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November 15, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
The Things You Find Out On The Side Are Sometimes The Best Bits of Interviews
I used to write this thing called The Vinyl Countdown – I was curious about my own record collection, why did I have the albums I had? Where had they come from – not just the store or record fair, but where were they before I owned them? How did I hear about them? What […]Archive
July 27, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns: Convergence
Erik Wøllo / Michael Stearns Convergence Projek Records I found this record recently in a beautiful fluke – well, a routine search for ambient/space records I guess. What a find. I knew Michael Stearns’ fine work – particularly his score for Baraka (and its ‘sister’ films). He made ambient electronic music in the late 1970s […]Archive
July 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Kodama 木: Moonlight and Rain
Kodama 木 Moonlight and Rain dreaming of distant worlds Evocations of nature were all through the debut EP by Kodama 木 (which I loved!) In fact I referred to it as feeling like “the soundtrack to a sci-fi or nature documentary-short that hasn’t been made yet”. And the same applies to full-lengther, Moonlight and Rain. Because it’s […]Archive
March 12, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Moby: Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Vol. 1
Moby Live Ambient Improvised Recordings, Vol. 1 mobyambient Maybe Moby is the musician I’ve had the longest love/hate affair with – when Play was released I loved it. It was then ubiquitous, I still loved it for a while then decided it was not for me – but I really loved Play: The B-Sides. And […]Archive
February 9, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
RNZ Reviews: February 2021
Once a month or so I have a chat on RNZ on their Afternoons show with Jesse Mulligan. I’ve been doing it for about five years now. Most months. This was my first time in for 2021. I didn’t review a whole lot of music over summer – but I did get hooked on some things, especially things […]Archive
February 8, 2021 by Simon Sweetman
Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021
Every year it’s music. All day it’s music. All the time. And if it’s not then there’s a film on – and I’m usually noticing the music. Or it’s a podcast. Which has music. Or is an interview about music. When I’m reading it’s a music biography or it’s poetry – which has its own […]Archive
December 19, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: Fingerprints, Forever Grabbing
Richard Pryor’s fingerprints… Brian Eno’s fingerprints… Janet Malcolm’s fingerprints… Werner Herzog’s fingerprints… These are the fingerprints all over my life, they tip-toe in a spider-walk down the spine of the books I read, down the spine of the documentary movies and all through my record collection and down across the comedy specials I listen to […]Archive
December 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Brian Eno: Film Music 1976 – 2020
Brian Eno Film Music 1976 – 2020 UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Brian Eno: dreamer, schemer, enabler, conceptualist, visual artist – he’d be important if he wasn’t in any way connected to music. And though he doth almost protest too much as blatant “Non-Musician” his influence is towering. I always say that his fingerprints are all […]Archive
December 9, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
R.I.P. Harold Budd
Harold Budd has died. The composer and pianist was 84. It’s said he died due to complications from coronavirus. Budd was a poet, an avant-garde composer, a musician for hire and someone who released solo albums and collaborated – including John Foxx of Ultravox and a long-running partnership with Robin Guthrie of Cocteau Twins. He […]Archive
September 22, 2020 by Simon Sweetman
Roger and Brian Eno: Mixing Colours
Roger and Brian Eno Mixing Colours Deutsche Grammophon The brothers have worked together over the years but this is their first full album as a duo. Both have worked extensively in ambient, even easy listening spaces – older brother Brian is better known of course but Roger has been prolific in recent years particularly; the […]Archive
July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman