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2009 release. After the seminal dub/illbient records Psychotropical Heatwave and Fantastic Voyage on the cult label WordSound, Prince Charming returns with a direct hit. On Lapis Lazuli the sound alchemist interweaves strands of his widespread musical universe into an atmospheric, tight album. Illbient -- Prince Charming has been rejecting this categorization since the start of his work -- as a genre, it is too small for such a vast experience. Lapis Lazuli takes the listener on a quirky extravaganza through space and time; dub, exotica, ragtime, breakbeat, exotica, cinematic soundtrack, blues, classical, Latin, psychedelic, Afro-jazz, field recordings, and science-fiction, are just a few of his numerous and diverse influences reworked and melted elegantly into coherent tracks titled "Zebrine Polymorphous Blues," "Spider Scorpian Conch," "Pomegranate of Vice (a Supergeometry Symphony)," or "Uvarovite and Demantoid Dub." Uppers and downers, rockers and chillers -- a record as entertaining and imaginative as Prince Charming has never been.
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This is the debut album from Metaboman. As a part of the Krause Duo, Metaboman is well-versed in party culture. All ten songs on this bonafide club album set the mood and vibes between skillful, grooving rhythms. This music in a club context stands far above the plain acoustic shock and scream. Is it a party record? But of course, yet with not a little insubordination, depth, plumes of smoke and indulgence. Metaboman has always had his own vision, which plays out and mirrors his own authentic uniqueness. He doesn't find sounds -- he finds shapes and forms in the progressive sense -- not the new sounds but rather the new forms. He's not merely about the subterranean bass drum, but rather, telling his own story. He gives his pieces space and depth, and the music is positioned somewhere within a sonic cosmos. This music is the easily-understood sonic language of Metaboman.
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Previously reissued on Akarma, this version is probably a little bit more "legit", a little bit more desirable (4 bonus tracks, Andy Votel liner notes, mastered from original tapes). "Chris Harwood's debut LP for Miki Dallon's obscure British Birth label was the only record she ever made. No singles were ever released and it was seldom heard beyond these shores -- the making of a record collector's holy grail. Alongside the obscure Vashti Bunyan LP, Shirley Collins and Julie Covington's early solo LP, Nice to Meet Miss Christine remains one of the most sought after English female folk records ever released. You just have to listen to her cover of CSN&Y's 'Wooden Ships' to realize why. Miss Christine's naked vocals ride a rock-solid back beat with clavinet funk and a wash of luscious strings sending you into a trance-like state. Featuring a veritable who's who of rock and folk, including Yes guitarist Peter Banks, Strawbs guitarist Dave Lambert, Joe Cocker/Juicy Lucy/Sensational Alex Harvey Band hammond organist 'Tommy Eyre' Plummer, bass player Roger Sutton (Brain Auger & Julie Driscoll)-- this rare-as-hens-teeth record (fetching in excess of £200 on internet auction sites) is on the want list of any serious collector of any of the above bands."
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