Rodders Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 just got into him recently, really good. Photosynthesis is my track du jour from this one. Also on a random buy from amazon: had never heard of him before but sampled a couple of songs and thought what the hell, album itself is really good - a broad range, I suppose from heavy blues rock to much slower paced stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders Posted August 4, 2011 Share Posted August 4, 2011 That "The Joy Formidable" I think I saw them supporting a Manics gig earlier this year, if that was them, they are terrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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GarethRDR Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 For fans of Emeralds/Boards Of Canada. Never heard of it myself until this morning, hell of a back story: Jürgen Müller, b. 1948 in Hamburg, Germany. Jürgen Müller was a self-taught amateur musician who, while studying oceanic science at the University of Kiel, purchased some electronic instruments and set up a mobile studio on his house boat, docked along the town of Heikendorf, on the North Sea. He held a life-long fascination with the ocean, the expansive and endless inner-space of the deep, where he felt many ecological miracles had yet to be discovered, and which kindled a love for the unknown. This love of all things nautical started early in his youth and eventually led him to study the oceanic sciences. For one week in 1979 Jürgen took up with a film crew on a mission to document some sea-water toxicity testing that was being performed by a couple of notable biologists, only a few kilometers off the shore. This was to air as a special later to be viewed in universities. Jürgen went to take notes for a course, but soon found himself instead moved by the surroundings more in an artistically inspired sense than a scientific one. He found the mystery and romance of the great seas to be quite moving, and then decided rather abruptly that he would make music to capture this feeling. Utilizing only a handful of barely-remembered childhood piano lessons, Jürgen set about creating his marine-influenced vignettes with some electronic instruments he had gathered through friends, as well as borrowing some new equipment from a local school’s music department. As a general music lover, earlier in the '70s he had taken note of several avant garde electronic composers who he felt simultaneously captured a purity of sound and sense of wonder that was lacking in other music. He dreamt of fusing this ideal with the synthetic recreations of nature. In a sense, one could say he stumbled onto an early “new age” aesthetic through pure ignorance and coincidence. Mixing relaxing ambient tones and spooky otherworldly sounds, he came up with a unique approach. After filling several reels of home recordings he held ambitions of becoming a film composer. He decided to start his own publishing company, Neue Wissenschaft, and hoped to compose albums in order to sell as production music to various film companies for use in documentaries and television programs. As he was simultaneously hard at work on his studies to finish school, he had to work on his music in short intervals, and often had to put it aside altogether. As a result, it took several years for him to actually realize his sole full-length recording, Science of the Sea, the sessions for which began in late 1981, before finishing a year later. Less than 100 copies were pressed, and few of them were even sent out to potential clients. Most copies were eventually given to friends and family. Jürgen’s musical gamble never quite paid off as he had hoped, and without any outside interest or connections in the music world, he soon abandoned any dreams of a musical existence and instead chose to further his oceanographic career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Just listened to this stellar piece of jazz fusion for the first time. I can already see this becoming one of my favorites. Gareth, that sounds like its similar to Biosphere. And I'm a huge Boards fan, so I'll definitely check that out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC-Prideofbrum Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johndunse Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix. What a magical band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Anglo French pop perfection. Stand out track: Ping Pong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Teenage Fanclub - Grand Prix. What a magical band. Love The Fannies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Jürgen Müller Ha, never, cool, been asked for this before by an electronic music freak. He was an English guy living in Sweden, the album had a reputation amongst his friends over there. He was very disappointed when I looked at him blankly. He doesn't come back very often. Wonder if he's picked up on the release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 9, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 9, 2011 This should help Xann get off to sleep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Is it sleepytime? Where's my dry martini & Valium? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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mjmooney Posted August 10, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 10, 2011 Never quite got all the fuss about Patti Smith. I remember the NME going into its usual hype about how this was something entirely new, that owed nothing to previous rock music, etc. I was intrigued and looked forward to hearing her. Then I did, and what was it? Well it was... rock music. It was OK, quite good, even. Mainstream American noo wave-ish rock (with a dash of poetry, a la Jim Morrison) - nothing out of the ordinary as far as I could see. Still feel the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted August 10, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2011 Patti Smith did some great songs, and plenty of really ordinary ones. Horses is a cracker, mind. Listening to this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 Horses is a cracking album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyblade Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I don't know what it is about Post-Hardcore, but when done right; it's one of my favorite genres. Album is La Dispute's one and only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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