Vacation Day Away from Work Listening

This is a vinyl bin digging find from last week. I had heard of the band, Appliance and their record, 'Manual'. From 1999 on Mute Records. Drawn in by the album cover and took a chance. Read a little about it in the record shop that mentioned, 'Krautrock' and Stereolab. Appliance was a three-member British band and this was their debut album. What a debut! Played it through this morning and loved it. There are a couple instrumentals mixed in with the songs with vocals and inventive sounds from the long list of instruments and electronics that were used. I don't know if they had a follow-up, but I will be researching.  

Another find from the same store, a month earlier. Again it was the cover art that grabbed my attention. 'The Vanishing' by Oren Ambarchi, Martin Ng and featuring Ensemble Offspring. From 2018 on the Hospital Hill recording label. Very Experimental. Two violins, percussion and various effects. There are sounds of what I identify as steel rubbing against steel and low distant rumblings of thunder and I'm at a place in my record collecting and listening life where I can appreciate and enjoy this. That likely wouldn't have been true three years ago.

'It's Always About Liberation' by Ancient Infinity Orchestra on Gondwana Records, a UK jazz label. Just released this year. On compact disc.