From: owner-velvet-station-digest@smoe.org (velvet-station-digest) To: velvet-station-digest@smoe.org Subject: velvet-station-digest V3 #55 Reply-To: velvet-station@smoe.org Sender: owner-velvet-station-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-velvet-station-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk velvet-station-digest Saturday, December 9 2000 Volume 03 : Number 055 Today's Subjects: ----------------- [VS] Recommended [Philippa.Demonte@bmg.co.uk] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:36:34 +0100 From: Philippa.Demonte@bmg.co.uk Subject: [VS] Recommended Hi Just me - back from another work trip to Paris - more good music to recommend from there ('cos there seem to be several bands who sound kinda like Velvet Belly but not quite): * Francoiz Breut - she's got a much deeper voice than Anne-Marie, but otherwise, shock horror, her band sound pretty similar to VB (I swear the guitarist even has the same red guitar as Henning) - I think she's signed to Virgin France * Autour de Lucie - just 'discovered' them last night at a gig at the Elysee Montmatre (Paris), and they were amazing! They sounded like a cross between Massive Attack and Garbage (verging almost on live drum'n'bass on a couple of tracks), with an 8 piece mini orchestra and some great lighting (the French really know how to put on a show) Just wish I'd been able to go to a record shop to buy one of their albums before I came back to London, sigh. So that's my recommended listening of the week. I just can't wait for tonight now, because Morten Abel's in town, and he's set himself a challenge. Not only is he going to play 3 live dates to highly critical London audiences (who aren't going to give a shit if he's a big rock star back in Norway), but he's also going to be playing without a band for the first time. Yes, that's right, Morten singing and playing the guitar on his own. This I have to see, because anything could happen! - fLip - - -----Original Message----- From: Wmvrrvrrmm@aol.com [mailto:Wmvrrvrrmm@aol.com] Sent: 07 December 2000 21:54 To: velvet-station@smoe.org Subject: Re: [VS]...back on the list.... In a message dated 13/10/2000 11:43:17, Philippa.Demonte@bmg.co.uk writes: << I went and bought Talk Talk's 'Garden of Eden' album as a result and was not disappointed - it's gorgeous music - heck, even DJs have been rating it as their favourite chill-out album lately! >> Well, I just went out and bought Spirit of Eden since it's one of the two favourite albums of Velvet Belly's mentioned last year in a magazine along with Jeff Buckley's Grace. I didn't think that Mark Hollis was who I thought he was after seeing some of the earlier album covers, thank god the group changed their hairstyles. I liked that song "Life is what you make it" when it was released, I don't know which album its on though. He has another one of those ethereal haunting voices, maybe as if he's been stuck out in some timeless place watching countless seasons rolling by, there's a mythic resonance....I'm having a small high... Dominic (wmmvrrvrrmm) Kulcsar The Wmmvrrvrrmm Place ! http://members.aol.com/wmvrrvrrmm The art and writings of myself, Dominic (wmmvrrvrrmm) Kulcsar The Velvet Belly Page http://www.geocities.com/velvet_belly_uk My unofficial fansite dedicated to the Norwegian band Velvet Belly ------------------------------ End of velvet-station-digest V3 #55 ***********************************