Tag Archive: kranky


Der Watzmann by David Casper Friedrich

“Old men must be explorers
Here and there does not matter
We must be still and still moving
Into another intensity”
– T.S. Eliot – ‘East Coker’ from The Four Quartets.

Had a hard day on the planet?

Need some soothing music that quietens the soul but doesn’t deaden the brain?

Throw away those New Age tapes of dolphin sounds or bland electro-acoustic loops and check out my top ten albums for restoring a sense of balance and awakening consciousness. Continue reading

BODUF SONGS:CHASING SHADOWS

Mat Sweet, aka Boduf Songs, has just released a new collection of morbid tunes via the Kranky label called ‘How Shadows Chase The Balance’- a fascinating un-light journey into a nightmarish world of dread, death and despair. Needless to say that Mat is no party animal!

The record is great for reasons I explain in my review over at Whisperin’ & Hollerin’.

I talked briefly Mat in February 2007 after a gig in Ravenna, Italy where he played support to the lovely Josephine Foster (reviewed at last f.m) .

The interview is part of a now longstanding personal project to write a book about the strange mutations of what is loosely branded as ‘Folk Music’ yet dwells in a kingdom apart from the homely traditions normally associated with that genre term.

Until such time as my magnum opus sees the light of day, it seems timely to publish Mat’s illuminating replies to my queries: Continue reading