infantjoy - aka paul morley and james banbury

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i am rather excited to hear about this to be honest.

out on sony.

anyone heard anything yet ? is it dull as ditchwater (tis described as ambient), or is it rather special late night noise ?

there is a website that i cant check out yet : www.infantjoy.com

― mark e (mark e), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:29 (twenty years ago)

i hate paul morley

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Monday, 14 November 2005 18:59 (twenty years ago)

paul morley = urgh

― Pay Your Rates, Monday, 14 November 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

paul morzzzzzzzzzzzzzz??

― dumdum, Monday, 14 November 2005 22:39 (twenty years ago)

and Paul Morley is contributing what, exactly?

― Dirk Diggler (Napolean Dynamite), Wednesday, 16 November 2005 23:27 (twenty years ago)

Morleying - I hear.

― the bellefox, Thursday, 17 November 2005 14:46 (twenty years ago)

I might have avoided this headache if I had known to stick my monitor beneath my desk, where it's darker, before trying to read the website. Thanks, Paul.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 17 November 2005 16:02 (twenty years ago)

"It features a vocal performance by Sarah Nixey of Black Box Recorder singing a version of Japan's Ghosts."

Sold, and it's good to know that there's singing in the vocal performance.

― Andy_K (Andy_K), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:00 (twenty years ago)

ok ok .. i have just ejected the much loved lou rawls and david axelrod compilation to actually listen to this properly on headphones. a quick scan over the speakers while doing chores yesterdy revealed this to be a very ambient release with little going on, and so didn't hit home as i aint feeling in an ambient mood recently.
opener 'departure' has a very deep bass throb going on like some mutant massive attack kind of vibe. so far little real obvious PM involvement - who is described in the sleevenotes as doing 'some other things'

will report back later as to the whole album .

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 17 November 2005 20:41 (twenty years ago)

listened to it twice now. gorgeous electronic/ambient noises with a touch of glitchiness here and there, lots of delicate piano (as erik satie is referenced in the detail, lots of treated sonics. the presence of PM is very slight, a few processed vocals on a track or 2 and thats it, but the cover of Ghosts with sarah is very very nice.

a definite headphones treat.

― mark e (mark e), Thursday, 17 November 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

six months pass...

just so you folks know - sarah nixey solo stuff coming out on new infantjoy related record label ..

http://www.serviceav.com/sarahnixey/

― mark e (mark e), Monday, 12 June 2006 06:38 (nineteen years ago)

My friend was playing this a month back (the infantjoy cd that is) and it sounded a little bit naff, certainly toothless, and a pretty crap/crass way of paying tribute to Erik Satie (haven't enough people paid tribute to him yet? They don't even do it very well... probably preferred the Akira Rabelais takeon this) I suspect Morely just wrote the sleevenotes... (see also his role in ZTT)

― gekoppel (Gekoppel), Monday, 12 June 2006 16:40 (nineteen years ago)

saw these guys live...
WORST gig i've ever been to. the musicians were alright, but oh my god morley's contribution was just cringe-makingly awful.

― art vandelay (what?), Monday, 12 June 2006 22:35 (nineteen years ago)

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