I am learning Python this year.
January Reading List
January 01, 2018
- Harlan Ellison - Angry Candy
- Carl Sagan - Cosmos
- M.R James - Ghost Stories Of An Antiquary
- Donna Tartt - The Goldfinch
Looking to 2018
December 27, 2017
Looking to the year ahead, I am going to try and post more on books and films as well as music. Hopefully there will be some great new things coming in 2018.
Best wishes to you for the new year.
Albums 2017
December 15, 2017
In previous years, I've posted fairly long lists but I think I'll keep it short this time. There were others but these in particular are great albums that kept me spooked or blissed out.
- Claude Speeed - Infinity Ultra
- William Basinski - A Shadow in Time
- Niggas With Guitars - Ethnic Frenzy
- Ossining - I Will Be Missed
- Danny Wolfers - Swan Song of the Skunkape
- Aaron Dilloway - The Gag File
- Nadia Struiwigh - Lenticular
- Huerco S. For Those Who You Have Never (And Also Those Who Have)
- Pessimist - Pessimist
- Phil Struck - QTT5
- The Hardy Tree - Through Passages Of Time
- Alessandro Cortini - AVANTI
- Sky H1 - Motion
- Konx-om-Pax - Caramel
- Depeche Mode - Spirit
- Martial Canterel - Lost At Sea
- Ciaran Byrne - Galtrim
- Broken Lift - Kosmosu
- The Focus Group - Stop-Motion Happening
- Gatekeeper - Optimus Maximus
- Hans Zimmer & Benjamin Wallfisch - Blade Runner 2049
- Naaahhh - Themes
Last of 2017
December 14, 2017
The last albums of 2017 I've heard are Bheal by Ian Martin, Where Things Are Hollow by Pye Corner Audio and Other Infinities by Claude Speeed.
Bheal is an album of dark, dense and somewhat disturbing electronics. There is an undeniable tense quality to many of the tracks. Clearly aimed at listeners who want to be unsettled by their listening experiences.
Claude Speeed follows on from Infinity Ultra earlier this year with Other Infinities - a selection of pieces that did not make it onto that album. This new release has some catchy hooks such as on Invocation of the Spirit of RUSSIA. In truth, a lot of these pieces feel like demos and offcuts of varying quality and it's not too difficult to see why they didn't fit with the previous album. However, they are still curious pieces in their own way and worth a listen.
Where Things Are Hollow sees Pye Corner Audio setting out over four tracks of sequencer driven goodness. As usual, there are hints of John Carpenter and much of it has a film soundtrack quality.