Artist focus: John Essing

John Essing

Mörka Ljuset (The Dark Light) sounds like John Essing somewhat snatched a glimpse of an inner space stored away in his head, tapped into it and got it down on tape. It goes through a cross-breed of musical genres and styles spanning the centuries all at once, with no start, no beginning. All is here and now. It's a free form stream more than a recurring thing. When he played it out, this is what got caught on tape. In a way it’s like no physical travel has been involved, no other record or artist has been the foundation. It is all accumulated through osmosis - through living and breathing what can't be seen or heard - and has no real meaning until it all falls together.

The music on this record holds a bit of a rough beauty and dull shine at first. It gets your attention while it sharpens, gets focus and lures you in just enough before the grip loosens a bit. It plays on, and you get a feeling that you are actually listening to a process. It comes together perfectly every time, but you actually don't know for sure. It's...

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Cut City - Where's The Harm In Dreams Disarmed

Cut City

"Where's The Harm In Dreams Disarmed" (LP)

With the abundance of digitized music stockpiling the internet, this record's destiny might be to float on, unnoticed by the masses. That would be a shame, but for the members of Cut City, the physical release of ”Where's The Harm In Dreams Disarmed” marks the end of a journey that commenced more than four years ago.

As the delight of the lush ”Narcissus Can Wait” 12” (Deleted Art/Some Industries, 2009) was quickly absorbed and fans thirsting for more, the band set out to record...

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