Two artists whose musical focus/sensibilities were/are steeped in the medieval, but with avant-garde leanings. All tracks instrumentals unless otherwise noted.
| Third Ear Band were an English band who played only acoustic instruments and had a fondness for drones with an Eastern flavour -- their discography is sparse, with three LPs released early on, with the past 30 years seeing a handful of studio and live albums with one or two original members participating. They are best known for their soundtrack to the 1971 Roman Polanski-directed Macbeth, in which they appeared as musicians. |
| Stone Circle THIRD EAR BAND - Alchemy - 1969, Harvest |
| Dragon Lines THIRD EAR BAND - Alchemy - 1969, Harvest |
| Lark Rise THIRD EAR BAND - Alchemy - 1969, Harvest |
| Fire THIRD EAR BAND - Third Ear Band - 1970, Harvest |
| Water THIRD EAR BAND - Third Ear Band - 1970, Harvest |
| Fleance (voc: Keith Chegwin) THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| Grooms'Dance THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| Bear Baiting THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| Ambus/Banquo's Ghost THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| Going to Bed/Blind Man's Buff/Requiescent/Sere and Yellow Leaf THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| the Cauldron THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| Prophecies THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| Wicca Way THIRD EAR BAND - Macbeth (soundtrack) - 1972, Harvest |
| Jozef van Wissem (b. 1962) is a Dutch lutenist, who studied in New York with the late Patrick O'Brien (guitarist/lutenist, stringed instrument academic and "hand anatomist"") and emerged as a recording artist in 2000 -- his first album was a "deconstruction"of Renaissance lute music -- and has been prolific, releasing at least an album almost every year since. He plays a custom-made 27-string black lute, dresses in black, and all of his recent albums feature black-and-white cover art... all of it representative of the prevailing darkness of many of his compositions, especially those he plays on with other musicians. Today's program features selections from a half dozen albums dating between 2011-14, some of them collaborations with film director (Down By Law, Night on Earth, Coffee and Cigarettes) Jim Jarmusch, who is a guitarist of long standing but limited recorded output and, well, it's not about him anyway... |
| His is the Ecstasy JOZEF VAN WISSEM - The Joy That Never Ends - 2011, Important |
| Concerning the Precise Nature of Truth JOZEF VAN WISSEM - The Joy That Never Ends - 2011, Important |
| He Is Hanging By His Shiny Arms, His Heart An Open Wound With Love JOZEF VAN WISSEM featuring JIM JARMUSCH - Apokatastasis - 2012, Incunabulum |
| Apocalypse Explained JOZEF VAN WISSEM featuring JIM JARMUSCH - Apokatastasis - 2012, Incunabulum |
| Continuation of the Last Judgement JOZEF VAN WISSEM and JIM JARMUSCH - Concerning the Entrance Into Eternity - 2012, Important |
| The More She Burns the More Beautifully She Glows (voc: Tilda Swinton) JOZEF VAN WISSEM & JIM JARMUSCH - The Mystery of Heaven - 2013, Sacred Bones |
| Whatever She Lacks She Turns To With Diligence JOZEF VAN WISSEM - Nihil Obstat - 2013, Important |
| Sola Gratia Pt. 2 JOZEF VAN WISSEM / SQÜRL - Only Lovers Left Alive - 2014, Important |
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