Oh man, this is super
http://testpressing.org/2016/09/how-to-start-the-day/
https://youtu.be/EoX-6f14_WM
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 28 September 2016 17:03 (seven years ago) link
Great mix
https://soundcloud.com/seekmagic/tell-me-what-you-dream-theo-lawrence-guest-mix/comment-308494477
― groovypanda, Monday, 10 October 2016 11:47 (seven years ago) link
old but i've been listening to Tommy Awards' Sessions non-stop this week, just living in it. beautiful stuff
― flopson, Monday, 10 October 2016 13:15 (seven years ago) link
Sessions II is coming out on vinyl soon on Andy's Balearic Social Records
― groovypanda, Monday, 10 October 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
It's already out on tape and digital on bandcamp.
― skip, Friday, 14 October 2016 02:19 (seven years ago) link
New on Claremont and very, very good
https://claremont56.bandcamp.com/album/alaula
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 19 October 2016 10:32 (seven years ago) link
new on Growing Bin - Krakatau's "Tharsis Montes" http://testpressing.org/2016/09/krakatau-tharsis-montes-growing-bin/
― skip, Saturday, 22 October 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/palmstrax/cooking-with-jamie-tiller
great jamie tiller mix. dunno where he gets so many brilliant records.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Thursday, 27 October 2016 09:59 (seven years ago) link
New Moonboots mix
https://soundcloud.com/proper_magazine/moonboots-golden-hour
― groovypanda, Thursday, 27 October 2016 12:13 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/rcheoecordings/doing-time-nts-guest-mix-by-manuarcheo-23102016
nice manu archeo mix here.
anyone been to spiritland in london? might go see the aficionado night there on sunday, if i can so willingly plan for a monday hangover.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 28 October 2016 12:25 (seven years ago) link
Chris Coco posted this on FB earlier:
http://www.gasholder.london/2016/10/27/so-what-on-earth-is-spiritland-all-about/
― groovypanda, Friday, 28 October 2016 21:07 (seven years ago) link
pretty cool place.
the soundsystem is incredible - genuinely gets you thinking of a list of albums or tracks you'd like to hear on it. they played a decent amount of jazz and i can safely say i've never heard a system sound so amazing.
this in particular was like more sensory than music usually is (should stress i had nothing stronger than a few beers)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNsiP8dZYg8
the food is pretty nice - the whole place is kind of geared towards table service and sitting down, there's no dancefloor. like a sort of ex-ravers old folks home. expensive though. it feels a bit grim that wanting to hear good music on a nice soundsystem ends up being tied to a sort of yuppy experience. not that there's a bad attitude there or anything, but like a 2/3 glass of beer is six quid.
overall though the music sounds so incredible that i will definitely be going back, it was a really nice place to sit and chat. aficionado seem to be doing a residency there.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 31 October 2016 11:38 (seven years ago) link
article in the ny times today on spiritland/brilliant corners/lucky cloud: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/31/arts/music/london-listening-clubs-spiritland.html
just spiritland for me from the list of stuff they talk about. i've been to those lucky cloud nights and the music was shit imo - djs not mixing things like kerri chandler or eventually hardfloor, had the feeling of a dj that hadn't played in years and was not mixing due to it being a pain, rather than for eclecticism. my friends like brilliant corners a lot but i find it crowded and mostly unpleasant. the idea of classic album sundays isn't really for me.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 31 October 2016 11:42 (seven years ago) link
not that there's a bad attitude there or anything, but like a 2/3 glass of beer is six quid
Argh seriously? It sounded pretty much perfect up to that point.
― Matt DC, Monday, 31 October 2016 11:45 (seven years ago) link
Like, how loud is the music? Gearing a place around table service/food/conversation seems to conflict with the idea of the speakers taking central stage, but this might be a failure of my imagination here because most places with both loud music and food tend to be dreadful.
― Matt DC, Monday, 31 October 2016 11:50 (seven years ago) link
The audience sat in rapt silence for New Order’s 1983 record “Power, Corruption & Lies,” taking in every detail of the sparkling electro-pop riffs, soaring vocals and bouncy polyrhythmic beats.
ah yes, the famously soaring voice of bernard sumner
did you see the fantastic RA article on audiophile café's in tokyo? some of those places look so beautiful:https://www.residentadvisor.net/features/2724
― Rae Kwoniff (NickB), Monday, 31 October 2016 12:48 (seven years ago) link
the speakers are so good that you can have a conversation fairly easily even sat close to them, but you don't necessarily need to sit really near them if you don't want to.
i wouldn't go for like a meal out in the same way you go to a restaurant, but i can really easily imagine say going after work or on a sunday, having a few beers and then some food as a follow-up. the food is like good salt beef sandwiches, grilled cheese, with a little bit more imagination than that as well, i was sat at the bar for a bit waiting for my friend and watching the chefs and it all looked really nice, just had a grilled cheese myself later and it was good.
i think like probably wine or cocktails might be the way to go if you're drinking there. it's indeed grim that you can't even get a pint, a light glass in my hand that costs six quid is a recipe for a big bill.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 31 October 2016 13:13 (seven years ago) link
i guess the bottom line is that it is cool that someone has actually opened a new dj-centric venue with a great soundsystem tho. it felt nice and retro to be heading towards a more central part of london to go and hear music.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 31 October 2016 13:16 (seven years ago) link
New Merge album released yesterday (digital only):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Timeless-Michael-K%C3%BCttner-Torsten-Delvos/dp/B01M1LR8VO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1478086881&sr=8-3&keywords=merge+timeless
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 2 November 2016 11:43 (seven years ago) link
I'm at home for the week and just got called out by my dad for listening to "mood music". Damn it Hatchback
― skip, Monday, 21 November 2016 22:05 (seven years ago) link
fuck you dad!
*slams door and blares Steve Roach*
― Number None, Tuesday, 22 November 2016 00:12 (seven years ago) link
i don't know whether to post it here or the "knew age" thread but the Mood Hut album on Snaker is fabulous
― a but (brimstead), Thursday, 24 November 2016 00:14 (seven years ago) link
New Psychemagik comp will cost you £75 on vinyl for the three separate editions but £12 on triple CD for 40 songs and over 3 hours of music is an absolute steal.
http://testpressing.org/2016/11/psychemagik-ritual-chants-eskimo/
― groovypanda, Friday, 2 December 2016 10:00 (seven years ago) link
wonder is it available digitally, like the prins thomas thing.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 2 December 2016 10:15 (seven years ago) link
couldn't find where this was posted originally but having listened to it i wanted to say it's a great mix:
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 2 December 2016 10:18 (seven years ago) link
Eight quid on Amazon
― groovypanda, Friday, 2 December 2016 10:58 (seven years ago) link
pretty sweet deal.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Friday, 2 December 2016 11:04 (seven years ago) link
New Merge EP is out on Growing Bin
http://www.growingbinrecords.com/new-arrivals
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 10:31 (seven years ago) link
Also Nado have uploaded their set from Spiritland the other week:
https://www.mixcloud.com/Spiritland/aficionado-at-spiritland-27th-november-2016/
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 7 December 2016 10:55 (seven years ago) link
ah nice - i wanted to go but had a heavy one the evening before.
this is good btw, lexx at brilliant corners: http://testpressing.org/audio2/438_Lexx_Live_At_Brilliant_Corners.mp3
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 7 December 2016 10:56 (seven years ago) link
First part of Testpressing's 2016 Review is up:
http://testpressing.org/feature/the-2016-end-of-year-review-part-1/
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 10:54 (seven years ago) link
This album got a lot of love on the TP list - it might be a tad new-new-agey for me but a good listen: https://www.discogs.com/The-Swan-The-Lake-Moments/release/9320477
Then I read someone point out that the album cover is an homage to another new-age album: https://www.discogs.com/Software-Digital-Dance/master/51415
The old one is more digital but the vibes are similar.
― skip, Saturday, 17 December 2016 06:06 (seven years ago) link
https://soundcloud.com/steve-cobby/spiritland-london-26-12-16
this isn't all balearic but it's a brilliant mix - loved it start to finish.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 17 December 2016 15:54 (seven years ago) link
the swan & the lake album is gorgeous
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 18 December 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
in re: discussion of Spiritland somewhere upthread, what do you actually do at these listening club venues? Bring in a book, sit at the counter? Have drinks with your friends? Sit alone quietly enraptured? Having a hard time with the concept still...
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 19 December 2016 10:13 (seven years ago) link
sit and chat and have drinks. but i never went to the classic album things at spiritland, it was just a bar with a dj as far as i'm concerned. often the music is a point of conversation just because the soundsystem is so amazing.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Monday, 19 December 2016 10:37 (seven years ago) link
Agree with that. I've been there on a Sunday afternoon when there have been people sitting alone on laptops at the bar area near the entrance. The staff are really good as well.
― mmmm, Monday, 19 December 2016 12:46 (seven years ago) link
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8LSaPF72OPk
This Mark McGuire track came up on shuffle today.... still awesome
― skip, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 19:44 (seven years ago) link
Part 2 of Test Pressing review
http://testpressing.org/feature/the-end-of-year-review-2016-part-2/
Nice to see the Bendith record get a mention
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 21 December 2016 22:54 (seven years ago) link
Jeez I'm gonna be pouring over both those testpressing lists for days
― a but (brimstead), Thursday, 22 December 2016 01:43 (seven years ago) link
Bendith ended up on two lists. Pretty odd!
If you're looking for balearic, you might not want to listen to it. It's a nice little Welsh folk record.
― afriendlypioneer, Thursday, 22 December 2016 15:37 (seven years ago) link
Yeah, it's a collaboration between Colorama (guys behind the awesome 'Hapus?') and Plu.
Moon has been repping for it quite a bit.
These two tracks are lovely:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Dlu8jKSnAg
https://bendith.bandcamp.com/track/mis-mehefin
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 December 2016 09:16 (seven years ago) link
Ha! Just seen that Nado's next release includes this fantastic Bendith cover of Love Song
https://soundcloud.com/aficionado-recordings/bendith-can-am-gariad
― groovypanda, Friday, 23 December 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
Yeah that was in that last Moonboots mix - really lovely track. I was wondering in the discussion upthread if it was the same artist, even though I'd seen him say that track was coming out on Aficionado.
feel like this kind of thing is always included in balearic mixes.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Saturday, 24 December 2016 08:51 (seven years ago) link
Jose Padilla is live on Boiler Room right now with Young Marco and Daniele Baldelli due to follow, Padilla is playing less chilled than I expected but it is so good
― boxedjoy, Monday, 2 January 2017 11:12 (seven years ago) link
Mark Barrott RA podcast: https://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?id=553
― Neil S, Tuesday, 3 January 2017 07:45 (seven years ago) link
digging through the test pressing end of year round-up - this album my merge is some really nice metheny-type noodling.
https://open.spotify.com/album/5Of4QeauKSVVtztBBrr6ve
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 4 January 2017 09:01 (seven years ago) link
by merge*
Dreamchimney MotW from Basso. Good luck id'ing this one as they're nearly all private pressings
https://soundcloud.com/the-dream-chimney/mix-of-the-week-151-basso-private-pleasures
― groovypanda, Tuesday, 10 January 2017 14:59 (seven years ago) link
looking forward to this. his mixes are always great.
― Bein' Sean Bean (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 10 January 2017 15:06 (seven years ago) link