Gambari Pour Madame Sankare
February 27, 2007 at 10:11 am
Yesterday morning enormous the moon hung low on the ocean,
Round and yellow-rose in the glow of dawn;
The night-herons flapping home wore dawn on their wings. Today
Black is the ocean, black and sulphur the sky,
And white seas leap. I honestly do not know which day is more
beautiful.
-Robinson Jeffers, Their Beauty Has More Meaning (via JSchneider)
“Gambari Pour Madame Sankare”
Ali Farka Toure - Gambari Pour Madame Sankare
(Savane , 2006)
Venetian Snares - This Bitter Earth
(Moonglow / This Bitter Earth 7″, 2004)
The Innocence Mission - Love That Boy
(We Walked In Song, 2007)
Sunn 0))) & Boris - NLT
(Altar, 2006)
Wilco - Jesus, Etc.
(Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, 2002)
The Velvet Underground - Some Kinda Love
(The Velvet Underground, 1969)
The Skatalites - Dragon Weapon
(Guns of Navarone, The Best of, 2003)
Note: Late winter list. It’s slightly more melancholic and quieter than I would have want it, but I am trying this new IDM/folks/rock combo. It is almost impossible to get IDM to jibe together softly before, so this is my first try. In the list: Ali Farka Toure, excellent album, and The Innocence Missons new album, worth checking out. Both are delicate. The rest are classic.
image: mel-pin.
I liked that Ali Farka Toure album, the title track is amazing. I like te transition on the first tracks.
Thanks for the introduction to the innocence mission squashed. Love them.
That Venetian Snares track is awesome. Didn’t expect something that jazzy and laid-back. Also, I’m glad someone finally got around to sampling the theme from Edward Scissorhands.
[...] I only just found out that they released a new album, at which point I screamed in agony for my role as a bad fan. Who doesn’t know when one of their favorite artists is coming out with a new album, right? Right. Well. I acted quickly, so it’s here now. And it’s as beautiful as all their other ones. You can listen to some clips at their myspace page, but some nice people have put up full mp3s, which is what I lived off of for a while until I got the album in the mail (and by “a while” I mean a few days). I like Love That Boy in particular because I relate to it in a pathetically funny way…or pathetically pathetic way…haven’t figured it out yet. For the time being it makes me laugh, but it’ll probably make me cry if I give it too much though. [...]
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