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Welcome to The Gates Of Delirium

Christopher Ambler presents "The Gates of Delirium", a two-hour excursion into progressive, electronic and the occasional eclectic offering. From a leaning towards the classic keyboard-oriented tunes by Yes and Genesis to the sometimes-abstract synthesis put forth by the Italian masters like PFM and Banco, to modern tunes by Spock's Beard and Ayreon, the whole spectrum is covered. Solo work from Wakeman to Emerson to Okumoto as well as the sources of much of the electronic influences like Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre, Kraftwerk, and lesser-known electronic ancestors. Featuring the weekly serial "Steinberg's," the story of the world's most slack-filled restaurant (and its equally slack-filled employees and customers). Your suggestions, feedback, and even criticism are more than welcome!


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Change!

The plan had been to air this show right after the election. Alas, the real world had other plans and I found myself fixing a problem of critical importance to the Internet (okay, to my company) last week, and so we get the obligatory "change" episode, tonight!

Diversions

Every show, I try to diverge a little bit and expose some music that is tangentially-related to progressive rock and electronic music. Typically, this is something that my prog friends also like, so my hope is that I might turn you on to something you've not heard before.

Tears for Fears: Change, from The Hurting. Written by Roland Orzabal and sung by bassist Curt Smith, it was the band's fourth single release. It would eventually become the second hit from their debut LP The Hurting (1983) and second UK Top 5 chart hit, following the success of "Mad World". The song also gave Tears for Fears their first charting single in America when it cracked the Billboard Top 75 in August 1983. "Change" was also a big international success, reaching the Top 40 in several countries around the world.


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My Favorites?

Caitlin is away at a school camp, so it's just me this week. As such, I started at the top of the alphabetical list and picked songs that I like. It's really that simple (or boring, depending on your bent).

Diversions

Every show, I try to diverge a little bit and expose some music that is tangentially-related to progressive rock and electronic music. Typically, this is something that my prog friends also like, so my hope is that I might turn you on to something you've not heard before.

Jellyfish: He's My Best Friend, from Spilt Milk. Jellyfish were a power pop band from San Francisco. Although their career was short, Jellyfish influenced many bands who formed shortly after including The Merrymakers, Ben Folds Five, The Hutchinsons, and The Excentrics, among others. Studio musicians were brought in to help record their second album, Spilt Milk in 1993. The album was a far more elaborate affair than their first album, Bellybutton, incorporating a significant amount of overdubbing and complex song arrangements.


Colourbox: Just Give 'Em Whisky, from Colourbox. Colourbox were an English electronic outfit on the 4AD record label in the 1980s. They released a number of records from 1982 until 1987. The band finally had an international hit in 1987 with "Pump Up The Volume," a collaboration with A R Kane under the name M/A/R/R/S. The song was notable for being constructed almost entirely from samples of other records, a novelty for a popular record at that time. The pressures of sudden success and the long running litigation caused by the use of samples ended up causing the band never to record again.


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Welcome to another entertaining episode of The Gates of Delirium, brought to you by The Dividing Line. Remember, you can hear this show live, Wednesday nights from 8pm to 10pm, Pacific time, on The Dividing Line, broadcast live from Steinberg's Restaurant.


Propaganda: Dr. Mabuse, from A Secret Wish. Propaganda was formed in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1982 by Ralf Dörper (a member of the German industrial band Die Krupps), part-time DJ Andreas Thein and singer Susanne Freytag. Signed to Trevor Horn's newly-formed ZTT Records label, Dr. Mabuse reached number 27 in the UK Top 40 in April 1984, and number 7 in Germany. (Wikipedia entry for A Secret Wish).


Animal Logic: Love in the Ruins, from Animal Logic II. Animal Logic is the name of a band formed in 1987 by ex-Police drummer Stewart Copeland, virtuoso bassist Stanley Clarke, and singer-songwriter Deborah Holland. The group recorded two albums under the auspices of Police manager Miles Copeland before disbanding, with nearly all the songs recorded supplied by Holland.

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Welcome to another entertaining episode of The Gates of Delirium, brought to you by The Dividing Line. Remember, you can hear this show live, Wednesday nights from 8pm to 10pm, Pacific time, on The Dividing Line.

I had the distinct pleasure to see Sylvan play live last night, and what a great show it was! As a tribute to the great music that's come out of Germany, tonight's show features great progressive and electronic music from Deutschland. And to the progheads, yes, I went a little heavy on the electronic this week.

Next week's theme is "Sick." Since the bacon show, I've received quite a few emails with suggestions of songs that would have done well in the theme, but, of course, the show's over, so from now on, I'll clue you into upcoming themes and solicit suggestions and requests.You can reach me via chris@thedividingline.com - feel free to drop me a line with your requests or other comments.

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Show 38: Bacon!

Welcome to another entertaining episode of The Gates of Delirium, brought to you by The Dividing Line. Remember, you can hear this show live, Wednesday nights from 8pm to 10pm, Pacific time, on The Dividing Line.

Tonight's episode revolves around food (and a little drink). Initially, I'd wanted to do a whole show dedicated to that perfect food, bacon, but for some reason I couldn't find a single song with the word "bacon" in the title, much less a song aboutbacon. Go figure.

We also bring you episode four of Steinberg's, in which Starling discovers new and exciting vegan products. Or does she?




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