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And it is precisely in opposition to that very true attitude that they brought forth punk. That too, however, was very much focused on "aesthetics".... - I also have Tomato Ketchup by Stereolab, I heard it back then but I don't have a great memory of it.

Yes, yes, I agree, Chic is good, in the terms mentioned by Primiballi. You really made me want to listen to it again, especially this one.

See? Listening to them gives you the impression that your description is spot on, but that the record today sounds, of course, a bit dated. But they piqued my interest. I think I'll look them up. Thank you, Fidia.

Oh, I read your response to Qzerty. But I don't believe it. If I managed to do it just by following DeB's instructions, then anyone can do it. I mean anyone, you know.

Quick, concise, and beautiful, indeed. Never heard of it before. On the website, the "Media" section is under construction. Why not share some samples with us?

@Antmo: but you don’t follow them, so the problem doesn’t arise. - Sometimes I find myself writing about THE DISK, but lately I’ve mainly been doing news updates. Most of it is new releases, often from different genres. Among the dozens I’ve had the chance to listen to in the past months, I choose those: A) not reviewed B) that in some way and to some extent present particular characteristics, elements of interest regarding their field C) albums that sometimes don’t have a wide distribution but seem just as valid as other more well-known ones D) works that aren't necessarily excellent (I really enjoy this, but it’s not objectively a Great album) but that intersected with the right state of mind when I listened to them. - Another thing, and I confess, is the challenge of writing: finding, in a short time (a few minutes), the words that fit the album, trying to avoid repetitions and conveying the impressions of the listening experience. - I listen to less than I would like, especially not in the conditions I prefer. I have a mountain of albums (bought, downloaded, copied, sent to me by kind Users) generated from reading Debaser. I’ll tackle it slowly and at my own pace. But as for the engine "noncepobblema": it’s been out of commission for a while, I’m going by pedals. - Today I'm serious too, Mega, but you always bring a smile to my face. Bye.

Hello, boyz. - @Sfascia: My humble DeRispetti - @JoP: If you like los sempols, let me know. Bai. - @Festwca: in many of the latest ones I held back the logorrhea, here I am 2110, and it’s not the shortest. Thanks - @Stoopid: the weight of all the sounds on this cd equals a spout from the volcano that you described wonderfully today. C U leta -

Well, with copy and paste, some embellishment always comes out... I posted it for Monk's statement. Nice, right?

Stoopid, I found this on a blog: "In the late 1930s, at Minton's Playhouse in NY, after the usual gigs in big orchestras or small combos, some musicians would gather, including Thel. Later, guitarist Charlie Christian, trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, and saxophonist Charlie Parker would arrive. But all the musicians who hung out in the area came by to understand 'what was happening': the protagonists were 'looking for something,' even if they weren't quite sure what it was... Monk, Gillespie (Diz), and Parker (Bird) were studying complicated harmonic progressions (it's said also to prevent 'half-baked' musicians from intruding on their improvisations...) and were crafting nervous, asymmetrical, often dissonant arabesques... the short, sharp phrases that eliminated vibrato suggested the name of 'modern jazz': 'bebop'...
From those informal sessions, especially the saxophonist Charlie Parker would emerge, an extraordinary personality straddling genius and madness, exiting the scene at 35, at the peak of creativity due to drugs.
But Monk would say (rightly, according to many witnesses): 'Bird and Diz didn’t teach me anything, musically speaking, not a chord or a trick. Instead, I have the impression that by playing with me, asking for advice on how to achieve a better sound, on how to write good arrangements, and having me correct their music, they ended up composing themes that somehow came directly from me.'"
Truth or puffery?

I googled and see that Bird and Diz is still in the Verve catalog, remastered in '97, with another cover (also very beautiful, mine has a "classic" photo of the two, red) and, it seems to me, with a few more alt. takes... - I wasn't joking when I said I'm looking for it :))