Well, certainly have some strong memories
Spem in Alium - Thomas Tallis (circa 1570)
First heard this on a car radio, and had to pull over to listen to it properly. Starts so slowly and gently, builds up and then takes off like an Aero with a huge surge part way through. Definitely a ‘phone of the hook’ one.
Bob Marley
Driving through the deserted and just rained on streets of London after a gig, listening to a Bob Marley. The perfect sound to be relaxed, but not soporific, and it just seemed to go with the setting.
Music Session in Stroud
Quite a few years back, the Stroud Morris side had a huge number of brilliant fiddle players (may still do, but have rather lost touch), all in the ‘English’ tradition. A group of us had come up from Kent to join in, and it was just one of those times where all the players were on form, and there were no bodhran owners there to spoil it. A truly stunning evening.
Incantation
I used to commute to Bromley (County Court), in the days before you could cover a lot of the distance on the M25. Having slogged out in the evening, the relief at picking up the A21 coincided with the track that starts gently and builds right up (? Katchapya ?). Good job there were not any ‘speed’ cameras (aka money boxes) there!
