LUCY RAILTON - 5 S-Bahn LP Psychedelic Rock

LUCY RAILTON - 5 S-Bahn LP Psychedelic RockLucy Railton renders a sublimely haunting impression of Berlin made in early Spring 2020 for our Documenting Sound series of sonic postcards from all corners of the globe. Essentially a recording of a world renowned cellist duetting with the S Bahn outside her apartment in Prenzlauer Berg, 5 S Bahn utterly steals our hearts in the simplest, most evocative way. Playing with, thru, and against the atmosphere of Berlin in spring during lockdown, Railton

just so alive

Perry has a way of approaching the guitar that is truly unique

After a few digital releases and a split tape with Empty

a wonderful example of 2 like-minded duo's joining forces to express their own unique styles and creating something new and fresh out of the mist

is a smooth masterpiece

hardcore punk bands

reminiscent of a dumpster fire behind a Panda Express that turns out to be the beginnings of a revolution for the liberation of Puerto Rico from the tyranny of its imperialist neighbor

mixed with kicking an Ohio Turnpike vending machine until it releases Nickelodeon slime

” the spark came in 2010 when the group was commissioned by the City of Chicago to compose a suite of music rooted in its ties to the area’s noted jazz and improvised music communities

The cover photo is "Hands" by photographer Michael Wells

her re-notation of these recorded traces in the form of a concerto for piano and chamber orchestra

Matilde Meireles