Kiesza - Crave - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Momensis - Loud and Moment [COMPACT DISCS] Asia - Import date 09/06/2011

2017 . Synergies between two opposite musical characters often produce most amazing results. Whether it is Mark Verhaeghen and Dirk Ivens in the old days of The Klinik or Rhys Fulber and Bill Leeb in Front Line Assembly If a diverse duo can agree on a joint artistic vision and modus operandi, the result may be something greater than just the sum of it's parts. This often becomes clear when successful artists solo records, which usually cannot compete with the quality of their collaboration. In the case of Our Banshee, such a great synergy already exists, and even if members Agi Taralas (Greece) and industrial/noise expert Stefan Böhm (Germany) are just about to their debut record Inch4200Inch, you can already state that this collaboration is a convergence of talent with great potential. While Singer Taralas comes from a classic songwriting and electronic pop background, Stefan Böhm gathered some notoriety with Projects like Pzychobitch and Nullvektor as well as a DJ spinning this type of music. These two very different musical backgrounds resulted in an electronic work with a lot of character, and while it certainly shows influences of acts like Neurotic Fish, Second Voice or Bigod 20, Our Banshee are by no means copycats of said bands. Although 4200 does have a certain EBM feel, it is a hotbed for individuality, variety and some other quality that would suit every album well great songwriting and strong vocals. You will have to listen to this enigmatically titled record a handful of times to fully notice these qualities, but then it becomes obvious that these are two highly professionals at work who deliver a well-rounded piece and one of the most impressive debuts this year.

Vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Jazz enthusiasts rejoice the legendary Never Let It End by Albert Mangelsdorff Quartet, a seminal 1970 album hailed as one of the most important in the European jazz canon, receives a fresh vinyl pressing from MPS Records. Originally recorded on March 23, 1970, at Walldorf Studio in Frankfurt under producer Joachim Ernst Berendt, this free jazz masterpiece captures Mangelsdorff's innovative trombone mastery alongside Heinz Sauer on saxophones, Günter Lenz on bass, and Ralf Hübner on drums. The album unfolds across dynamic tracks like the opener InchWide OpenInch (3 45), the epic title cut InchNever Let It EndInch (9 48) - a Spanish waltz infused with improvisational fire - InchCertain BeautyInch (9 14), Inch13th ColorInch (6 54), InchOpen MindInch (4 17), InchRoitz And SpringInch (7 14), and the poignant closer InchNachwortInch (1 50). Mangelsdorff's quartet delivers pared-down power, blending avant-garde exploration with emotional depth, as featured in the expansive Originals retrospective.