2016

Benedetti Michelangeli Arturo: Complete on D.G. [10 CD]

"A Multitude of Angels" is a 4-CD set of recordings from a series of solo concerts in Italy in October 1996, documenting the conclusion of Keith Jarrett's experiments with long-form improvisation in performances from Modena, Ferrara, Turin, and Genova. "These were the last concerts I played having no breaks within each set," Jarrett explains in his liner notes. The arc of the music is characteristically comprehensive: "Jazz is ever present here, alongside my deep closeness with classical music (modern and ancient, Ives and Bach)."

Hon är 32 år. Hon debuterar här. Hon debuterar på Jack White's Third Man Records. Hon spelar country. Hon är grym! Skivan var huvudrecensionen i Uncut - 8/10 i betyg. 3 sidor lång! I recensionen nämns artister som Willie Nelson, Loretta Lynn, Karen Dalton och Kacey Musgrave, som influenser, som soundalikes. Margo är det nya stora, Jack White har rätt!

Eagles: Dark desert highways/Broadcasts 1974-94 [6 CD]

2CD hardcover book (48 pages, 18x18 cm) incl. "Psychonaut EP" with 6 bonus tracks and liner notes; limited to 1.500 copies.<br/><br/>"The Blinding Dark" is definitely not Covenant's most easily accessible album. It does not contain as many hits as classics like "Northern Light" or "United States Of Mind", and it is surely less pleasant than Covenant's most striking earworms "Dead Stars" and "Happy Man". Still, "The Blinding Dark" is exciting not only because of its telling title, but also since it shows a remarkable development in style, something that Covenant decidedly wanted with this record - and not least thanks to the subject matter they address. Of course, dancefloors will still shake during "Sound Mirrors", "Immortal" or "I Close My Eyes", yet the albums focuses rather suppressed tracks of subtle darkness such as the Kraftwerk- and Jarré-inspired "Dies Irae" and the Lee Hazelwood(!) cover "Rider On A Wild Horse", a 1977 country anthem that has been turned into a sombre, sluggish electro requiem with heavy acoustic drums.<br/> <br/>Eventually "The Blinding Dark" offers a lot to discover, not least probably because long-standing Covenant member Joakim Montelius has once again taken more responsibility in the studio than on their previous works and due to the fact that Daniel Myer (haujobb, Architect) has returned as a permanent fixture in the group's live line-up.<br/> <br/>Thus, "The Blinding Dark" may hark back to one of Covenant's less "hit-heavy" records that turned out to have more depth and longevity just because of its raw character. It is their second full-length "Sequencer" that could have been the blueprint for the mood on "The Blinding Dark" with slower numbers such as "Tabula Rasa" or "Flux". And there could be worse references, right?