Chance was the original working title to one of the most seminal songs of the New Wave–Post-Punk genre, Joy Division’s masterpiece, Atmosphere.
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[Music] Red Sparowes – Alone and Unaware, the Landscape Was Transformed in Front of Our Eyes
Sure, Red Sparowes have some of the most ridiculously long titles in post-rock. Even with this, they produce a loud, but rather beautiful sound
[Music] Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso – Il Giardino Del Mago
Another great blow to the world of progressive rock. Guitarist Rodolfo Maltese (link in Italian), a giant in Italian music from the 1970s, died this week. Here he is in an early incarnation of Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, the band whose sound he helped to forge.
[Music] Lindisfarne – Fog on the Tyne
Lindisfarne were the ‘gateway-drug’ for me to get into progressive folk. It turns out that guitarist Simon Cowe passed away this week, according to Angel Romero at World Music Central. This track is in his memory.
[Music] Pink Floyd – The Piper At The Gates of Dawn (Mono)
It’s quite an experience to hear Pink Floyd’s brilliant first album in a mono mix. The remastering job is incredible, even though this video doesn’t do full justice to just how clear the CDs themselves actually sound.
[Music] Bettye Lavette – Let Me Down Easy
Killer soul from Bettye Lavette, who is a new name to me.
[Music] Kazik – Bourbon mnie wypełnia
[Music] Werkbund – Haithabu
Many thanks to my good friend Miodrag Cheza Stojanovic, who posts some of the most amazing experimental videos. Werkbund (alias of Uli Rehberg) were a German experimental/post-Industrial project who made some stunning cassettes and CDs in the 90s.
[Music] Q65 – Night
Dutch psychedelic band Q65 were a band I discovered reading magazines like Record Collector, who hyped them up as a band with a monstrous reputation. They were, and to my ears, are, among the best bands of the late 1960s.
[Music] Third Ear Band – Inverness: Macbeth’s Return / The Preparation / Fanfare / Duncan’s Arrival
The Third Ear Band were among the first British bands (who shared this affinity with Krautrock projects from Germany) to move into a field we now know today as world music. This piece actually comes from the soundtrack to Roman Polanski’s adaptation of William Shakespeare’s classic tale, Macbeth.
A thanks to Al Clark, who picked up on the errata of this post.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 