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  • uglymusicuglymusic
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  • DocfosterDocfoster
    The Orb.


  • Suzy6toesSuzy6toes
    edited May 2015
    Credence Clearwater Revival.

    reminding me of happy days living in Canada. Good company, good times, bloody awful rye.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Starting the working week with Thelonious Monk. 

    He's like a cleanser for the palate. Totally himself and always surprising.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Paul Bley - Play Blue. Oslo Concert
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    Cymande in session on iPlayer...clicky (they come on at about 1 hour 40 minutes in)
     
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    Thanks Alan!
    :-bd
  • MarkMark
    Ben Howard... I Forgot Where We Were
  • AlanAlan
    edited June 2015
    Cymande in session on iPlayer...clicky (they come on at about 1 hour 40 minutes in)
     
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    Thanks Alan!
    :-bd
    Welcome! They really were great, weren't they?

    I was driving at the time, I had almost 200 miles to do so I couldn't log in to Chews to let you know.

    I'm glad Dave got my quick text to you. That's teamwork, that is.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    :-)
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    Cymande in session on iPlayer...clicky (they come on at about 1 hour 40 minutes in)
     
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    Thanks Alan!
    :-bd
    Welcome! They really were great, weren't they?

    I was driving at the time, I had almost 200 miles to do so I couldn't log in to Chews to let you know.

    I'm glad Dave got my quick text to you. That's teamwork, that is.
    And I spread the news to others...
    Your vigilance and kindness spread ripples beyond me...
    :)
    And yes. They were great on the show!
    Thanks again.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
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    This is fabulous. A duo recording that doesn't turn in on itself, excluding the listener from a private conversation. 

    Bassist William Parker and Alto player Oliver Lake play with real authority yet sound relaxed. Unbelievably, this is the first time they've played together on record.

    And, who's Roy? Trumpeter Roy Campbell, who left the body in January of last year.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    GoGo Penguin - v2.0

    If you're into EST, then you'll probably like this Mancunian piano trio.
  • BrumjamBrumjam
    GoGo Penguin - v2.0

    If you're into EST, then you'll probably like this Mancunian piano trio.
    I've been listening a lot to this Album lately Dave. Some good music and it's very well recorded.

  • uglymusicuglymusic
    GoGo Penguin - v2.0

    If you're into EST, then you'll probably like this Mancunian piano trio.
    I've been listening a lot to this Album lately Dave. Some good music and it's very well recorded.

    Amazing! I love it when someone's been listening to the same stuff :-)
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    edited June 2015
    Horace Tapscott Quintet - The Giant Awakens
  • Suzy6toesSuzy6toes
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  • Suzy6toesSuzy6toes
    for those of you with deteriorating eye sight, that was Beaucoup Fish. Good chill tunes, or just insipid, it's a point of debate chez suzy6toes.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Hiya Suze. Whereyabin?
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    As part of my Ornette Coleman marathon...

    The Complete Science Fiction Sessions
  • AlanAlan
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  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Starting the day with a little Sun Ra.

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    As you should, too ;-)
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Wadada Leo Smith - Human Rights
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    John Coltrane - Offering. Live at Temple University
  • uglymusicuglymusic
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    It's wonderful to see Ornette playing to such a large audience:



    I saw Ornette and Prime Time a few years later than this at Hackney Empire. It was an experience! :-)
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Suspend your suspicions now, chaps (and notable chapesses) and give this beautiful album a listen.

    I bought it as student in Birmingham the year it came out, and it's a stayer, even if the synths are a bit basic.


  • uglymusicuglymusic
    A bit of hipster madness for you :-)
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    And more "it's a motherf***er"


  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Space is the Place!


  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Elvin Jones - Live at the Village Vanguard

    Not all Elvin's albums are great, but he's on steaming form on this one.
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    edited July 2015
    Roots Train...

  • DocfosterDocfoster
    edited July 2015
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    But, *ahem* as FLAC files...
    :-B
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    edited July 2015
    This is excellent.
    However, I imagine that there is little point in listening to it without at least one 18 inch bass speaker in one's system...
    @-)
     
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Robert Wyatt - Old Rottenhat
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    KonKoma - KonKoma

    You might like this, Ben. It's African funky stuff by a London band, with its roots in the 70s. I'm listening to it on Tidal.
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    Re KonKoma...
    Pah! No time to audition...
    Thanks Dave, on your recommendation X_X I have just a cheapish promo copy of the CD from DIscogs.
    I await it's greatness...

    Seriously, it looks right up my street. Thanks for thinking of me! =D>
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    OMG. You spend real money on my recommendation???

    That's faith. Or foolhardiness :-)
  • DocfosterDocfoster
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    A kind of an electro dub thang.
    It's OK. 6.2/10 ...?
    The dub and the electro parts seem to be less than, rather than more than, the sum of their parts more often than I'd like, but it's never offensive.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Ben. If you want some more modern dancy/slightly dubby real African stuff, try this:

    Mbongwana Star - From Kinshasa

    It's a truly fantastic piece of work, to my ears (the usual proviso around here :-D ).
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    edited July 2015
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    Now, in contrast to the above, this is definitely more than the sum of its parts.
    I can't say that I actually like what the drums, bass, keyboards are voice are doing, but all together...Nice. I can see why this is so well reviewed. Nice vibe to it.
    Have just notced that I was born right in the middle of its recording too. A little personal connection there... B-)
    7.1 / 10.
    (EDIT - revised up to 7.2 / 10 following badgering from Dave)

    (And yes, I've started scoring albums out of 10. Let's own these toonz!)
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    edited July 2015
    How can you give GSH such a low score?

    As I've said before, he's one of my personal gods, so I'm thoroughly biased.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Giving the Disrupt a spin... Never heard of it before.
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    I don't think I have any albums that I could award higher than a 9.5.
    A 9.5 / 10 album would be this one from Cymande (my musical heroes)...

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    Simply in my opinion, it feels like I need about 2.4 points of headroom to separate Winter in America from Second time Round, so about 7.1 feels right to me.
    Although that I think that makes Second time round 34% better than Winter in America. Which seems a bit high. Feels more like about 31% better. Which means I should amend my Winter in America score to 7.25. 2 decimal places seems too much, so I'll call it 7.2 (7.3 just feels to high to me).

    What would be your score for Winter in America Dave?
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    Winter in America? Actually, not much more. Say 8 as it's a bit patchy.
  • uglymusicuglymusic
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  • DocfosterDocfoster
    edited July 2015
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    8.2 =D>
    Unusually, an album that I enjoy as much as it's dub version! (Both on the rip of the CD. :)>-  )
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    IMHO the album is better than the dub.
  • DocfosterDocfoster
    Score them Dave. Score them!
  • uglymusicuglymusic
    20
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