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Granada biography
Founded in Madrid, Spain in 1974 - Disbanded in 1979
Pioneering
early-70's Spanish progressive band, GRANADA (from Madrid...) was the
musical project of multi-instrumentalist Carlos Carcamo (flute, violin,
acoustic - and electric piano, mellotron, clavicordio, 12-string guitar,
percussion and vocals!) and the other musicians Michael Vortreflich
(electric guitar), Antonio Garcia Oteyza (bass) and Juan Bona (drums and
vocals).
GRANADA had a unique style. They remind of the
Mexicans ICONOCLASTA, and also other Spanish bands like TRIANA or COTO
EN PEL. The British influences come from YES, JETHRO TULL and other
Italian bands very present in their sound. The emphasis of GRANADA
relies on the keyboards (with profusion of moog and mellotron) and
guitar instrumental passages, but with more keys than guitar. They sound
like a mix of fusion and symphonic influences.
When
synth supergroup Node first surfaced with their eponymous album in 1995
they, more than anyone else, nailed “that sound and vibe”, which had
become the obsession of so many others. They seemed to encapsulate the
very essence of the early German electronic music pioneers such as
Tangerine Dream but with production values to die for courtesy of Node
founder members Ed Buller & Flood, who were of course
internationally renowned producers in their own right. But it was
another 19 years before their follow up album appeared on DiN as “Node 2”, (DiN44) to be closely followed (by Node standards), with their live concert
album performed at the Royal College of Music, London.
Up to that point that was the total canon of their work except for the EP “Terminus” recorded at their infamous Paddington Station gig. Surely they must have more material hidden away in their vaults and indeed this is exactly what the album “Singularity” is, the legendary “lost” Node album. Recorded at the same time as their original sessions in 1994 this has DiN stalwart Dave Bessell join Buller & Flood alongside original member Gary Stout who was later replaced by Mel Wesson for the two DiN releases. Presented here for the first time, mastered to modern standards but otherwise untouched and in its original form and recorded to two track with no overdubs. As a bonus the track “Terminus”, mentioned above, is included in the release.
The music is a snapshot in time 29 years ago when Node were first powering up their huge banks of vintage modulars and sequencers to create a tapestry of electronic sound. At times raw and almost out of control and at others delicate and ethereal this quartet of fabled musicians can create atmospheres and soundscapes like no other. The crackling energy of the sounds they coax out of these steam driven behemoths positively pulsates with life and organic energy and will be a real treat for aficionados of the Berlin school style of electronic music.
Another great release from the DiN imprint released in a beautiful Digipak CD edition with a special 8 track booklet with photos taken at the time of the original recording sessions.
Up to that point that was the total canon of their work except for the EP “Terminus” recorded at their infamous Paddington Station gig. Surely they must have more material hidden away in their vaults and indeed this is exactly what the album “Singularity” is, the legendary “lost” Node album. Recorded at the same time as their original sessions in 1994 this has DiN stalwart Dave Bessell join Buller & Flood alongside original member Gary Stout who was later replaced by Mel Wesson for the two DiN releases. Presented here for the first time, mastered to modern standards but otherwise untouched and in its original form and recorded to two track with no overdubs. As a bonus the track “Terminus”, mentioned above, is included in the release.
The music is a snapshot in time 29 years ago when Node were first powering up their huge banks of vintage modulars and sequencers to create a tapestry of electronic sound. At times raw and almost out of control and at others delicate and ethereal this quartet of fabled musicians can create atmospheres and soundscapes like no other. The crackling energy of the sounds they coax out of these steam driven behemoths positively pulsates with life and organic energy and will be a real treat for aficionados of the Berlin school style of electronic music.
Another great release from the DiN imprint released in a beautiful Digipak CD edition with a special 8 track booklet with photos taken at the time of the original recording sessions.
credits
released March 17, 2023
Our thanks to Ian Boddy for a promotional copy of this release.
Our thanks to Ian Boddy for a promotional copy of this release.
Dave Bessell - disguised guitar, interactive phrase synthesizer, atmospheres and keys
Ed Buller - monster moog, sequences and keys
Flood - sonic interventions, sequences
Gary Stout - ring modulated trumpet, atmospheres and keys
The legendary lost Node album. Recorded in 1995 in the same sessions as the first album but largely unheard until now. Over the intervening years one or two things intended for the album escaped into the world but the majority of the material on this recording is previously unreleased. Presented here for the first time mastered to modern standards but otherwise in its original form - recorded straight to two track with no overdubs. These recordings include original member Gary Stout who was later replaced on more recent Node recordings by Mel Wesson.
Node wish to thank all those who were involved in the Node project over the years, too many to list but you know who you are!
Cover photos from the collection of Hans Jenny (1904-1972) who coined the term Cymatics to describe the patterns made by soundwaves on a sand covered metal plate.
Dario
Argento was born in Rome, Italy, on September 7, 1940.Before becoming a
screenwriter and later a director, he was a film critic. Ever since his
"The Bird with the Crystal Plumage" heart-stopping directorial debut in
1970, Dario Argento has been redrawing the boundaries of cinematic
horror with flamboyant violence, feverish plotting, and deliriously
stylized compositions. Initially associated with giallo, the pulpy
Italian subgenre he helped formalize and would later take to
unprecedented heights with his international breakthrough, Deep Red
(1975), Argento embraces a gamut of fantastical influences—from sublime
Gothic art and penny dreadfuls to Murnau, Hitchcock, and Disney with his
distinctively baroque style of disorientating cinematography,
stained-glass colorwork, and elaborate musical scores (often composed by
his own rotating house group, Goblin). As far as horror film directors
go, few are more influential and prolific than Dario Argento. With over
half a century of films under his belt, the Italian Argento became a
popular purveyor of giallo, but none made more of an impact than
Argento.
"With his first cinematic foray, Argento instantly elevated giallo into an art form. Horror was never the same again. The director is often referred to as the Italian Alfred Hitchcock, and while both auteurs were skillful at building pressure-cookers for plots, Argento developed a trademark style, sophistication, and perversity all his own. In film after film — The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Deep Red, and Suspiria among his very best — he employed the familiar trope of a maniac on the loose to build delicious, glamorous, vivid, and vicious jigsaw puzzles, with plenty of blood, eerie electronic music, whispering psychopaths, children’s nursery rhymes, vertiginous camera angles, odd animal cameos, and, Argento’s particular forte, over-the-top baroque deaths. Argento was making murder and mayhem into something far stranger: a seductive deep dive into our dark psychologies, with all the attendant political and sexual upheaval of the time".
To celebrate the cinema of Dario Argento, Eighth Tower has called musicians from various countries and asked them their musical interpretation of his movies and his "dark giallo" universe".
"With his first cinematic foray, Argento instantly elevated giallo into an art form. Horror was never the same again. The director is often referred to as the Italian Alfred Hitchcock, and while both auteurs were skillful at building pressure-cookers for plots, Argento developed a trademark style, sophistication, and perversity all his own. In film after film — The Cat o’ Nine Tails, Deep Red, and Suspiria among his very best — he employed the familiar trope of a maniac on the loose to build delicious, glamorous, vivid, and vicious jigsaw puzzles, with plenty of blood, eerie electronic music, whispering psychopaths, children’s nursery rhymes, vertiginous camera angles, odd animal cameos, and, Argento’s particular forte, over-the-top baroque deaths. Argento was making murder and mayhem into something far stranger: a seductive deep dive into our dark psychologies, with all the attendant political and sexual upheaval of the time".
To celebrate the cinema of Dario Argento, Eighth Tower has called musicians from various countries and asked them their musical interpretation of his movies and his "dark giallo" universe".
credits
released March 3, 2023
Our thanks to Raffaele Pezzella (SONOLOGYST) for a promotional copy of this release.
REVIEWS
Ver Sacrum
www.versacrum.com/vs/2023/03/aa-vv-deep-red-a-tribute-to-the-cinema-of-dario-argento.html
Bizarrechats (Michael Housel)
bizarrechats.blogspot.com/2023/03/dark-fiction-6-terrorvision-stories.html
Previously unreleased music by:
Michael Bonaventure, Grey Frequency, Rapoon, Joel Gilardini, 400 Lonely Things, David Strother & Carl Royce, Gianluca Becuzzi, Kloob, Mario Lino Stancati, Arrighi-Bocci-Fontana-Lepore, Pluhm.
Published by Eighth Tower Records
Curated and mastered by Raffaele Pezzella
Design by RhaD
© 2023. All rights reserved
REVIEWS
Ver Sacrum
www.versacrum.com/vs/2023/03/aa-vv-deep-red-a-tribute-to-the-cinema-of-dario-argento.html
Bizarrechats (Michael Housel)
bizarrechats.blogspot.com/2023/03/dark-fiction-6-terrorvision-stories.html
Previously unreleased music by:
Michael Bonaventure, Grey Frequency, Rapoon, Joel Gilardini, 400 Lonely Things, David Strother & Carl Royce, Gianluca Becuzzi, Kloob, Mario Lino Stancati, Arrighi-Bocci-Fontana-Lepore, Pluhm.
Published by Eighth Tower Records
Curated and mastered by Raffaele Pezzella
Design by RhaD
© 2023. All rights reserved
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