Ember the Ash - Consciousness Torn From The VoidThis is not the first time Avantgarde Music crosses paths with ?. The Canadian multi instrumentalist whose signature is the kanji for "ghost" is the hyper creative mind behind blackgaze post black metal one man band Unreqvited, from whom we had the pleasure to release Stars Wept To The Sea in 2018. Now ? is back with a brand new project by the name The Ember, The Ash. Forget all about blackgaze and starry nights, as debut album Consciousness Torn From

was a typical aspiring teenage pop artist who formed a band at school in the 1950s and got noticed when they started being promoted by a local radio station

the Japanese martial art of archery

and had run up a string of R&B hits as a solo artist

so full marks for the City Waites and their swinging dialect style

His organ music is particularly interesting and appealing because it has not yet undergone the development of the "Amsterdam-Hamburg Sweelinck School" and therefore many performance-practical aspects are not yet clearly outlined

The package is enhanced with a gorgeous booklet positively bursting with many previously unseen photographs (from band members' private albums) and the absorbing essay includes comments from all of the surviving Rumblers

has enjoyed undimmed enthusiasm from the public ever since it's original release: this blend of Baroque music on period instruments and traditional repertory from southern Italy

and bound to become a classic release in the genre next to NITZER EBB

The arrangements are by Johan Fariot

it gathers momentum

intimate recording is loaded with feeling and exhilarating

1966 saw Rick Nelson go from rockin' teen idol to country singing star with these two celebrated albums