by eyes cast down | Mar 22, 2011 | Album Reviews
Bob Ohrum, whose 2010 release Elevated I recently reviewed, returns with a reissue of his 2005 album Subliminal Listening, also on the Relaxed Machinery label. This album is Bob’s love letter to his hometown of Buffalo, NY. It plays like an urban version of the...
by eyes cast down | Mar 16, 2011 | Album Reviews
Lucette Bourdin’s 2010 album Horse Heaven, her seventh release on the Earth Mantra netlabel, is excellently described on the album’s release page as one of Lucette’s most mystical, intimate, reflective and spiritual albums. At the same time, it...
by eyes cast down | Mar 5, 2011 | Album Reviews
Singer/songwriter and guitarist Prabhu das’ 2004 album Journey to the Heart lands squarely in the oft-dreaded New Age category, with many of its benefits but – to these ears, at least – none of its drawbacks. Prabhu das’ full-bodied voice is in fine form...
by eyes cast down | Feb 28, 2011 | Album Reviews
Guitarist Bobby Jones, who records as I’ve Lost, has just released Scáth M’anam, his first album on the Relaxed Machinery label. It follows Dissociative Fugue, a two-piece EP released on the Feedback Loop netlabel last year. Scáth M’anam is a Gaelic...
by eyes cast down | Feb 21, 2011 | Album Reviews
Tennessee space musicians Mark Mahoney and Michael Peck team up for their fourth duo album, A Life Incandescent (Waiting World Records 009), a feast of classic analog sounds with a strong science-fiction, exploratory vibe. The music was recorded live (at the Gathering...
by eyes cast down | Feb 14, 2011 | Album Reviews
Rudy Ensueno’s long-form Burundanga plays like a film-noir soundtrack. Juggling a small number of elements to carve out his piece, Ensueno builds a series of scenes, ratcheting up the tension and letting it fall, carrying us along as a great film always does. He...