This is bizarre, it is like every library recorded I have ever wanted to hear is suddenly been posted (and Pornotrond is one of the main suppliers!)...The 'Astral Sounds' records (about twenty in all) are really strange in the sense that despite been made by half a dozen or more different artists and released on different labels (with no "formal" connection between the releases as such) there seems to be an underlying sonic affinity that I just cannot quite put my finger on but it is definitely there!
Dont get me wrong, there is plenty of synth-cheese to be found amongst the Astral Sounds releases (I guess thats true of so many library releases in general) but likewise there is some pure 70s/80s cosmic/disco/prog/electronic/synth gold to be mined as well.....
And for those that have no experienced the joy that is the Astral Sounds series, the mighty Retro-teque blog have posted at least half a dozen with the remaining ones posted by the usual library blogging suspects...
Should I ask about the other John Hyde Astral Sounds album on Hudson, the 1983 'Mixed Sells'....nah, my desiring machine will probably explode!
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ReplyDeleteThis is bizarre, it is like every library recorded I have ever wanted to hear is suddenly been posted (and Pornotrond is one of the main suppliers!)...The 'Astral Sounds' records (about twenty in all) are really strange in the sense that despite been made by half a dozen or more different artists and released on different labels (with no "formal" connection between the releases as such) there seems to be an underlying sonic affinity that I just cannot quite put my finger on but it is definitely there!
ReplyDeleteDont get me wrong, there is plenty of synth-cheese to be found amongst the Astral Sounds releases (I guess thats true of so many library releases in general) but likewise there is some pure 70s/80s cosmic/disco/prog/electronic/synth gold to be mined as well.....
And for those that have no experienced the joy that is the Astral Sounds series, the mighty Retro-teque blog have posted at least half a dozen with the remaining ones posted by the usual library blogging suspects...
Should I ask about the other John Hyde Astral Sounds album on Hudson, the 1983 'Mixed Sells'....nah, my desiring machine will probably explode!