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tony wrote:Probably posted this before can't remember. Very nice mellow piano and sounds from Monsieur Eno

Big thumbs up!

Just discovered that one of my friends put together some ambient electronica at some point in his life. I think it's worth a listen, but then again I'm biased:

http://music.cbc.ca/#!/bands/SCHTAT

Took me on great journey last Saturday night



http://www.discogs.com/JFC-The-Timerewi ... lease/1229

sebna wrote:Took me on great journey last Saturday night



http://www.discogs.com/JFC-The-Timerewi ... lease/1229

Nice one sebna....

Have you ever heard of Carlston Nicolai aka Alva Noto? His more subtle Xerrox series are good for journeys :)Vol. 2 & 3 especially.....

No, never heard his music before. Will try those albums. Thanks

Matt Christensen. A cradle in the Bowery





Under The SpireRecordings


http://www.underthespire.co.uk/


Matt Christensen of Chicago’s premier pastoral bliss inducers Zelienople ventures out on his own with this triumphant set of dedications to his young daughter. Siphoning strains of melancholic Americana through the trancelike prisms of groups such as Spaceman 3 and Galaxie 500, he creates swirling vistas on tracks such as mesmeric opener Someday I Won’t Matter that’ll be familiar to his group’s many admirers. But elsewhere Christensen pares back the layers to reveal this beautiful album’s emotive, breathing core, baring pellucid folk patinas that recall everyone from Nick Drake to Damon & Naomi, all shrouded in Christensen’s distinctive, nebulous veil.


Featuring contributions from Type head honcho/Xela stud John Twells, as well as post-production wizardry from Pete Jørgensen, A Cradle In The Bowery marks a milestone in the catalogue of the burgeoning Under The Spire imprint and documents a pivotal stage in Christensen’s own personal journey and continuing evolution as an artist.

Source http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?op ... 2:buzz-bin

Adrian wrote:Matt Christensen. A cradle in the Bowery





Under The SpireRecordings


http://www.underthespire.co.uk/


Matt Christensen of Chicago’s premier pastoral bliss inducers Zelienople ventures out on his own with this triumphant set of dedications to his young daughter. Siphoning strains of melancholic Americana through the trancelike prisms of groups such as Spaceman 3 and Galaxie 500, he creates swirling vistas on tracks such as mesmeric opener Someday I Won’t Matter that’ll be familiar to his group’s many admirers. But elsewhere Christensen pares back the layers to reveal this beautiful album’s emotive, breathing core, baring pellucid folk patinas that recall everyone from Nick Drake to Damon & Naomi, all shrouded in Christensen’s distinctive, nebulous veil.


Featuring contributions from Type head honcho/Xela stud John Twells, as well as post-production wizardry from Pete Jørgensen, A Cradle In The Bowery marks a milestone in the catalogue of the burgeoning Under The Spire imprint and documents a pivotal stage in Christensen’s own personal journey and continuing evolution as an artist.

Source http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?op ... 2:buzz-bin

Very nice indeed. Love the sleeve. Welcome back Adrian :)

Thanks Dermot, it has been a while indeed. Things have been hectic of late, however the good times can and do return.

Currently listening to Leftfield... Alternative Light Source...



Good review here...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/j ... of-texture

The world has changed in the 16 years since the release of Leftfield’s last studio album, 1999’s Rhythm and Stealth. The former duo is now a one-man band in the shape of Neil Barnes, the music industry the band succeeded in charming is moribund, and dance music, subsumed into the mainstream partly through the band’s own success (remember the Guinness advert?) has been a busted flush for a good decade.

The group were always among the real innovators of the scene with their absorption of dub and other genres and their combination of the cerebral with in-your-face bass. The new record doesn’t really break any moulds but it is a masterpiece of texture. Opener Bad Radio ends up sounding almost like fellow innovators Future Sound of London and the crunchy synth line in the break of the seven-minute Universal Everything is spine-tingling. Dark Matters builds over a submarine kick drum and marimba without you really noticing. As for standouts, the rising and filtering-up synth lines, repeated builds and impressionistic vocals from Channy Leaneagh of Poliça on Little Fish should make it a live favourite; Shaker Obsession has an irresistible drive; and the lassitude, scurf and attitude of Sleaford Mods’s Jason Williamson are the making of the unsettling Head and Shoulders.

Courtesy of Molly Woodcraft... Guardian June 2015.

My own impressions... not the same as the previous stuff, however the word texture used above is a good description.

Adrian wrote:Thanks Dermot, it has been a while indeed. Things have been hectic of late, however the good times can and do return.

Currently listening to Leftfield... Alternative Light Source...



Good review here...

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/j ... of-texture

The world has changed in the 16 years since the release of Leftfield’s last studio album, 1999’s Rhythm and Stealth. The former duo is now a one-man band in the shape of Neil Barnes, the music industry the band succeeded in charming is moribund, and dance music, subsumed into the mainstream partly through the band’s own success (remember the Guinness advert?) has been a busted flush for a good decade.

The group were always among the real innovators of the scene with their absorption of dub and other genres and their combination of the cerebral with in-your-face bass. The new record doesn’t really break any moulds but it is a masterpiece of texture. Opener Bad Radio ends up sounding almost like fellow innovators Future Sound of London and the crunchy synth line in the break of the seven-minute Universal Everything is spine-tingling. Dark Matters builds over a submarine kick drum and marimba without you really noticing. As for standouts, the rising and filtering-up synth lines, repeated builds and impressionistic vocals from Channy Leaneagh of Poliça on Little Fish should make it a live favourite; Shaker Obsession has an irresistible drive; and the lassitude, scurf and attitude of Sleaford Mods’s Jason Williamson are the making of the unsettling Head and Shoulders.

Courtesy of Molly Woodcraft... Guardian June 2015.

My own impressions... not the same as the previous stuff, however the word texture used above is a good description.

Your post reminded me to have a listen to the album. Doesn't work. Something missing. End of review.