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MUSIC
HUFFINGTON
10.27.13
Dog Ears: Ghosts and Candy
In which we spotlight music from a diversity of genres and
decades, lending an insider’s ear to what deserves to be heard.
BY THE EVERLASTING PHIL RAMONE AND DANIELLE EVIN
FAUST
DAVID CONDOS
Avant prog-rock septette Faust was
founded on the cusp of the ’70s in
northern Germany. The fearless pack
was originally comprised of Uwe Nettelbeck, Hans Joachim Irmler, Zappi
Diermaier, Arnulf Meifert, Jean-Hervé
Péron, Gunther Wustoff and Rudolf
Sosna. Their cutting-edge, uncensored abandon gained the attentions
of Polydor Records, which released
their debut in 1971. Two years later,
Faust became an early act for Richard
Branson’s Virgin Records, burnishing its reputation as pioneers of sonic
technology. After disbanding in 1975,
Faust regrouped by the early ’90s and
has released over two-dozen recordings to date. Collaborations include
Dälek and violinist Tony Conrad.
Uncover Faust with “... In the Spirit,”
from 1972’s Faust So Far.
Singer/songwriter David Condos was
born in the Windy City and raised
in Omaha. Making his bones playing in various Nebraskan ensembles,
the multi-instrumentalist went solo
at the hit of the aughts. By middecade, he’d relocated to Nashville
and released several single-handed
projects. In 2008, his work was
featured in the film Nothing But the
Truth (starring Kate Beckinsale). This
decade has seen Condos fronting the
alternative trio Milktooth and furnishing a Kmart spot. Open an ear to this
deserving troubadour with “Lullaby
for a Ghost,” from his 2006 project
Smoking City. Glorious listening.
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GENRE: Prog Rock
ARTIST: Faust
SONG: ... In the Spirit
ALBUM: Faust So Far
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GENRE: Singer/Songwriter
ARTIST: David Condos
SONG: Lullaby for a Ghost
ALBUM: Smoking City
THE CARETAKER/
LEYLAND KIRBY
Northern England soundscapist
James Leyland Kirby (also of V/VM)
founded The Caretaker in the mid’90s, opening a door to an untried
sonic dimension utilizing his vintage
78 collection — ears pressed into
your great-grandparents’ memories.
Kirby’s credits include the score for
Grant Gee documentary Patience (After Sebald) and numerous side projects. Discover Leyland Kirby’s supernatural thoroughfare with “An Empty
Bliss Beyond This World,” from The
Caretaker’s An Empty Bliss Beyond
This World. Time travel is possible
with this eerily relaxing collection.
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GENRE: Experimental
ARTIST: The Caretaker/Leyland
Kirby
SONG: An Empty Bliss Beyond This
World
ALBUM: An Empty Bliss Beyond
This World