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Now that's a goodie Alex :)
Spacebound Apes
Neil Cowley Trio
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My favourite Zep Album
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Can’t believe this is 10 years old! Henry Bins (Zero 7) and Bo Bridges (season one of The Voice - real name Lady Catherine Brudenell-Bruce) team up to make a great downtempo electronica album, and ultimately make three babies after marrying. Cute!
Don't know the Album but liked for the back story.Quote:
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When the Levee Breaks - anyone see where Jack White pinched his entire style from ?Quote:
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Yup, there's been a lot of theft from LZ over the years.Quote:
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I know very little about your music tastes @Tim but based upon your Kneecap comment this might be up your Strasse. A quick read up on REN's unfortunate background would add some useful context.
His Album Sick Boi is more personal and equally as good.
I think it / he's incredible.
If I knew the answer to that myself Mike, life might be a little simpler!Quote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
Very eclectic, constantly moving and I go through phases, I'm in a jazz phase at the moment I guess - the only constant I would say is it's rarely mainstream. I saw the Kneecap movie recently and that really opened my eyes to rap and hip hop, as did Straight Outta Compton, both outstanding films. Previously I avoided rap and hip hop, because I didn't understand it - I still don't totally, but I'm learning to respect it.
I'll give it a go later if I can find it, thanks :)
Los Ángeles
ROSALÍA
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Raw, traditional flamenco and quite astonishing
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REN - Sick Boi
Perfect answer. I've tried Jazz and the only stuff that appeals is well, well leftfield. No classical, no Funk/ Jazzfunk, no "Pop", no "middle of the road, whatever that is", no Choral etc. Give REN a try, he's a really interesting dude.Quote:
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Seems like only yesterday I bought this, 37 odd years ago…. On vinyl, (and subsequently CD) but cheating and streaming on Tidal this morning. Next move now I have managed to wheedle the big speakers into the living room is a turntable…. :eyebrows:
The title track Stateside is 2 minutes of pure instrumental genius and a great test track.
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My favourite Stone's album.
'' Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic states that the album "may consist mainly of filler, but it's expertly written and performed filler".
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Originally Posted by Macca
I'm not sure I could pick a favourite Stones album Martin . . . could make my head explode as I'd find it too hard!
I suppose now I think about it that's harder than it seemed :) - I probably listen to Emotional Rescue the most but it seems reckless to claim it's better than the Fingers/Bleed/Exile triumvirate. I like Some Girls and Beggars Banquet a lot too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
:lol: yup, welcome to my world of confusion - still, at least there's a raft of great music in their catalogue to consider.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
FENIAN
KNEECAP
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This is the Qobuz Album of the Week, which is quite an achievement for a Hip-Hop/Rap band. Probably the first of that genre I genuinely want to play repeatedly.
The single sounds more like rave to me. I mean it's a long way from something like Wu Tang.Quote:
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Geckøs - Geckøs (2025)
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Stumbled across the track "Dance of the Gecko" on Radio Paradise, haven't listened to any Howe Gelb stuff for years, this is really good, with production by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels, Tracy Chapman to name but 3).
"Geckøs is an indie-folk supergroup formed by acclaimed songwriter M. Ward, desert rock pioneer Howe Gelb (Giant Sand), and Irish multi-instrumentalist McKowski (The Lost Brothers). Born from a spontaneous recording session at a mutual friend's wedding, the trio creates a "transatlantic" sound that blends Southwestern Americana with Spanish guitar and Irish mysticism."
I think that might be why I like it, it's probably not really rap, but I don't claim to know anything about rap.Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
I'm off to Google Wu Tang now . . .
Wu-Tang Meets The Indie Culture
Wu-Tang Clan
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New to me and yup, I know absolutely nothing about rap, but I don't dislike it :)
While you're on Wu-Tang, Tim, take a look at early NWA - Straight Outta Compton is a good start.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tim
Public Enemy from back then was pretty good too ("It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold us Back" is one I have), though really I prefer the more mellow positive vibe of A Tribe Called Quest or De La Soul. Less gangsta.
My favourite rapper would have to be Q-Tip who, apart from his band Tribe Called Quest, contributed on Chemical Brothers' "Galvanise" and "Go", and Deee Lite's "Groove is in the Heart".
Thanks Mike, I'll give that a go after my sourdough bacon sarnie.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
Thought I'd dig this one out not played it in years
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"The sum of our parts is worth all the organizing," said Method Man. "It's like the Power Rangers where they come together to form that Megazord shit. Them guys are lethal but, when they come together, it's even more incredible. This album will destroy every hip-hop record made in the past ten years."
Straight Outta ComptonQuote:
Originally Posted by Idlewithnodrive
N.W.A
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Yup, like this. I really enjoyed the film, so it sounds familiar and that was probably the first time I started to see Hip-Hop/Rap through a different lens.
Thanks Mike this shit is dope :)
Thanks Mike this shit is dope :)
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I did the same last night! Then moved on to Cypress Hill then had to go and have a lie down in a darkened room!Quote:
Originally Posted by Macca
It's a very intense record. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
I like a bit of Cypress but don't have any of their albums.
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Ex Suede guitarist
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Cassette 1 of 4
Once I Was An Eagle
Laura Marling
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Cassette 1 of 3
I have at least 3 cassette decks, but no idea where my (very small number) of tapes are!
Bryde - Still (2022)
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Solo project of Sarah Howells (Paper Aeroplanes, and various Trance guest vocals). Still love her voice, but I think I prefer the Paper Aeroplanes stuff to her solo albums.
Now I didn't know that . . . I'm on it, ta :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
I only own about 30 / 40 or so Cassettes. I've gone to sell the deck a few times but then can't bring myself to do it. I do love the medium and the deck. I drag it out 2 or 3 times a year to keep it going, promise myself to buy more cassettes and listen to it more (it does sound pretty special) but then put it back in the cupboard and buy more vinyl :doh:Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex_UK
Certainly a great deck, Mike! I can see why you wouldn't want to part with it. I only ever really used mine to make compilation tapes for the car back in the 80's. Most of them ended with "Happy Hour" by The Housemartins - it was the shortest single I knew and I always managed to fit it on the last bit of tape on the spool!
Finishing the evening appropriately with:
Chromatics - Night Drive (2007)
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One of those bands that I discovered, forgot about, discovered again and forgot about again! Too much music, not enough time!
Born To Kill
Social Distortion
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Well, there's a coincidence or two! Whilst Tim was playing the new Social Distortion album Born To Kill I was carrying on with Chromatics, and Kill For Love. Now you're playing the Starship, Dom, whilst I'm playing the Airplane!
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English Teacher - This Could Be Texas (2024)
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A new one on me - they're playing at Latitude, so just checking them out - interesting so far, definitely worth a repeat play or two.
Great LP from the good ol' days.Quote:
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Agreed, and so much better than their evolution to 'The Starship'.Quote:
Originally Posted by hifi_dave
Tina Dico - Whispers (2014)
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Not played this one in a while. Come on Tina, we need a new album - been 8 years since Fastland.