SECRET CHIEFS 3 – Shoel / Brazen Serpent | Live @ Big Ears (2024)

Secret Chiefs 3: Band of Bands. That really has the perfect overbearing ring to it. When the "satellite band" idea was announced with 2004’s “Book of Horizons” it must have seemed like a pretty outlandish delusion of grandeur. That it certainly was. And a decade later the grandeur of the delusion has expanded beyond outlandishness… Continue lendo SECRET CHIEFS 3 – Shoel / Brazen Serpent | Live @ Big Ears (2024)

MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – Witches Brew: The Summoning (2023)

From the album Witchy Activities And The Maple Death (May 5th 2023, Zenna Records) of the Monika Roscher Bigband, a prog big band of 18 musicians between math-jazz and avant-pop. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMZZyrzKg2U&ab_channel=MonikaRoscherBigband Lyrics: Night is upon uswitchy activitiesit's time to shineI'm one of the witchesthe moon is pale upon the trees and starless sky of nightit… Continue lendo MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – Witches Brew: The Summoning (2023)

MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – A Taste of the Apocalypse (2023)

Monika Roscher Bigband is comprised of 18 musicians and exists somewhere between math-rock, prog-jazz, avant-pop and experimental electronics. Formed in in Munich in 2011 the band soon made waves with their thrilling live performances and the boundary bashing ideas of Monika Roscher, their founder, singer, guitarist and conductor. Their first two albums Failure in Wonderland (2012, Enja… Continue lendo MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – A Taste of the Apocalypse (2023)

MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – 8 Prinzessinnen

Lead single from the third album Witchy Activities And The Maple Death (2023, Zenna Records) of the Monika Roscher Bigband, a prog big band of 18 musicians between math-jazz and avant-pop. https://youtu.be/Iwq0Fd8qYKU?si=Yw3vBcIK_oOcIPKu Lyrics: Eight princesses stand trialtrying to steal the northern lighttrying to cage it and hideto gain eternal life Eight princesses look surprisedluminous faces… Continue lendo MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – 8 Prinzessinnen

MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – Direct Connection (live)

Monika Roscher Bigband is comprised of 18 musicians and exists somewhere between math-rock, prog-jazz, avant-pop and experimental electronics. Formed in in Munich in 2011 the band soon made waves with their thrilling live performances and the boundary bashing ideas of Monika Roscher, their founder, singer, guitarist and conductor. Their first two albums Failure in Wonderland (2012, Enja… Continue lendo MONIKA ROSCHER BIGBAND – Direct Connection (live)

HARMONIA – Sonnenschein (1973)

Harmonia was a West German musical "supergroup" formed in 1973 as a collaboration between members of two prominent krautrock bands: Cluster's Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius joined by Neu! guitarist Michael Rother. Living and recording in the rural village of Forst, the trio released two albums—Musik von Harmonia (1974) and Deluxe (1975)—to limited sales before… Continue lendo HARMONIA – Sonnenschein (1973)

AMON DÜÜL II – Phallus Dei (1969)

Amon Düül II (or Amon Düül 2, Pronunciation: Amon Düül) are a German rock band formed in 1968. The group is generally considered to be one of the pioneers of the West German krautrock scene. Their 1970 album Yeti was described by British magazine The Wire as "one of the cornerstones of the entire Krautrock… Continue lendo AMON DÜÜL II – Phallus Dei (1969)

CURRENT 93 – Twilight Twilight Nihil Nihil (for Thomas Ligotti who has seen the bloodbells shine) (1996)

All the Pretty Little Horses (TheInmostLightItself) is an album by Current 93. It forms the second part of the Inmost Light trilogy; the first being 1995's Where the Long Shadows Fall (Beforetheinmostlight) and the last being 1996's The Starres Are Marching Sadly Home (Theinmostlightthirdandfinal). Unlike its bookends, All the Pretty Little Horses is a full-length… Continue lendo CURRENT 93 – Twilight Twilight Nihil Nihil (for Thomas Ligotti who has seen the bloodbells shine) (1996)

CVRRENT 93 – I Have A Special Plan For This World (2000)

"I Have a Special Plan for This World" is a longform single by David Tibet's Current 93. The lyrics, spoken by Tibet, are taken from a poem of the same name by American writer Thomas Ligotti. Additional sound treatments are credited to Current 93. The single was released on limited edition vinyl and CD in… Continue lendo CVRRENT 93 – I Have A Special Plan For This World (2000)

THE RESIDENTS – Hard & Tenderly / Pain and Pleasure (1988)

The Residents are an American art collective and art rock band best known for their avant-garde music and multimedia works. Since their first official release, Meet the Residents (1974), they have released over 60 albums, numerous music videos and short films, three CD-ROM projects, and ten DVDs over the course of over half a century.… Continue lendo THE RESIDENTS – Hard & Tenderly / Pain and Pleasure (1988)