From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V10 #128 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Friday, May 7 2004 Volume 10 : Number 128 Today's Subjects: ----------------- nektar re-releases/Tamsin Greig/Shaun of the Dead. ["Adam K." ] australian ecto ["JoAnn Whetsell" ] Re: australian ecto [andrew fries ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 13:35:14 +0100 From: "Adam K." Subject: nektar re-releases/Tamsin Greig/Shaun of the Dead. Non proggers, look away now... Nektar, who are gradually remastering and re-releasing their back catalogue, have just released a trio of cd's, "Journey to the Centre of the Eye", "A Tab in the Ocean" and "Recycled", and they are a master class in what these things can be, definitely making up for their rather poor showing on cd in the past. Stuffed with great liner notes, interviews and photos, they also come bundled with bonuses. "Journey to the Centre of the Eye", their debut, is a bit primitive and pretentious, but the sound is supreme and it includes a couple of bonus tracks -- an edited version of "1-2-3-4" and a lovely semi-acoustic version of "Do You Believe in Magic". "A Tab in the Ocean" includes not only the original 1972 mix, but also the mix for the US 1976 release. "Recycled", definitely one of their best, is the real find. Apart from a really great sound, they've also included the newly-rediscovered mix done by Geoff Emerick, who had been an engineer for the Beatles at Air Studios. I'm not sure I agree with the liner notes assessment of it as being "radically" different, but it certainly is noticeably more pared down than the final mix. Plans are on to re-release "Sounds Like This" as well as the excellent "Down to Earth" soon. Great stuff. Now, if only someone could sort out something similar with Van der Graaf Generator's back catalogue... Tamsin Greig, who co-stars in "Black Books" was also, according to an article I read recently, one of the characters in "The Archers". This, for those who aren't familiar with it (and I'm reckoning that's most of you) is a radio soap that's been running over here for about 50 years and is still enormously popular. Broadcast daily for ten minutes at a time, it's always been slightly ahead of the curve, despite its rural setting, dealing with topical issues like foot and mouth disease. It even featured British radio's first gay kiss recently. Apparently Lucy Davies, the receptionist in "The Office", also voiced a character in it. And they BOTH appear in Shaun of the Dead, although Tamsin very briefly. This bloody good pisstake of the genre is good, good fun and highly recommended. If you ever saw the sitcom "Spaced" you'll know what to expect. But with zombies. adam k. np: van der graaf generator/the least we can do is wave to each other nr: if nobody speaks of remarkable things by john mcgregor now appearing in The Atheist's Tragedy at the White Bear, Kennington, until Sunday. just thought I'd slip that in. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 19:41:52 -0000 From: "neal copperman" Subject: Re: well, crap :P meredith said: > Some here (Neal :) may remember that a few months ago I exuberantly posted > news of the announcement I'd just seen that Mari Boine was going to be > coming to New Haven, as part of this year's International Festival of Arts > and Ideas. Well, I just got the complete festival calendar in the mail, > and she's not on it anywhere. :( :( :( I do remember, and I had the same luck as you with info. I could find no advance info to second your claims, and no indication that Mari Boine was in the states. Course, I couldn't find any indication that she was anywhere else either. I dropped Northside a note, but they didn't respond. Neal, feeling particularly honored to be mentioned by name in an e-mail entitled "well, crap". np: a pocketful of rain - michael fracasso ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 00:05:35 -0400 From: "JoAnn Whetsell" Subject: australian ecto Australian ecto was discussed not so long ago, and I wrote down many names. My sister's going to Austraila for 2 weeks, and, of course, what better present could she bring me than music? I was wondering what artists are ecto-recommended that can't be found (or are hard to find) in the US. Is Brunatex available in stores? I really liked the mp3s Jonathan posted and would like to get at least one of their releases. Thanks in advance. JoAnn np: Bjork - Gling-Glo - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 15:06:40 +1000 From: andrew fries Subject: Re: australian ecto JoAnn Whetsell wrote: > Australian ecto was discussed not so long ago, and I wrote down many > names. My sister's going to Austraila for 2 weeks, and, of course, what > better present could she bring me than music? I was wondering what > artists are ecto-recommended that can't be found (or are hard to find) in > the US. Is Brunatex available in stores? I really liked the mp3s > Jonathan posted and would like to get at least one of their releases. Thanks > in advance. JoAnn np: Bjork - Gling-Glo Trouble with Australian Ecto is that much of it is not really available in the stores here, either. Print runs of these releases are small and availability window is incredibly short - once gone, they tend not to come back. I guess there is too much crap, much of it imported, clamouring for shelf space... However, there is always a chance of finding a gem or two in second-hand stores. For what it's worth, my 'desert island 10' list includes two local releases that would be pretty hard to find anywhere: Kirsty Stegwazi's "Jailbirds" from 2001, and Paradise Motel "Left Over Life To Kill" , their first EP from 1996. Some other names worth mentioning: Margot Smith (esp. "Taste") Anything by Killjoys for lovely, breezy indie pop. In similar vein, Eva Trout and Leonardo's Bride. Also Gorgeous - that's one that might actually still be available in shops :) My Friend The Chocolate Cake - one of very few male-vocal acts admitted to my collection. Naked Raven - they do this sort of 'chamber pop' - acoustic pop music that works best in intimate venues... but you might have better luck getting their CDs in Europe where they are based than in their home country. Cactus Child - I used to like them, and I was just reminded about them recently. They broke up ages ago, so it's strictly second-hand stuff. Brunatex? Haven't noticed them in the shops in a while - not in Sydney shops anyway. ... I'm not totally on top of things any more - all these names are ones I know from years back. Perhaps someone else can come up with more contemporary names? Uh, I feel old right now. ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V10 #128 ***************************