
Philip Glass, Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective (2008)
Revisiting the work of my childhood hero. For those interested, I didn't purchase the 10 CD box set, but checked them out from the library.

Simon, my two listens were of the putzing around the house windows open variety. In short, allowing the three urban fields recorded to mingle pleasantly within that environment. There is a significant range of sounds in the mix, plangent and harsh, as well as burbling and steady state. This is a heavy roster of environmental recordists, I expect closer litens will reveal much.simon reynell wrote:what's that one like, Jesse?
I very much admire all three musicians, but haven't got hold of it yet


March 1971, actually (but you could argue the 60s ended with the fall of Saigon, so I'll let you offskrobek wrote:
extraordinary studio trickery from the 60's...
Well, considering the guy spent years locked up in the studio, the music's from the 60'sDan Warburton wrote:March 1971, actually (but you could argue the 60s ended with the fall of Saigon, so I'll let you offskrobek wrote:
extraordinary studio trickery from the 60's...) Yeah, all those early Futuras are wild. Red Noise, Mahogany Brain..



this would certainly rank high in my 100 best list (it'll probably stay in my head)skrobek wrote:
extraordinary studio trickery from the 60's...
any recommendations?jon abbey wrote:I'm a much bigger fan of the 'rock' side of Futura. fantastic, probably still underappreciated label.
I'm baffled as to what people hear in this one, personally. probably the most disappointing release of the year for me so far, given what I'd read about it before hearing it...Yii wrote:one of the best albums 2009, so far.
well, it's been a while since I've spent time with this stuff, but I believe this would be my recommended list, in rough order of preference:oldirtybastien wrote:any recommendations?jon abbey wrote:I'm a much bigger fan of the 'rock' side of Futura. fantastic, probably still underappreciated label.
I heard fille qui mousse : se taire pour une femme trop belle a long time ago now, but apart from that...


