Making Molecules' Stereo

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with D: Kelly Moran - Don’t Trust Mirrors #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesD #KellyMoran Beautiful (treated) piano album. One I could listen to on repeat & never grow bored. kellymoran.bandcamp.com/album/dont-t...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with D The Cure - Disintegration #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesD @thecure.com Is this my favourite Cure album? Probably not, but it might be their best. It works from start to finish. It flows & not a duff track. It was the 1st new-fangled CD I bought

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with D: Pop Will Eat Itself - Dos Dedos Mis Amigos #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesD #PWEI Not their best album but when it hits the mark I love it. Prefer the remix album of this (which I will now have to dig out). www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

But this week I'm listening to albums beginning with D: ASC & Aural Imbalance - Duality #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesD #ASC #AuralImbalance Atmospheric & chilled d'n'b done very well. Great headphone listen. asc77.bandcamp.com/album/duality

Last week I was listening to albums beginning with C (but forgot to comment on this gem): The Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #TheCosmicJokers Fantastic kosmische musik. The first side/track is an absolute blast. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ2v...

The follow-up to the #ChemEd #Chemistry #ChemSky summary introducing mass spectrometry. I've now published the blog version and it can be found at the link below. It has a little more detail, lots more pictures & is hopefully a nice expansion of the summary. The 1 page summary below as well. Enjoy

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: The Cosmic Jokers - The Cosmic Jokers #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #TheCosmicJokers Fantastic kosmische musik. The first side/track is an absolute blast. Second side isn't far behind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQ2v...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Max Richter - The Congress #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #MaxRichter Bit of a sucker for MR. Definitely a gateway into a lot of classical/contemporary classical (oxymoron?)/neoclassical. This is melancholy & absorbing (except some 'songs').

Just finished listening to Brute Force by Scott Meyer (& great narration by Luke Daniels). Entertaining & I like the snarkiness (is that a word?). Has fun with some of the common sci-fi tropes. Hope I'm not offending anyone by saying this doesn't take itself seriously & is a bit of lighthearted fun.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Black Rain - Computer Soul #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #BlackRain More an EP I guess but still damn fine (just wish it was longer). Minimal dark wave. Atmospheric almost industrial. Great stuff. www.youtube.com/watch?v=inrP...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Kraftwerk - Computerwelt #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #Kraftwerk Can't beat some Kraftwerk. One of the albums that formed my love of electronic music (way after its release, I wasn't cool or old enough to listen to this when it was released)

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Faex Optim - Crystal Pleasures #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC @faexoptim.bsky.social One of my favourite albums of the last couple of years. Don't know what it is that I love but it really hits the spot. faexoptim.bandcamp.com/album/crysta...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Sam Prekop - Comma #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #SamPrekop A wonderful warm synth album. Great relaxed end to the day. samprekop.bandcamp.com/album/comma

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Two Fingers vs Muadeep - Cronos #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC @amontobin.com Short, sweet & to the point. Wonderful bass. Amon Tobin's music really hits the spot for me. Always love listening to it. twofingersbeats.bandcamp.com/album/cronos

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Aim - Cold Water Music #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #Aim Loved this album since I first heard it (yeah, back in Brighton early 00s). Just works as an album. Good mix of vocal tracks & instrumentals. aim1970.bandcamp.com/album/cold-w...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: The Cure - Concert #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC @thecure.com I love the rawness this version gives the songs. I wish I'd been old enough to see them at this stage (I didn't seem them live until the late 80s). www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Adam F - Colours Revisited #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #AdamF Yet another album that reminds me of Brighton. I guess it is the downtempo/drum'n bass vibe. Very listenable. adamf.bandcamp.com/album/colour...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Vanishing Twin - Choose Your Own Adventure #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #VanishingTwin Awesome psychedelic pop. Retro futurism with an interesting twist. This week's choices have been damn fine so far. v-twin.bandcamp.com/album/choose...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: The Hardy Tree - Common Grounds #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC @claypipemusic.bsky.social A pastoral daydream of an album. Love the way it can shift your mind & take you to another world. Recommended thehardytree.bandcamp.com/album/common...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Stereolab - Chemical Chords #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC @stereolabgroop.bsky.social My kind of pop. Quirky listening music that takes many inspirations & makes something that is uniquely Stereolab. Makes me want to listen to more of theirs

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Skinny Puppy - Cleanse Fold and Manipulate #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #SkinnyPuppy Always had a soft spot for SP. I remember this sounding harsher than it does now (years ago; memory is an odd thing). Still atmospheric & entertaining.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Low - C’mon #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #Low There voices work so well together, it's heartbreaking. Another beautiful album that just engulfs you. I love Low's music. lowtheband.bandcamp.com/album/cmon

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with C: Carla dal Forno - Come Around #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesC #CarlaDalForno Sparse & evocative music. I love her detached delivery over minimal yet engaging music. Don't know why it works but it does carladalforno.bandcamp.com/album/come-a...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Faithless - Back to Mine #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #Faithless A true Sunday album. Reminds me of Brighton & hazy weekends. Some damn fine music mixed in here. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilHk...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Porter Ricks - Biokinetics #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #PorterRicks Slow deep techno. Music to get lost in. forceincmilleplateaux.bandcamp.com/album/biokin...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Four Tet - Beautiful Rewind #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #FourTet Damn, FT has a way with a tune & some interesting rhythm. Yet another artist I really should dig into more (I've got his first couple of albums only)

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Underworld - Beaucoup Fish #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #Underworld Perhaps not their best but still head-and-shoulders above so much music. It's a great album that flows from start to finish (& I love the artwork).

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Andrew Wasylyk - Balgay Hill: Morning in Magnolia #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB @andrewwasylyk.bsky.social Chilled & immersive. Takes over your world. Love it. andrewwasylyk.bandcamp.com/album/balgay...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Fatboy Slim - Better Living Through Chemistry #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #FatboySlim Albums don't come much more fun than this. That & it reminds me of some very messy weekends in 90s/00s www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Crippled Black Phoenix - Bronze #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB @cbpofficial.bsky.social Heavy prog. Great stuff. Don't listen to CBP often but when I do, I always enjoy it. In fact, I must change this & listen more often!

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: The Black Dog - Brutal Five to One Mix V2 #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB @theblackdog.bsky.social I'm running out of superlatives to describe tBD releases. Let's just say there will be a lot of their albums on this list over the coming weeks.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: The Sisters of Mercy - BBC Sessions 1982-1984 #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #TheSistersofMercy So good. Spiky, raw songs that stick in the mind. The cover of Emma is something else. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETxw...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Amon Tobin - Bricolage #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB @amontobin.com One of the more obviously approachable AT albums. I confess I preferred his albums when they left the overt jazz behind. But got to say, really loving listening to this.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: David Bowie - The Buddha of Suburbia #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #DavidBowie Under appreciated. I love this album, it's a great collection of pop songs & instrumentals. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: The Necks - Body #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #TheNecks One epic song. True trance music. If they're even half as good as this I really should find & listen to more Necks' albums thenecksau.bandcamp.com/album/body

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: The Cure - Boys Don’t Cry #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB @thecure.com This is so good. Skeletal pop songs. Love it. Due to my age, I didn't get into the Cure until Head on a Door but rapidly got everything else & have loved them ever since.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Tindersticks - BBC Sessions #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #Tindersticks Two discs of classic Tindersticks goodness. Doesn't get much better than this. I love the dark humour in songs like My Sister. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psoy...

Just finished reading "Last Orders" by Caimh McDonnell. The 4th & not last in the Dublin Trilogy (insert Douglas Adams increasingly inaccurately named quote). Really enjoyed this one. They're great characters & the humour is just right. Will be reading more of these at some point.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with B: Massive Attack - Blue Lines #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitlesB #MassiveAttack A fantastic album to start the week. Been listening to this since my PhD (I was a few years late to the party). Never get bored of it www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Ozric Tentacles - Afterswish #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles #OzricTentacles Great compilation of OT tracks. Space-out instrumentals that don't outstay their welcome. Surprising range of influences on display. www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Audio Obscura - Acid Field Recordings in Dub #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles @audioobscura.bsky.social First AO album I heard, & I'm damn glad I did. This album is lush & I'm glad it led me to his other albums. All are engaging. Recommended.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Rapid Eye Electronics Ltd. - Archons Come in Dreams #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles @rapideyeelectro.bsky.social Great mix of electronics/noise/melody. A new(ish) favourite cissublibrary.bandcamp.com/album/archon...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Ash Ra Tempel - Ash Ra Tempel #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles #AshRaTempel I love this album and can't believe it was released before I was born (just). Blissed out goodness. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxUy...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Ivan the Tolerable & Hawksmoor - Atoms in the Void #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles @hawksmoormusic.bsky.social Lovely krautrock/kosmische inspired album of blissed out, updated 70s trippy delights hawksmoor.bandcamp.com/album/atoms-...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Cate Francesca Brooks - Advisory Circle Archival 1 #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles @catebrooksmusic.bsky.social I love all of CBs releases. This is no exception. Flows with wonderful melodic electronic music.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Siouxsie & the Banshees - A Kiss in the Dreamhouse #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbums #Siouxsie&theBanshees Beautiful twisted pop. A wonderfully consistent album full of psychedelic gems. This might be my favourite S&tB album (this or Nocturne)

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: The Bug - Angels & Devils #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles @bugpressure.bsky.social Slow boiling anger and deep deep bass. Great stuff thebugmusic.bandcamp.com/album/angels...

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Steve Mason - About the Light #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles #SteveMason He has such a great voice and I love the melancholy melodies he creates. I could listen to any of his (& obviously the Beta Band as well) albums all day long.

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: BUNKR - Antenne #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles @bunkr303.bsky.social Mellow yet stunning electronics. There hasn't been a duff BUNKR release (and I'll be sneaking others into my listening this week) bunkr-music.bandcamp.com/album/antenne

This week I'm listening to albums beginning with A: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues #MusicSky #AlphabetAlbumTitles #NickCave&theBadSeeds Only had a chance to listen to Abattoir Blues. Enjoyable (but not my favourite NC album). The backing vocals add a certain something.