20 July 2013

Red Summer Mix


RED SUMMER

A reflective summer mix covering many styles. A few gems recently unearthed by the likes of Prog Not Frog, The Growing Bin, Lamaraba, and the Museum of Canadian Music as well as some old favorites and recent explorations, some of which will go up on Muddy Candy in the near future. Mostly non-electronic music with a synthetic undercurrent, ranging from instrumental prog, lo-fi folkrock, to MPB and European neo-traditional hybrids. Ending with an engaged note. Here's wishing you a Red Summer.

1 Red Summer - “Release” (UK, 1982)
2 Rantz - “Lost in Forever” (USA, 1982)
3 KHA-YM - “Georges” (France, 1979)
4 Performance - “Ideal Prison” (France, 1982)
5 Azalia Snail - “Azalia Bloom #16” (USA, 1990)
6 Achterbahn Band - “All these Summernights” (Germany, 1979)
7 Uku Kuut - “Soft Fashion” (Estonia, 198x)
8 La Sedon Salvadie - “Povere ce farajo” (Italy, 1990)
9 Jan-Màri Carlòtti - “Vira, Vira La Ròda” (France,1984)
10 Marco Melchiori - ”Lamentazione” (Italy, 198x)
11 Beto Guedes - “Lumiar” (Brazil, 1977)
12 Marcos Valle - “Bicho No Cio” (Brazil, 1980)
13 Drama - “As I Breathe On The T.T.C.” (Canada, 1979)
14 Hoi’ Polloi - “Deviations” (USA, 1972)
15 Charlie Bleak - “Never You Mind” (USA, 1972)
16 Ted Greene - “Improvisation #7” (USA, 2001)
17 Eric Bentley - “Easter Sunday, 1935 [Brecht]” (USA, 1965)

15 July 2013

All links re-upped with Dropbox links

The links I was posting before were expiring after short periods of inactivity. I've replaced them all with direct links to the files hosted by Dropbox. Please let me know if there are any problems with downloads, or if the links go dead. More stuff coming soon!

06 July 2013

Linda Cohen - Leda (USA, 1972)


Linda Cohen was a Philadelphia-based guitarist, who made three albums of instrumental music for classical guitar, augmented with various electronic instruments and effects. Sadly, she passed away recently, but was well-known in Philadelphia both as a musician and a guitar instructor. (Her obituary can be seen here.) Other members of the Philadelphia music scene help out on all her recordings: notably, Craig Anderton and Michal Kac of legendary psych group Mandrake Memorial, as well Charles Cohen, a modular synth player who is well-known to anyone familiar with the Philly underground scene of the past few decades. Leda was followed by Lake of Light (1973) and Angel Alley (1982); of the three, Leda seems to be the most sparse, with the warm nylon-string guitar of most tracks being subtly augmented by bass or synth sounds which remain in the background. Like of Light is available at this Soundcloud page. Although the arrangements of Lake of Light are sometimes more engaging, I think the songs of Leda are stronger, ultimately making it a more enjoyable album. Calm, reflective, psychedelic, and slightly melancholic music, reminiscent of Führs & Fröhling. 
Linda Cohen - Leda
LP, Poppy Records, 1972
A1    Arroyo
A2    Promenade
A3    Leda
A4    Madman Samba
A5    Wisteria
A6    Valentine Suite
B1    Fantasia Inca
B2    The Dust
B3/4 Two Themes     
B5    The Old Castle
B6    Sixth Sense