tunequest

From the album Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating through space (1997). Composed in "round" format, where each sung line overlaps another in a recursive way, Spiritualized's Ladies and Gentlemen we are floating through space is a science and technology-era mantra, a chant to the lords of pharmaceutically-inspired altered states and a wistful, strung-out love song. This is seriously space out, and transcendental, trance-inducing music, but it trades in new-age ethereality ...

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every time i run across spiritualized, i enjoy it that much more. and the funny thing is, i've never really sat down and given the group the attention it deserves. like passing acquaintances from a bar scene, i've only bumped into the band's music a handful of times, despite having it in my library for nigh on five years now. it's a real shame too, because i should have been ...

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Here are some quickies; enjoy:Spiritualized, some drifty, hazy, drugged-out psychedelia. Lots of fuzz. The Aluminum Tunes album is nothing special, but anything by stereolab is worth listening to. I didn't know anything about this heat other than I enjoyed their album Deceit until I checked out the wikipedia, which pretty much reflects the album. Based on their sound, I would have pegged them as German, except for the lyrics to Independence, ...

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