What were your top 5 albums of 2016?
I’ve figured out my top 5 albums of 2016, after much deliberation, probably too much, what were yours? There’s a poll thingy down below.
The Listening List
22/12/2016 – 30/12/2016 P.I.L – Live In Tokyo Craig Armstrong – It’s Nearly Tomorrow Adelbert Von Deyen – Atmosphere Glitterbug – Dust Max Richter – Sleep Remixes Can – Ege Bamyasi Deacon Blue – Fellow Hoodlums Funkstörung – Funkstörung To Rococo Rot – The Amateur View Milan W. – Intact The Cult – Sonic Temple Björk –…
All the way back in 2006
I was just looking at an album on Bandcamp and remembered I had a login for the site, so I did just that and up popped an album I put there in 2006, I’d completely forgotten it was on there. The album was recorded with a single Fender Telecaster and consists of very short instrumental…
Christmas Comes But Once A Year
I received a joint present from my Wife and Son this year, which they bought on Christmas Eve. This is a bonus for me as when they leave it stupidly late I tend to get something better than if they had time to think about it and to buy in advance. So I was asked…
Matthew Bourne – Moogmemory
A couple of weeks ago I was rooting around in the smallest vinyl section in my local store, ‘Classical’, when I saw this front cover: This was intriguing as it seemed rather out of place. I was feeling quite adventurous and so, without researching it or listening to any of it, I bought it. The…
The Listening List
11/12/2016 – 21/12/2016 Milan W. – Intact Antonio Carlos Jobim – Wave William Basinski – 92982 Gala Drop – II Naytronix – Mister Divine Matthew Bourne – Moogmemory Anstam – Names Swans – The Glowing Man Baumann / Koek – Baumann / Koek Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left Harmonia & Eno 76 – Tracks and…
William Basinski – 92982
The first time I ever heard anything by William Basinski was back somewhere around the turn of the century when my then new friend Andy told me about ‘The Disintegration Loops’. Even further back, in the 1980s, Basinski constructed a series of tape loops consisting of processed snatches of music captured from an easy listening…
