John Zorn's Les Maudits!

Hi everyone,

Here is a recent new release by that brilliant genius John Zorn. Here's how his record company describes this record:

Les Maudits presents three dynamic chamber pieces inspired by heroic ‘cursed’ artists of French culture. Demolishing all boundaries and pushing the artistic envelope beyond all expectations, "Ubu" is one of Zorn’s greatest and most outrageous creations--a bizarre musical portrait of the subversive writer Alfred Jarry and his powerful Pataphyisical figure Ubu. The Ubu plays were a powerful precursor to many of the European avant-garde experiments of the early 20th century (Dada, Surrealism, Theatre of the Absurd, Futurism, postmodernism), and Zorn captures the vulgar, rebellious, gluttonous, childish and revolutionary spirit of Ubu in this major new studio composition.

Accompanying this work are two pieces performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble under the direction of David Fulmer. A concerto grosso in three movements inspired by the work of radical French poet Charles Baudelaire, and Oviri (‘savage' in Tahitian) a touching elegy to Paul Gauguin, the influential and complex artist who helped redefine painting in the 20th century.

Just awesome!

PeaceNstarZ,
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Mogwai's As the Love Continues!

 Hi everyone,

Mogwai's new album was recorded during the pandemic, & what a thing of beauty it is. Here's what Wikipedia says:

Mogwai started writing for the album in February 2020 shortly before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the United Kingdom, and due to the resultant lockdown the various band members had to write remotely without playing together; guitarist Stuart Braithwaite commented that "...not being able to leave the settee or go out of the house for more than one hour ... definitely gave us more time to write music. And actually, it was good and gave us the focus to work on." The band were not able to record together until early August 2020, but owing to travel restrictions were unable to proceed with their original plan of recording with Dave Fridmann at his Tarbox Road Studios in New York. The band therefore moved to Vada Studios in Alcester, Warwickshire, with Fridmann producing remotely via Zoom. Braithwaite commented "It’s the only time we left Scotland since this whole thing began ... going to England being amazing is not a sentence I thought I’d ever say in my life."

 Just beautiful . . .

PeaceNstarZ,

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Neo's The Picture!

Hi everyone,

Neo is a Hungarian indie-electronic band, most famous for their music in the great 2003 film, Kontroll.

This show features their last album to date. Hope you have enjoyed this journey to electronica Hungary style of recent shows! Hope Neo makes new music again soon!

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Neo's Kontroll OST & Maps for a Voyage!

Hi everyone,

Neo is a Hungarian indie-electronic band, most famous for their music in the great 2003 film, Kontroll.

This show features their third & fourth albums. The first one is the soundtrack to Kontroll!

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Neo's Lo-Tech Man, High-Tech World!

Hi everyone,

Neo is a Hungarian indie-electronic band, most famous for their music in the great 2003 film, Kontroll

This is their second album, & it smokes my mind! :)

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Neo's Eklektogram!

Hi everyone,

Neo is a Hungarian indie-electronic band, most famous for their music in the great 2003 film, Kontroll

I love that film! & I found more of Neo's music! Here's their debut from 1999. Enjoy! :)

PeaceNstarZ,
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Amorphous Androgynous's Tales of Ephidrina!

Hi everyone,

Happy new year! So good that snake oil salesman is slunk back to Florida. Hope the gator get him.

So Amorphous Androgynous is Future Sound of London's trippy alter ego. Began with this early album, '93, in which they see how far there is to go, decide it is a far way, no walls, & begin over the years to go further and further . . . try it & see! :)

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