…Share our favourite jazz album! Well, Wayne’s fave jazz album is my fave album of all time. Miles Davis – Bitches Brew. In last month’s Uncut magazine, Wayne does the ‘my life in music’ section where artists talk about the tunes that shape their lives. And it’s satisfying to see him choose this and describe it similar to how I do.
“Whenever I want to hear music that’s just a strange cacophony of sometimes melodic stuff, sometimes abstract stuff, i listen to that.”
I have it as my all time fave album not because of any personal relating to me lyrics or emotional chord structures – all the usual stuff I like music for – but for the complete whacked out trip I get by listening to it. It’s like real alien music – like nothing else I know – It makes me uncomfortable because it takes me places I don’t know, and that’s scary. No other music does this to me. It’s kaleidoscopic, fractured yet all together at the same time. If you haven’t heard it and you have an hour to yourself – put your headphones on and prepare for a journey to somewhere you never knew existed.
A few years back I was somewhat involved with a great bunch of noise freaks. We went by the name of da.nu.lo. We did various music noodlings over the years, even got ourselves involved with The Matrix soundtrack, which was all very exciting. Well i’ve started to archive the music from over the years and pop it onto Bandcamp. It’s all free to download – we’re even considering a comeback of sorts. First up was one of the later EPs we did, Gardensuite. Let us know what you think in the comments.
I swapped my cartridges on my turntable this morning. Silly things really, just to hear a difference in sound quality. Anyhow, it gives me a good excuse to put a few records on. So, I opens up the record cupboard and have a quick browse, only to stumble on a few all time classics. Hüsker Dü – Candy Apple Grey and Afghan Whigs – Congregation. Pure joy in some classic music which still gives me the same buzz after all of those years. Hüsker Dü’s ‘Sorry Somehow’ will always be in my top 5 favourite songs… not sure what the other 4 are…hmmm, must have another browse…
