We rarely make it past the title track, but that’s okay. As it turns out, Soul Symphony is the final entry in The Three Sounds’ long discography, and it features original member, Gene Harris, agile and poised on piano the strong and versatile Henry Franklin on bass a wonderfully funky and stirring Carl Burnett on drums an orchestra conducted and arranged by Monk Higgins and soulful backing vocals by the Specialties Unlimited-Clydie King, Mamie Galore, and Alex Brown. I was probably drawn first to the cover art, which almost seems specifically designed for sleep-deprived parents and their young, restless children. A number of soul-jazz, blues, and funk albums from the late-sixties Blue Note catalog are great for this. Rather than search, often obsessively, for the strangest, most obscure, or most challenging pieces of music, I searched for sounds that would immediately soothe and consistently delight. Thinking about it now, things had started to change even before she was born. The Three Sounds, Soul Symphony (Spotify): My relationship with music changed soon after the birth of our daughter in March 2019. When I started dating my long-term partner and realised that they shared my nocturnal Eno habit, well, it sealed the deal.įormat Gallery Posted on AugCategories around the web, culture, day’s plays, listening, music Tags brian eno, day’s plays, no wave, philip glass, recordings, records, tr/st Day’s Plays Guest Post: Stephen Mejias Start with the 2012 album and work your way through the discography.īrian Eno, Ambient 1/Music for Airports (Spotify): I have listened to Music for Airports at bedtime for decades at this point. I listen to it now to remind myself that, one day, we will again dance with our friends and strangers in the dark.
Heading into Chinatown over the Manhattan Bridge, staring at the city lights, hungry for the night.
I remember listening to TR/ST on the B train. TR/ST, TRUST(Spotify): Remember going out? Me neither. No, wait. Various Artists, No Wave: New York Noise (Spotify): The subject of my PhD project is the artistic community of Downtown New York from 1973 to 1987, so I guess this counts as research? Lots of No Wave and New Wave these days, to get myself in the ‘Bad Old Days’ headspace.
Philip Glass’s piano works are in heavy rotation, along with William Basinski, Cluster, Harmonia/Brian Eno, How To Disappear Completely, Faten Kanaan, et cetera. I prefer instrumental music as a soundtrack for reading and writing. 1, No.1-10 (Spotify): I recently moved to London to pursue a PhD in History of Art. Like listening to Erik Satie, played at half-speed, for hours on end, all in the name of soothing the frayed nerves of my canine life companion. Various Artists, iCalm: Through a Dog’s Ea r (Spotify): Oh, the manifold joys of loving an anxious dog. But I’m a Capricorn, which means I’m basically dead inside. Various Artists, I’m Waiting for the Day (Spotify): I made a playlist of low-key tunes to listen to while waiting for video meetings to begin.