New Music

New Music: Lights & Motion


Here is what Deep Elm Records says about the band Lights and Motion:

Epic. Stunning. Moving. Deep. Spectacular. Brilliant. Magical. Inspirational. Captivating. Masterful. Perfect. Those are just a handful of the words used by the media to describe the music of cinematic post rock powerhouse LIGHTS & MOTION. The band’s debut, Reanimation (released in January 2013), has been called “the greatest debut album in post rock history” and “album of the year” by several critics.

This is from the press release from “The March,” which is above:

Deep Elm Records is pleased to announce the official release of the music video for “The March” from the critically-acclaimed debut “Reanimation” by cinematic post-rock powerhouse LIGHTS & MOTION. The video was directed by Swedish cinematographer Fredrik Sellergren. This album (as well as Deep Elm’s entire catalog of 200+ releases) is now available on a Name Your Price basis here.

Soon after the completion of a successful crowd-funding campaign for the video, primary shooting began at the Delsjon Nature Reserve in the band’s hometown of Gothenberg, Sweden with additional footage captured a month earlier at Trollveggen (The Troll Wall) in Norway. The video features actors Danielle De Vries (of The Gothenburg Opera Dance Company) and Joakim Envik Karlsson (a freelance dancer and film director). Vidar Hwang also assisted during the shoot. (Continue Reading…)

As the second excerpt notes, Deep Elm is a name your price label, which is great.

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-- Assessing the Value of Vinyl Records: An Overview

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Reading Music

The stories of the great bands and musicians are fascinating. Musicians as a group are brilliant, but often troubled. The combination of creativity and drama makes for great reading.

Here are some books to check out.

Duke Ellington brought class, sophistication and style to jazz which, until that point, was proudly unpolished and raucous. His story is profound. The author, Terry Teachout, also wrote "Pops," the acclaimed bio of Louis Armstrong. Click here or on the image.

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What else is there to say? Here is the story behind every song written by The Beatles. Click here or on the image.

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The Grateful Dead don't get enough credit for the profound nature of its lyrics. Many of the band's songs are driven by a deep and literate Americana ("I'm Uncle Sam/That's who I am/Been hidin' out/In a rock and roll band" and "Majordomo Billy Bojangles/Sit down and have a drink with me/What's this about Alabama/Keeps comin' back to me?").

David Dodd's exhaustive study tells the story, song by song. Click here or on the image.

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