What I love about Dark Ambient music is that it can take all day to unravel as if it’s leaving the speakers in slow motion, spreading like mist, settling as a ghostly wisp, covering the peaks of your senses like a low cloud. A seventy-five minute set on slow release can have you transfixed for […]
Seduced by her accent, Cerys Matthews’ overt Welshness throughout Catatonia’s output was never more perfect than here in Mulder And Scully, the second single from their hit album, International Velvet released in 1998. The song reached No.3 on the UK chart and for a time Catatonia were furiously releasing singles and albums, touring and filming videos. […]
Spanish legend Paco de Lucía suffered a heartattack and died on Tuesday whilst on holiday in Mexico with his family. A genius of the Flamenco style and responsible for infusing the genre with unbridled passion, incredible technique and a modern approach that kept the spirit of the tradition, he is a great loss to the art […]
22-Pistepirkko are from Finland, formed in 1980 they make the most intriguing music blending a mixture of rock influences with more modern electronic sounds, but without losing an organic bluesy and garage feel. They are both simple and complex, noisy and quiet, organic whilst embracing technology with ease. (See album review). http://indeepmusicarchive.net/2014/01/8114-22-pistepirkko-eleven-1998/ This strange video […]
I have always loved PJ Harvey, I’ve seen her live three times and always thought she had some kind of power, like she was plugged into a self regenerating ideas machine. Her changing styles that still sound like her, her changing looks that still look like her and her ability to be comfortable as herself […]
Deserter’s Songs released in 1998 was the turning point for Mercury Rev as it was voted album of the year by the NME. It’s melodic, mysterious and magnificent. This Anton Corbijn directed video was for the third single from the album released in 1999. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_Rev http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserter%27s_Songs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_40_(song) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opus_40