It has been a while since my last post and that’s not because I didn’t purchase anything. The only reason was I was too busy with other things. But here we are again with 2 purchases that have been on my wishlist for quite some years.
We see two albums by outsider Jandek here. Above is Ready For The House which is his debut album first released as The Units and below we have Chair Beside a Window which is his fourth album (or so). Both are the vinyl reissues on Jackpot Records as the original LP’s are almost impossible to find for a reasonable price. Continue reading →
Wow, it has been a special year. We had a bunch of new releases out there and another great amount of great live performances. As with everything there can only be one favourite though. And for this year music wise it clearly for me it has been Charalambides. In October I had the pleasure to meet Tom and Christina Carter for their performance in Amsterdam and perform as the opening act with my own musical project. I must say two love people. And not only the concert was good, also their new album Exile is really something. Continue reading →
There sometimes passes a record that you would call magic. This because it is has this special sound, something new. It might be a discovery or something you already knew but never really noticed.
The album Already Awake In The Night by the duo Amelia Cuni and Werner Durand (with help from David Trasoff on 2 pieces) is such an album. In this case it is discovery of a very special sound, something that is familiar but at the same time is totally new. Continue reading →
I wrote about this album earlier this year, so I will just copy the review I wrote at that time in July. Volume One made it to the top 10, volume two is also great but didn’t make it that far.
Spread over two slabs of vinyl, the first released in February and the second in May, Quadtych is the new album by Can Deas.
For years I have been following the work of Gregg Kowalsky, first under his moniker Osso Bucco and later with his normal name. His break through must have been his first album on Kranky “Though the Cardinal Window” in 2006, after which a stream of releases on Root Strata, Kranky and other labels got released. Continue reading →
It has been a good year for me as Richard Youngs fan. The year started early with Atlas of Hearts, which was good. For a while my favorite album of the year (at that point). It got followed by a great split 10″ with Annelies Monsere, which has one track by Youngs which is just great (although Monsere her side is even more beauty). In July we got the EP I Dream of Mezzanine / Cloudplanes, which was quite disappointing. We also got a new album on Jagjaguwar with more traditional Youngs work called Amplifying Host in the same month and the year got closed with this album: Long White Cloud. Released as part of the subscription series from The Grapefruit Record Club.Continue reading →
