rotation

the number of times i can listen to a piece or pieces of music has become the best barometer of how much i truly love something.

i can still listen to tobin sprout's album carnival boy even after playing it well over a couple of hundred times. i never tire of it. his tone, his melodies.

the band or artist that i listen to most often these days is by far do make say think

i had a lot, i mean a LOT of time for tortoise, especially the twenty minute epic 'djed'

i suppose in a way, do make say think are a continuation of that interest.

instrumental music (which i would have to class dmst as, even though they use vocals, they mostly do so as harmonies) is good if you are doing either nothing or something at the time.

songs which i have to drop everything and focus on are great, but if we're talking about band of horses 'funeral' for example, then it's not always appropriate to be bursting into tears and closing my eyes...

do make say think's long tracks, like my two favourites 'white light of chinatown' and 'end of music' are winding, undulating, organic sorts of tracks and i have gotten to know them so well it feels like my heart beats in time with them.

i have to go now, but i found this beautiful video today, for one of my other favourites, another piece of music which i don't think i'll ever tire of, it's harold budd and brian eno's 'above chiang mai'

enjoy

~ the unknown listener