BETH ORTON - The Ground Above LP Mug

BETH ORTON - The Ground Above LP MugFor more than 30 years, Beth Orton has been our antenna to the cosmos, the poet laureate of forces too vast to take in all at once. A testament to her artistry, The Ground Above is Ortons most direct and unapologetic music to date; urgent, raw, embodied and emotionally fearless, moving between subconscious expression and expansive, timeless song craft. Her voice, from whispered incantation to primal wail, equally delivers melodies reminiscent of

pausing at times to linger over an uncomfortable harmony or particularly resonant cello tone

which was freedom and openness

A hypnotic post-punk slumming it with pop and making a few psychedelic stops

For those of you hiding away in a cabin of your own

Debut release by d-beat duo out of Valencia

at times almost sighing into life

Ash Ra Tempel´s self-titled first album "Ash Ra Tempel"

filter and modulate natural and electronic sounds in the magical analogical studio of the Utrecht Institute of Sonology

recording engineer

a collective following and leading as the music developed

and the original songs in retrospect

Progressively the cello is returned