Rachel Stamp - Hymns For Strange Children - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Rachel's - Egon Schiele [COMPACT DISCS] date 02/20/1996

Vinyl LP pressing. The unexpected Ice Age that seized the music world in 2002 continues as Eisbrecher masterminds Alexx Wesselsky and Noel Pix return for another classic that is sure to cause waves in both the electronic and metal scenes. After a successful run of tours and festival appearances in Europe including Alice Cooper's 'Theatre of Death Tour' and The Nova Rock Festival, Eisbrecher is poised to once again conquer the US clubs and charts. Heavier and harder than ever before, Die Hölle muss warten features an expertly crafted blend of crushing guitars, menacing vocals, and melodic synth lines. Not one to stay the course, Eisbrecher also shows it's ability to incorporate modern influences and blend them into songs that stay uniquely Eisbrecher, such as the dubstep-tinged Herz aus Eis. The album's opener Tanz mit mir is a perfect example of what modern industrial rock should sound like, while tracks such as Rette mich slow things down and feature frontman Alex's crooning voice over beautiful synth melodies. With such a diverse range of influences and perfect production quality, Die Hölle muss warten is another step forward for a band that has already established itself as one of the premier electronic rock acts of our time.

Award-winning Baroque violinist Rachel Podger takes the resurgence of the Arts in England post-1660 as the compelling inspiration for her new album, The Muses Restor'd. Adopting it's title as it's theme, Rachel and her vivacious Brecon Baroque take the listener on a journey of captivating violin-led chamber music from Jacobean to Early Georgian England. Ranging from the gentle intimacy of consort idioms to the full-blown instrumental virtuosity of the evolving Baroque period, this album uncovers little known glories of English instrumental music and it's influences.This refined and intimately chiselled chamber music celebrates a rich tradition where the violin joins a plethora of keyboards, lutes, viol and continuo cello reinstating these sonatas, fantasies, suites, grounds and popular tunes to the mainstream of English cultural life of the time. Together with four musicians from Brecon Baroque, Rachel Podger performs works by Handel, Lawes, Blow, Locke, Purcell, Schop, Jenkins, Baltzar and Jones.InchThis oeuvre provides a deeply satisfying kaleidoscope of musical expression over a century of British musical life.Inch - Rachel Podger