Zhanteimi

A beautiful, sylvan album of neo-Medieval instrumental songs. The perfect thing to listen to out in nature when the leaves are changing and you feel the earth about to enter its annual winter slumber.

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Zhanteimi

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Zhanteimi

This album has so many great songs, led by “Mother and Child Reunion” and “Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard”, the two tracks that’ll have you singing them for days afterwards. The lead single lays the blueprint for where Simon will later go with Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints, which some critics say is nothing more than an exploitation or appropriation of music beyond America’s borders.

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Zhanteimi

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Zhanteimi

This is a decent debut, but their later stuff, when they find their voice, is so much better. There are some awkward spots as they try desperately to be different. Don’t worry, lads! You get there, rising above the mere fashion of the times.

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Zhanteimi

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Zhanteimi

This is a compilation album of four Rachmaninoff concertos, Haitink conducting the Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra, and Ashkenazy playing piano. Am I the only one who cranks the volume when “classical” (using the term colloquially) comes up in rotation? There’s so much nuance one can so easily miss.

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Oriphiel

Luv u 2, fam

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Zhanteimi

Despite using pretty much the same musical theme throughout, this album doesn’t drag. It might be because of the breakdown of that structure in Parts 2 and 3, keeping the main motif fresh.

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windsock

^ ****ing great record from a great band. I'm still trying to find a time to sit through all of Otokotachi no Wakare

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Zhanteimi

Today my 01011001 CD arrived. Had to go with CD since the vinyl is about $350.


Disc 1 is "Y", depicted on the CD art. It's a planet of beings so technologically advanced that they've gained not only telepathy but immortality.


Disc 2 is "Earth", the turdball you all live on, where your thoughts are controlled without you knowing it by the inhabitants of Planet Y. As a matter of fact, they made your ancestors from extremophiles on a meteorite.


As always, Arjen gets together a who's-who of cheese.

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Zhanteimi

I got Wardruna's most recent project, Skald, on vinyl the other day. This was a request from ked, and I was only too happy to oblige her.


It has a gatefold sleeve with simple monochromatic art.


It comes with a booklet containing not only the lyrics and their English translation but also an explanation of the project.


"Skald was recorded live in the studio with the intention of capturing the uncompromising energy of a live performance rather than aiming for a flawless and polished expression. It sets out to give voice to the ancient craft that once lay at the heart of the Norse oral traditions, presented as it takes shape in the hands of a humble contemporary skald today."

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Zhanteimi

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Zhanteimi

This album doesn’t blaze any new trails in the genre, but it’s still a good sample of what zeuhl can do when it’s got a healthy dose of jazz fusion mixed in. There’s a lot of energy packed into this one.

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