''....'Climate Of Hunter' is probably the worst-selling record Scott Walker ever made. It didn't stay in Virgin's full priced range for long and even at mid-price was deleted by the turn of the nineties, hardly helped by the universal tide of lousy reviews it garnered on first release. In a sense, I can understand that - after over a decade of waiting, something as unusual and unexpected as this hardly immediate collection of largely untitled and unconventional songs was well hard to take. But an album as adventurous and brave as 'Climate' can't be cast aside forever. Over the years I've played it rarely, then occasionally, then regularly, to the point where I simply could not be without a copy. Pick up a second hand copy somewhere - probably very cheaply - and bear with it. I think you're going to like it, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of your life...''
CLIMATE OF THE HUNTER
''..."Stretch", consists mostly of doom laden ballads. The sustained assault on the listeners emotions, perhaps exemplified by the heart breaking interpretation of "Just One Smile", is somewhat overdone leaving one in need of some light relief from the all pervasive misery. This negative comment is perhaps a tribute to Walker in that he so effectively conveys the themes contained in the songs; the vocalisation is astounding, with Walker delivering each word with the upmost clarity and perfect emotional import. The highlight of the set is Jimmy Webb's, "Where Does Brown Begin", a plea for racial tollerance, sung beatifully. The social content of this song reminds the listener of some of Walker's self penned classics such as, "Big Lousie" from Scott III and "Joe" from "Till The Band Comes In", in which he sings for the desolate and dispossessed...''
STRETCH
''..'The Moviegoer' is a Scott Walker album with a particularly low reputation, even with Scott Walker himself. I'm not exactly sure why, though. Sure, he'd abandoned writing original songs in an effort to sell records again, and choose more 'middle of the road' material to sing. The title of the album gives away the concept for this one, Scott choosing some of his favourite songs from a variety of films. He sings, and that's always good. Scott still had a glorious voice in 1972 and all of these songs are very much in the vein of similar cover material that peppered his first two solo albums. There is a richness to some of the arrangements too, largely absent from the cover material present on 'Til The Band Comes In', a lushness and beauty to the string sounds...''
THE MOVIEGOERgzrsttttr
SCETCHES AND SPELLS
The first album from the Focus Group, a psyched out patchwork of collaged samples. Evoking the school music room, dusty archives and hidden rural rituals.
Julian House’s own The Focus Group; oddly assembled sampledelic collages, stitched together from fragments of library cues and forgotten soundtracks. A beautiful, unhinged stream of consciousness that seems to prod at buried memories.
(manand)
..found it while surfing the net,pretty much what it says on the cover a best of from Cannibal films music,hope you enjoy and...OH NOOOOOO THEY'RE COMIN'FOR ME AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!1
E A T M EGZZRRSSTRR
...one of the most groundbreaking Greek Avant -Garde Records recorded and released in 1981...From the Nurse With Wound meets Arvo Part meets Spoken Word ritual of ''Teleth'' to the tribal power funky rythm 'n' flute of ''Ala Mala Kakala'',from the Byzantine Folk stylings of ''Xeroubiko'' to the Classical Musique Concrete abstractions of ''Eisagwgi''
this record surely sounds awfully dated today and its humor freezes Hell over but noone can resist the pure nostalgia of a time not so long ago when we used to watch ''Little House On The Prairie'' and all we wanted was some playmobils and a ball...(me keftedes)
P A T A T E SGZRSSTRR
home livethanks s.overdrive + danai
(manand)
...less than 10 fingers,Birmingham's industrial airs,voodoom blues,a lot of chemicals
houmor,love,simply put...THE BEST RECORD IN THE HISTORY OF MUSIC!
S B Sgzrstr
.....Boney M was a Caribbean origin ''prefab''band making a recording carreer in Germany
under the guidance of musician/producer Frank Farian.
Nightfligt To Venus was one of their most succesfull records going very well in the European charts and having a U.S.A top hit with ''Rivers Of Babylon''.
The music is disco funk with a carnival like groove arranged by the Eurokitch Maestro
Michael Cretu(Sandra,Enigma a.m.m).
Another hit from the record was ''Rasputin'' and it's especially known to the Greek readers of this blog as the song that is heard in the monumental flirting scene of the movie''Learn My Child Letters'' in which starred the Unforgettable Greek actor Vasilis Diamantopoulos and the tottaly stoned Arxidologist/Anecdoteer ,Tsakonazz....
NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS 1
NIGHTFLIGHT TO VENUS 2
GZZRRRSSTTRR
....a crescendo of occult blasphemies, the refusal of light,darkness as poetry
The Carpenter captive in the hands of the Usurper...what lurked then in the souls of these swiss teenagers?
TO MEGA THERIONgzrrstrr
''...one of the greatest records of 20th century from the Danish master of horror,with
obvious influences from acts like Atomic Rooster,Black Sabbath,Alice Cooper,Black Widow,Coven and the whole Gothic Horror European aesthetics...MASTERPIECE!
A B I G A I Lgzrstr
SPY RECORDS EP...Model Citizens was an no wave/art rock sextet which surfaced in New York around 1979, made a mini splash then disappeared back into the murky depths of the underground...
...Model Citizens energetic & spastic time signatures make them seem like a more experimental B-52’s...
εκπληκτικο ep (usa 1979)!!!
(manand)
magnetic.
hypnotic.
the basic jungle beat of the conga
by the man with a thousand fingers.
δισκαρα!!!
beautiful(manand)
