INTERACTION

For the past two weeks I've been listening to the six symphonies of the Danish Composer Carl Nielsen. They are supurb, with 4 and 5 being the generally accepted high-points. This music is positive, life-affirming stuff and must be listened to repeatedly, each time with greater care. Nielsen's slogan was 'Music is Life' or vice versa. They were written at a time when 'philosophies of life' were being thought up by various optimists. I'm no optimist and was not converted, but I do get a sense of a life-force winning out against conflicting tendencies (WW1) in the 4th (1916), and of the unceasing and unstoppable flow of life throughout nature and the universe in the great 5th.
I heard about them from A Danish colleague and can hardly get the 4th's last movement out of my mind. Nor do I wish to do so.

Lots of Gong...

the new album 2032 is great, apart from the first three tracks... think I'll begin on track 4...

Roger Eno, Lost In Translation

plus lots of African music

All 5 bsg soundtracks, chevelle's Sci-fi crimes and fall of troy manipulator

Jon Anderson, Olias Of Sunhillow

Mike Oldfield, Hergest Ridge
Phil Thornton, Solstice

"We Are Only Riders" - The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project.

This is a collection of 16 songs originally written by JLP and found on a demo tape unrecorded. They've been re-imagined and recorded by a mix of artists especially for this CD including Nick Cave, Lydia Lunch, Debbie Harry, The Raveonettes, Mick Harvey and others. There's some repetition (a couple of songs appear multiple times, although this adds to the reinterpretations), but overall makes me want to see out more JLP and Gun Club work.

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Amorphous Androgynous, Tales Of Ephidrina

aka FSOL

Paatos, Timeloss

Lots of Genesis,
Jon & Vangelis too

back to the old stuff...

Yet more Genesis.

Lots of Manic Street Preachers, also James Dean Bradfields outstanding solo album The Great Western.

the Moon ost, Jack Off Jill, True Blood ost, Coheed and Cambria with a dash of Deftones

What are these guys like?

np, yet more Manics.

Great band with 5 concept albums telling a SF story. The singer has written comics and a book to go with it. It's fairly hard yet melodic rock, the singer's voice is quite child like, high but strong. The story itself is called The Armory Wars and is an excellent story.