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May 11, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Re-Wired For (New) Sound(s): Ten Important Electronica Albums In My Life

I recently posted this – a list of “Ten important metal albums”. And I started it off by linking to this – “Ten important hip-hop albums”. I mentioned then that I would be doing a series of these, across genres, and I repeated the opening paragraph from the hip-hop post. So now I’m going to […]

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February 20, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums From 1995: The Year I Left Home

In 1995 I moved to Wellington, ostensibly for university, but in reality it was to start an enormous CD collection. Most of that collection has now been replaced by vinyl – and/or Mp3s. That’s because 1995 is closer is more than 20 years ago now. But at the time I was buying up music, having […]

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July 23, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Tricky: False Idols

Tricky False Idols False Idols/!k7 Tricky’s tenth studio album is his first on his label (also called False Idols). It kicks off with Somebody’s Sins, it’s his version of John Coltrane’s A Love Supreme mantra using the Patti Smith refrain of “Jesus died for somebody’s sins/But not mine”. Adept as a covers artist, Tricky also knows […]

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April 25, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1518

Tricky, Maxinquaye (1995) It was $50. And so I left it in the shop for a week to consider it. I figured that if it was gone when I went back it was not to be. If it was still there I’d think about it. But that’s bullshit – if it was gone I woulda […]