The Vinyl Countdown # 1873
Mike Oldfield, Tubular Bells (1973) For so many years I was blown away by this. But then, when you’re 14 and devouring music mags, bios and liner notes, on a quest for whatever info – pre-internet –...
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Mike Oldfield, Ommadawn (1975) Funny, at almost the exact same time that I fell out of love with Tubular Bells I fell in love with Ommadawn. I was a massive Mike Oldfield fan as a young teen; obsessed...
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Mike Oldfield, The Complete Mike Oldfield (1985) It should really be called The Incomplete Mike Oldfield because it’s as much a case of that as it is in getting anywhere near complete. I know that now,...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1340
Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno & Nico, June 1, 1974 (1974) Oh sure, I loved Brian Eno but I bought this for John Cale and Nico. As an eager Lou Reed/Velvet Underground fan it was about finding...
View ArticleConrad Wedde: Space World
Conrad Wedde Space World (Independent) Recorded “in a small room in Dunedin, New Zealand” we’re told from the Bandcamp page, where you can hear/buy this – the latest solo EP from Conrad Wedde of The...
View ArticleRobert Haigh: Darkling Streams
Robert Haigh Darkling Streams Primary Numbers Robert Haigh has been creating beautiful music under a handful of guises for many years now. I first encountered his music when, as Omni Trio, he became...
View ArticleLa Casa Di Omicidio: La Casa Di Omicidio
La Casa Di Omicidio La Casa Di Omicidio Active Listener Records Well you could happily believe the story – that this is some rare/unearthed horror film soundtrack. But La Casa Di Omicidio is new music...
View ArticleRemember Remember: Forgetting The Present
Remember Remember Forgetting The Present Rock Action Records This Scottish ensemble continue on in their all-instrumental way with third album, Forgetting The Present; their best. A mix of Album...
View ArticleSiinai: Supermarket
Siinai Supermarket Splendour Here’s something – a “concept album” about the supermarket experience, it’s called Supermarket and it’s wordless, a subversive mix of post-rock (and post-ambient for that...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1017
V/A, The Exorcist [OST] (1974) People think of Tubular Bells when they think of The Exorcist (music-wise, anyway). But to me what makes that work – and I’d rather listen to the bits of Tubular Bells...
View ArticleJonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Room 237 [OST]
Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson Room 237 [OST] Death Waltz Recordings The documentary film Room 237 was wonderful – absurd, of course, but so well put together. And such a wonderful mood, tapping...
View ArticleStubs: # 76 – Soweto String Quartet, Wellington, 1997
Once I was moneybags! Once. It probably ended on this night actually – I remember shouting two friends to this gig, on a whim really. I had one of the albums by the Soweto String Quartet and I was into...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1340
Kevin Ayers, John Cale, Brian Eno & Nico, June 1, 1974 (1974) Oh sure, I loved Brian Eno but I bought this for John Cale and Nico. As an eager Lou Reed/Velvet Underground fan it was about finding...
View ArticleConrad Wedde: Space World
Conrad Wedde Space World (Independent) Recorded “in a small room in Dunedin, New Zealand” we’re told from the Bandcamp page, where you can hear/buy this – the latest solo EP from Conrad Wedde of The...
View ArticleRobert Haigh: Darkling Streams
Robert Haigh Darkling Streams Primary Numbers Robert Haigh has been creating beautiful music under a handful of guises for many years now. I first encountered his music when, as Omni Trio, he became...
View ArticleLa Casa Di Omicidio: La Casa Di Omicidio
La Casa Di Omicidio La Casa Di Omicidio Active Listener Records Well you could happily believe the story – that this is some rare/unearthed horror film soundtrack. But La Casa Di Omicidio is new music...
View ArticleRemember Remember: Forgetting The Present
Remember Remember Forgetting The Present Rock Action Records This Scottish ensemble continue on in their all-instrumental way with third album, Forgetting The Present; their best. A mix of Album...
View ArticleSiinai: Supermarket
Siinai Supermarket Splendour Here’s something – a “concept album” about the supermarket experience, it’s called Supermarket and it’s wordless, a subversive mix of post-rock (and post-ambient for that...
View ArticleThe Vinyl Countdown # 1017
V/A, The Exorcist [OST] (1974) People think of Tubular Bells when they think of The Exorcist (music-wise, anyway). But to me what makes that work – and I’d rather listen to the bits of Tubular Bells...
View ArticleJonathan Snipes & William Hutson: Room 237 [OST]
Jonathan Snipes & William Hutson Room 237 [OST] Death Waltz Recordings The documentary film Room 237 was wonderful – absurd, of course, but so well put together. And such a wonderful mood, tapping...
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