From: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org (ecto-digest) To: ecto-digest@smoe.org Subject: ecto-digest V15 #211 Reply-To: ecto@smoe.org Sender: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-ecto-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk ecto-digest Wednesday, September 1 2010 Volume 15 : Number 211 To unsubscribe: e-mail ecto-digest-request@smoe.org and put the word unsubscribe in the message body. Today's Subjects: ----------------- Today's your birthday, friend... [Mike Matthews ] Re: Gaba (Gabriela) Kulka [Andrzej ] Jonsi - Go [JoAnn Whetsell ] Re: Tegan Northwood [Jon Wesley Huff ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 03:00:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Mike Matthews Subject: Today's your birthday, friend... i*i*i*i*i*i i*i*i*i*i*i *************** *****HAPPY********* **************BIRTHDAY********* *************************************************** *************************************************************************** ********************* Marcel Rijs (no Email address) ********************** *************************************************************************** -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Marcel Rijs Mon August 31 1970 A rose growing old Meredith Tarr Wed September 01 1971 Virgo Scott Zimmerman Mon September 04 1972 Virgo Mike Mendelson Fri September 04 1964 Virgo Richard Dean Wed September 06 1967 Virgo Jason Gordon Tue September 07 1976 monkey collector David Blank-Edelman Sat September 09 1967 Neon Holly Tominack Thu September 10 1970 Virgo Sharon Nichols Wed September 11 1963 Sic Luceat Lux Heather Russell September 11 Total Virgosity Karron Lynn Lane Tue September 14 1751 Ophelia Virgo Troy Wollenslegel Mon September 18 1972 Virgo Mark Frabotta Sun September 19 1965 Don't even THINK about parking here Joe Zitt Sat September 20 1958 Will Hack for CDs Ani DiFranco Wed September 23 1970 Virgo Lord Tyr Mon September 24 1979 Libran - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:13:37 +0200 From: Andrzej Subject: Re: Gaba (Gabriela) Kulka Thanks for the wishes Neile! I decided to write because I've seen her Ectoguide entry is outdated. :) At first I couldn't figure out how to post to a mailing list, haha. Paul, I'm sad too about Gaba's decision about deleting "Miss Scylla," but I'm glad that she didn't do the same to "Out". She wrote she wasn't happy with that record too but decided to remaster it, as it was the album that garnered her some attention in Poland (the track "Pilot" was played on national radio PR3 - Trojka while "Krolestwo i pol" was featured on some compilations). She complained the most about the overuse of echo effect while making "Out." The remaster includes her cover of "London Calling," the demo of "Love Me" (originally featured on a rare "Pilot" EP, later re-recorded for "Hat, Rabbit") and 3 Gaba's favourites from "Miss Scylla" -- "Jealousy," "Bodybags," and "Knock Knock" (I myself would have added "Jellybean" too but it would be too long for the CD limits). Some Gaba news I forgot to mention earlier: There's a project called "Mlynarski Plays Mlynarski" -- consisting of Gaba Kulka (vocals), Janek Mlynarski (vocals, percussion), Marian Wroblewski (guitar), Piotr Zabrodzki (piano), Wojtek Traczyk (double bass), Kuba Galinski (organ), Jose Manuel Alban Juarez (percussion). They perform songs written by a renowned Polish songwriter, Wojciech Mlynarski. Their 12-track album (each song sung by Gaba) is set to be released on October 10th (10/10/10). It was recorded live in studio in early May. http://www.gabakulka.com/ was recently redesigned. If you subscribe to the newsletter, you'll receive a discount code for the "Out" remaster download. After a gig in London in May, Gaba was on "The Times'" front page... The article didn't have much to do with her though. Details: http://gabakulka.com/official-eng/2010/05/paparazzi.html Now I'm excited that Gaba's coming to my little town (Oswiecim)... I'm really happy because there are virtually no concerts here, and my parents let me attend gigs no further than in Cracow (most of gigs in Poland are organized in Warsaw, Wroclaw, Cracow, and Poznan). - -- Andrew ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:27:38 -0400 From: JoAnn Whetsell Subject: Jonsi - Go Just saw an ad that Go, the debut album by Jonsi (lead singer of Sigur Ros) is on sale today for $3.99 at Amazon's MP3 store. Assuming this is US only. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003DHULF6/?tag=begrus-20 JoAnn ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:53:28 -0500 From: Jon Wesley Huff Subject: Re: Tegan Northwood Oh wow! Thanks so much for sharing. I'm really loving what I'm hearing. I can hear a little Happy Rhodes in her work, though it definitely stands on it's own. Some of the songs are a bit more jangly/shegazy. Really a nice mix of songs. On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:58 PM, Neile Graham wrote: > I CANNOT believe this album has been sitting around my house for nearly two years and I never listened to it until now. I also can't believe the other Ectophiles' Guide reviewers didn't grab this one when I offered it to them. > > This has been here so long (though many others have been here longer) that I finally started feeling guilty about this one and stuck in the player and now I'm insanely hooked. > > Tegan Northwood > > http://www.ectoguide.org/artists/northwood.tegan > http://www.myspace.com/tegannorthwood > > My overall comments: "Tegan Northwood creates a powerfully woven electronic and organic mix of pop/rock. She really knows how to make gorgeous soundscapes using layered vocal tracks (and she has a terrific voice) in just the way that Ectophiles swoon for. I certainly did! I do occasionally hear the Single Gun Theory influence here, but also hear a lot of Halou and Heather Duby, and...really, while there are many artists who have worked this vein, Tegan Northwood's sound feels very much her own. And she has an outstanding voice--it's ethereal and earthy at the same time, just like her overall sound, which is simply beautiful." > > About her album, Last Days of Home: "Wow! From the first strains of this disc with its wonderful intertwining vocal lines I was hooked. This is gorgeous. The mix of earthy and electronic sounds is lovely, and the songs are all distinctive and full of hooks. I really cannot recommend this disc enough. Tegan Northwood has an amazing voice and knows how to make the best of it. Just listen." > > --Neile > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Neile Graham .... neile@sff.net/@zipcon.com ... www.sff.net/people/neile > Les Semaines: A Weekly Journal ........ www.sff.net/people/neile/semaines > Editor, The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music ........... www.ectoguide.org > Workshop Administrator, Clarion West ................ www.clarionwest.org ------------------------------ End of ecto-digest V15 #211 ***************************