SciflyerPink Floyd
To explain this Journal see: http://www.last.fm/user/ozric_tyler/journal/2008/10/06/27hcdw_musical_obsessive_-_the_beginning
The easiest and most obvious place to start is the key members. Any respecting Floyd fan wouldn’t be without are the albums by:
Syd Barrett - Opel, The Madcap Laughs, Barrett
Roger Waters - Amused to Death, The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking
David Gilmour - David Gilmour, About Face, On An Island
Still to get: Live In Gdańsk
I’ve not got anything by Richard Wright yet, so thats a priority. [Update] Finally got hold of Broken China.
Still looking out for: Wet Dream and the single Runaway.
I know that Richard Wright collaborated with Dave Harris entitled Zee - Identity, so thats another avenue to follow, a project described as experimental synthesizer-based has me interested.
Bit of a jump now to Blue Pearl, thanks to Durga McBroom one of the Floyd’s backing singers. Some Floyd members collaborated on the Blue Pearl single Alive. I got to this point quite quickly as I was also tracing back The Orb members, and the other half of Blue Pearl is Youth, aka Martin Glover.
I won’t dwell on Mr. Glover here, I’ll leave that for The Orb Journal, nor will I go into too much detail on Guy Pratt, a session bassist and songwriter amongst other things, which again connect PF to The Orb and many other artists. A dilema here though, do I move into Producers?
Off on a tangent now, I picked up a few obscure remixes of PF, one being from a chap called Andrew Duke, another from VoV. If you're interested I found the excellent VoV remix here: http://ouim.net/releases/ouimnet006/
Now, I must apologise in advance for the following tedious link - The Dark Side Of The Moog, I can’t really remember how I stumbled upon this group. The most probable is that I typed The Dark Side Of The Moon wrong into an internet search. However I did it, I was intrigued by the (at the time) 10 album series entitled with variations of Pink Floyd track names, such as Careful With The AKS, Peter Part I and Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn Part I. This to me has been quite an ear-opener which led me to the Fax +49-69/450464 label and a huge amount of electronic/ambient music, most notably Pete Namlook, Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell and Geir Jenssen. I’ve got to admit this is as far a way from Floyd’s music as you could probably get, but as I am into electronica this has opened up a huge area - it’s just a shame that FAX releases are limited in copies, some as low as 500-1000 so are quite difficult to obtain.
Right, lets get back on track. Its time to admit it I got the Eric Prydz vs Floyd tune, all in the name of completism I might add. Then, this got me thinking how about covers? Could be an interesting route to go down, especially as I’ve just picked up the version of Arnold Layne by Gilmour & David Bowie / Gilmour & Richard Wright, and that I recently discovered the version of Cymbaline tucked away in amongst my Hawkwind collection.
Update: April 09, from the idea of cover versions, I stumbled on to the double CD compilation A Saucerful Of Pink - A Tribute To Pink Floyd, featuring some unusual takes on some Floyd tunes, most notably, Psychic TV's
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Spiral Realm’s Interstellar Overdrive and Alien Sex Fiend’s Echoes.
So cover versions I’m looking for:
Interstellar Overdrive by Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van Beethoven
Interstellar Overdrive by Teenage Fanclub - The King
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun by Sciflyer - Sciflyer
The Nile Song by Voïvod - The Outer Limits
Cover versions I have:
Cymbaline by Hawkwind - Hawkwind
Comfortably Numb by Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
Next discovery was the Zabriskie Point Soundtrack, featuring a few Floyd tracks as well as Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead.
Now I think I’m pushing it, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays The Music Of Pink Floyd. Actually I quite like their versions but I wish they didn’t add the cheesy singing.
**Gig Update** No No, Gilmour & Waters aren't reforming (unfortunately!!), but I'm off to catch The Australian Pink Floyd Show soon - looking forward to that!
To explain this Journal see: http://www.last.fm/user/ozric_tyler/journal/2008/10/06/27hcdw_musical_obsessive_-_the_beginning
The easiest and most obvious place to start is the key members. Any respecting Floyd fan wouldn’t be without are the albums by:
Syd Barrett - Opel, The Madcap Laughs, Barrett
Roger Waters - Amused to Death, The Pros & Cons Of Hitch Hiking
David Gilmour - David Gilmour, About Face, On An Island
Still to get: Live In Gdańsk
I’ve not got anything by Richard Wright yet, so thats a priority. [Update] Finally got hold of Broken China.
Still looking out for: Wet Dream and the single Runaway.
I know that Richard Wright collaborated with Dave Harris entitled Zee - Identity, so thats another avenue to follow, a project described as experimental synthesizer-based has me interested.
Bit of a jump now to Blue Pearl, thanks to Durga McBroom one of the Floyd’s backing singers. Some Floyd members collaborated on the Blue Pearl single Alive. I got to this point quite quickly as I was also tracing back The Orb members, and the other half of Blue Pearl is Youth, aka Martin Glover.
I won’t dwell on Mr. Glover here, I’ll leave that for The Orb Journal, nor will I go into too much detail on Guy Pratt, a session bassist and songwriter amongst other things, which again connect PF to The Orb and many other artists. A dilema here though, do I move into Producers?
Off on a tangent now, I picked up a few obscure remixes of PF, one being from a chap called Andrew Duke, another from VoV. If you're interested I found the excellent VoV remix here: http://ouim.net/releases/ouimnet006/
Now, I must apologise in advance for the following tedious link - The Dark Side Of The Moog, I can’t really remember how I stumbled upon this group. The most probable is that I typed The Dark Side Of The Moon wrong into an internet search. However I did it, I was intrigued by the (at the time) 10 album series entitled with variations of Pink Floyd track names, such as Careful With The AKS, Peter Part I and Three Pipers at the Gates of Dawn Part I. This to me has been quite an ear-opener which led me to the Fax +49-69/450464 label and a huge amount of electronic/ambient music, most notably Pete Namlook, Klaus Schulze, Bill Laswell and Geir Jenssen. I’ve got to admit this is as far a way from Floyd’s music as you could probably get, but as I am into electronica this has opened up a huge area - it’s just a shame that FAX releases are limited in copies, some as low as 500-1000 so are quite difficult to obtain.
Right, lets get back on track. Its time to admit it I got the Eric Prydz vs Floyd tune, all in the name of completism I might add. Then, this got me thinking how about covers? Could be an interesting route to go down, especially as I’ve just picked up the version of Arnold Layne by Gilmour & David Bowie / Gilmour & Richard Wright, and that I recently discovered the version of Cymbaline tucked away in amongst my Hawkwind collection.
Update: April 09, from the idea of cover versions, I stumbled on to the double CD compilation A Saucerful Of Pink - A Tribute To Pink Floyd, featuring some unusual takes on some Floyd tunes, most notably, Psychic TV's
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun, Spiral Realm’s Interstellar Overdrive and Alien Sex Fiend’s Echoes.So cover versions I’m looking for:
Interstellar Overdrive by Camper Van Beethoven - Camper Van BeethovenInterstellar Overdrive by Teenage Fanclub - The King
Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun by Sciflyer - Sciflyer
The Nile Song by Voïvod - The Outer Limits
Cover versions I have:
Cymbaline by Hawkwind - Hawkwind
Comfortably Numb by Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
Next discovery was the Zabriskie Point Soundtrack, featuring a few Floyd tracks as well as Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead.
Now I think I’m pushing it, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Plays The Music Of Pink Floyd. Actually I quite like their versions but I wish they didn’t add the cheesy singing.
**Gig Update** No No, Gilmour & Waters aren't reforming (unfortunately!!), but I'm off to catch The Australian Pink Floyd Show soon - looking forward to that!
