Today I read this in one of those excellent 33 1/3 album books. This from author Alan Warner writing on Can's Tago Mago album:
It is inevitable for writers writing about music that we must resort to image, simile, and metaphor. So you are going to get guitars playing on balconies across a mountain valley, and you are going to get keyboard solos compared to a killer whale rodeo. It is not something ...
Showing posts with label luke vibert. Show all posts
Showing posts with label luke vibert. Show all posts
Sunday, 30 September 2018
Log #105 - New Reggae Old Dub
September 30, 2018
18, bob dylan, bob marley, kruder and dorfmeister, luke vibert, protoje, wagon christ
Sunday, 30 April 2017
Log #31 - David Sylvian - From Pop Star to Serious Musician
April 30, 2017
17, david sylvian, iron and wine, logs, luke vibert, prem joshua, van morrison
David Sylvian found fame as the flamboyant front man of pop group Japan who were actually active a lot earlier than I'd assumed. They were formed as far back as 1974 ie. in the hey day of prog and glam. This surprised me as I'd always thought of them as an 80s pop band of the Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls, Spandau Ballet type, rather than contemporaries of Roxy Music and David Bowie. To be fair ...
Sunday, 23 April 2017
Log #30 - Impressive Beards / Mixed Results
April 23, 2017
17, arbouretum, david sylvian, iron and wine, john surman, logs, luke vibert, willard grant conspiracy
1. Willard Grant Conspiracy - Mojave
2. Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
3. David Sylvian - Dead Bees on a Cake
4. John Surman - Coruscating
5. Luke Vibert - YosepH
6. Arbouretum - The Gathering
The Willard Grant Conspiracy album is so so. I used to love this sort of laid back Americana stuff but now it sounds pretty middle of the road and very low key. Actually a bit depressing. The lead ...
Sunday, 16 April 2017
Log #29 - I Love Luke Vibert's Acid
April 16, 2017
17, david sylvian, iron and wine, john surman, logs, luke vibert
1. Iron and Wine - Around the Well CD 2
2. Iron and Wine - Kiss Each Other Clean
3. David Sylvian - Dead Bees on a Cake
4. John Surman - Coruscating
5. Luke Vibert - Lover's Acid
6. Luke Vibert - YosepH
I love these heavy beatz Luke Vibert albums from his early noughties acid phase. They sound so fresh and current even though they are both over 10 years old now. An artist who has kept up a remarkably ...
Sunday, 2 April 2017
Log #27 - Four Tet Doing The Rounds
April 02, 2017
17, fairport convention, four tet, logs, luke vibert, money mark, rodriguez, van morrison, wagon christ
1. Rodriguez - Coming From Reality
2. Money Mark - Mark's Keyboard Repair
3. Fairport Convention - The History Of
4. Four Tet - Rounds
5. Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush
6. Van Morrison - The 1967 New York Sessions
Cover album is from Four Tet. I really like this DJ Artist, real name Keiran Hebden, who composes his own material. Seeing him live too was a ...
Sunday, 26 March 2017
Log #26 - How to Tell the Temperature from a Cricket
March 26, 2017
17, four tet, logs, luke vibert, money mark, rodriguez, sly and the family stone, van morrison, wagon christ
1. Rodriguez - Coming From Reality
2. Money Mark - Mark's Keyboard Repair
3. Sly and the Family Stone - The Collection
4. Four Tet - Rounds
5. Wagon Christ - Sorry I Make You Lush
6. Van Morrison - The 1967 New York Sessions
Wagon Christ is one of the pseudonyms of Luke Vibert - a prolific DJ and mixer, like Aphex Twin, from Cornwall. What I admire about Vibert's ...
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