NEUN WELTEN - Valg

Band: Neun Welten
Album: Valg
Year: 2004
Country: Germany
Genres: Ambient Folk/Acoustic/NeoFolk
Format: Mp3@VBR~256kbs
Size: 28MB

TRACKLISTING :
01. Valg
02. Nebelland
03. Waldquell 


Neun Welten is a dark traditional neofolk band from Germany. Neun Welten (which means ‘nine worlds') brings to mind every aspect of nature, forest, and aspiration with their dreamy, dark melodies and classical elements.

Members
Anja Hövelmann - Flute, Clarinet
Aline Deinert - Violin
David Zaubitzer - Acoustic Guitar, Cello
Marten Winter - Drums
Meinolf Müller - Acoustic Guitar, Jew's Harp

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THE RAVEN - BACK TO OHIO BLUES

"BIKER ROCK/BLUES" 1975 OHIO, USA

“You took all of my money!  And you made me a fool!
Heartache and trouble! Got misery on my mind!”

…screams The Raven (with all the fervor of a drugged out ‘nam vet you would pass on the street) during the opening track “Can’t You See.” The bassline is a single note, plodding along, having nothing to do with any of the notes that the guitar is playing. It’s a minor, dissonant, uncomfortable note. In fact, this very note must be what it FEELS like to live in Cleveland or Akron. It reminds me of that painful, atonal synth screeching away at the beginning of “Non Alignment Pact”, the opening track to Pere Ubu’s debut “The Modern Dance”.

Now after all I’ve just said you may be thinking, “Why would I ever wanna listen to something like that?!” Well my friends, because it’s the sweetest, sludgiest, rawest, darkest, most bad ass song to come out of 1975! It’s as if Keith Richards and Dave Kusworth of the Jacobites woke up in a hotel room so loaded they didn’t know what country they were in, but this was on the little hand held tape recorder lying by the bed.

To be honest, I’ve barely even listened to the rest of the album. (Although it is totally killer. More biker than swamp but you don’t hear me complainin’!) As soon as this song is over, I skip it back to the beginning of the record, over and over again.

Being a private press of 300 originally, the original fetches absurd sums but you’re in luck! He’s reissued it himself on his own label in a limited run of 700. Get ‘em while they last!

TRACK LISTING

01. Can’t You See 5:03
02. Raven Mad Jam 8:10
03. Don’t You Feel 4:51
04. War With My Soul 3:25
05. Back to Ohio Blues 13:12

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*This entry was ORIGINALLY written and posted on Monday, December 29th, 2008 by BRUX BLACKHAWK:
http://www.halcyon-magazine.com/2008/12/epyc-relyc-the-raven-back-to-ohio-blues-lp-1975/

JERUSALEM - S/T

"HEAVY PSYCHE/PROTO-METAL" 1972 ENGLAND

“Primitive man” is the standout track off Jerusalem’s S/T 1972 album. Slow. Heavy. Brutal. A desperate form for primordial nostalgia emerges. An incurable craving for a time without the lies, deceit and war that come with “civilization”.

“Primitive man, you knew what life was / Primitive man, you can tell us because / Primitive man, respected the earth’s trust / Primitive man, you knew only love.”

With all the brutal  heaviness and caveman simplicity of Blue Cheer and Pentagram, JERUSALEM emerge from the mighty year of 1972, but could just as easily exist now for few groups have ever been this ahead of their time. Of course… that has a lot to do with why they never “made it”.

Jerusalem was discovered by Ian Gillian, who produced their only s/t album and a single: “Kamikaze Moth,” backed with the track “Frustration”. They were very much a “live” band, and while many other rock bands wanted their audiences to sit down and listen, Jerusalem were all about making their audiences stand up and rock the fuck out.

They toured throughout Europe and shared the same stage as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Status Quo. They also played at some of the major festivals in Europe to audiences of 50,000+ and usually sent people into a stoked-out fury!

“When the night comes I must go… loneliness has become my foe”

TRACK LISTING:

1.Frustration
2.Hooded Eagle
3.I See The Light
4.Murderers Lament
5.When the Wolf Sits
6.Midnight Steamer
7.Primitive Man
8.Beyond the Grave
9.She Came Like a Bat From Hell

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*This entry was ORIGINALLY written and posted on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm at by BRUX BLACKHAWK:
http://www.halcyon-magazine.com/2008/12/epyc-relyc-jerusalem-st-1972/

CZAR- S/T LP

"PSYCHEDELIC ROCK" 1970 ENGLAND

When I first heard the first track off this album, “Tread Softly on my Dreams,” my mind was officially blown in a way it had never been blown… ever! It was like someone let Brian Eno sing for The Beatles right after they had broken up… (but with none of the tension that their last album suffers from.)

In fact, being a UK band, I wouldn’t be surprised if Eno had gotten his hands on this LP and knew right then exactly what he would do later in his career. If he did manage to pick up a copy he’d be one of the very few who did. The one time I tried to by it, the auction ended at almost $400, if that gives you any indication as to how rare and amazing this album is.

The rest of the album is wonderfully swirling with layers of mellotron and other organs and keys (up to FIVE per song were played by the vocalist!) along with tastefully treated guitars and delicate song arrangements.

Truly a brilliant and classic album that will stand the test of time.
(The bonus tracks however, leave something to be desired...)

TRACK LISTING:
01. Tread softly on my dreams(6:37)
02. Cecelia (8:12)
03. Follow me (3:19)
04. Dawning of a new day (6:11)
05. Beyond the moon (3:44)
06. Today (3:23)
07. A day in September (7:56)

BONUS TRACKS:
08. Oh Lord I’m getting heavy
09. Why don’t we be a rock ‘n roll band

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