Post by Rabbit on Aug 30, 2013 7:14:48 GMT
Le Sacre du Travail or 'The Rite of Work' is a new album by The Tangent, one of my favourite bands that looks at the fact that we are ruled by time and spend our lives doing something that we don't like all day in order to own a small box, called a house.and spend our spare time eating and sleeping in it.
It's a really interesting album in that it delves more into orchestration and uses some weird harmonies.
imo, one of their best albums and worth a listen although it does turn slightly avant-garde on occasions and some may be put off by this.
Guy Manning, the fella I love listening to in spite of his quirkiness used to play in this band. Guy went out on a limb and records now at home, using his garage as a studio. He has a quirky, folksy voice that some love and some hate. His last album used samples which I felt were of lower quality which I felt was a shame and I did say so to him. He regards his work more as an exercise in song writing though and I think the expense of obtaining machines capable of better samples is a little expensive for him.
All I can say to that, is to change the arrangements so that the 'sampled' sounds aren't so much in the front of the mix and so become glaringly obvious - especially the string sounds.
The Tangent in my mind are similar to Guy in terms of sound and content of their music, but they are perhaps a little more refined in their choice of sounds and their productions are a little more lush and better produced.
Poor Guy produces the lot himself and works at a helluva rate.
Le Sacre du Travail is really worth a listen.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sacre-Du-Travail-Rite-Work/dp/B00CP0O9AK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1377846871&sr=1-1&keywords=tangent
It's a really interesting album in that it delves more into orchestration and uses some weird harmonies.
imo, one of their best albums and worth a listen although it does turn slightly avant-garde on occasions and some may be put off by this.
Guy Manning, the fella I love listening to in spite of his quirkiness used to play in this band. Guy went out on a limb and records now at home, using his garage as a studio. He has a quirky, folksy voice that some love and some hate. His last album used samples which I felt were of lower quality which I felt was a shame and I did say so to him. He regards his work more as an exercise in song writing though and I think the expense of obtaining machines capable of better samples is a little expensive for him.
All I can say to that, is to change the arrangements so that the 'sampled' sounds aren't so much in the front of the mix and so become glaringly obvious - especially the string sounds.
The Tangent in my mind are similar to Guy in terms of sound and content of their music, but they are perhaps a little more refined in their choice of sounds and their productions are a little more lush and better produced.
Poor Guy produces the lot himself and works at a helluva rate.
Le Sacre du Travail is really worth a listen.
www.amazon.co.uk/Sacre-Du-Travail-Rite-Work/dp/B00CP0O9AK/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1377846871&sr=1-1&keywords=tangent