Ziggy Marley - More Family Time - VINYL LP

VOICES OF EARTH AND AIR 2 presents the best that modern choral compositions have to offer. Settings of traditional prayers are mingled with ethereal stories and otherworldly visions, and each of the eight compositions both stand unique and work together harmoniously to create a collection that nods to the future of choral music. Scott Solak's Ave Maria starts off the collection. Richly tonal and resonant, the piece is written in memory of the composer's mother, a second generation Polish Catholic. Ave Maria is followed by Jonathan Little's Crucifixus, another rich, vibrant work that presents modern interpretations of historic performance techniques and fills space with an all-encompassing listening experience. Helen MacKinnon's Gloria in Excelsis Deo demonstrates various moods throughout the piece, from tender to fiery and triumphant, all culminating in a glorious InchAmenInch to close the piece. The album then shifts to L Peter Deutsch's A Fisherman of the Inland Sea. With jagged intervals and interesting harmonies, and text by famed fantasy author Ursula K. LeGuin, the choir and a single narrator retell the melancholy story of a young fisherman's loss resulting from a tryst in a magical underwater kingdom. Following this story is Juli Nunlist's posthumously released Spells, an eerie, dissonant choral work that uses subtle recurrences to create an enveloping form. Daniel Morse's Nachtlied is an otherworldly soundscape that uses the writings of Austrian Expressionist poet Georg Trakl. Creating a sense of ritual, the otherworldliness is amplified by the use of electronic sounds created through manipulating pre-existing audio. Peter Greve's invocation for organ and mixed choir, Give Us Peace, is made up of four expressions of peace from four religious traditions. It follows a narrative arc of joy within communities, followed by violence and destruction, and finally a re

Still / Form is a 3 piece band that emerged in the midst of the stagnation of 2020, as people shuttered themselves in and thought of ways to pass the time. Guitarist/vocalist Robert Comitz's previous band, Marriage + Cancer, had recently dissolved and he was thinking of what was to come next. After trading out some gear, messing around with new sounds and tones, and coming across bassist Kirk Evans (Dark Numbers) and drummer Ryan Losli (Almost Is Nothing/Ireshrine), Still / Form took shape. They spent the better part of a year crafting songs in Comitz's recording studio, which made it easy to demo material as it came together. As they got the songs to where they wanted them to be, Still/Form recorded an album's worth of material. By the summer of 2021, they came out of their recording cave and played their first show. Things started moving along quickly after that as the record went through several mixes, eventually being put into the capable hands of Scott Evans (Kowloon Walled City) to work his magic on it. The result is, InchFrom the Rot Is a Gift.Inch Retaining some of the disturbing and jarring guitar work reminiscent of Marriage + Cancer, but with a much more sludgy heft, Still / Form plods and trudges through a gauntlet of experimental sounds, driving bass, and sharp attack. Comitz' raspy vocals provide an unsettling disposition against the music that can't simply be categorized as 'metal', or 'noise rock', but certainly can be filed into much broader and less definable terms, such as 'weird' and 'heavy'. Hex Records will be releasing Still / Form's debut full length, and in the meantime the band will be out and about playing more shows. InchFrom the Rot Is a GiftInch comes on special clear yellow with black streaks vinyl that will not only appeal to ears but eyes as well.

Album Tracks 1. Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 I. Andante Allegro Vivace 2. Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 II. Adagio 3. Sonata in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 III. Allegro Vivace 4. Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 I. Allegro Con Brio 5. Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 II. Adagio 6. Sonata in D Major, Op. 102, No. 2 III. Allegro 7. Six Bagatelles, Op. 106 I 8. Six Bagatelles, Op. 106 II 9. Six Bagatelles, Op. 106 III 10. Six Bagatelles, Op. 106 IV 11. Six Bagatelles, Op. 106 V 12. Six Bagatelles, Op. 106 VI 13. Sonata in a Major, Op. 69 I. Allegro 14. Sonata in a Major, Op. 69 II. Allegro Molto 15. Sonata in a Major, Op. 69 III. Adagio 16. Sonata in a Major, Op. 69 IV. Allegro Vivace