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Tag Archives: Erased Tapes
Dysnomia – Dawn of Midi
My first proper exposure to DOM was their opening set for the recent Nils Frahm gig in Bristol. From the opening thrum thrum of the double bass it was a mesmerising and spellbinding experience. They played this new album Dysomnia … Continue reading
Douglas Dare and Michael Price at the Lantern, Colston Hall
Douglas Dare‘s album, Whelm, has been pretty much played to death by me these last months. Certainly it doesn’t cover the jolliest of themes, as he readily recognises, but the music and lyricism is outstanding and grabbed me from the first … Continue reading
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Tagged Douglas Dare, Erased Tapes, Fabian Prynn, Max Richter, Michael Price, Peter Gregson
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Atomos at Sadlers Wells – A Winged Victory for the Sullen and Wayne MacGregor’s Random Dance Company
Looking around the gathering Valentines Day crowd in the cultured environ that is Sadlers Wells I wondered how many were here for which element? Extraordinary contemporary dance crew Random Dance led by Wayne MacGregor or the ever-amazing AWVFTS? My bet … Continue reading
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Tagged A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Erased Tapes, Random Dance, sadlers Wells, Wayne McGregor
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Underneath the Stars – Good Weather for an Airstrike
There seems to be an awful lot of music if this genre rattling around right now- the vaguely drone-y, slightly ambient with a touch of post rock about it. When it doesn’t come off, its all rather dull and dispiriting, … Continue reading
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Tagged Erased Tapes, Good Weather for an Airstrike, HIbernate Records, Tom Honey
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen – South Street, Reading
As if the album itself wasn’t already enough of an extraordinary, moving suite of music; seeing and hearing A Winged Victory for the Sullen play (most) of it live raised it yet further into an almost spiritual experience. What is it that can turn some music into … Continue reading
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Tagged A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Erased Tapes, Gig, Sleeping Dog
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The Best of 2011
I still know its a bit naff but I am still going to do it – here, in strictly alphabetical order, are my albums of 2011 (followed by my favourite gigs his year) I will instantly regret not including a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Winged Victory for the Sullen, A.A. Bondy, Ólafur Arnalds, Bill Callahan, Bon Iver, BravoBraveBats, Erased Tapes, Jon Hopkins, Justin Vernon, King Creosote, Koko, Low, Mono, Nils Frahm, Okkervil River, Scott Matthews, The Boxer Rebellion, Thekla, Trinity Centre, Turin Brakes, villagers, White Denim
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Nils Frahm – Reading Minster
It was as cold as charity inside the admittedly rather lovely interior of Reading Minster and the pews are scarcely made for a long sit. So well done me for being super early and nabbing not only a seat up … Continue reading
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Tagged Erased Tapes, Leven Muster Collective, Martyn Heyne, Nils Frahm, The Pawnbroker, Trygghet
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Felt – Nils Frahm
Although it is only fourteen months since I first heard him play his extraordinary music at the St Bonaventure’s in Bristol alongside Shearwater, it feels like I have known the music of Nils Frahm for a long, long time. The … Continue reading
Living Room Songs – Ólafur Arnalds
I have been following Ólafur Arnalds project all week, it has been a touching, intensely human experience with a rare intimacy. Each day he has created a new song, recorded a download mp3 and and accompanying video and made them immediately … Continue reading