Hi Rushton, I try to keep moving. Most of my employees are in bands so I get a lot of exposure to new music. Music in general is exploding right now and there is an amazing amount of excellent stuff going on!! Tonight:
Vilayat Khan - EMI I've not heard this one in a while but another thread got me thinking of it again.
Earthstar - French Skyline (Sky label # 031) nice French analog synth stuff from the 70s.
Global Communication - Pentamerous Metamorphosis This is one of my favorite bands. They only did three LPs- this is their last and perhaps the best. Gorgeous. Their second album got Atma-Sphere Bass of the Year Award... see:
http://atma-sphere.com/awards/bya/index.html
Paul Metzger (S/T) www.mutantmusic.com - all analog and 180gram. Paul is an astonishing guitar master who has ventured into unknown territory by modifying his guitar with sympathetic strings and removing the frets. He plays with speed, integrety and nuance, and sounds remarkably Indian? -Middle Eastern?- Chinese? hard to say but it is beautiful, heartfelt and unique. Local guy too. Solo guitar, with no effects, *very* natural sound. Side A and B are radically different and show the wide ranges Paul is capable of.
His performances locally are a thing to behold. He plays a solo instrument, with minimal amplification and obvious ethnic influences and styles, and gets rousing cheers even from a punk audience! Awesome!
