[kj] The Courtald Talks/Murder Inc/The Damage Manual

[Geoffrey ODonoghue]

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Hi all
I recently purchased The Courtald Talks, the Murder Inc album (I already had the Corpuscle EP) and The Damage Manual EP (>1) and album.
I find that I quite enjoy listening to Courtald, especially as I had not really heard Jaz speaking at all prior to the 2003 interviews (thanks Mik et al). The subject material of the lecture is very interesting and, I think, quite topical given the current state of the world. It also seems to me that Jaz touches on a number of subjects that he explores more fully later with the EXDAVRE lyrics. The only bit where I start rolling my eyes is when he starts talking about H.P. Lovecraft and the elder gods (has anyone here read Neil Gaiman's Lovecraftian short story? - mine's a pint of Shoggoth's Old Peculiar :o). I particularly like Geordie's acoustic guitar backing and the bit where Jaz explains and plays the section from Outside The Gate.
  
The Murder Inc album also has not disappointed - I was determined to get it after I picked up the Corpuscle EP (for $AUS2!) and really enjoyed it. There is some very nice work by Geordie on the album (Gambit sounds like he partly recycled the riff from Stay One Jump Ahead). Atkins is not producing so it hasn't been f**ked up in that regard. Which brings me to...
 
The Damage Manual - There is obviously some good material and great playing on both the EP and album but, as Simon Lee said about the tracks, "someone has overproduced them and sucked the raw energy out of most of them". This is probably less true of the first 5 tracks of the EP but I can understand how Geordie and Wobble were pissed off with the result. The worst example is probably Stateless (Delusional Mix) - you can hear from the (somewhat better) Laswell Mix that this song has a rather nice Geordie riff that has been mixed well back. On the Delusional Mix it is gone.
If anyone is interested - the best place to buy these CDs at the moment is probably directly from Invisible Records. They currently have a special offer - 5 CDs for $20, 10 for $35 etc etc - see http://www.invisiblerecords.com/5for20main.htm
 
Geoff


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<DIV>Hi all</DIV>
<DIV>I recently purchased The Courtald Talks, the Murder Inc album (I already had the Corpuscle EP) and The Damage Manual EP (&gt;1) and album.<BR>I find that I quite enjoy listening to Courtald, especially as I had not really heard Jaz speaking at all prior to the 2003 interviews (thanks Mik et al). The subject material of the lecture is very interesting and, I think, quite topical given the current state of the world. It also seems to me that Jaz touches on a number of subjects that he explores more fully later with the EXDAVRE lyrics. The only bit where I start rolling my eyes is when he starts talking about H.P. Lovecraft and the elder gods (has anyone here read Neil Gaiman's Lovecraftian short story? - mine's a pint of Shoggoth's Old Peculiar :o). I particularly like Geordie's acoustic guitar backing and the bit where Jaz explains and plays the section from Outside The Gate.<BR>&nbsp; <BR>The Murder Inc album also has not disappointed - I was determined to get it after I picked
 up the Corpuscle EP (for $AUS2!) and really enjoyed it. There is some very nice work by Geordie on the album (Gambit sounds like he partly recycled the riff from Stay One Jump Ahead). Atkins is not producing so it hasn't been f**ked up in that regard. Which brings me to...<BR>&nbsp;<BR>The Damage Manual - There is obviously some good material and great playing on both the EP and album but, as Simon Lee said about the tracks, "someone has overproduced them and sucked the raw energy out of most of them". This is probably less true of the first 5 tracks of the EP but I can understand how Geordie and Wobble were pissed off with the result. The worst example is probably Stateless (Delusional Mix) - you can hear from the (somewhat better) Laswell Mix that this song has a rather nice Geordie riff that has been mixed well back. On the Delusional Mix it is gone.</DIV>
<DIV>If anyone is interested - the best place to buy these CDs at the moment is probably directly from Invisible Records. They currently have a special offer - 5 CDs for $20, 10 for $35 etc etc - see <A href="http://www.invisiblerecords.com/5for20main.htm">http://www.invisiblerecords.com/5for20main.htm</A></DIV>
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<DIV>Geoff</DIV><p><hr SIZE=1>
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