TV USA

Following on from the previous post, only going to post this Sheep On Drugs acquisition, as I discovered I already had versions of both Track X E.P. and Motorbike/Mary Jane (meaning others had already posted).

As it happens, this is the best of the three anyway, being closer in style to Out Come The Freaks from Live At The Brain 2 (in fact if I'm not much mistaken The Flaming Church is a reworking of Out Come The Freaks?). Personally, I didn't get on quite so well with their other releases.

Like the sample on The Flaming Church; makes me smile...

1 TV USA
2 USA
3 Church
4 The Flaming Church

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Kingdom

This is the last of the vinyl that I have which was purchased as a result of my original Live At The Brain acquisitions. As mentioned earlier, I thought there was more, but if there was I don't know where it's gone.

I really (and I mean really) like British Summertime, a true classic if ever there was. The album it's from (Every Man & Woman Is A Star) is pretty damn good too, and I bought the album as a result of hearing British Summertime on Live At The Brain 2.

I applied the same logic to this purchase, but sadly the results do not compare. I know that Nolan Micron feels this is a ground-breaking piece of work, and I have to admit that I am not overly familiar with the 'folktronic' movement.

However, in my humble opinion, this is a piece of over-indulgent, pretentious, up-its-own backside piece of work if ever there was.

So, having given you every reason to not bother checking it out, here it is.

Utter tosh, but posted for completeness...

A1 Kingdom

B1 Goldcrest
B2 Kingdom (Extended Mix)

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Due To Unforeseen Circumstances...

...currently unable to post vinyl at present, due to the fact that an unknown individual in my household has separated my Numark TTUSB turntable's tone arm from its stylus. With extreme prejudice.

Anyway, conscious that I have been a bit quiet of late, and that recent posts have been more driven by squaring the Live At The Brain circle than by quality, thought I would share a discovery.

As you can see from earlier posts, I am more than a little keen on Pop Will Eat Itself. Whilst searching for the same, came across Castles In Space, which is a real blast from the past. Very keen on Nolan Micron's musical tastes, in particular The Orb, The KLF, Orbital and System 7.

Strongly suggest you check out Nolan's musings. If Nolan keeps up the prodigious posting rate, we should all be in for a treat...

Live At The Brain 2

Hot(ish) on the heels of Live At The Brain, here's the second (and last) in the series.

To my mind, this is not quite as polished overall as the first, but Out Come The Freaks and Triangle are excellent.

A1 Container (Nexus 21)
A2 Out Come The Freaks (Sheep On Drugs)
A3 JP233 (Hi-Ryze)
A4 Robotu Okoku (Man Machine)

B1 British Summertime (Ultramarine)
B2 Triangle (The Purple Room)
B3 Sbassed (Lunarci)
B4 Kersnipp (Doi-Oing)

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Live At The Brain

Well, at long last as promised, here's Live At The Brain. Having finally got my USB turntable (a Numark TTUSB, which I have to say I am very impressed with), it has to be said that I am gazing at my old vinyl longingly... I had expected a certain frisson, but not quite this level of anticipation.

For me the stand out tracks on this one are Inflating Plastic Explodable and Massif. Enjoy...

A1 Inflating Plastic Explodable (Mr. Monday)
A2 My Body Like Heaven (Funtopia)
A3 8 Track Mind (Eye)
A4 Son Of Chime (Orbital)

B1 Massif (Ramjac)
B2 Saturday's Angels (Technoed Up By Mr. Monday) (If?)
B3 Attack (11 Wardour St. Mix) (Audio One)
B4 You (Bliss)

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At last...

... got myself together and have ordered a USB turntable. Gave up on getting the Rega Planar 2 up and running.

Aaah, I can feel the vinyl beckoning me as we speak...

First on my list, as promised, will be Live At The Brain Volumes 1 & 2, along with XL Recordings: The Third Chapter.

After that, who know what horrors my vinyl collection will throw up...

Finally...

... got myself together and posted, although sadly not a lot to say. First question I asked myself is should I reveal what I am really like, or try to give a false impression? Decided that the latter was the way to go, at least for the time being...

Anyway, first something truthful: my tastes are eclectic, although tending towards reggae, rap, ambient dub and a near-obsession with On-U Sound.

Oops, forgot to mention that for my (all too limited) money Pop Will Eat Itself are going to be hard to improve upon; shame that Clint Mansell has moved onwards and upwards and does not want to revel in his grebo-ness any longer.

I hope to return the kindness shown by others by posting some stuff that, as far as I know, is only available to those that own it - in other words tunes that the record labels have chosen not to re-release (e.g. Live At The Brain Volumes 1 & 2). Once I get my turntable fixed that is; it's only been 10 years since I last used it...