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cybot wrote:On vinyl as always...

What is that one like Dermot?

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:On vinyl as always...

What is that one like Dermot?

It's my favourite of all his works Fergus because of it's more experimental nature but it's still recognisably a Max Richter album. Read the review and see what you think....

BTW check your pms...




Max Richter - 24 Postcards In Full Colour:

Taking a conceptual angle on this latest album, renowned producer and contemporary composer Max Richter follows in the footsteps of the Touch Ringtones compilation from a few years back, piecing together 24 miniatures designed to be heard as mobile phone alerts. You can barely turn on your TV without being bombarded by a slew of big corporations promoting their telecommunications devices and services whilst trying to come across as in some way allied to the music industry. It's still a fairly strange occurrence for an artist to turn the tables on that arrangement, and Richter even went so far as to devise a gallery installation whereby attendees would have audio sent via SMS to their phones, all played back to create a kind of strange, shuffled performance. To enjoy this album, you needn't share Richter's appetite to reclaim the ringtone as a potential medium for good music - it's a pretty spectacular standalone listen too. Absolutely key to Richter's music is that he's not strictly a composer, but a producer as well, and it's the finesse with which he conducts himself in this department that truly defines 24 Postcards. As beautiful and as richly woven as these brief pieces are, it's the variety of recording styles and the interchange from track to track that makes the album as instantly memorable and evocative as it is. From the worn-out surface noise and melodic haze that presides over pieces like 'The Road Is A Grey Tape' or the glistening 'Cascade NW By W' there's a lot more to this than the familiar repertoire of strings and piano. Of course, these aspects of Richter's work are in terrific working order too: you'll find cinematic piano vignettes like 'Circles From The Rue Simon - Crubellier', and on 'Return To Prague', what sounds like a fragmentary, degraded AM radio broadcast of some obscure symphony. These tantalisingly curtailed compositions give the sense that they're merely sketches or impressions of some grander work that Richter's concealing from us; indeed, the air of mystery and allure that comes from these perfectly formed recordings is probably more powerful than any conventional album Richter could have delivered.

fergus wrote:

I've never seen that on vinyl. What is it like Fergus?

cybot wrote:

fergus wrote:

I've never seen that on vinyl. What is it like Fergus?

I like it a lot Dermot. Great music to mellow to with some lovely themes in there.

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:

fergus wrote:

I've never seen that on vinyl. What is it like Fergus?

I like it a lot Dermot. Great music to mellow to with some lovely themes in there.

Fergus, pm sent :-)

On vinyl. The most intriguing thing about this album is I didn't like it before I did the arm rewire jobbie. Without going into hyperbole all I can say is it's a hell of a lot better than I originally thought it was!! Like going from a Loop De Loop to a Magnum :-)

On the old start-me-up.... I've always loved this guy's work both solo and with Labradford.


Double vinyl heaven...