One of my favorites... the deutsche grammaphone recording, that is, which has a slower pulse. A favorite of mine nonethelesss partly because of how, due to the chosen instrumentation,  a wide palette of tones interact and tickle the mind....

Not Such A Bad Winter Day - არც ისე ცუდი ზამთრის დღე

KREIDLER Alphabet [Single Edit]

𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐬𝐨𝐧, one of my greatest heroes, has left this plane, after being with us much longer than we could have prayed for him to be. He always vibrated on some other level than the rest of us, and I think his unique ability to hear music and put it into the heart of the world was comparable only to the likes of 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡, 𝐌𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐫𝐭, and 𝐁𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧. 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 was also beset by a true artist's fragility, almost like a musical 𝐕𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐨𝐠𝐡, and it nearly destroyed him. But he survived, and long before he departed, his music was destined to last forever.

I don't have a 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧-esque song to honour him with, so I offer instead this ethereal piece that I let flow from my heart one night in 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲. May he be reunited somewhere with 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐬 and 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥, his brothers, harmonizing into eternity -- where they shall endure.

Where We Shall Endure (for Brian Wilson)

חלומות קטנים

The Antinote guys have always been keen on introducing new names to you and this addition to the label’s catalogue makes no exception to the rule: they are pleased to present Sfarot, the debut EP from Alek Lee, a musician currently living in Tel-Aviv.

The geographic origin of the artists on the Parisian imprint has never been felt as much as on Alek Lee’s debut 12”. In a very “fourth world” manner, Alek Lee brings together middle-eastern influences in his music with ease and without ever having it sounding cliché: on Harabait and Sfarot (and its dub version), his friends and him play the violin, the bass clarinet and the accordion in a way which reminds of Klezmer music, putting the three songs on the EP in line with both his musical education and his cultural background. 

This seems strikingly true when taking into account the process Alek Lee went through to record the tittle-track: the original material used in Sfarot comes from a recording Lee did a few years, and on which were recorded traditional songs Israeli children used to learn at school, performed by a choir of very young kids. Both conceptually and musically hypnotizing, Sfarot and its dub version take the listener on a slightly psychedelic trip
as the haunted voices from the kids loose themselves in long reverbs and are backed by a wide range of instruments played by the Israeli musician including an electric organ, percussions, etc.

And if you are still in need of more dubby excursions, the closing track is the one for you !

Sfarot

ALEK LEE - SFAROT

Moon Tango

Mateki

Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ben Vaughn - Fat City

Another Look At the Counterpoint

Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

Closer

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An older track released in 2009 on Scander records and in 2010 on Kompakt
Mesca EP - Scander records 2009
Ewan Pearson - We are proud of our choices / Kompakt CD078



Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

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