Current playlist

I love looking at other people’s playlists, so I thought I would post another one of mine. There are a few CDs that are really making a mark on me at the moment, so I thought they were worth a mention:

1. Jon Hassell – Maarifa Street

I bought this a few weeks ago, and it has been on the player regularly since. It seeps into your consciousness. This is his best album in years – I love the reconstruction of live and studio sounds. Different things lurk up out of the mix each time I listen.

2. John Foxx / Harold Budd – Translucence / Drift Music

This one has been a regular play each time I sit down to work. The best ambient piano-based music I have heard in a long time. The second CD has fantastic blurred sound passages.

3. Brian Eno – Glitterbug

The album that was never released, because Eno sent the tapes to Jah Wobble who made ‘Spinner’. I like both albums for different reasons. This one was a soundtrack to a Derek Jarman movie.

4. Jon Hassell – Live in Nice 1997

Taken from a radio broadcast – fantastic music. Hassell live is every bit as exciting as Hassell in the studio.

5. The Coral – The Invisible Invasion

A local band – got the album for Father’s Day last weekend. A great mix of 60s beat, Teardrop Explodes and Echo & the Bunnymen. Really catchy hooks in each song, and a heap of unusual endings.