Morcheeba : Big Calm Album Review

After reviewing Portishead  i can not resist the chance to  review my other favorite Trip-Hop album , Big Calm which  is Morcheeba's second studio recording . Although these two bands are same genre they  are actually poles apart when it comes to portrayal of mood and sound .
Morcheeba is a three piece U.K band composing brothers Paul and Ross Godfrey and Skye Edwards who have a very what i could only describe as atmospheric and soulful sound.
To me this album  should be played in asylums because Skye's lyrics are very soothing and the Godfrey brothers just add  music that floats along with her voice perfectly  so it is with much joy i get to review this special album Big Calm

                                     TRACK LISTING

1. The Sea                              : 5.47

 2. Shoulder Holster                 : 4.04

 3. Part of the Process             : 4.24

 4. Blindfold                             : 4.37

 5. Let Me See                        : 4.20

 6. Bullet Proof                        : 4.11

 7. Over and Over                    : 2.20

 8. Friction                             : 4.13

 9. Diggin' a Watery Grave       : 1.34

10. Fear and Love                   : 5.04

11. Big Calm                          : 6.00

The Sea : This song is a amazing piece of music , it's spacey, airy,chill sounding with Skye's dreamy vocals coming over the top this track actually makes you think about the salty air , the hot sun , seagulls and boats .This opener i think nearly changes your brainwave frequency it gets the brain to relax, the imagination  to wander and the ears to listen  with eagerness.... Hypnotic

Shoulder Holster : Has a Sitar sounding intro with bass guitar pluck sounds , bongos record scratches and numerous other layers the instrument diversity  is a pleasure to listen to , probably the most trip-hop sounding track for me on the album to me the boys really outshine  Skye in this one .

Part of the Process : Almost has a wild west sound to it ,  the song is well sung by Skye she seems to  sing at ease here . She really emphasizes on  highlighting the start of each word  and as always the Godfrey's instrumentals deliver without fail

Blindfold : Awesome song great intro , Skye puts her dreamy vocals to work again add the great tempo changes from the boys also  the scratching needs a mention  it really adds so much weight to this track  actually all band members get to shine  and put their 33.3% in .

Let Me See : Love the intro piano sounding with bongo sounding drums the scratching  reminded of Rolf Harris with his wobble board on one little short part of background noise. Skye's vocals also sound a little like Macey Gray the music diversity is great  there even sounds like a recorder late in the song also

Bullet Proof :  Boys get the spotlight here , this track is a killer , scratching is again sublime great samples , loops and beat.
Most bands usually lose the plot without the lead vocals Morcheeba find another gear , Sits well mid album doesn't feel out of place at all  a credit indeed.

Over and Over : Acoustic intro Skye slots straight back  in perfectly the song to me is quite medicinal and folkish  in a way add Skye's soothing voice its perfect.

Friction : Jamaican beat  it's a bloody ripper the band flow here perfection at work  upbeat smoke gunja music at it's best . Morcheeba in top gear , cross gender lyrics makes it a  yin yan  alignment.

Diggin' a Watery Grave : Sitar sound is back almost has a western  dust bowl duel sound to it  short instrumental filler for the next song

Fear and Love : This is so beautiful i personally dig this song the most , vocal range is good Skye gets to  actually roll her words here and gives you a taste  of her vocals , strings are perfect the boys step back  and pave  the way with airy music for Skye to float her dreamy  words across.

Big Calm : Love the sounds in this the layering is good scratching is awesome  yet again  the vocal are kinda rappish. the guitar gets a nice little solo .
Great finish  to a really good experience you end up looking at the clock  and say  that was an hour well spent

Conclusion : This album  sedates you  it really  puts you in a really relaxed mood  a far cry from Portishead i hate to say it though  Beth Gibbons pours her heart into  Dummy where i got the feeling Skye wasn't vocally tested at all with this album that being said  Skye's  voice is beautiful its mellow and Big Calm  itself is a very very positve sounding  album that  makes me feel like i have taken Valium .
Big Calm is Epic and has brought me many hours  of joy  highly recommended   8 / 10

Week 1 outcome

Greetings its only Tuesday  night  here in W.A and  if you followed my advice you  should be  out of your positions  and pleasantly surprised with the results , here is the screen shot of the Euro

 Now here is a screen shot of the A.U

Also  if you read my last  post on the predictions on the silver here is a current screen shot i got itchy and pulled the trigger early

Hope you guys did well out of this stay tuned to more of my tips.I am out for the week  Happy Trading

Forex trading for the week and prediction for 9-1-12 /13-1-12

Greetings a week  has passed and  i have  had  a pretty bad week on the forex markets. First off  i only traded   on friday   putting in  25 U.S dollars into my  account  and got it to 33 dollars pretty quickly  after the A.U decided to go bearish.  Then i lost  the  money trading  silver i put a buy order on  for 3 lots and it stopped out after  a long  bear candle  that followed shortly after  see picture here

Now that  i have shown you  what happened to me  please for goodness sake  save loads of margin  because as you can see at the moment  i have 4k  margin  and thats the way i am going to keep it  silver being  silver its not a matter of  if but when it does return to its  30's and 40's just a matter of riding the bumps  plenty to be made if you have plenty of  money and margin  here is the daily conformation

Apart from the silly brain fade with the silver and margin i had i think i did rather well with my other trades. I actually think  the Euro  has near bottomed out  but time will tell currently its sitting on 1.27 flat  but then again the bear ride was continuing upon close over the weekend but look  for  Euro to hit support and head north for a while there be some nice pips to make . As for A.U interesting indeed i am  expecting a slightly bullish week  it bounced quite well from the good news from the U.S and i think  it should head into 103 territory. Fingers crossed  time will tell  

Trading Forex

Greetings there its been a long time since i last made a entry  so i thought i would say  a quick hello .I am currently visiting my parents and while i  am here i been  thinking about my forex  trading and i thought to myself this is going to be a big year for me  both financially and career direction , i aim to be a successful trader and have written out a pretty detailed plan that if i stick to should be more highs than lows (sounds good in theory )and the good news is ( lol if you can call it that) is i will document what i trade and will post it as i am doing it so you may be able to trade also if you wish.
First off i have a shady trading history started well and then i had a big slump trading against the trend on the AU and paid dearly for it was a lesson i learnt well , I also fell for the old no stop loss trick and have flattened the account several times doing this another painful lesson
while on the plane over from Perth i  wrote out a list of things i have to  do  and stick to it religiously here are some of the things i wrote down

• Always maintain  a healthy  margain
• Stick to the London and US sessions greater volume in the trades
• Trade with  2 monitors one for  broker the other for news and economic events and research 
• Wear Lapus Lazuli (Edgar Cayce said in his reading that wearing it on your skin increases intuition)
• Have a clean nice enviroment to trade in  with incense and music to get you in the right mood
• Study books on swing trading and price action
• Never trade with  alcohol or drugs
• Stick to a few trade pairs in this case it will be Au and Silver
• Set a goal for January aim to be profitable
• Put the ego away it comes out pretty strong after a successful session
• Operate from a comfortable chair comfort is essential for clear thinking
• Eat healthy and exercise regularly it increases blood flow to the brain to help better decision making

These things  in place with a determined mind should see me reach my potential  if by any chance anyone is reading this feel free to add to the list via the comments