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They were one of the bands supporting Goldfrapp at the Royal Albert Hall a couple of years back -- and they just didn't seem very good. It may not have helped that it had occurred to me that, the more the other bands went on, the shorter Goldfrapp's set was likely to be.

Des Lewis was present on that occasion. Perhaps he could illuminate the matter. :o

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I shouldn't forget Morricone (in fact I'm listening to this soundtrack right now, but does this count as a favorite band?)

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I found a new passion in form of this incredible band called Klimt 1918. Their sound is very dreamlike and melancholic, as if your were floating in heaven.

My daughter was born on the very hour that Johnny passed. I have always held a tremendous amount of respect for the man in black.
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Some tunes I've been digging lately.



This Mummers track has a great early Goldfrapp/Bjork vibe.

Can't go wrong with some ELO.

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ELO: Yes, "some," I guess. They aren't a band I loathe, but there's a definite wuss factor I detect in them. Sorry. I do like Jeff Lynne's Armchair Theatre album, though. I used to hate it when I'd say "ELP" and someone would go, "ELO?"

Yes to Johnny Cash!

Bohren und der Club of Gore's Geisterfaust really hits the spot for me, as does the hard-to-get Midnight Radio. Here's my Amazon review of the former:

"Finding the Ghost"
Here we have an album that causes one to wonder, "Why have I never heard this kind of music before?" And it seems the usefulness of this music will last me the rest of my life. Bohren plays with space, but moreso with attention. Listening to any of these five pieces is to have your attention stretched as if it were taffy. Take the bass notes and percussive whispers the reviewer below speaks of: between these notes, these sounds, you do not get lost. You do not "fall asleep." It's more as if you are slowly waking up. The attention is held...held...until the next soul-softening note. The band is patient with you, rewarding you doubly for any attention you give it. And why is this special? Perhaps because during the stretches there is no *expectation* to ruin the experience. It is that slow -- and yet something is happening nonetheless! Listen to it, you'll see. Also seek out their earlier album MIDNIGHT RADIO. Some think of Bohren & the Club as dark music. Well, it really isn't. It is infinitely soothing, instead. To call forth descriptors such as "death-lounge" or "dark jazz" (although they leave out any sax here except for a brief part at the end) is more a defilement. So I tried to summon an image, and what I came up with was that of soft, ashen snow, driven by no wind. Many people want to get lost in music, or in a soundscape. A valid desire. For that, one can indulge the fiery frenetics of John Coltrane's DEAR OLD STOCKHOLM or a hundred other works. But in this troubled world, FINDING oneself in the midst of the gentle, infinite equanimity that is GEISTERFAUST is something for which to be grateful. For "when the music's [almost] over," what is there is you.

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Van der Graaf Generator - A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers

I think this song is inspired by the Flannan Island Lighthouse Tragedy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannan...ystery_of_1900
but anyway it is quiet haunting.
Part 1: Part 2: Part 3:

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VDGG is a band that attained greatness! He to He Who Am the Only One, Pawn Hearts, Godbluff, and Still Life are incredibly volatile yet nimble prog, highly listenable even today. Their song "Afterward," from the debut album, is one of the best and most moving tunes ever played. For those who don't know, they got the short end of the 70s art-rock/progressive stick in favor of bands like Yes and ELP, who broke the commercial ceiling to some extent. I will tell anyone, gladly, that Peter Hammill tops Peter Gabriel in his singing ability. Hammill also has a solo LP, The Fall of the House of Usher, a sort of prog opera.

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I recently saw my favourite Post Metal band The Ocean in concert. Their Precambrium album, inspired by the geological period of the same name as well as Lautreamont's 'Chants de Maldoror' is in my opinion one of the best classic-metal crossover albums.