By Recommenation Of Martin

A few days ago my youngest brother introduced me to Cloud Cult a band from Minnesota, US, led by Craig Minowa. So I investigated for them and I've to say it's another band I missed and never heard before although they were formed in 1994 by a project by Minowa when he hired some musicians to support his solo projects. Based on indie sound he spread his sound with cello and violin, very atypical instruments for this genre. I listened to their new album The Seeker, released last month while typing these words. A perfect sound to start this Sunday with a cup of coffee. All in all a band worth listening to.

This song is from a live session almost 8 years ago and shows their abilities of arranging a song.

Upon The Recommendation Of Martin

Last Sunday my youngest brother came from Mannheim to make a visit by our mother. So we joined there for a while and went afterwards for a drink. As ever we turned into talking about the latest music and what we preferred during the last month. So he recommended me an artist I never heard before: Clark. Following his suggestion I investigated about this artist.

Chris Clark is a thirty something British musician performing under the mononym Clark. He was signed by Warp records at the beginning of the new century and released several recordings until now. It's not easy to describe his music and mostly filed under electronic music. But it is more than this because he experiments with forms of degradation, decay and distortion. Though, his music got a touch of a soundtrack for the end of the world. Clark's music is based on machines - samplers, software and synths. For my ears it is like a merging of techno, ambient, classical, electro, noise and post-rock with the skill of a virtuoso. Surly not music for everyone and he makes music that sounds like the end of the world. But he also makes you want to live long enough to see what will that look like.