End of the year season continues, and after the TOP 23 live shows 2023 the next logical category is of course live albums. And I have indeed already written that post. But since I'm still waiting for one CD to take a neat little picture like above, we're doing another list - the shortest one of all - today.
So without furthar ado, here are my personal...
So without furthar ado, here are my personal...
TOP 5 reissues 2023:
Ok, this is a little bit weird. Wasn't there a new pressing of Magma's larger than life opus "Mekanïk Destruktïw Kommandöh" only yesteryear in my TOP 5 reissues 2022?
Of course there was, but this huge box contains not only the original album and a hardcover book, but most importantly seven additional versions of the song/album: One of the earliest live versions from 1972, the 1971 demo, a choir and children's choir version from 1994/1995 and three more live version from 2000 to 2021. Some of these have only been released on CD or DVD before, others are entirely new. Each and every one is amazing and has different qualities. As a whole this is a treasure chest that keeps on giving.- Laibach's 1986 Industrial classic is undoubtly one of my favorite releases of that whole decade. This vinyl reissue comes remastered, with renewed artwork, extensive liner notes and - my main reason to purchase it - an extra LP with the previously unreleased malicious 2007 orchestral version of "Vade Retro Satanas" plus six more, partly revisited live renditions of songs from the album, recorded between 2018 and 2021. The only thing which annoys me is that months later there's now also a CD box with an extra disc of even more live recordings, which continues the unfortunate trend of Laibach vinyl releases with less musical content than their digital counterparts. Nonetheless this is still awesome.
- Yeah, so far this list is only made of long-established all-time favorites of mine and of course Voivod's underrated 1993 classic is no exception. I already got the first vinyl repress since the original run, released 2021 by Real Gone Music - but Listenable Record did their job so much better that I just couldn't resist, even though this one doesn't feature any new music beside the familiar Space Prog hits either. But as straight-forward as it is, the first vinyl version with the 3D cover variant obviously presents itself as a labour of love.
- TECHNO ANIMAL - Re-Entry
Yes, finally some stuff actually completely new to me! Even though I've been a huge Godflesh and Jesu fan for ages, I've never explored the rabbit whole of Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin's Electro project Techno Animal, whose monstrous two and a half hour album "Re-Entry" has now been remastered and reissued by Relapse Records. The droning and booming Industrial Dub power on this double CD is not only a levelling yet atmospheric brainmelter, but also feels astonishingly timeless. Remains the question: Why the hell didn't I indulge in this fantastic stuff decades earlier? Right, it probably was the duo's misleading moniker. Which surely is also why today's continuation of the duo is called Zonal instead. - Phew, this tail end spot was a tough choice! It ultimately went to another album I didn't know before - and listen to quite regularly now. Originally released in 2013 this Italian Horror Electronics record finds the perfect balance between classic scary sounds and being danceable. Presented by WV Sorcerer Productions in rearranged and extended form there's nothing not to love about this excellent soundtrack to an imaginary slasher movie.
favorite MUSIC 2023 - all my lists:
TOP 23 albums | TOP 7 live albums | TOP 5 reissues
TOP 7 non-album releases | TOP 23 live shows
TOP 7 non-album releases | TOP 23 live shows
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