Dive into the psychedelic depths with Cetacean Sensation by Sun Araw—a vinyl experience that’s like floating through an underwater disco hosted by dolphins with a taste for funky beats.
Cale describes this re-issue as not merely "something for the sake of an anniversary or racking up a catalogue favorite - but finding new treasures and highlighting what made it special in the first place."
An album of inter-dimensional back alleys, ghost cabs; it creeps and tunes in on a much darker, sparser, and more classically minded channel than it's predecessors.
In stark contrast to the mellow folky chelsea girl this john cale produced record is shrieking and complex. if you like transcendental meditations from purgatory or the lighthouse from robert eggers buy this!
If being avant-garde is the act of subverting common expectations, then Cale slyly crafted a brilliant achievement in Paris 1919 by utilizing a mournful gentility to catch his original target audience unaware and hiding in plain sight.
Official soundtrack to the 2024 Gary Hustwit documentary 'Eno' - the definitive documentary about visionary musician and artist Brian Eno, and a ground-breaking generative film that's different every time it's shown.