Best Ever Albums

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Norman Bates — Sat, 11 May 2013 12:36:03 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/11/2013 16:36

You're welcome! Oh, and by the way, I mentioned it the "2013" thread, but apparently her new record is to be released on May 13th, that's Monday.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Sat, 11 May 2013 12:25:48 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/11/2013 16:25

I, in turn, would like to thank Norman Bates for recommending Golden Morning Breaks to me in the first place.

Also, Ravedeath is amazing, so thank you very much, Harkan!

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Hayden — Sat, 11 May 2013 10:45:10 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 05/11/2013 14:45

Golden Morning Breaks for me.

Both are outstanding ambient albums though.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:51:39 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/11/2013 06:51

I loved both of these btw, both great choices. Went with Ravedeath.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Sat, 11 May 2013 00:21:33 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/11/2013 04:21

I'd like to thank harkan and Brandon for two awesome entrees here. I would love to see them both advance somehow.

The true test is what sticks over time. For now, I'm choosing Ravedeath.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

videoheadcleaner — Fri, 10 May 2013 05:38:55 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 05/10/2013 09:38

Ravedeath was up before, now behind.

Although Colleen is great as well, Ravedeath is one album that needs to be listened to from beginning to end.

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Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Norman Bates — Fri, 10 May 2013 03:37:52 GMT

Author: Norman Bates

Posted: 05/10/2013 07:37

Yeah, can't decide here. I may go for Colleen, the album that I know the best of the two, since I only discovered Hecker for this game. But I must say it's a very good album too.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Thu, 9 May 2013 09:50:24 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/09/2013 13:50

I voted for Colleen but both are quite good and of pretty much equal quality.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

videoheadcleaner — Thu, 9 May 2013 07:25:21 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 05/09/2013 11:25

For those that like Ravedeath 1972, Hecker released an EP of sketches from the Ravedeath sessions. Almost as good a piece as the original album.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Wed, 8 May 2013 19:26:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/08/2013 23:26

Oh hey, it's my nomination! 😁

Eeek, I don't know how to promote well.

Hmm, the music can do the talking:

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It is simply magic. It evokes innocence, childhood, and just makes one sit there smiling, transfixed. Life is beautiful. Colleen says so!

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Wed, 8 May 2013 14:29:35 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/08/2013 18:29

Looks like a double re-listening is in order...

Edit: Easily the best poll so far for me. I'm going to listen to both a couple more times. Really hard decision and I don't want to abstain when I enjoy both albums.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Facetious — Wed, 8 May 2013 10:02:06 GMT

Author: Facetious

Posted: 05/08/2013 14:02

Leaning towards Golden Morning right now, Ravedeath is good too though.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Wed, 8 May 2013 09:41:08 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/08/2013 13:41

A great matchup that at least in my honest opinion shows what this tourney hopes to accomplish. The Golden Morning Breaks was a fine little discovery I probably wouldn't have discovered otherwise, an intimate music-box-style album that reminded me of a more mercurial yet quieter Milk Eyed Meander, mainly in it's ability to create it's own lovely fairy-tale world. Ravedeath 1972, however, is truly in it's own league, the kind of intense experience that paints a vivid time-and-place and has a sense of immediacy that makes it utterly thrilling, and Im glad it and it's opponent are getting a wider audience thanks to this tournament.

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Wed, 8 May 2013 07:47:50 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/08/2013 11:47

RAVEDEATH, 1972

Re: CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

videoheadcleaner — Wed, 8 May 2013 05:54:39 GMT

Author: videoheadcleaner

Posted: 05/08/2013 09:54

Ambient v Ambient

But Hecker has become a personal favourite of mine since the release of Ravedeath 1972.

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A clip combining the three parts of In The Fog.

An album that has continually drawn my attention and sits at #5 in my overall chart.

In 2010, Hecker went to Iceland to record Ravedeath after advice from Australian ambient artist Ben Frost (who had been working on Solaris with Daniel Bjarnason). Hecker recorded most of the album in a day. "I brought in pieces that I had been working on that needed something else to them and improvised a lot and layered over them and transformed them through the organ," Hecker says. "Afterwards, it was just a question of montage and editing decisions. It's a hybrid of a studio and a live record."

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I'll leave it there for now, but hopefully people give it a listen.

CLOSED-BNMAT- Ravedeath 1972 def The Golden Morning Breaks

Anonymous — Wed, 8 May 2013 05:12:54 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 05/08/2013 09:12

RAVEDEATH, 1972 by Tim Hecker (captain: Harkan)

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Ravedeath, 1972 by Tim Hecker

Year Released: 2011

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THE GOLDEN MORNING BREAKS by Colleen (captain: BrandonMeow)

The Golden Morning Breaks by Colleen

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Year Released: 2005

Note: 12-24 hour period before polls open, giving time for catching up on listening and for captains to promote their albums