billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
You've blinded me with the technical terminology: does this mean it's more like 'Dub Come Save Me' than it is like 'Run Come Save Me'? I'd like that...
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You've blinded me with the technical terminology: does this mean it's more like 'Dub Come Save Me' than it is like 'Run Come Save Me'? I'd like that...
sim667
All aboard the 303 bus.
Yeah, the album throughout seems to be a little bit more along the lines of the kind of tunes that he used classical samples in on the previous albums.....
I literally cannot wait to get my hands on Floating Points' debut album. It's not really House or not in the true sense of things. From what I have heard from the streamed preview, the musicianship sounds world class.
Stream Floating Points’ debut album Elaenia
Stream Floating Points’ debut album Elaenia
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
I know what you mean but listen to Silhouettes 1, 2 & 3 and see what you think
ska invita
back on the other side
"Wenn ich Musicianship höre ... entsichere ich meinen Browning!"
The Guardian clearly have a deal going with Rocket Recordings atm, following on from their Hey Colossus stream last month they have the new Teeth of the Sea. Good stuff (if anyone in the north wants to see them, we're putting them on in Preston on the 15th 
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Teeth of the Sea – Highly Deadly Black Tarantula: Exclusive album stream
)Teeth of the Sea – Highly Deadly Black Tarantula: Exclusive album stream
hmm. It's nice and everything, but it's basically a psych soul reboot isn't it? Sounds like something 4 hero would have done 15 years ago.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
What have you done to get hold of it, then?His dancefloor stuff is kind of jazz based but very electronic, I think he uses a lot of vintage synths like Juno, ARP etc so think really lush deep warm sounds but with great jazz flavoured chord progressions, I wouldn't call his dancefloor productions noodling or too musical.
His drum programming is outstanding too.
I think this album probably leans towards being noodling, but in a more experimental ambient/avant garde type way, it's not really a Jazz album though will most likely get filled as a jazz/nu jazz album by lazy music journos.
not all of his stuff sounds pretty either, he has a real rawness to his sound but I suspect that's because he does a lot of things the traditional way, like recording to tape and using external eq boxes and compressers etc.
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err yeah kind of. he definitely falls into the same field as 4 hero but it's refreshing that he is carrying on the tradition of blending electronics with a live music kind of ethos. he does a real mix of stuff too, his early stuff was very dancefloor but retained the high quality production ethos. he's definitely a unique producer and stands out from the crowd IMO.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
If you want more dancefloor material, check out Vacuum Boogie. It's ace.
ManchesterBeth
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I'm not too big on floating points but I quite miss the genuine jazz/detroitesque/b12-esque drum and bass scene, where one would have to nit synths and other electronic instruments over breaks, rather than sampling jazz records and chucking them over amen at 170 BPM, or (shock horror) trying to combine acoustic instruments with electronics, which only ever really works if you're a Japanese prog rock guru.
It only lasted for a few months because anyone who wasn't up to programming synths would quickly be out of a job.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
There's a whole load of heavy psych stuff out there atm that draws heavily on the Terminal Cheesecake blueprint. I was considering a thread on the topic...I will be looking into this
Wicked tracks, not heard these before.
Ah I dunno about that comment re: Acoustic instruments with electronics, I personally think there are a fair few producers over the years across various genres who have got that kind of blend on lock but each to their own I suppose
I'm playing their cat concept album for the first time at the moment, and predictably, brilliantly nuts.
Fozzie Bear
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That would be cool. I just got the TC live LP yesterday for something stupid like $5 off the bandcamp. It's pretty great I think.
In almost similar news, Ramleh have a new guitar-based album coming out later this month. Their first in about 20 years.
billy_bob
Air of bewilderment model's own
Luke Haines - British Nuclear Bunkers
I thought it was worthy of a mention - certainly used to be plenty of Haines/Auteurs fans around here.
It's not doing it for me at the moment though, I have to admit. Sounds slightly like outtakes from an OMD recording session.
I thought it was worthy of a mention - certainly used to be plenty of Haines/Auteurs fans around here.
It's not doing it for me at the moment though, I have to admit. Sounds slightly like outtakes from an OMD recording session.
redsquirrel
This Machine Kills Progressives
DBUK - Songs One Through Eight
Denver Sound bods (Slim Cessna, Jay Munly etc) new band, another absolute triumph, playing on that same theme that runs through bands like 16 Horsepower, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly and Lee Lewis Harlots, but taking it somewhere new rather than just repeating themselves.
Fantastic album. After a somewhat average year there seems to have been a whole load of really great albums in the last two, three months.
Denver Sound bods (Slim Cessna, Jay Munly etc) new band, another absolute triumph, playing on that same theme that runs through bands like 16 Horsepower, Slim Cessna's Auto Club, Munly and Lee Lewis Harlots, but taking it somewhere new rather than just repeating themselves.
Fantastic album. After a somewhat average year there seems to have been a whole load of really great albums in the last two, three months.
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