Afternoon all,
Apologies for it being so long for me to post this time - have been ridiculously busy for weeks now with so little free time that when I have it I don't feel like doing much ! Be careful what you wish for they say and I did intentionally fill up my time after my malaise so that I kept my unfaithful mind at work, but it has meant Im always busy. Add that to the fact that my right ear has been blocked up for a couple of weeks now which really meant headphones were a no go and well, there you have it, a month between posts. I do have a few tracks lined up though so hopefully I can be a bit quicker with the next one...
Anyway to business:
Kev. Mate. I have tried several times to like these Depeche Mode tracks but it has been a struggle. It didn't help that you kicked off with 'see you' which is a contender for the worst record I have ever heard. I find the lyrics banal and the melody that accompanies them, well just awful. Awful and really depressing. Don't like the guys voice at all which doesn't help and it just sounds so dated. Like it was made on a Yamaha keyboard in a bedroom. To be fair the others are better - Blasphemous Rumours again has poor lyrics, I think there is a limit to what words you can use in a pop song, and its not the place to come up with big money words or indeed a miserable story which is a shame as the production is pretty good. A Question of Lust is better again, really nice melody in this one and the voice seems better to me, maybe it had matured ? Personal Jesus is a bit surprising actually, doesn't sound like the others. Has a bit of a funky thing going for it and I've certainly heard it somewhere before - nice slice of 80's pop that one. Walking in my shoes is ok too, some nice things going on in the background and again the production is good, still not so keen on the guys voice im afraid. I expected so much after 'enjoy the silence' and 'even when I lose myself' remixes, so maybe that raised my expectations too high.
Hodge - Cant say much more about Kotya other than yes it is. Doesn't do enough for me, but is nice enough. The Fairmont remix is fucking depressing. Heheheh not really - it takes a while to pick up but is very good when it does and you are right about the production - would be a good layering track in a mix. With something bigger over it, obviously. The Talabot / Pachanga Boys track does build well for sure, and the percussion is certainly unexpected, some nice things in this track, especially the main strings and melody - love the drop towards the end, very nicely done. 'Makin a living' is just ok for me (sorry mate), much prefer the original version which is on our lists already from the 20th century steel band. Also cant make the link with Kalkbrenner ? And the café del mar remix is ok I guess, but this track has been done to death hasn't it ? And for my money no-one has ever beaten the original 3in1 mix. Epic.
Ok for me, I shall take a leaf out of Kevs book and go for a themed 5. And to be honest with a new album out and still totally lifting up my world, Im sorry, but that means some more Moby to the massive catalogue we have already. What can I say - the man is on my frequency.
Before I knew he had a new album coming I did some searching for some older tracks. I had no idea that David Lynch made records, well he does and Moby remixed 'Noahs Ark' which certainly has some trademark Lynch effects and is very moby, and ever so slightly sinister. They then returned the favour and Lynch remixed 'The Poison Tree' and I love the understated piano and slow plodding beat. Nice and chilled.
So then Moby released 'Innocents' which is very good indeed and moves around a bit. So a taster here - the beautiful 'a case for shame' with an amazing vocal, great strings (of course, its moby) and a nice piano line, the uplifting 'perfect life' and the previously hyped up 'A Long time' which I just adore. Saints is pretty good too but that would be 6 tracks.
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