Chorus.fm Record of the Week Club • Page 6

this is pretty catchy! the minimal dancing in the second music video reminds me of little big! haha

 

it’s actually an homage to this video, which is from some variety show

 

they NAILED it.

 

Time for a new one right?

 

is it my turn?

 

Looks like you're next up yeah

 

right on

so I’ve mulled it over quite a bit and considered albums by Harry Nilsson, Glenn Branca, PJ Harvey and a few of my other favorites. what I kept coming back to was one album though. and that was Brian Eno’s album Ambient 1: Music for Airports. this is an album that’s very important to me and I hope you all enjoy it too

 

^ Perfect pick. I finally got it on vinyl at Christmas.

 

I'm in the middle of a Talking Heads discography run right now, so I'm thinking a lot about Eno as a producer. Excited to check out one of his solo albums now.

 

My man - I literally just put this back in my rotation a couple of weeks ago. Actually listened to it on my flight this morning lol. Gorgeous record.

 

It was definitely a very pleasant listen. Can see myself turning it on for reading ambience.

 

glad you enjoyed it

 

I haven't spun Music for Airports in a hot minute so this is a perfect reason to (I'll put some more thoughts later but spoiler alert I love it)

 

The recent Pitchfork re-review of the album is full of interesting context about its production

 

I was really only familiar with Eno's production work, and I'm not really into ambient stuff, but I dug this. The first song was my favorite. I could see myself throwing it on when I'm writing or painting

 

gonna try my best not to violate any rules on my next go-round. I know I picked an album that’s universally acclaimed. so my bad on that

 

I am removing myself from this club because I've already fallen way behind

 

Music for Airports is very good but it is definitely a vibe album. I have not really been into a ton of ambient as of recent because they are hard to digest in one sitting. I have heard this before but it's nice to get a chance to revisit. I am noticing a theme with the last two albums, haha. Solid recommendation.

 

little do you know my next pick is Merzbow

I couldn’t do that to people

 

Wall of sound incoming!

 

Although, you have just helped me pick my next record. Thanks @angrycandy
That will be a while lol

 

If you don't have the record and haven't seen the back cover, please enjoy the graphic score for each track:

 

Okay yeah gave this record a full spin this morning and read the pitchfork article. I knew the story behind the impetus of the album and a little bit about the process of 1/1 but the article was definitely worth reading.

I really love how much this album highlights how process can shape music in a way that doesn't feel disingenuous. I'm not sure how to convey this well but I definitely had hangups in the past about the hands-on-ness of creating music and that sometimes creeps up on me today (despite trying to un-learn that from college on). Corny as it sounds, this record really drives home that the music itself is what matters even if under the hood it's "just" five tape loops of different lengths weaving in and out of each other (which, to be clear, is cool as hell).

 

I get a lot of Reznor/Ross score vibes from some of this

 

I don't think you broke any rules, this record still seems new to some folks in here. Great pick!