Willy Ferenz - Die Abreise - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On their musical journey to the four corners of the world, Ensemble Esperanza are turning their sights to the West in the third album of the series. Following previous explorations of the northern and southern parts of Europe, the youthful and ambitious string ensemble is venturing across the ocean. InchWestern MoodsInch evokes feelings of happiness and sadness, nostalgic memories of home, but also of anger, rage, and desperation amidst a boundless zest for life. And time and again, the music is suffused with deep spirituality. On their voyage across the ocean, the Pilgrim Fathers had carried with them a deep longing for peace, while the limitless horizons, forests and prairies of the New World provided an ideal environment for the practice of transcendental philosophy. Music also served as an expression of the cultural roots of the United States. With InchWestern Moods,Inch Ensemble Esperanza traces the development of the music of North America.

Goethe's Willkommen und Abschied (Greeting and parting) provides a thematic connection for the Schubert lieder on this recording, as performed by tenor Werner Gu?ra and pianist Christoph Berner.

The weird and wonderful Wet Fruit of Portland, Oregon, return with a full-length of mathy psychedelia that always feels intricate rather than fussy, like a lucid dream of indie rock, the band always ready to push their songs into more abstracted territory while keeping everything to a snappy three minutes or less. Dandelions At The Gate is a record that deserves repeated listenings, not because it is difficult to understand or objectively weird but because it really is so interesting, and there is much enjoyment to be had growing familiar with the many eccentric blips and bloops the band employs to adorn the spaces between their spiraling guitars and looping vocals. - Bandcamp Essential Releases Sept. '23