popular music: switched-on

popular music: switched-on

popular music:

Switched-on

Stereolab

Slumberland Records, 1994

Why not more popular?
Although I am missing a couple of Stereolab albums, this is in my top three, along with "Aluminum Tunes Vol.1" and "Emperor Tomato Ketchup". I'm not sure why fans don't talk about it more. Perhaps because they have so many albums to choose from? If you're just ...

Switched On!

The Insomniacs

Estrus Records, 2004

I Wanna Be With A Rock & Roll Girl
Back on the cusp of the 80's, The Insomniacs would have fit snugly right alongside Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, The Records, Squeeze, The Romantics, and Paul Collins' Beat, standing tall, singing into the light, and flying the power pop banner high and proud. Of course ...

Switched-On Bach
Wendy Carlos

Voiceprint UK, 2008

Switched on Classics: Classics With a Beat

Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Madacy Records, 1995

You call this electronic? BULL!
I think I know what electronic classical music is, considering I made an album called Kulture. This does not sound electronic, if it does, it uses drums = not good. It sounds way too classical.

Switched-on Bach II

Columbia

Original 1973 USA LP.

Switched-On Bacharach
Christopher Scott

Decca, 2003

24bit Digitally Remastered Japanese Limited Edition in an LP-STYLE Slipcase.

Switched-On Bach 2000
Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

East Side Digital, 2004

Switched-On Bach II

Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

East Side Digital, 2002

Staggering for the time, holds up well today
Switched-On Bach II (along with The Well-Tempered Synthesizer) really shows what the analogue Moog gear could do in the hands of people who knew what they were doing. The performances hold up and the arrangements make the most of the material. This is Bach, after all, ...

Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On, Vol. 2

Stereolab

Drag City, 1995

Stereolab's best -- the utopian futurism of 1968!
REFRIED ECTOPLASM is fantastic and propulsive, with the "motorik" Krautrock beat and French pop vocals that won't quit. This is high energy optimistic stuff -- simple Situationist garage-pop from 1968, perfect for dancing in that commune on the barricades. I think ...

Switched-On Boxed Set

Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frederick Handel, ...

East Side Digital, 1999

A few thoughts on the SOBoxed....
I just happened upon this set of reviews on Amazon (although I had reviewed the original SOB separately years ago), and was delighted at the multitude of very favorable reviews by others. But then came the weeds amongst the fruit, namely those few reviews by people who ...

Switched On

Telegraph

Jump Up Records, 2004

Worth the wait
The little ska band from Michigan, Telegraph, has successfully reinvented thier style from their debut ska/punk album: 10 songs and then some. Their new album: Switched on, contains a more mature sound with not one hint of ska riffs on guitar. The lyrics are ...

Switched-On Bach 2000

Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

Telarc, 1992

In what way inferior?
It's not inconceivable to me that someone who has spent a lifetime listening to a broad range of music could prefer Carlos's debut recording of Switched-On Bach to the collection, but from any objective viewpoint it IS indefensible. Not only has Carlos brought to bear ...

Switched-On Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

East Side Digital, 2001

Scary Music
I can honestly say that I've never heard another album or song in my life that transports the listener to such an alien realm. The music is so byzantine, layered, precise, fast....its a trip. I jokingly told my son that this is the music that robots listen to. Its ...

Switched-On Brandenburgs

Johann Sebastian Bach, Wendy Carlos

East Side Digital, 2002

Wonderful from Beginning to End!
Concerto #3 was incredible on the original Switched-On Bach album, and remains one of the best performances in this collection. Concerto #4 is from the Well-Tempered Synth. #5 from Switched-On Bach II. I tried hard to pick up the "glitch" mentioned by the other ...

Switched On

Stereolab

Too Pure / Beggars, 2005

It Rocks!
I just want to get to the point. This album rocks. I'm sure anyone who has come into stereolab after this album might be scratching their heads, but damn if this album doesn't reach near orgasmic head bobbing. The final two songs just make you want to get up and ...