Too Much Thinking
I've given up on the "artist grand overview" style for the time being as it's boring me useless.
So here's the best track from Eno's latest cd "Curiosities Volume II":
mp3: Native Tambourine
This is the 2nd compilation of discarded, unwanted or uncompleted tracks that his studio technician, Marlon Weyemeth, has put together. The inner text of this one lists approximately another 150 that could be treated as 'future curiosities', god help us. You have to come at these with low expectations as Mr E has already put them on some sort of back-burner for whatever reason. And, for the most part, they are peculularly minor efforts that can still hold the interest of the afficianado at least.
This track starts off with the titled tamburine and a pulsing bass and eventually an unexepected guitar chord crashes in. It gets ruined a bit by some slightly annoying synthesised vocals (this sound will always remind me of Cher) but then goes into a fantastic, simple 2-3 chord organ rhythm and more of that great guitar.
If his next 'proper' album has anything of this intensity then I, for one, will be well pleased.
All of Eno's recent albums, including this one and the more successfull Volume I, are available at EnoShop.
So here's the best track from Eno's latest cd "Curiosities Volume II":
mp3: Native Tambourine
This is the 2nd compilation of discarded, unwanted or uncompleted tracks that his studio technician, Marlon Weyemeth, has put together. The inner text of this one lists approximately another 150 that could be treated as 'future curiosities', god help us. You have to come at these with low expectations as Mr E has already put them on some sort of back-burner for whatever reason. And, for the most part, they are peculularly minor efforts that can still hold the interest of the afficianado at least.
This track starts off with the titled tamburine and a pulsing bass and eventually an unexepected guitar chord crashes in. It gets ruined a bit by some slightly annoying synthesised vocals (this sound will always remind me of Cher) but then goes into a fantastic, simple 2-3 chord organ rhythm and more of that great guitar.
If his next 'proper' album has anything of this intensity then I, for one, will be well pleased.
All of Eno's recent albums, including this one and the more successfull Volume I, are available at EnoShop.
posted by Phil at
7:37 pm
3 Comments:
i am pretty much underwhelmed by this. it sounds like a thick instant soup to my ears. the vocals remind me a little of daft punk. i really hope that the new song album will be a different story.
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Alexander, at 12:34 am
yeah, it's not great but there are thing i do enjoy about it still. worse still it's the best thing on the cd.
By
Phil, at 8:05 am
any chance of a new post in the near future? i miss your blog already.
By
Alexander, at 9:48 am
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