John Cale & Band - Live At RockpalastEven today, JOHN CALE is renowned for having been a member of The Velvet Underground alongside Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker and Sterling Morrison. Though less known to many fans are his early collaborations with avant garde musicians like John Cage or La Monte Young. His solo works have always been a mixture of classical influenced avant garde, orchestral works and dynamic, experimental Rock. He has worked as a musician, producer (Nico, Patti Smith, Happy

The album opens with a transcendent performance of the treble-voice version of Eriks Ešenvalds' soaring

we present this versatile artist in a triple role: As a composer

flirting with women but drawing back from adultery

A masterful compositional craftsman and contrapuntist of Schützian stamp

and a feeling of warm camaraderie shines through the music

" - Alan Gilbert 2011 "Mr

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but they did produce Truth & Janey

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