhm9dtk44wHRbs9MhwIHG567MS2iTBEPxGRRfqAzqWzFb0VWEduWa38JeqJ9XwBohWv4XxX3GZ/s400/Rolling+Stones,+The+-+Let+It+Bleed*.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168021025089194674" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 477px; " border="0" /></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Top/</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Berlin-based <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">electropop</span> duo</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Stereo Total</span> get down</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> with "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Discotheque</span>" </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">(</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Disko B, 2006).</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> Their music can be described as a humorous mix of </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">synth-pop</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">New Wave</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">electronica</span>,<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); "> punk rock</span>, and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">pop</span> music. They also tend to embody a <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">retro-hip</span> European 1960s <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">mod style</span>, and references to that period can be found in their music. Some songs strongly evoke a <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">mod<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">/</span>psych<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">/</span>garage-rock</span> vibe, both in production aesthetic and lyrical content. Sixties <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">French pop</span> in the vein of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Francoise Hardy</span> can be heard in the mix also. Some of their tracks are playful, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">low-fi</span> versions of pop/rock/<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">soul</span> songs that employ the use of <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">analog</span> recording equipment and reverberation.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); "> Middle/</span></span></span></span></span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">In 1983 British impresario <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Malcolm McLaren</span> released </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Duck Rock</span> (Charisma Records)</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">,</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">an album which mixed up influences from Africa, Central and South America and the USA, including <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">hip-hop</span>. The album proved to be highly influential in bringing <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">hip-hop</span> to a wider audience in the UK. Two of the singles from the album ("<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Buffalo Gals</span>" and "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Double Dutch</span>") became major chart hits on both sides of the </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Atlantic</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">. Guest musicians featured on this album include <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Trevor Horn</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Anne Dudley</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">J.J. Jeczalik</span>, three artists who</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> would eventually become the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Art of Noise</span>. Clips of the </span><span class="new" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-style: italic; ">World's Famous Supreme Team</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> radio show appear between songs. Cover artwork </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">includes</span> art by Pop/graffiti artist <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Keith Haring</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> Malcolm McLaren (22 January 1946 – 8 April 2010) was an English performer, impresario, self-publicist and former manager of the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Sex Pistols</span> and the <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">New York Dolls</span>. </span></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); ">Bottom/</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Fingerlickin' good artwork for</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Let It Bleed</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">(</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">Decca/ABKCO, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); ">1969) by the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153); ">Rolling Stones<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); "> displays a surreal sculpture designed by Robert Brownjohn.</span></span></span></span></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-82605708477558936802011-06-20T00:01:00.000+02:002011-06-19T22:54:59.194+02:00In Search Of The Lost Chord<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRH2m5vf-eSOMkPCLkpoXVehl7kPIhR3o3FW3pi_7L-SVYi9l7nbRqcYJ6sPLxaIuVD6CH_HU_-AT82KbrLPuVy2-odm7QtZkKcKd0kiuY4DXaJ78yBBsewqQMc89vlhteh1s9ucKe7u4/s1600-h/Four+Tet_There+Is+Love+In+You.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRH2m5vf-eSOMkPCLkpoXVehl7kPIhR3o3FW3pi_7L-SVYi9l7nbRqcYJ6sPLxaIuVD6CH_HU_-AT82KbrLPuVy2-odm7QtZkKcKd0kiuY4DXaJ78yBBsewqQMc89vlhteh1s9ucKe7u4/s400/Four+Tet_There+Is+Love+In+You.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5434702727219912098" style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 490px;" border="0" /></a><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVoYn_4apxvy9qeiEnrsU75Pf66oxw_9DpU0iKP-iIQt8BDt2QiSKJ7ijnIvDc7ATb60Ppd5FCPXAvY2jO3fNeJJgllst2X30XjUDbGSWzl-0-XRk3A3H0dFKoowD5PzID4oBG87yJjQ/s1600/Fripp+%26+Eno+-+%28No+Pussyfooting%29.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 490px; height: 486px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihVoYn_4apxvy9qeiEnrsU75Pf66oxw_9DpU0iKP-iIQt8BDt2QiSKJ7ijnIvDc7ATb60Ppd5FCPXAvY2jO3fNeJJgllst2X30XjUDbGSWzl-0-XRk3A3H0dFKoowD5PzID4oBG87yJjQ/s400/Fripp+%26+Eno+-+%28No+Pussyfooting%29.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5531193870716509922" border="0" /></a><div><br /><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Top/</span> There Is Love in You</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> is </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">the fifth full-length</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> album by <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Four Tet</span>, released on 25 January 2010 on Domino. <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Kieran Hebden</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(born 1977, Putney, London, England, </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">UK</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">) </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">is a <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">post-rock</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">electronic</span> musician. Hebden first came to prominence as a member of the band <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Fridge</span> before establishing himself as a solo artist under the moniker of Four Tet. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Hebden's music typically eschews the traditional </span><span class="mw-redirect" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">pop song</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> format in favour of a more abstract approach —his sound and melodies incorporate elements of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">hip hop</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">electronica</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">techno</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">jazz</span>, and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">folk</span> music with live instrumentation. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">In late 1999, Hebden contributed a remix of the opening track of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Aphex Twin</span>'s </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Selected Ambient Works Volume II</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. This relatively high-profile exposure attracted new interest in Four Tet from fans of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">electronica</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">IDM</span> (intelligent dance music), genres in which the Warp brand has a preeminent status. Hebden's fourth studio album </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Everything Ecstatic </i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(Domino Records, 2005) brought with it another shift in style, leaving behind the breezy "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">folktronica</span>" of 2001's </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Pause</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> and 2003's </span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Rounds</i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">for a darker, more complex sound</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Hebden's recent output includes a number of improvisational works with veteran <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">jazz</span> drummer <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Steve Reid</span>, and a collaboration with <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Burial</span>. In 2008, Hebden collaborated with composer <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">David Arnold</span> to write "<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Crawl, End Crawl</span>", the song used for the end credits of the film </span><i style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Quantum of Solace</span>. </i><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Bottom/ </span></i><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">On their first collaboration</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> album <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">(No Pussyfooting)</span> </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(EG Records, 1973), a dense, multi-layered piece of <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">ambient</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> drone music</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">,</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Eno</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> (right) and </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">King Crimson</span> guitarist </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Robert Fripp</span> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(left)</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> used similar techniques that eventually became known as </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Frippertronics. </span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Best known as the father of modern</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">ambient <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">music</span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, with an art school background and inspiration from</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">minimalism</span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">, English <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">electronic</span> musician, music theorist and record producer<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> </span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Brian Eno</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> recorded four highly idiosyncratic and original rock albums, before turning to more abstract <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">soundscapes</span> on records such as</span> <i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Discreet Music</i> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(1975) and</span> <i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Ambient 1/Music for Airports</i> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">(1978).</span><i style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span></i></div></div>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1620365957607690211.post-62690414806192093832011-06-16T00:09:00.004+02:002011-06-18T01:05:53.404+02:00Your Consciousness Goes Bip<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5bzGaCDn1LhriOGJR_edtuP5-6GSNI0DTqYxpc9oy-c8NIVI2KjLTqXDMqnc6D4TI9Hl6SKrg6AfNZrFo_7DLHWFlLL_s0iaSTUjsAabQsJD1iDZOMhNlxevEl_mMtfhHaVvg6fLX1U/s1600/Chris+Joss_Teraphonic+Overdubs*.gif"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 499px; height: 452px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5bzGaCDn1LhriOGJR_edtuP5-6GSNI0DTqYxpc9oy-c8NIVI2KjLTqXDMqnc6D4TI9Hl6SKrg6AfNZrFo_7DLHWFlLL_s0iaSTUjsAabQsJD1iDZOMhNlxevEl_mMtfhHaVvg6fLX1U/s400/Chris+Joss_Teraphonic+Overdubs*.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619317988249772626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><p style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">Frenchman <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Chris Joss</span> is a self-taught multi-instrumentalist and autonomous studio producer. Having lived in London for most of the 90's, Joss digested the vibrant music scenes of the city while working as a sound engineer and playing bass and guitar in various bands. In 1996 Joss recorded his first album <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">The Man With a Suitcase</span>, the soundtrack to an imaginary 60's TV series, released in 1999 on indie label Pulp Flavor with the <span style="font-style: italic;">Bombay By Bus </span>EP. In 2000 Chris Joss started recording his 2nd LP <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Dr Rhythm</span>, released confidentially in 2002 by Irma. Encompassing <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">electronica</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">breakbeat</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"> funk</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">soundtrack music</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Dr Rhythm</span> upped the ante for Joss' musical catalogue. In 2004 Chris Joss’ third LP <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">You've Been Spiked</span> was released by ESL Music. With its thick funky bass lines, wah-wah guitars, Rhodes and Hammond riffs pulsating over live rootsy drums, the album was a vibrant tribute to 60's and 70's dance music. <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> In 2005, Joss contributed to the soundtrack of the movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Inside Deep Throat</span>, reworking original songs and producing new ones, some available on the soundtrack album on Koch.</span> Seriously injured in a domestic accident, almost costing him his right arm, Chris Joss recorded a version of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">John Williams</span>' “<span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Superman</span>” theme song in between hospital stays in January 2006. In February 2008 ESL Music released 13 new tracks from Chris Joss on <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Teraphonic Overdubs</span>, a collection of grooves influenced by the diversity of Library music, crossing genres that were years apart while staying true to the funk. <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Flower power</span> times 10! Chris Joss’ 5th LP, entitled <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Sticks</span>, saw release on ESL Music in March 2009. <span style="font-style: italic;">Sticks</span> is a smoky sonic journey through the Asian sub-continent. Filled out by a lush tapestry of ethereal sitars, rubber-funk bass, cheeky organ riffs, snappy drum kicks and smoky atmospherics, <span style="font-style: italic;">Sticks</span> captures a deep and irresistible vintage groove that defies categorization! French multi-instrumentalist and music producer extraordinaire Chris Joss is back again with a new album <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">Monomaniacs, Volume 1<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">. </span></span>Like a long lost vintage LP plucked from a time capsule buried sometime in the 1970’s, this album brings Joss back to a distinctly traditional and dusty <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">funk groove</span>. Recalling the iconic <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">blaxploitation</span> and <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">grindhouse</span> film soundtracks of that era, <span style="font-style: italic;">Monomaniacs</span> is filled with ricocheting <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">breakbeats</span>, whirlwinds of <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);">wah-wah</span>, rubber-band basslines, cosmic organs, and even a few shredding rock guitars to put some hair on your chest. Can <span style="font-style: italic;">Volume 2</span> be far behind?<br /></p><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"></span>Sonic Nursehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11737516139971133454noreply@blogger.com0