VA-Loveless_-_Tribute-(OSOUL-4001)-JP_Retail-CD-2012-SHGZ

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                               -=- SHGZ -=-





* Shoegaze * Indie * Post-rock * Grunge * Dream Pop * Ambient * Ethereal *







         Artist..: VA

         Album...: Loveless - Tribute





         GENRE....: Indie

         STYLE....: Shoegaze, Post Rock





         LABEL....: Octave Soul          SCENE.....: 2015-01-11

         BITRATE..: 239 kbps avg         STORE.....: 2012-00-00

         ENCODER..: LAME 3.98.4 -V0      TRACKS....: 11

         SIZE.....: 89.05MB              SOURCE....: CD





         URL..: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Loveless-Tribute/release/4269324





         - TRACKLIST





   1   Vidulgi OoyoO - Only Shallow            5:07

   2   Denci Hinji - Loomer                    5:34

   3   Sunkyeol - Touched                      4:38

   4   Sei & Swann - To Here Knows When        3:48

   5   Jowall - When You Sleep                 3:58

   6   GhostMutts - I Only Said                4:45

   7   Ninaian - Come In Alone                 4:53

   8   KiHap - Sometimes                       4:45

   9   Soil Sugar Poco Largo - Blown A Wish    4:42

   10  Big Baby Driver - What You Want         4:21

   11  LoOm (13) - Soon                        5:01







                                     Total Playtime: 51:32







   Note: The korean artist name for track #2 is written in Kanji on the back

   sleeve. Thus, after some searching the choice to use his Japanese 'AKA'. He

   also releases under this alias in Korea.



   ╚É╟æ┼ (Korean) - √ûP[è (Japanese), meaning "Electronic Sheep", obviously taken

   from Philip K. Dick's novel  "Do Androids Dream About Electric Sheep?", is

   also known as Denci Hinji, its japanese translation. (see links)



   http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/various_artists_f2/loveless__tribute_/

   http://www.last.fm/music/Denci+Hinji

   http://helikoppter.blogspot.nl/2007/04/denci-hinji.html



   *



   "Blue Loveless" - Korean equivalent of the "Yellow Loveless - Japan"

   Covers of MBV "Loveless" - all texts original english.



   *



   From an early age, we learn by imitation. That goes double for musicians.



   A great deal of music gets made on the pay it forward model; you had your

   mind blown by someone great and you want to do the same for someone else.



   The 11 Korean bands featured on this 2012 reimagining of My Bloody

   Valentine's seminal 1991 album "Loveless" don't try to beat the Irish

   shoegazing gods at their own game. Rather, "Blue Loveless" simultaneously

   sees these groups paying it back by covering MBV, but paying it forward by

   putting their own creative spin on each song.



   The challenges facing a band seeking to go toe-to-toe with one of the most

   lauded albums of the last 25 years are many. Namely, how do you improve on

   the original? How do you best the best?



   For context, My Bloody Valentine are primarily known for three things, their

   breakout classic "Loveless," their blisteringly loud live shows, and their

   disappointing disappearance.



   Formed in Dubin in 1983, the group was dropped from Creation Records less

   than a year after "Loveless" was released, after nearly bankrupting the label

   attempting to make the followup album. Though Island Records picked them up

   in 1992, haunted by guitarist and chief songwriter Kevin Shields's legendary

   studio perfectionism, the group disbanded five years later.



   The elusive followup to "Loveless" wouldn't come until a year after this

   compilation "Blue Loveless" was released. My Bloody Valentine released "m b

   v" in 2013, following six years of international touring after all four

   original members reunited in 2007.



   Though "m b v" received nearly unanimous critical acclaim, any die-hard fan

   knows it would be nearly impossible to top an album with the groundbreaking

   gusto of "Loveless." The genre-defining mixture of heavenly melodies with

   oceanic layers of effected guitars would prove to be an enduring inspiration

   for shoegaze groups like A Place to Bury Strangers, Mogwai and countless

   others.



   Released by Seoul-based label Electric Muse Records, "Blue Loveless" isn't

   the first tribute to MBV's masterwork. It's not even the first one to come

   out of Asia; a Japanese tribute called "Yellow Loveless"  featured

   internationally known groups like Boris and Shonen Knife.



   The acts on "Blue Loveless" aren't as famous as the ones on "Yellow

   Loveless," but their obscurity isn't for a lack of ambition. Each act

   featured on the compilation seems driven to prove themselves not only as

   musicians but as recording studio auteurs.



   And while it is a tribute album, "Blue Loveless" is not an exercise in

   imitation.



   None of the contributors seek to "out-My Bloody Valentine" My Bloody

   Valentine. Rather than heaping on the distortion, delay and musical gauze

   that "Loveless" is famous for, these groups embrace the album's wistful

   melodies and run off with them in their own directions.



   One of the most striking offerings here is Jowall's version of "When You

   Sleep."



   This prolific solo artist grafts that song's album-defining melody onto

   unexpected jazz chords and sparse drums that appear to be somewhere off in

   the distance. At a few smart moments, Jowall does something Kevin Shields

   would've never done. He pulls the entire mix into sudden, unexpected moments

   of silence.



   Purists need not wring their hands, though. By the song's close, he's done

   the MBV equivalent of dropping the bass, giving the listeners the crushing

   distortion they're used to. It's as thoughtful interpretation of My Bloody

   Valentine as I've ever heard.



   Even further off the beaten path, the Korean-American band Kihap contributes

   an expansive, synth-laden version of "Sometimes."



   Kihap, which includes "Blue Loveless" co-curator Seung Hoon Choi, give the

   song an insistent descending keyboard lick and pounding drums to drive that

   song into sweeping new territory, a far cry from the solitude and wash of the

   original.



   Also noteworthy, Seoul trio Sunkyeol take one of the more curious moments on

   "Loveless," the brief instrumental "Touching," and expand it into their own

   instrumental bliss-out. What was once a minute-long, sample-based

   mini-fantasia of VHS-esque fuzz, becomes a crystal clear singalong with the

   natural quality of a field recording.



   To find so much material in such a short piece demonstrates this group's

   creativity, as well as their imagination.



   While imitation is often the original impulse for musicians, it seems that

   the Korean bands on "Blue Loveless" were inspired by more than just the sound

   of the album they were paying tribute to. They were inspired by the risks

   taken by Shields and company and decided to pay it back by being equally

   daring in their own right.









                               -=- SHGZ -=-



                                   P.S.

                               ** Thanks ***

                          *** BCC FNT IPC SSR ***

                *** For Knowing Where The Music Is At ***



                                 --===--



                          *********************

                          * NuHS we miss you! *

                          *********************

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