Chuck Norris Experiment - Chuck Me - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The Swedish rock monster Chuck Norris Experiment is celebrating 18 years with the of their 10 th studio album InchThis Will Leave A MarkInch featuring guest artists Chips and Hans from Sator and punk rock legend Jeff Dahl on September 18. The songs on InchThis Will Leave A MarkInch are stretching from holy Swedish action to slowclassic hard rock and the album ends with an acoustic war song, which hopefully makes you want to press play and turn up the volume one more time.

Welcome to the intimate and surreal world of Chuck and Danny. Reviewers have compared 'Chuck and Danny' to early They Might Be Giants, The Tinklers, 'Ween on codeine,' and King Missile, and have called it 'an appealing mix of spoken word/cabaret/Young Marble Giants/Joe Frank-esque drama,' and have picked up on 'the Ken Nordine plus beats sensibility, not to mention Napoleon Dynamite dork-chic.' You of course will have your own associations. Because Chuck and Danny are now appearing in your head. Chuck and Danny didn't really mean for any of this to happen. They hadn't planned on making music together. But Chuck had just bought a little 4-track setup, and Danny had been plotting out songs in his head for some time. Danny, with no musical training, has an uncanny knack for layering melodic lines to support his wry observations, while Chuck, with too much musical training, was learning how to use his recording gear as they recorded, and proved to be the perfect enabler - er, producer - of Danny's vision. The lyrics are spoken, with some sung choruses, and are ironic yet personal, delivered by Danny in a voice that is alternately 'bratty, poignant, deadpan, naïve, snotty, and poetic.' The music is atmospheric but structured, with memorable hooks, and weaves an array of sparsely employed instruments and effects into a groove that combines Brian Eno/Laurie Anderson-like soundscapes with a Burt Bacharach/Brian Wilson attention to detail. The result is a low-key, lo-fi, otherworldly pop production. Their version of Melanie's 'Brand New Key' sums up their approach (and their 'unapologetic twerp factor'), stripping the song down to a repeated loping groove overlaid with Danny's deadpan reading of the lyric. Chuck and Danny have played to some acclaim at NYC performance spaces such as ABC No Rio, Dixon Place, and The Knitting Factory. The album has been popular at some college a

Glitterbeat's instrumental music imprint tak til, is undertaking an exciting tag partnership with VDSQ Records, the acclaimed US based tag specializing in Inch21st Century GuitarInch.Chuck Johnson is a composer and musician residing in Oakland, CA. His 2017 album Balsams ended up on albums-of-the-year lists at Uncut, Pitchfork, and NPR. Tak til is releasing Balsams for the first time ever on CD - with two additional tracks. Chuck Johnson's pedal steel guitar debut delivers a group of pieces for ambient meditation. Recorded in a single two-week session during late 2015, and subsequently arranged/constructed/treated in the studio in spring of 2016, Balsams is awash in layers of tonal perfection. The album constantly evolves while maintaining a unified approach across both sides. Balsams is a record that lives outside genre and time, one that continues to develop with each successive deep listen. A unique expansion in the VDSQ catalog, Balsams is an album created in the hopes of providing solace and regenerative energies for many years to come.InchOn this expressive and singular new album, Chuck Johnson gives his steel pedal guitar the starring role, and creates a kind of country post-rock. It feels like a universe unto itself.Inch -Pitchfork (8.1)InchChuck Johnson often writes for solo acoustic guitar, but lately has been stretching his ambient composition skills with the tenderness heard throughout his discography. For Balsams, he layers loops of pedal steel guitar that rest on the edge of dusk, just when the tumult of day subsides and seeps into the soul's reflection.Inch -NPR (Best Music of 2017)