Nickie’s Niches December 2022

Artist Song Time Album Year The Lost Vision of The Chandoo Priest The Lost Vision Of The Chandoo Priest Droplets 3:56 The Lost Vision Of The Chandoo Priest 2022 Grice Grice Saviour 5:46 Polarchoral 2022 Loga Ramin Torkian, Azam Ali Loga Ramin Torkian, Azam Ali End Title 3:15 Samir (Original Soundtrack) 2021 Dave Brons Dave Brons When the Snow Thaws 5:45 Return to Arda 2022 Arboria Arboria Tonight at Rodon (parts 1&2) 3:36 Arboria II 2021 Grackle Grackle Persephone 6:53 The Quiet Noise 2018 Compassionizer Compassionizer Black Sky White 5:19 Narrow is the Road 2022 Gleb Kolyadin Gleb Kolyadin Apparatus 5:10 the Outland 2022 The Lost Vision of The Chandoo Priest by The Lost Vision of The Chandoo Priest favorite track Droplets Hailing from Milan, Francesca Zanetta and NIccolo Gallani have teamed up and created lovely psychedelia, which is often eerie and phantasmagoric. Both are multi-instrumentalists, utilizing various guitars, keyboards, synths and flute to create transportive and evocative delights, most of which are primarily pastoral in feel Polarchoral by GRICE favorite track Saviour This is the latest from GRICE, which is the vision of this mysteriously named composer. Richard Barbieri assists on a track here, along with many other musicians providing a variety of classical and even ethnic instruments. GRICE himself handles vocals as well as being a multi-instrumentalist on various guitars, keyboards and synths. Plenty of washy vocals and murkiness create a dreamy sonic landscape, which is moody and melancholic. Not on Bandcamp: Loga Ramin Torkian & Azam Ali “Samir (Original Soundrack) I love lots of soundtrack music and music with Middle Eastern flavour. Hoping to find a new release from Azam Ali, I stumbled on this lovely soundtrack. All of the atmosphere one could wish for, dark, moody and menacing. Torkian has designed and created his own musical instruments such as the acoustic bowed Kamaan and a quarter-tone guitar with moveable frets. He is often heard playing the Guitar Viol. Azam Ali does play the santour, but is primarily known for her superb vocals. During her varied career, she has sung in several languages, including the fictional Fremen, from Dune. Favourite track: End Title, which is the longest of the pieces and most indicative of what you will hear in it’s entirety. Not on Bandcamp: Loga Ramin Torkian & Azam Ali “Samir (Original Soundrack) I love lots of soundtrack music and music with Middle Eastern flavour.