music, books, love and kindness

Thank God for music!! It's better and safer and more fun than drugs!!! Plus there are a lot more kinds of music for your moods than there are drugs...really!!

Amazon.com essential recording

Technique is New Order's most fully realized dance album. Although other New Order albums have been mighty danceable, this recording contains a masterful use of the acid-house trends storming the club scene in 1989, when this album was released. New Order embraced the technology that was available at the time but never substituted brilliant song structures with prefabricated formats that sequencers, samplers, and other high-tech noisemakers can easily provide. They intelligently used these devices to incorporate elements of a broader genre beyond the "New Order sound," proving that even while experimenting with musical trends and other fleeting diversions, this accomplished group is capable of pulling off a genre-defining album without ever losing sight of their own identity. --Beth Bessmer

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



Even better than rediscovering old favorites is finding an album you completely missed the first time around (I think I pretty much slept through 1989 as far as music went.)

Been listening to New Order's Technique ever since I found it in a used cd sale bin a few weeks ago and I'm loving it.

 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Also loving this:

I first heard Royksopp back in 2009,  but on this quiet evening I dug it out of my cd collection and added it to my MP3 player....absolute favorite track off of it is called "Royksopp Fever"...very mystical and empowering instrumental that builds to an amazing finish...I actually feel like I'm levitating if I close my eyes and sit in a Yoga position while listening!! Seriously, levitating...off the floor and into a really dreamy, buzzy state where nothing can bother me.

You outta try it sometime!!!!:) Amazing stuff!