Tag Archives: 2018

Visage Deluxe Week Commences With A Trio Of DLX RMs From Rubellan Remasters [pt. 2]

Posted on February 26, 2020 by

[…continued from last post] One last look at the sonics of this mastering before we get to the content. As we can see from the waveforms of the intro to the song “Visage” below, the bass frequencies surrounding the kick … Continue reading →

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Visage Deluxe Week Commences With A Trio Of DLX RMs From Rubellan Remasters [pt. 1]

Posted on February 25, 2020 by

It was many months ago when I first wrote about the DLX RM of the Visage debut album; an event a long time in coming. I bought my copy from the label, Rubellan Remasters a few months after that and … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Apostille – Choose Life UK CD

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

Upset! The Rhythm | UK | CD | 2018 | UTR090CD Apostille: Choose Life UK CD [2018] Fly With The Dolphin Feel Bad In Control Hanging On Without Me The Mordant Thirteen Minutes Choose Life I had not heard of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Richard Houghton: OMD – Pretending To See The Future

Posted on June 12, 2019 by

This Day In Music Books | 2018 | 449 pp. While the OMD book shipped late last year, the time to read it had been scant this year and I only recently finished it! I took an immediate shine to … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Trees – Sleep Convention DLX RM [part 4]

Posted on May 22, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] One of the delights of this CD is not only the sterling album itself reaching our ears on a sliver platter, but the generous abundance of bonus material that more than doubles the number of tracks … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Trees – Sleep Convention DLX RM [part 3]

Posted on May 21, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] As usual, side two track one, was another of the potential singles that should have been burning up the charts of stations beyond WLIR-FM or KROQ-FM. “11:00 A.M.” was one of the songs that in demo … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Trees – Sleep Convention DLX RM [part 2]

Posted on May 17, 2019 by

[…continued from last post] This CD had all ten tunes from “Sleep Convention,” but upped the stakes to include two alternate takes of two album tracks as well as the ten songs that would have been on his sophomore album. … Continue reading →

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