"THESIS 20: Isolarii" by Corey Fuller & Richard Skelton
One of my new regularly-scheduled early morning listens. Thesis Project, always good for that time slot, really floats my boat with this recording. It's got a very ephemeral presence that slowly builds up to something with some weight.
“Swaddling Songs”, a Progressive Folk album by Mellow Candle.
AMG says “Filled with multi-layered harmonies and complex arrangements, this unfortunately underlooked album of beautiful, flowing, and wonderfully recorded British folk-rock (originally released in 1972) has been a favorite of record collectors for years. Luckily, the strength of the music holds up beyond its scarcity. Not merely electric updates of lost traditional numbers, the album works because it establishes a voice and a sound that is truly compelling”.
“Empyrean Isles” by Herbie Hancock featuring Freddie Hubbard, Ron Carter and Anthony Williams.
AMG says “Hancock pushes at the borders of hard bop, finding a brilliantly evocative balance between traditional bop, soul-injected grooves, and experimental, post-modal jazz. Hancock's four original concepts are loosely based on the myths of the Empyrean Isles, and they are designed to push the limits of the band and of hard bop…..Empyrean Isles, a record that officially established Hancock as a major artist in his own right”.
Ah, so you started without me eh? Well here we go.
Yesterday I read an old overview of Eberhard Weber's career and listened to half a dozen albums which naturally today has lead me onwards to these records. Bassist Weber is on all these albums even Dream Talk which is from way back in 1964.
(Wolfgang Dauner's) - Et Cetera - self titled
Wolfgang Dauner Trio - Dream Talk
Wolfgang Dauner's Et Cetera - Knirsch
Wolfgang Dauner - Output
Output btw, and you wouldn't believe it from the cover, was an early ECM release
One of those rare albums that, inexplicably, even though it's drenched with distortion and chaos, I can listen to it happily even when really what I need most is music intended to soothe and comfort.
Funnily enough my wife is a massive fan of both of those Rickie Lee Jones albums. I like them, but they are Desert Island discs with her. The Mercury Rev is one of the very few albums that for assorted reasons I've bought three times. In case you don't know it Boces the second album is of a similar cut and really rather wonderful IMHO. After that they cut out most of the noise / jams and became very successful for a while - still excellent but vey different. Somewhat unbelievably that image is censored on the Discogs site unless you log in. Madness.
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AMG says “Filled with multi-layered harmonies and complex arrangements, this unfortunately underlooked album of beautiful, flowing, and wonderfully recorded British folk-rock (originally released in 1972) has been a favorite of record collectors for years. Luckily, the strength of the music holds up beyond its scarcity. Not merely electric updates of lost traditional numbers, the album works because it establishes a voice and a sound that is truly compelling”.
AMG says “Hancock pushes at the borders of hard bop, finding a brilliantly evocative balance between traditional bop, soul-injected grooves, and experimental, post-modal jazz. Hancock's four original concepts are loosely based on the myths of the Empyrean Isles, and they are designed to push the limits of the band and of hard bop…..Empyrean Isles, a record that officially established Hancock as a major artist in his own right”.
AMG says “ Liquid stands as a major accomplishment in the ambient rock field, and a recommended introduction to both 35007 and the genre at large”.
Cold weather always reminds me of this, a long time ago now but an early emusers favourite!
Just one of those albums you don't hear for so long and wonder why, lots of memories come flooding back when you hear
Thank you for the reminder Lowlife, too true lots of memories from about 40 years ago now! My favourite of hers was this, next to play