Nice, yes, I really like Chromatics and had not thought of that song, thanks for mentioning. Also, I think I mainly got into them because of Twin Peaks the Return, but yeah, they were fantastic. Johnny Jewel still doing soundtracks and stuff I think. Ruth Radlet has solo stuff now.
Being mentioned in the same space as both Fog Chaser and King Missle is incredibly nice of you! I'm happy I was able to turn you on to the Drop Nineteens.
Great question! Give me a day and I can give good recs for listening. (Choosing from 55 years of material, I just want to be sure I steer you right.) Fun fact: I contributed to a fundraising for their latest album, “Other Doors,” and got listed as one of the associated executive producers!
Cool - begins reminding me of mid-70s Soft Machine and the jazz fusion strings its way through the rest until the voice talked over completely in its echo landscape.
This is what I’ve come up with as a start. The first two albums - The Soft Machine and Volume Two - show off the band mixing jazz and psychedelia, with many shorter tracks, some showing off the vocal talents of drummer Robert Wyatt and (on the debut album) Kevin Ayers and their lyrical wit. Third shows their new direction, adding a horn section and recording side-length jams like “Out-Bloody-Rageous,” which I think you might especially like. Softs is interesting as the original members were all but gone and focused on jazz-fusion with heavier use of guitars that had been missing from the band’s sound after the first two albums.
Thanks, Angel, cool stuff. I need to listen to more, but I like the first album and now vaguely remember you sharing "why are we sleeping?", which is great. And yes I do like out-bloody-rageous. Looking forward to listening more to the second and third ones. Thanks for the insights and recommendations!
This was super cool! It brought me back to the world of 90s indie alternative music I was obsessed with as a teen and young adult.
Thanks very much, Jason. Glad you liked it. Yep, that style of music is pretty much my touchstone.
This is cool. It reminded me a bit of Night Drive track one "Telephone Call" by Chromatics, mainly due to words spoken over music. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBN1_C22pTM&list=OLAK5uy_lQ11OfNlndWpfUXoKlhiciL6UFJ7A5SXI) I can recommend the whole album
Nice, yes, I really like Chromatics and had not thought of that song, thanks for mentioning. Also, I think I mainly got into them because of Twin Peaks the Return, but yeah, they were fantastic. Johnny Jewel still doing soundtracks and stuff I think. Ruth Radlet has solo stuff now.
Thank you for the mention!
Sure thing! Thank you for the inspiration. I am am going to say the exact same thing to Kevin above, but it is equally true!
Being mentioned in the same space as both Fog Chaser and King Missle is incredibly nice of you! I'm happy I was able to turn you on to the Drop Nineteens.
Cueing up the new track now.
Sure thing! Thank you for the inspiration. I am am going to say the exact same thing to FogChaser below, but it is equally true!
Nice groove!
Great question! Give me a day and I can give good recs for listening. (Choosing from 55 years of material, I just want to be sure I steer you right.) Fun fact: I contributed to a fundraising for their latest album, “Other Doors,” and got listed as one of the associated executive producers!
Nice! Sounds good and thanks.
Cool - begins reminding me of mid-70s Soft Machine and the jazz fusion strings its way through the rest until the voice talked over completely in its echo landscape.
Thanks, Angel! You know, I'm not very familiar with Soft Machine, any recommendations on where to start with them?
This is what I’ve come up with as a start. The first two albums - The Soft Machine and Volume Two - show off the band mixing jazz and psychedelia, with many shorter tracks, some showing off the vocal talents of drummer Robert Wyatt and (on the debut album) Kevin Ayers and their lyrical wit. Third shows their new direction, adding a horn section and recording side-length jams like “Out-Bloody-Rageous,” which I think you might especially like. Softs is interesting as the original members were all but gone and focused on jazz-fusion with heavier use of guitars that had been missing from the band’s sound after the first two albums.
Thanks, Angel, cool stuff. I need to listen to more, but I like the first album and now vaguely remember you sharing "why are we sleeping?", which is great. And yes I do like out-bloody-rageous. Looking forward to listening more to the second and third ones. Thanks for the insights and recommendations!
Awesome, sounds cool, will dig in and let you know some thoughts!