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May 17, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Music for Sleep: The Healing Power of the Moog

Music for Sleep The Healing Power of the Moog Rohs! Records Music for Sleep is one of the monikers used by Sardinian composer, record label owner and photographer, Andrea Porcu. He is a prolific creator of minimalist music and The Healing Power of the Moog is a single, album-length track of improvised music inspired by […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Andrea Porcu, Instrumental, Minimalist, Moog, Music for Sleep, Music for Sleep: The Healing Power of the Moog, Rohs! Records, The Healing Power of the Moog ·

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April 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

BOX OF HAMMERS: Fallen Star – death of a Space Tourist

BOX OF HAMMERS Fallen Star: death of a Space Tourist (Independent/Bandcamp) Wellington-based guitarist and sonic landscaper John Kingston records and releases under the name BOX OF HAMMERS. His latest EP continues his work exploring the space and texture that lies in the wake of an electric guitar when it’s layering sounds through a maze of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged (Independent/Bandcamp), Album Review, BOX OF HAMMERS, BOX OF HAMMERS: Fallen Star - death of a Space Tourist, EP, Fallen Star: death of a Space Tourist, Guitar, Instrumental, John Kingston, To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here ·

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April 29, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Nicholas Britell: Succession – Season 3 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack)

Nicholas Britell Succession: Season 3 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack) Home Box Office, Inc, under exclusive license to Republic Records, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. Succession has stayed in my mind across the last four years – there was a long wait for season three (due to the pandemic halting filming) and as well as […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Billy Joel, Cover, HBO, Honesty, Instrumental, Jeremy Strong, Kendall Roy, Nicholas Britell, Nicholas Britell: Succession - Season 3 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack), Piano, Score, Season 3, Soundtrack, Strings, Succession, Succession - Season 3 (HBO Original Series Soundtrack), To follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, TV ·

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March 23, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Robin Guthrie: Springtime – EP

Robin Guthrie Springtime – EP Robin Guthrie Robin Guthrie will forever be known for his work with/as Cocteau Twins – and that’s decent enough legacy, but he adds to it regularly with a dozen or more collaborations and soundtrack offerings and at least a half-dozen solo records under just his own name.
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, EP, follow me in all the right places check out the Linktree right here. And to subscribe to my Substack newsletter “Sounds Good” click here, Instrumental, Robin Guthrie, Springtime, Springtime - EP ·

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February 21, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #9: The Killing Fields by Mike Oldfield

Mike Oldfield’s soundtrack to The Killing Fields is one of many entry points for me with the film. I’m sure I heard the music first – I most certainly knew about Oldfield before I knew about The Killing Fields. But I watch (and have rewatched the film often) for its cast, its setting, its pacing, […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged [OST], Blog, Film, Instrumental, Mike Oldfield, Movie, Score, The Killing Fields, What A Good Score!, What A Good Score! – #9, What A Good Score! – #9: The Killing Fields by Mike Oldfield ·

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February 8, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Zombi: Liquid Crystal

Zombi Liquid Crystal Relapse The duo Zombi (named after the Dawn of the Dead film – specifically its Italian title) has made a half dozen full-lengthers and at least as many EPs, mini-albums and split releases. Here’s an EP – that is effectively album-length (five instrumental tracks running half-an-hour feels a bit like Pink Floyd […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Anthony Paterra, Drums, Duo, EP, Horror, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Liquid Crystal, metal, Post-Rock, Prog, Relapse, Score, Soundtrack, Steve Moore, Synth, Tangerine Dream, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron, Zombi, Zombi: Liquid Crystal ·

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February 1, 2022 by Simon Sweetman

Jeff Parker: Forfolks

Jeff Parker Forfolks International Anthem / Nonesuch For a quarter of a century, Jeff Parker’s guitar was a crucial element of the band Tortoise. That music still stands as the great example of jazz and post-rock integration and remains hugely influential and inspiring. So it’s hard to believe, in a way, that it took until […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Forfolks, Guitar, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Jeff Parker, Jeff Parker: Forfolks, Nonesuch, Solo, Tortoise, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Diane Arkenstone: The Healing Heart

Diane Arkenstone The Healing Heart Neo Pacifica New Age music gets a lot of shit – and never seems to get reviewed in the mainstream, for it’s seen as Not Music I guess. Well, I’ve always had an ear on some new age – and particularly in the ambient space, not just Eno and Enya, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Celtic, Chill, Diane Arkenstone, Diane Arkenstone: The Healing Heart, Instrumental, Meditation, Neo Pacifica, New Age, The Healing Heart, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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December 21, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

What A Good Score! – #1: Local Hero by Mark Knopfler

Mark Knopfler’s score for the film Local Hero was one of the first full instrumental scores I can remembering purchasing – and one of the first things I wrote about for my Vinyl Countdown. Because it was one of the things that sol me on listening to soundtracks away from the film; in fact I […]
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December 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson: Cobra Kai – Season 3

Leo Birenberg & Zach Robinson Cobra Kai: Season 3 (Soundtrack from the Netflix Original Series) Sony Pictures Television Inc., under exclusive license to Madison Gate Records One of my favourite TV shows of recent years is Cobra Kai – which I reckon is a masterclass in pure storytelling. And is clever at blending flashbacks with […]
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December 4, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

RNZ Reviews: December 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. For my final session of 2021 I found two albums that featured covers, moving the original songs to solo piano; two […]
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November 29, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Demian Dorelli: Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, a Journey on Piano

Demian Dorelli Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, a Journey on Piano Ponderosa Music Recs Nick Drake’s third and final album is my favourite from his finite catalogue, a record so shy and warm and calmly jittered, a record so deep that its 28-minute run time makes it perfect for playing on repeat. When I first heard […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged a Journey on Piano, Album Review, Ambient 2: The Plateaux Of Mirror, Brian Eno, Demian Dorelli, Demian Dorelli: Nick Drake’s Pink Moon - a Journey on Piano, Harold Budd, https://linktr.ee/Simonsweetman, Instrumental, Keith Jarrett, Nick Drake, Nick Drake’s Pink Moon, Piano, Pink Moon, Solo, The Koln Concert, The Pearl, Want more? Check out my Substack You can also support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·
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