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Sun's Signature

Postby Deebank » 17 Jun 2022, 11:37

New music from Elizabeth Fraser and partner Damon Reece is out tomorrow and pre-viewing on iTunes now.
Awesome stuff and features STeve Hackett on a lot of the tunes too (he played with her at the Meltdown Festival in 2012)

more here:

https://www.nme.com/news/music/cocteau-twins-elizabeth-fraser-shares-first-new-original-song-in-13-years-golden-air-3199993

and

https://www.loudersound.com/news/suns-signature-release-video-for-mesmeric-underwater-featuring-steve-hackett

It's all here:

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sun%27s+signature+apples
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby never/ever » 17 Jun 2022, 12:35

Got the RSD-12" and it is indeed pretty good. Liz is fabulous, the music doesn't go too over the top.
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Deebank » 17 Jun 2022, 15:03

never/ever wrote:Got the RSD-12" and it is indeed pretty good. Liz is fabulous, the music doesn't go too over the top.


I don't know...

Apples is practically fully-fledged prog - perhaps a more well-versed goon should comment.
beautiful anyway - i couldn't find out if Hackett played on Apples but it sounds like him - loads of 12 string acoustic and Taurus pedals (sounds a bit like Trick of the Tail at times). He played on at least two of the other tracks previewing I believe.

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Postby Minnie the Minx » 17 Jun 2022, 15:28

I had no idea about this! Thanks for the heads up.
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Hightea » 17 Jun 2022, 15:35

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Postby ChrisB » 17 Jun 2022, 16:15

Absolute genius! Steve Hackett, apparently, plays a Gizmo (Godley and Creme, anybody?) Damon Reece was playing "The lamb lies down" and "Selling England" and that's what made them chose Hackett

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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Deebank » 17 Jun 2022, 16:38

Minnie Cheddars wrote:I had no idea about this! Thanks for the heads up.



Yes, they're really flying under the radar. It's like you have to hunt for it.




That said, apparently BBC6 Music have been playing it a lot.
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Postby Deebank » 17 Jun 2022, 16:39

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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Deebank » 17 Jun 2022, 16:49

slightbreeze wrote:Absolute genius! Steve Hackett, apparently, plays a Gizmo (Godley and Creme, anybody?) Damon Reece was playing "The lamb lies down" and "Selling England" and that's what made them chose Hackett


Yes, A Gizmotron I think it's called - bankrupted G&C back in the 70s didn't it? I knew it had been relaunched. I'd go for a Sustainiac myself (I actually used to use an Ebow a lot back in the day) less moving parts.

The collaboration started when SH played with Liz's band at Anthony (apologies for not spelling it properly) & The Johnsons' Meltdown Festival in 2012.
I get the feeling a lot of the Sun's Sig music has been kicking artound for a while - Underwater for at least 22 odd years!

Anyway, I'll listen again and keep the ears open.

I haven't listened to Lamb that much to be fair, but I get a much more Trick vibes than Selling vibes, from Apples at least.
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Deebank » 25 Jun 2022, 11:32

The iTunes playlist attached to the Sun's Sig music turned up this gem...



Any fans of C. Duncan here?
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Postby Minnie the Minx » 11 Jul 2022, 14:56

Bought this on Saturday. It is, without a doubt, very proggy in parts but it is also absolutely gorgeous.
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Rorschach » 11 Jul 2022, 15:51

Deebank wrote:
Any fans of C. Duncan here?


I only know this track:



I love it. Maybe I'll check out some more.
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Deebank » 12 Jul 2022, 10:32

Rorschach wrote:
Deebank wrote:
Any fans of C. Duncan here?


I only know this track:



I love it. Maybe I'll check out some more.


This one came on as we were driving along North Cornwall coast on Sunday.



And the aforementioned For are my two favourites.

Not enough whistling in music these days.

Very medieval sounding to me. Reminded me of Perotin (inventor of polyphony apparently). He used the acoustics of the great French cathedrals when composing for voices.
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby Deebank » 04 Aug 2022, 13:10

UPDATE

The other two Sun Sig tunes are now available to download, Bluedusk (3/5) and Make Lovely The Day (5/5 - my scores :) ).
While most singers' voices get worse as they age, Liz seems to have gotten better and gone up in range too. And credit to Steve Hackett too.
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Re: Sun's Signature

Postby ChrisB » 05 Aug 2022, 13:44

30mins of GLORIOUS, timeless music. Liz is brilliant, Hackett inspired. Sounds very Fripp at times


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