Gwenno

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Another album you guys may enjoy is Hypnophobia by Jacco Gardner.
IMO, it's more Stereolab than Broadcast and less interesting than, say, Death and Vanilla. Although, it's a matter of personal preference, of course.
A little sidenote: the cover art for Hypnophobia was designed by Julian House.
Jacco Gardner - Find Yourself
Jacco Gardner - Before The Dawn

Good shout, I'd not have thought of posting that in here but it does fit. I bet PorkyPrimeCut likes this with it's whimsical psyche goes soundtrack vibe.

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[UlricvonCatalyst]

I'm very late to this thread, but in summary I can take or leave Gwenno, am now a Death and Vanilla fan and find the Black Channels kind of irresistible despite that video being the most transparent Broadcast homage, to the nth-most Rutlish degree, imaginable.

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btw talking Stereolab and roving so far off subject I'm on the black run ...I thought they'd split for good, I guess Tim Gane won the name, as evidenced by this 12' that hopped in my basket last week..

Todd Rundgren/Emil Nikolaisen/Hans-Peter Lindstrøm - Put Your Arms Around Me (Stereolab/The High Llamas Remix)

Weirdly this really reminds me of Lewis Baloue.

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[salty]

Buy either Haha Sound or Tender Buttons (much more astringent and almost Italian coldwave at times). Though you could go in order and but The noise Made by People which is the true first album.

If you buy Haha sound it's worth watching Valerie and her Week of Wonders which is a big influence on the album. The soundtrack is available on Finders keepers.

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Thanks for the info! I am on a mission!

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Buy either Haha Sound or Tender Buttons (much more astringent and almost Italian coldwave at times). Though you could go in order and but The noise Made by People which is the true first album.

If you buy Haha sound it's worth watching Valerie and her Week of Wonders which is a big influence on the album. The soundtrack is available on Finders keepers.

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Thanks for the info! I am on a mission!

Wow that was a garbled sentence even by my standards. Either of those elpees is filled with surprise and delight. HHS is lush, warm and soundtrack big while Tender Buttons is to me something of a homage to late 70's/early 80's cassette/DIY culture and the moment when hundreds of budding young futurists got a synthesiser out of their mums Catalogue or grabbed any organ they could get their hands on and made do and mend. I'd like to revise my earlier punk not happening comment because essentially Tender Buttons is their Post Punk record, it's just post a Punk that happened in an alternative dimension, a Punk which never had rock attached to it. It also contains some of the most beautiful vocal melodies and phrasing you will ever hear.

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Blacktiger have you heard Black Channels?

Black Channels - Oracles

Black Channels - Depth of Field

There's also a fantastic third song Black Hole at the beginning of this decent looking mix and a tape apparently due out for Hallowe'en.

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Sounds more HTRKish to me. I like it either way.

Light years off topic but...have you heard the newGrouper side project 'Helen'? I think you might like it, though it's nothing like Broadcast, it's kinda fuzztoned ultrareverberated dreampop early Strawberry Switchblade the early years...it sounds like 1986-9.

Helen - Motorcycle

Helen - Dying All The Time

Helen - Ryder

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[Jaguar018]

Light years off topic but...have you heard the newGrouper side project 'Helen'? I think you might like it, though it's nothing like Broadcast, it's kinda fuzztoned ultrareverberated dreampop early Strawberry Switchblade the early years...it sounds like 1986-9.

Wow. I quite like this stuff.

Edit: I'm placing it more in the 1989-1991 era. [But I was always behind the curve with music like this back then ]

[blacktiger]

I second that emotion.

[Slow-Pop]

I had ordered the Gwenno record, but it is being held up by my pre-order of SexWitch!

[SempreSami]

Seeing her and H Hawkline at Oslo next week, looking forward to it after enjoy both artists' most recent albums.

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Seeing her and H Hawkline at Oslo next week, looking forward to it after enjoy both artists' most recent albums.

We are seeing her tomorrow night, looking forward to it, even though we are going away and it means I'm going to have to drive a couple of hours after it.

Btw I was wondering if anyone had been buying any of the Lost Tapes Record Club Records? Vol 2 of Songs For The Secret Apocalypse is just out on seven with included DL and ephemera in an envelope. There was a series of tapes but they are all long gone.

Songs For The Secret Apocalypse Vol. 1 snippets of the two tracks

Side A - Remember Happier Times

Songs For The Secret Apocalypse Vol. 2 snippets of the two tracks

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[Slow-Pop]

Seeing her and H Hawkline at Oslo next week, looking forward to it after enjoy both artists' most recent albums.

We are seeing her tomorrow night, looking forward to it, even though we are going away and it means I'm going to have to drive a couple of hours after it.

Btw I was wondering if anyone had been buying any of the Lost Tapes Record Club Records? Vol 2 of Songs For The Secret Apocalypse is just out on seven with included DL and ephemera in an envelope. There was a series of tapes but they are all long gone.

Songs For The Secret Apocalypse Vol. 1 snippets of the two tracks

Side A - Remember Happier Times

Songs For The Secret Apocalypse Vol. 2 snippets of the two tracks

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I'm awaiting arrival of Songs For the Secret Apocalypse Vol.2 as well as Lancashire Folklore Tapes vol. III- Ginnel

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I'm awaiting arrival of Songs For the Secret Apocalypse Vol.2 as well as Lancashire Folklore Tapes vol. III- Ginnel

Class!

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New album 'Le Kov' just out, roughly halfway through it and enjoying it. (edit really good record)

This time she's singing in Cornish (last time she was in Welsh) which is a pretty interesting idea.

Early ones are blue and perhaps signed (well mine is) if that sort of thing matters to you.

Le Kov Trailer

single videooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Ah found a link to the whole thing; Gwenno - Le Kov (Full Album)

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[lefty]

She did a session on Lauren Laverne's 6 music show today. Around the 2 hour mark on iplayer for some chat about languages in music and some live tracks.