When you return from a hard day at work – that twilight period between popping your collar/getting on with your evening and reflecting on the shit you’ve had to put up with from The Man. I’ve been listening continuously for the past two weeks and each time prompts a new feeling within me, a different shade of wistful romance which typifies the music. It’s hard to articulate just how near transcendental Cendre is, especially its first half. Yet they perfectly compliment each other and conspire to produce music which is (paradoxically) at once intimate and awe-inspiring. The process of collaboration between these two artists was, by all accounts, a long distance one. What Cendre does, in essence, is marry the heavily processed guitar soundscapes of Fennesz with the minimal, Satie styled, piano improvisations of Sakamoto. This is their second collaboration and a work of sublime beauty it is. Lawrence amongst many other musical endeavors. Sakamoto was one third of J-Pop synth trio, Yellow Magic Orchestra and scored the soundtrack to Merry Christmas Mr. When his Mego released Endless Summer album dropped at the turn of the new millennium, all hailed the way in which his digitally refracted pop warmth bathed in the perpetual sun of Brian Wilson-esque melody. The former is esteemed star of Austrian electronica. Some history then? Not that it’ll impact upon your enjoyment of this music but the names might suddenly appear more familiar if I tell you about the two gentlemen involved, Christian Fennesz and Ryuichi Sakamoto. The second collaboration between these two celebrated artists, Cendre sounds – even within it’s stripped down sonic palette – like the world is existing, living, breathing amidst its wordless sonic poetry. In a time wherein petty tight trousers, the Kooks and I-Pods hold sway, this is real rebel music. More information and links at our radio website where you can listen again to shows via the presenter pages: getreadytorockradio.Cendre was one of the 2007 Albums of the Year in Kulturflash (UK) Listen in via the Tunein app and search for "Get Ready to ROCK!" and save as favourite. Get Ready to ROCK! Radio is also in iTunes under Internet Radio/Classic Rock
This show was first broadcast 20 September 2022.Ĭlick the programming image at the top of the page (top right of page if using desktop) The show is repeated on Wednesdays at 22:00, Fridays at 20:00). UK Blues Broadcaster of the Year (20 Finalist) Pete Feenstra presents his weekly Rock & Blues Show on Tuesday at 19:00 GMT as part of a five hour blues rock marathon "Tuesday is Bluesday at GRTR!". This show was first broadcast on 18 September 2022. Josh Taerk's latest Sunday Session was streamed on Sunday 18 September.Ĭheck out this session, and previous videos, here: ĭavid Randall presents a weekly show on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio, Sundays at 22:00 GMT, repeated on Mondays and Fridays), when he invites listeners to 'Assume The Position'. ****ĭavid Randall presents ‘Assume The Position’ on Get Ready to ROCK! Radio every Sunday at 22:00 GMT. As such it will appeal to those who treasure the music that he's championed for nearly five decades. What a wonderful tune even though there are shades of Phil Collins' 'Another Day In Paradise' and Journey's 'Who's Crying Now'.ġ978's 'Isla' yields that album's title track now augmented by strings and originally featuring Duane Hitchings on keyboards, perhaps best known for his time in Cactus and who also co-wrote 'Fantasy Of Love'.Īs you would expect this is a superior melodic hard rock offering which invokes Pinera's past as much as his present. There's another outing for the Santana-esque 'Fantasy Of Love' which first appeared on Pinera's solo album in 1996 and 'Come Back' (from that same album) demonstrates that Pinera has never lost his touch. This welcome solo release is aided by contributions from Journey's Jonathan Cain and Pat Travers who adds his bluesy guitar to the excellent 'Pay My Dues' and 'Butterfly Bleu'.
Unsurprisingly, a version of the classic 'In A Gadda Da Vida' is included here although it should be stated that Pinera didn't play on the original.
Perhaps best known for his stint in Blues Image, Mike Pinera was also for a time a member of seminal heavy metallers Iron Butterfly. Purple Pyramid/Cleopatra [Release date 31.03.17) Share the post "Album review: BLUES IMAGE feat.