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Name: Larry Home Page: http://disgruntleddj.blogspot.com/ Member Since: Aug 24, 2005 Rank: 430 Average Vote Received: Correct (3.92, 13 votes) Rated 685 releases, average: 3.88 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Profile: MP3 is not for me. For sale: I under-rate the condition of items for sale. You won't have any unpleasant surprises. I don't jack up my shipping prices. My inventory is a mix of personal CDs I no longer need, duplicate purchases of hard to find releases, and the occasional collectable gem that I stumble across. My rating system: 5: Essential. I'd sell my soul and yours for this release. Love nearly every track. Will play it often. 4: Excellent. Could have been a five that has mellowed with age. Will listen to it again. 3: OK. I'll keep it for the good track/s, but won't ever listen to the entire release again. 2: A dud. No appeal. Here, you can keep this. 1: Terrible. Look, my ears are bleeding. I will purge this release from the earth. Currently Crazy About: Labels: Ultimae Dakini Interchill Planet Dog Artists: Sounds From The Ground Legion Of Green Men ESX Trio Bhakta Masala These had a say in how/what I hear today: The Beatles: Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Wendy Carlos: Clockwork Orange Soundtrack 2001, A Space Odyssey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto 2 Alphaville's Forever Young Art Of Noise: In Visible Silence OMD: Junk Culture Wang Chung: Live And Die In LA The Fixx: Phantoms Yello: You Gotta Say Yes To Another Excess Dead Can Dance: Toward The Within Nine Inch Nails: Pretty Hate Machine Underworld: Second Toughest In The Infants Woob: 1194 Juno Reactor: Bible Of Dreams Banco De Gaia: Last Train To Lhasa Shpongle: Are You Shpongled?

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Wang Chung - To Live And Die In L.A. - 06-Nov-09 03:05 PM
Its easy to dismiss Wang-Chung for their Eighties cheese that was belched repeatedly on popular radio, but this recording deserves immense credit as a model of all that was good about the decade: Creativity, energy, exploration, passion...

The album is in two parts. First are four vocal tracks (side A on vinyl) which are good, ranging from relaxed to tense. Only Wake Up Stop Dreaming displays a hint of pubescent Eighties drama, but is still a clever, energetic track. Wait is taken from the Points On A Curve album and has a bass-line to be reckoned with.

The instrumental side really shines. Red Stare is a dark, beatless, piano track not completely out of place. Black, Blue, White is a brief, high-energy romp that wants to be five minutes longer. City Of Angels and Every Big City are in my mind a pre-incarnation of what became Trance. Driven, intelligent, intricate, and with a complexity that is refreshing in todays cut/paste/loop music-scape.

Unmistakably Eighties, but timeless. I wish these guys had reemerged in the Nineties with a new bag of tricks the way Underworld did.

Alphaville - Dreamscapes - 29-Apr-09 08:12 AM
Most of this should have been left on the cutting room floor. Alphaville was a major musical influence for me and I argue some of their albums are timeless standards, but I have to say this collection was a big disappointment musically. Fans may find this collection of demos, remixed demos, and rough sounding live tracks to be valuable curiosity, with some rare insight to the origins of some wonderful songs, and its limited nature makes this release highly collectible. However, even the most devout may be challenged to actually listen to one of these discs in a sitting. They are unpleasant, especially compared to their refined productions like Forever Young and Breathtaking Blue.

Eraldo Bernocchi & Harold Budd - Music For 'Fragments From The Inside' - 09-Apr-09 12:13 PM
It is very rare that I listen to any CD more than once in a row no matter how good, but Fragments received about three days of play when it arrived. This release is now my favorite Harold Budd collaboration. It has surpassed even Three White Roses & A Budd with Fila Brazillia. The tracks are very organic. Budds lush piano breathes life into the minimal atmospheres and distinctly dubby baselines. This CD is a truly unique, beautiful, and entertaining listening experience, and among the most essential items in my collection.

Peter Murphy - Dust - 08-Sep-08 10:31 PM
Im not a Peter Murphy fan. Dust is one of two Peter Murphy CDs I still own. Im only casually acquainted with, but impressed by his earlier work with Bauhaus. His album Deep was a high bar: Dark, innovative, passionate... It had substantial presence. Since "Deep" Ive been disappointed with the few other Peter Murphy CDs Ive ventured to purchased. Cascade in particular was a let-down.

I was unaware of Dust until the Turkish artist Mercan Dede and his host label Doublemoon caught my attention. I noted with interest that Mercan Dede had produced this Peter Murphy album.

The collaboration works brilliantly. The vocal, lyrical, and instrumental performances are well matched. The album has presence and passion similar to Deep: Equally strong, true to his "Gothic" roots, but with a air of eastern mythology lent by the instrumentation.

I draw favorable comparisons to Peter Gabriels Passion, and Dead Can Dance. After a long lull in my search for music that really impresses me as unique and creative, this CD is a wonderful discovery for me.

Beloved, The - X - 27-Jun-08 11:06 AM
I generally dont care for house music. X however, I find very appealing.

Even though the structure is mostly typical pop (except Crystal Wave, an instrumental DJ journey), I find the sound very original and distinct. The lyrics are sentimental but somehow not sappy or annoying. Instead there is a sense of sincerity I credit to Jons mellow, unforced vocal style. X is a notch darker than other Beloved albums.

The atmospheric backdrop contributes immensely to each song. It makes me wish Jon Marsh would release an ambient album. Production quality is tops. It is enjoyable on any system, but the listening experience played loud through quality speakers justifies a substantial hi-fi budget.

After more than a decade, I find X a durable favorite, enjoyable from start to finish.

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