M. de Sainte Colombe — Les Pleurs (1640-1700)

Painting : La Madeleine à la veilleuse by Georges de La Tour (1642-1644)

Myrninerest — Journey to Avebury

Journey to Avebury (The Spheres Five) is Myrninerest’s soundtrack to Derek Jarman’s movie of the same name. Myrninerest is a side project of David Tibet (Current 93) and pianist/composer Michael Cashmore. You can buy this song on Boomkat.

Agnes Obel — The Curse (2013)

Move from the underground down by the shore,

How cruel for you to live in the dark before...

And Also The Trees @ La Blogotheque

I can't recommend enough the excellent french music blog La Blogotheque. I discovered a lot of new artists through this blog. Their A Take Away Show videos are always a lot of fun. Of course, some artists that have been making music for some time are also showcased here. As it is the case with the post-punk band And Also the Trees. I love the new sound of this band who traded the electric guitars for acoustic instruments. For more music in the same vein I recommend the album Listen For the Rag and Bone Man (2007).

! Modern Marimba ¡

I had to post about this marimba thing so I guess my blog is reopened! I recently stumbled on a video by a guy called Evan Chapman playing an excellent version of the song Opening by Philip Glass (on the Glassworks album). There is something about the sound of this instruments that makes the song sound better. I feel like the sounds are softer, more flowing than on the original. So I went looking for a studio recording of this song. Turns out I found one. It's by Nathaniel Bartlett on an album called Precipice: Modern Marimba. The album contains marimba renditions of modern composers classics: Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Stravinsky, Boulez and Bartók to name a few. You can buy the excellent Opening version by Nathaniel Bartlett here.