The Strange And Beautiful Sorrow’s

Cliff Bennett & The Rebel Rousers formed in early 1961 in Hayes, Middlesex, borrowing their name from Duane Edward's hit 'Rebel Rouser'. Honing their skills playing popular Rock 'N' Roll covers, their local popularity drew the attention of legendary producer Joe Meek whose influence got them a contract with Parlophone.

Hip Hip Hooray is actually a retitled and slightly resequenced reissue of the Troggs' 1968 U.K. album Mixed Bag (which never came out in the United States), tacking on 11 CD bonus cuts from 1970 and 1973 singles. The original title Mixed Bag was an appropriate description of this rather scrapheap assembly, as it wasn't really a regular album. Instead, it was a budget-priced compilation matching eight songs that appeared on British and American singles in 1968 with four others that made their first appearance on the LP. Although all but one of the tracks was a Troggs original ("Hip Hip Hooray" being the lone exception)…

Vermillion Lies is a sister cabaret. Kim and Zoe (Boekbinder) Vermillion are real life sisters and talented performers, with strange and beautiful songs and strange and beautiful voices. From Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada to Moscow, Russia and Braga, Portugal Vermillion Lies has charmed audiences the world over with their unique brand of beauty, silliness, and creativity. With songs ranging from lyrical folk ballads to raucous circus marches, the Vermillion sisters have earned a reputation for an amazing live performance which enchants audiences of all ages and has everyone clapping, singing, dancing, and playing along.

Richard van Kruysdijk (Sonar Lodge, Phallus Dei) and Niels van Hoorn (The Legendary Pink Dots) hooked up in 2004 and produced 2 LP's ("Rorschach" and "Rorschach II"), which were later released on CD ("Everything Is Closer") in 2006.
On 'Everything Is Closer", Strange Attractor razes the edges of jazz, ambient and soulful electronica, combining Niels van Hoorn's unique approach to bass clarinet and impressive arsenal of saxophones and other acoustic and electronic wind instruments and effects with the arranging and production skills of Richard van Kruysdijk,who is also responsible for all other instruments (keyboards, drums, electronics,..) and artwork…

If there’s one thing both an elf and a dwarf could agree on, it’s that a little aesthetic brilliance goes a long way. This is why we’re so thrilled to share that Mondo, in partnership with Amazon Studios and Sparks and Shadows, is releasing a gorgeous limited-edition version of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘s season one soundtrack. This 10 CD set is an expansion of Mondo’s previous two CD-version of the soundtrack. While the original soundtrack is also gorgeous, this new collector’s edition takes the epic sounds of The Rings of Power to a whole new level./quote]