Hi V. et al!
Thanks for the thread, also makes me recall a lot of good old days when we listen to Level 42, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, Siouxie & the Banshees, XTC, ETBG, and all the 4AD's. And yes, This Mortal Coil is tastefully beautiful.
For EBTG, last year, I still put their remake of "Night and Day" (1982 release) together with their 90's remake of "Corcovado" to my radio playlist. Still sounds great.
I think the background of early listening to these artists land me easily and warmly to downtempo, broken beats, break n'boss and future jazz today.
Cheers!
Steven
Radio [ T a k e 1 0 ] - Prophetic Jazz
http://www.live365.com/stations/143733
Velanche Stewart <vstewart@calpoly.edu> wrote:
>
>
>John Book wrote:
>
>> For a short time, everything that came from Trevor
>> Horn, or Zang Tuum Tumb Records, I bought. AoN,
>> Frankie Goes To Hollywood, Progaganda, Anne Pigalle,
>> Andrew Poppy, Das Psych Oh Rangers, and most of it
>> great. I think ZTT enhanced what a remix could (and
>> should) be, it wasn't an extended mix or a new mix
>> altogether, but completely turning a song inside out
>> and creating something new.
>Trevor was a genius, for sure. I still love Propaganda's first album.
>Also, FGTH and AoN were favorites too.
>
>I was grateful for being hooked with KROQ here in Cali, and even more
>fortunate to have discovered an independent record store not far from my
>home when I was in my early 20s. I was soaked in 4AD madness,
>remembering the "Lonely Is An Eyesore" compilation as my first
>indoctrination into the label. Soon, I've bought early Cocteau Twins CDs
>(about the first seven, I think) and all of the Dead Can Dance CDs. I
>also bought the two Colorbox CDs that were available at the time..and
>sadly, their huge influence in music is still relatively unknown to the
>masses. And the "This Mortal Coil" series....what a great project that
>was! These works really took me away into another world.
>
>For awhile, I was into George Winston via a radio station that had
>started a nightly show of "new age" music. Not a shame to say that I
>think that his Seasons series of albums were very ambient-like, even if
>they were no more than long and beautiful pieces of piano works.
>
>I really like this thread. It's taking me back to memory lane in a big
>way. Yes, I've also heard that of Level 42, Swing Out Sister, early
>EBTG, and others.
>
>Sadly, I have stored those CDs away and have not seen them for about 3
>1/2 years. I surely will have to do that, but nice that some music just
>never seems to go out of style.
>
>V.
>
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