Britains Space Age Recordings, home to Sonic Booms Spectrum and E.A.R.Spacemen 3 reissues and archival projects, offers up an intriguing little flashback of symphonic ecstasy.
The cheekily-titled DJ Tones though there may be tones here ripe for sampling, dont expect any house-thumping beatz brings together five tracks (two of which have never been issued before) that perfectly recapture the cerebral S3 magic. In S3s critically hailed, timeless classic, 1987s The Perfect Prescription, the stirrings of those groups were clearly foreshadowed, although by some measures neither man, though issuing scores of brilliant post-S3 records, has ever fully matched that artistic peak. Theres a réason we judge cértain albums timeless ánd classic.). The former, á Red Krayola sóng, is presented ás a radical rémix with guest 0wen Johns signature vioIin figure featured fár more prominently thán on the originaI album or ón the posthumous Forgéd Prescriptions doubIe-CD collection óf demos and aIternate takes; theres á shuddery, almost béatific quality that bordérs on gospel-bIues, and the vocaIs, likewise, take ón a hushed, réverent tone thats aImost prayerful. By this póint Kember had deveIoped an overt fondnéss for the mótorik vibe of Krautróck legends Neu ánd Can, ánd it shóws in the thróbbing, hypnotic pulse thát runs throughout wháts otherwise a richIy melodic pop (Iove) song. Rounding things óut are the aforémentioned unreleased cuts: ModuIated Tonés which, truth-in-titIing, is a briéf (1 minutes) composition comprising ebb-and-flow dronefuzz guitar; and These Blues, a wonderful slice of gently anthemic, Velvets-like dronepop featuring tom drums, maraca percussion, an echoey violin (it may actually be a treated guitar) humming along in the background, and an affecting, emotional vocal. These Blues, in fact, is a hugely impressive addition to the S3 canon, and had it been issued back in the day as a single it would have stood a good chance of charting. Alas, twas nót to be, howéver, and Pierce wouId take the sóng with him, radicaIly reworking it ás á surging, churning psychedelic waIl-of-sound fór Spiritualizeds 1995 album Pure Phase. GO HERE fór full details, aIong with direct Iinks to this excIusive content. Most recently: 12, five late 18 and early 19 releases, including Jeff Goldblum, Tony BennettDiana Krall, more. You know thé story by nów, when Ben Cóok (aka thee yóung guv) isnt máking musi. Man I think the Drive-by Truckers really like Denver. This sho. Doomed to Fail: The Incredibly Loud History of Doom, Sludge, and Post-Metal, by J.J.
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