Friday, June 30, 2023

End of another era...

Playlist
Various Artists - Total 21
Soft Machine - Other Doors
Gentle Giant - In'terview (Steven Wilson Remix)
Elton John - Blue Moves
Skids - John Peel Sessions 1978-79
Unifaun - Unifaun
The Boats - 2 Bears
James & The Giants - James & The Giants
Cloudland Blue Quartet - Two Two One Zero
Scanner - La FenĂȘtre Magique
socool - ephemera
Dali Quartet - Voces Latinas

Up early and doing something or other, including snaffling new releases...


This is not really on streaming sites so I played it and recorded it in real time - it's rather good...

No doubt, at some point I will buy the thing...


This afternoon/evening, out for drinks re the retiral of two chums, Raymondo and Bernardo...



Neither of whom is in this pic, Raymondo having already left and Bernardo being behind the camera...


A good night and home in time for tasty pasta...


Hihglight of the Day : End of an Era...

Today's New Music:-

Thursday, June 29, 2023

Mums, a dog, trainers and remixes...

Playlist
AVKRVST - The Approbation
Godsticks - This Is What A Winner Looks Like
The Dave Foster Band - Glimmer
Mandy, Indiana - i've seen a way
Caroline Polachek - Desire, I Want to Turn Into You
Christopher Tignor - A Light Below
Kelly Clarkson - chemistry
Carbon Based Lifeforms - Seeker
socool - ephemera
Edward Spark/Kiffie - Never Say Never
Trees Speak - PostHuman
Big L - Ebonomics (Single)
Down 'n' Outz - The Further Adventures Of...
Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues
Trees Speak - Radiation (Single)
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Genesis - Trespass
King Crimson - Lizard
Haystacks Balboa - Haystacks Balboa
Golden Earring - Golden Earring
Various Artists - Fill Your Head With Rock
The Doors - Absolutely Live
The Wild Angels - Live At The Revolution
David Bowie - The Man Who Sold The World

Up late...



This morning with Anne...


...to her mum's to ensure the latter got to her "club"...


...then, to Bob's mum's...


...to take Rafa for a walk while his family holidayed abroad...


Around Murrayfield park...







New trainers got their first outing...




Back to Betty's...


We did not know she knits wee hats for the new born babies at the local hospital...


Every baby leaves with a hat...


Shopping for kitchen stuff...


Back at the machines...

Remixing...


Neighbour Pietro was rebuilding the fence with his chums...


...and Fang was visiting...


Back at the machines again just after 8...


By close, I'd done nine remixes over the last two days of Socool's material...

Hmmm...

Lights out...

Highlight of the day : Remixing...

Today's New Music:-

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

Spotkicker, Ghostchopper...

Playlist
socool - ephemera
Stephan Thelen and Fabio Anile - sic for Piano and Strings
Down 'n' Outz - The Further Adventures Of...
Down 'n' Outz - The Further Live Adventures Of...

Wednesday and up...


...and breakfast...


...and the fridge reinstated...


Then, for most of the rest of the day, to work on the Socool remixes...


The new trainers fit...


But the old ones will remain in football service for now...


...and did so tonight...


A win tonight for your correspondent and a rare goal from him, albeit from the penalty spot...

Nope, that's Next week, Dave, tonight you were outside and were, at one point, cruelly chopped down by a ghost (i.e. fell over)...

No goals scored...

Highlight of the Day : 5 a sides...  Make that 7 a Sides...

Today's New Music:-

Tuesday, June 27, 2023

New music, new kitchen...

Playlist
Half Moon Run (DL) - Dark Eyes
Various Artists - Yardie (OST)
Various Artists - Mellow Mellow
Sultan Khan And Zakir Hussain - RĂŁga Du DĂ©but De La Nuit
DJ Hell - Presents: Gigolo Rockdelux Mix
Christopher Tignor - A Light Below
Ponchielli - Chamber Music
AssociaciĂł D'Artistes Suburbans - AAS
Jordi Savall: HespĂšrion XX - El Cancionero De La Colombina
Ricercar Consort - Guide des instruments baroques
Various Artists - Escola Massana
Edward Spark - Dragon Trax - Planet Socool Launch Party Set
MEDUZA, Eli & Fur & Anyma_ofc, Chris Avantgarde - Pegasus & Conciousness (CBQ Instrumental Mix)

Tuesday and up at 7...


...with CDs to be ripped and listened to...


The holiday haul...



I had a download of this already but, when that happens I always say "it's good to have the real thing when it's good" - even if it cost 4 European Euros...


Some tasty reggae for 2 Euros can't be bad...


Some tasty mellow funk for 2 Euros can't be bad...


Some tasty Indian Raga music for 2 Euros can't be bad...


Some tasty tunes spun together by DJ Hell for 2 Euros can't be bad...


Always good to find that a sub 3 Euro bargain, on which you took an absolute chance, is top notch - as is the case with this quasi classical disc from Christopher Tignor...


Some tasty classical from a new to me composer for under 3 Euros also can't be bad...

And it includes the tune used in the ad for Cadbury's chocolate from the old days that went "Everyone's a Fruit & Nut case..."


OK this CD was 50 cents and it's really not very good at all...

AssociaciĂł D'Artistes Suburbans  -  a secret reunion on March 1st, 2002, was surreptitiously recorded without the knowledge of the participants. Different parts of the recordings were sent to to a number of select musicians with the idea to create base rhythms using the recorded voices as source
material...

 Once developed, each of the base rhythms was then applied to a series of musical constructions compiled by the A.A.S. between 1981 and 2002....

All work was carried out anonymously with further recordings being added to the creations thus far by another group of musicians, again, all working separately from each other...

The result is a large number of musicians all playing together, but with none of them knowing who else they are working with...

And the results are as dreadful as you might imagine...


Maybe one day I'll give it another listen...

Then, from the market in Tarragona...

Some more tasty classical for one Euro fifty each can't be bad...


...especially when this item has almost four hours of music on it, spread over 3CDs (though, sadly not it's card box or big book)...


Also created today was the collection of the tracks I Shazammed at the Art School in Barcelona...

Also tasty!

And, Edward Spark sent me a DJ Mix he's been working on recently...

Of course I had to muck about with that and created an instrumental mix of a couple of the tracks...

And I was invited to work on a couple of remixes for Vancouver based electronica girl, Socool...

And, I have a new pair of Sambas...


It's all good...

Who's this?


Yep, Fang popped by and showed me the new kitchen...





...and his picture on the calendar which Anne had forgotten to change re all the new kitchen turmoil...


...and I showed him my new wee stone...


...which put him to sleep...




In the evening, we put all the stuff back into the kitchen and, lo, it was good...
















I am writing this on the 15th of July, by which time my feelings of sadness and guilt, re the death of the wee puppy Rita two days ago, are much more manageable...

Nothing I could have done and nothing I can do now...

And so, onwards...

Highlight of the Day : New music, new kitchen...

Today's New Music:-