The band who made the coverversion of Pink Floyd's Set the controls . . . on my FMA summermix have released a "new" album. - "The production of the current album THE JUDAS HOLE took place with the support of Music Producer Hannes Jaeckl from AMPERSAND and features a number of guest musicians and friends of the band. THE JUDAS HOLE convinces with beautiful and accurate arranged songs, partly concentrated to the perfect moment and partly overflowing you ears with impulsive soundscapes.
This Album shows the whole band width of independent music without losing the thread. It was first released in December 2012 by the Cologne Indie label SONGPARK, as a commercial download on current music platforms. Now, less than a year later, you can enjoy the whole thing for free!" Also on FMA
Christmas Quiz 2013
In this year's Christmas calendar quiz from Dacapo, you will find a new question each day together with an accompanying music track. Every day, we will find a winner among the correct replies who will receive a CD gift.
greg - Xui Xui requires a very specific taste. Most people will likely agree with my wife. Me? I'm considering seeing them live when they come to town in March.
amclark2 - Forgot to thank you for posting the Kelela link the other day. I'd heard it, but didn't know it was free. Grabbed it at the time, and now it appears to no longer be free.
Speaking about "the ultimate hauntological artifact' :
Soriah: Vocals, Igil, Doshpuluur, Zither, Doumbek and other hand percussion, Aztec Clay Flute and Native American Cedar Flutes, Bells, Stones and Sticks.
Ashkelon Sain: Keyboards, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Electric Bass, Bells, Electronic Drums.
Nachyn Choduu: Tuvan Guitar on "Amochantzinco."
"Soriah's virtuoso Tuvan throat-singing, Central Asian stringed instruments and hand percussion is perfectly melded with the neo-ancient airs of Ashkelon Sain's exquisite darkwave guitars, celestial electronics, and hypnotizing poly-rhythms. Eztica has its roots in the ceremonial: ritualism, shamanism, butoh. It is a deeply organic experience, the voice drawing out the primordial spell, touching the earth, reaching for the sky. Captivating percussive sections with driven vocals glide effortlessly across windswept steppes, while otherworldly overtones hang like clouds in a frosted mountain range, all amid deep expanses of slowly shifting, mesmerizing tones. And when the Quetzalcoatl Kundalini of Soriahs lyrical throat singing fires down the spine, everything goes astral. . . . . ."
- Much more @ Project.com.
#18 from Jazz Loft, SFQ - Four Compositions, four pieces from bassist Simon Fell on 2 CDs. The music is modern classical, with elements of jazz, Fell "explicitly references both Russell and Stockhausen in his liner notes"
Toby Hay's Happy Songs, excellent guitar player from Wales -- another album that replaces Blues elements with British traditional forms. 1 BP (about $1.70)
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#16 from Jazz Loft - Antonio Gala Quartet - 9 pas. Guitar and violin, in the Django Reinhardt universe, but much more modern.
Pharmakon - Abandon
Dark ambient noise.
Next up is:
Deafheaven - Sunbather
Neither of these albums look dark and heavy, but they most certainly are.
Craig
- "The production of the current album THE JUDAS HOLE took place with the support of Music Producer Hannes Jaeckl from AMPERSAND and features a number of guest musicians and friends of the band. THE JUDAS HOLE convinces with beautiful and accurate arranged songs, partly concentrated to the perfect moment and partly overflowing you ears with impulsive soundscapes.
This Album shows the whole band width of independent music without losing the thread. It was first released in December 2012 by the Cologne Indie label SONGPARK, as a commercial download on current music platforms. Now, less than a year later, you can enjoy the whole thing for free!"
Also on FMA
#17 in from Jazz Loft - Insout, Acoustic Privacy. Very smooth jazz sound, but not elevator music. Swanky keys and tastetul sax.
Mountain Goats - Zopilote Machine
Xiu Xiu - Nina
My wife once said of Xiu Xiu, "if you created music specifically to make me hate it, this would be it." I'm a fan, though.
Craig
amclark2 - Forgot to thank you for posting the Kelela link the other day. I'd heard it, but didn't know it was free. Grabbed it at the time, and now it appears to no longer be free.
Craig
My first point of agreement with the rest of the world's best of 2013.
Pleased to find this among the current batch of $5 albums at Amazon
J Roddy Walston & the Business - Essential Tremors
Like rock and roll? Then you'll like this. Heavy influences from bands like Cheap Trick and T. Rex. Lots of fun.
Craig
Howlround - The Ghosts Of Bush
-'...May well be the ultimate hauntological artifact' -
Simon Reynolds
13th Floor Elevators - The Psychedelic World of the 13th Floor Elevators
Just got a ticket for Roky Erickson's first Minnesota show *EVER*.
Craig
Soriah: Vocals, Igil, Doshpuluur, Zither, Doumbek and other hand percussion, Aztec Clay Flute and Native American Cedar Flutes, Bells, Stones and Sticks.
Ashkelon Sain: Keyboards, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Electric Bass, Bells, Electronic Drums.
Nachyn Choduu: Tuvan Guitar on "Amochantzinco."
"Soriah's virtuoso Tuvan throat-singing, Central Asian stringed instruments and hand percussion is perfectly melded with the neo-ancient airs of Ashkelon Sain's exquisite darkwave guitars, celestial electronics, and hypnotizing poly-rhythms. Eztica has its roots in the ceremonial: ritualism, shamanism, butoh. It is a deeply organic experience, the voice drawing out the primordial spell, touching the earth, reaching for the sky. Captivating percussive sections with driven vocals glide effortlessly across windswept steppes, while otherworldly overtones hang like clouds in a frosted mountain range, all amid deep expanses of slowly shifting, mesmerizing tones. And when the Quetzalcoatl Kundalini of Soriahs lyrical throat singing fires down the spine, everything goes astral. . . . . ."
- Much more @ Project.com.
This is my favorite volume in this series so far. A couple more to go.
#18 from Jazz Loft, SFQ - Four Compositions, four pieces from bassist Simon Fell on 2 CDs. The music is modern classical, with elements of jazz, Fell "explicitly references both Russell and Stockhausen in his liner notes"
Dawn of Midi - Dysnomia
ETA: This is what patience sounds like.
Toby Hay's Happy Songs, excellent guitar player from Wales -- another album that replaces Blues elements with British traditional forms. 1 BP (about $1.70)
The Fahey Project by RC Johnston (aka Ragtime Ralph): interpretation of Fahey's works. Quite good, a bit more rustic than the originals. FREE.