David Fray - Baroque Encores - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The violin was one of Bach's favourite instruments and inspired his most lyrical outpourings. We know he was greatly influenced by the Italian masters whose work he discovered during his Weimar years - by the power of Frescobaldi, the melodic flexibility of Corelli, the sunny grace of Vivaldi - but he developed his own wonderful artistry in writing music of polyphonic density for the violin and 'playing' with it's sound palette. His deep understanding of the instrument clearly enabled him to exploit it's full potential and to write as well as perform music of the utmost virtuosity.

David Fray adds a landmark of the solo keyboard repertoire to his Bach discography the Goldberg Variations. InchThe Goldberg Variations are a real test,Inch he says. InchThey are the work of a lifetime, perhaps a work about life itself... a kind of rite of passage, a journey. Every element of human life is in them... When you play the theme again after the 30 variations, in it's original purity, it is as if you're at the end of your life, looking back over everything that has happened in the last hour-and-a-half. Few works give such a sense of eternityInch.

On their new album Looming, The Spindle,  The Pleasure Majenta shape a terrifying and sublime mix of noise, broken electronics and guitar feedback that begs to remain untamed.-From New Zealand by way of Berlin, these dystopian goth punks take their cues from the harsh and heavy energy of The Birthday Party, Swans and The Fall-casting bummer vibes into the void to create the pain-soaked statement so many albums want to make but wind up missing the mark.-The lead single InchFull of ItInch fills the screen with flashes of cinematic post-punk savagery up to it's ears in swampy distortion and sleazy funhouse skronk. Velvety '70s exploitation flick saxophones hustle with devilish no-wave spaghetti western guitars and a slippery bassline like a coffin dragged through mud in a grungy post-punk dirge. It's a waking tour through a dysfunctional late-capitalist bardo where disassociation becomes an effective coping mechanism for the cyclical, paralyzing grind of clock-in, clock-out psychosis.-InchI felt okay when I wasn't myself-when I was making music or playing onstage, so I decided I would contact myself in this way, Inch says The Pleasure Majenta's Lawrence InchLozInch Fergus Goodwin. InchIt's a dangerous game to play.Inch-Looming, the Spindle drops July 15, 2022 digitally and September 30 physically - only on Dedstrange, Oliver Ackermann's (A Place To Bury Strangers/Death By Audio) new tag.1. Satellite2. Fabric3. sad2say4. Smiles Through A Sneer5. Anxious Patient6. OSC7. Full Of It8. It's Ten9. Erik Satie10. Gardens