Nick Delffs - Redesign - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, and Heine. Album Tracks 1. Der Taucher (2. Fassung), D 111 2. Punschlied, D 253 3. Der Alpenjager, D 588 4. Der Jungling Am Bache (3. Beartbeitung), D 638 5. Elysium, D 584 6. Der Fluchtling, D 402 7. Laura Am Clavier, D 388 8. Der Kampf, D 594 9. Die Entzuckung An Laura, D 390 10. Dithyrambe, D 801

'Transitional Phase' is the second solo LP from Boise songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nick Delffs. A beloved staple of the Pacific Northwest music scene since emerging with the beloved Portland-based band The Shaky Hands (Kill Rock Stars). It was clear then, as it is now, that he possessed an authentic-maybe ancient-voice and energy. Delffs has long been fascinated with Hinduism, and took a second trip to India not long before work on the new album began. InchMeditating and chanting are such constant parts of my life these days,Inch Delffs says. InchThey came into this album like any other naturally flowing thought.Inch The chanted and sung lines might feel like nods to some of Delffs' favorite artists-Alice Coltrane, George Harrison and Yamuna Devi among them-but they arrive on the album naturally. As it's title suggests, 'Transitional Phase' is an album about opening oneself up to change, refusing the calcification that comes with age, and opting instead for wholesale transformation. Recorded with co-producer/collaborator Eli Moore (LAKE), 'Transitional Phase' grows upon Delffs' musical foundations and sees him leaning further into a synth-laden world reminiscent of 80s new wave and synth-pop. Delffs enlisted several old friends to help flesh out 'Transitional Phase' drums from Joe Plumer (The Shins, Modest Mouse, Cold War Kids) and Graeme Gibson (Michael Nau, Fruit Bats); keys from Luke Wyland (Au, Methods Body); strings and arrangements from composer Peter Broderick (Sharon Van Etten, M. Ward); and his old The Shaky Hands bandmate Mayhaw Hoons on bass. The result is transcendentally and sonically free, like those particularly melodic moments spent with Peter Gabriel or Kate Bush. Album Tracks 1. Transformation 2. Brave New World 3. Absence of Love Song 4. Without Touching 5. Power and Position 6. Transitional Phase 7. Toeing the Line 8. A Per

Two key catalysts of Chicago's electric-blues boom teamed on this 1969 LP. Nick belts out his tunes and Mike churns out hair-raising guitar riffs as you hear Killing My Love; Holy Moly; My Labors; It Takes Time, and more. Includes studio sides backed by Quicksilver Messenger Service, live cuts and three added songs from Live at Bill Graham's Fillmore West ! Album Tracks 1. Killing My Love 2. Gypsy Good Time 3. Holy Moly 4. Moon Tune 5. My Labors 6. Throw Your Dog a Bone 7. As Good As You've Been to This World 8. Wintry Country Side 9. It Takes Time 10. Blues on a Westside 11. It's About Time