Yesterday in the northern suburbs of Chicago there was a blue minivan with Louisiana plates and a bumper sticker that said "STOP HONKING I'm trying to figure out what Cocteau Twins are saying" over the Heaven or Las Vegas cover art.
It's sold out
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 22:16 (eight months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/pI7Yi4b.jpgJohn Bonham is all over this album huh
― calstars, Saturday, 27 January 2024 21:56 (three months ago) link
Yessir.
"1984’s Treasure was a landmark album for the Cocteaus that saw improvements in both their songwriting and Guthrie’s production—it also marked the debut of their multi-instrumentalist Simon Raymonde. They worked in some new gear, including an E-mu Emulator sampler and Yamaha DX-7 for bell sounds, but they stuck with their E-mu Drumulator with an important upgrade.
The change? Guthrie swapped out the original eproms for Digidrums’ Rock Drums chips, which featured samples of John Bonham from “When The Levee Breaks.” It gives the backing tracks a distinctive sampled edge but with a Drumulator feel.
In the magazine One-Two Testing, Guthrie explained how he used the Drumulator on the record. “We start with a very basic guide drum on the Drumulator. I’ve tried all the drum machines and that’s the most straightforward machine to work with. Examples? Well, supposing you wanted to erase a particular drum from a song. On some machines that would take you ages. With the Drumulator it’s straightforward. Tuning of the drums on it would be helpful, I suppose, but you could always varispeed them once they were on tape. I’ve got some of the new chips for our Drumulator—the Rock chips sound great. I’ll stick with that machine.”
― MaresNest, Saturday, 27 January 2024 22:56 (three months ago) link
Also Shout by Tears For Fears
twins becoming one of my fav bands
― Swen, Sunday, 28 January 2024 17:24 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/QFFJGor.pngThe first 20 seconds of this sound like music for a secret super Mario brothers underworld level
― calstars, Sunday, 28 January 2024 20:17 (three months ago) link
https://thequietus.com/articles/33528-cocteau-twins-head-over-heels-anniversary
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Monday, 29 January 2024 19:29 (three months ago) link
never picked up on either of those drum samples, good excuse to play treasure at a very loud volume when I clock out.
― brimstead, Monday, 29 January 2024 21:07 (three months ago) link
That Record Got Me High - Cocteau Twins 'Treasure' with Miki Berenyi
― j.o.h.n. in evanston (john. a resident of chicago.), Tuesday, 30 January 2024 20:37 (three months ago) link
Ugh, that Quietus review gets 721 words in before it mentions the band or the album
― enochroot, Thursday, 1 February 2024 17:20 (three months ago) link
Thanks, john
― irerisered, Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:56 (three months ago) link
rock out with your clock out
― blazin' squab (NickB), Thursday, 1 February 2024 20:58 (three months ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/1sNGV7D.jpg
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 11 April 2024 20:45 (two weeks ago) link
Feel like“Slip Away the Chicken Slice” needs a comma. Slip Away, the Chicken Slice
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:36 (two weeks ago) link
I coulda sworn "Bitter Gourd Grasping" was a BBK outtake but I guess not
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:37 (two weeks ago) link
also, ATTN Swen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaOlNfC8_xQ
― I painted my teeth (sleeve), Thursday, 11 April 2024 23:39 (two weeks ago) link
Damn those clips were so laid back. I miss 80s news
― sawdust lagoon, Friday, 12 April 2024 00:05 (two weeks ago) link