needlerunner Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 1 hour ago, Rustee said: Dire Straits, Making Movies. Sounding great through my old Advent1 speakers tonight. Niiice 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlov Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 I think this is the first solo album of the slow hand. I like it a lot, sounds like Cream 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzzFuzzz Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 Evening all. Home from the kitchen after a stinking hot day, ice cold Pepsi and Darrell Lea Rockly Road block (they have a liquorice one that's yummy too), typing a message and zoning out with... Eberhard Schoener 'Meditation' 1973 - 1982 Re-Issue Kuckuck Records, Germany. Released 1973 on Ariola Reviewed by aether, 10/08/2012ce Eberhard Schoener had, by 1973, made a couple of albums for Ariola, including the avowedly strange Destruction of Harmony in 1971, a proto-postmodern, irony-laced deconstruction of the classics that took as much of a cue from Stockhausen’s Hymnen, as it did Switched on Bach. But after “a lengthy trip to Asia” (oh yes! one of those!) the idea for Meditation had come to Schoener, in what must have been a blazing Damascian white-light of revelatory gnostic visionary insight - if the results are anything to go by! Of course, Schoener was good friends with the mystic, Florian Fricke, and would have, of course, heard the first two Popol Vuh lp’s – Affenstunde and In den Garten Pharoas, perhaps the nearest stylistic signposts we have for this lengthy piece of mantric musical nirvana. In particular, the heady, ghostly, spectral musings of the title track of “Pharoas…” is close to the darkened electronic musings on offer here. Released in 1973, the LP is made up of two huge, gradually unfolding, electro-drone mantras – Music for Meditation I and Music for Meditation II. The first side begins amidst synthesised white-noise waves crashing on the shore, the underwater vibe remaining, as a bell-tone submarine pulse echoes as it passes by. Gothic cello-like synthesiser warbles intone at ominous intervals. It reminds one a lot of “On the Way” and “Through Pains to Heaven” (from side 2 of Popol Vuh’s Nosferatu soundtrack) as the notes curl and strain around the ever-present electronic pulse. Zeit might be another obvious signpost here. From time to time huge swells of synthesised white noise swirl like fizzing breaking foam around the droning notes. The trance goes on – as the track barely changes for 17 minutes – allowing the listener time to let their mind drift and buffet against the shores of this glistening rare jewel of a track. Side Two – although ostensibly another 17-minute electronic drone piece - has slightly more to it in terms of sonic components and is definitely the artistic peak of the LP. Here the Eastern flavour is a little more apparent, as resonating synthesiser notes unfurl like sun-drenched spheres of birthing light. Filters are skilfully manned to create a dry, arid solarscape of sound. It sounds like the musical equivalent of sun-blindness or heat exhaustion – but for the listener it’s a blissful, nurturing sound. Here and there gongs are gently struck and cooler, more spectral voices are heard – a distant woman-voiced lunar ululation calling from afar. It’s an incredibly peaceful and hypnotic 17 minutes – with similarities to other abstracted sides of cosmic awe – including the aforementioned Popol Vuh’s early Liberty/Pilz sides and Nosferatu OST, Stomu Yamashita’s Red Buddha LP and “Mandala” (from Man from the East) and Zeit-era Tangerine Dream. A monolithic, pulsating, droning, glistening,primal slab of Kosmiche! Aether A very nice wind down for the evening. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike De Lorenzo Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 2 hours ago, BuzzzFuzzz said: Evening all. Home from the kitchen after a stinking hot day, ice cold Pepsi and Darrell Lea Rockly Road block (they have a liquorice one that's yummy too), typing a message and zoning out with... Eberhard Schoener 'Meditation' 1973 - 1982 Re-Issue Kuckuck Records, Germany. Released 1973 on Ariola Reviewed by aether, 10/08/2012ce Eberhard Schoener had, by 1973, made a couple of albums for Ariola, including the avowedly strange Destruction of Harmony in 1971, a proto-postmodern, irony-laced deconstruction of the classics that took as much of a cue from Stockhausen’s Hymnen, as it did Switched on Bach. But after “a lengthy trip to Asia” (oh yes! one of those!) the idea for Meditation had come to Schoener, in what must have been a blazing Damascian white-light of revelatory gnostic visionary insight - if the results are anything to go by! Of course, Schoener was good friends with the mystic, Florian Fricke, and would have, of course, heard the first two Popol Vuh lp’s – Affenstunde and In den Garten Pharoas, perhaps the nearest stylistic signposts we have for this lengthy piece of mantric musical nirvana. In particular, the heady, ghostly, spectral musings of the title track of “Pharoas…” is close to the darkened electronic musings on offer here. Released in 1973, the LP is made up of two huge, gradually unfolding, electro-drone mantras – Music for Meditation I and Music for Meditation II. The first side begins amidst synthesised white-noise waves crashing on the shore, the underwater vibe remaining, as a bell-tone submarine pulse echoes as it passes by. Gothic cello-like synthesiser warbles intone at ominous intervals. It reminds one a lot of “On the Way” and “Through Pains to Heaven” (from side 2 of Popol Vuh’s Nosferatu soundtrack) as the notes curl and strain around the ever-present electronic pulse. Zeit might be another obvious signpost here. From time to time huge swells of synthesised white noise swirl like fizzing breaking foam around the droning notes. The trance goes on – as the track barely changes for 17 minutes – allowing the listener time to let their mind drift and buffet against the shores of this glistening rare jewel of a track. Side Two – although ostensibly another 17-minute electronic drone piece - has slightly more to it in terms of sonic components and is definitely the artistic peak of the LP. Here the Eastern flavour is a little more apparent, as resonating synthesiser notes unfurl like sun-drenched spheres of birthing light. Filters are skilfully manned to create a dry, arid solarscape of sound. It sounds like the musical equivalent of sun-blindness or heat exhaustion – but for the listener it’s a blissful, nurturing sound. Here and there gongs are gently struck and cooler, more spectral voices are heard – a distant woman-voiced lunar ululation calling from afar. It’s an incredibly peaceful and hypnotic 17 minutes – with similarities to other abstracted sides of cosmic awe – including the aforementioned Popol Vuh’s early Liberty/Pilz sides and Nosferatu OST, Stomu Yamashita’s Red Buddha LP and “Mandala” (from Man from the East) and Zeit-era Tangerine Dream. A monolithic, pulsating, droning, glistening,primal slab of Kosmiche! Aether A very nice wind down for the evening. Here's the follow-up album 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Full Range Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 Now to something different but great if you are a drummer Artist - Sandy Nelson Title - Let There Be Drums 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 21 hours ago, awayward said: Jean-Michel Jarre - Equinoxe Infinity I tried SO hard to like this, but just couldn't. Even the new Oxygene was a bit 'meh'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awayward Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 1 hour ago, TDK said: I tried SO hard to like this, but just couldn't. Even the new Oxygene was a bit 'meh'. I hear you, I played it twice when I first got it and couldn’t get into it, so shelved it. Enjoyed it much more the third listen, I think it really relates to the mood I am in, and what music preceded it, but still it is nowhere near his best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glenm64 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Mr Young and the Stray Gators. One of my favourite N.Y. albums 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Snow Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Monday vibes - this is a Birthday Present 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlov Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Everything But The Girl - Language Of Life 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Hi All, Something I haven't played for a while, Jack White, Lazaratto JJ 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Hi All, Geoff Lynne's ELO newest LP, From Out Of Nowhere JJ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Hi All, The Flaming Lips Soundtrack for their movie, Christmas On Mars, Once Beyond Hopelessness JJ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi All, Opeth, In Cauda Venenum JJ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hlov Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Played few albums this morning as I’m WFH today, few news apart of the usual suspects, Carlos and Cat Stevens :). Found my copy of Magic Nirvana, not my fave from Plant but the record sounds fantastic and also the Bob Seger concert, it’s really well recorded, like it a lot. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi All, JT, North Sea Oil JJ 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike De Lorenzo Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 (edited) Edited December 10, 2019 by dirtmudd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlov Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 I found another Bob Sever album, the Team that produced these live albums must be very good. The sound of the cymbals on We've Got Tonite is fantastic. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hlov Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 The truth and nothing but the the truth , the best album from Beck and Rod Stewart IMHO 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janjuggler Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 Hi All, Peer Gynt, Sir John Barbirolli and the Halle Orchestra JJ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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