ARCTIC MONKEYS - Milano June 4, 2018

I was lucky some months ago to buy 2 tickets (no way to have 3). I was at the PC with the countdown. At 10:00 start the on line sale on ticket one. It take 1h and a half of continuos tentatives. after 2 hour all tickets were sold out (but available on secondary websites at  3 time the original prize!!!).
By the way.... A good concert with audience that clearly appreciate the old songs more than the last production. I have not yet decided if "Tranquillity  Base Hotels + Casino" is a good LP or not.... Alex Turner seems coming from a '50 film atmosphere . 90 minutes of music and that's all....Grazie Milano, Good Night....

                                                           R.U. Mine

ROGER WATERS - Assago (Milan) April 17, 2018

Unfortunatly I never seen Pink Floyd live even if I was  a great Pink Floyd fan (at least until " The Wall"). The Roger Waters 2018 tour (Us and Them) was the occasion to close the gap (late I know).
The setlist of the live show at the end convinced me. All the classic Pink Floyd songs were there and .... only few from Roger last work.
The concert (the show probably is more appropriate) was quite good. A lot of technicalities and scenic surprises  like "flighting pig drone"  and different movies support  music and voice not at the top (also the acustic was not perfect). Surely Pink Floyd were another thing but this is what we have now.

                                          The Happiest days of our lives

Additional videos  here:

One of these days

Pigs

Dogs

Eclipse

Wish You were here

VIOLENT FEMMES 3 (1988)

I was  listening to this recently after a lot of years and I was really surprised about it. Good music, good vinyl quality. I have this since many years but really I re-evaluate this disc and band now after 30 years.
Here a ripping of my vinyl copy. enjoy!!

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JULIE'S HAIRCUT - Ashram Equinox (deluxe) -2013

Julie's Haircut is an Italian band, probably better known in other european country instead than in Italy. They start in 1994 but first album released in 2000.
"Ashram Equinox " 2013 (here in deluxe version taken from spotify) is a clear document of Julie's Haircut evolution to Psychedelic-ambient music. Some parts remember me the early Pink Floyd sonorities.
Really good. GREAT!!

HEAR: Ashram Equinox

WALL OF VOODOO - Dark Continent (1981)

Wall of Voodoo Techno-Western here in the first LP their released (second one was "Call of the west" in 1982).
It could be a soundtrack of a western music with their "Morricone style " .
This is a vinyl rip (Flac24) of my original copy. I still listen to this with great pleasure.

HEAR: Dark Continent

CABARET VOLTAIRE - Red Mecca (1981)

Electronic, Techno, Industrial, New Wave ?
How to define Cabaret Voltaire  music? This is not a great problem just listen and enjoy their sonority.
It was more than 30 years ago but it could be yesterday, today or tomorrow....


HEAR: Red Mecca

V.A. - Gathered (1982 - CD reissue 2009)

Gathered was a collection of italian new wave bands of  early '80.
Original version was on vinyl produced by the italian fanzine "Rockerilla" in 1982.

Here is a reissue CD from 2009.
Some of the band  ( I know State of Art) as still active nowadays.

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A Certain Ratio - Graveyard and Ballroom (1980)

I think this is one of the best way to start a new year.
Listen again to a wonderful work of ACR at their beginning.
Recently there was a reissue of this original cassette release (1980).

enjoy: Graveyard and Ballroom

TUXEDOMOON - Suite en sous-sol (1982)

We will have no more the opportunity to see Tuxedomoon live after  2017 Peter Principle death. I saw them twice in the last years with very good memories.
Here is a vinyl rip (Flac24_96) of my 1982 copy of Suite en sous-sol a double 12" with a mix of multicultural sounds.

HERE: Suite





In addition to this  here is  a link to a good  video-documentary of the band. Recorded in Italy during a preparation of one of latest tour.

VIDEO : Tuxedomoon (Longiano CE)

BOOZOO BAJOU - Dust my broom (2005)

Boozoo Bajou is a German duo. Ambient-Techno-Trip-Hop music with a lot of influence also from jazz.

here a mp3 of their 2005 work "Dust my Broom"

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