Heartland

Shamelessly stolen from another forum, where it had already been shamelessly stolen from another forum...

Create an album cover as follows:

Band name: Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random Take the title of the first article you get.

Album title: Go to the Random Quotations page.
http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3 Take the last four words of the last quote.

Cover picture: Go to Flickr's Interesting photo page.
http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days/
Third picture, no matter what it is.

Put it all together to make your album. Either crop it to CD cover shape (i.e. square), add a border to make it square, or just use the raw image itself and pretend it's a funny-shaped cassette or something. The only rule is you're only allowed to add the album title and artist title.

If you're unhappy with either the name, title or picture, by all means refresh all three pages and try again. No picking and choosing though.

For bonus points*, describe the act.

my offering

Norway's premier soundscape masters with that difficult 3rd album

Band name - Hugon Hanke

Album - Because she wasn't boring

Album cover -

Sorry don't know how to do all the arty gizmo's but 'tis quite funny none the less I think!

No fake bio from me. I prefer to think of this as an actual album released by the Canadian Federation of Jewish Students...

Sounds like the last played on the Titanic.
Splash Metal's first&finest album.

hippy-folk band and their only one release

i should take this name form my future band

thanks to mr Blast for pasted this one

Bartek wrote:
hippy-folk band and their only one release

i should take this name form my future band

thanks to mr Blast for pasted this one

- er, this ain't a Flying Squirrel - Does it matter? Do we care?

Oh, and ... Nice idea James!, although you are already ahead of (some of) us on the 'technicalities' of all this though?! (It is your job, eh?!) I haven't got around to it yet, for which you may all be thankful?! - See one of your original replies (e.g. 'unleashing a Beast') ...

Brazilian New Wave trio's all-instrumental debut offering combines retro sensibilities with a 21st-century bossa nova beat...


...or something.

Thanks, Blast!

I'm very proud of you all

technical ability is not required, if you come up with a nice set of results just post them

Reclusive Finnish neofolk genius returns with an excursion into unchartered ambient waters, the result is nothing short of celestial.

Debut offering from Lowlands Reggae troupe Wium.
I light & slightly lavendery slant on the reggae stylee.
At least your granny will like the sleeve.

The unexpected success of this album with covers of eighties hits meant the final breakthrough of Tibetan musician Rayü.

Abramo Basevi - That will be YES



The famous Italian experimental prog combo's last and seventh album, critically acclaimed for its dark yet hopeful sounds. It's a one-track album of 48:33 minutes

Couldn't resist doing another.
Took the "track to download" from the first 4 words of the first random quote.


An unleashing of dark, industrial hell from darkest Dorking.
Track to download "Wish Not So Much"
Four piece outfit from the South of England deliver something fast.

Reminiscent of The Sisters of Mercy, but with a record that you can actually purchase.

This is a great thread, James

Thread of the year IMHO

I can take no credit for thinking it up

James Blast wrote:I can take no credit for thinking it up

But you do for bringing it to us And it's a non-derailable Blast thread

Obviousman wrote:And it's a non-derailable Blast thread

the big question is - will it survive beyond tonight and/or the 25 post mark?

We'll do whatever we can to achieve that, don't mind me posting twice, I hope?



Zenonopolis? And that actually was the first thing I found

Don't see why not.
I love the idea.
I'm going in for another one.....

Ambient soundscapes carved out by ESP VS on the follow up to their debut "Those Who Dream By Day"
Track to download "As A Life Unlived"

Nice one!

Here's my offering...



Self explanatory really - The choir from Sri Kumaran with their debut album. It's a concept album of sorts based on the varying degrees of endoresement and enthusiasm bestowed upon them by their parents.
Fairly emotional stuff - in a St. Winifreds School Choir kind of way....

In todays musical landscape, it is always refreshing to see a band make some real rock with real instruments that speaks to real people. Following in the tradition of such luminaries as Paul Weller, Oasis and Shed Seven, here come Novatus who, on their debut album "Open to the cowardly", serve up 10 songs that the common man in the street can relate to.

...and it was going so good for stellar cosmic prog until the cover came up...