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May 27, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Moby: Long Ambients Two

Moby  Long Ambients Two  Little Idiot  Moby returns with a second volume of his long ambient pieces. Designed specifically to put you to sleep (hey! No jokes!) this nearly four-hour playlist/mixtape-of-an-album is, as with its earlier volume, in line with Max Richter’s Sleep.  In fact there’s not a lot to say about this – and this is recommendation rather than review. The stretched, flattened, gospel-waft of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Brian Eno, Calm, Download, Instrumental, Long Ambient, Long Ambients, Long Ambients TWo, Max Richter, Mixtape, Moby, Moby: Long Ambients Two, Mood, Playlist, Sleep, Sleep App, William Basinski, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 21, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

What Value Do You Place On Recorded Music?

It was a couple of years ago, but I remember being in the local record store when a customer was inquiring about Miles Davis’ Bitches Brew. He wanted to know if it was available on vinyl and was shown a sealed copy of the latest reissue; a double LP. The price? $59.99. The customer – […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bitches Brew, Cassette Tape, CD, Daniel Johnston, Download, Downloading, DVD, iTunes, Loaded, Lou Reed, Miles Davis, Recorded Music, The Velvet Underground, Value, What value do you place on recorded music? ·

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February 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Eight Simple Rules For Getting Reviewed: Advice To First-Album Makers

1. Offer up your album, DVD, book as a physical copy if you have it. Don’t just send a stream/link only – or at least check in with the reviewer, make the offer to send the physical copy. And if it costs money to download your album remember to send a free code with your […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Advice To First-Album Makers, Critic, Download, Eight Simple Rules For Getting Reviewed, Eight Simple Rules For Getting Reviewed: Advice To First-Album Makers, Gigs, Music, Packaging, PR, Press Release, Reviewer, Reviewing, Stream, Vinyl, Writing ·

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September 5, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Moby: Long Ambients 1 – Calm. Sleep.

Moby Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep. (Independent) Moby’s latest “album” is a four-hour playlist available as a free download (or on all the streaming platforms) that aims to encourage you toward sleep, or at least to enjoy calm and peaceful activities. Created as part of the soundtrack for Moby’s own yoga and relax-time, Long Ambients […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 4 Hours, Album Review, Ambient, Brian Eno, Calm, Download, Eno, Free, Independent, Long Ambients, Long Ambients 1, Long Ambients 1: Calm. Sleep., Max Richter, Moby, Playlist, Self-Released, Sleep, Soundtrack, Stream, Yoga ·

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June 19, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Sweetman Podcast: Episode 24 – Bonus Ep, Sweetman Podcast Turns 1…A chat with Sam, a song from The Winter

Happy Birthday To Us! A wee bonus episode here with some shout-outs of thanks – to all the guests so far, to the incomparable LoFi Sheriff on the editing/production duties, to Riki Gooch for giving us the intro/theme music, to anyone and everyone for listening and of course to the sponsors L’affare and Yeastie Boys […]
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March 23, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Max Richter: Sleep

Max Richter Sleep Deutsche Grammaophon Easily my most played album of 2015 – easily, and yet it’s not, strictly an album. Here, Max Richter has created a soundtrack for sleep, but it’s more than just a settling score, it’s a musical evocation, a melodic translation of sleep. It’s a stretch – too (pardon the pun) […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 8 Hour, Album, Album Review, Ambient, Arvo Part, Brian Eno, Classical, Deutsche Grammophon, Download, Gorecki, Max Richter, Sleep ·

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