I am Ashley Elsdon

someone who's doing some things

Tag: music

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

Also waiting for Fennesz

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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.

A dip in the music pool

Posted by on in Listening

During a two hour drive I put my iPod on shuffle, which always results in a wonderfully random mix of horror and delight at what’s collected in there over the years. I love finding things that I haven’t listened to in far too long, and other tracks that I have no recollection of whatsoever.

I think I should try this on a more regular basis, except that perhaps only going into shuffle mode on a random basis seems more appropriate.

Is there anything new?

Posted by on in Creative Process

I’ve been continuing to read Nicollas Collins book ‘Handmade Electronic Music’, and I’ve started to think that there are no new ideas to be had. There were so unique and creative ideas musically that I started to wonder if I would ever find a way to do anything unique.

Then I started to realise that I don’t need to do anything unique, just something that sounds good, at least to me. Because that’s what music is about.

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.