Amazing noisy sludge from Louisiana, Thou seem to be keeping to a trend of quasi-religious metal band names. They’re impressive at any rate.

[Sample] Joseph Benzola – Collected Works: 2012-2014

January 3, 2015 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=611531571/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/

Composer, pianist, percussionist and all-around good guy Joseph Benzola has been hiding quite a few treasures. He’s done the world a favor by releasing some of his sketches through his Bandcamp site.

[Sample] Philip Jeck – Suite: Live In Liverpool

December 31, 2014 / Rudy Carrera / Leave a comment

https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3842496064/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/transparent=true/

When I was collecting CDs from the legendary Touch Records label out of England, I came across the work of turntablist (for lack of a more appropriate term, as old vinyl records are his weapons of choice) Philip Jeck. The man was an alchemist as far as I was concerned, but I lost track of his releases about 6 years ago or so.

Thanks to my good friend Qualo Infinity, who posts scores of great music onto his Facebook page (both his own and others’) for enlightening me to this release.

Neil Young’s next act: music technology entrepreneur

March 11, 2014 / Rudy Carrera

Unlike a great deal of my colleagues, I’m not a vinyl snob. Yes, it sounds wonderful for rock and jazz, but as I enjoy listening to classical and experimental music, I like the idea that I can hear such things with clarity.

That being said, the great Neil Young, himself a fan of technology, has started a service dedicated to audiophiles. PonoMusic (not quite ready for launch yet) is the name of his new venture, and it will be launched on Kickstarter this week.

Upstart Business Journal has more on this wonderful development here.