Neapolitan

Lately I notice how many guest that Music Banter has, it always astonishes that sometimes the number can peak anywhere from 500 to 600 guests. I remember being one of them. Out on the web looking for something anything to satisfy my curiosity for new music. The impetus for this journal is just that to write something for the searcher, the outsider looking in hoping to discover something new. I know I am not a presenter of music which should be listen to as if my opinion is more important to others. And I honestly don't feel up to the task to be a music critic. Think of me more as a curator of a museum, where instead of the spaces on the walls are filled with painting, it's a journal filled with albums and artist I like that I feel lucky to stumble upon.

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Neapolitan

Albums

1. Solid Space – Space Museum (1982)
2. Burning Hearts ‎– Aboa Sleeping (2009)
3. Crystal Stilts ‎– In Love With Oblivion (2011)
4. Plastic Girl in Closet - Cocoro (2011)
5. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire (1984)
6. French Films ‎– Imaginary Future (2011)
7. Betty And The Werewolves - Teatime Favourites (2010)
8. Conduits - Conduits (2012)
9. First Aid Kit - Stay Gold (2014)
10. Deep Time - Deep Time (2012)
11. Belgrado ‎– Belgrado (2011)
12. Belgrado ‎– Siglo XXl (2013)
13. Balkans - Balkans (2011)
14. Model Citizen ‎– Shift The Blame (1979)
15. Suburban Lawns ‎– Suburban Lawns (1981)
16. Lora Logic ‎– Pedigree Charm (1982)
17. Middle Class - Homeland (1982)
18. Kosmonautentraum - Juri Gagarin (1982)
19. Soviet Soviet - Soviet Soviet (2013)
20. exlovers - Moth (2012)
21. Afternoon Naps - Parade (2009)
22. The Ruling Class - Tour de Force (2008)
23. Sulk - Graceless (2013)
24. Sulk - No Illusion (2016)
25. Voxtrot - Raised by Wolves (2005)
26. The Symposium - Drugs (2014)
27. The Symposium - The Symposium (2017)
28. Garmarna - Guds Spelemän (1996)
29. Gjallarhorn - Ranarop Call Of The Sea Witch (1997)
30. See Through Dresses - End of Days (2015)
31. 7 Seconds -The Crew (1984)

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Pet_Sounds

Glad to see you've started a journal. I have subscribed and am excited to see what you write.

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Neapolitan

Solid Space – Space Museum (1982)

• Side A
  1. Afghan Dance
  2. Spectrum Is Green
  3. Destination Moon
  4. The Guests
  5. New Statue ("Morning Song")
• Side B
  1. A Darkness In My Soul
  2. Radio France
  3. Tenth Planet
  4. Earthshock
  5. Contemplation
  6. Please Don't Fade Away

Personnel:
Matthew Vosburgh, Dan Goldstein



My top three tracks would be:
10th Planet
Destination Moon
Darkness in My Soul
... no wait they are all my favorites.

Maf and Dan were childhood friends. When they were about 14 y/o they formed a four piece band Exhibit A and while they were working on the song Platform 6 they decided to continue separately as a duo. I listen to Exhibit A, and there is a definitely a more serious approach to the work they did on Space Museum. Since Maf had to bus it to Dan house he said they preferred lighter battery equipment. All the music and vocals are from Dan and Maf, with the exception of Jon Winegum playing a sax(?) with the use of echo or reverb on the song New Statue.

The sounds found on this albums are ambrosial; the music is atmospherically and ethereal. It is one of my favorite albums and in my humble opinion it is a must hear. And I recall Mundo saying it was one of his favorite albums.

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CoNtrivedNiHilism

Interesting!

I think your journal will certainly be one I follow. I like the word play you use while writing, creates imagery and has a way of illustrating well, what you're wanting to get across to those reading.

Also like the music you've posted here. Choice stuff!

Neapolitan

Solid Space – Space Museum

A few words about the songs:
Afghan Dance, The Guest and Earthshock are well placed instrumental. The down lyrics of A Darkness In My Soul is counterbalanced with an up-beat rhythm of Radio France. And that song leads into my favorite track, Tenth Planet. An homage to Doctor Who serial with the same title and which introduced the Cyberman. Though the Cyberman on the album cover were of a later design the original Cyberman of Tenth Planet, by I digress. Please Don't Fade Away does have a Pink Floyd flair without being a tiresome reproduction of Floyd. I don't know if they were influenced by them, it's reminiscent of them cause of the acoustic guitar paired with an analog synth. I really don't like comparing groups too much, I like to think each (of my favorite) bands as their own source of creativity, not as imitators. And this band was very creative. The last title sums up my sentiment for their music "Please Don't Fade Away."I hope their music will be remember.


Pet_Sounds & CoNtrivedNiHilism

Thanks for the support.

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Neapolitan

• Burning Hearts ‎– Aboa Sleeping
  • from: Ostrobothnia, Finland
  • album released: February 10th, 2009
  • tracks:
    1. I Lost My Color Vision 4:21
    2. Iris 2:55
    3. Various Lives 4:22
    4. The Galloping Horse 3:25
    5. We Walked Among The Trees 4:02
    6. Sea Birds 5:13
    7. A Peasant's Dream 2:25
    8. Close To Her 4:16
    9. Aboa Sleeping 3:29
  • members:
    • Henry Ojala (former drummer and multi-instrumentalist of Cats On Fire)
    • Jessika Rapo (former singer of Le Futur Pompiste)

1. Burning Hearts ‎– I Lost My Color Vision


7. Burning Hearts - A Peasant's Dream


The music is indie & Synth Pop with ambient textures. Jessika sings with a soft and sincere voice in an unassuming way, which blends well with the music. I listened to the songs few times before I actually paid attention to the lyrics. Once I did I found the lyrics to be intelligent and introspective.

There seems to be a reoccurring examples of flora and fauna scattered throughout the album tying their songs together. They are found in few of the songs titles, others found within the lines of the songs. (And this imagery also carries over to the cover art work of their latest album Extinctions.)

It seems they've taken a few hooks from the 80s. The one note which starts opening track reminds me of the introduction of Soft Cell's Tainted Love, but just a single note of it. I Walked Among The Trees has a wobbly riff that reminds me of Ashes to Ashes by David Bowie. Sea Birds has synth generated effect of seagulls, very much like Talk Talk - It's My Life.

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Neapolitan

Crystal Stilts ‎– In Love With Oblivion

• band:Crystal Stilts
  • from: Brooklyn
  • members:
    • Brad Hargett - vocals
    • JB Townsend - guitar
    • Kyle Forester - keyboards
    • Andy Adler - bass guitar
    • Keegan Cooke - drums
  • album:In Love With Oblivion
    • album released: April 11, 2011 (UK), April 12 (US)
    • time: 43:39
    • tracks:
      1. Sycamore Tree
      2. Through The Floor
      3. Silver Sun
      4. Alien Rivers
      5. Half A Moon
      6. Flying Into The Sun
      7. Shake The Shackles
      8. Precarious Stair
      9. Invisible City
      10. Blood Barons
      11. Prometheus At Large

Crystal Stilts ‎– Flying Into The Sun


Crystal Stilts ‎– Precarious Stair


Crystal Stilts ‎– Silver Sun


Crystal Stilts are rooted heavily in the sounds of the 60s with jangly Folk Rock, Psychedelia, Garage Rock, Surf, and R&B/Motown drum beats, the twangy guitar of Speghetti Westerns. Borrowing also from adjacent decades as well, with the moodiness of post-Punk, chords from Power Pop of the 70s and the occasional sound effects from Sci-fi/Space flicks of the 50s. The singer slips in between styles of Ian Curtis and Jim Morrison, but only does so in half measure, and it's not so evident because the vocals are drench in reverb. The guitar player uses a Gretsch with a Boss RE-20 Space Echo creating spaceship take-off and landing sounds effects. The keyboard player looks like he plays a home-made circuit bent organ providing MFOS-like sound FXs. It is easy to get lost in sound and become oblivious with with the outside world. As they travel through sonic space and harken back to a time musicians played actual instruments and not push buttons on launchpads.

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Thelonious Monkey

Welcome to Journaltown. I have subscribed and look forward to seeing what you post up here. I am definitely curious about that Solid Space album, as it's got Cybermen on it.

Blarobbarg

That Crystal Stilts album sounds fantastic. I'll be sure to check it out.

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