Lux Vivens (Mammoth)
Hildegard von Bingen, the 12th-century German mystic, was a nun, painter, visionary, and composer of religious music. In the past decade, interest in her life and music has exploded, and director David Lynch (Twin Peaks, Lost Highway) is the latest to hop on her mystical bandwagon. Here he collaborates with Jocelyn Montgomery, whose exquisitely plaintive voice takes on an extra measure of melancholy as it drifts through these haunted soundscapes. Lynch is one of the few musicians capable of taking liturgical music and making it sound dissolute: His production turns von Bingen's intentions inside out. Instead of building a stairway to heaven, Lynch and Montgomery give you a gentle push down the slippery slope toward limbo.
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Dr. John
Burt Bacharach
Lida Husik
Vast
Lo-Fidelity Allstars
Jocelyn Montgomery with David Lynch
Meat Beat Manifesto
Fantastic Plastic Machine
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