Friday, April 05, 2013

Oh, I've missed this!

When I was in college, I got involved in listening to all my roommate's albums.   What a landscape of sound!
I just found on Pandora.com my Favorite Jean Michel Jarre cut -- "Ethnicolor 1".    The whole track isn't on "The Essential" album, or at least, not on Pandora.   But the memories!  This is one of the first synthesizer artists I found -- and it was because of the unusual timing and the 'vocal' quality of the soundscape that it caught my ear.   It has "it".

Isao Tomita is still a favorite -- and today he engages actively with his internet following.   I like the guy.
I love "Space Walk" for being my first Tomita, but my favorites are "The Planets", and "The Grand Canyon".   "The Bemuda Triangle" holds a good deal of interest also.  At the end of the Grand Canyon, "Syncopated Clock" has always amazed me -- that he was able to so perfectly synthesize whistling...

Tangerine Dream is another favorite, and Vangelis!   Albedo 0.39.   BladeRunner is amazing because of this guy!  I need more.

I'd not listened to these favorites for so many years, and to have them in my ears as I work each day now -- it's been wonderful!   The music excites me, and makes me work faster -- it sparks memories of a time when I had more energy -- it makes my heart feel happy.

Why did I put it down for so so long?

Welcome back.   Now where can I get a bean-bag chair so I can listen properly?

What have I not mentioned in this same vein?   Someone help me.

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