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Tarô Iwashiro: A Day Filled By Sunlight
One listen, and a little surprised that I got through this as quickly as I did. Probably could’ve written more over a few plays, but I didn’t and I’m fine with that. I think that, at the very least, I … Continue reading
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Tagged serious, complex, drifting, taro iwashiro, welling, stirs, tense, simplicity, memories of murder
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Ryuichi Sakimoto: Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
One listen. A bit surprised I got so much out of the song. I don’t know why, it makes sense, but I’m surprised. I’m not sure how well what I wrote covers the song, however. Ryuichi Sakimoto’s (坂本 龍一) “Merry … Continue reading
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Tagged action, defiant, framing, joyous, lawrence, merry christmas, punchy, ryuichi sakimoto, stumble, taken, terrible
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David Sylvian: Forbidden Colours
One Listen. Been meaning to cover this song for a while, just got to it now. Didn’t quite do it justice. Started getting a bit more into the zone toward the end, but it wasn’t soon enough. Ah well. David … Continue reading
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Tagged anguish, floating, drift, rumble, open, roll, forming, relation, david sylvian, forbidden colours, wrought, quietened, soothing
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Oceansize: Everyone Into Position Draft
I can’t say much about this draft, but it was originally written out for something and that something didn’t materialise, in part because for the first attempt I realised I didn’t have enough time to put forward something that actually … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Music
Tagged album, band, brood, everyone into position, fragility, monolithic, Oceansize, pummeling
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Horsehead: Burn
One listen. Here at the end I want to be writing more about Australian music. Can’t explain why and I want to be clear that there’s quite a few bits of writing to come that aren’t about Australian music. Just … Continue reading
Grace Jone: Slave to the Rhythm Draft
I’d been meaning to write about Slave to the Rhythm for a while, but I had difficulty in working out how to go about doing so. I just churned this out now whilst listening to the album. It’s a base form … Continue reading
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Tagged album, song, presence, extension, expressions, variance, reflections, grace jones, slave to the rhythm
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Eriko Imura: For the Time We’ve Spent
One listen, and what I wrote ended up being far fewer words than I expected. Still represents the song well enough. I’d hoped to do a sort of comparative to the prior bit of writing. It’s the same melody in … Continue reading
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Tagged time, determined, faint, drifting, spent, sadness, klonoa, longing, eriko imura, regret, weakened
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Eriko Imura: Granpa’s Chair
One listen. Went right in, got it done, got it written, and here it is. Not sure what I was going for. I do know that somewhere in me I didn’t think I’d be able to pull enough from describing … Continue reading
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Tagged chair, eriko imura, familiar, granpa, joys, klonoa, shared, ticking
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Junko Ozawa: The Windmill Song
One listen, and it was somewhere between easy and difficult to write. I think some of this captures the song well and some of it captures the song poorly. Junko Ozawa’s (小沢 純子) “The Windmill Song” is from Klonoa of … Continue reading
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Tagged song, flow, travelling, klonoa, innocence, curiosity, bliss, junko ozawa, windmill, youthful, bombastic
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Taku Inoue: Across the Katamari Draft
This is the last in a series of four bits of writing about music that affected me last year in some way. There’s a few changes between this and the final version (which will hopefully be published in a few … Continue reading
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Tagged across the katamari, believe, calm, katamari, mandrill, nbgi, ramen, taku inoue
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