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The Month of Death

November is in Finnish "marraskuu", which means "The Month of Death" or "The Dead Month". The days are short and usually rather dark, but occasionally the sun comes out and looks down to the murky landscapes. With this 'cast I hope to recreate the aural equivalent of the shades of this "month of death"... :: by Jani Hellén (20 November, 2006)

artist	title	album	label(s)
Bo Hansson	Första vandringen/Leaving Shire	Sagan om Ringen/Lord of the Rings	Silence / Virgin
The Nazgûl	Mount Doom	The Nazgûl	PsiFi
Delia Derbyshire	Music of the Spheres	EMS promotional record	EMS Records
Phosphene	At the End of the Day	Long Meadow Felt Company	Oggum
Xenis Emputae Travelling Band	A Prism for Annwn	A Prism for Annwn	Larkfall
Nico	Valley of the Kings	The End	Island
Edgard Varèse	Un grand sommeil noir (original version, performed by Mireille Deutsch and François Kerdoncuff)	Complete Works	Decca
Hannu Karjalainen	Haapavesi	Kanoja, Myös Hanoja	267 Lattajjaa
MIJ	Grok (Martian Love Call)	Yodeling Astrologer	ESP-Disk
Peter Baumann	Haunted Heights	Tangerine Dream '70-'80	Virgin
Nemesis	Geological Justice	Music for Earports	Retroduction
Jandek	Nancy Sings	Chair Beside A Window link	Corwood

notes
[ed: the late Delia Derbyshire was a member of the BBC's pioneering electronic sound/music production team the Radiophonic Workshop. The most famous of the Workshop's creations using 'radiophonic' techniques is probably the Doctor Who theme music, which Derbyshire created using a plucked string, 12 oscillators and a lot of tape manipulation.

Delia Derbyshire also did the soundtrack for The Legend of Hell House.

Speaking of, it's my Mum's 61st birthday today; happy birfday, Mother.]

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