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Post by rfan8312 on Nov 15, 2020 21:36:33 GMT
Ian Pooley - Since Then (2000)  Just before turning 20, five friends and I flew to the Caribbean for a week and had a great time that we'll never forget. When I got back I was overwhelmingly relaxed (people were laughing at how relaxed I was) after spending time in such a relaxing place and I found myself at a party right around my 20th birthday near the end of June. A good friend of mine played this album and it caught my attention quickly and has stayed with me in a big way since then. Track 3 onwards is where it really starts for me. I don't listen to this album often, in a way i save it for just the the right times, but im sure that no other album that has meant something to me has is as able to transport me instantly to a time and place and feeling in my mind and memories of those days and of tropical locations. I've been a massive Ian Pooley fan after hearing this even though nothing else in his vast catalogue sounds anything even remotely like this. I can't see this being a big crowd favorite, but as a true music lover I understand how one thing can sound like junk to one person and be an absolute treasure to someone else for so many different reasons.
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 15, 2020 23:28:05 GMT
Thanks for offering your choice!
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 18, 2020 8:54:13 GMT
I am playing this now, so I will let you know what I think in a while.
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Post by Slinger on Nov 18, 2020 13:29:34 GMT
Nope, sorry, not for me. I didn't dislike it, it just did zero for me. I almost forgot it was playing. 3/5
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Post by MikeMusic on Nov 18, 2020 15:58:38 GMT
Hmm
I've been heading in this sort of direction, I think, with X Press 2, Bent and others
Need a listen or 3
<later>
£1.89 on Ebay all in
On it's way
Vote when I have played it a few times on the system
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Post by MartinT on Nov 18, 2020 19:42:53 GMT
This album is not on Qobuz so I'm listening on Spotify. You're right about tracks 1 and 2 being throw-away. From that point on, the recording is pretty punchy and sounds good. Some very atmospheric moments and bits of it sound like St Germain, another recent AC. However, I very much prefer the latter but for reasons I find hard to put into words. 3/5 from me, too.
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Post by John on Nov 18, 2020 20:40:41 GMT
Not for me I am afraid a 1
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Post by ChrisB on Nov 18, 2020 20:52:48 GMT
This is not my type of music at all.
However, I did find one moment that I did enjoy (a bit). That was the horn solo in track 4 - 'Bay of Plenty'. Unfortunately, I felt it was spoiled by the rhythm track playing over the top of it.
So, still only a 1/5 from me.
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Post by Barrington on Nov 19, 2020 9:26:49 GMT
Not on Tidal either , I can't play Spotify through the main system without a wire so I'll have to make do with laptop speakers .
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Post by rfan8312 on Nov 19, 2020 20:19:14 GMT
Thanks for taking a listen guys.
Oddly, as with just about every single thing I listen to and hold dear in music, I've never heard anyone's opinion on it outside of the interweb.
That includes every AC I've submitted, though with this one there was a very brief exchange with the buddy of mine who introduced me to Ian Pooley.
I have to admit, reflecting on it now, this album is burned into my soul now, but part of the appeal initially was how it reminded me of anywhere but the US in those days when I was desperate to see what else was out there aside from the American way of life.
So this album came into my life at a time when I was travelling internationally to a number of different tropical locations/beautiful warm climates and this became part of my soundtrack to that. Maybe I never judged it solely on it's musical merit and instead incorporated feelings and memories, and how well it allowed me to escape, into my assessment of this album's value.
Anyone know a publisher that would be interested in the novel I've just typed?
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Post by MartinT on Nov 19, 2020 21:38:18 GMT
Some songs and albums do that for me, too. They don't mean anything to other people, but for me they generate an instant memory and feeling.
For instance, Bert Kaempfert's Happy Trumpeter takes me back to sailing on the RHMS Ellinis through the Panama Canal with that music piped through the public areas. A huge sense of serenity looking at the forbidding land moving past, the very slow ship's speed and the glassy still water.
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Post by rfan8312 on Nov 19, 2020 22:08:29 GMT
Some songs and albums do that for me, too. They don't mean anything to other people, but for me they generate an instant memory and feeling. For instance, Bert Kaempfert's Happy Trumpeter takes me back to sailing on the RHMS Ellinis through the Panama Canal with that music piped through the public areas. A huge sense of serenity looking at the forbidding land moving past, the very slow ship's speed and the glassy still water. Yes I remember you talking about this trip and how big of an impact it had on your life and it's actually kind of magical that a piece of music can bring back very potent feelings and memories from that trip. Was that the trip with the boat with the two x's on the smokestacks the one of which you saw the replica in store window one time? |
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Post by MartinT on Nov 20, 2020 6:17:00 GMT
Wow, well remembered Robert.
Yes, that trip (around the world by two ships, living in Melbourne for a while and going to school there), had a great impact on me.
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Post by ajski2fly on Dec 7, 2020 17:05:16 GMT
Thanks for putting this one up, I rather liked it, but then as Martin pointed out it has a similar flavour to St. Germain which I really like. So I might have to explore some more of Ian Pooley and may even invest in the best picks. So its a 4/5 from me.  |
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Post by MikeMusic on Mar 27, 2021 17:05:11 GMT
Still stuck in the kitchen playlist so must be pretty good
4/5 from the Jury here
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