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Post by tippywooder on Jul 26, 2023 13:04:10 GMT
Is there a comprehensive list anywhere of the Full Moon Club demo stuff that was available years ago? I'm thinking of things like House In The Woods (the Darkness demo) and whatever else was quietly issued for download...
Also, the Real World Remixed competitions - I remember there was Shock The Monkey and Games Without Frontiers... Were there any other PG songs? And is there a place I can hear the 'winning' mix of each?
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Post by beef on Jul 27, 2023 11:49:47 GMT
Is there a comprehensive list anywhere of the Full Moon Club demo stuff that was available years ago? I'm thinking of things like House In The Woods (the Darkness demo) and whatever else was quietly issued for download... Also, the Real World Remixed competitions - I remember there was Shock The Monkey and Games Without Frontiers... Were there any other PG songs? And is there a place I can hear the 'winning' mix of each? Good questions tippywooder... unfortunately I don't have any good answers. Frustratingly hard to find this stuff. If I come across anything I will let you know. |
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Post by tippywooder on Aug 8, 2023 12:17:02 GMT
I've liked about 50% of the new stuff - I think some of the songs are not that great, like half-ideas stretched out to a song... I also think the arrangements are quite orthodox and the production across everything is ordinary. It all sounds a bit 'normal'. These new recordings (like most of Up, actually) don't have the PG mystery intact, and if you removed his vocals they could be things that 'someone else' recorded. Yesterday I listened to PG3 and PG4 while driving to work, and they are packed with ideas and PG's own sonic space. To my mind that factor has been absent since the Us album (though there are still some great songs and recordings).
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Post by beef on Aug 8, 2023 13:42:35 GMT
Yes, I feel the same - the new songs sound quite unremarkable.. PG3 and 4 still sound unique - perhaps it was the newness of some of the technology (esp the Fairlight, of which PG was one of the first to use) which invited experimentation? Perhaps since then, ever more ubiquitous audio technology and musical homogenisation means that it's almost impossible to sound that unique anymore? Dickie Chappel doesn't seem to be on the studio team now - maybe his influence is missing? The presence of fewer or perhaps no collaborators, who gave such a special dimension to much of his So+ music? I also think PG has probably sat on some of this stuff way too long, but is now rushing to finish and it's lost some magic.
Or maybe we're just ungrateful and expect too much
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