In Rotation, August 2003
Mistress McCutchan
Ohgr – Sunnypsyop
Track Listing: HiLo, maJiK, JaKo, ChemTale, WaTergaTe, DoG, iOvNoW, ShiTe, Sunburn, EnDai.
A fantastic new album from the Ogre/Walk team. Twisted electronica with a nostalgic throwback to the 1980’s (and listen for the extra hidden track). I dig it even more than Welt, and it’s been with me and my headset as I run around in an appropriate New York pace. For more info, check out www.ohgr.org
Lori Hawk – Alive in This Dream
Track Listing: Listening for You, Princess Mary, Alive, For the Kings, Free, Oracle, Hand to the Wall, Swings, As You Hold Me, Today, The Edge.
A touch of Tori Amos’ piano styling, Loreena McKennitt’s storytelling and the magic of Stevie Nicks’s lyrics and you have the lovely Lori Hawks. A stunning album overall – the tune Princess Mary is incredibly infectious in its whimsical charm. For more information, check www.lorihawk.com
Glenn Love – Cruel Utopia
Track Listing: Cipher, Cruel Utopia, Photo, Mind, In Exile, Sea of Forgotten Dreams..., Kool Utopia.
This Torontonian musician paints an electronic soundscape that exudes all that is sci-fi. Very Blade Runner ambient; this isn’t music you casually listen to, it’s something you absorb. For more information, check www.glennlove.com
Prikosnovenie – Faery World No. 1
Track Listing: Kunmanngur (Lys & Louisa John-Krol), Galadriel’s Song (Caprice), The Morning Glory (Faraway), Atmos (Anassane), On the Dark Side of the Moon (Flëur), Fés Mejdoub (Phil Von & The Gnawa Musicians of Fes), Mirzo (Lys & Francois Testory), Otkrovénie (Irfan), Yahil (Gor), Haqeldama (Jack & Jive), I’ve Lost Myself (Ashram), Hypnosoneirathanatos (Daemonia Nymphe), The Lily and the Rose (Louisa John-Krol), Witch-hazel (Love Sessions), Rebetico (Ringe Ringe Raja), Delio (Prajna), Madranoura (Christian Wolz).
An amazing compilation from the French label, Prikosnovenie. They term their music as “faery voices” and I can’t agree more with this genre name. This cd offers an array of otherworldly flavours that soar and rock with Russian, Arabic, and Celtic influences.
The accompanying booklet is a perfect introduction for newbies to the Prikosnovenie catalogue. For the nay-sayers who believe ethereal equals whiny... open your ears to this beauty.
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