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

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Date: 2015-01-11

NFO

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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..: 825 kbps avg STORE.....: 2012-00-00

ENCODER..: FLAC 1.2.1 -8 -V TRACKS....: 11

SIZE.....: 307.1MB 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 ***

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* NuHS we miss you! *

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