1) Stern is Chuck Stern, formerly of New York art/prog abstractionists Time of Orchids (Tzadik, Cuneiform Records). The music is dense and cinematic, occupying its own late-night vacuum – a haze of brooding, Shostakovian synth and angular guitar work, laced with trumpet (played by Tim Byrnes), industrial noise and Chuck’s unique, haunting vocals. Tracks are mastered by scutopus.
2) Isaac Stern (Ukrainian: Исаак Стерн, Russian: Айзек Стерн; 21 July 1920 [read more...]