Smote - DrommonSummoned from the murkier reaches of the subconscious and summoning a powerful aura of twilight communion, Smotes Drommon is here to intimidate and enchant. The first Rocket release for this enigmatic Newcastle based entity is no less than a mystically aligned voyage into abandon and epiphany. The base ingredients of Smotes spell casting may not be unfamiliar the eternal three rs of repetition, repetition, repetition being paramount along an eldritch

He was just 49 years of age

There are few voices more deeply embedded in the iconography and mythology of American indie rock than that of Chan Marshall

its title is still no misnomer

Now ten years out of print

With the assistance of Joe Dilworth and Holger Zapf he produced the 16 tracks that comprise blood drums

All of it honed by engineer Andrew Schepps

Guest musicians on the album include Kylie Minogue

Sleep With Me

Like a forgotten piece of baroque folk caught in 1973

vinyl junkie/dealer born in Rio de Janeiro and living in Sao Paulo for the past 8 years

His sheer ability as a maverick -- beyond his appreciable musical skills -- guides works such as this to new levels

His "KYEO" comes straight from the rice paddy or homefront