{"id":885,"date":"2008-03-31T21:28:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T20:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=885"},"modified":"2008-03-31T23:32:04","modified_gmt":"2008-03-31T22:32:04","slug":"an-unexpected-calm-has-descended-upon-ireallylovemusic-hq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ireallylovemusic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=885","title":{"rendered":"an unexpected calm has descended upon ireallylovemusic hq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=\"text\/html; charset=iso-8859-1\"> <META content=\"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16608\" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE><\/STYLE> <\/HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for the last few weeks\/months the mood has dictated  a need for a beat.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>normally of a rocksteady 4\/4 style and all  its&nbsp;bastardised offspring,&nbsp;whether in the form of a solid hip hop  beat, or a techno style.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>yet today the tide turned and for once i can&#8217;t  blame the weather.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>basically i tried all manner of options from the  <FONT color=#008080>&#8216;to listen to&#8217;<\/FONT> pile and nothing fit the inner  needs.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>guitars were too abrasive, beats to intrusive, and  minimal techno was too, well, minimal.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in the end, the only album that really has hit the  spot today turned out to be the <STRONG>beth gibbons and rustin man<\/STRONG>  album, <U>out of season<\/U>.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>basically and album that put beths vocals in a  warmer musical environment than the <STRONG>portishead<\/STRONG>  productions.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>strings buffed up against adrian utleys strange  guitars.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>upon its release back in 2002 i can&#8217;t deny that bar  the odd track the album never really did that much for me. it was so late night  and sombre that i never felt any urge to dive in.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>yet today, despite the onset of a sunshine filled  day (normally heralding the urge to dig out all my old <U>rawkus<\/U> albums),  something about the combination of beths end of the world vocals, and the out of  time music hit hard.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i am anything but depressed, so i guess the depth  and gorgeousness of the music was the necessary antidote to the onslaught of  distressed synthetic music and compressed to fuck productions.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>adding to this late night melancholy is the rather  special <STRONG>mark hollis<\/STRONG> solo album with that very unusual cover  (what is it a picture of ?).<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>i fully expect that by tomorrow everything will  back to normal.<\/FONT><\/DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial 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