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Thonk (1994, Highstreet)
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This week's "Manthing" post is from 1994 and it's the first solo album by him that is NOT from the Windham Hill label, but by the Highstreet label. My friends, this is the album Thonk!
This is his fourth album, which shifts from soft jazz to what was described as "New Age Death Metal Fusion", with a bit of bass playing. After listening to tracks, such as "Bad Hair Day" and "Disturbed", I can say that Manring took a risky move, changing genres a bit, just to get listeners to be wowed by his works. For me, it's not my favorite album, but it IS a pretty epic one if you like or love instrumental rock.
I will not explain any more. Just listen to "Disturbed" for yourself.
"This album is truly amazing! If you thought the extremes of bass could not be pushed much further than you must hear this album. What makes this release so diffrent from many bass virtuousos is that manring is all about the melody. Manring writes some truly beautiful progressions and no songs include overdubs.This cd also includes guests such as Steve Morse(dixie dregs,deep purple,kansas) and Tim Alexander(primus)."
"This CD changed my perspective on the bass guitar and music in general. I bought this CD in January 1995 when I was 17 years old and it is still my favorite CD to this day. Michael Manring is a genius, and a very nice guy...I got to finally meet him when he came to Asheville NC in the Summer of 2004 and he signed my copy of Thonk!! :) Anyway, if you are a bass guitarist, it should be mandatory that you own this CD!"
Happy Christmas Eve everyone! For this year's post, it will be a late one due to the fact that the holidays came by too quickly for me to prepare myself. Tonight I will be reviewing George Winston's 1982 album, December . To learn more about George Winston, click the link here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Winston Now to begin, December is George Winston's fourth solo piano album, released in 1982 as a holiday album, follow up to the album Autumn , and as a tribute to the winter season. In 2001, a 20th Anniversary Edition of the album was released, including two bonus tracks not included on the original release. As of last year (2013), the album was again reissued by Valley Entertainment with Dancing Cat Records, since the original Windham Hill label is now defunct. This most recent reissue has been packaged in a Digipak and features a revised cover art, making the image wider and blending the text onto the art cover rather than above it. For comparison...
Well I'm back. I know it has been a long while but I felt that it was time to update my blog. What I plan to do in the near future is find any albums (mostly in CD and mp3 formats) under the Windham Hill label that I own rather than post stuff I don't, which will make it easier on my part and more interesting on yours. As long as I keep checking my nearby Goodwill store, I can find all sorts of interesting stuff. Previous posts may either be re-posted with updated content and links or just simply re-edited so to keep it fresh on here. I will also review albums of the "Windham Hill Retrospective" and "Pure" series as well so do expect another Nightnoise post soon. In other news, I was browsing the music site Israbox to see if I could download any free songs to add to my Spotify playlists that aren't already on Spotify and I stumbled across this. It's the 1984 album, "Islands" by Scott Cossu. Here is the front cover. Here is the ...
I must confess...I've been abandoning this blog for well over a year and to be honest, it's a hassle just to find information to post on here. It's a shame really because this blog has received so many visits from people and I didn't want to disappoint them. But over time, with college, illnesses and feeling stressed to find information on my blog post and have it posted each Wednesday was becoming too much for me. Eventually, I just got lazy and stopped caring. I thought it would be better just to leave the blog as-is until I can turn it into something better, or at least give Windham Hill Memories an updated treatment. But I don't want to work on a blog that I have little to no interest in just to have a large number of views and stats. On the other hand, I don't want to create a blog that I enjoy that nobody would check out either. But I'll let you know the fate of my blog in the future. Until then, take care.
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