Quatschmacher

“Together As One” by Dinosaur is a great album (was nominated for a Mercury Prize too).

Sold Ryan my Filter Twin. Really straightforward transaction and good communication. Many thanks.

The It will be a gated fuzz like the lovetone big cheese.

Got a reply today. This was a prototype which never made it to production; apparently it was too noisy. The new one will have some kind of fuzz too apparently.

I’m wondering if this is the basis of Olivier’s new (Glou Glou) filter: Although the videos are three years old, so maybe not.

That’s about what I paid new. Also, the Deja Vu is the 2-LFO model (no envelope control) so not interested.

No. I’d rather explore stuff which doesn’t require an extra pickup.

Sorry to hear that. I was looking forward to finding out about these.

I’m actually still only at the beginning of the journey. The only one I own is the Subterranea. I had the Future Impact on loan for a couple of weeks. I think I already mentioned that I loved the sounds but found it didn’t really feel right in terms of responsiveness to playing; some settings yielded a sluggish feel or incorrect pitches triggering. I must say, I’m tempted by the Boss SY-300 that’s listed here after checking out some videos. It’s a lot of cash if I find I don’t like it though. It’s definitely one I’d like to rent.

Yes, it did but I only heard it in summer after seeing them at a festival I was playing at. In my defence, I think the initial post was ambiguous in its wording and I wasn’t sure if it meant “favourite album released this year” or “favourite album heard this year”. There’s a broadcast of one of their recent orchestral gigs airing on Radio 2 on Wednesday.

I love the way one gets a picture of a situation and person in Joni Mitchell’s songs, like short stories. A carefully chosen and economic use of words which lead the listener to fill in the gaps:

Yep, “Edith and the Kingpin” and “The Hissing of Summer Lawns” are outstanding tracks. Many of these albums can be listened to in their entirety on youtube.

Indeed. I learned a couple of his solos by listening to them on cd over and over until I got them down.

“Mount the Air” by the Unthanks.

I still need to check this one out, thanks for reminding me.

And still no one has mentioned Joni Mitchell. The amount of good music in the world is mind-blowing, which is why I find it astonishing when people spend so much time listening to absolute shite. (I’m not referring to anything or anyone mentioned above, just to be clear.)

As I said, these are 3 of my real favourites. I just have more than 3. The Chris Potter album I listened to 3 times daily for three months solid when I got it. The AC album not quite as much but it wasn’t far off. And “Kind Folks” off the KW album is a melody that still makes me weep when I even think about it. Also, I thought that part of the point was to get a list of stuff that people ought to listen to. Therefore mentioning albums already mentioned seemed counterproductive. (Twist my arm and I might replace KW with “Mothership Connection” though. I remember dancing around my living room with my infant son in my arms the first time I heard that album.)