While I don't question the power of much of the music on this list, I feel someone should posit the notion that the "album," as such, is fundamentally a pop FORM and using the term out of the context of true albums of music (by which I mean anything from Sinatra's Wee Small Hours to recent masterpieces like Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion) strips the term of it's usefulness. Also, I have grave doubts that Sciarrino (who you very rightly describe as "one of the most interesting composers working today") would apply that terminology to any of his musical offerings. Gripe! Gripe! (sorry) 😛
I should definitely conclude by adding: GREAT blog.
The FLACs of the Proms stuff is making me so happy right now!
Okay, whenever you’re ready to send me the pics and details – feel free! Thanks.
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Hi Colin, yes take a listen to the digital download Autechre EP, it's kind of like a distillation of the first two releases – much better (apart from the final, hour-long track, which is a total red herring). And yes, it is the Colin Andrew Sheffield i'd like to propose – how did you guess?! 😛
Very interesting list, thanks! Interesting to read that you thought the digital download version of Quaristice was the best – I bought a copy, but didn’t get round to listening to it much, will have to do so now. So I wonder whether it’s the Colin Andrew Sheffield that you’ll be proposed to Hard Format…
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While I don't question the power of much of the music on this list, I feel someone should posit the notion that the "album," as such, is fundamentally a pop FORM and using the term out of the context of true albums of music (by which I mean anything from Sinatra's Wee Small Hours to recent masterpieces like Animal Collective's Merriweather Post Pavilion) strips the term of it's usefulness. Also, I have grave doubts that Sciarrino (who you very rightly describe as "one of the most interesting composers working today") would apply that terminology to any of his musical offerings. Gripe! Gripe! (sorry) 😛
I should definitely conclude by adding: GREAT blog.
The FLACs of the Proms stuff is making me so happy right now!
Great list!
I'm flattered I'm on it ::blush::
(Dani from Celer/becauseshewas @ lj)
glad you liked the cd, very good list
Okay, whenever you’re ready to send me the pics and details – feel free! Thanks.
Hi Colin, yes take a listen to the digital download Autechre EP, it's kind of like a distillation of the first two releases – much better (apart from the final, hour-long track, which is a total red herring). And yes, it is the Colin Andrew Sheffield i'd like to propose – how did you guess?! 😛
Very interesting list, thanks! Interesting to read that you thought the digital download version of Quaristice was the best – I bought a copy, but didn’t get round to listening to it much, will have to do so now. So I wonder whether it’s the Colin Andrew Sheffield that you’ll be proposed to Hard Format…
[…] the close of 2008, when i posted my favourite albums of the year, i mentioned that the list was necessarily provisional. Six months and a considerable amount of […]
[…] the form of Mesoscaphe, their collaboration with Mathieu Ruhlmann (subsequently highly-placed in my Best Albums of 2008). The retrospective/obituary that i wrote back in July was a first attempt to say something […]
[…] Sheffield some attention for a long time. His 2008 album Signatures made it into my very first Best Albums of the Year way back in 2008, since when i have to admit to playing catch-up with his work. Polarities, a 2017 […]