Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

With The Liberation of the Gothic, Björn Schmelzer and Graindelavoix deliver an imaginative reading of music by two English composers active at the end of the fifteenth century, the towering figure of John Browne and the slightly later and much less well- known Thomas Ashwell (or Ashewell). Björn Schmelzer draws a vivid connection between the florid polyphony of these two composers and the freedom of structure and ornament found in late Gothic architecture, notably that of the fourteenth- century Lady Chapel built as part of the InchShip of the FensInch, Ely Cathedral. Performing Ashwell's intricately-woven Missa Ave Maria - a landmark in polyphony - Schmelzer and his Antwerp-based ensemble echo, in the individual freedom accorded to these virtuoso singers, the rich ornamentation of foliage, seemingly in constant motion, decorating the walls of Ely's Lady Chapel. The singers add their own InchcoloraturaInch, an approach which continues to be central to Björn Schmelzer's interpretation of medieval and Renaissance works, as have been appearing on Glossa for a decade and a half now. In his booklet essay Schmelzer refers to the British writer and artist John Ruskin describing the Inchliberation of the GothicInch as also concerning Inchthe workers, who were not submitted to repetitive, mechanical work but invested in continuous and infinite variation.Inch Acting as surrounding pillars to Ashwell's Mass on this recording are two of the extended motets, much favoured by early Tudor English polyphonists - and encountered in the famous Eton Choirbook manuscript John Browne's Stabat mater and his first setting of the Salve regina.

The second full-length album from Jane Weaver, Cherlokalate Inchspins songs into fragile and sparkling lullabiesInch (The Guardian). Inspired by cult folk artists, from Karen Dalton to Linda Perhacs, these ten songs create a unique commentary on personal travails through happiness and pain, all brimming with passion and sorrow. An intimate journey of ethereal folk sweetness, elevated by gorgeous production, aching pedal steel, violins and, in parts, a mutated take on VU-styled rock.InchImagine Julie Driscoll locked in a studio with American Spring and Broadcast.Inch Uncut

Flock' is the record that Jane Weaver always wanted to make, the most genuine version of herself, complete with unpretentious Day-Glo pop sensibilities, wit, kindness, humour and glamour. A consciously positive vision for negative times, a brooding and ethereal creation. The album features an untested new fusion of seemingly unrelated compounds fused into an hum; pop music for post-new-normal times. Created from elements that should never date, it's pop music reinvented. Still prevalent are the cosmic sounds, but 'Flock' is a natural rebellion to the recent releases which sees her decidedly move away from conceptual roots in favour of writing pop music. Produced on a complicated diet of bygone Lebanese torch songs, 1980's Russian Aerobics records and Australian Punk. Amongst this broadcast of glistening sounds is 'The Revolution Of Super Visions', an untelevised Mothership connection, with Prince floating by as he plays scratchy guitar; it also features a funkySide A HeartlowThe Revolution Of Super VisionsStages Of PhasesLuxModern ReputationSide BFlockSunset DreamsAll The Things You DoPyramid SchemesSolarised