Like a Magic Kiss!

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Have A Nice Life - Deathconsciousness

"Contextually awe-inspiring, a lo-fi masterpiece" according to sputnikmusic.com

"Bloody brilliant!" according to me!

There is a lot i could say about this but....i won't. The music should do the talking for me.
Anyhoo if you like downbeat MBV, Godspeed style Joy Division-esque doom mongering (like i do) buy this.

I did.

From here.

or here.

If you buy the cd you also get a book written by them and some other chap they know.

Have a Nice Life - Bloodhail
Have a Nice Life - I Don't Love

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Thursday, February 14, 2008

I just asked Justice a question..

on BBC 6 music radio.

"Dear Justice if i had to buy a cd today, what would it be?"

This was there answer

Sparks - Number One Song In Heaven !?

I know it was Moroder produced but.......C'mon

(Actually tis very good)

Monday, February 11, 2008

Let's wrestle - I Won't Lie To You

This is top.

Buy new 6 track cd from HERE

Listen HERE

Wednesday, February 06, 2008

A Ceratin Ratio Early - Soul Jazz Comp

Worth getting cos they is ace!

From Here!

Saturday, February 02, 2008

Fluorescent Grey - Gaseous Opal Orbs

Right let's get this sorted. I'm not much of a fan of anything that presents itself as "science" as this cos what usually occurs is a terrible Future Sound of London-esque stinker so I was not looking forward to this one due to it's flabby Ufo-Orbish sounding title. I won't tell you the track titles as Pink Floyd may sue.

Also it said in the press release that it should be filed under "Strange Electronic Music" (??!!) or "Experimental" (Double ??!!) What isn't nowadays.

So I took a step back from the tie-dye packaging and dodgy wordplay (Like i can talk) and used my ears.

It's really lovely! It is not experimental cos it ain't improvised. The varied sounds are clipped, stretched and manipulated quite beautifully. The production is excellent and has that Kompact sound (The Field, Gui Borratta etc) though obviously not as kraut. The experience reminds me of Pantha Du Prince and the Animal Collective eating sherbert together with the Gescom crew barging in and necking lots of cheap wine. What a party!!

Lot's of sonic pieces all cleverley stitched together to create a warm, intriguing and rewarding listenable listen.

Fluorescent Grey - Gaseous Opal Orbs : Out 29Th Feb on Record Label Records

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Fuck Buttons

Fuck buttons? Yes indeed!!! They are freakin top...

Noise beautiful noisy sweet noise. Scarey, sweet and frightening. Comforting and fuzzy. Warm yet cold...very cold, but warm still. Please buy, download...whatever.

I'm in love.

Fuck Buttons was conceived by Andrew Hung & Benjamin John Power in the winter of 2004, Bristol UK.
Initially the group was born as an outlet for their nihilistic-noise tendencies but quickly, the two Fuck Buttons realised they could harness the use of noise as a tool to immerse and evoke. No longer afraid of melody or rhythm, the group started fusing all these elements to the point when drone becomes melody becomes rhythm.

With their electric live performances sealing the notion that the two Fuck Buttons are attempting some kind of transcendence between the listener and the Universe itself, one could easily envisage one’s psyches being shaken by the very rumbles of the earth’s motions.

Tribal beats and subtle beautiful melodies weave amongst contorting Technicolor drone-scapes while preaching distorted-vocals scream for dear hope herself…

Fuck Buttons straddle you between the wall of sound that lies between the beginning of destruction and the end of birth. This grand noise will fondle you into a state of immersed euphoria. From ATP website.

HERE IS A SNIPPET

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

(Early i Know) Best Christmas album ever?!

Vince Guaraldi Trio - A Charlie Brown Christmas

Vince Guaraldi Trio - Christmas Time Is Here

Sunday, November 04, 2007

Burial - Untrue - Review

Burial returns from the underworld with a new album of excellence; only this time he has brought along the WD40.

I adore the first album and was waiting for this new one with both excitement and apprehension. In this day and age it takes something very special to tickle my fancy (fnar-fnar) and my fancy was tickled even before "Untrue" was available (thanks to the excellent Boomkat website). This album is an altogether much more upbeat listen; the beats are a lot more lubricated than on "Burial" and with this new spokey-dokeyness a less difficult work develops. The filmic vocal clips still permeate the proceedings and cover all in a gangsta Lynchian/Loach vibe. Throughout "Untrue" old skool ardcore's ghost moans mournfully ("Raver") with major chord sweeps filling the chest and lungs of each track, creating a more direct listen ("Near Dark"). Melody is in no short supply and the beats come on like a victorian wind-up dubstep machine. Bullet cases fall from the air onto cold stone floors, vinyl cracks and smoulders amid nostalgic memories of dances less commercial days. There are more vocals on the record but they compliment the sounds perfectly("Untrue"), being used themselves as instruments to add more colour to an already lush pallette. It is a fabulously romantic and welcoming record,one that is difficult to pin down with any real degree of accuracy. The Screamadelica for this generation has just arrived.

All bull-shit aside. This is a fantastic album that is getting better with each listen (Seven now).

BUY IT!

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Back to the old routine.

Been listening to the After Dark comp that lot's of peeps were ravin about. Gotta say i didn't "feel it" (for want of a better phrase). However this little gem did stand out for me. Ital-space-disco? who cares...tis greeeeeeeaaaaat! Buy the 300 only cd from http://www.tropicalcomputersystem.com/ (Only £8 to UK)

Professor Genius-Pegaso

And it get's better...

Professor Genius-Across the Spree

Ta to missingtoof