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
and The Saticons ...
Have listened to it 3 -4 times and can't get into it. But that doesn't matter--when Dreamland to Starboard came out years ago, for about a year I couldn't get into it, then one day it "hit me" and now it's one of my favorites. This one is going to take a while to digest. That's one thing about Bill's music, it takes a while to digest.
My favourite is still 'Crazy Right Now.'
Gave it four complete spins earlier - standouts for me are Hide & Seek, Mercuria Magnetica & In The Middle Of A Dream.
First spin yesterday while driving. Interesting to hear how, despite the new Cubase system, it doesn't sound radically different from other recent works. Kudos for mastering a completely new system. I would argue that the introduction of the Fractal Audio effects processor had a bigger impact on Bill's tones than the transition to a DAW. Perhaps further listening will reveal subtleties and differences that I didn't catch on the first go.
Standout track for me was #13, "Earthbound." Really interesting rhythmic introduction with the ghost of drum 'n bass co-mingling with seemingly-Hindustani elements. Not sure how that even happened, but it's a sound world I'd love to explore further.
Exactly Alec...I've always loved Bill's vocals....and same for this recording, subtly nuanced and perfectly suiting the mood and feeling of each track, whilst still retaining the bigger picture.
However, I suppose we all see, and hear, things differently.
All Bill can do, is put the music 'out there'..🙂
Have always dug Bill's unique style of crooning, which he's done since 1970 and probably since the '60s.
Maybe we've got different definitions of what crooning is.
Well I'm digging it...vocals especially.🙂
Someone in the US can have mine, freebles. Lots of great music on it, of course, but I was never a big fan of the crooning style 😘 pm ?
My lovely Judy and I just went out to see a few family and friends, social distancing all the way. Only to come home and find New Vibrato Wonderland and Transcorder in the mailbox.
There really is a Santa, and he's from Yorkshire. Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night.
Just seen one on Ebay for £29.99 - really sad
Finally received it in the mail yesterday...sounds really, really good. Bill, I liked how you have the Tom toms tuned just right for the drum pattern in the first song.
Only made it through NVW half way and I think I’m noticing some new textures in there - possibly some Cubase synths? Nevertheless, it is a refreshing effort that I appreciate. Thank you.
Mine's arrived today two with Transcoder. All platforms accounted for!
😁😉😋😎
My copy arrived today (all the way to California in 6 days!) and I just had my first listen, and quite enjoyed it. Good variety, top notch songwriting and the usual amazing guitars....some very personal, and insightful lyrics, too. Another good one, Bill! Thank you!
Sitting on a Bandcamp ... waiting for the disc to come ...
Really digging it so far. Really nice to dream along, occasionally looking at the image whilst listening.
Heeee yeah Steve, wonderful !!! Bill's new album is like a to the 80's at times 😁😁😁