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Archive for the 'downtempo' Category
8th September, 2009 | 110 views
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Massive selling album in the seventies but apart from the hit singles taken from it, you have this dreamy piece of post-psychedelia progressive rock. Sounds like something that Steve Hackett would have composed at the beginning of his solo career but without the overt mystical references to wizards, princesses etc. Instead it reflects the mellow vibe of the West Coast rather than the Old World of the United Kingdom.
3rd August, 2009 | 38 views
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Quite a leftfield sound from this Swedish band with a Japanese vocalist – a haunting, ethereal song. Simple arrangement with basically only two main parts: the vocals and a repeated piano melody, plus some strings and sound effects. Unusual and affecting.
13th July, 2009 | 62 views
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Managed to get hold of an advance promo copy of Bruce Bickerton’s new album, Get Lost, which is due out here in the UK on the 27th July. Having long been an appreciative listener of his output even before his debut 2004 album, Induction, the follow up has been forthcoming for some considerable time but here it is. Released to slay listeners, in the gentlest possible sense, with benevolent and serene downtempo sounds and in that regard, it’s no disappointment. Have selected the first track as the best summary of the Alucidnation ’sound’ with it’s gentle caressing sub-100bpm beats; 15 Below reminds me of Small Hours by John Martyn and it’s rounded off with the perfect compliment to a still summer’s evening with Skygazer. However that’s not to cast aspersions on the quality of any of the other tracks in between because having listened to this repeatedly, it really does gain in stature when enjoyed in it’s entirety.
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30th September, 2008 | 88 views
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Just one track from an accomplished album with perfect production from Daniel Lanois and Tony Mangurian, these are all simply just great songs. My path to discovering the ‘Fever In Fever Out‘ album were the tracks “Naked Eye” and “Under Your Skin” which were, to me, groovy rock tracks with overt dance sensibilities, so it’s perhaps not surprising that this album was released on the Beastie Boys’ Grand Royal record label. ‘Take A Ride’ has a chilled out mellow vibe with complimentary over-dubbed vocal harmonies and a bass that loiters across the track.
Live slow, die old
Live slow, die old
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23rd September, 2008 | 157 views
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This is one low slung end-of-night dirty grinder of a tune; part of me was reluctant to put this up and let this little sleazy secret be discovered. Nestled away on the ‘Drivin’ Hard‘ album, I’m actually stepping on ck’s toes a little as he ‘discovered’ this track but saw sense and traded it with me for some other anonymous twelve that I can’t remember. I’m sure there is another copy out there with his name on it; a crate dig away in the musty corner of a charity shop, amidst really bad secondhand clothes.
Written by the drummer, Roger Odell, the drumming is laid back yet tight, add a dirty keyboard sound, mixed with a bit of vocoder-laden lyrics, add a sprinkle of female backing vocals (provided by Gill Saward and Jackie Raw aka, according to the cover notes, the U.K. Sluts) and you’ve got a bona fide soundtrack to a coke binge, now where’s my mirror…
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