“Was not their mistake once more bred of the life of slavery that they had been living?—a life which was always looking upon everything, except mankind, animate and inanimate—‘nature,’ as people used to call it—as one thing, and mankind as another, it was natural to people thinking in this way, that they should try to make ‘nature’ their slave, since they thought ‘nature’ was something outside them” — William Morris


Monday, August 15, 2011

Most Creative Use of Close to the Edge Award


...goes to these guys, Ultramarine, “Lights in My Brain.” I have to admit DJ Spooky's remix of this is incredible. Good example of bitonality in dance music. I always feel that's a good effect. The vocal sample is Robert Wyatt from the first Soft Machine album. It sums up a lot of what I feel about reality. But why?

2 comments:

Unknown said...

Every Man and Woman is a Star. Fantastic album.

An imaginary journey into organic electronica. You could just taste the soundscapes.

Kingdom was also a favourite.

Miss them dearly.

ai said...

I loved the album years ago, and still love the first Softs album. (And liked Ultramarine's first, too.) But where's Close to the Edge??