Nickie’s Niches #35: November 2024

Start Artist Song Time Album Year Lost Harbours 0:00:56 Lost Harbours Lake 3:41 Towers Of Silence 2017 Upupamaya 0:05:10 Upupayāma Thimpu 7:06 Mount Elephant 2024 Emma Ruth Rundle 0:12:38 Emma Ruth Rundle Medusa 5:06 Marked For Death 2016 Compassionizer 0:18:17 Compassionizer For Them Who Shall Be Heirs of Salvation 4:58 The Fellowship Of Mystery 2024 Vitskar Suden 0:24:02 Vitskär Süden Through Tunnels They Move 4:48 Vessel 2024 Andy Aquarius 0:29:16 Andy Aquarius Ein Vogellîn 3:34 Forest Grimoire 2024 Kanaan AEvestaden 0:33:20 Kanaan & Ævestaden Farvel 6:53 Langt, langt vekk 2024 Ethan Janais 0:40:37 Ethan Janais Parasol 9:44 Ultralight 2024 Ekatarina Shelehova 0:50:46 Ekaterina Shelehova Myth of Europe (Ancient Lyre improvisation) 2:55 Myth of Europe (Ancient Lyre improvisation) 2024 Ryan Shirlow & David Colohan 0:54:05 Ryan Shirlow & David Colohan Through You, I See 3:57 Through Me, You Pass – Through You, I See 2024 The Owl Service 0:58:29 The Owl Service The Garden Gate 3:50 Black Chapel Music Part 3 2024 Towers of Silence by Lost Harbours favorite track Lake Ethereal, dreamy, sometimes nightmarish free folk music from a collective of sorts. Richard Thompson (not that one, this one), provides lyrics, quavery vocals, guitars, and “atmospheric sounds,” with Emma Reed on clarinet, and flute and vocals, as well as Sabine Moore and Diana Collier on vocals. The result is murky, dark, and utterly phantasmagoric. Mount Elephant by Upupayāma favorite track Thimpu Veering from psychedelia to folk with some world and krautrock elements thrown into the mix, Upupamaya is multi-instrumentalist Alessio Ferrari, who resides not far from Parma, Italy. The music is hypnotic and meditative, exotic and esoteric. The vocals are rather mysterious, which suits the intricate musical tapestry. Marked For Death by Emma Ruth Rundle favorite track