Fantastic LIVE ambient ...

[Ambient Indigo]

With the Ambient Music Conference in the news at the moment, I thought I'd check out some other Live performances. Here is a link to some great live "ambient" style music - 70's TD, live at Coventry Cathedral, stained glass windows, long hair & candles - great stuff :

[Thought Experiment]

It's not ambient, it's Berlin School :D

(Just helping out Mac Of BIOnight)

...it is great stuff though - love those primitive video effects :mrcool:

[Ambient Indigo]

It's not ambient, it's Berlin School :D

(Just helping out Mac Of BIOnight)

...it is great stuff though - love those primitive video effects :mrcool:

Well, true, but ... I did call it ambient style ... ;-)

[windspace]

It's not ambient, it's Berlin School :D

(Just helping out Mac Of BIOnight)

Drat, you beat me to it!!!:frown:

Seriously, this is a great video. I continue to enjoy it. Imagine actually being in that audience when this sound was BRAND NEW!!

[Thought Experiment]

It's not ambient, it's Berlin School :D

(Just helping out Mac Of BIOnight)

...it is great stuff though - love those primitive video effects :mrcool:

Well, true, but ... I did call it ambient style ... ;-)

I know, I just couldn't resist

[Thought Experiment]

It's not ambient, it's Berlin School :D

(Just helping out Mac Of BIOnight)

Drat, you beat me to it!!!:frown:

Seriously, this is a great video. I continue to enjoy it. Imagine actually being in that audience when this sound was BRAND NEW!!

Thing is, I had just started going to gigs by then - but only in Sheffield. Coventry may as well have been on the moon...:frown:

[seismic1]

I think the music was added to the video footage. The music featured here is excerpted from the Ricochet album (one of my TD favourites). I saw an article in the English music press back in the '70s which stated that the Ricochet album was put together from 40 hours of live tapes. Given that TD's music was largely improvised back in those days I would think it unlikely that the Coventry concert would so closely replicate any of their other output. I have some official bootleg recordings from '74-'76, but unfortunately, not the Coventry or Rheims concerts.

Mike, did you see the Sheffield '74 concert? It's available on CD now as part of The Bootleg Box.

[Ambient Indigo]

[QUOTE=Thought Experiment;9750][QUOTE=ho66it;9746]

Thing is, I had just started going to gigs by then - but only in Sheffield. Coventry may as well have been on the moon...:frown:

I didn't see this concert, but I did see Klaus Schulze play at the same venue in 83. And Tangerine Dream in Sheffield, I think the same year?

[Thought Experiment]

...Mike, did you see the Sheffield '74 concert? It's available on CD now as part of The Bootleg Box.

Unfortunately not - I was still in school (just!) in '74 so if i hadn't earned enough caddying that week, I couldn't go to the ball :frown:

On the plus side, in '74 I had the body of a Greek God, could get by on two hours' sleep, and wasn't held together by medication :thumbsup:

[seismic1]

...Mike, did you see the Sheffield '74 concert? It's available on CD now as part of The Bootleg Box.

Unfortunately not - I was still in school (just!) in '74 so if i hadn't earned enough caddying that week, I couldn't go to the ball :frown:

On the plus side, in '74 I had the body of a Greek God, could get by on two hours' sleep, and wasn't held together by medication :thumbsup:

I think I remember seeing you wrestling on World of Sport;)

[Ambient Indigo]

I can't believe he needed a whole TWO hours of sleep ...

[Thought Experiment]

I can't believe he needed a whole TWO hours of sleep ...

Hey that wrestling lark's pretty tiring you know

[Mac of BIOnighT]

It's not ambient, it's Berlin School :D

(Just helping out Mac Of BIOnight)

Thanks, I appreciate it ;-P

[Mac of BIOnighT]

For the records, as most of you probably know - the music you hear in this video has nothing to do with what was performed that day. It is, in fact - none other than Ricochet, the album, pasted on the video of the concert. As far as I know, nobody knows who by or why this was done. In any case, that is not the concert, it's the record :( And yes, it's not only Berlin School, it's the epitome of Berlin School! ;-)

[seismic1]

Ii just found this on the webz:-

http://www.voices-in-the-net.de/live_at_coventry_cathedral_1975.htm