Various Artists - The Social Power of Music (Various Artists) - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Malmo, Sweden's Sternpost returns to Concentric Circles with unworld. Afterpop. Following on the heels of the much loved Ulrika, the new album from Sternpost, AKA multi-instrumentalist Petter Herbertsson, shimmers with immersive, cinematic arrangements that sound like they could have only come from a dream. Taking inspiration from Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout's InchI Trawl the MegahertzInch and InchA Breath of LifeInch by Brazilian author Clarice Lispector, with some bits of Van Dyke Parks and Art Bears thrown in for good measure, it is apparent from the start that unworld. Afterpop is no scrappy DIY affair. The songs are alive with an unbelievably rich and warm production quality, belying their homerecorded origins. Not content to simply rest on his laurels and repeat himself from to , unworld. Afterpop sits at the meeting point between Herbertsson's more overtly pop structured group Testbild! (four of whose members appear here), and Sternpost's explorations into harmonic texture and countermelody. Albums this richly ambitious, detailed and dare we say InchmatureInch feel almost out of step with modern music, having more in common with grand late 60s or early 70s productions, when producers working in a InchpopInch context were more likely to stack layers in the studio, creating mini orchestras of sound. Most importantly, nothing here feels superfluous or unnecessary, with every detail and instrument simply being exactly where it should be. Concentric Circles is incredibly honored to present new recordings from Sternpost, with a that reminds you that sometimes a really good, fully formed album is the best way to experience music. Immersive and transportive yet also inherently catchy, unworld. Afterpop is ample evidence that we are in the graces of a thoroughly gifted songwriter at the top of his game.

Frémeaux & Associés presents the voices of 20 great French philosophers who embrace all currents of thought of the 20th century; existentialism, psychoanalysis, Marxism, religion, epistemology and morality. Each intervention of the philosopher is preceded by a commentary on his life, his work and his thought. Frédéric Worms wrote for InchLes Études PhilosophiquesInch (PUF) that this sum of recordings constituted Inchthe major contribution of sound archives to French intellectual heritageInch and the philosopher adds that the discs of this anthology should be in everyone's library. Reader of 20th century philosophy in France. (...) and to hope Inchthat the media, far from denying it, thus reconcile the thinking word, through individuals and works! Of this too we have, in these discs, a remarkable anthology. This book is the official commented version of the sound anthology of French thought.

Remastered, repackaged with fully restored and expanded artwork, and available on colored vinyl for the first time ever, this is the definitive edition of Explosions in the Sky's seminal third album, one of the most iconic and influential instrumental albums ever made.