What are you listening to tonight

[jdandy]

Now playing: Ann Sweeten - Reflections

[bart]

Originally Posted by Jem666

A Winged Victory for the Sullen | The Undivided Five

Streaming it now (Tidal).
I think you have to listen to it loud, because this is music you have to feel also.

[bart]

A Winged Victory For The Sullen - A Winged Victory For The Sullen
Qobuz 24/44.1




Their first album.

Starting with the steady, contemplative piano and slight feedback on the opening "We Played Some Open Chords," A Winged Victory for the Sullen can't be called a barrel of laughs per se, but their song titles -- not to mention their band name -- suggest a knowing playfulness with the conventions of moodily beautiful 21st century drone/ambient. Given that the core members are composer Dustin O'Halloran and Stars of the Lid veteran Adam Wiltzie, it's little surprise that both those conventions, and how to work well beyond them, are within their grasp on this debut release. Much like some Stars of the Lid releases, the album and song names may verge on the wry, but without that context, something like the slow strings and feeling of suffused sorrow on the first part of "Requiem for the Static King," or the involving textures of "Steep Hills of Vicodin Tears" simply are what they are, and quite beautifully so at that. While the sonic connections to the members' past work are clear, so are the distinctions; if the duo is less about full-on beautiful drones than Stars of the Lid often were, there's a similar appreciation for the slowly unfolding and the calmly insular, touchstones ranging as far as George Winston as Eno ("A Symphony Pathetique," almost exclusively piano aside from some distant shading that appears a little more clearly toward the end, is arguably the extreme of this approach on the album, elegantly done every step of the way). Even with the titular or seeming snark brought to bear, the feeling often seems simply appropriate more than anything else -- "Minuet for a Cheap Piano" is almost just that, counting the extra layered tones in the background, while "All Farewells Are Sudden" doesn't close out the album on a quick, final note but a soft, string piece fade, a slow wheezing of tone and delay that's a conclusion and a half when it comes to wrapping things up with a gentle bow. ~ Ned Raggett

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A Winged Victory For The Sullen - Atomos
via Qobuz




Quite addictive, the work these 2 musicians present.

[jdandy]

Now playing: Houston Person - Blue Velvet

[For The Love of Music]

Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

What better way to start a Sunday morning [emoji851]

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[bart]

I went to an audio show today with my local audio buddy, our fellow AA'er Jacques.
He usually introduces me to music "from the dark side".

Like this one:

Jan Bang - Erik Honoré - Eivind Aarset - Samuel Rohrer - Dark Star Safari
via Tidal




Solid!
Deep bass.
Worthy of my time.
I hope I can equally persuade him to discover "the light side".

[For The Love of Music]

Jimi Hendrix Experience - Axis Bold as Love on UHQR

The best town album my Uncle gave me in my youth brought back like nobody’s business!

Exceptional pressing, and packaging

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[Still-One]

Across the Stars (Deluxe Edition)
by Anne-Sophie Mutter/John Williams

[ehoove]

Waiting for Columbus
Little Feat
The original MFSL half-speed Master is a killer live set of LP's, and my original set bought in the day is pristine other than the cover. ( thanks to always having very good tables and cartridges)
MFSL 3-013 (1978)
Regards,
Jim