Corvus Recondite

On August 25, French metallers DAGOBA will release their seventh studio album, "Black Nova", as a cooperation between Jive/Epic in France and Century Media for the rest of the world.

The unconventional quartet of Amir Abadi (aka Dr. Atmo), Ingo Schnorrenberg, Michael Pagenstedt and former Tuxedomoon vocalist Blaine L. Reininger - having previously collaborated as Falling Infinities - returned in 1994 as U V O I I for the equally idiosyncratic Sound of Heaven, issued on the venerable Fax +49-69/450464 label headed by Pete Namlook. Atmo brings a strong ethnic rhythmic sensibility, whilst Schnorrenberg and Pagenstedt set the otherworldly, yet distinctly digital, atmosphere. Unusually for FAX, there are vocals here - Reininger recites his recondite and surrealistic poetry, as well as strained howls and some gorgeous violin contributions. Undeservedly underrated.

Following the HUGE SUCCESS of the first Celtic Circle release comes THE CELTIC CIRCLE 2. LEGENDARY MUSIC FROM A MYSTICAL WORLD! SPECIALLY PRICED 2-CD SET WITH OVER 2 HOURS OF MUSIC! Featuring an array of SUPERSTAR ARTISTS: SARAH MCLACHLAN, THE CHIEFTAINS & SINAD O'CONNOR, THE CORRS, CLANNAD, & AINE MINOGUE and many others!

Much like their brethren in Corvus Corax, Cultus Ferox was a German medieval rock band, but with a bit more emphasis on the rock rather than the medieval. The band formed in 2001. Their debut album, Wiederkehr, was released in 2003, and was followed by Weihnachtstanze and Flamme des Meeres in 2003, Aufbruch in 2005, Fernweh in 2006, and Unbeugsam in 2006…

Edmund Rubbra - Complete Symphonies - Richard Hickox (2001) {5CD Set, Chandos CHAN 9944(5) rec 1993-1998}
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© 1993-98, 2001 Chandos Records | CHAN 9944(5)
Classical / Orchestral / Symphony / Contemporary / Modern

If you haven't yet encountered the music of Edmund Rubbra, this superbly played and recorded set of his complete symphonies would be an appropriate place to start. Rubbra may hardly be a household word on these shores, but his reputation has been rising steadily in Britain–largely due to recording projects such as the one under review here. It is a mystery to me why these brilliantly crafted, inexhaustibly inventive, and eminently likeable symphonies have not won a wider following, though perhaps in our fast-paced culture music that requires the listener's total concentration (as does Rubbra's) is not destined to win instantaneous approval.

Eventyr means “adventure.” Classical listeners may also recognize it as the name of Frederick Delius’s lovely 1917 tone poem, which is often translated as “Once Upon A Time” to underscore its origins in the folk tale collections of Norwegian scholar Peter Christen Asbjørnsen. Here, the name adorns one of Jan Garbarek’s most recondite efforts to date and, like its own “Once Upon A Time,” houses a world of lessons and signs for those willing enough to interpret them. Joined by John Abercrombie and Nana Vasconcelos, he spins a string of seven improvisations, rounded out by a standard, “East Of The Sun And West Of The Moon” (Brooks Bowman), that doesn’t so much end the album as open us to its nebulous center.

Today Acclaimed U.S electronic musician, producer and activist Moby shares a self-directed video for sultry track “sweet moon” ft. Choklate, plus Jung remix. He has also shared news of a 3rd street DJ Mix, due out August 15, 2024, that will feature new and unreleased remixes of music from his new album, always centered at night, mixed together by Moby.