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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtrack, Blog, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Dave Dobbyn, David Byrne, Interview, My Life In The Bush of Ghosts, On Song, The Things You Find Out On The Side Are Sometimes The Best Bits of Interviews, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Ambient, Bananarama, Book, Brian Eno, Car, Carole King, Charles Mingus, Cool Summer, Cool Summer: The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021, Cruel Summer, Damn The Torpedoes, Daniel Lanois, Discreet Music, Driving, Emmylou Harris, Ennio Morricone, Family, Hermit of Mink Hollow, Holiday, John Martyn, Playlist, Rage Against The Machine, Reading, Roadtrip, Score, Solid Air, Soundtrack, Spotify, Summer, The Mission, The Musical Rediscoveries of 2020/2021, Todd Rundgren, Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Wrecking Ball, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 20, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Luke Schneider: Altar of Harmony

Luke Schneider Altar of Harmony Third Man Records Ambient music was essentially invented by Brian Eno – he consciously created his version of it at least; slapped the label on it. And though he’s moved in and out and through it, and seems always to return to it, he has done a great many other […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Altar of Harmony, Ambient, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtrack, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Luke Schneider, No Pussyfooting, Pedal Steel, Robert Fripp, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 14, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 187

Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine (2014) This is the first Daniel Lanois solo album that I’ve owned on vinyl – but of course his name is all through my record collection. Peter Gabriel, U2, Eno, Emmylou Harris and many others – Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Neville Brothers, Willie Nelson – the list could go […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 2014, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Eno, Flesh and Machine, Forest City, Guitarist, LP, Neil Young, Peter Gabriel, Producer, Record, Sling Blade, The Neville Brothers, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 187, U2, Vinyl, Willie Nelson ·

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July 31, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Roger Eno: Dust of Stars

Roger Eno Dust of Stars Painted World Music Roger Eno – the Mike McGear of Ambient Music? The Pat McEnroe of line calls? It’s a churlish chap that mocks this master pianist, I reckon. He’s not only been involved in some of his brother’s great recordings, he has made plenty of his own. Laugh if […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Ambient Music, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Dust Of Stars, Instrumental, Painted World Music, Piano, Roger Eno, Roger Eno: Dust of Stars, Soundtrack, This Floating World, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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June 22, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois: Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois

Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois Timesig/Planet Mu This surprise collaboration features two Canadian wunderkind musicians that push and pull in very different directions. It might be a head-scratch (or indeed a head-fuck) for many, particularly if you are arriving at this as a Lanois fan unaware of Venetian Snares. But there’s gold […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aaron Funk, Album Review, Ambient, Aphex Twin, Breakcore, Brian Eno, Collaboration, Dance, Daniel Lanois, Duo, Electronica, Instrumental, Luke Vibert, Soundscape, Venetian Snares, Venetian Snares x Daniel Lanois, Venetian Snares/Daniel Lanois, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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July 6, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Chuck Johnson: Balsams

Chuck Johnson Balsams Vdsq Californian-based guitarist and soundtrack composer Chuck Johnson has used the pedal steel (and other guitars) across a couple of very fine albums, but where, then, they were one component of the sound here they’re centre-stage; so much so that it’s almost as if he took the idea of Daniel Lanois’ treated […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Balsams, Brian Eno, Chuck Johnson, Chuck Johnson: Balsams, Daniel Lanois, Eno, Instrumental, Pedal Steel, Roger Eno, Soundscape, Soundtrack, William Tyler ·

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November 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Black Dub: Reluctant Supergroup

Black Dub was a band/collaboration/project created by master-producer and multi-instrumentalist Daniel Lanois. I found this the way I find most good music, when searching for some other music entirely… In this case it was a clear correlation, a logical segue – I was looking at Lanois videos on YouTube (the guy can produce U2 all […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Black Dub, Black Dub: Reluctant Supergroup, Brian Blade, Chris Whitley, Daniel Lanois, Daryl Johnson, Reluctant Supergroup, Trixie Whitley ·

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February 16, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Daniel Lanois: Flesh and Machine

Daniel Lanois Flesh and Machine ANTI Records Here’s Daniel Lanois playing the studio, putting almost every kind of “Daniel Lanois” down in one studio album. It might lack the songwriting of some of your favourite Lanois singer/songwriter moments but to me it’s his career-in-microcosm, the guitar squall of his soundtrack work (The End), the sinewy […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Daniel Lanois, Flesh and Machine ·

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July 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Ilias: All The Way Up

Ilias All The Way Up Aguenar Records Ilias is an Algerian/Australian music producer/multi-instrumentalist from Sydney, Australia. And All The Way Up is his latest – a mix of moody instrumentals and charming, bright, happy pop songs. You might think at first (description) that’s an odd mix, but All The Way Up hangs together despite the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aguenar Records, Album Review, Algerian, All The Way Up, Ambient, Australia, Daniel Lanois, Eno, Go-Betweens, GW McLennan, Ilias, Instrumental, Pop ·

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June 29, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Daniel Lanois: My Music For Billy Bob

Daniel Lanois My Music for Billy Bob Red Floor Records This isn’t a new album by Daniel Lanois – although it could be, for you…if you’ve never had the soundtrack to Billy Bob Thornton’s movie, Sling Blade – the score created by Lanois – then this is your chance. Long out of print, Lanois has […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Billy Bob Thornton, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Emmylou Harris, Movie, My Music For Billy Bob, Producer, Score, Sling Blade, Sling Blade Soundtrack, Soundtrack, The Maker, Willie Nelson ·

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November 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Icebreaker w/ BJ Cole: Apollo

Icebreaker w/ BJ Cole Apollo Cantaloupe Music Brian Eno’s original Apollo album is one you can still sit down with – hard to pick a favourite from him but that’s certainly one of mine. So at first I wondered what I would get from hearing this new version by Icebreaker and BJ Cole. But just […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Apollo, Apollo: Atmospheres and Soundtrack, BJ Cole, Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois, Icebreaker, Minimal, Moon Landing, Roger Eno, Soundtrack ·
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