aidan o driscoll Posted January 17, 2023 Share Posted January 17, 2023 (edited) So back in the 80s BLANCMANGE had a good few tracks out topped by Living on the ceiling ( vid below ). Anyway they have a new album out called Private View, really like it, a definite grower. I like the simplicity + the space in tracks. Also the liberal use of arpeggios ... Sounds of Kraftwerk, Joy Division, Bowie. Whole album on youtube but also on Spotify, Itunes etc. all the sounds I would say you may find in the ARTURIA suite of VSTis LIVING ON THE CEILING: Edited January 17, 2023 by aidan o driscoll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbles Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I've got their first album Happy Families (which includes Living On The Ceiling). Other than a couple of singles that charted, I lost track of them after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Ironically, I've got a lot of their albums, but have mostly forgotten about them! That said, I played their newest album and it wasn't bad! Will have to revisit them I guess (along with others like the Lemonheads and Roxette! LOL.). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wibbles Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Did you ever write lyrics for Alanis Morissette? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 19 minutes ago, Wibbles said: Did you ever write lyrics for Alanis Morissette? Don't you think? 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 I thought it started off quite well. Quite often these days I find my attention starts to wander by around about track 5 on many albums. In this case the magic track 5 (Chairs) is forking dreadful though and I never even made it to the end of that one. I'll go back to the rest when I have more time, but seriously......what was he thinking there ? I've got projects on my HD that I would be far too embarrassed to let anyone at all hear that are better than that.* I didn't realise he had been quite so productive since they split. Depending on how the second half of the album goes I might check out some of the other stuff. * Note to self......remember to delete them before I die. Second note to self... who are you kidding ? Nobody wants to listen when you're alive....who do you think is going to listen when you're dead ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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