This is how we ended up with Terry Riley & Steve Reich. We need more of this.
Off to see Simon on his shoegaze book tour in Bristol next week…
The extended mix of Beat Dis came on in the car & I was reminded of the visceral thrill of just hearing random TV & film shit emerge from these tracks when they came out. m.youtube.com/watch?v=6N7x...
Rage-baiting for Fun not Profit
England’s kit should have referenced Aubrey Beardsley or Austin Osman Spare. Leonora Carrington would have been cool. Even a Pre-Raphaelite would have done. Could see Bridget Reilly working. Or Turner! Do better, England.
That “Keep this frequency clear” sample drop was thrilling in the way that people got excited by guitar solos or vocal trills, as was hearing the Terminator X sirens… I had Cabs / TG etc records by then but this stuff (+ the JAAMS) seemed somehow like the revolution was coming.
Sometimes It Snows in April - i wouldn’t say I was ever a crazy Prince (“I think I’d have to say, The Best Of Prince”) but fir various reasons this hit hard at the time and still does m.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZg...