JAVIER SEGURA - El Sol Desde Oriente (Selected & Unreleased Recordings, 1980-1990) LP

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JAVIER SEGURA - El Sol Desde Oriente (Selected & Unreleased Recordings, 1980-1990) LPFor a good number of Spanish musicians, attracting attention from somewhere outside of Madrid was a mission impossible for several decades. While the Movida Madrilea, commonly referred to as the Madrid scene in English, stirred things up and made front page news on the basis of new wave music, musicians that were on the fringe or directly beyond it had few platforms from which to be heard. Although Javier Segura has been recording music in his studio

while the images provide breathtaking context for the sublime solitude you feel when listening

Drive Like Jehu

along with Schleiermacher

that this release was an obvious labor of love

Honeysuckle Tendrals displays remarkably complex arrangements utilizing a staggeringly simple arsenal of instruments: a broken guitar

finds both players at their most adventurous

Magik Markers and much more

but were still beloved of John Peel for their 'Drums Over London' song which lends its title to this LP

Grounded by the pensive "Image" and "Close Your Eyes"

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