Built on noir balladry, instrumental abstraction, and an abiding sense of distance.
...So Pitchfork describes David Sylvian's sumptuous 4th solo album Secrets Of The Beehive. It's a far cry from his pop work with chart topping new wave band Japan in the 80s.
Al Stewart Year Of The Cat
Nucleus Plastic Rock
Nils Frahm All Melody
Jeff Buckley Grace
David Sylvian Secrets ...
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Showing posts with label 19. Show all posts
Sunday, 29 December 2019
Log #170 - What Was The Secret Of David Sylvian's Beehive?
Eddy Bamyasi
December 29, 2019
19, al stewart, david sylvian, floating points, jeff buckley, nils frahm, nucleus
Sunday, 22 December 2019
Log #169 - The Other Side Of God's Favorite Customer
Eddy Bamyasi
December 22, 2019
19, bill laswell, david darling, father john misty, ketil bjornstad, KLF, simon and garfunkel, tord gustavsen
As I come to the end of the year and thoughts turn towards my year end review there are two or three albums in this list this week that will probably make the short list for Album Of The Year. They are the Tord Gustavsen, the Father John Misty, and the KLF.
KLF Chill Out
Father John Misty God's Favorite Customer
Simon and Garfunkel Bridge Over Troubled Water
Bill ...
Sunday, 15 December 2019
Log #168 - Rumours Going Down
I came late to Rumours as explained here but its charms have grown on me, particularly on the more rock orientated numbers like the excellent The Chain which is so much more than that slightly annoying bass riff used for that very annoying car programme. It was a video I caught this week on youtube of a live performance of The Chain that encouraged me to give the album another spin.
Fleetwood ...
Sunday, 8 December 2019
Log #167 - Young Doves Old Streets
Albums one and two from young Paolo Nutini and four from old Neil Young.
Paolo Nutini These Streets
Paolo Nutini Sunny Side Up
Neil Young Mirror Ball
Neil Young Hawks And Doves
Neil Young Tonight's The Night Live At The Roxy
Neil Young Rust Never Sleeps
More consistently excellent soulful rock from Scottish singer Nutini. I'm surprised ...
Sunday, 1 December 2019
Log #166 - A Caustic Voice
Paolo Nutini Caustic Love
Sibelius Complete Works for Violin and Orchestra
Satie Piano Music
Debussy Preludes
Granados Goyescas
Debussy Orchestral Music (CD 1)
I really like Paolo Nutini's voice - it has that gravelly souly quality of a Rod Stewart or Joe Cocker. Oh, go on then, a caustic quality.
Caustic Love is his third and most recent album ...
Sunday, 24 November 2019
Log #165 - Beauty, Happiness, Peace and Low
Eddy Bamyasi
November 24, 2019
19, low, ludovico einaudi, lumineers, neil young, peace, rokia traore
After The Gold Rush is one of those albums that I feel I know so well I hardly have to play it any more. What was nice hearing it again though is recalling the excitement on first hearing it all those years ago. For me NEIL YOUNG was one of the first singer-songwriter artists I discovered, along with Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, who took my listening experience to a new level following ...
Sunday, 17 November 2019
Log #164 - Living With Young
Eddy Bamyasi
November 17, 2019
19, felice brothers, mark ronson, mike oldfield, neil young, van morrison
Felice Brothers Favorite Waitress
Van Morrison Too Late To Stop Now (cd 1)
Mark Ronson Uptown Special
Mike Oldfield Ommadawn
Neil Young Living With War
Neil Young Greendale
I've been recommencing some concentrated Neil Young research towards a forthcoming album ranking - as he has about 50 albums to his name and is showing no sign of letting up ...
Sunday, 3 November 2019
Log #162 - The Veedon Fleece Brothers Undress
Eddy Bamyasi
November 03, 2019
19, beck, dj shadow, donald fagen, felice brothers, steely dan, van morrison
Some treats this week. We spin Beck's latest (although a new album Hyperspace is out later this month) and also The Felice Brothers' latest. Top of the magazine we have two classic albums in the smooth jazz rock form of Steely Dan and Donald Fagen (one half of Steely Dan of course and Donald's first appearance solo at the blog). Centre midfield is taken up by one of Van Morrison's greatest ...
Sunday, 27 October 2019
Log #161 - Tom's Industrial Years
Eddy Bamyasi
October 27, 2019
19, curtis mayfield, laura marling, paolo nutini, tom waits, willard grant conspiracy
Tom Waits is quite a difficult artist. In retrospect my tastes may have changed as I didn't enjoy this album as much as I remembered (house members overhearing the record likened Waits' strangled vocals to the sound of someone dying!).
Franks Wild Years (officially no apostrophe although it only makes grammatical sense to have one) followed Swordfishtrombones and Rain Dogs in ...
Sunday, 15 September 2019
Log #155 - From Celluloid to Wax - Discovering New Music Through Django Unchained
Eddy Bamyasi
September 15, 2019
19, anthony hamilton, beirut, jim croce, john legend, tangerine dream, wilco
Beirut The Flying Club Cup
Jim Croce Photographs and Memories
Wilco Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Anthony Hamilton Ain't Nobody Worryin'
John Legend Once Again
Tangerine Dream Cyclone
Miserabilist - a person who appears to enjoy being depressed, especially a performer of or listener to gloomy music.
[That's the definition from the Collins English ...
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