Archive for the ‘Musical Murmurings’ Category

September 1, 2010 View Comments

[Download] Teebs – Arthur’s Birds

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August 23, 2010 View Comments

QOTSA – Rated RX

By Ash in Musical Murmurings

This is not a review. This is a memory.

I was 25 and living in Birmingham. Billy called me up and said, “Ash. We’ve got a spare ticket for the Academy tonight. Queens Of The Stone Age are playing.”

I’d no idea who they were, but Billy was a good friend of mine, and this was a free night out.  When you’re an aspiring, failing musician in Birmingham – this is no bad offer.

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August 21, 2010 View Comments

Stig Of The Dump – I Got Game

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August 18, 2010 View Comments

The classics

By Ash in Musical Murmurings

I don’t profess to being an expert in anything. A few weeks ago, I was listening to (forensic psychotherapist) Dr Gwen Adshead’s Desert Island Discs. One of the tracks chosen was Mozart’s ‘Lacrimosa’ from Requiem.

What I hadn’t realised was that Mozart had died part way through Requiem and, as such, only the first eight bars of The Lacrimosa had been written by Mozart’s 35-year-old hand. It’s widely argued that Franz Xaver Süssmayr completed the work.

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August 18, 2010 View Comments

[Download] Teebs – Personal Winter

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The Sounds of VTech / Teebs: Personal Winter

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August 17, 2010 View Comments

Wolf People – Tiny Circle

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August 14, 2010 View Comments

[Download] Gaslamp Killers

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August 14, 2010 View Comments

[Download] Arandel – Ringing Bells Mixtape

By Ash in Musical Murmurings

Following on from his excellent In D album, Arandel drops a mix for download.

Download the mix here.

Tracklist
Mileece: Dawn
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: We Dream Free
Linda Perhacs: Chimacum Rain (Demo With Sounds) w / Four Tet: Our Bells
Raymond Scott: Vim
Pram: Iske
Manyfingers Interlude
Rockabye Baby: All Is Full Of Love
Björk: The Boho Dance
Rasputina: A Exit
Marie Laforet: They go on a Cloud
Toni Esposito: Processione Sul Mare
Hot Chip: Will not Wash
Aphex Twin: Logon Rock Witch
Bonobo: Intro
Luke Temple: Dinner Party
Pram: Metaluna
Manitoba: Lemon Yoghurt
Yael Naim: Toxic w / Nino Nardini: The Awakening Of Volcanoes
Martin Denny Forbidden Island
Arandel: In D # 5 (Nicolas colas, Busy In A Shell)
Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid: Greensleeves
J. Saunders: Tinkle
August 12, 2010 View Comments

[Listen] Richard Skelton – Marking Time

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Richard Skelton – Marking Time by _type

The more I listen to Richard Skelton, the deeper I find myself attracted to his output.

August 12, 2010 View Comments

[Download] Roots Manuva – ‘Butterfly Crab Walk’ (Wrongtom Rework)

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Roots Manuva ft. Riddla – ‘Butterfly Crab Walk’ by nmemagazine

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