Originally, the Digital Shades project was supposed to be much more intimate - a collection of B-sides and unused tracks destined for the hardcore fan base.
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Pastor Charles Jenkins Best Of Both Worlds Rar Free I wanted to create some music that could be part of this adventure and journey with all of its solitary knights, dreamy landscapes, strange animals, forgotten myths and old spells. It is the sense and need for belonging that is the resounding endnote.' 'At first there was this vivid memory of Dungeons and Dragons, this childhood sensation of living in an imaginary world set in a faraway past or a lost future. It's a body of work that explores and examines the bands inner-selves through a precise period a period that has brought pain, loneliness, blood, guts, single parenthood, depression and the need for survival and love. Speaking about the new album frontman Mez Green says: 'A Picture of Good Health' is not a collage of work but rather a snapshot of time our time and the time of those around us. From the dub house sway of 2013's 'You Are My Destiny' to the high-energy stomp of this May's 'Zone Non Linear,' and featuring two never-before-released tracks, 'Quiet Magician' and 'Pressure Danger,' The Juan MacLean once again justify their longevity as a musical force that is more than capable of repurposing club tracks for every setting. 'With a couple of us being able to write on it and release it on our own label - we're so proud of this record.' The Juan MacLean return to DFA with a compilation LP of 12-inch singles they've amassed over the past six years - re-edited, re- mastered, and ready for fans who may have missed the tracks the first time around. 'We've been waiting for a special time to release an album like 'Dive Bar Saints,' Foust shares. The two covers include Vince Gill's 1994 hit 'Go Rest High on That Mountain' and John Denver's 1971 classic 'Take Me Home, Country Roads.' The original music features band members Austin Brown (high tenor) and Tim Foust (bass) as co-writers on several songs. The album features 12 tracks, 10 of which are original songs. Taylor's music is at once familiar, yet impossible to categorize: Elements from the American songbook-the steady, churning acoustic guitar and mandolin, the gospel emotion, the eerie steel guitar tracings, the bobbing and weaving organ and electric piano-provide the bedrock for Taylor's existential ruminations about parenthood, joy, hope, and loneliness-our delicate, tightrope balance of dark and light-that offer fully engaged contemporary commentary on the present. Describing the Durham-based Hiss Golden Messenger is like trying to grasp a forgotten word: It's always on the tip of your tongue, but hard to speak. For Hazlewood addicts, hearing these early tracks and the embryonic version of 'Trouble Is A Lonesome Town' is akin to finding an early draft of the Old Testament. These songs rewrite Lee's recorded history, adding a new first chapter to his saga. These are rural sketches and small town dreams, captured in an innocent time before the path ahead was clear. Lee sings, plays guitar and even presses the record button on the tape machine. A collection of previously unknown intimate recordings, never intended for release. While Combs may be best known as a singer/songwriter in the classic 1970's Laurel Canyon sense, he proves the true versatility of his work here, often setting his acoustic aside in favor of atmospheric synthesizers and distorted electric guitars.
The collection was captured live in Cohen's Brooklyn studio, with compact arrangements fueled by taut, elastic grooves. On his new album, 'Ideal Man,' Andrew Combs worked with producer/engineer Sam Cohen (KevinMorby, Benjamin Booker) to achieve a more raw, direct sound.