JONAS HELLBORG
WITH GLEN VELEZ
ARS MORIENDE (1995)
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A wild improviser, bassist Jonas Hellborg leans more toward rock than jazz. Drawing inspiration from Jimi Hendrix, Arabic music, and Lifetime, Hellborg began playing professionally in the mid-'80s. After some session work (including Pil's Album, Ginger Baker's Middle Passage and John McLaughlin), he released The Word on Axiom in 1991. The album features Hellborg's acoustic bass, drums and a string quartet. He remained highly prolific throughout the decade, recording most prominently for the Day Eight label. On this duet album with percussionist Glen Velez, Jonas proves how introspective and beautiful his art can be. To be honest, I don't really enjoy Hellborg's fusion works but this one and his 1991 Axiom release (The Word) are just awesome! And, do not let the two musicians/three songs/one hour put you off, this is a really beautiful and passionate album. One that will follow you for a long time once you've managed to get in. I know that, 12 years after it was released, it still regularily finds it's way to my cd player and every time I go: "Wow! This is huge"! Get it!
1. Ritual Love-Death
2. Stars of the Morning Sky
3. Regicide
5 comments:
Hi, this looks great--never heard this one before. I'm a huge Jonas fan!!! I tried the password MOODSWINGSmusic but it is not opening. Please help!!
the password is MOODSWINGS
Thanks very much!!! This is sublimely beautiful music!! Great Blog!!!!
merci pour ce boulot.
beaucoup de super découvertes.
requêtes?:tue-loup, polo
Sorry to put this message in the "comment" section, but didn't see an e-mail address to reach you. OK with me if you delete this "comment/request" after reading...
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The new James Bond movie will be out soon.
If you've got any of the following "cover" discs, I hope you will post them. For example:
Name of CD/Various Artists:
--"Bond Beat & Bass: The Elektronica James Bond Themes"
--"The Best Of Bond (James Bond)" (it's NOT a soundtrack disc, but that's the correct disc title)
--"Shaken and Stirred"
Also...
Name of Artist:
--Art of Noise (James Bond Theme) -- not sure of CD name.
--Neil Norman and His Cosmic Orchestra (James Bond Theme) -- not sure of CD name.
I'm sure there are plenty of other James Bond "covers" out there, but the ones I've listed are discs/songs I've actually heard at one time.
Thanks for all of your shares.
Best wishes,
-J.
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