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July 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

The 1001 Albums Challenge # 77: Holger Czukay – “Movie!”

I love CAN – but the thing about that band, and about Krautrock in general – it’s whole worlds; there’s so much there still for me to absorb, to even dip the toe in. I love CAN and yet many of the side-projects or related things (solo albums from members in particular) I haven’t ever […]
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January 22, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

R.I.P. Jaki Liebezeit

Jaki Liebezeit has died. He was 78. Best known as a founding member of CAN he also played on albums by Jah Wobble and Philip Jeck as well as Depeche Mode and Brian Eno (he’s one of a handful of magnificent drummers on Before and After Science). But it’s his work with CAN that resonates – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Can, Drummer, Drums, Eulogy, Jaki Liebezeit, Krautrock, R.I.P., R.I.P. Jaki Liebezeit ·

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January 12, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Inherent Vice [OST]

Various Artists Inherent Vice [OST] Nonesuch Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood is back – his third time working with/for Paul Thomas Anderson following brave and wonderful scores for There Will Be Blood and The Master. He’s on point here making the most of strings as he creates music that hints at Bernard Herrmann, has that same edge; […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Can, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Inherent Vice, Jonny Greenwood, Kyu Sakamoto, Minnie Riperton, Natural Born Killers, Paul Thomas Anderson, Radiohead, Score, Soundtrack, The Big Lebowski, The Marketts, V/A, Various Artists ·

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July 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Vermont: Vermont

Vermont Vermont Kompakt Germany You might know Danilo Plessow from his Motor City Drum Ensemble moniker. You might know , both are talented house music producers. Together they are Vermont – and this self-titled album project is a calming and lovely late-night/early-early-morning set of ambient ideas that has very little to do with house music […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Can, Danilo Plessow, Eno, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, House, Innervisions collective, Kraftwerk, Krautrock, Marcus Worgull, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Vermont ·

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April 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Flaming Lips: The Terror

The Flaming Lips The Terror Warner Bros. The last decade has seen The Flaming Lips suddenly very busy – on the back of the runaway success of Yoshimi; that record building nicely on the better, earlier albums (The Soft Bulletin remains a high water mark). And since then? Well, lots of crazy paddling, not so […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Can, Clouds Taste Metallic, Embryonic, Flaming Lips, Pink Floyd, Race For The Prize, The Dark Side of The Moon, The Soft Bulletin, The Terror, Wayne Coyne, Yoshimi ·

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March 31, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

V/A: Soul Jazz Records Presents Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2

Various Soul Jazz Records Presents: Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2 Soul Jazz/Southbound Following on from the previous volume, here we have volume two, more from the vaults; more to explain the seminal German music that so many people seem to be discovering via dance music and post-modern pop. Over two and a half hours, across two […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Can, Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2, Faust, Neu!, Soul Jazz, Southbound ·

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