John Martyn’s master-tapes

 

From the vaults, with all the mojo of dust, stains and hand-written notes 🥇

One of my most-beloved musicians, ever ❤️

P.S. - yes! The yellow stickers says what you read… tapes are fragile and these gems must be preserved, don’t you!?!

Disk of the day - Mask of Confidence (Ritmo&Blu 2022)

 

A one of a kind record, folks!

If you love some Prog/Psych/fuzzy flavors this music will bring you in the past and immediately - at light-speed - in the future.

Jeff Collier, an American living in Berlin, a gifted, chameleon voice whose texture is as broad as it can be, reminding to me David Sylvian, Brian Ferry and Peter Blegvad, yet remaining brand-new and unique.

The instrumental palette is extremely various and sound is first-class, engineered at Ritmo&Blu premium studio by Stefano Castagna, who beside the hard work engineering, also actively contributed to final result both composing, arranging and playing several instruments.

A great disk of great music, sounding to my ears like a fresh rain in these extremely hot days.

Do you a favor, pals: grab a copy of this disk (look at attached pixies for details) and you won’t regret.

The cover artwork is by Lorenzo Castagna: kudos to him 👍

🥇🥇🥇🎶🎶🎶🥇🥇🥇

P.S. - yes, dear die-hard King Crimson’s scholars: Pat Mastelotto is part of the daredevils on the disk, but - hey! - this music doesn’t need “a star” to shine!

The whole is more than the sum of the parts, indeed.

Alvin Curran

 

I remember him with Musica Elettronica Viva in concert in early ‘70s: I was in my teens and - thanks to his works with Memè Perlini and Ciao 2001 magazine - I knew him before Terry Riley and LaMonte Young and Tony Conrad… 

The memory of this concert is so well carved in my memory…

This sought-after disc gave to me same

shivers and goosebumps!

Collecting frenzy as per Robert Crumb

 

… but so true for myself, as well… 

😉

Analogtechnik DST15D SSV cartridge

 

Aka “La Scala”, the top of the line by Analogtechnik’s… soon to be tested and tasted by yours truly, thanking Maestro Daniel Kim 🥇

DST15D La Scala (VVS) is meteorit polepieces and vintage German-Made copper coils, made with a several days-long work to obtain the desired magnetic flux and weight. 

A truly unique handmade jewel 🥇

Let’s hear if this beauty will be able to undermine my beloved DMT25 # 001 🎶🎶🎶

H.P. Lovecraft would approve 😱

 

How long is now?

 

Such a weird question, isn’t it 😏?

Sure the “Germanlish” used on the tool doesn’t help 🎶

Garrard 301 compendium

 

Telefunken

 

Seldom seen classic ad

Ikea goes vinyl

 

Swedish House Mafia aka Ikea will soon introduce a turntable with Bluetooth and USB… sure its name will contain a lot of k å and ø, enough to be unpronounceable 😏

Yet, here is the interesting looking turntable:

🎶🎶🎶

The Pinocchio Empire

 

Where lies thrive…

Thrift-shop gems 🎶

 

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Mammamia!

 

Jerry Garcia’s guitars

 

Accordion 😷

 

Analogtechnik DST15D Platinum La Scala

 

Another masterpiece from Daniel Kim’s one-man-company, soon to be tasted by yours truly.

🥇

Dave Smith passed away 😢

 

RIP for engineer, musician and synth legend Dave Smith - founder of Sequential Circuits, the man behind the Prophet 5 synthesizer and "Father Of MIDI".

He changed (in better) music we love.

Condolences to his family.

❤️

The making of Bright Phoebus

 

Also known as English folk music Sergeant Pepper…

Here are the Bill Leader’s master-tapes 🥇 with studio hand-written notes and old dusty and battered boxes… seldom seen stuffs.

I invite people not knowing this masterpiece to give it a listen (on YouTube, at least 😏)