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Post by jandl100 on Mar 17, 2017 14:19:46 GMT
Always a glutton for punishment, just begging for more abuse about my appalling taste in music (except for Jules, good chap that Jules) - so here I am again like the proverbial bad penny for my 3rd submission for March 17 classical album choice.  Ragnar Grippe - Swedish chappie born 1951. sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragnar_GrippeNot really a traditional classical composer at all, more into electronica and generally weird stuff. I guess this is really a "crossover Requiem" - not really my sort of thing at all, but decades ago I came across the CD in Tower Records annual sale for a very few £ and I have loved it ever since. It's just a whole bundle of fun. There is, as they say, no accounting for taste.  Here ya go, enjoy it, or not ... His Ten Temperaments is also kinda weird, even weirder actually, and very much worth investigating, assuming you like weird.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 17, 2017 15:04:29 GMT
Ah - now you're spoiling us Jerry, or are you? I'll get onto this as soon as I get a chance ... |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 17, 2017 15:31:55 GMT
Grippe? Wasn't he in Grange Hill at one time? I kept expecting it to turn into a Jean-Paul Gaultier perfume advert at first. It certainly flies all over the spectrum I'll say that for it. Some parts could be William Orbit, some could be Angelo Badalamenti, there's a bit of Philip Glass, and somewhere the band Japan keep popping in to say hello but with Pino Palladino guesting on bass. I think what I'm trying to say is that it probably wears its influences on its sleeve, although I've missed out what is to me the most obvious influence. For all that, I quite like it. It's better than "Not at all bad" but not quite "Yay - tremendous" but I'll vote it up rather than down, if only to throw Jerry.  |
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 17, 2017 15:38:51 GMT
Hmm, sorry about only 3 choices on the poll - I could have sworn there would be 5 but only 3 came up.  By the way, play it on your full system, folks, not just your PC speakers. There are some serious bass lines in there which add to the fun quite a bit.  |
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Post by Slinger on Mar 17, 2017 15:41:22 GMT
It was playing through my little Class D into some Kef Q15s via a valve buffer so I got a pretty good idea of the basic quality.
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Post by julesd68 on Mar 17, 2017 17:25:36 GMT
I can only do spotify etc into my PC speakers, my apologies!  |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 17, 2017 21:18:43 GMT
It's about time you build a Raspberry Pi and put Volumio on it, Jules. That'll give you full blown Spotty on your system.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 19, 2017 7:55:42 GMT
Back on topic, this Ragnar Grippe album is rather special as well - once again a seriously deep bass line is integral to the music.
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 22, 2017 15:05:53 GMT
So, 2 yay-tremendouses so far and a deafening silence from everyone else. Too bowled over emotionally by the music to vote, I guess. |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 22, 2017 15:36:07 GMT
I just haven't been able to get through it to the end yet. Patience!
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Post by jandl100 on Mar 22, 2017 16:32:10 GMT
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Post by MartinT on Mar 22, 2017 22:57:39 GMT
Cool series |
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Post by MartinT on Mar 22, 2017 22:59:58 GMT
It's an interesting experiment. Some sections, like the V. Dies I, are really good and worth more listens. I'm going to give it 2/3.
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