What are you listening to: Winter 2005

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"Undressed" by Lloyd Cole

― youn, Tuesday, 13 December 2005 12:55 (twenty years ago)

Superthriller = Not that good, but it's fun. They're a bit obsessed with 70s singer/songwriter stuff and Prince.

Lindstrom= Cause he's a gOD.

dEUS= cause they're uh... gODS.

Peter Laughner= Stupid bastard killed himself but at least he did produce some great stuff right before he died.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 13:50 (twenty years ago)

Pernice Brothers - Amazing Glow

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 13:54 (twenty years ago)

Alex Schlippenbach Trio - Pakistani Pomade

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 15:56 (twenty years ago)

Everything Emiliana Torrini. Mostly.

― Merryweather (scarlet), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 17:06 (twenty years ago)

Animal Collective
Jeanette
Asha Bhosle
Rammstein
Peggy Lee

― FiFi (nordicskilla), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 17:22 (twenty years ago)

Cesar Pedroso - "Del Trabajo A La Casa" (This is now one of my favorite songs of the year.)

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 17:24 (twenty years ago)

I'm overplaying some of these brazilians I found recently:

Romulo Froes
Los Hermanos
and just can't get enough of Cansei de Ser Sexy
as well as some Mutantes I didn't have before

― Thea (Thea), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:24 (twenty years ago)

HIM - Dark Light

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 18:27 (twenty years ago)

Works by: Franco Donatoni, Matthias Pintscher, Jorg Windmann and Claude Vivier.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 13 December 2005 20:48 (twenty years ago)

Kenny Wheeler & John Taylor, Where Do We Go From Here?
The Ripple Effect, Hybrids

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 18:49 (twenty years ago)

skip spence - oar
cosmic jokers - s/t
terry reid - superlungs
jandek - one foot in the north

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:06 (twenty years ago)

Mostly teutonic industrial metal.

― Klaus Darko (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

Eric's Trip - Love Tara
The Tarquin Records All-Star Holiday Extravegansa

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:07 (twenty years ago)

More compostions by Berg and Isang Yun.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:08 (twenty years ago)

Sly Stone - Fresh
Lil' Wayne - Tha Carter II
Saul Willams s/t
various New Orleans music

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 December 2005 19:12 (twenty years ago)

The Kinks: Come Dancing: The Best of 1977-1986

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 15 December 2005 14:59 (twenty years ago)

Mermen - Glorious Lethal Euphoria

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 15 December 2005 16:18 (twenty years ago)

Sly Stone - There's A Riot / Fresh (thanx ILM)
Broadcast - Tender Buttoms (thanx ILM)
King Crimson - Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair
John Cale - Paris 1919

and some 70s/80s radio schlock like Cheap Trick, Donnie Iris, J. Geils Band, The Motels, Stealers Wheel, Steve Forbert, etc.

― Mitya (mitya), Thursday, 15 December 2005 16:23 (twenty years ago)

To which Vivier were you listening, Julio? Now I'm listening to Sofia Gubaidulina's Offertorium, which definitely feels like the best thing I've listened to today. Also I listened to Sigur Ros, Boards of Canada, The Smiths, and So. (Ugh, that sounds so indie. Well I also caught Genesis' "Invisible Touch" on VH1 Classic and played "Subdivisions"). And Beethoven's Waldstein Sonata (op 53) for the assignment I have to do. Even the theory assignment from hell can't detract from this piece's greatness.

― Sundar (sundar), Monday, 19 December 2005 06:31 (twenty years ago)

Right now its 'Sequence' by Jean Barraque, before that a duet for piano and cello by galina ustvolskaya. Also been playing a disc of works by Radu Malfatti - excellent in the way it uses ambience to break and re-shape the string quartet.

Sundar I really enjoy Gubaidulina's 'steps' (for orchestra) although I've not heard much else.

Here is an article about her.

As for Claude Vivier, I've been hearing a variety of works:

'shiraz' for piano, 'Poemes de Sandro Penna', 'Trois airs pour un opera imaginaire' and Act II from his opera from '79 'Kopernicus'. I'll get to more from him soon.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 19 December 2005 11:10 (twenty years ago)

Bryter Layter by Nick Drake, specifically, Hazy Jane II, which is a great song - I could be strolling along a boulevard, walking into a bookstore, following a girl or boy, picking up a book at random - take a while to grow your brother's hair - what a great line!

― youn, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 03:15 (twenty years ago)

the young knives
chad vangaalen
pellumair
guillemots

― jim p. irrelevant (electricsound), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 03:19 (twenty years ago)

terry reid - river
john fahey - live in tasmania
shocking blue - the shocking blue
wendy carlos - sonic seasonings
the seeds - the seeds
v/a - new skin for the old ceremony (polyamory comp of contemporary clatter&strum)
james brown - now ain't that a groove (comp 66-69)
ol dirty bastard - nigga please
neil young - side 2 of On The Beach (twice before bed.)
ccr - greatest hits (CD in da basement)

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 03:25 (twenty years ago)

I trust you know "Lonely Child", Julio? It's remarkable. The entire piece is homophonic - a woman sings the text (some of which is in made-up languages) while the orchestra accompanies her as a single unit, following the exact rhythm of the text in shimmering microtonal harmonies. It's still quite accessible, melodic, and pretty-sounding. I need to pull out my Vivier record. "Shiraz" is on it too. I should look up those other pieces. Man, do you know anything about his life? Seriously crazy dude. He'd been good friends with one of my MA profs actually.

I'm listening to Frisell's Richter 858. Also today,
Eluvium - Talk Among the Trees
Oren Ambarchi - Triste
Steely Dan - Katy Lied
Styx - Pieces of Eight
And the "Waldstein" of course

― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 05:54 (twenty years ago)

robbie williams greatest hits

― Michael B, Tuesday, 20 December 2005 05:59 (twenty years ago)

How'd I forget Elliot Carter's 1st string quartet? I still don't know if I get everything that's going on but there are some pretty staggering moments. Perhaps I'll put on Blackalicious next or more Frisell.

― Sundar (sundar), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 06:11 (twenty years ago)

Sundar - the disc w/ "lonely Child" ws the first Vivier I ever listened to but I didn't get round to anything else till now. I don't actually know too much about him except he died quite young in the early 80s, that he ws gay and that he worked w/Stockhausen for a bit although I have to say that listening to him I wouldn't have guessed he worked w/stock.

I really like Elliott's 5th str quartet - I think I've prob misplaced my copy of the string quartets.

Yesterday there ws a new discovery: Chaya Czernowin, really enjoying this disc of hers esp "Afatism". Also more from Franco Donatoni. And Frederic Rzewski's 'Coming Together' is easily one of the best minimalist compositions I've ever heard.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 12:49 (twenty years ago)

(oh and quite a bit of Grime, too.)

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 12:53 (twenty years ago)

Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow

― willem -- (willem), Tuesday, 20 December 2005 13:38 (twenty years ago)

From the last cpl of days:

Did track down some more from Vivier: "love Songs" from '77 is a bunch of tracks that do remind me of stock's "stimmung".

Kagel "Finale" as played by ensemble moderne, Klaus Huber "sanctii augustine..." is tortured catholicism and I'm making my way through Harrsin Birthwistle's "the mask of orpheus" opera which has some excellent electronic/instr sections.

Played some tracks from Milford Graves 'grand unification' solo set last night and it ws really clicking for me.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 23 December 2005 13:44 (twenty years ago)

Front 242 - Headhunter (finally!)

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:20 (twenty years ago)

Sunshine Fix - Green Imagination
Steve Lacy - The Beat Suite
Scott Amendola Band - Believe

― o. nate (onate), Friday, 23 December 2005 15:26 (twenty years ago)

Saturday Looks Good To Me - All Your Summer Songs
Phantom Buffalo - Shishimumu
Low - Secret Name
Anthrax - Alive 2

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:00 (twenty years ago)

Last night I counted how many CD's I've bought this year, it's around 90. That's not so bad, I got a lot on the cheap.

― jel -- (jel), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:01 (twenty years ago)

i bought for m'self for xmas megadeath's greatest hits, yo!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:35 (twenty years ago)

Youn's opening marker was hard for anyone to beat.

Her second track is great, also.

As for me, mostly tapes and radio so far, though Peggy Lee on CD.

Just now: U2, live in Dublin New Year's Eve 1989: so familiar, so thrilling. In a rasping, exaggerated Irish / American voice Bono sings a verse of 'The Times They Are A Changin'' before 'New Year's Day' counts in. The corn may be as high as Patrick Kavanagh's eye, but I could happily listen to it again already.

― the finefox, Friday, 23 December 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

waylon jennings, greatest hits
tommy james & the shondells, crimson & clover
burger/ink, las vegas
ras michael & the sons of negus, rastafari dub
marcus passarani
various mixes from peeps

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:02 (twenty years ago)

make that "marco."

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:04 (twenty years ago)

t\'\'t! You have purchased yourself the ultimate the Christmas present!!

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 24 December 2005 10:58 (twenty years ago)

Aprils - Astro, Pan-da & Space Dream Bathroom
Sugababes - Taller In More Ways
Black Sheep - A Wolf In Sheep's Clothing
Kiley Dean - Simple Girl
Inner Dialogue - Inner Dialogue
Britney Spears - In The Zone
Hazel Nuts Chocolate - Cute!
Girls Aloud - Chemistry
Cagedbaby - Will See You Now
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Beck - Guero
Macdonald Duck Eclair - Short Short

― Hal! Jordan! HAL! JORDAN! (Barima), Saturday, 24 December 2005 21:08 (twenty years ago)

I'm listening to Claudine Longet. I can't imagine why I haven't gotten into her earlier. I downloaded "Snow" for my Christmas mix, and since then I have been trying to pick up all of her tunes. The person on Soulseek with all of her records banned me though--I think I tried to download too many, or they are just stingy.

― Mary (Mary), Sunday, 25 December 2005 13:14 (twenty years ago)

I'm listening to Lucho Bermudez, great old (40s/50s?) cumbia, with clarinets and stuff. I had never heard a single song in this style until this year, and I think I like it better than most Latin music I've heard from this time, in addition to liking it better than a lot of the other cumbia I've heard. It's very familiar sounding on one level, because it's clearly a cousin of big band era stuff that my mother would have listened to, but the fact that it's cumbia instead bypasses any problem my inner adolescent would have with it just being music for my mom's generation.

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Sunday, 25 December 2005 16:20 (twenty years ago)

I'm listening to Claudine Longet. I can't imagine why I haven't gotten into her earlier. I downloaded "Snow" for my Christmas mix

aw yeah

― inger lynde (Jody Beth Rosen), Sunday, 25 December 2005 16:47 (twenty years ago)

Yeah. I first heard her a couple of weeks ago when Darla put her new release on its home page. I'm listening to "Summer Snow" by the Windmills. I didn't bring any music with me so I'm confined to listening to the mp3s I saved on my old computer, but then I rediscovered Pas/cal's cover of "Duchess" by Scott Walker, which is fab!

― youn, Monday, 26 December 2005 16:43 (twenty years ago)

I've also been listening to sound clips to come up with things to get my parents - so far, the Arcade Fire, Annie Hayden, and Keren Ann.

― youn, Monday, 26 December 2005 16:44 (twenty years ago)

Jäääär, ei Üle ega Ümber

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 14:21 (twenty years ago)

hoodie by lady sovereign
modern english's after the snow
jlc remixes

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

SI-CUT.DB, Behind You
Animo Computer, Don Is Cowboy
eX-Girl, Big When Far, Small When Close
Salk Vacchin, Rock Egypt
Aimla, Arder, Agan, Mälgand Mu süda, ärka üles
Ain Agan & Tallinn Chamber Orchestra/ Toomas Vavilov

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:18 (twenty years ago)

John & Beverley Martyn

Bert Jansch

Nickel Creek

Dylan LPs 1, 2 and 4

U2, The Unforgettable Fire

― the snowfox, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 10:21 (twenty years ago)

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Reggaeton Niños sound-bites

― Rockist_Scientist (RSLaRue), Saturday, 28 January 2006 11:54 (twenty years ago)

Tussle - Kling Klang
Michael Rother - Flammende Herzen

― willem -- (willem), Saturday, 28 January 2006 12:26 (twenty years ago)

Couple of shit orchestral works by Chen Yi and Toshi Ichiyanagi but Allan Gaussin 'Ogive' for 12 strings and harpischord saves the day. Its a game of two halves I tells ya.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 28 January 2006 20:11 (twenty years ago)

Oh and v late last night while waiting to watch the final of the Australian Open: a spin given to the Birthday Party live album (so so good) and a disc of Coltrane's "live in japan" w/Alice rocking it on piano.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 28 January 2006 20:28 (twenty years ago)

I should put some music on, it's still an hour to Rosemary and Thyme.

I think I will listen to Mastadon.

― jel -- (jel), Saturday, 28 January 2006 20:29 (twenty years ago)

Just Lene Marlin's Another Day. Over and over.

― Nicholas Passant (Nicholas Passant), Saturday, 28 January 2006 22:29 (twenty years ago)

Toshi Hosokawa faking Buddhist song and chant in his 'New seeds of Contemplation' for ensemble.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 29 January 2006 11:53 (twenty years ago)

Daniel Figgis,
Yonin-Bayashi,
Megadeth
(YO!)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:00 (twenty years ago)

My Favorite - The Happiest Days of Our Lives

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:02 (twenty years ago)

yo...

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:38 (twenty years ago)

Zu & Mats Gustafsson - How to Raise an Ox

― mcd (mcd), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:39 (twenty years ago)

YO!

t\'\'t have you heard Dragonforce?

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:44 (twenty years ago)

The Best of Bert Jansch

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 18:52 (twenty years ago)

t\'\'t have you heard Dragonforce?

er, i honestly haventtae
:)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:01 (twenty years ago)

you need to check them out!

http://www.dragonforce.com/

(I think the music starts playing straight away, so be warned if at work etc.)

― jel -- (jel), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:04 (twenty years ago)

(my home bein' my workcastle...)

*CLICK!*

...ho-ho, now that was fast, and fairly furious!
:)

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:11 (twenty years ago)

grace jones
villalobos

― ai lien (kold_krush), Tuesday, 31 January 2006 19:44 (twenty years ago)

Thelonious Monk Quartet w/ John Coltrane - At Carnegie Hall

Berg's Violin Concerto and Sonny Sharrock's Ask the Ages got me through the night.

― Sundar (sundar), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 06:24 (twenty years ago)

Bartok 'miraculous mandarin', Peter Ablinger works for ensemble, works from the 80s by west coast minimalists Mikel Rouse and Micahel Gordon and gave Beefheart's 'trout mask replica' a play.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 10:51 (twenty years ago)

bhundu boys

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 10:53 (twenty years ago)

3 inches of blood - advance and vanquish

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 17:14 (twenty years ago)

Still Radio 2, including the other night B&S live, and the fabulous forthcoming Delays 45.

Otherwise, THE WHO LIVE AT THE BBC, featuring Brian Matthew then Bob Harris, taped for me by Steady Mike about 5-6 ago and still worthy. It even ends with MBV's 'You Made Me Realise [Realize?]' ep.

― the bellefox, Wednesday, 1 February 2006 19:57 (twenty years ago)

clientele, strange geometry
sade, best of
var mathew jonson tracks on repeat
waylon jennings, "lonesome, 'onry, and mean"
lindstrøm & prins thomas, s/t
the four tops, the best of the four tops

― andrew m. (andrewmorgan), Wednesday, 1 February 2006 20:14 (twenty years ago)

"Mary" by the Crustaceans (This should be your song!)

― youn, Thursday, 2 February 2006 04:26 (twenty years ago)

Timecode: New Weave Artists - Various Artists (New Weave 1995)
Sula - Helena Tulve
Digital Wildlife - Fred Frith
What Now? - Kenny Wheeler, Chris Potter, John Taylor, Dave Holland

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:20 (twenty years ago)

Is that a new Frith?

― Sundar (sundar), Thursday, 2 February 2006 21:16 (twenty years ago)

I am listening to Hello Hello: the Best of Claudine Longet. Now she's singing a song by Margo Guryan. I love them both.

― youn, Friday, 3 February 2006 01:27 (twenty years ago)

PF, that sounds like paradise, the whole scenario.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 3 February 2006 08:13 (twenty years ago)

Is that a new Frith?

It's from 2002, Digital Wildlife is.

― t''t, Friday, 3 February 2006 13:22 (twenty years ago)

Joe Meek Box.

― Dr.C (Dr.C), Friday, 3 February 2006 13:34 (twenty years ago)

Shit, I should import that in iTUNES and give it a listen. :-(

Nowadays: Pieter Jan De Smet - Anti-dote and August

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 3 February 2006 14:01 (twenty years ago)

Within Temptation - Mother Earth

― jel -- (jel), Sunday, 5 February 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

My brother got his MP3 player as a late late present so i've naturally stolen it, put some of my files on and been listening to "everything" last night.

Today - Andriessen's 'die staat' is another minimalist masterpiece.
A cpl of things by two Richards: Barrett and Ayres, Per Norgard's 4th symphony, some Nono and Xenakis.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Sunday, 5 February 2006 18:41 (twenty years ago)

"The Unique Thelonious Monk" and "Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington."

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Monday, 6 February 2006 04:36 (twenty years ago)

flipper - generic
killed by death volume 2
butthole surfers - locust abortion technician

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Monday, 6 February 2006 04:39 (twenty years ago)

Olof Brostrom - Daydream Worlds

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 6 February 2006 17:40 (twenty years ago)

vincent, on warp. g(ee).

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Monday, 6 February 2006 17:57 (twenty years ago)

Joao Donato - Mimosa No. 1

― Thea (Thea), Monday, 6 February 2006 22:43 (twenty years ago)

the liliput compilation

― youn, Monday, 6 February 2006 23:36 (twenty years ago)

Cocoon Compilation E

― willem -- (willem), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 07:05 (twenty years ago)

The Bad Plus trio, live on Mezzo channel. Real good, too.
...Oh, that was yesterday! Hah. Hm. Today, some Dr.Chadbourne. Yeah.

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Tuesday, 7 February 2006 21:35 (twenty years ago)

Living Things - Ahead of the Lions
Van Morrison - Moondance
Satie - Gnossiennes; Gymnopedies (Reinbert de Leeuw)
The Streets- A Grand Don't Come for Free
Junior Boys - Last Exit
Fushitsusha - Allegorical Misunderstandings

― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 9 February 2006 18:41 (twenty years ago)

My Bloody Valentine Ecstacy and Wine
Guitar - Sunkissed

― willem -- (willem), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 14:38 (twenty years ago)

McDonald and Giles
Clara Rockmore - The Art of the Theremin
Miles Davis - The Complete Bitches Brew Sessions
Ile Aiye - Black Chant
Asha Bhostle/Kronos Quartet - You've Stolen My Heart

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 15:00 (twenty years ago)

Dr. C listens to some *new* stuff today :

Strokes - First Impressions of Earth. First song - fantastic, forget all the disparaging remarks I've ever made about them. Second Song - nice, noisy, fun. Then it goes downhill to the point where you wonder how the hell half of these songs got released. The vocals irritate horribly.

Bloc Party - crikey this is good. Only listened half of it so far, but all killer up to now.

― Dr. C (Dr. C), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 15:31 (twenty years ago)

I've discovered Ash Ra Tempel. (*3rd eye blinks in harsh new light*)

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

Thea Gilmore - Loft Music. Best covers album ever?

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 15:40 (twenty years ago)

Jennifer Gentle - Valende

― willem -- (willem), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 16:07 (twenty years ago)

the six parts seven

― slow jamz and white guy indie acoustic shit (Chris V), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 16:21 (twenty years ago)

Stone Roses - Second Coming currently bobbin' to "Begging You"!

― willem -- (willem), Tuesday, 14 February 2006 22:23 (twenty years ago)

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