B R I A N 'S M U S I C A L C A T - K I L L I N G M U S I C They say curiousity killed the cat. Well, the list below is a compilation of interesting music that has been recommended to me. In most cases, I've never heard it, but my curiousity is piqued and now I want to hear this music. So if you have any of the following for sale, let me know... For the right price, I might buy it... And the comments about each were those made by others. If you disagree, let me know.. I'd like to get more feedback about these tracks/albums... br!an the moo-man.. Dance/Acid/Ambient/Dub/Experimental/IDM --------------------------------------- Acid Clan - "The Funky Groove Experience" (Electrick); great acid Alesini & Andreoni - "Marco Polo" (Materiali Sonori Maso CD 90069); stunning introspective ambient/classical/world music with Budd, Torn, Eno, Sylvian. highly recommended (2*) The Aloof - "Cover the Crime", track "Mind", great house, on par with Underworld Aloof Proof - "Expo Two - Piano Text" (Carbon Base CB0102) - Buddlike piano Apollo - "Subsurfing" (AMB 5941); giddy, dubby, like old orb Art of Silence - "artofsilence.co.uk"; from AON memeber, atmospheric with dancefloor oriented tracks Astral Projection - "Trust In Trance" or as V/A-"Trust In Trance 3";raved about Goa album, "mind blast", "one of the best albums you will hear", etc.. Automaton - Jihad/Point of Order; Laswell & Inoue Banco De Gaia - "Freeform Flutes and Fading Tibetans"; ambient dub, classic Bit To Beat; techno version of X-Files theme Blackhumour - "Peace In Our Time" (We Never Sleep WNS015); erotic sounds John Cage - "The Number Pieces I"; spare piano, violin, rainsticks Chapterhouse/Global Communication - "Pentamerous Metamorphosis"; Orb-like Bob Charlesworth - "Music For The Third Ear" (Universal Egg); "Moody, poignant journeys into the space between the notes, 'herbasonically recorded'" (gio) Datacide - "Flowerhead" (Rather Interesting R126); 2CD, sexy strings/trumpet/ beat, deep and excellent "A+" D.A.V.E. The Drummer - "Shudder and Twitch" (Boscaland); "an absolute stormer", "a growling 303 gradually filters up to scream mode"... ;) Dead Voices On Air - "Hafted Maul"; cool ambience from former ZF member Delerium - "Spheres II"; cool spacey atmosphere ("Spheres" was too cheesy IMHO) "Stone Tower","Spiritual Archives"; have samples of PG's Passion Divination - "Distill" (SubMeta); Laswell, Schutze, more. slack jaw psychedelia also "Akasha"; a definite must-have album Echo System - "Headland" (Deviant); one of the best this year (gio) Brian Eno - "Apollo" (2*); great ambience [Already have Ambient 1, 2 & The Pearl] Essit Musique ; "best acid record ever" Extra Vehicular Activity - selftitled; outstanding techno, ambient, jungle, and dub Extremedura - "Pulses" (Universal Egg); "Reminiscent of early Orb stuff" (gio) Fila Brazillia - "Mess"; bass, sitar, laid back breaks, great chill (gio) Fluke - "The Peel Sessions" Future Sound Of India - ??????? Guy Called Gerald - "Voodoo Ray '96"; cd ep, 12" Paul Horn - "Inside the Great Pyramid","Inside the Taj Mahal" (Kuckuck) Heavenly Music Corporation; good dreamy trancy ambient Ildfrost - "Autumn Departure"; enthralling, atmospheric cold Nordic ambience Insider - "Destiny" or "D.R.E.A.M.S"; cool IDM; crunchy International Peoples Gang (Emit 3395); damn good, trippy synth Isomise - "The Intersection" (Flagbearer); dubby techno, neat samples, 12" Tom Johnson - Bang on the Can vol. 1; has "failing: a very difficult piece for bass cello" Eleni Karaindrov - "Ulysses' Gaze" soundtrack; neat orchestral, ambient beautiful music Kosmik Commando - "Freaquenseize" (2CD on Rephlex); acid,acid,acid Loop Guru - "The Third Chamber"; dubby, blissful grooviness, gamelan - "Catalogue Of Desires"; "their best yet", samples (gio) Low948 - "Paccarisca" (Kickin); dubby, lotsa weird samples, like Horizon222 Man With No Name - "Floor Essence"; epic Goa track, lotsa raves Masters at Work - "I Can't get No Sleep" - Cutting Records; good moaning Mystical Sun - "Primordial Atmospheres"; way cool ambient, binaural beats, brain state effects Namlook - Air II Namlook - "Sultan" (FAX); "Turkish music, percussive deep-bass madness." (gio) Namlook/Dandy Jack - "Amp" (FAX); "warm and engaging, undeniable sense of humor" Namlook/Hawtin - "From Within"; cool Plastikman tunage, best of both artists Namlook/Mixmaster Morris - "Dreamfish" (FAX) Namlook/Rehberg - "Passion" (Yesterday/Tomorrow Y/T1); great ambient, soprano singing, voices, shimmering.. Pablo's Eye - "You Have a Yearning For Perfection" (Extreme); (5 mix EP) "Ambient-headf*ck to sampledelic abstraction to bass-driven trance" (gio) Pino & Wildjamin - "The MS Series"; between house/dub, acidy in parts, 9/10 Psychaos - "Intellect"; pure and mindmelting acid Raison d'etre - "Prospectus I"; gothic/Catholic chants, samples, echoes, etc. Rapoon - "The Kirghiz Light" (2CD); ghostly. "very highly recommended" Robert Rich - Trances/Drones (Extreme); great to sleep to Roach/Vidna Obmana - "Well Of Souls" (Projekt, 2CD); "a wonderful album I will probably be listening to for the rest of my life", "unequaled" Shades of Orion - "Biotrip"; 20+ minute great ambience, on FAX Shinjuku Thief - "The Witch Hammer"; dracula-like gothic ambient Solitaire - "Ritual ground"; (2*) good meditative drums/ambient, daydreaming Tahnja - "Tajna 2*7" (Analog records #11); good acid ambient Techno Animal - "Reentry"; amazing dark ambient, sublime, druglike effect Technova(David Harrow) - "Tantric Steps"; bagpipes, flute, didge, ambient techno w/good beat, ethereal voices Union Jack - "Lollipop Man"; lush and mellow trance V/A - Around the Day in 80 Worlds; a good complilation of trance V/A - Behind the Eye 3; beautiful compilation of melodic and moody trance, very highly recommended for those who like the dreamier side of trance. V/A - Freezone 2: Variations on a Chill; ISDN-like comp of dubby ambient tracks V/A - Invisible Soundtracks (Leaf); new talent, "among the best ambient/ experimental electronic releases this year" V/A - LTJ Bukem presents Logical Progression (Good Looking Records, 2CD); drum'n'bass that's mind-melting V/A - Off The Map (H222, Suns of Arqa, etc) V/A - Teknoville 4 (News, 2CD); has Sensurreal - "Astral Black" and Dave Angel "Airborne", mind-melting music V/A - The Promises of Silence (Projekt); "it's an epic and a must-have", 80min V/A - T.I.P. "Blue" Compilation; nothing but raves, mindmelting must-have V/A - Trance Central 4 - "A Trip To Goa"; good goa trance comp, lotsa raves V/A - We Call It Hallucinates (2LP); Great acid house from Trax Luke Vibert - "A Polished Solid" (MO WAX MV0035) - military drumming, funky freestyle, samples Wagon Christ - Redone EP; "best jungle 12" of summer" The Weathermen - "Domination" (Boscaland); acid stormer with dominator samples.. Wishmountain - "Radio"; "Rose" is atmospheric ambient, "Radio" is intense buildup, used effectively by Ritchie Hawtin in a mix.. YLEM - "Distorted Reality/Lost it" (Tonkin) - recommended "grin-inducing" upbeat, trancy tracks that peak Zodiac Blue - "Bright Side Of The Sun"; tribute to Dark Side Floyd. Zoviet France - "Shouting at the Ground (Ghosts for Fog)" (2*) "Eostre (Ghosts for Summer)" (2*) "Loh Land (Ghosts for Absinthe)" "Gris", "What is Not True", "Mohnomishe", "Collusion"; hard to find tracks from 84-90 Guitar Ethereal --------------- A Small Good Thing - "Slim Westerns" (Soleilmoon); ambient twangy country guitar Gene Bowen - "The Vermilion Sea"; recommended twangy ambience Michael Brook - "Hybrid", "Endless Guitar?" or "Infinite Guitar?", "Cobalt Blue" Harold Budd "The Serpent (In Quicksilver)"; recommended twangy ambience B.J. Cole - "Transparent Music"; recommended twangy ambience Flying Saucer Attack; ambient guitar Final - "One", "Two"; guitar ambience w/shortwave drone Robert Fripp - "Frippertronics" Robert Fripp String Quartet - "Soundscapes" Grateful Dead - "Feedback" on "Live Dead" John Martyn "One World" (Island); sublime and "twangy as hell" Jimi Hendrix - "Three Stones From the Sun", "Crosstown Traffic" Daniel Lanois - "Acadie"; has "Amazing Grace" with Aaron Neville Labradford - "A Stable Reference"; hypnotic guitar with analog electronics Laraanji - "Essence/Universe" and "Flow Goes the Universe" Loveliescrushing - (projekt records) Mojave 3 "Ask Me Tomorrow"; Leonard Cohenesque 4AD effort from ex-Slowdive'rs Thurston Moore - "Blues For Space Girl" Frank Orrall - Palm Fabric Orchestra Poi Dog Pondering - "Wood Guitar" Popul Vuh - "In Den Garten Pharoahs"; "trippy, heavenly drifting, chilled out" Porcupine Tree - "Voyage 34/Voyage 34(remix)" (Delerium); to be released in 97 Steve Reich - "Electric Counterpoint"; sampled in Little Fluffy Clouds also "Piano Phase" ("mindblowing"), "Music For 18 Musicians" David Sylvian - "Gone To Earth"; moody sentimental guitar Spacemen 3 - Ash Ra Tempel/Manuel Goettsching - "Inventions For Electric Guitar" soundtrack - "Paris, Texas"; sublime music for solo steel guitar, Ry Cooder Vidna Obmana/Djen Ajakan Shean - "Parallel Flaming" (Multimood) - an incredible work that shouldn't disappoint. Vidna Obmana - "The River of Appearance" (Projekt) - ditto (*5) also "The Trilogy" (Relic); a compilation of 3 outta print cds also "Dreamtime Return", - "a classic" also "Echoing Delight" (Extreme); "heartily recommended" also "The Spiritual Bonding" (Extreme); with Roach/Rich/Alio Die also "Cavern of Sirens" (with Roach); "just amazing, I highly recommend it" Female Vocalists ---------------- Hildegard Von Bingen - "Feather On The Breath Of God", performed by Gothic Voices. also "Ordo Virtutum", 2CD; lush, beautiful, like DCD Aion. Rory Block - "Tornado"; has "The Last Leviathan" on it.. The Creatures - "Bestiary"; early/unreleased stuff from Siouxsie and Budgie Delerium - "Karma"; has Sarah, Rose Chronicles singer and more (Nettwerk) Anja Garbarek - "Balloon Mood"; KaTelike, mix of jazz,blues,trip hop,pop,etc. Iona - "Journey Into the Morn"; mixture of Clannad, Enya, & traditional Irish Happy Rhodes - "Building the Colossus" Rose Chronicles - "Happily Ever After"; latest release Sybil Vane - selftitled (Island); sounds like Tribe + Rose Chronicles + T'Pau Eastern/Indian/World Music -------------------- V.M.Bhatt & Ry Cooder - "A Meeting By The River"; "*highest* recommendation", classical indian music blended with delta blues. Ethan James - "Songs of the Hurdy-Gurdy" Zakir Hussain - any ECM titles Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - "Bandit Queen" soundtrack; "WOW!" - "Revelation" (Interra); (2*) great Qawwal music. Bill Laswell - "Hear No Evil" Usted Alla Rakha & Zakir Hussain - Table Duet (Moment Records 1001) Shakti - anything Shankar - "Who's To Know" (ECM) "Soulsearcher" (Axiom); Futuristic interpretations of classical indian, substitute for drugs. ;) Rentaro Taki - "Koujou no Tsuki (Moon Over Ruined Castle)"; classical Japanese melody, appears in track 8 of Namlook/Laswell's "Outland" (FAX PW19) V/A - "Voice Of The Spirit"; (2CD) fascinating music from around the world, good meditational music Stuff I've Heard or *know* I Want: (haven't seen it or couldn't afford it at the time) ---------------------------------- Adiemus - "Songs of Sanctuary"; ethereal vocals like Enya's backgrounds All-4-One - (She's Got) Skillz; cd single, has 3 remixes Aphex Twin - "Selected Ambient Works 85-92" BlackStreet - No Diggity; cd single Flag - "Four Tracker 2 EP"; has the song "Wonderful day" that I *must* have Bobbie Kondor's House Rhythms - "Nervous Acid" also on white label: Nervous? Phuture and comp: "Acid is the Only Drug" from Trigger Records in Germany Namlook/Gerhardt - "Wandering Soul" (Y-T); neato ambient cello Orb - Morphology (and any other studio bootlegs) Pink Floyd Trance Mixes - Wish You Were Here, Absolutely Ambient Puff Daddy - Mo' Money Mo' Problems; single Steve Roach - "Structures From Silence"; great minimalist ambience (2*) Adham Shikh & Tim Floyd - "Drift" (Instinct); syruppy reverbed guitars David Torn - "Tripping Over God" (CMP); amazing guitars, rock/ambient/jazz (2*) (has a couple cool songs, buy used) Voice of Kwahn - "Rebirth" (Max-Bilt); 2CD set, moves between Deep Forest and pure ambient bliss. 20+ minute Orb-like song: The Transformation, (buy used) V/A - Excursions in Ambience 4 V/A - "Goa '96 Suntrance" (Jumpin n Pumpin); intense trance, buy at reasonable $ V/A - "Urbal Beats 2"; has Beltram, Wild Child, other classic tracks V/A - White Noise (City Of Angels); slick d'n'b with some hypnotizing tracks