John Barleycorn Reborn: Dark Britannica 2CD CSR84CD
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A discovery of folk music from dark Britannica. 'John Barleycorn Reborn' explores seasonal birth, death and rebirth on this double CD. This compilation explores the darker side of British folk music, evoking the mystery of our ancient past and peoples, the strangeness of their beliefs, arcane traditions and the remnants of this carried down the centuries as folklore. The set has an extended booklet with articles, essays and explorations of the album's concept. Curated by Mark Coyle (Woven Wheat Whispers). Features 33 artists.
Disc 1: The Horses Of The Gods, The Owl Service, The Story (Martin Welham of Forest), Damh The Bard, Mary Jane, Andrew King, The Triple Tree (Andrew King / Tony Wakeford), Sol Invictus, Sieben (Matt Howden), Sharron Kraus, Charlotte Greig & Johan Asherton, Pumajaw, Peter Ulrich (Dead Can Dance), Alphane Moon, English Heretic, Far Black Furlong.
Disc 2: The Anvil, Tinkerscuss, The Straw Bear Band, Electronic Voice Phenomena, The Purple Minds Of Lazeron, Sand Snowman, The A Lords, The Kitchen Cynics, Quickthorn, Clive Powell, Venereum Arvum, Drohne, Stormcrow, Doug Peters, While Angels Watch, Xenix Emputae Travelling Band, Martyn Bates (Eyeless In Gaza).
"The Masters of the Cigar Box Guitar, volume 1" Insurrection Records CDr
"EMPTY CIGAR BOXES, STICKS, HACK-WIRED ELECTRONICS...WHATEVER MAKES A SOUND. EACH OF THESE PERFORMERS ABANDONED THEIR "NORMAL" INSTRUMENTS FOR SOMETHING DEEPER...TRUER...MORE PRIMAL!"
I'm sure you've read about old bluesmen who started out on simple guitars made from broomsticks, cigar boxes and baling wire. There is a new movement of musicians who are going back to the basics...making and playing their own homemade instruments. They call it the Cigar Box Guitar Revolution.
This is the revolutionary cd created by the Cigar Box Guitar Forum. Eighteen performers from 3 different continents...all playing cigar box guitars and other homemade instruments. It's not what you'd expect. Genre's include blues, rock, folk, goth, nu-metal, techno, trip hop, rockabilly and more. It is packaged in Insurrection Records' "Poverty Pack." Homemade all the way.
1 Beans - Beans Hambone/El Morrow. The first recording of a CBG (1931)
2 When I Lay My Burdon Down - Rollie Tussing & Ezra Holbrook
3 They Call Me Cigar Box Slim - Cigar Box Slim & the Smokebox Revival
4 Jack O' Diamonds - Salty Dog
5 You Don't Love Me Anymore - Gerry Thompson
6 Black Sea Outline - Bazookahosen
7 Bright With Stars - Chris Ballew (of Pres. of the USA )
8 My Cigarronne - Yeti On A Budget
9 Possum Headed Girl - Ditch Diggers
10 X-Ray Spex - Jug Fusion
11 Tree `Fo' A Hurricane - Dr. Oakroot
12 John Henry - Johnny Lowebow
13 High Noon - Shane Speal
14 Voodoo Stew - Elliott and the Untouchables
15 The Way of the Green Osiris - Stone Breath
16 Tone to Salve My Soul - Tim Bower of Citrus
17 Don't Want to See You Go - Stacy Puckett
18 Cigar Holler - Mack Stevens and David Betz
19 My Little Toy Ray Gun - Dynamo Ray
20 Berta Berta - Rollie Tussing & Ezra Holbrook
21 Sophia's Tune - My Blue Neighborhood feat. Gerry Thompson
22 You're Going To Need Somebody On Your Bond - Tim Bower
23 Jesus Gonna Make Up My Dyin' Bed - Jug Fusion
24 Swing Low Sweet Chariot - Stacy Puckett
(hidden track???)
"Record of Shadows Infinite" CBR33 CD
A diverse collection of contemporary neo-minimalism and cinematic audio experimentation, bringing together eerie twilight drones, harrowing field recordings, intoxicating soundscapes, and hazy psychedelic ambience from across the globe. From pastoral to apocalyptic, a wealth of aural vistas are contained within. Featuring: Troum, Francisco Lopez, House of Low Culture, Thuja, Unearthly Trance, Caos as Shelter, Amon, Beneath the Lake, Scot Jenerik, and Ruhr Hunter. (this is the companion compilation to the "Shadows Infinitum" CDr)
"Shadows Infinitum" CBR42 CDr
The wrangling of top-notch drone artists continues with this full length, extremely polished CD-r release, limited to 250 copies. Exclusive tracks from DEAD RAVEN CHOIR, ENCOMIAST, KORPERSSCHWACHE, EXISTENTIAL DILEMMA, BURNING STAR CORE, FEVERDREAMS, NADJA, MARAX, and UNHOLYDEATHMACHINE run the gamut: these further explorations of the drone touch on blackened folk creep, glacial hum and gorgeous ambient bliss, buzzsaw feedback rituals, imploding-sun droneblast, improvised clatter and drift, epic dronemetal, vampiric dronenoise, and schizophrenic kool-aid burble riots. Another exercise in intelligent, outsider droneworks from CRUCIAL BLAST. (this is the companion compilation to the "Record of Shadows Infinite" CD)
