It´s pure full on krautrock with a side order of joy division style post punk. Apparently compared to Portishead (PAINFULLY long gestation and recording periods), this took only a couple of weeks to record and mix. It´s a lot looser that portishead.
Best tracks are the opener "Blackwell" and "Blagdon lake"
@hmobius: Sorry it took so long to get back to you over the Four Tet, had a long weekend. I love it. More than once i found msyelf dancing around my apartment to it, whether cooking, cleaning or just..dancing. The first track, Angel Echoes, gives you such a feeling of clarity that it's like opening the door from a warm house into a cold morning.
The Hood Internet - How Purple Can You Go (Ludacric vs. Joker & Ginz). Hot Chip - The Warning. This Will Destroy You/Lymbyc Systym - Field Studies. Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra - Kollaps Tradixionales. VA - Fire in My Bones: Raw Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel (1944-2007).
Gil Scott-Heron's "I'm New Here" is a pretty decent album going from my one listen thus far. Now I am listening to the fantastic Crucifucks album, "Our Will Be Done", which comprises their first two albums. The soundbites at the beginning of many songs are particularly noteworthy. They are an acquired taste, however, given the unique whine of the vocalist, Doc Corbin Dart.
VA - Winters Of Discontent: The Peel Sessions 77-83 Boris - Akuma no Uta Imperium Dekadenz - Procella Vadens Kid Dakota - So Pretty Reagan SS - Universal And Triumphant Shackleton - Three EPs The audiologist - Question Everything Ø - Oleva Valgeir Sigurðsson - Draumalandið OST AMFJ - Itemhljóð og Veina
I´m also listening to Moon Wiring Club´s Asda Mixtape form the Wire. It´s certainly unsettleing to listen to as he seems to have directly Brainhacked my TV memories from the 80´s. From the mid-80´s version of the "Tomorrows World" theme tune, to What i´m sure was the basis to the theme tune to "the bill" And i definitely remember ITV playing La Serenissima by Rondo Veneziano several times throughout my childhood as a transmission filler....
Varous Artists - American Hardcore OST Killing Joke - Hosannas From The Basements of Hell Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe 2 Slayer - Reign in Blood & Seasons in the Abyss Sleek - Fall 09 Mix Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death Various Artists - Industrial Fucking Strength Comp Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Altered States of America Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard
@Infomancer: Slightly off-topic, but I see you're listening to the American Hardcore soundtrack. Have you seen the film? If so, is it any good? Or more to the point, do you know if it's like the book? I love the book, but haven't seen the film.
Just listened: Alice in Chains "Black Gives Way to Blue" and Arch Enemy's "Stigmata". Next up, Elliott Smith's "New Moon".
The film is good, definitely worth seeing. It's like the book in that there are a lot of different people giving their perspective on the scenes, lots of interviews and old footage and photos. They kind of move through the scene chronologically, explaining the differences between the scenes in different cities. Great interviews with people like MacKaye, Rollins, HR, etc.
Killing Joke - Killing Joke (2003) Rob from Battlefields turned me on to this record, pissed off old dudes in the new millennium. Kind of like ol' Warren. Moonstone Continuum - Nr:4;3.1-3 -- This is a crazy cult/band from Minneapolis featuring Jon from Knife World who is, perhaps, the reincarnation of Jimi Hendrix. Do yourself a favor and go listen to "Erotic Banquet". LCD Soundsystem - Sound of Silver Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears - Tell 'em What Your Name Is Liars - Sisterworld and some new, unmixed tracks from my old band, THEMES
Sun Ra & His Solar Myth Arkestra - The Solar Myth Approach Vol 2 Donovan - Mellow Yellow Donovan - A Gift From A Flower To A Garden Stevie Wonder - Talking Book Stevie Wonder - Fulfillingness' First Finale Stevie Wonder - Song In The Key Of Life Stevie Wonder - Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants [sides A, B] Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Deja Vu Sly & The Family Stone - Fresh
AMERICAN HARDCORE is alright, it focuses WAY too much on bad brains. for a beginning look into USHC it is worth seeing but it leaves out TONS. (sadly, VOID only gets a brief lil showing :( )
lately REALICIDE/CAPITAL HEMORRHAGE split 7" DESPISE YOU-westside horizons lp WALLS-s/t HATRED SURGE-servant 7" (ugh...this is actually some pretty weak material from my favorite fast band.) THE FALL-peel sessions 12"