someone who's doing some things
I love music. Making music, listening, talking about it and anything else too.
I was really pleased to get to see the Radiophonic Workshop at WOMAD this year. They did a talk and also a performance as well. Both were really enjoyable.
This was a great talk from Mr Ware from Heaven 17. I really enjoyed it, he had some great insights into the development of synths since the 1970s. Of course it wasn’t for everyone, but I thought it was awesome, especially as synth 20 was an OP-1!
I felt compelled to get this nice little box set at WOMAD this year. I’ve got quite a lot of the tracks already, but it’s really well put together and it came with a load of bits and pieces like postcards and stuff, most of which have actually survived the weekend and trip home.
I think it goes on general release soon if not already and I’d recommend it to anyone who has been to WOMAD in the past, or who plans to go in the future.
Little local festivals can be a load of fun. Just like this one was the other week. A lovely sunny weekend (mostly) and some nice music (mostly). What could be better?
Well, to be honest, it is Soul Mining at 31, but who’s counting right?
Last night I went along to Rough Trade East to listen to Matt Johnson from The The talk about Soul Mining, The The and what he’s been doing. I went with a certain sense of trepidation as I always worry that I’ll listen to someone who’s music I’ve enjoyed for many years and then I’ll listen to their opinions about other stuff and I won’t be able to listen to their music anymore.
Not so with Mr Johnson. No, we was excellent. Funny, insightful and full of interesting stories about the album and the music. I really enjoyed listening to him talk about each song as well, it gave interesting background, without breaking the spell of what has long been one of my all time favourite albums.
Of course, the evening was even better as I walked away with the 30th (31st to be precise) anniversary box set of Soul Mining, and it is a thing of beauty I have to say.
So now it deserves a proper listen. Well that won’t be a chore will it.
The postcards that came along with this boxed set. They’re really rather lovely, but I’m not sure that they’ll ever leave the box.
Fine albums, and each with extra tracks, which I may, or may not, already have.
I can be a bit obsessed with John Foxx’s work. I suppose that this purchase probably falls into that category.
Which is brilliant, as I think that these go beyond what I’d hoped that they would add. I thought it would be great if we just got MIDI, but this is awesome. I’m looking forward to getting my hands on these and connecting my littleBits kit to a bigger musical world.
I am Ashley Elsdon 