CoS #23 Transitions v2

CoS #23 Transitions v2

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CoS #23 Transitions
v2 created with better software & hardware - hopefully glitch free and more constant levels.

Farewell to 2022 and some of the amazing musicians we lost - Pharoah Saunders, Vangelis, Ricky Gardiner (Bowie's guitarist on Low), Ian McDonald (King Crimson), Betty Davis, Jaimie Branch, Terry Hall, Gal Costa, and Keith Levene.
Hello to 2023 and some pre-release tunes to whet your appetite for the year ahead from Collocutor, BCUC, Nok Cultural Ensemble, Lionel Loueke & Gilles Peterson.

Happy New Year everyone!
Peace & love
CoS ā¤ļøāœŒšŸ½

Tracklist

Playing tracks by Pharoah Sanders, Vangelis, david bowie, King Crimson, Betty Davis and more.

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Citizens of Sound

... 'as ignorable as it is interesting.'

Lord Brett Headset

Not had the chance to check in on Mixcloud much this side of 2023, but this was a great way to get up to speed.

Top class dot-joining with a buzzy expressionist vibe - music where the texture's as important as the notes, like maybe there's not such a big gap between Pharoah and Keith Levene.

And I loved that Collocutor track.

Happy new y/ear/s!

Citizens of Sound

Greetings LBH. Thanks for stopping in past. Delighted to be part of your program.
Yes, that Collocutor track is pretty amazing - not sure if it's coming out on vinyl as it is On The Corner and the less said about their vaporous release schedule the better. Could have chosen so much more Keith Levene work but knew that as soon as I started digging through Dub Syndicate tracks and the rest of the Onu catalogue I would get deep and dubby - I'll save that for another day or to be more accurate 'every other day'.
Hope 2023 brings peace, happiness and sonic satisfaction āœŒšŸ½ šŸ™šŸ½

papamango

excellent v2 CoS and thank you for the mention & especially the extra bit of soil!
a great selection and only more enjoyable with those tech-crinkles removed (...has happened to me many times; sometimes think I may have an electro-magnetic imbalance or something!). happy saturday to you, PšŸ„­šŸ™šŸ·

Citizens of Sound

Hey PM thanks for re-visiting. Happy weekend vibes to you šŸ™šŸ½
Don't know if you saw my comments before I took down the 1st version but amongst my ramblings & general appreciation was utter delight at your love of Low āœŒšŸ½ Feel much happier now with my tech set up although still experimenting with digital mixing and 'live' recording.
Excited to see a new FSON episode - my mouth is watering at the prospect of Steve Hillage, reacquainting myself with Moon & the Melodies (I'm guessing) and more Secret Circuit who you introduced me to in a previous edition 🤩
Hope 2023's been good for you so far āœŒšŸ½

papamango

yes, I remember your message about the Bowie albums (I didn't get round to replying).
Low has a special place for me, but you're very right: there's so much that Bowie did that was/is amazing - Hunky Dory, Heroes (...I don't know how many times I've listened to Moss Garden) and Scary Monsters are especially right up there for me too.
Digital mixing can be a minefield (for me at least!) - depending on your set-up there's so many factors of failure; it's driven me nuts at times trying to get a handle on it over the past few years, only to then see my laptop develop an issue or an update play hell with something else.... all good fun!! šŸ˜œšŸ™„šŸ˜œ

Lord Brett Headset

Joining the chorus of appreciation for "Low". Maybe because "Bowie and Eno" should really have been the name on the LP sleeve? Which is definitely not throwing shade on Bowie, because a significant part of musical genius is often an instinct for finding the right collaborators (see also Miles).
Anyone else going to put their hand up to hearing "Weeping Wall" before they'd actually heard anything by Steve Reich?

papamango

hand held aloft here... šŸ––
bang on re Low M'Lord - all Bowie's work with Eno sits very high in my estimation - long time love here for all Eno's post Roxy solo albums too...

Citizens of Sound

Love the stories of the creation of Low and the other Berlin LPs (including Lou Reed's Berlin) but especially Eno's
Oblique Strategies. Brilliant!
I remember a friend taking round a copy of Music for Airports playing it and reading the blurb about barely audible volume and being blown away by the concept. An artist painstakingly creates something that is to be only vaguely conceived and consumed. Eno! Wow, what a guy.

Citizens of Sound

Apologies music voyagers - deleted previous version due to glitches and re-upped a new version. Same tunes, same order but slightly different mixing and a bonus extra 30 secs of Soil Festivities especially for Papa Mango and any other Vangelis fans.
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Citizens of Sound

Citizens of Sound
CoS #23 Transition

Pharoah Sanders - Astral Traveling
Vangelis - Soil Festivities-Movement 3
david bowie - breaking glass
King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man (Including Mirrors)
Betty Davis - Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him
Jaimie Branch - simple silver surfer
Specials - Stereotype
gal costa - tuareg
Public Image - Death Disco
Sleepwalker - The Voyage
Alice Coltrane - Blue Nile
Collocutor - Pause Reprise Live at 91
BCUC - Elektronikalizer Dubplate-Searching
Nok Cultural Ensemble - Ancestral Visions
Lionel Loueke, Gilles Peterson - Hang Up Your Hang Ups Version

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