Pleasure No.130

Though recorded quickly over two days – and indeed, literally recorded live in the studio with no overdubs – Synanthesia's sole album from 1969 is a gentle treat for anyone interested in the obscurer realms of late-'60s U.K. folk and its descendants. It's always a pleasure to hear something that did not deservedly go out of print – and therefore get an unnecessary reputation. Instead, the combination of bandleader Dennis Homes' gentle vocals and delicate guitar work, Leslie Cook's equally strong talents, and the ace-in-the-hole performing of sax and flute player Jim Fraser is often quite magical. That the band openly has a debt to the Incredible String Band and Bert Jansch practically goes without saying, but there's a difference between mere aping and finding a particular spin on a sound, and Synanthesia firmly comes down on the side of the latter.

BBC - Revolution and Romance: Musical Masters of the 19th Century (2016)
HDTV | 1920x1080 | .MKV/AVC @ 3635 Kbps | 3x~58min | 5.11 GiB
Audio: English AAC 130 kbps, 2 channels | Subs: English
Genre: Documentary

Suzy Klein explores the transformation of music in the 19th century. In an age of political and industrial revolution, she tells how music became the leading art form.