Trances produces a sonic world as raw
Kyrssi Battalene (Mountain Movers/Headroom)
perfectly capable of being explicit when honouring the roots but so committed to a new stance that one may feel thrown off balance by the sheer genius of the compositions
at brisk tempos that hover at the perceptual threshold between rhythm and tremolo
Given the instrumental nature of the songs
Machi Oul Big Band – Quetzalcoatl [LP] Contemporary / Classical / Modern Composition Trances produces a sonic world"Before coming to Europe, in 1970, pianist Manuel Villarroel was a vet in his native Chilli. A few years later, as leader of the Machi Oul Big Band, he returned to the animal kingdom. A very specific kind of animal, for sure, the Quetzalcoatl, also known as the Feathered Serpent. What is behind this title (also the name of one of the three original compositions on this album released on the Palm label in 1976), is first and foremost a sort of