Fashion’s first album was so good, and this wasn’t. It was a disappointment although it did have a couple of good tracks on it. It’s a shame that they didn’t do anything like the first album again.
Tag: music
I love music. Making music, listening, talking about it and anything else too.
Unknown Public 2 in pictures
I put up some pictures of Unknown Public 1 and I thought I’d continue with that and show the next in the series. From issue two I moved from cassette to CD, as you can see.
Uncommon Deities … a work of incredible beauty
I’ve had this album for some time but never spent enough to really listen to it deeply, but I did that the other week and found it was a work of almost intense beauty and depth. The words and the concepts are unique and wonderful and executed in such a subtle way it has to be one of the most thought provoking albums I’ve heard in ages.
I really want to listen to it again, in the same sort of environment, with the same attention to listening. It isn’t always something that’s easy to do.
John Foxx, Ghost Harmonic: Codex
I’ve been waiting for this for some time, and now it’s here. I think it requires some special listening though, not just a casual listen, not just on headphones and walking through the city, but a much more considered and deep experience.
Wishing that Unknown Public was still a thing
But it isn’t and hasn’t been for a long time now, which is such a shame. It was such an interesting idea and such a good package. Of course it was in a time before music discovery on the internet was a thing. Before Spotify was a thing. Back then, stuff like Unknown Public (although there wasn’t really anything like it) was a really good way to discover new music, new artists. It worked like that for me.
So in many ways it doesn’t have a place in terms of today’s music world, but I think we’re poorer for it. A lot of the enjoyment from Unknown public was in how it was put together. The beauty of the package and its contents. You can’t make that on the internet. Maybe someone should try.
Listening to Greg Haines
Since seeing him live at Denovali Festival at the weekend I’ve been interested to hear his recorded output. So I found him on Spotify and had a listen. Well, I’ve been really enjoying his album ‘Where we were’. I’m fairly sure that a lot of that is what he was playing at the Festival.
I think I could really get into this actually. It has nice way of evolving from one track to another and flowing subtly. It also has quite cinematic overtones too, which I enjoy a lot. So I think I may have to listen to some more of his back catalogue on Spotify and hear what else he’s done. So far so good.
I had to buy this when I saw it the other day
When Errol Brown sadly died earlier this month I realised that I had no Hot Chocolate in my collection at all. So when I saw this in a local second hand record shop I had to buy it, and it’s great.
I think I probably need a bit more Hot Chocolate in my life now. In fact, I think probably everyone does.
Tik and Tok were awesome
Back in the 80’s when robot dancing was a really big thing I thought that they were amazing. Some of their old tracks still are. These were some of them, although my favourite stuff from them was ‘Crisis’ and ‘Summer in the City’.
This was the first (proper) single I ever bought
It made a huge impression on me and has influenced my musical choices ever since. I can remember playing it over and over again, both sides of course.
These days, when I find a 7″ copy of it, I feel an overwhelming urge to buy it. So when I found this one in a second hand record store for £1 I did buy it.
I’m sure that eventually I’ll end up with a stack of these. Not that that’s a huge problem of course.
First impressions of Nil By Mouth
I do like instrumental albums, and I enjoyed listening to this one from Blancmange. Not something they’ve particularly been known for in the past. Having said that, one of my all time favourite pieces from them is an instrumental. ‘Sad day’ is a stunningly beautiful piece in my opinion.
Anyway, this instrumental album is rather lovely in places and I’ve quite enjoyed hearing it. As with many instrumental albums I’ve found it all too easy to get distracted from the actual listening process and so it’ll need further and more diligent listening I feel. However, it’s off to a good start, and it isn’t something that’ll be consigned to dark places of my music collection.
I am Ashley Elsdon 