Lux

William Sheller - Lux Aeterna (1972) {2012 Remastered & Expanded Omni Recordings OMNI-164}
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© 1972, 2012 CBS-Arabella / The Omni Recording Corporation | OMNI-164
Rock / Classical / Psychedelic Rock / French Rock / Avant-Garde / Non-Music / Jazz / Modern / Prog Rock / Experimental

Sweet and sexy sounds from William Sheller – a rare French set from the early 70s – and a record we'd rank right up there with the best work by Serge Gainsbourg and Jean-Claude Vannier! Sheller's got a similar groove here – a way of compressing the instrumentation right down to the core, and slipping it around slinky rhythms and spacey production – both of which make familiar instruments sound really way-out! There's also a bit of darkness to the set too – which comes from Sheller's process of recasting a mass structure into a new sort of vision – and a few points feature vocalizations alongside the way-out instrumentation.

Quasar Lux Symphoniae performs a refined music with elaborated and successful arrangements and subtle melodic inspiration in the compositions. The Dead Dream is the first lysergic trip of Quasar L.S. (before Lux Symphoniae's majestic works), originally dated 1977, recorded again in 1995 because the original tapes were lost, with absolute respect of the original recordings. A psychedelic pearl in a concept album. A visionary and dramatic story too. Not only the psychodrama of Roxy, maybe a soundtrack and an epitaph for the death of the lysergic and hippy dream.

This album is “black-death-metal with tons of keys and fun ideas”. That’s the only way I could characterize it since I haven’t yet decided if I like or hate the bloody thing! I’ve sure as hell heard it, tens of times but… Anyway, since it’s got so much of my time and my attention it has got to be really something! I have only one choice now and that is to wait for LUX OCCULTA’s next release. This cd also includes two bonus tracks, obviously from another recording session,( that sound a lot more like “traditional” black metal but still interesting) and some pc stuff that I couldn’t get to see on mine, plus a video clip I didn’t get to see either unfortunately!! The ending track (“Mane-Tekel-Fares”), I must admit, is f***in’ fantastic! Great keys! Lovers of inspired metal, invest…

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Celebrating the life-giving power of light, the Lux Quartet is an exploratory new quartet co-led by two of the most celebrated and visionary artists in modern improvised music: pianist Myra Melford and drummer Allison Miller. Drawing on a shared passion for the preservation of nature and a boundary-stretching approach to music, the two innovative composers and bandleaders are joined by saxophonist Dayna Stephens and bassist Scott Colley, together crafting a sonic environment that glows with its own intense yet nurturing radiance.