Tuesday, January 16, 2007
new interview
Hey
Just wanted to let everyone know that there's a new interview up online. I put links to a couple of older ones as well.
peace,
Marc
Press, Play, Record
Erasing Clouds
SomeWhereCold
Posted By Hammock Music at 3:37 PM
Friday, January 12, 2007
Silen Ballet "Battle of the Bands"
OK
Seriously, we kinda hate the concept, "battle of the bands" and we know we've asked you to vote before but here it goes--If you have some time, maybe you could go vote in the Silent Ballet "battle of the bands." We'd be thankful to anyone who decides to cast a vote for us, but we're mentioning this mainly because we think that this site might be of interest to many of you post-rock/instrumental music fans and also because they have been especially supportive of us since Kenotic. Just take a look at their top 50 Instrumental Releases of 2006 list and you'll see that they have us at #2.
http://thesilentballet.com/dnn/ (click on the Cat)
thanks everyone,
Marc (hammock)
Posted By Hammock Music at 4:15 PM
Sunday, January 07, 2007
Marc's Top 30 of 2006 (updated)
OK
These aren't in order. I would say that the first 15 are close to being in order but who knows.
Jeremy Enigk--World Waits
Helios--Eingya
Tim Hecker--Harmony in Ultraviolet
Idaho--the Lone Gunman
Clint Mansell (featuring the Kronos Quartet and Mogwai)--the Fountain Soundtrack
Eluvium--When I Live By the Garden and the Sea
Richard Butler--Richard Butler
Belong--October Language
Max Richter--Songs From Before
Robin Guthrie--Waiting For Dawn and Everlasting EP (tie)
South--Adventures in the Underground Journey to the Stars
Manual--Bajamar
William Basinski--Variations for Piano and Tape
the Church--Uninvited Like the Clouds
Arvo Part--Da Pacem
Chris Herbert--Mezzotint
Mew--And the Glass Handed Kites
Mogwai--Zidane (soundtrack)
White Rainbow--Box
Greg Kowalsky--Through the Cardinal Window
TV on the Radio--Return to Cookie Mountain
Boards of Canada--Trans Canada Highway
Mark Kozelek--Little Drummer Boy
Twilight Singers--Powder Burns
Album Leaf--Into the Blue Again
Guster--Ganging Up on the Sun
Connectivity--Mahogany
Sonic Youth--Rather Ripped
Growing--Color Wheel
the Roots--Game Theory (love the song, "In the Music")
honorable mentions:
Editors--the Back Room
Muse--Black Holes and Revelations
Gregor Samsa--55:12
Thom Yorke--the Eraser
Yo La Tengo--I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Laura--Radio Swan is Down AND Jakob--Solace (it's a tie)
That's it for now...
still lost in space,
Marc
Posted By Hammock Music at 9:22 PM
5 Comments:
-
said...
- hmm, nice list, Marc..thanks for taking the time to do it. There are some cd's on that list I need to take a listen to...Did you hear Robin Guthrie's cd's in 2006?
I was thinking your list would be your top 10 or whatever favourite cd's of all time...could you maybe post a small list of your all time fave's? Even a top 5 or something? That would be fun to read. Victorialand would be in my list....(Brent Diaz) - said...
- Thank you so much for the list Marc!
I am going to go check these albums out!! Thanks again!! - said...
- In his Hammock update, Marc invited people to post their own lists. Mine isn't as worldly and cultured as Marc's, but I dig this stuff:
Them Vs. Them - 2
The Walkmen - A Hundred Miles Off
Rose Hill Drive - Rose Hill Drive
The Charlatans UK - Simpatico.
Saga - Trust
Calexico - Garden Ruin
Tom Verlaine - Around
Dan Zanes - Catch That Train!
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
L.E.O. - Alpacas Orgling
The Church - Uninvited, Like the Clouds
Los Lobos - The Town and the City
The Mars Volta - Amputechture
Cracker - Greenland
Starsailor - On the Outside
The Who - Endless Wire
Richard Ashcroft - Keys to the World
The Flaming Lips - At War with the Mystics
Tom Petty - Highway Companion
Best,
Jeff Elbel -
Hammock Music said...
- Jeff Elbel,
I'll have to check out your list since I have such respect for you. I hope you're well and having a good new year so far.
peace,
Marc - said...
- Hi Marc,
Thanks again for the list. I went and listened to Jeremy Enigk's disc because of your list, and I loved it so much that I bought it.
I'm not sure if you asked for us to post lists, but I really liked the discs from Juana Molina, Robin Guthrie, Mahogany, Other Desert Cities, The Church and, of course, Hammock, in 2006. (Brent Diaz)
Tuesday, January 02, 2007
favor to ask of the fans?
We only have two reviews up on Amazon and one of them is negative. If you guys have any time it would be great to have some more feedback listed on amazon. Thanks for taking the time to do this and as always thanks for listening!
peace,
Marc
I'm working on my list!
Posted By Hammock Music at 12:21 PM
3 Comments:
- said...
- Hey Marc, I just submitted a review to Amazon. Hopefully it will get posted soon. Cant believe that bad review.. He does'nt know what he is talking about!
Hope you guys had a wonderful holiday season!! Happy 2007 everyone! - Brenton said...
- Hi guys, I just submitted a review for the site. I've been meaning to do that for a while...
hope that everything is going well for you guys. still listening to the disc very very often and loving it. Marc I'm really hoping you're working on at top 20 list...;) (and more music of your own, of course)
take care - Brenton said...
- oh oops...should have read your post a little closer...you're working on the list. great! sorry! hahaha.
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Chosen by Echoes listeners as a Top 25 release of 2006, named by Echoes as Top 25 Essential CD of 2006, and Echoes CD of the Month for January, 2007
Pick of the week for Filter Magazine and cited as a Top 10 release for 2006
"Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo" is a massive artistic statement. A Gravity¹s Rainbow of ambient chamber rock, it defies the iTunization of the world. You want to hear the whole thing, slipping it on, cranking up the volume and riding it into an infinite sunset. A dream guitar masterpiece" --John Diliberto, Host, Echoes
Named #2 in Silent Ballet's Top 50 Instrumental Releases of 2006. "Hammock follows up its debut album with another collection of utterly indescribable and magnificent songs...This is music that seeps deeply into the pores and goes straight for the heart...Brilliant only begins to scratch the surface..." --The Silent Ballet
9/10. This longing, melodic, melancholic, and thoughtful texture that seems to tug at one¹s heartstrings from start to finishÅ It¹s the type of music that hits you in the gut immediately, Nothing about this album is less than Grade A+ material. It's an album that forces one to reflect on both the highs and lows in one¹s life.² ÂPop Matters
Throughout the eighteen tracks there is a glorious stillness to be found, even when the drums turn the album into a shoegazing masterpiece, the guitars throwing lazy shapes (and the occasional shadow) across the tunes Opening track 'I Can Almost See You' is as beautiful as anything you have heard this year, an album that is best appreciated when heard in its entirety, although it can be neatly summarised by listening to 'Floating Away In Every Direction', the title speaks volumes and the music perfectly matches the sentiments, but don¹t take my word for it, go and get your own copy and be transported. ÂSimon Lewis, Terrascope
Waves of glimmering Cocteau Twins-like guitar traverse over barren landscapes, twinkling like nearby constellations. It is at once distant and extremely joyous, a life affirming, yet somehow Zen-like expression of mood and of depthÅ It's a lot to take in, and each minute is profoundly emotive and heartbreaking. Hammock may require patience, but those who possess it will be rewarded in spades.² ÂJeff Terich, Treble Magazine
Hammock's brand of musical expression is honest, patient, meticulous and acknowledging of the warm-blooded nature of its listeners. It stirs the soul like little other music that's out there in this day in age.² ÂLuke Daniel Rush, Sound the Sirens
"The Hammock sound is unique; harsh yet beautiful, and curiously satisfying while still leaving one wanting more. Raising Your Voice is a work of genius by a duo who are pathfinders in guitar based drone ambience. It's essential listening for anyone interested in ambient music." --Dene Bebbington, Melliflua
"Hammock's sad, epic music bathes the listener in multi-tracked electric guitars swimming in a sea of reverb and gentle distortion, sometimes alone, sometimes with piano, cello and/or a steady rock backbeat. It's a somber, fuzzy sound but crucially a melodic one too, with an appeal to both electronic ambient and indie rock listeners." --Ambient Music Guide
"Just when you thought this amazing band could not attain the splendid heights of their previous efforts, they go ahead and release a jaw dropping disc of pure sonic BLISS at the end of 2006! Not since the golden days of Brian Eno has an artist created devastatingly beautiful atmospheres that transport you in a dreamlike state beyond the stars..." --Dark Symphonies "5/5. Gorgeous. Stunning. Sublime! Deserves no distractions or interuptions from barking dogs, people talking and general noise pollution. A candidate for best ethereal rock record of the year." --Kenyon Hopkin, Advance Copy
Pick of the week for Filter Magazine and cited as a Top 10 release for 2006
"Raising Your Voice... Trying to Stop an Echo" is a massive artistic statement. A Gravity¹s Rainbow of ambient chamber rock, it defies the iTunization of the world. You want to hear the whole thing, slipping it on, cranking up the volume and riding it into an infinite sunset. A dream guitar masterpiece" --John Diliberto, Host, Echoes
Named #2 in Silent Ballet's Top 50 Instrumental Releases of 2006. "Hammock follows up its debut album with another collection of utterly indescribable and magnificent songs...This is music that seeps deeply into the pores and goes straight for the heart...Brilliant only begins to scratch the surface..." --The Silent Ballet
9/10. This longing, melodic, melancholic, and thoughtful texture that seems to tug at one¹s heartstrings from start to finishÅ It¹s the type of music that hits you in the gut immediately, Nothing about this album is less than Grade A+ material. It's an album that forces one to reflect on both the highs and lows in one¹s life.² ÂPop Matters
Throughout the eighteen tracks there is a glorious stillness to be found, even when the drums turn the album into a shoegazing masterpiece, the guitars throwing lazy shapes (and the occasional shadow) across the tunes Opening track 'I Can Almost See You' is as beautiful as anything you have heard this year, an album that is best appreciated when heard in its entirety, although it can be neatly summarised by listening to 'Floating Away In Every Direction', the title speaks volumes and the music perfectly matches the sentiments, but don¹t take my word for it, go and get your own copy and be transported. ÂSimon Lewis, Terrascope
Waves of glimmering Cocteau Twins-like guitar traverse over barren landscapes, twinkling like nearby constellations. It is at once distant and extremely joyous, a life affirming, yet somehow Zen-like expression of mood and of depthÅ It's a lot to take in, and each minute is profoundly emotive and heartbreaking. Hammock may require patience, but those who possess it will be rewarded in spades.² ÂJeff Terich, Treble Magazine
Hammock's brand of musical expression is honest, patient, meticulous and acknowledging of the warm-blooded nature of its listeners. It stirs the soul like little other music that's out there in this day in age.² ÂLuke Daniel Rush, Sound the Sirens
"The Hammock sound is unique; harsh yet beautiful, and curiously satisfying while still leaving one wanting more. Raising Your Voice is a work of genius by a duo who are pathfinders in guitar based drone ambience. It's essential listening for anyone interested in ambient music." --Dene Bebbington, Melliflua
"Hammock's sad, epic music bathes the listener in multi-tracked electric guitars swimming in a sea of reverb and gentle distortion, sometimes alone, sometimes with piano, cello and/or a steady rock backbeat. It's a somber, fuzzy sound but crucially a melodic one too, with an appeal to both electronic ambient and indie rock listeners." --Ambient Music Guide
"Just when you thought this amazing band could not attain the splendid heights of their previous efforts, they go ahead and release a jaw dropping disc of pure sonic BLISS at the end of 2006! Not since the golden days of Brian Eno has an artist created devastatingly beautiful atmospheres that transport you in a dreamlike state beyond the stars..." --Dark Symphonies "5/5. Gorgeous. Stunning. Sublime! Deserves no distractions or interuptions from barking dogs, people talking and general noise pollution. A candidate for best ethereal rock record of the year." --Kenyon Hopkin, Advance Copy
sorry to hear about your loss. what a beautiful song to commemorate it, though...
(Brent Diaz)
Hope your doing well.
Cheers
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