Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (Vinyl) Ólafur Arnald and acoustic guitars

and acoustic guitars

at a time when forward-thinking German electronic and rock groups were searching for a new musical identity in order to separate themselves from both the cultural legacy of post-world war two Germany as well the ‘cultural imperialism’ of USA and UK rock

the duo Westripp-Witthuser

Bruce Russell and Robbie Yeats makes their improvised music sound like the most substantial ever recorded

Devastation

Mary Lattimore - Goodbye, Hotel Arkada (Vinyl) Ólafur Arnald and acoustic guitarsThrough evocative, emotionally resonant music, Goodbye, Hotel Arkada, the new LP from American harpist and composer Mary Lattimore, speaks not just for its beloved namesake a hotel in Croatia facing renovation but for a universal loss that is shared. Six sprawling pieces shaped by change; nothing will ever be the same, and here, the artist, evolving in synthesis, celebrates and mourns the tragedy and beauty of the ephemeral, all that is lived and lost