for lee jackson in space

va ~ for lee jackson in space (not on label, 2012)

"This tribute album came together in love and honor of Lee Jackson, writer, music fan, dear friend, who passed in late March 2012 after a struggle with ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease. This collection of songs, nearly all of which are new or previously unreleased, comes from the many bands and musicians who Lee not only covered and celebrated with such passion, but also in many cases befriended over many years of correspondence, concert and festival attendance and more. 12 hours of music/94 bands (including contributions from Valerio Cosi, Six Organs Of Admittance, Charalambides, Pelt, Roy Montgomery, Helena Espvall, Head of Wantastiquet, Charlatan, Tara Burke, Mike Tamburo, Theo Angell, R Keenan Lawler, etc.)

The album's liner notes contain full information about each song as well as thoughts from Lee himself about the contributing artists, taken from his writing work. All profits will go to the Texas chapter of the ALS Association. Please feel free to join our Facebook discussion group if you'd like to learn more about the remarkable man who we all dearly miss; there is also a direct link to this album in Facebook itself"

On June 5th, Brad Rose from Foxy Digitalis interviewed Travis Johnson, Mats Gustafsson, and Ned Raggett. These guys compiled the monolithic compilation "For Lee Jackson In Space"

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fursaxa

fursaxa ~ mycorrhizae realm (atp 2010)

"...following Fursaxa’s role as part of The Valerie Project, a live soundtrack for the 1970 Czech film "Valerie and her Week of Wonders", Tara enjoyed playing with a number of musicians so much she enlisted their help for her new album, Mycorrhizae Realm...Greg Weeks, Mary Lattimore, and Helena Espvall, all fellow Valerians, feature here. Greg recorded the album at his studio; Mary contributes harp on 4 of the tracks found here as well as co-writing ‘Well Of Tuhala’ and ‘Charlote’; and Helena contributes cello on ‘Poplar Moon’, ‘Celosia’ and ‘Ode To Goliards’. It is an exercise in symbiosis." atp

amor eterno a tara burke...qué alegría que después de tantos discos de fursaxa haya llegado el más bonito de todos. well of tuhala, charlote, sunhead bowed (parece árbore acompañándola con la guitarra!), poplar moon, ...

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anahita

anahita - matricaria (important 2009)

"Anahita is Tara Burke (Fursaxa) and cellist Helena Espvall (Espers). Tara recently showed up on Important as part of the duo of Tau Emerald with Sharron Kraus while Helena contributed a beautiful piece to the James Blackshaw currated Garden Of Forking Paths compilation. Anahita is a beautiful, laboriously created and floating affair of skeletal organ drones, ceremonial singing and subtly frantic instrumental accompaniment conjuring up a natural woodland romp and stomp.
The album was recorded between 2005 and 2008. All tracks were recorded on a 4 track by Tara and Helena in their homes." important

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sepviva bells

sepviva bells - halloween in the sea (sloow tapes 2008)

"Duo recordings by Tara Burke (Fursaxa, Anahita, Tau Emerald) and Grant Acker (Slurp Dogs), smoking one late-period Un/early Fursaxa style. A scorching blend of distorted psychedelia, hypnotic riffing and mellow vocals trapped inside a very trippy atmosphere. Edition of 170 copies with silkscreened fold-out booklet." sloow tapes

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side a ~ side b

fursaxa

fursaxa - kobold moon (sylph 2008)

"What a stunning album! Simply breathtaking! This is easily my favorite Fursaxa outing since her infamous Mandrake. It's certainly one of her most trippy to date. Listening to Kobold Moon is like traveling to a far off place where witches, folkloric gods and bizarre beasts, both fascinating and repulsive, still roam the planet. Either that or this is the result of one hell of a shamanic drug experience; but I prefer thinking of this album in terms of the fantastic. Alternating between absolute beauty and awkward, eerie moments, Kobold Moon is like experiencing a fable, an ancient children's tale. Not reading it, living it! The unfamiliar, the comic, the tender, the terrifying and the weird!" my record collection

"Limited album from Tara Burke aka Fursaxa, packaged in marbled, psychedelic card slipcases and wraparound inner sleeves and released on her own label.. The whole disc has a heavy Judee Sill feel that hasn’t really been so apparent in her back catalogue until now. It all ends with one of the most spell-binding movements in her entire catalogue, with a chaos of vocal hiss functioning as a long, slow pan through the kind of fog-bound territory previously mapped by Andrew Chalk and Christoph Heemann as Mirror. One of her darkest and most otherworldly set of space-whispers to date. Highly recommended." volcanic tongue

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tau emerald

tau emerald - travellers two (important 2008)

"Travellers Two is a full length recording from the duo of Tara Burke (Fursaxa) and Sharron Kraus. Togerther Kraus & Burke create an ethereal record of dark-folk magic. Tara Burke and Sharron Kraus were due to travel to Finland together for a week but missed the flight, so instead they decided to spend the week recording together and Travellers Two is the result. The time was spent out in the fields, visiting burial mounds, and then coming back to Sharron's home studio to work. They had played previously together and done some recording but this is the first time an album was conceived." important

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fursaxa

fursaxa - alone in the dark wood (eclipse, 2007)

para Tara Burke es esencial poder grabar en su casa, no le gusta pasar demasiado tiempo lejos de su hogar, y cuando escribe se imagina tocando en una inmensa capilla antigua delante de mucha gente. como cuando estaba en el colegio, dice, y el cura recitaba en latín enfrente de una masa de fieles cristianos. paradójico porque al mismo tiempo es, según sus propias palabras, una mujer tímida a la que le cuesta una barbaridad expresar sus sentimientos si no es a través de la música.

suenan las primeras notas de 'Lunaria enters the blue lodge' y nos sumergimos de lleno un vendaval de drones y capas de voces suspendidas en la nada. el maravilloso y psicodélico mundo al que Fursaxa nos tiene acostumbrados. con 'Bells of Capistrano' Tara consigue desarmarme completamente, no hay palabras, tan fuera de lo común como bonito. una flauta, campanillas tibetanas, mantras, códigos indescifrables. una capilla, un órgano, velas, rojo cálido, hierba, una enamorada de las plantas y de la soledad. Charalambides versionando a Nico, o Nico versionando a Christina Carter. para 'Clè Elum' tampoco hay palabras, quizá un socorrido damas y caballeros estamos flotando en el espacio. hay drones, melodías melancólicas como de documental submarino, sonidos de pájaros e insectos que sólo existen en la mente, la respiración circular de un teclado. 'a solas en el oscuro bosque', la canción que da título al disco, es ese instante mágico en el que todo encaja, la conversión, la rendición, lo celestial, lo espiritual, la belleza, la elegancia, la voz. te enamoras, la veneras, y ella sigue imperturbable su camino. 'In the hollow mink shoal' es capaz de recurrir a Vashti Bunyan para acabar sonando a Ben Chasny, exige toda tu atención, el mundo como una gigantesca caja de resonancias donde cada sonido encaja, poesía campestre que fluye natural. 'Birds inspire epic bards' es otra ráfaga de campanillas y cantos, ¿Colleen meets Linda Perhacs?, y 'Rattling the Calabash' y 'Nawne Ye' son la prueba de que la música puede hacer milagros... al igual que Mimi Parker o Billie Holiday, podría cantar 'cumpleaños feliz' y hacerlo sonar como una plegaria.

a Tara le fascinan las mariposas, 'unas criaturas fantásticas que se sienten atraídas por las flores y se alimentan de ellas, tan despreocupadas y tan felices'. seguro que de ahí proviene el nombre de Tau Emerald, proyecto junto a Sharron Kraus del que sólo conocemos 'the piano key' gracias al recopilatorio 'Singing at The Moon' del sello Singing Knives. silbidos, ofrendas, alegrías, la clase de pensamientos, ideas y anhelos que se esperan del ser más adorable del planeta. taking drugs to make music to take drugs to...

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anahita

anahita - arcana en cantos (deserted village, 2006 cd-r)

"This is the first release from the duo of Tara Burke (Fursaxa) and cellist Helena Espvall-Santorleri. It's three tracks will sound familiar to Fursaxa fans but the cello and extra female vocals provide more undertows to the slow whirl. The art is a luscious painting by Helena's husband Paul. "

Anahita; Antigua divinidad alada femenina irania. Es considerada como diosa de las fuerzas de la naturaleza y de la fecundidad. En el mazdeísmo fue asociada a Ahura Mazda y Mitra, relacionándose su culto con el del fuego. También comporta carácter guerrero. Anahita aparece en funciones de protagonista en el relieve de investidura del rey sasánida Narseh en Naqsh-i-Rustam: precisamente entregando la diadema simbólica al rey, acción que en la iconografía de su tiempo solía incumbir a Ahura Mazda. En época clásica se llegó a identificar con la Artemisia alada.

[a ver quién es el guapo/a que le pone palabras a los 35 minutos y 24 segundos de 'koldovstvo']

tara burke

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fursaxa

"Rodeo in the Sky"

fursaxa

Fursaxa - Lepidoptera (atp, 2005)

Nio nio nio ai ai ai ai nio nio nio nio ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai ai io io lai lai lai lai lai nio nio nioai ai ai ai nio nio nio nio nio nio lai lai lai lai lai lai nio nio nio...........(si se puede llegar a una conclusión tras escuchar de principio a fin 'Lepidoptera', es que Tara Burke debe padecer alguna enfermedad seria o una lucidez excesiva para el resto de los mortales. Confieso haber escuchado más de diez veces seguidas neon lights..)

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Poppy Opera

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