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Les Cousins – Chabrol takes the French New Wave on a descent to Hell.

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Backed with money inherited by his wife, Chabrol wrote, produced and directed Le Beau Serge in 1958, a film often cited as the first New Wave feature. Shot over nine weeks in Sardent, using natural light and real locations, the film portrays a detailed picture of working class life in a bleak provincial village. Reflecting the influence of both […]

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Barry Adamson – I will set you Free: Retro Rock with a serve of Irony

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Barry Adamson is a name anyone familiar with edge or Indie music will recognise instantly. He’s cruized with Magazine and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – so there is a place a veteran can get to that is all about something we know melded in with a ‘where he’s at’ feel rather than anything […]

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Martin Denny – Exotic Moog: Exotica in a quiet village.

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  It’s Friday night here. Its been a big week.  It’s Samuel Becketts birthday and I’ve been reading him even more than usual. I’m tired. I want Martin Denny Exotic Moog. One of my favourite down time discs! Enjoy. From Decrepit Tapes: Exotic Moog is the glittering grail for both Martin Denny collectors and Moog […]

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Addison Groove – Transistor Rhythm: A pleasant surprise

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Never let it be said that I don’t throw in the odd surprise here on my tiny corner of the net. I bought this album (I know I know) purely based on the Dusted review by Brad LaBonte and my subsequent listen around. It’s a very ‘not Lisa’ kind of album – I mean Bad Things […]

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Wire’s 100 Records that set the world on fire while no one was listening. 61 – 65

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(This post is part of a series of posts on the Wire list. For the previous post please go here. To see the Wire’s original list, please go here. ) Oh you are going to be SO glad I stayed up tonight! All my Wire list posts have the best music you will ever hear, but in […]

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Film – Samuel Beckett takes to the flicks.

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I watched a wonderful short film tonight. A man is running through the streets.  he is spotted by a couple and recoils at the sight of them, running on past. The couple are shocked to see him. he runs on, till finally he reaches the door of a room. At the door he takes his […]

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Board’s of Canada – Geogaddi: Music as manipulation.

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The thing that must be said initially about Board’s of Canada’s uber album Geogaddi is a hearty congratulations on all the love its solicited. It is certainly an adored album.  I read in the album’s Wiki that it has mixed reviews, but I have to confess on all the guru music sites I frequent, the album is […]

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Céline and Julie go boating – The quiet achiever of the French new wave goes epic.

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How does one describe a film that encompasses the entire world in its enormity? This is easily one of my all time favourite films.  I love it for nostalgic reasons and I love it for itself. It is a holy epic, pure in its revelations, uncompromising in its commitment to its own depth. There is so much to say […]

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Negativland: Points – Music collage and Music scandal.

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Here is some background detail on this very interesting band, taken from the wiki on them: Negativland is an experimental music and sound collage band which originated in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970s. They took their name from a Neu! song, while their record label is named after another Neu! song. The current core of the band consists of Mark Hosler, Richard Lyons, Don […]

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Night Sun – Mournin’ : Kraut / Prog / Doom / boogie cool.

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Any regulars to this blog know that I have a very very soft and welcoming spot for prog and krautrock. Maybe its a gen x thing.  I’m not sure where it comes from.   Like absolutely every other musical genre without exception, the truly great prog music was hidden and acting as influence to the […]

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