Looking for a pair of really special standmount/bookshelf speakers for a small-to-medium room? GARY STEEL writes that you’d be remiss not to audition the Arcona 40MK2s. They’re that good.
Beautmuse
Gary “Stereonerd” Steel’s musings on music, movies, technology and the general state of the universe.
We want the world and we want it now! The counterculture in NZ
It was us against them and the dirty longhairs were going to overthrow (or at least throw up on) the establishment. GARY STEEL looks at a new book through his own kaleidoscopic lens.
Recent releases – April 1990
GARY STEEL was listening on an album-release conveyer belt back in 1990. Here are some mini-reviews he wrote for RTR Countdown magazine.
Polytown – a polyrhythmic classic that improves with age
Musicianly wank or an effing great album by three musicians at the top of their game? Total classic, proclaims GARY STEEL.
Stick three musos in a hotel room and what do you get?
Stick three improvising musicians in a hotel room for some spontaneous action and what do you get? Something special, writes GARY STEEL.
Dreamscapes echoing to infinity
GARY STEEL falls in love with a surprising album of evocative dreamscapes from a musician famed for his more rootsy work in The Bads.
Easy listening art music – Darren Pickering’s Small Worlds
Sometimes musical contemplation is just what the doctor ordered and Small Worlds massaged GARY STEEL’s aural cavities in just the right way.
Space is the place for Stinky Jim
GARY STEEL pronounces the second pleasing concoction by Kiwi dub connoisseur Stinky Jim in the space of a year a sensorial stunner.