Aliosha
Aliosha
13 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 6,74

The Meters - The Meters (1969) Full Album an incredible instrumental funk track, my favorite among their albums, a breakbeat paradise
 
ygmarchi2
ygmarchi2
13 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 12,00

Haunted by a song

The Beatles - Honey Pie (demo)

This piece bores me, but for about 25 years now, every few days I find myself humming it :)
 
sotomayor
sotomayor
13 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 8,72

I continue the #zot2016 review with an album Iā€™ve been meaning to check out for a while (i.e., I wanted to listen to it since it came out).

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Until the Hunter (Tendril Tales).

'Until the Hunter' is Hope Sandoval's (Mazzy Star) third album with the Warm Inventions. Released on Tendril Tales on November 4, 2016, the album was produced with the collaboration of Colm O Ciosoig (drummer of MBV) as producer and features a significant special guest, Kurt Vile, who co-wrote the song 'Let Me Get There' with Hope, a pop-soul ballad with very seventies vibes that can even remind one of giants like Marvin Gaye and Gil-Scott Heron. The album is undoubtedly a quality product, elegant and stylish, as is typical of Hope, alternating more pop tracks like 'The Peasant Ballad', 'Day Disguise', 'Isn't It True' with more minimal and evocative pieces like the ballads 'A Wonderful Seed' (which recalls the famous 'Spanish Caravan' by the Doors), the bluesy 'Salt Of The Sea', and the country western 'I Took A Slip', leading up to the conclusive 'Liquid Lady', which, along with 'Let Me Get There' (I confirm that I now prefer Kurt Vile in his collaborations, including the one on the LP with Courtney Barnett, more than in his solo work), is probably the most convincing song on the album where Hope Sandoval showcases all her performer abilities. Ultimately, it's an album by a singer-songwriter who knows how to write well but may lack expressive strength in the arrangements, just as her vocal performances are not always as convincing as Hope has accustomed us (perhaps too well) to in the past. 3/5

Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions - Let Me Get There ft. Kurt Vile
 
Dislocation
Dislocation
13 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 8,06

Kraftwerk - Spacelab (The 3D-Catalogue)

KRAFTWERK WEEK: Spacelab.........
 
Dislocation
Dislocation
13 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 8,06

Kraftwerk - Endless Endless

KRAFTWERK WEEK: Endless Endless...
 
Battlegods
Battlegods
13 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 4,72

amm - after rapidly circling the plaza (lp version) Impact with a mass of wreckage. 1966! When? 1966! I'm saying it all.
 
sotomayor
sotomayor
13 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 0,00

The 'Buzzin' Sound' series continues (look for the #buzz label for all episodes of the series) where I let myself be guided by @[ALFAMA] through the most mysterious and experimental corners of the music world, as if he were Virgil and I Dante, while Beatrice is absent. But today I present to you these French artists who, whether you like them or not, are or are destined to become a true cult object among fans of progressive music or more atypical and experimental music from the seventies.

Archaia - Archaia (1977)

The French group Archaia (Pierrick Le Bras, Michel Munier, Philippe Bersan), devoted to the sound of Magma, set up this project in the mid-seventies, reinterpreting those typically progressive sounds in a more experimental way and constructing compositions without drums, primarily based on a particular use of percussion. The final result was something that is still genuinely difficult to find even among experimental formations today. The eponymous album, produced by Dominique Calmel, was released in 1977 and remains to this day the only testament to their music. The album, with its mysterious atmospheres and laden with esoteric content like some of the progressive episodes of those years, revolves around the fundamental role of the bass, which is quite peculiar and in some ways anticipates certain uses of the instrument in the following decade, starting from the birth of the so-called no-wave. The guitar plays a definitely secondary role compared to the massive use of synths, which recall certain sounds that are indeed typical of progressive bands of the era, and the characteristic vocals. Over it all shines a certain intellectual theatricality of the period. The best moments in my opinion: 'Soleil Noir', the reverberations of 'Sur les Traces du Vieux Roy', the drone of 'Massa Confusa', the visions of 'Le Grand Secret', 'Vol du Phoenix', the garage acidity of 'Chthonos'.

archaia - chronos (1977)
 
musicanidi
musicanidi
12 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 11,97

Lucio Dalla & Francesco De Gregori - Santa Lucia ...dedicated to all the children...
 
Battlegods
Battlegods
12 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 2,47

Mass- Labour of Love 1981 4AD - You And I Do you know Rema Rema? Well, itā€™s them and this is their gem with the 4AD seal! Do you think thereā€™s anything more terrifying than Hammill, the Virgin Prunes' "Decline And Fall," and the sickest Tuxedomoon?
 
hjhhjij
hjhhjij
12 dec 17

DeRankā„¢: 11,63

Il Suonatore Jones - Fabrizio De AndreĢ€ But how is it that every time this piece starts (when the flute kicks in...) you end up crying like a fountain, just like with "Un malato di cuore"?