From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V13 #51 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Saturday, March 3 2007 Volume 13 : Number 051 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: ecto-digest V13 #49 [CollectedSounds ] Re: ecto-digest V13 #49 ["Paul Blair" ] More recommendations 2007 ["Leonora Christina Skov" Subject: Re: ecto-digest V13 #49 On 3/1/07, Jill Hughes wrote: > For anyone who's looking for some new music, you might want to check out > Balligomingo. Thanks Jill, very cool stuff :) This reminds me, I also wanted to let you know about a couple of records I've reviewed recently that remind me of those groups. Blue Stone (the album is Worlds Apart). Three female vocalists over that dreamy electronic music. Here's my review, http://www.collectedsounds.com/cdreviews/worldsapart.html there's a video there too. And I may have mentioned this before (it was on my top CDs of 2006), but Sleepthief. http://www.collectedsounds.com/cdreviews/dawnseeker.html same deal, female vocals + really cool music. And of course (these have already been mentioned by myself and others) along those same lines but with a more "world"y feel, Niyaz and their lead singer, Azam Ali: http://www.collectedsounds.com/cdreviews/niyaz.html I always feel like i have to apologize for linking to my site. I swear I'm not just trying to get hits. But I've already done the research and there are links and stuff there so it's easier to give you the link to my pages than to post here all the links that are on there. I do apologize if anyone doesn't like that :) - -- Amy Collected Sounds www.collectedsounds.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:29:09 -0500 From: "Paul Blair" Subject: Re: ecto-digest V13 #49 On 3/2/07, CollectedSounds wrote: > I always feel like i have to apologize for linking to my site. I swear > I'm not just trying to get hits. But I've already done the research > and there are links and stuff there so it's easier to give you the > link to my pages than to post here all the links that are on there. I > do apologize if anyone doesn't like that :) Here's how I think about that: You're part of the community, and you're part of the conversation. What you had to say was relevant. I don't think there's anything at all to apologize for. Not only that, but I think it's courteous to give us the summary rather than overwhelming us with links. A message that goes on for miles I'm much less likely to read. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2007 17:01:13 +0100 From: "Leonora Christina Skov" Subject: More recommendations 2007 No need to apologize, Amy! Even if you were trying to get hits it would be perfectly alright with me. I love your site. Anyway, I just want to share a few of my latest discoveries with you all. I am a little late to some of them. I just figure I might not be the only one. First of all: I LOVE the Niyaz-album as well - and I love Azam Alis latest solo outing. The perfect fusion of acoustic and electro rhythms and her voice is downright stunning. I am also quite taken aback by Jesse Sykes latest. And sorry to Paul  this is one of the mails that goes on and on.. Presently Im reviewing Marissa Nadlers "Songs III" for Gaffa (a Danish music magazine) and I have not quite made up my mind yet. She sounds a lot like Josephine Foster, in my opinion. Has anyone heard it? And how about the new Rachel Smith? And now the recommendations: AN PIERLI: HELIUM SUNSET (2004) A Belgian singer/songwriter in the Tori Amos/Regina Spektor-vein with soaring piano playing, aggressions lurking beneath the surface, and a knack for penning tunes that ebb and flow and carry you along. In short An Pierli is mindblowingly talented, and it is obvious that she has been around for a while. Her songwriting is mature and her artistic vision evident. And boy, is Kiss Me a sexy tune! Her latest effort with White Velvet is a bit noisier and jazzier than this, but it is still worth getting. SOL SEPPY: The Bells of 1 2 (2006) I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love this disc. Former Sparklehorse member Sophie Michalitsianos aka Sol Seppy works it as a hypnotic chanteuse on "1 2" and "Loves Boy", a spaced out Julee Cruise on "Injoy", and a less new age-y Enya on the gorgeous "Enter One". My favourite track, but I love her fuzzy electronic side as well. "Come Running" springs to mind. If you are into atmospheric soundscapes, soft pianos, spine-tingling cello, and celestial romanticism go get this. It is just so original and meaningful. Certainly dream pop deluxe ANNA KASHFI: PALISADE (2006) Manchester based outfit Anna Kashfi (named after the publicly humiliated first wife of Marlon Brando..) is such a great find. The melodic alt-country arrangements by multi-instrumentalist James Youngjohns, violinist Sarah Kemp and bassist/guitarist Peter Martin remind me quite a bit of Hem. But overall, the mood is darker and Sian Webleys vocals seem considerably more powerful. Think Neko Case or Hope Sandoval. I am partial to the sexy Ash Ballad, the eerie Train of Thought, and the killer piano/guitar/string ballad About a Boy. BLUE TOFU: BLUE TOFU (2001) So I am trying to decipher why this album is not HUGE on a million music lists worldwide and to be honest, it doesn't make any sense. This is top notch downtempo/electronica/lounge-pop, the production is lush and sexy, and Andrea Mathews' vocals is 100% seductive. If you are just remotely into Zero7, Lamb and/or Delirium go check this out. The tracks blend beautifully into each other creating a flow that keeps getting better with each listen. Great lyrics, too :-) BRIGHT BLACK MORNING LIGHT: BRIGHTBLACK MORNING LIGHT (2006) Brightblack Morning Light delivers the ultimate stoner folk. The languid guitarscapes along with keyboards, sparse guitars and sedate, murmuring male/famale vocals (by Nathan "Nabob" Shineywater and Rachel "Rabob" Hughes) certainly move at an ultraslow pace. But I like it a lot. It is like one single, psychedelic slow-mo track played over and over, but the repetitiveness is certainly part of the charm. If you like Mazzy Star or My Bloody Valentine you'll feast on this. If not, you might fall to sleep. CHUNGKING: THE HUNGRY YEARS (2005) I see why this Brighton-based retro-synth-soul trio is frequently compared to Goldfrapp, Scissor Sisters, Zero 7, and Moloko. It is a funky and stylish  and eccentric! - blend of smooth female vocals (by Jessie Banks), cool samplings, pure pop music, and that irresistible 80s feel to tracks like "Voodoo" (my favourite) and "Making Music." The lyrics are not exactly deep, but the beats will make your feet move and your body sway. If that is your thing go check out Bitter:Sweet and Venus Hum as well. Perhaps even Ursula 1000. MADITA: MADITA (2005) The finest downbeat/nu-jazz I have heard in a long time! Vocalist/songwriter Madita is primarily known for her partnership with dZihan, lending her self-assured Billie Holliday-ish voice to his and Kamien's Gran Riserva-project. This debut album is even better. We have the D&K-trademark broken-beat programming, tumbling synthetic bleeps and stuttering hi-hats, and then we have Madita  a singer with an urgent presence and so much style. I love her jazzy moments the most. "Has to Be" is my favourite. You might like to check out Break Reform as well. AND: ROSIE THOMAS' latest outint, These Friends of Mine, is available through emusic as an advanced download. I prefer her earlier material, but this one is still great. Cheers, Leonora "They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum" Tallulah Bankhead - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: CollectedSounds To: ecto@smoe.org Subject: Re: ecto-digest V13 #49 Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 09:14:06 -0600 >On 3/1/07, Jill Hughes wrote: >>For anyone who's looking for some new music, you might want to >>check out >>Balligomingo. > >Thanks Jill, very cool stuff :) > >This reminds me, I also wanted to let you know about a couple of >records I've reviewed recently that remind me of those groups. > >Blue Stone (the album is Worlds Apart). Three female vocalists over >that dreamy electronic music. Here's my review, >http://www.collectedsounds.com/cdreviews/worldsapart.html >there's a video there too. > >And I may have mentioned this before (it was on my top CDs of 2006), >but Sleepthief. >http://www.collectedsounds.com/cdreviews/dawnseeker.html >same deal, female vocals + really cool music. > >And of course (these have already been mentioned by myself and >others) >along those same lines but with a more "world"y feel, Niyaz and >their >lead singer, Azam Ali: >http://www.collectedsounds.com/cdreviews/niyaz.html > >I always feel like i have to apologize for linking to my site. I >swear >I'm not just trying to get hits. But I've already done the research >and there are links and stuff there so it's easier to give you the >link to my pages than to post here all the links that are on there. >I >do apologize if anyone doesn't like that :) > >-- >Amy >Collected Sounds >www.collectedsounds.com - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Opret en personlig blog og del dine billeder pe MSN Spaces ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 12:41:29 -0600 From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white) Subject: Noise and electronica (wasn't quite) Hi, Waaay back in 1969 I got Morton Subotnick's Silver Apples of the Moon: the first LP written -to be- electronica; prior efforts were Dick Hyman playing piano music on a Moog Synthesizer (rhymes with 'rogue' not 'moon'). Much was an open-ended computer program, but still had parts warmer than the soundtrack to Forbidden Planet, for example. Semi-waaay back I bought an LP from Micheal Iceberg, a man who sat inside a golden pyramid and played bank after bank of keyboard synthesizers. The LP was a copy of his Disneyland gig. Who knows where he might have gone if Science didn't tap him on the shoulder and make him obsolete with the equivalent of his gig now fitting into a briefcase. Not waaay back, I have been getting stuff from CDBaby.com with names like Olivia Neutron-Bomb, Steamshovel Monkeys, and Liquifaction: a one woman electronic band, QuarkSpace, Mons, Sync-Synthetic, Monsrtrum Septis and Theater of the Mind. [Not noisy: see: Moonflower and Vunkturi for StereoLabish lightness]<-ecto content. As an owner of Webtv and not a 'real' computer I need to do matter-mail CDr trades. I have to forward links to Work to be able to see or hear anything. If I had a computer at home I'd get "Myst" and never be seen again. 8-) bye, me KrW I'm Peter Pan! I'm perpetually young!! OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 13:32:55 -0600 From: kerrywhite@webtv.net (kerry white) Subject: Thanks to Vickie Hi, I was at Pandora.com and went exploring and found Xenu'sSister's list of 'radios' including Enon. I am now listening and being entraced and enchanted by the copy of Lost Marbles and Exploded Evidence that just arrived in the mail. Definitely not noise or Hawkwind 8-) bye, me KrW I'm Peter Pan! I'm perpetually young!! OW!! What's wrong with my back? ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V13 #51 **************************