I've been collecting records for as long as I can remember, and sometimes it's easy to skip over things, and forget what you've got. I'm going to start listening to things in alphabetical order, it give me a chance to look through my collection again, and give me an opportunity to share things with other music lovers, and vinyl collectors.
The rules are simple, I will start at A, and choose an artist from my collection beginning with that letter, next day I move on to B, then C, etc.
The story so far...
- A is for... Adam and the Ants - Kings of the Wild Frontier
- B is for... The Beatles - Abbey Road
- C is for... The Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet Dust
- D is for... Nick Drake - Bryter Layter
- E is for... Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports
- F is for... Mark Fry - Dreaming With Alice
- G is for... Gong - Flying Teapot
- H is for... Richie Havens - Alarm Clock
- I is for... Incredible String Band - Wee Tam
- J is for... Jean Michel Jarre - Oxygene
- K is for... The KLF - The White Room
- L is for... The Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
- M is for... John Martyn - Solid Air
- N is for... The Nice - Autumn '67 And Spring '68
- O is for... Oneohtrix Point Never - Russian Mind
- P is for... Pink Floyd - A Saucerful of Secrets
- Q is for... Queen - Queen II
- R is for... Steve Reich - Different Trains
- S is for Squarepusher - Feed Me Weird Things
- T is for Tonto's Expanding Head Band - Zero Time
U is for...
Underworld - Second Toughest In The Infants
We're on the final stretch, If I can get a head of steam going, I'll had this completed by Friday!
So on to a classic electronic album by Underworld, no 3-minute pop tracks here. This album builds layer upon layer of beats, riffs, grooves and samples, weaving textures that keep you moving, long form tracks that merge into one another. It's definitely something to put on and spend an hour letting it weave it's magic...