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The sonic hedonism achieved in New Order’s Technique is still felt in music today. Released in January, 1989 it heralded an end to the indulgent excesses of the ‘80s with a wink, embracing the unknown pleasures to come with the birth of rave culture.
Featuring only Neil Young, several guitars and a grand piano on the stage, sad, lonely, bleak and poignant would all be suitable descriptors for the set list which make up Live At Massey Hall. Only eight out of the 18 songs performed during the evening’s second set had been previously recorded.
A gravity well of sleepy beats trades mystery with understanding for those listeners foolish enough to believe they possess the cipher to translating the 22 songs by trip hop duo Peter Kruder and Richard Dorfmeister on their 1998 downtempo compilation of remixes The K&D Sessions.
In 1972, Edward Blankman, a retired dentist from Abington, Pennsylvania sought solace after the death of his wife Natalie. After moving to Cape Cod and finding a secondhand Wurlitzer he took it upon himself to play and read music, and after amassing enough songs, he brought together some studio musicians for a self-financed recording session in Boston. The result is an album of elegant, minimalist jazz: Cape Cod Cottage.
