Momus - SmudgerSmudger, the 2022 album from Momus, has several quite distinct strands of influence: from Lieder to Bowie's Lodger, from Benjamin Britten to British Music Hall comedy. Lieder reached it's zenith with Schubert's song cycle Die Winterreise; Momus "smudges" this Romantic tradition by opening with a melancholy electronic pop take on Schubert's setting of the poem Gute Nacht, with lyrics newly and freely translated: "The stranger is arriving, a stranger I

and other baroque composers as well as music for oboe from the romantic period

Sato rhythms cannot be played outside of Vodun

With their passion and technical abilities

who made it possible for me to come into the Fazioli Piano Salon in New York and make myself at home

These took varied forms

On the present release

No one knows the real identity

Various Artists - Jewels of the 20th Century / Various

The starting point for Widmann's music is from feelings

these 10 standout episodes from the fabulously macabre detective drama are here presented in a collectible limited edition with witty and revealing anecdotes about the show's production

Appealing to a classical music audience and fans of the film

When XTC finally downed guitars after the recording and release of "Wasp Star"