(And Blind Idiot God were also more interesting than Dub Trio, too.)
― xhuxk (xheddy), Friday, 9 June 2006 11:14 (seventeen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Friday, 9 June 2006 11:25 (seventeen years ago) link
Searched for years for a copy of Undertow for a friend, that thing was damned hard to find. So if you happen across a BIG record, snap it up!
― Edward III (edward iii), Friday, 9 June 2006 13:11 (seventeen years ago) link
We are all 'Shifting Sands 'and it's pointless
― Fer Ark, Thursday, 31 July 2008 19:50 (fifteen years ago) link
I keep hoping a new record will appear, but nothing yet.
― Matt #2, Thursday, 31 July 2008 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Found Undertow LP for five quid a few months back, didn't get into it as much as I hoped I would
― DJ Mencap, Thursday, 31 July 2008 22:32 (fifteen years ago) link
spent a while in the late 80s fighting what felt like a lone doomed battle trying to get ppl in the UK to hear how great BIG were
drawbacks: A: i think the sound at their liveshows could be very hit-and-miss and venue- and mixdesk-dependent B: andy hawkins was a lovely person but not a particularly helpful interview (or at least i found no way to draw him out that turned into a good writing abt the band)
UNDERTOW and BEFORE AFTER EVER are on spotify, but not CYCLOTRON or the SST debut (which i think probably remains my favourite)
― mark s, Sunday, 4 February 2018 14:34 (six years ago) link
kogan points me to youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9fER-R_jsg
― mark s, Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
I believe plans are in the works to remaster and reissue the debut and Cyclotron. There's supposedly another new album in the works, too.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
you posted on a thread calling a band 'seminal' , mark :)
― Algerian Goalkeeper (Odysseus), Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:13 (six years ago) link
yes the name of this thread is bad not good but what can you do
― mark s, Sunday, 4 February 2018 15:18 (six years ago) link
The first BIG is awesome, as is Before Ever After. I also really like the Azonic album from this year, Hawkins' ambient-"orchestral doom" side project (also featuring the current BIG drummer)
― the man from P.O.R.L.O.C.K. (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 4 February 2018 17:01 (six years ago) link
I love the first Azonic album; if I was gonna pick 10 albums that totally sum up my aesthetic, it would be in there. The the new one is good, but different.
― grawlix (unperson), Sunday, 4 February 2018 17:15 (six years ago) link
Long, fairly interesting interview with Andy Hawkins in the latest You Don't Know Mojack (SST discography) episode
http://player.fm/series/you-dont-know-mojack/ep-104-blind-idiot-god-blind-idiot-god-w-andy-hawkins
― "Third of the Storms" Jazz (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 9 December 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link