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For a while now, I’ve been a fan of the techno / electronica / worship group the Prodigal Sons. Well, that’s not exactly true. I’ve been a fan in theory. You see, the problem was that they hadn’t made a new album in about 8 years, which made it hard to find anything.
Well, all that will soon be over. I just found out that, after 8 years off, they’re working on a fifth album which will hopefully be released soon.
Head on over to www.myspace.com/prodigalsons to listen to streaming samples. The stuff is awesome. It’s more than good techno – it’s worship music without words. I think you’ll love it.
I can’t wait till the album is released. I’ve been waiting for stuff like this for a while.
If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll recognize Todd Berger’s name from his work with Enter the Worship Circle on the Village Thrift Circa 2005 album, back from… uh… right around 2005. Together with Ben and Robin Pasley, Ryan Lott, and Doc Harrill, Todd helped create something genuinely new in worship music, which is a rare thing when it happens. Overall, I liked the album. I thought some songs were phenomenal, some were really good, and some just shouldn’t have made the final cut. Like most albums, it was a mix of good and bad, but what it did more than anything was prove that a worship album didn’t have to be Chris Tomlin-influenced worship-rock (which there’s nothing wrong with), redone hymns (also, nothing wrong here), or simple acoustic songs ala Enter the Worship Circle’s normal stuff (again, nothing wrong with that either).
There’s a new Village Thrift album in the works, which should be even better than the first, but while you’re waiting, Todd Berger is about to release his own solo album, And Have Not Love.
Yeah, I know – the post title is dumb. Let’s just all agree on that so we can move on from there to other things.
Other things like the new album from Eugene Francis Jnr.
I know I’ve had a lot about Eugene on here lately, but that’s just because I really dig his music, and his publicity peeps keep sending me great new stuff. So… I’ve become a servant of The Man now I guess, putting up whatever comes my way. But at least I get to score free stuff.
Well, now that I’ve confessed that I’m a sellout, let me move on to the album itself. I scored a pre-release copy of The Golden Beatle last week from the nice folks at Legion Presents, and it’s almost everything I hoped it would be.
As you probably know, the Village Thrift series of re-mixed worship music put out mainly by Ben and Robin Pasley of 1000 Portraits and Enter the Worship Circle depends on you to make the remixes. Ben and Robin and the other artists involved provide a framework, and then the rough recordings are given out to the community to be re-mixed and edited.
The guys have finished the rough recordings (or 8-packs) for the new Village Thrift: Circa 2008 album, and the best remixes and edits will make it to the final recording. They’ll be releasing 2 8-packs a week for the next 10 weeks, for free download, so start editing now. Get what you need right here.
Or, if you’re like me, just download the rough recordings and enjoy the songs for their own sakes. If I had the right software, I’d love to see if I could make a cool mix… but until then the songs are pretty sweet in and of themselves.
Well, my upload service, HotLinkFiles seems to be having problems. All the MP3s that should be hosted there are not accessible, and it won’t let me upload any new ones. What the heck’s going on? A lot of the pages don’t seem to be working anymore on their site either.
Anybody have any ideas on what’s going on?
I had a pretty sweet new single from Eugene Francis JNR (who I’ve posted on here and here) to send your way, but since I can’t do that, I’ll just tell you to get on over here to listen to the song “Beginners” and keep an eye out for The Golden Beatle to be released on April 28th.
When I figure out what’s going on with HotLinkFiles, I’ll be sure to put up the MP3 for you to download. Until then, just envision the most awesome, inspiring, emotionally-moving song you’ve ever heard and take it down maybe one or two notches. Seriously, the song is great, as all of EFJ’s stuff is, and I can’t wait to get the whole album.
To pre-order the new album go here and check out the trailer here.
I did a post about the alt-folk electronica band Synthar way back here, and shortly afterward, I interviewed frontman Johnny Bertram, which you can read here.
Today, I’d like to introduce you to the solo music of Bertram himself, without the band backing him up.
I can’t say much that I didn’t say about Synthar, because it’s very similar, just with less snazzy sounds and beats whirling around and no subtle sci-fi theme. Great lyrics all over again and solid musical backing.
I usually post music here that’s made by people who call themselves Christians, as far as I’m aware anyway. This isn’t because I think Christians make better music (I wish) or because I think Christians should never listen to music by non-Christians (I’d be sad) or because Christian music inherently has a better message every time (it doesn’t).
This is just because there are very few sites doing this. Few places exist that are exploring the indie side of music that Christians are making, so I decided to make one. I like to support Christian artists because I think they deserve attention from the world, and I think fellow Christians want to know they’re out there.
Eugene Francis Jnr makes no claims to being a Christian, but I just love his music, so I made an exception (here) and today I’m making another.
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