On his second Blue Note outing and fifth album overall, drummer Johnathan Blake pays tribute to his late father, violin trailblazer John Blake Jr., who composed the title track. There are other dedicatees as well: the solo drum intro “Lament for Lo” is for fellow drummer Lawrence Leathers, who died at 37 in 2019; and “Tears I Cannot Hide” honors its influential composer, the late Ralph Peterson Jr., who recorded it on his 2002 album Subliminal Seduction. Blake’s reading is a waltz, faster in tempo than the original, with warm Fender Rhodes coloring the elegant harmonies.
Blake’s vehicle is a jaw-dropping quintet called Pentad, with alto saxophonist Immanuel Wilkins, vibraphonist Joel Ross, pianist David Virelles, and bassist Dezron Douglas. We get to hear Virelles in a trio setting on his own “Tiempos,” and the quartet with Ross’ vibes as lead melodic voice on “Out of Sight, Out of Mind,” one of a handful of Blake originals. Douglas gets the spotlight on his funky composition “A Slight Taste.” Almost like a tearjerker movie ending, “West Berkley St.” concludes with a montage of voicemail messages from Blake the father to Blake the son. He’s just checking in, saying hello, with love and caring fully audible in his voice.

Coming February 10: the most live-sounding Yo La Tengo album in years, This Stupid World. Times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. In their latest effort, the first full-length in five years, This Stupid World was created all by themselves. And their time-tested judgment is both sturdy enough to keep things to the band’s high standards, and nimble enough to make things new. At the base of nearly every track is the trio playing all at once, giving everything a right-now feel. There’s an immediacy to the music, as if the distance between the first pass and the final product has become more direct. Available on standard black vinyl, CD and on limited blue vinyl.

Chesney Henry "Chet" Baker Jr. was an American jazz trumpeter and vocalist. He is known for major innovations within the cool jazz subgenre leading him to be nicknamed the "prince of cool". Baker earned much attention and critical praise through the 1950s, particularly for albums featuring his vocals.

專輯 Amandla 是與 Marcus Miller 及 Duke 在譜曲上的另一次合作

Originally released in 1982, the soundtrack to yet another of Werner Herzog’s films, Fitzcarraldo is perhaps the most bizarre and provocative of all Florian Fricke’s film scores. Fitzcarraldo is the story of an opera house being built in the South American jungle for an appearance by Enrico Caruso. Yet Fitzarraldo’s music is not what one might expect given the film’s circumstance; it is music of and about deep contrast, with Caruso’s rich voice interplaying with the Popol Vuh sound. Fitzcarraldo is a true reward to all Popol Vuh and Krautrock fans alike.

Popol Vuh was founded by mastermind Florian Fricke in Munich in 1970 and are known as pioneers of electronic music as well as the predecessors of the 90's ambient and trance genre. Florian Fricke was one of the first German musicians who worked with a MOOG III, an instrument which created a very new and special sound which was profiled on Affenstunde. This album quickly became a milestone and practically created a whole new genre. The name and the book Popol Vuh stems from Incan mythology and is the memory of the evolution of humanity. Florian Fricke doesn't like to catagorize his music; "Music is a form of law for me." He died on December 29, 2001 in Munich. Kraut Rock at the highest level made by, and for music fans !

All Popol Vuh re-releases are manufactured as high quality collector's series with stickers indicating the bonus tracks. The Digipak spines have a design and when all are put together they form one big picture.