Tag: music

I love music. Making music, listening, talking about it and anything else too.

The Unknown Public

Posted by on in Books and Audiobooks, Listening, Stuff

I found all my copies of the Unknown Public today. I’d forgotten about them for the most part, so I may decide to re-listen to the entire collection from January.

I wish that the Unknown Public hadn’t finished. It was such a good idea. It was meant to be a quarterly publication about new music. I don’t think it ever managed to be quarterly. At best you might see 2 a year published. It started in the 1990’s and is long gone now although the website still exists. As far as I can see it hasn’t been updated in a long time now, but never mind. The editions I have are still lovely.

Also waiting for Fennesz

Posted by on in Listening

The next Fennesz / Sakamoto album is due on Monday and I’m really looking forward to that too. I loved their last release and from listening to the previews on iTunes it sounds just as good. Very peaceful, very restful. Yes please. Bring it on.

Blancmange at Bush Hall

Posted by on in Events, Listening

I went to see Blancmange at Bush Hall on Wednesday. What a great gig. What a great band. Some of the old stuff, a lot of the new. I really enjoyed it.

I’m not sure I’ll get to another gig before the end of the year, so it was a good way to end the year in live music terms.

Bush Hall

Posted by on in Events, Places

I went to Bush hall last night and apart from it being a great gig (more of that another time) I loved the building, so here are a couple of shots of the ceiling. It was a great little venue.

The sound is a signature

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I’ve been a fan of John Foxx for a long time now, but listening to his latest album I started to realise that there is a real signature to his songs, to the progressions and sequencing of them. You could probably recognise them in other people’s music quite easily.

Not that it is a bad thing you understand. I like his music a lot and I think that the last two albums he’s done as John Foxx and the Maths have been excellent. In fact I’ve been playing tracks from them quite obsessively for a while now.

It just occurred to me when I was listening to Evergreen.

New Fennesz / Sakamoto album coming next month

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It’s called Flumina and I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve just been listening to the previews on iTunes and it sounds very peaceful and restful, and almost certainly what I’ll need by early next month.

It’s due on the 5th of December, so not too long to wait.