THE ASSOCIATES - The Affectionate Punch (1980)

It was 1980 when this first "Associates" LP appears and I liked from the beginning. Also now after more than 30 years I listen to this with respect and a little bit of nostalgia,

The affectionate punch: http://www.adrive.com/public/rVFgGr/ASS%20affpnch.zip

U 2 - Here again

The new U2 work "songs of innocence" is now available !!
I read a lot of comments (most of them negatives) about the presentation with Apple I- phone 6, the choice to release the album free on i-tunes, the commercial turn  of U2 for the business and bla..bla...bla...

What it's interesting for me is the music and the fact is that I'm listening "songs of innonence" since days and I like it. Yes, it is a commercial and easy listening music, nothing really new but  .....U2 are here again.  It seems yesterday  (... really about 30 years ago!!)  I saw their concert in Rome together with Pretenders and Big Audio Dynamite. Other times, other contest but the music is not so different.

NEW FAST AUTOMATIC DAFFODILS - Pigeonhole (1990)

Thanks to other bloggers I discover this band that I didn't know in the '90. Since the first listening I realized It was a wonderful band. The sound really  original  and a powerful rythm. It is a pity I missed them for so many years.

With this post I also try a new file hosting system (Adrive). It is always more difficult to have free file hosting services....

The link expire  end of August 2014.

Enjoy : pigeonhole

INCOGNITO & GREGORY PORTER - Villa Arconati July 24, 2014

Villa Arconati Music Festival is a quite famous appointment in the Milan area every year. Villa Arconati is a nice old villa with a large green park. Thursday 24 -7 -2014  to close the 2014 edition of the music festival, there was a combined event with Gregory Porter and Incognito. Really a great night music started at 9:30 until 12:30. I decided to go at the last minute (just a little bit of sun in this strange wet summer was enough to decide). 30 € well spent for a chair few meters from the stage (not so common for a music show). Gregory Porter was unknown to me and a good surprise. Good Jazz with Gospel influence really a great voice and good band (mention for saxophone). After more than one hour Gregory leave the scene to Incognito. 11 elements on the scene with a lot  Funky Power.  Really a relaxing music night just what I needed after a heavy working day. Waiting for next year edition of this festival.

MASSIVE ATTACK - Milan June 25, 2014

Massive Attack at Milan. An important appointment not to loose. And it was a great night.
The wait was long (1 hour from the planned  21:00) but the dark of the night help a lot  to create the right atmosphere  in line with the light show. I was not disappointed, all  my expectations were satisfied, Martina Topley Bird voice helped to elevate the level. Music and Rythms really powerfull.
Difficult to forget!!!!

TELEVISION - Milan June 3, 2014 Alcatraz

The feeling was that of great events. It is not common to have TELEVISION in Italy, as Tom Verlaine said  "this is the 2nd time in Italy in 40 years" (first one was in 1987). If you add the fact that they played the whole "Marquee Moon " playlist this makes really the event a great one.
I had the ticket since months and the expectation was satisfied. The sound was really clean, Tom and the band, after a soft start become more and more confident and songs longer  (Marquee Moon version   about 12 minutes).  Happy to be there !!!

A CERTAIN RATIO - Mind Made Up 2008

This is probably an easy way to approach the ACR music. This work is a mix of dance-funky-wave music. So different from the early ACR and after 10 years from previous works but anyway this  has a  great personality. What is  impressive to me is the energy and power of bass and drum sound in these tracks. A lot of power but with more than an eye to melodic themes. Well done.

Nice to listen: Mind Made Up

ALAIN KOUNKOU - R.A.S. (1996)

Just another post dedicated to world music. After Europe and America (see the two previous post) here we are in Africa.
I don' t know so much of Afrcan music but I have some "souvenir" from any of my vacation. It is my custom when I go to other country for vacation to take some "music sample " with me when I come back to home.
Today post was a souvenir from Kenia (I was there but I don' t know were the music come from) and I offered 5 dollars to a taxi driver to give me the cassette he was playing in the car-stereo. So that is the source and sure the audio quality is not at the top but just to understand what SOUKOUSS music is. The cover is probably not the right one but that I found on the web.

ENJOY : Soukouss RAS

THE MARSHALL TUCKER BAND - Greatest Hits (2011)

Following the "world music" way we cannot avoid to make a stop to the southern country music of the US. I think it is an expected path forward after the previous post!!!
The Marshall Tucker Band has to be mentionded at least for their long career (more than 40 years). Songs like "Searchin' for a rainbow " or "Fire on the Mountain" can be considered  "classic pieces" of this kind of music.
They start their career later in the '60 with hits in the '70 than through the '80, '90 and again. Really a neverending story.

Enjoy: The Marshall Tucker Band

BATTLEFIELD BAND - Home is were the van is (1980)

Something different  today. Battlefield Band is a Scottish folk band and this LP is dated 1980. There was a period in my life were traditional music  was in my  favourite playlist. Since many years I never listen to thin again but I want to post this one.... There is a lot of energy in this music and sometime listen to something else can help. We have a lot of various things in our world...why don't appreciate them!!!!

here:
Home is were the van is