Nico - The Marble IndexThe Marble Index is the second studio album by the German musician Nico, released in November 1968 on Elektra Records. The avant garde sound introduced in the albuma stark contrast with her folk pop debut, Chelsea Girl (1967)was the result of the combination of Nico's droning harmonium and somber vocals, and the producer John Cale's musical arrangements, which were inspired by modern European classical music. Nico envisioned the release as an attempt

Jeb Loy Nichols finally comes home to On-U Sound

taking Vile's blurry-eyed musings and signature songwriting style to a worldwide audience

Blakey and his hard-bop institution kept turning out new material and solos in the late 70s that still sound fresh

it did not make the Infidelsalbum

The rarities appear on an all-formats bonus disc

offering different suggestions of sound mysticism: natural acoustics in which individual instruments and voices are part of a wider pan-tribal consciousness

destruction and futility and they’ve always done it with singular post-punk grit

The resulting album is 14 songs (loosely) based on (mostly) popular films—highbrow

blue is a refraction of his life and memories — evoking the endless tours

the quartet’s early years in all their raw and brutal glory

life-affirming proportions

Samana used their work to mirror the environment where it was brought to life