Tag Archives: Various Artists.

Various Artists, I Feel Machine. Graphic Novel Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

The future is a manner of all possibilities perhaps forgotten, the imaginations of some of the greatest minds in literature having spelled out utopia and dystopia in equal measure, the threat of alien incursion, of disease, of technology gone awry a finer spark on the human soul it seems than the chance of peace and harmony across the world and the Universe beyond. Utopia is a cradle in which boredom festers, the human mind finds ways to look upon this sanitised creation and knows that it is an unrealistic venture, better to try and create a space in the disarray and confusion, the one bright spot in a world of darkness; it is after all why films such as Blade Runner, The Terminator, 2001 A Space Odyssey and Alien sell more than the idea of overall tranquillity.

Various Artists, I Feel Machine. Graphic Novel Review. full post

(593 words, estimated 2:22 mins reading time)

Various Artists, Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

Eventually you come face to face with what you have achieved, and you see the greatness that others have known for a long time, that the selfless act of promotion in others leads to a far great spiritual richness than can ever be realised; and after 42 years at the helm of Fellside Recordings it would be perhaps considered time for the company and artists to look back on all that has accomplished and smile at the triumph of the endeavour.

Various Artists, Destination: Fellside Recordings 1976-2018. Album Review. full post

(407 words, estimated 1:38 mins reading time)

Various Artists, Spiritual Music From The Hebrides, Live At An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 8.5/10

It could be argued that we don’t look for the mystery anymore, that we are not content with allowing the enigma of a feeling to grow inside of us and revelling in how it makes us look at the world, how it makes us connect with places, people, Time; instead we sanitise it, we take the pleasure and allow it to be broken and the magic to dissipate in the air, the spirit allowed to drift onto the next island of curiosity.

Various Artists, Spiritual Music From The Hebrides, Live At An Lanntair, Isle of Lewis. Album Review. full post

(480 words, estimated 1:55 mins reading time)

Various Artists, The Amatrice Project. Album Review.

142 seconds is all it can take to destroy hope. We may think we are masters of our destiny, the Captain who steers their own flotilla along the steam tossed rivers and seas but in reality we are the whim of other people’s decisions and the Earth’s volatile nature; we are trapped between those that care and those that have no compassion. For the people of Amatrice, compassion and help is something they desperately need and as with any humanitarian project, the world of art steps up to be counted.

Various Artists, The Amatrice Project. Album Review. full post

(465 words, estimated 1:52 mins reading time)

Various Artists, Cosmic Machine, The Sequel. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10

All is smoke and mirrors, all is illuminated by the brightest and most tangible of lights and yet in the darkness of ignorance, such moments of interesting and collective endeavour may be missed; the Cosmos after all can only produce so many light shows before the people get bored and seek solace in looking inward. The Cosmic Machine is such that the greater the magnitude of the shock in the sky, the less it seems to get noticed for the opportunity it may bring down here on Earth.

Various Artists, Cosmic Machine, The Sequel. Album Review. full post

(384 words, estimated 1:32 mins reading time)

Various Artists, The Art Of McCartney. Album Review.

Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

There is no doubting that Sir Paul McCartney is one of Liverpool’s and indeed the U.K.’s favourite sons. The songs he co-wrote with John Lennon has rightly passed down generation after generation of music lovers to the point where surely at any point in time around the world a song he wrote, whether with the Beatles or his lengthy solo career, a song he lovingly crafted and put together, is being played on a radio station, in a Juke Box or on a record or C.D. player with reverence.

Various Artists, The Art Of McCartney. Album Review. full post

(676 words, estimated 2:42 mins reading time)

Voices Of Angels, Songs For Christmas. Various Artists. Album Review.

For the second time this year, many people across Liverpool and beyond have thrown their weight behind something extraordinary in aid of the chosen charities for the Lord Mayor of Liverpool’s 2013-14 charity fundraiser.

Following on from the magnificent The Battle of The Atlantic C.D., the Lord Mayor of Liverpool, Mr. Gary Millar, and a vast array of musicians and producers have bought out a Christmas album, which not only tugs at the heart strings wonderfully but also reproduces a real meaning of the season, not one of vast nameless companies making unfathomable profit in which to allegedly put into off shore accounts, but one of hope and feeling for everyone we come across.

Voices Of Angels, Songs For Christmas. Various Artists. Album Review. full post

(390 words, estimated 1:34 mins reading time)

Shared 2. Various Artists. Album Review.

Originally published by L.S. Media. May 17th 2011.

It’s rare to come across an album that is so cool that you listen to it a couple of times just to make sure your ears weren’t playing tricks on you the first time round. Conceived by Miles Hunt of the Wonderstuff, Shared 2, is as it sounds, a collaboration between some of the U.K’s best musicians and although you may not have heard of some of the artists, when you hear the album it will encourage you to go and seek out these guys and hear them in their natural setting.

Shared 2. Various Artists. Album Review. full post

(363 words, 1 image, estimated 1:27 mins reading time)