Chaps,
H - as per D's previous post, it's not my place to say anything about your first three. God bless you for choosing them and God bless Carter and his memory.
Goyet - you say it's everywhere, and I'm sure it is, but that's the first time I'd heard it - and that says much more about me than either you or the track itself. After a couple of listens, yeah, 'quirkyness' is slightly appealing - I'll be giving it time to grow.
Claro Intelecto - has been a name growing in my consciousness for a while - got a couple of remixes by and tracks of - production on this is almost brutally crisp, and you're right, it does get better the longer it goes - you've made very big claims for it - I'll give it more listens for sure and be interested to see whether it stands up to your claims for it in a while.
D - Straight Up & Down - not seen Boardwalk Empire so can only take it on the tune itself - not especially my cup of tea - the first 'slide' up the guitar fretboard grated on me and I hoped it wasn't to be repeated - unfortunately it was...
Moby x 3 - that ups the total of Moby tracks over Total DHS so far to 17 - remarkable - Sweet Dreams, Slow and Fortitude in that order for me - the first two of those each deserving more listens with potential for very good things indeed...
M83 - he's good at this sort of thing this fella - puts me in mind of a 21st Century Jean Michel Jarre - not sure about parity with 'Lower Your Eyelids', for me anyway, but a worthy inclusion for sure
Right...
My musical head has been a bit scrambled of late - long, tedious story that I don't even know if I understand or could explain, but lots of indecision and no focus, concentration or confidence for some strange reason. So the solution is to put the 'Possible DHS picks' playlist onto random and just write a short bit about the first five tracks it plays.
Dead Can Dance - Dawn Of The Iconoclast - this tune's brilliance is its cinematic, sinister, mood - it's tragedy is that it will only ever really be known as the tune that Future Sound Of London sampled 'that' bit from for Papua New Guinea.
Hitlist - Into The Fire - mid 80's synth pop record - minor hit - not sure it ever troubled the Top 20 - one of the first 12"s that took me ages to track down - whether you like it or not is open to discovery but I think it's plain to see why I do - I'd agree the lyric doesn't stand up too well now but that's gone after the first couple of minutes - basically has all the elements of a great dance/trance record - the initial guitar hook is relentless, as are the drums/percussion - then in the second half 'The Build' starts - layers of synth and voices build the intensity and the melody uplifts - loved it 26 years ago - still do.
The Stranglers - Walk On By - this is the second time I've chosen a cover of this song - the first one was by Isaac Hayes and was s.m.o.o.t.h as silk - this is entirely different and absolutely no less brilliant. One of the greatest songs ever. If you get a chance to watch them performing this live on a YouTube video then please do - mesmerising.
Psyche - Goodbye Horses - (a cover of) the song that was playing whilst the lunatic in Silence Of The Lambs dressed himself up, tucked his Hampton between his legs to dance like a girl and prepared to slaughter his dungeon-bound victim. Quite literally the only song about horses that I'll listen to...
OT Quartet - Hold That Sucker Down - erm, wallop.
Soon to be single,
S
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