Shriekback. Wow, just wow. I love Shriekback. But then, the bassist in all of us doesn't leave much choice, really. I saw them twice for the Big Night Music album. Pure magic. Sometimes I put on 'My Spine is the Bassline', or 'All Lined Up' and just smother myself in that Stingray groove..... oops, sorry; lost myself for a bit.
I'm embarrassed to say I don't know Tench; must look for that one. But I'm guessing it may not have been a speaker voicing album in heavy rotation at the SF factory? Shriekback may, however, be a 'go to' group for Phantom testing.
Good call, Mr5, good call.
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, KEF C62
Damon - great to hear you're a fellow Shriekback fan! "Tench" was their first album and for me -- along with the EPs you mentioned -- it defines the version of the band I enjoy most. Spent far too many hours trying to coax something vaguely like Dave Allen's bass sound out of my gear at the time...probably a lost cause given I had a cheapo Precision clone...and not that I had the imagination to match what he played, of course! (He and Mick Karn were top of my list of most-admired bassists around then.)
I sort of lost track of what Shriekback were doing after "Jam Science" but am now encouraged to revisit their later stuff. I hope you manage to track down a copy of Tench or can find somewhere to listen to it (do PM me if not).
Yes, not classic Sf material but it's still good to give the old sub-woofer a hammering now and again!
Roon (Mac Mini), Wilson Benesch Full Circle, Expert 1000 Pro CI, Kaiser Chiara
Ulver with Tromsø Chamber Orchestra. 44.1/24 download.
Moody and atmospheric.
Project Eperience X Pack with Ortofon Rondo Red MC, Oppo BDP 105D, 2 x Sonos Connect, QNAP HS251+ NAS with 2 X 6TB Western Digital Red, Mac 5K 32GB running Lifetime Roon, iPad Pro 12.9" for remote control. Etalon Ethernet Isolator, Devialet 440 Pro CI, Sonus faber Olympica ll with Isoacoustics Gaia ll feet, Auralic Taurus Mkll headphone amp., Denon AH-D5000, Sennheiser HD600 and HD800 with Cardas cable, Van Den Hul The First Ultimate and Crystal interconnects, Furutech power cables, GSP Audio Spatia speaker cable.
Ralph Towner and John Abercrombie-Late Night Passenger. 96/24 download.
Project Eperience X Pack with Ortofon Rondo Red MC, Oppo BDP 105D, 2 x Sonos Connect, QNAP HS251+ NAS with 2 X 6TB Western Digital Red, Mac 5K 32GB running Lifetime Roon, iPad Pro 12.9" for remote control. Etalon Ethernet Isolator, Devialet 440 Pro CI, Sonus faber Olympica ll with Isoacoustics Gaia ll feet, Auralic Taurus Mkll headphone amp., Denon AH-D5000, Sennheiser HD600 and HD800 with Cardas cable, Van Den Hul The First Ultimate and Crystal interconnects, Furutech power cables, GSP Audio Spatia speaker cable.
Thumb5,
Mick Karn was also a shock to my system. An amazing player who bent his bass into a radical role for the electric bass. As you did, I too tried to emulate Mick Karn and Dave Allen's sounds. Hearing Mick on the Japan albums sent me off to buy a fretless bass; an experiment that I eventually conceded was not really a success. I love the sound of a good fretless, but mostly in the hands of other players.
It is likely an album you know, but I'll post it for other curious folks who may wonder what we are talking about: Dali's Car, with Mick Karn and Peter Murphy. I have this on vinyl and CD. I listen to it ripped as AIFF and streamed through a APExp or Sonos. Plus I love Maxfield Parish, so I could look and listen for hours
Damon
Powernode, NAD M32, Cambridge CD transport, Analysis Plus, Nordost, iFi Nova, CSS Criton 1TDX, KEF C62
Devialet 250 Expert Pro / Nordost Valhalla Bi-Wire / Sonus Faber Olympica II
Anthem MRX 710 / B&W MT-60D
Paul Hynes SR7/T LPS / Intel Core i7 NUC-Plato X7D with Roon Lifetime / Melco S100 Switch with 2 x Ansuz Ethernet A2
Dr. Feickert Woodpecker II with Inertia Platter / Dr. Feickert Linear / Jelco TK-850L Arm / Shelter 501 III Cartridge Power: AQ Niagara 3000 with AQ Tornado to Furutech wall outlet <-> Doepke DFS 2 F Audio Fuse Box and 3 x AQ Blizzard to Components