Bic Runga - Close Your Eyes - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

There is no doubt Warzone is one of the most crucial and influential bands coming from the New York Hardcore scene. Fronted by the charismatic Ray InchRaybeezInch Barbieri, Warzone preached vehemently for scene unity and against racism while buzzsaw guitar riffs and wailing solos over speedy drums churned out a soundtrack found at CBGB Sunday Matinees, The Pyramid, The Anthrax and the rest of the legendary clubs of the era. Their landmark debut LP Don't Forget The Struggle, Don't Forget The Streets is heralded as one of the most important NYHC records of all time, with it's 2016 reissue on Revelation Records selling thousands of copies and filling gaps in record collections all over the world. Two years later, Revelation Records proudly presents the reissue of Warzone's second LP Open Your Eyes. This oft-overlooked record continues the sound from Don't Forget The Struggle,... The last purely hardcore record before the band's more metal third LP. This record featured Jerry Williams behind the board who was previously known for his work with Bad Brains, The Beastie Boys, and Reagan Youth among others, with production help from none other than Dr. Know, guitarist of Bad Brains! This is the first time Open Your Eyes has been available on vinyl or on CD as a stand alone album since it's initial on Caroline Records in 1988.

Last fall, when Circuit des Yeux (aka CdY, aka Haley Fohr) released the stand-alone single InchGod Dick,Inch she described the song as a passage leading from the past toward things to come. InchIt served a chrysalis function,Inch she wrote of the track, which morphs between orchestral grandeur and shuddering electronic percussion. Fohr called it, InchA love banshee bursting through porcelain skin one hair at a time until, finally, the beast within is fully on display.InchOut March 14th, 'Halo On The Inside' is the product of that metamorphosis. It is the butterfly and the beast - a rhapsodic, hedonistic, dance floor-adjacent, pagan-friendly, horns-adorning wall of sound and emotion. Halo on the Inside finds CdY renewed, recombinant, and thrillingly alien.A Chicago based musician, composer, and multidisciplinary artist, Fohr's work defies easy categorization. It has encompassed critically acclaimed albums, free-form improvisation, painting, audio visual installations, and large ensemble compositions. She has performed in an anechoic chamber (a room with no echo), written for a 50-piece children's choir, and plunged from a rooftop (under the supervision of a stunt-coordinator).There's shock in metamorphosis, 'Halo On The Inside' tells us, but there's also levity and beauty. A moment of seclusion and dislocation yielding to rebirth and ominous beauty.

Bjrok - Biophilia [COMPACT DISCS] date 05/24/2019