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Miles Davis 'Agharta'




Mind blown. Sanity gone.
Send out a search party.

Cocteau Twins "Four Calendar cafe"

New Boots.. One of the greatest albums of my 14th year and my 57th. CN, you dont half get through some volume of music on a daily basis! Always impressed!

ArloFlynn wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:32 pm New Boots.. One of the greatest albums of my 14th year and my 57th. CN, you dont half get through some volume of music on a daily basis! Always impressed!

A combination of retirement and Covid. Even more restricted from yesterday with the County a couple of miles away going into lockdown.

Andy-831 wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 10:18 pm Cocteau Twins "Four Calendar cafe"

Have to give that a proper listen-to sometime. Never really bothered much with the Cocteau's post-4AD releases although Simon Raymonde has made one or two good albums (like 'Lost Horizons')

Barry White - All time greatest hits
Rod Stewart - Foolish behaviour
Tina Turner - Simply the best

Fretless wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:51 pm Miles Davis 'Agharta'




Mind blown. Sanity gone.
Send out a search party.

I like Miles and most of the other Jazz greats but I really struggle with the fusion era. I find if I stick to pre 1965 it's ok but post 1970 it's a nightmare.

Andy-831 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 24, 2020 6:37 pm

Fretless wrote: ↑Wed Sep 23, 2020 9:51 pm Miles Davis 'Agharta'




Mind blown. Sanity gone.
Send out a search party.

I like Miles and most of the other Jazz greats but I really struggle with the fusion era. I find if I stick to pre 1965 it's ok but post 1970 it's a nightmare.

I'm trying to follow the path chronologically and see the twists and turns Miles & cohorts made as they ventured into new and unexplored musical territory. This is a period that has also baffled me up to now - but it starts to make (some) sense.

There are some great albums in there; 'Jack Johnson' is one I have never heard before- the Davis version of Jimi Hendrix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=an7WPGZzStA



'Agharta' and 'Pangaea' (both concerts recorded in Japan on the same day!) mark Miles final appearance before a 5-year withdrawal from public life. He had simply taken the music as far as it could go.

My investigation was mainly inspired by listening to Nils Petter Molvaer's Triphop and Dub experiments which give an inkling to what Miles could have done in the 21st century.