Gentle Giants (A Celebration Of The Clydesdale Horse In Song) - Various Artists

Advantages: Energetic and different
Disadvantages: Loud and shallow lyrically

...Horse of the Dog (CD format) Genre: Noise Rock For Starters: The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, commonly known as "Eighties Matchbox", along with "Eighties" and "The Disaster" to name a just a few variations, comprise of five 18 to 22 year olds (at the time of this recording) from Brighton. This, their debut shows they're a force to be reckoned with. Parental Guidance? Oh, just a bit. I would be very surprised if the album is available without the parental guidance warning printed onto the cover as it is on my copy, and rightly so. One song title alone is enough reason for the rating, but overall, this is not a clean album. Though the singers' vocals can be garbled, it's very clear that the subject matters he's dealing with aren't for all the family to enjoy. About the Band: The band consists of: Guy Mc... Read review

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Advantages: It's real music
Disadvantages: It may take more than one listen

...Warning this is very long... Who are and what are Nine Horses? You may ask, this band name or more correctly musical collective is the tile for a one off musical collaboration between David Sylvian (ex 80’s pop group Japan) and his brother and long time musical partner Steve Jensen (ex-Japan drummer) and re-mixer, electronic composer Burnt Friedman. The 9 tracks that make up the album “Snow Borne sorrow” (catalogue number SS006) started off life as compositions in 2001, with Sylvian and Jensen renewing a song writing partnership from many years past. With the end of the 20-year association with the Virgin label David built his own studio called Samadhisound and also gave his own label the same name. At first the brothers where writing as a means of getting used to the newer technology in the studio... Read review

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Advantages: It's real music
Disadvantages: It takes a few listens

...Who are and what are Nine Horses? You may ask, this band name or more correctly musical collective is the tile for a one off musical collaboration between David Sylvian (ex 80's pop group Japan) and his brother and long time musical partner Steve Jensen (ex-Japan drummer) and re-mixer, electronic composer Burnt Friedman. The 9 tracks that make up the album "Snow Borne sorrow" (catalogue number SS006) started off life as compositions in 2001, with Sylvian and Jensen renewing a song writing partnership from many years past. With the end of the 20-year association with the Virgin label David built his own studio called Samadhisound and also gave his own label the same name. At first the brothers where writing as a means of getting used to the newer technology in the studio. The pace of the work was painfully slow as both of them... Read review

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