CD Feature/ Fluorescent Grey: "Gaseous Opal Orbs"
Robert Martin makes use of his third eye: A psychedelic bazaar brimming with energy.
CD Feature/ Aranos: "Mother of Moons Bathing"
Coherent patchworks of songs and tracks: Makes feeling lost for direction an exciting proposition.
Vital Weekly 623
Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the week.
CD Feature/ Kevin Ayers: "The Unfairground"
Zen master to a new generation of heavy-lidded art-kids: Ayers’ ambitionless voice is still well-equipped for pretty much anything.
CD Feature/ Lullatone: "The Bedtime Beat"
Sleepwalking precision: On the importance of a good night’s sleep and the benefits of making music in the bathtub.
CD Feature/ Mike Oldfield: "Music of the Spheres"
Not trying to be a classical composer: Mike Oldfield has rediscovered his calling and his true talents.
CD Feature/ David Watson: "Fingering an Idea"
A bagpipe-disc and a guitar-disc: Complete resistance against clear-cut tonal and melodic centres.
CD Feature/ Thelonious Monk "Brilliant Corners – Keepnews Collection "
Devious, alien chords: The band try to keep pace with Monk.
Vital Weekly 622
Frans de Waard presents the experimental releases of the week.
CD Feature/ Vasok: "Vasok"
Stomping, romping and pumping anti-funk: Purest minimal techno.
CD Feature/ William Stalnaker: "About Lear and Others"
Rhythmic elation: William Stalnaker is a happy child of the Avantgarde.
CD Feature/ Yann Novak: "In Residence"
An immitation of isolation: Probably meant to be perceived as zones rather than listened to as compositions.
CD Feature/ Kateryna Titova: "Rachmaninov"
The pain is cyclical: A personal portrait of the composer played by the hands of a young and aspiring instrumentalist.
CD Feature/ Aidan Baker: "Thoughtspan"
Contemporary third-eye-music: Aiming for something extraordinary with very ordinary tools.
CD Feature/ Sola Andata, Seaworthy, Taylor Deupree: "Live in Melbourne"
Beautifully bound together by the breath of tension and release: An album of heavenly dimensions of quietude.