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April 11, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Nils Frahm: Graz

Nils Frahm Graz Erased Tapes Records Ltd. Nils Frahm. Exquisite. Piano master. A producer and wizard with electronics and all sorts too – but at the core of it all is just his two hands, his heart and soul and the piano stool that places him in the space where he needs to be. From […]
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March 30, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham: Hard Candy

Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham Hard Candy A-Tone Recordings, an imprint of Extreme Music Vinnie Colaiuta is a master session drummer – from Sting to Herbie Hancock via Frank Zappa and Joni Mitchell – there’s almost no chance you’ve never heard his work. He’s playing those sizzling hi-hats on the them tune to the TV […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], A-Tone Recordings, Album Review, Ambient, an imprint of Extreme Music, Drums, Hard Candy, Instrumental, Mark Isham, Synth, Vinnie Colaiuta, Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham, Vinnie Colaiuta and Mark Isham: Hard Candy, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 23, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Galya Bisengalieva: Aralkum

Galya Bisengalieva Aralkum One Little Independent Sadness. It’s there in every note and texture and tone and feel throughout this, the first album by violinist Galya Bisengalieva. To be clear she is no new act – this is just her first record under her own name. Her day job is leader of the London Contemporary […]
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February 16, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: I Told You So

Delvon Lamarr Trio I Told You So Colemine Records The Delvon Lamarr Trio has quietly made two very good records – one studio, one live and now they return, with a new drummer in the fold (the excellent Grant Schroff) for a second bite down in the studio – and a brilliant third album. This […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Delvon Lamarr, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio: I Told You So, Delvon Lamarr Trio, Funk, Grant Schroff, I Told You So, Instrumental, Jazz, Jimmy James, Trio, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Sir Richard Bishop: Oneiric Formulary

Sir Richard Bishop Oneiric Formulary Drag City Records I’ve always loved Sir Richard Bishop’s records – the obvious touchstone, and perhaps he’s over-mentioned really is John Fahey, still, his sound and feel and approach has been hugely influential and not just on Bishop. A generation of folk-motivated sonic explorers were turned onto the guitar and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Buckethead, Experimental, Guitar, Instrumental, John Fahey, John Martyn, Leo Kottke, Oneiric Formulary, Ralph Towner, Richard Bishop, Sir Richard Bishop, Sir Richard Bishop: Oneiric Formulary, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 6, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

John Carpenter: Lost Themes III – Alive After Death

John Carpenter Lost Themes III: Alive After Death Sacred Bones In 2015 John Carpenter released the first volume of Lost Themes – a cool idea. So brilliantly executed. He no longer needed to make the movies to create the music, simply went into the studio and made imaginary soundtracks to films he’ll never write – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Alive After Death, Cody Carpenter, Daniel Davies, Film, Horror, Instrumental, John Carpenter, John Carpenter: Lost Themes III - Alive After Death, Lost Themes, Lost Themes III, Lost Themes III: Alive After Death, Soundtrack, Theme, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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February 2, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Hans Zimmer & David Fleming: Hillbilly Elegy (Music from the Netflix Film)

Hans Zimmer & David Fleming Hillbilly Elegy (Music from the Netflix Film) Milan Like everyone, I would hope, I struggled with the movie Hillbilly Elegy – I wanted to like it and in fact I could not flat out hate it. Because the lead performances are very strong. And there was something about it that […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Americana, Bluegrass, Country, David Fleming, Film Soundtrack, Hans Zimmer, Hans Zimmer & David Fleming, Hans Zimmer & David Fleming: Hillbilly Elegy (Music from the Netflix Film), Hillbilly Elegy, Hillbilly Elegy (Music from the Netflix Film), Instrumental, Milan, Movie Score, Netflix, Ron Howard, Score, Soundtrack, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 24, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Robin Guthrie / Harold Budd: Another Flower

Robin Guthrie / Harold Budd Another Flower Darla Records Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd made music together on and off from the mid-1980s through until a few years ago. This is their final album – it was recorded back in 2013 and left unreleased until November, 2020. A week or so after it was released […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 20/20, 2013, Album Review, Ambient, Another Flower, Darla Records, Guitar, Harold Budd, Instrumental, Minimalist, Piano, posthumous, Robin Guthrie, Robin Guthrie / Harold Budd: Another Flower, Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd, Soundtrack, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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January 10, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Blanck Mass: Calm With Horses (Original Score)

Blanck Mass Calm With Horses (Original Score) INVADA Records When not one half of the group Fuck Buttons, Benjamin John Power has been making music as Blanck Mass. I never gelled with group work but love his solo electronica pursuits. So I was pleased to hear it was him behind the score to the movie […]
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January 7, 2021 by Simon Sweetman

Kevin Keller: The Front Porch of Heaven

Kevin Keller The Front Porch of Heaven Kevin Keller Prod Kevin Keller’s “ambient chamber music” is the sort of balm I am always there for – and glad it’s there for me. For most of the last decade it’s been one of my absolute go-to genres. The figureheads for me – and for many – […]
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December 17, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Brian Eno: Film Music 1976 – 2020

Brian Eno Film Music 1976 – 2020 UMC (Universal Music Catalogue) Brian Eno: dreamer, schemer, enabler, conceptualist, visual artist – he’d be important if he wasn’t in any way connected to music. And though he doth almost protest too much as blatant “Non-Musician” his influence is towering. I always say that his fingerprints are all […]
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December 6, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 6

Little Stevie Wonder, The Jazz Soul of Little Stevie (1962) Stevie Wonder hated being called “Little Stevie” (and then “Little Stevie Wonder”) but he was 11 and 12 and 13 years old. He was little, and new on the scene – little literally and figuratively. And though he was a wonder – a genius – […]
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