It was a brilliant watch. My cousin is married to Graham Bunt, who was the original bass player in The Prefects (he wasn't featured but there were a few photos of him). She knows Robert and his missus really well and they are both lovey, apparently.Muppet the Cat wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 10:22 am Did anyone else watch the ‘King Rocker’ music film/documentary which was on Sky Arts last night.
Focusing on Robert Lloyd it looked back ah his 40yr career/life in music as frontman with West Midland punk outfits The Prefects and The Nightingales and his later solo work.
Tbh not really listened to any of them before but he comes across as a top bloke and the film is a really good watch - I’d recommend it
Nice connection there DurlyDurly wrote: ↑Sun Feb 07, 2021 5:55 pm It was a brilliant watch. My cousin is married to Graham Bunt, who was the original bass player in The Prefects (he wasn't featured but there were a few photos of him). She knows Robert and his missus really well and they are both lovey, apparently.
The Nightingales were one of those bands whose name I remember really well from listening to Peel in the 80s but don't really remember much about their work. This has given me the desire to jump in and re-examine their work.
Nice, DurlyDurly wrote: ↑Wed Mar 17, 2021 9:20 am This shaping up to be one of my favourite albums of the year so far.......
The release of Christian Löffler’s EP Parallels is an experiment with DG’s Shellac Project – a collection of digitised material restored in a collaborative initiative with Google Arts & Culture. This project by German musician, visual artist and producer is an experimental electronica tribute to Beethoven.
“When listening to the recordings, I got the idea that Beethoven’s music was actually very human and accessible but became somewhat unearthly with decades of replaying and overthinking it,” Löffler explains. “I wanted to bring it back to the very basic feels.”
“We are delighted to embark on this explorative journey with Christian Löffler who brilliantly bridges a century of recording history,” says Deutsche Grammophon president Dr. Clemens Trautmann, “his sensitivity for the original work and for the artefact of a historic shellac recording combined with his boldness in creating new soundscapes make for a very exciting listening experience.”
