Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
Ash Ra Tempel
Schwingungen
(Disk Union, 1972)
Brain-burning wig-out masterwork from experimental Kosmische wizards.
In his 1995 kosmi-pedia Krautrocksampler, Julian Cope insists that all copies of this album should come with a warning sticker such is the transcendent, life-altering power of the music that lies within. Personally, I think it's always better to approach Schwingungen with no caution whatsoever, opening up to the full force of its three-track free-rock fuck-you. At a relatively breezy six minutes and 20 seconds, Light: Look at Your Sun is a deceptively welcoming opener, its smouldering blues drone reminiscent of The Doors at their most languid and epic (see Riders On The Storm). But vocal preacher John L is no crooning Jim Morrison. This guy is terrifying and even at his most reserved sounds like a tortured freak looking into the abyss ("We are all one", he intones, unsettlingly. "We are all one"). After the calm comes the storm, in the form of the 12-minute-plus Darkness: Flowers Must Die - a creation seemingly born on the burning slopes of some volcanic land. Another John L mantra signifies the start of a tribal groove that builds to a trepanning conclusion where blasts on the saxophone meet galactic guitar abandon under a shadow of unnerving electronic phasing. Unsurprisingly then, it's an ideal record to listen to on your way to work. Invest in the ritualistic rhythms of the 20-minute title track and your commute will become an altogether more rewarding experience. I guarantee it.
Ross Bennett
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 6:00 AM GMT 01/10/2010
Further Listening
Ash Ra Tempel – Ash Ra Tempel (Disk Union, 1971)
Sunn O))) – Monoliths & Dimensions (Southern, 2009)
The Stooges – Fun House (Elektra, 1970)
Previous Disc of the day
-
-
Earl Brutus - Larky
Last salvo of Ginsters Pasty-Warholism from Britpop ramraiders.
12:04 PM GMT 08/06/2011
-
Loudon Wainwright - T-Shirt
An overlooked small wonder from an unpredictable career.
6:00 AM GMT 03/06/2011
-
Landscape - From The Tea-rooms Of Mars… To The Hell-holes Of Uranus
Dry computer club Futurists, upon hitting implausible chart paydirt.
6:00 AM GMT 17/05/2011
-
-
Causa Sui - Summer Sessions Vol 1-3
Epic Danish jams, for when the neighbours get you down.
6:00 AM GMT 12/05/2011
end of body content back to top
Footer
Join us on:
© Copyright Bauer - all
rights reserved.
Reproduction of this
website, in whole or in
part, in any form or
medium without express
written permission from
Bauer is prohibited. All
use is subject to our
Terms of Use
|
|
Comments
Comment on this post
did anybody notice the last and long track is kind of seaucerful of seccrets remake ?listen carefuly, it's obvious
Posted by jean-marie at 11:28 PM GMT 25/11/2010 Report Abuse
Reply to this post
RE: jean-marie
listen to 7-up -its a proper record
Posted by jesus mcdonalds at 2:05 PM GMT 11/07/2011 Report Abuse
Reply to this post
RE: jean-marie
listen to 7-up -its a proper record
Posted by jesus mcdonalds at 2:06 PM GMT 11/07/2011 Report Abuse
Reply to this post
Comment on this post