Category: Music

Music is a huge part of my life so it’s almost certain that this category will have a lot of stuff in it.

Finished reading “Music in Dreamland”

Posted by on in Books and Audiobooks, Music

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I’ve never been much of a reader of biographies, but this one really got my attention. Having been a long time fan of Bill Nelson I did know a lot about him and his music, but the book brought it to life (of course he’s still alive so it would).

It was well worth the read and I might even buy his other book.

It’s given me a taste for reading other biographies too, which is handy as I have a real backlog of books to read.

Checking through the Wire’s top albums of 2012

Posted by on in Listening, Music

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This is an annual event where I see just how many albums out of the Wire’s top 50 I have bought or have listened to. I’ve not done too badly at all this year so far, and for the first time I’ve got the no.1 album in the Wire top 50 already! It’s Laurel Halo’s Quarantine, and it is a great album, of that there’s no doubt.

So overall I’ve not done too bad for 2012.

Here come the short waves …

Posted by on in Listening, Making things, Music, Sounds

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Some more new (old) music from me that I still haven’t finished and now don’t intend to. This short collection of tracks is probably even less polished than the previous, but it is something I really liked the idea of, but just didn’t finish off in the end.

I hope you enjoy it. Just remember, it isn’t finished at all!

A bit live at WOMAD

Posted by on in Events, Festivals, Music

This is from way back in the summer, but we did manage a couple of songs on one of the open mic stages at WOMAD, which was great fun actually. In fact, we should do it more often I think.

Re-listening to Concreted0g

Posted by on in Friends, Music

I have known Concreted0g for a while now and I really do like his music, so when I was looking for some CDs and stumbled over this one again, which was the first CD of his music I ever heard, it was like bumping into an old friend again. It’s good to hear it again, and just as fresh as ever.

Of course, this is an electronic / circuit bent release, and is really only once facet of his musical talent. His more recent work is just as impressive but in a very different direction. He’s a talented chap you see, and I’m glad to know him.

If you get a chance to listen to his music, or indeed see him live, I’d grab it.