Les Baricades Mistérieuses features Dutch harpsichordist Hanneke van Proosdij,
renowned for the elegance, virtuosity, and expressiveness of her playing. She
performs on a harpsichord based on the Ruckers-Goujon harpsichord in the Musee
d'Art et d'Histoire in Neuchatel, Switzerland; it has more than a frisson of the
original Ruckers, and tenders energy and complexity to the works of D'Anglebert,
Couperin, Forqueray, Duphly & Balbastre. The title of the album derives from
Couperin's famous work "Les Baricades Mistérieuses" which was published in 1717
in his VIth Ordre de Clavecin. Although countless theories have been advanced as
to the meaning of the title, none is convincing, and the ineluctable modality of
the piece has captured the imaginations of composers, writer and artists. In
1961, René Magritte painted "Les Barricades Mystérieuses," which eventually was
transformed into a grand mural in Halle Delvaux at the Palais des Congrès in
Brussels.
The French harpsichord school of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is
known as Les Clavecinistes. They flourished and achieved a refinement of
keyboard writing which was constantly admired and often imitated outside their
home country. The French Clavecinistes flourished at the royal court and the
aristocratic salons of Paris. This recording will take you on a journey among
the different generations and styles of French harpsichordists and composers.
Blues legend in the making Mark Cook has teamed up with some of the finest musicians from Atlanta, Georgia to create this album of old-fashioned, down-home guitar-based blues. Winner of the Just Plain Folks Music Awards for "Best Blues Album of the Year 2006" and "Best Rock Instrumental 2006" for the title track.
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solid, sensual, organic, languorous electronic music
"The True Harvest" was born of sonic adventures deep in the woods of
Northern California. It was birthed and nurtured in the cool earth of the River House, now offered to you as a musical companion. An audible feast of rich pulsing
soundscapes; rhythms of the intangible within our vast, churning world.
Performed and recorded solely by multi instrumentalist and producer Bobby
Cochran, "The True Harvest" succeeds in widening the scope of h.u.b.e. music and
pushing the vision further.
'Colonization' (his third album) takes the listener on a
journey through sweeping sonic landscapes, unexpected strong melodic hooks and
organic textures interspersed with quizzical alien interludes. A treat for
avid listeners who prefer their electronic music to be aimed at their
frontal lobes.
No stranger to pushing boundaries of the experimental organic ambient scene,
Chris Harvey remains true to his roots absorbing influences from artists such as
Aphex Twin, Delia Derbyshire, FSOL, Thomas Dolby and David Sylvian.
Music from "the retro-future that may yet come to pass" ...