Roger Wootton & Piu - Cut the air at Mello Club - 2009

Quality: CBR 256 kbps Label: Mellotronen, MELLOCD 030/MELLO LP7, Sweden 01 Down (Like a Moviestar) 02 Song to Comus 03 Equatorial Changes 04 Cinnamon Sea 05 Out of the Coma 06 The Prisoner Roger Wootton (Comus) and Piu, performed two unforgettable evenings at the Mello Club in Stockholm. Thursday the 3rd and Friday the 4th of December 2008 did Roger Wootton (frontman from Comus) perform together with the band Piu (the Kings and Queen of Swedish Acid Folk). Both concerts was held in front of a fantastic and thrilled audience. Claes Persson (The Mellotronen soundman on almost all MELLO-releases) and his assistant Fredrik Andersson recorded both shows. They performed songs from both Comus albums First Utterance & To Keep from Crying in absolute phenomenal versions. The CD also includes 2 songs from Piu´s forthcoming album and a never before performed Comus song! The CD is housed in a nice Digi-pack with detailed story and pictures. I can just tel that the audience was thrilled! The CD and LP are limited to 1000 copies and the vinyl version comes in three different shapes. 700 copies in black vinyl / 300 copies in limited multi-coloured vinyl.  

Credits: Joel Munther: Electric Bass David Svedmyr: Guitar, Mellophone, Backing Vocals Anders Engqvist: Percussion Gabriel Liljenstrom: Violin Roger Wootton: Vocals, Guitar Lisa Isaksson: Vocals, Guitar, Flute Notes: A Live recording from the Christmas Party at Mello Club 4-5th of December 2008 For all lovers of Comus and Lisa o Piu. Highly Recommended!!!

Lisa O Piu – When This Was The Future - 2009

Quality: VBR 218-259 kbps
Label: Subliminal Sounds, XMLP-SUB33 (ltd 500 copies 180 gr), SUBCD29, Sweden

01 Cinnamon Sea
02 Forest Echo
03 Traitor
04 The Party
05 Two
06 Equatorial Changes
07 Alvdans Vid Kolarkojan
08 And So On 

Credits:
Lisa Isaksson: voices, guitars, flute, rhodes, percussion, etc.
Anders Engqvist: accordion, percussion, clarinet, etc.
David Svedmyr: electric guitar, 12-string guitar, bass pedals, mellotron, percussion, etc.
Joel Munther: bass, acoustic guitar, voice
Jennie Ståbis: voice, melodica, percussion, etc.
Maria Lagerlöf: voice, flute, percussion, etc.

"The songs are about being conscious in relationships close to natural processes with that touch of magic and romantiscm, facing the differences of one mind and two, or two sources in one, of cycles and processes. Lisa Isaksson has the sweetness of natural magic in her voice, crystal clear and with overdubbed vocal arrangements. Accompanied by acoustic and electrified acoustic guitar, while glockenspiel, flute moods, fiddle and such and some mellotron add dreamy flavours. Progressive music minded Mattias Gustavsson (Life on Earth! / Dungen) has produced the album, leaving his mark by filling some spaces with additional arrangements. A beautiful new addition to the old classics like These Trails, Vashti Bunyan, Linda Perhacs".

Highly recommended!