and erm, really, pardon me, but "My Tree", "SUN the Rain" not (really obviously) sunshiney in sound & mood? You sure?
leaving this thread alone, would rather not dwell on not liking this record and build up negative vibes when it might be a grower/sleeper for another time....
― fndgo, Friday, 11 June 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
enjoyed listening to this while playing this game:
http://wonderfl.net/c/tNGi/fullscreen
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Friday, 11 June 2010 23:52 (thirteen years ago) link
"Ever" is v nice
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Saturday, 12 June 2010 00:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Dust finally popped through my letterbox this week. (I had to cancel the Amazon order in the end after the third apologetic e-mail advising delay. Indigo fvckin Starfish please die soon.)
It's very frisky and playful, innit. A complete contrast to the grey packaging of the CD. Not sure about all the indie guitar but otherwise this is lots of fun, especially the treated vocals. I think I actually prefer SOOL to this, but yet another left turn from Ellen is fine by me.
― Jeff W, Friday, 9 July 2010 12:06 (thirteen years ago) link
'all the indie guitar' is enough for me to give this a wide berth after that dismal flashy flashy record
― straightola, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I don't really like her goblin vocal effects, I wish she'd sing more :/
― Matt DC, Friday, 9 July 2010 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
kind of digging 'dust'
― dayo, Saturday, 27 November 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a vg album.
nicolas jaar's remix of "flashy flashy" is u&k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GzX7OEZCgg
― lex lex lex lex lex on the track BOW (lex pretend), Saturday, 27 November 2010 10:04 (thirteen years ago) link
it's not a very prepossessing album...i mean, it IS grey and somewhat drab, it's hardly a high point of ellen's career and i've hardly gone back to it - it's just that when you're in a certain mood or state, then and only then it really hits the spot.
the snaking melody on 'zauber' is just gorgeous though
― lex pretend, Friday, November 28, 2008 3:57 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
all week so far
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 07:48 (twelve years ago) link
I find this part of Sool's Allmusic review a kinda amusing:
Opener "Einsteigen," a found-sound open mike of what seems to be people milling about an airport...
Even if you don't recognize the metro noise, or the "Einsteigen, bitte!" announcement, towards the end of the track the announcer quite clearly says "Nächste station, Alexanderplatz".
Which I've always found a little weird, actually, since if the metro of in the intro is supposed to take us to the fantasyland described in the liner notes, surely it's not anywhere near Alexanderplatz?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 08:40 (twelve years ago) link
i didn't know about this fantasyland in the liner notes, explain tuomas?
surely it's not anywhere near Alexanderplatz?
hence the metro noises in the intro taking you away from alexanderplatz?
― lex pretend, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 08:49 (twelve years ago) link
The album sleeve has an explanation by her of what "Sool" is - I can't remember it clearly, and I don't have the album at hand, but I think it's supposed to be some kind of wonderland of imagination and creativity.
No, the intro begins with someone entering the metro somewhere else, and ends with the metro arriving at Alexanderplatz.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 08:53 (twelve years ago) link
taking you the fantasy land of Prenzlauer Berg
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 31 August 2011 08:55 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe she just chose the Alexanderplatz announcement because it locates the intro more clearly than any other station name would for those who haven't used the Berlin metro?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 08:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_station
Wow, I didn't actually know this about the U-Bahn! Choosing one of those stations would've been more apt, maybe?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 31 August 2011 09:02 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6djN2Qn_MeQ
Samples of a new album, sounds like it's pointed very much away from any kind of dancefloor.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 8 January 2013 11:26 (eleven years ago) link
LISm is really good
― wins, Friday, 1 August 2014 21:50 (nine years ago) link
She still can't mix properly after all these years. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I mean, her selections is good.
― dan138zig (Durrr Durrr Durrrrrr), Saturday, 2 August 2014 11:04 (nine years ago) link
Best thing she's done in a while:https://soundcloud.com/djmag/02-lou
― Jeff W, Monday, 29 June 2015 18:29 (eight years ago) link
New single is very good, but I always like EA. Butterfly, Freak The Night, and her Shinedoe remix were also great recent (2014) tracks.
― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, 30 June 2015 03:40 (eight years ago) link
Just when I was getting past The Pinkprint perfume…
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CX-StgjW8AAYL6i.jpg
― Jeff W, Tuesday, 5 January 2016 18:22 (eight years ago) link
Interview to mark a vinyl release for LISm
https://thump.vice.com/en_uk/article/ellen-allien-explains-why-lism-is-the-freakiest-most-non-commercial-music-shes-ever-made
― Jeff W, Monday, 4 April 2016 17:15 (eight years ago) link
New song, 'Off':
http://www.mixmag.net/read/ellen-allien-premieres
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 13 April 2016 13:10 (eight years ago) link
Nobody gives a toss anymore but: new label, new sound(?). I love this.https://soundcloud.com/mixmag-1/premiere-ellen-allien-ufo
― Jeff W, Monday, 28 January 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
Banger
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Monday, 28 January 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
was recommended this video lately and had a lot of fun watching https://youtu.be/K482gMU-J10
― mh, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 01:00 (five years ago) link