BT - Flaming June

What can I say about Brian Transeau that hasn't already been said? Genius? check. Ground breaking? check. Roller coaster ride of a life? check. Maturing like a fine wine? check that one too. BT's sound has settled down a bit since his trance days but it's lost none of that professionalism and polished sheen that he's so loved for. As time goes by, I feel BT hasn't faded off the scene like so many other trance artists instead, he has kept his name alive in our minds by re-inventing himself with several forays into different scenes like pop(yes, he really did go there!), movie soundtracks, video game soundtracks and now his latest, epic ambient album "This Binary Universe."

Long considered one of BT's numerous exquisitely good tracks by those on the trance scene, "Flaming June" still sounds good even now. Give it a whirl!

The Sugarcubes - Birthday

Here's a blast from the past. John Peel in his day introduced so much music to everyday radio listeners that would go on to be hugely succesful. The Sugarcubes from Iceland were one of these bands. I actually did own their debut album "Life's Too Good" but alas, it was one of the many CDs in the hands of my ex and never to come back to me. Anyway, Have a listen to a great track, rightly recognised as such at the time (1987) and you'll probably recognise the lead vocalist Björk before her hook up with Goldie and her move away from rock bands and into triphop/electronica.

Tori Amos - Like a Prayer

I was thinking about Madonna's clip for Like a Prayer today and in my fruitless travels through Youtube I found this excellent cover by Tori Amos. There's another youtube recording of her playing the same cover except someone, ahem, farts loudly in the middle of it. This clip is the one minus the fart.