Having a great night in ... pint of freshly delivered 5.3% Shining Clough with large Black Bush chaser, following up fab Strictly final with a bit of old Top Gear series 11 & now the first spin of early xmas present that is New Vibrato Wonderland ... also, while watching Bill Bailey dancing, thought of great new band name/Zappa instrumental title ... 'Winkleman's Fringe'!
Currently most played albums The Unrealist, The Jewel, Chance Encounters & Plectrajet
Bring on the new year - let's hope we're out of this mess & festivals can go ahead - have big plans for EOTR 2021!
The bundle finally arrived after a three week journey across the pond. The "Seasons Greeting" card from Burning Shed in the package was a nice touch. Re: New Vibrato Wonderland, is it me, or is the new recording set up a richer and fuller sound? Deeper bass, crisper highs and more clarity and separation in the mix? Some new sounds percolating in there, to boot. And.... the e-bow! Stand outs for me: "Crazy Right Now" (an instant classic) and "The House of a Hundred Clocks" (loving the coda). Overall, I give the CD an A+!
PS: should add that the packaging for Transcorder is outstanding. Well worth the price of admission. Those who did the download-only are missing out on a real treasure.
My copy arrived Saturday, 2 January.
Just getting around to listening to it now.
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New Vibrato Wonderland is starting to work its magic on me. Some really beautiful songs - immediate stand-outs for me: In the Middle of a Dream, Crazy Right Now, and the title track, New Vibrato Wonderland. But it's all glorious to my ears, and has a really luxurious and colourful sound. The striking psychedelic modernist architecture seems very apropos.
Right now one of my favorite tracks is I Oil The Ticking Of Antique Clocks. I love everything about the track, but I find the sample voice very inspiring, after the past few years: "The pessimism of our gloomy era will vanish like snow in the sunshine of Spring. And under the inspiration of returning joy, a great renaissance will spread throughout the world."
Forgive me if I've misquoted. I would love to know where that sample came from.
So far the disc has put in me a Lost In Space sort of mood ...
... as in Athena