Frederick Vogler and Takashi Kawai are the duo called Industrial Monk. Together they have combined the instrumentation and relative accessibility of 21st century ambient electronic beats with the melorhythmic richness of the Gregorian chant, which surfaced circa 600. The chants by the Los Angeles Chamber Singers are in Latin (as are all Gregorian chants) and are set against drum and loop programming by Kawai, the guitar of Goffrey Moore, and Mark Jones' bass. The practic...   [ read more ]

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As main songwriter and singer of mid-'80s English pop legends the June Brides, Phil Wilson's influence looms large over nearly all UK guitar pop since. A bridge between early '80s groups like Josef K and the later Creation scene, Phil and the June Brides kept the flame burning for earnest, tuneful pop underpinned by fiercely strummed, jangly guitars. Following the dissolution of the June Brides, Phil released a handful of solo singles on Creation and Caff, then, soured on the music business, he retired. H...   [ read more ]

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'A stunning collection of new songs for and about the time we live in,' billed the text on the backside of composer Doug Randle's 1971 release, Songs for the New Industrial State. In 2009, the same holds true. Doug was, and still is, a writer, arranger, musician, and conductor with roots deep in the Canadian jazz scene of the 1950s. After a lengthy spell working in England during the first half of the 1960s, he returned to Toronto and took up an in-house position at the government-sanctioned Canadian Broad...   [ read more ]

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