Thought Radio, the Saturday edition of The AM/FM Show, is now weekly, every Saturday 6 am EDT/GMT-4. On April 12, in Phase One, I will continue the special on Sequences Electronic Music Magazine's sampler CDs and will play music from the 30th Anniversary reissue of "Structures from Silence" by Steve Roach as well as music by AirSculpture who will be playing at The Gatherings on May 17. In Phase 3, I'll play music by Beardfish who will appear at the next NJ Proghouse concert. Also playing at NJP will be Elephants of Scotland.
The show features electronic, ambient, and spacemusic at the beginning, an eclectic mix of genres in the middle, and winds up with Progressive Rock.
We are happy to announce that our second studio album Spiralo will be released on 25 April. The LP will be issued on red and black vinyl with gatefold and also as a digital download album.
Details:
E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr / S P I R A L O
LP gatefold, black vinyl and red vinyl
Svart Records SVR 286
Release Date: 25 April 2014.
A voyage beyond earthly certainties, into the secrets of time and space - Spiralo is a full-blown cosmic adventure in six parts. It began as an improvised live set that the band played at concerts during the late 2011 and early 2012. Later the band decided to re-create the set in the studio and release it as a follow-up to their highly acclaimed debut album Kometenbahn (LP Svart Records 2013 and 2 x CD Origo Sound 2014 with bonus live CD Tonwald).
With Spiralo the four space cadets of E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr (Pertti Grönholm, Jaakko Penttinen, Kimi Kärki and Ismo Virta) continue to permeate through the cosmic haze, to scout such corners of space which have remained unexplored for almost 40 years. The sounds and textures of E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr are spiraling from the worlds which were explored by the German kosmische Musik pioneers in the 1970s and early 1980s. Sometimes the explorers find themselves in the middle of dark and still soundscapes, sometimes they hitch-hike all over cosmos by riding on spellbinding melodies and gripping pulses.
Tracks composed by Pertti Grönholm (Parts II, V and VI) and Jaakko Penttinen (Parts I, III and IV). Arranged and performed by E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr. Recorded by E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr at Valimo Productions, Turku. Mixed by Ismo Virta and E-Musikgruppe Lux Ohr at Studio Corpus Hill, Turku. Mastered by Matias Ahonen at Audiamond. Produced by E . . .
a few weeks to go, and then the new Emmens&Heij CD Signs will be available. The official release date is the 10th of May at E-Day, where Gert and l have a stall. For more information about Signs, please visit the Emmens&Heij section at www.gertemmens.nl. You can already pre-order directly from us at the shop section!
I'm happy to announce that the collaboration between classical french horn player and synthesist Detlev Everling and myself, that has been in the making since late 2009, finally has been completed.
The resulting album is entitled
S p a r r o w s
and will be released on SynGate Luna on April the 26th.
The overall mood of the album is rather mellow, friendly and laid back (I think), however it also has some (slightly) darker and experimental moments, and one track which is a little more upbeat.
Detlev's contributions of both conventional and heavily electronically processed french horn, my use of jew's harp in one track, and the feature of female vocals in another gives this release a (hopefully) original twist...
Below You see the cover art, and there's also a SoundCloud link to a pre-mix of the slightly faster track.
- Since 1978 I keyboarder for several bands, most recently for Blackfingers feat. Gitta MacKay
- Since 1990 professional french horn player, first in Annaberg, now for the Landesbühe Sachsen in Radebeul/Saxonia.
- At home he has some fun with making electronic music...
Here's a clip of the Orchester Landesbühne Sachsen, Detlev's daytime job; two years ago they had to struggle a lot because the federal state of Saxonia wanted to close it down (no money for culture, it . . .
While we are at it, on tonight's playlist you will find music from past and coming events' artists, and some brand new releases as well. The first contribution is by Erik Seifert and Josef Steinbüchel, who just presented their new album at the Schallwelle ceremony, named Softlock. Followed by the grand-seigneur of electronic music Peter Mergener and a revived double album on his Creatures. This edition also is about two events coming up, which really deserve being visited and need your early commitment to make them happen. One of them is the Radio Happy Event on June 7th, presenting artists not seen before on stage in our realm, where I have The Glimmer Room and Bob Hedger on the show. The second event is E-Day, also presenting several new faces, artists with really cool music, like Pyramid Peak and Przemysław Rudź. Great music, great events to support.
Jazzcomputer.org's ambient jazzy music is now available on Bandcamp, quite all the albums have now moved. The music is available in various formats including high audio definition. A new record is about to be released and will be announced soon, but there's already two unreleased tracks in the new version of the Best Of.
