YCC Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 When ELP emerged on the scene way back when the music sounded too "far-out" to my young ears, so don't really understand why I bought "Trilogy" then... however after repeated spinning I've come to like it! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metal beat Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Songs:Ohia – Travels In Constants. This has gotta be just about the best reissue in 2018. Molina released 2 singles back in 2001 - Travels In Constants - 17.36 and Howler - 13: 06. Now both are released on vinyl for the first time and put on the same release. Haunting, brilliant, sad, reflective and the 30 minutes seems over in less than 10. Love it. RIP Jason. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Wayne Krantz - Signals. With Don Alias, Jim Beard, Hiram Bullock, Dennis Chambers, Anthony Jackson, Leni Stern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Soundscape Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Streaming the new single from the forthcoming album by The Young Gods. There is a video edit up on youtube but the album version (on Spotify) is much better. Every new album by TYG is a treat. I can't wait. Figure Sans Nom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Y B Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt. Fuji 2xLPSo excited finally received this iconic album. Re-released in June and first time on vinyl.Probably my favourite album of Susumu Yokota’s - a perfect blend of minimalist ambience and deep techno. The sound quality is phenomenal, get it while you can but it is already quite hard to get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbuzzardstubble Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, Y B said: Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt. Fuji 2xLP So excited finally received this iconic album. Re-released in June and first time on vinyl. Probably my favourite album of Susumu Yokota’s - a perfect blend of minimalist ambience and deep techno. The sound quality is phenomenal, get it while you can but it is already quite hard to get. Thanks for the heads-up, Y.B. I must get a hold of this. Here's a review by Holly Dicker of Resident Advisor A supernatural acid pilgrimage, first released in 1994, from the late Japanese artist. Susumu Yokota shapeshifted through his 30-year career. He might be known best for his ambient works from the early '00s, but he rose to prominence as a diverse house and techno producer. During the '90s he released hard psychedelic trance (The Frankfurt-Tokyo Connection) and dreamier electronica (Cat, Mouse And Me) on Sven Väth's former label, Harthouse, and trippy acid techno as Ebi on the label Space Teddy. The rest of Yokota's output—touching on techno and breakbeat, deep and jazzy house, and even disco, as on 1999—landed mostly on Japan's Sublime Records. He also toured throughout Europe during the time, notably performing at the inaugural Interference Festival in Berlin during Love Parade 1994. In 1999, when Yokota launched his own imprint, Skintone, forming a UK licensing deal with The Leaf Label, a shift occurred. Over the following decade he would release some of his best-loved and critically acclaimed records: Grinning Cat, The Boy And The Tree and Sakura, one of the finest ambient techno albums ever made. But after 2002, despite his growing fame, Yokota never performed in Europe again. He passed away in 2015. Yokota, who rarely courted the music press, left behind a rich catalogue, which has been steadily memorialised with reissues ever since. The techno label Midgar offers the latest of these, re-releasing Yokota's Acid Mt. Fuji album, which first came out on Sublime Records in 1994. Like its counterpart, Zen, released under his Ebi guise the same year via Space Teddy, Acid Mt. Fuji is a collection of mystical acid techno jams designed to ferry us out of this world and into another. Mt. Fuji, Japan's most sacred mountain, serves as the record's omnipresent symbol. Acid Mt. Fuji is awash with both natural and supernatural references, from the sounds of birds, monkeys, elephants and crickets that bookend the LP, to the yōkai-referencing track titles. Take "Tanuki," which refers to the raccoon dog trickster spirit from Japanese folklore. It begins with harsh distortion sounds before melodious chirping heralds in one of the record's most buoyant and bubbly techno tracks––a nod, perhaps, to the Tanuki's shift in meaning from evil omen to benevolent icon. "Kinoko" sets a particularly vivid scene: an eerie fantastical forest teeming with creatures––some of Yokota's own invention, which come across in its growling, gurgling acid nodes. "Meijijingu," named after a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, has a distinctly haunted air. There's a ghostly loop that keeps time quietly in the background, and a wafting, gossamer-like acid line that breaks through halfway. It marks the moment Acid Mt. Fuji's psychoactive properties kick in and the real trip begins. "Saboten" is a worming ambient techno masterpiece, a long-lost Artificial Intelligence cousin with its hand-hit tribal percussion and brain-melting capabilities. Twitchy alien-channeling "Oponchi" sounds like tweaked-out acid forged in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The acid-dripped "Ao-oni" and speaker-blowing "Alphaville" are gnarly squat party fare––proof that Yokota can bang it out with the best of them. But Acid Mt. Fuji's trippiest (and best) is "Akafuji," meaning "Red Fuji," also the title of one of Hokusai's famous woodblock prints of the mountain turned blood red by the rising autumn sun. Here, subjugating drums march through acid pulses that form ominous electrified mists. The record ends with gently crashing waves. We are reminded once more of Mt. Fuji, the sacred mountain, and the five lakes lapping at its feet. It has been a site of pilgrimage for centuries, the symbol of nature and beauty in Japan, and its most iconic landmark. For acid pilgrims, Acid Mt. Fuji is a landmark too, which, thanks to this reissue, is getting the wider recognition it deserves. May it, like the mountain it's named after, endure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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metal beat Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 The Smashing Pumpkins – Adore. 2014 2LP. 20 years ago this was released, how time flies. This is the 2014 remaster and Billy did an outstanding job in cleaning up the original 1998 mono release. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YCC Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 At the end of the day need some "Peaceful Easy Feeling" as only the Eagles can serve up! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThirdDrawerDown Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 Sometimes one just picks things up wrong. For whatever reason, for the past three decades I've thought this was ska. Finally decide to try it, and the first impressions are that R.E.M. meets an edgier David and David with a Warren Zevon songbook. I'll be sure to come back to it. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyr Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 1 hour ago, mrbuzzardstubble said: Thanks for the heads-up, Y.B. I must get a hold of this. Here's a review by Holly Dicker of Resident Advisor A supernatural acid pilgrimage, first released in 1994, from the late Japanese artist. Susumu Yokota shapeshifted through his 30-year career. He might be known best for his ambient works from the early '00s, but he rose to prominence as a diverse house and techno producer. During the '90s he released hard psychedelic trance (The Frankfurt-Tokyo Connection) and dreamier electronica (Cat, Mouse And Me) on Sven Väth's former label, Harthouse, and trippy acid techno as Ebi on the label Space Teddy. The rest of Yokota's output—touching on techno and breakbeat, deep and jazzy house, and even disco, as on 1999—landed mostly on Japan's Sublime Records. He also toured throughout Europe during the time, notably performing at the inaugural Interference Festival in Berlin during Love Parade 1994. In 1999, when Yokota launched his own imprint, Skintone, forming a UK licensing deal with The Leaf Label, a shift occurred. Over the following decade he would release some of his best-loved and critically acclaimed records: Grinning Cat, The Boy And The Tree and Sakura, one of the finest ambient techno albums ever made. But after 2002, despite his growing fame, Yokota never performed in Europe again. He passed away in 2015. Yokota, who rarely courted the music press, left behind a rich catalogue, which has been steadily memorialised with reissues ever since. The techno label Midgar offers the latest of these, re-releasing Yokota's Acid Mt. Fuji album, which first came out on Sublime Records in 1994. Like its counterpart, Zen, released under his Ebi guise the same year via Space Teddy, Acid Mt. Fuji is a collection of mystical acid techno jams designed to ferry us out of this world and into another. Mt. Fuji, Japan's most sacred mountain, serves as the record's omnipresent symbol. Acid Mt. Fuji is awash with both natural and supernatural references, from the sounds of birds, monkeys, elephants and crickets that bookend the LP, to the yōkai-referencing track titles. Take "Tanuki," which refers to the raccoon dog trickster spirit from Japanese folklore. It begins with harsh distortion sounds before melodious chirping heralds in one of the record's most buoyant and bubbly techno tracks––a nod, perhaps, to the Tanuki's shift in meaning from evil omen to benevolent icon. "Kinoko" sets a particularly vivid scene: an eerie fantastical forest teeming with creatures––some of Yokota's own invention, which come across in its growling, gurgling acid nodes. "Meijijingu," named after a Shinto shrine in Shibuya, Tokyo, has a distinctly haunted air. There's a ghostly loop that keeps time quietly in the background, and a wafting, gossamer-like acid line that breaks through halfway. It marks the moment Acid Mt. Fuji's psychoactive properties kick in and the real trip begins. "Saboten" is a worming ambient techno masterpiece, a long-lost Artificial Intelligence cousin with its hand-hit tribal percussion and brain-melting capabilities. Twitchy alien-channeling "Oponchi" sounds like tweaked-out acid forged in the BBC Radiophonic Workshop. The acid-dripped "Ao-oni" and speaker-blowing "Alphaville" are gnarly squat party fare––proof that Yokota can bang it out with the best of them. But Acid Mt. Fuji's trippiest (and best) is "Akafuji," meaning "Red Fuji," also the title of one of Hokusai's famous woodblock prints of the mountain turned blood red by the rising autumn sun. Here, subjugating drums march through acid pulses that form ominous electrified mists. The record ends with gently crashing waves. We are reminded once more of Mt. Fuji, the sacred mountain, and the five lakes lapping at its feet. It has been a site of pilgrimage for centuries, the symbol of nature and beauty in Japan, and its most iconic landmark. For acid pilgrims, Acid Mt. Fuji is a landmark too, which, thanks to this reissue, is getting the wider recognition it deserves. May it, like the mountain it's named after, endure. Only one word, Murray - WOW! Can I listen to it at your place, after you've bought? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzzFuzzz Posted December 10, 2018 Share Posted December 10, 2018 (edited) Evening Lads. A big shout out to @Ian McP for bringing these guys into my life... Thanks Ian. First listen on youtube, followed by another listen... Kungens Män ‘Dag & Natt' 2017 Kungens Ljud & Bild. One of those Albums that impressed me from the start. Mellow guitar tones and sax open this Space Rock adventure, relaxed jamming with an organic sound and feel. A natural drum sound with a delicate touch (not sure if delicate is the right word), especially on the cymbals. Moving into a riff that reminds me slightly of Sonic Youth, then upping the tempo with a little drone with some beats. They lighten up again with some smooth jazzy sax before heading a little darker, and a touch of The Middle East. It has an airy feel of floating and swirling. Then we get down and dirty with some primal, rumbling bass which really gets going. The closing of the album, almost an hour and a half, winds down with a nice relaxed, trippy soundscape of sorts into a haunting, tribal, repetitive and hypnotic pulse. Trippy music for tripping of the highest order, a sonic, instrumental voyage both inwards and outwards. The production is great, the youtube quality was pretty good. Definitely a band I will be hunting, researching and listening to. Cheers, Ant. A good review link - https://psychinsightmusic.com/2017/07/22/album-review-dag-natt-by-kungens-man/ Edited December 10, 2018 by BuzzzFuzzz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Love_music Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 On to Father John Misty - I Love You Honeybear, I find he sounds similar to John Grant. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kafunis Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 Paul McCartney-Tug Of War. Just picked up this Original Japanese press, sounds good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyse1 Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 17 minutes ago, Kafunis said: Paul McCartney-Tug Of War. Just picked up this Original Japanese press, sounds good. Not as good as this Beatles Forever 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citroen Posted December 11, 2018 Share Posted December 11, 2018 18 hours ago, Y B said: Susumu Yokota - Acid Mt. Fuji 2xLP So excited finally received this iconic album. Re-released in June and first time on vinyl. Probably my favourite album of Susumu Yokota’s - a perfect blend of minimalist ambience and deep techno. The sound quality is phenomenal, get it while you can but it is already quite hard to get. Been streaming this and just ordered. You're a bad influence Max! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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