Love or Hate?

**Frownland** · 06-15-2015, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Can someone please just confirm that the Moondog album is a 1959 one by a blind composer? There seems a little confusion about it. I mean, I've no problem listening to classical minimalist music, but I'd just like to be sure I'm selecting the correct album.

That's correct! Guy actually composed in brail and made his own percussion instrument. Really excited for this review.

Machine · 06-15-2015, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

That would be great, but I should really be making sure I keep recs to one band or artiste per person. I'm after all trying to explore a lot of different stuff here, and if I get into one artiste, great, but then listening to another of their albums, in the context of this thread, is a little redundant to me.

I'll probably make that a slightly flexible rule: only new artistes that I have not yet heard, either in this thread or ever. And only once.

A'ight I'll just PM you some links to album of theirs on Youtube sometime, so you can listen to them whenever you want and not have to worry about it being for the thread.

Machine · 06-15-2015, 06:54 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

Holy **** someone get this man to listen to Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots now!

Honestly that album just feels a little bland compared to some of their other stuff.

YorkeDaddy · 06-15-2015, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

Honestly that album just feels a little bland compared to some of their other stuff.

It's their best by quite a lot to me

Machine · 06-15-2015, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

It's their best by quite a lot to me

It's good, but Clouds, Embryonic, The Terror, Satellite Heart, Priest Driven Ambulance, Soft Bulletin, and 7 Skies H3 are better.

YorkeDaddy · 06-15-2015, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Machine

It's good, but Clouds, Embryonic, The Terror, Satellite Heart, Priest Driven Ambulance, Soft Bulletin, and 7 Skies H3 are better.

The albums in bold don't even come close

Machine · 06-15-2015, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy

The albums in bold don't even come close

Clouds, Embryonic, and The Terror are perfect albums man.

YorkeDaddy · 06-15-2015, 07:24 PM

No Yoshimi is the perfect album, those are just good

Trollheart · 06-16-2015, 10:40 AM

Title: Moondog
Artiste: Moondog
Genre: Classical
Familiarity: Zero

Track 1(Love) Cool percussion and love the violins; brass works really well too. I really like the way layers of sound are built up.
Track 2(Love) Is that clarinet leading the line? Nice flutes too, but the way it powers up suddenly is very impressive.
Track 3(Love) The most beautiful mournful cello and violins open this; heart-wrenching
Track 4(Love) After that spiritually uplifting and heartbreaking rendition, the next piece is a more uptempo, breezy affair on I think clarinet and flutes mostly.
Track 5(Love) Also a pretty uptempo affair, though it slows down with a real stately, majestic grace, then picks up again. Goes through quite a few changes over its run.
Track 6(Love) A short, mid-paced piece based mostly around trumpet I think
Track 7(Love) Sort of a medieval, pastoral feel to this; quite long, in fact the longest of the compositions, broken into three movements. Gets darker and more ominous as it goes through sections like “The Prophecy” and “The Battle”, and on into “Saul's death”, then returning to the lighter tone of the opening movement as the suite comes to a close.
Track 8(Love) Sounds kind of more like an overture than a track to close the album, but still very good.

End result: This would be great music on its own merits, but given that this guy was blind when he wrote it, it's nothing short of phenomenal. Hard to put into words how good this is.

So, Love or Hate? A certain Love

Chances of a full review: 5/10

Micco · 06-16-2015, 11:08 AM

Hey not sure if you heard this one yet, but The Pharcyde's "Bizarre Ride II" is an album I'd hope you'd enjoy, none of the Hip-Hop stereotypes are present and it would probably make my top ten greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time.

06-16-2015, 10:40 AM	#749 (permalink)
Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,994	Title: Moondog Artiste: Moondog Genre: Classical Familiarity: Zero Track 1(Love) Cool percussion and love the violins; brass works really well too. I really like the way layers of sound are built up. Track 2(Love) Is that clarinet leading the line? Nice flutes too, but the way it powers up suddenly is very impressive. Track 3(Love) The most beautiful mournful cello and violins open this; heart-wrenching Track 4(Love) After that spiritually uplifting and heartbreaking rendition, the next piece is a more uptempo, breezy affair on I think clarinet and flutes mostly. Track 5(Love) Also a pretty uptempo affair, though it slows down with a real stately, majestic grace, then picks up again. Goes through quite a few changes over its run. Track 6(Love) A short, mid-paced piece based mostly around trumpet I think Track 7(Love) Sort of a medieval, pastoral feel to this; quite long, in fact the longest of the compositions, broken into three movements. Gets darker and more ominous as it goes through sections like “The Prophecy” and “The Battle”, and on into “Saul's death”, then returning to the lighter tone of the opening movement as the suite comes to a close. Track 8(Love) Sounds kind of more like an overture than a track to close the album, but still very good. End result: This would be great music on its own merits, but given that this guy was blind when he wrote it, it's nothing short of phenomenal. Hard to put into words how good this is. So, Love or Hate? A certain Love Chances of a full review: 5/10 __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018

06-16-2015, 11:08 AM	#750 (permalink)
Micco Karaoke Crooner Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 170	Hey not sure if you heard this one yet, but The Pharcyde's "Bizarre Ride II" is an album I'd hope you'd enjoy, none of the Hip-Hop stereotypes are present and it would probably make my top ten greatest Hip-Hop albums of all time. __________________ Follow me on instagram @HipHopLand, #salute!