The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away

I’m Going Away is the Fiery Furnaces’ Eighth album. It was recorded by and mixed with Jason Loewenstein at the end of 2008 and the beginning of 2009 in New York City. Jason also played bass and Robert D’Amico played drums. All songs were written together by Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger, except for the title track, which is “trad. Arranged by.” Eleanor wrote most of the lyrics; Matt wrote most of the music and also produced the album.

All rock music is a sort of dramatic music. And since the times are tough, it makes sense to have that “drama” be something more like a vers...

Lokai - transition

After being occupied with solo and band projects, Florian Kmet and Stefan Németh met again last year to record “Transition”. This was Lokai’s second album after the debut “7 Million” released on their own Mosz records in 2005. A few but important things had changed since then. Firstly there was a new and adapted rehearsal space (actually Florian´s old apartment), which was a great improvement. It had a small but nice selection of acoustic and electromechanical instruments, and also recording facilities. Thus it became possible to tie together the process of composing and recording pieces,...

David Daniell and Douglas McCombs - Sycamore

David Daniell and Douglas McCombs first met in early 2006 while touring as members of Rhys Chatham\'s six-guitar Die Donnergötter band.  Following that tour, the two spent several months trading albums and discussing making music together; they began their musical collaboration when Daniell moved from New York to Chicago later that year to study pedal steel guitar.



These humble beginnings do little to reflect the depth and breadth of each of their talents; both are highly-respected musicians within their circles.  Over the years Daniell has collaborated with many notable mu...

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