― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:46 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:47 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:51 (twenty years ago) link
― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:53 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:54 (twenty years ago) link
― o. nate (onate), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:58 (twenty years ago) link
when i moved to london some of the very few records that i left behind were my big beat ones. i think i have big beat guilt.
― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 2 September 2004 12:59 (twenty years ago) link
10 CDs I either bought or borrowed from friends in 1994:
Dambuilders, EncendedorGreen Day, DookieMorrissey, Vauxhall and IOasis, What's the Story (Morning Glory)PJ Harvey, 4-Track DemosR.E.M., MonsterSeal, Seal (1994)Sonic Youth, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No StarSoul Coughing, Ruby VroomVeruca Salt, American Thighs
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:00 (twenty years ago) link
― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:01 (twenty years ago) link
Hey look, it's not everyday that I'll say Britpop was dull but I did for the sake of argument. I'm just saying that 1994 was when a whole load of exciting stuff was happening because everyone was coming to terms with "hey dance isn't really so bad after all" but after that it got watered down with shit like Bentley Rhythm Ace and stuff.
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:01 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:02 (twenty years ago) link
― Jimmybommy JimmyK'KANG (Nick Southall), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:03 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:04 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:05 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:06 (twenty years ago) link
― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:07 (twenty years ago) link
I was still listening to Now Compilations for the most part in '97 but the Prodge, Snoop and Dummy changed all that.
― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:11 (twenty years ago) link
The Wire - 1994 Records of the Year Portishead - Dummy Massive Attack - Protection David Toop & Max Eastley - Buried Dreams Peter Brotzmann - Die Like a Dog Laika - Silver Apples of the Moon Charles Gayle - Live at Disobey Jeru the Damaaja - The Sun Rises in the East John Oswald - Grayfolded Orang - Herd of Instinct Jan Garbarek/The Hilliard Ensemble - Officium AMM - Newfoundland Bill Frisell - Music for the Films of Buster Keaton Beastie Boys - Ill Communication Earthling - Nothing/Nothingness FM Einheit/Caspar Brotzmann - Merry Christmas Nick Cave - Let Love In Orbital - Snivilization Paul Schutze - The Surgery of Touch 4 Hero - Parallel Universe Craig Mack - Flava in Ya Ear Stereolab - Mars Audiac Quintet Warren G - Regulate...G-Funk Era Plastikman - Musik Mu-ziq - Tango N'Vectif Cheb Khaled - N'ssi N'ssi Kristin Hersh - Hips and Makers Robin Holloway - Concerto for Orchestra No.2 Trans-Global Underground - Internationsal Times MC Solaar - Prose Combat Boredoms - Chocolate Synthesizer Tricky - Ponderosa Jeff Buckley - Grace God - The Anatomy of Addiction Roni Size - Music Box Fun-Da-Mental - Seize the Time Suns of Arqa - Govinda's Dream (A Guy Called Gerald Remixes) Blur - Parklife Mouse ON Mars - Vulvaland Scorn - Evanescence Nirvana - Unpugged in New York Ascension - Five Titles Ken Ishii - Innerelements Moody Boyz - Product of the Environment Frnk Zappa - The Yellow Shark Baaba Maal - Firin' In Fouta Roger Sessions - Chamber Music Metalheads - Inner City Life Joshua Redman - Mood Swing Bary Guy/London Jazz ComposersÕ Orchestra - Portraits Jon Hassel & Bluescreen - Dressing for Pleasure
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:17 (twenty years ago) link
Sugarcubes, Stick Around for Joy (after hearing this and the Bjork singles that were still in rotation -- "Human Behavior," "Big-Time Sensuality" -- I really wanted to buy Debut, but the one-star review in Rolling Stone put me off)
The Cure, Staring at the Sea: The Singles
and LEST I FORGET:
Reality Bites OST!
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:20 (twenty years ago) link
has this been nominated for the 90s albums list yet?, that album bleeds with sonic emotion
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:21 (twenty years ago) link
― pete b. (pete b.), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:21 (twenty years ago) link
I'm sticking to my guns and saying that 1994 was rub.
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:28 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:47 (twenty years ago) link
― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:50 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 13:57 (twenty years ago) link
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:03 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:04 (twenty years ago) link
― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:06 (twenty years ago) link
Sadly, no.
Jeff Buckley played in my local pub - the Red Lion - in Stevenage Old Town in the spring of 94, as a very weird date on his mini-tour to promote the Sin-e ep. Well, he played a lunchtime gig in the pub, had a kip under his big fur coat, and then played third on the bill to some local punk groups at the Bowes Lyon Youth Club in the evening. He was gorgeous.
― Jerry the Nipper (Jerrynipper), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:12 (twenty years ago) link
Yeah, thought it was gonna be Buckley, but more Grace love makes us gladder.
― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:15 (twenty years ago) link
Select magazine is pretty pivotal in all of this, from my vantage point
― DJ Mencap0))), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:19 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:21 (twenty years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:22 (twenty years ago) link
― R.I.M.A. (Barima), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:33 (twenty years ago) link
― cw28 (cw28), Thursday, 2 September 2004 14:44 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:10 (twenty years ago) link
"Closer," Nine Inch Nails"The Big Empty," Stone Temple Pilots"Come Out and Play," The Offspring
― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:13 (twenty years ago) link
http://wizardishungry.com/mp3z/Teenage%20Bondage.mp3
― gainfully employed (ex machina), Thursday, 2 September 2004 15:14 (twenty years ago) link
OTMFM
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:16 (twenty years ago) link
I made this into CD, I started a trhead about it. Anyway, this is what I liked in 1994.
― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:42 (twenty years ago) link
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:45 (twenty years ago) link
The untitled GMS and 6FS songs were from the "Declaration of Techno-colonial Independence" split-single.
Did the White Birch by Codiene come out in 1994?
― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 2 September 2004 17:45 (twenty years ago) link
I remember it being an identity-crisis kind of year, musically--not for me personally but because the post-Nirvana alt-rock glut had cleaved a space between indie and mainstream-alt, and I f'in' HATED a lot of what got popular that year (Collective Soul, for one; NIN for another). Hip-hop lost me because I distrusted the "keepin' it real" aspect of it; it seemed more austere and less fun than it had been the previous few years. And dance music seemed less juicy, less fun, moving toward arena-techno and stadium house instead of the goofier, more fun stuff I'd been into. Then I went to First Avenue on the last Sunday of the year for their "best of 2004" night and was blown away by how much of the music was really good. I still prefer '91, '93, and '95, but yeah, great year.
― Matos W.K. (M Matos), Thursday, 2 September 2004 21:36 (twenty years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Thursday, 2 September 2004 23:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Thursday, 2 September 2004 23:34 (twenty years ago) link
"best. fucking. year. ever."
couldn't have put it any better.
― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Friday, 3 September 2004 02:18 (twenty years ago) link
Also 1994 was the first time I heard Scooter...
― the neurotic awakening of s (blueski), Friday, 3 September 2004 08:28 (twenty years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Friday, 3 September 2004 08:33 (twenty years ago) link
pre-1994: Italo House, Kiddie Rave, Stadium Techno, Ragga Junglepost-1994: Big Beat, D'n'B, Trance, Trip Hop
actually I think it was when it started getting serious that I went off dance music completely for a few years.
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 3 September 2004 08:36 (twenty years ago) link