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Post by Rabbit on Aug 2, 2014 8:02:05 GMT
diyah.boards.net/thread/676/home-townWhat a nice idea. A set based on one place. Deacon Blue brought some memories back. Been going years. Listening to The Blue Nile really did bring back just how good they were and still going now? Even live on Jool's show, they are amazingly together and I really like how they layer sounds but the texture, or the mix of sounds never gets cluttered with too many things going on. Poor bands often create a thick texture that goes on from beginning to end, but The Blue Nile alter them so that there are clearly defined textures in each section. You can really hear into the music rather than have a barrage of sound thrown at you. I remember their first album very clearly. I had no idea what they looked like, but the 'sound' of that album stood out. I felt that their music sounded quite 'lonely ' at the time. I went to a hi fi show in Heathrow and that same album was being used for demo purposes, I think by Linn. Since I used a Sondek at the time, I instantly went to a record shop and bought the album. Great band.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 2, 2014 21:31:18 GMT
diyah.boards.net/thread/676/home-townListening to The Blue Nile really did bring back just how good they were and still going now? Even live on Jool's show, they are amazingly together and I really like how they layer sounds but the texture, or the mix of sounds never gets cluttered with too many things going on. Poor bands often create a thick texture that goes on from beginning to end, but The Blue Nile alter them so that there are clearly defined textures in each section. You can really hear into the music rather than have a barrage of sound thrown at you. Great band. Just shows how a musician is able to put into words what I hear but am unable to articulate! My usual level of analysis is either - Me Likey, or Me No Likey Listening to 'Tinseltown in the Rain' again, for the thousandth (?) time, I hear what Ian is saying. There are little motifs, being played by different instruments, that come in, stay for a few bars, and then disappear, to be replaced by something else. Never listened in that way. Cool.
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Post by Rabbit on Aug 3, 2014 6:57:21 GMT
That's exactly it!! With good headphones, you will be able to hear those motifs in different places in the soundstage. That's what gives the music its 'air' or space to breathe. Me Likey Lots!!
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Post by Crispy on Aug 3, 2014 13:54:13 GMT
diyah.boards.net/thread/676/home-townWhat a nice idea. A set based on one place. Deacon Blue brought some memories back. Been going years. Listening to The Blue Nile really did bring back just how good they were and still going now? Even live on Jool's show, they are amazingly together and I really like how they layer sounds but the texture, or the mix of sounds never gets cluttered with too many things going on. Poor bands often create a thick texture that goes on from beginning to end, but The Blue Nile alter them so that there are clearly defined textures in each section. You can really hear into the music rather than have a barrage of sound thrown at you. I remember their first album very clearly. I had no idea what they looked like, but the 'sound' of that album stood out. I felt that their music sounded quite 'lonely ' at the time. I went to a hi fi show in Heathrow and that same album was being used for demo purposes, I think by Linn. Since I used a Sondek at the time, I instantly went to a record shop and bought the album. Great band. Totally agree Ian, I also went to a Linn dealer to listen to a new cartridge for my Sondek and of course they played The Blue Nile - A Walk Across The Rooftops as a demo track and I was instantly blown away with the quality of the recording and I genuinely liked the band so I bought their first album and not the cartridge. They still sound brilliant on the Jools Holland show
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