I seem to be writing about dungeon synth a lot these days and I’m not entirely sure why. Admittedly I have been buying a lot of it lately, but it’s not as if plenty of other genres aren’t making it onto the stereo at Life In The Vinyl Lane World HeadquartersTM. But for whatever reason […]
Tag: 2017
Chaucerian Myth – “The Book Of Margery Kempe” Box Set (2017 / 2024)
There is a strong DIY ethic in the dungeon synth (DS) community. Given that basically no one has achieved anything even remotely resembling mainstream success with their DS projects, this is in part a necessity. There are a number of specialty labels, but perhaps only one or two big enough to constitute being someone’s full-time […]
Moondog – “Moondog” (1969 / 2017)
In one of those serendipitous moments, last month I mentioned to Mrs. Life in the Vinyl Lane that I was interested in checking out the music of Moondog and lo and behold a few days later while digging at Cheapo Records in Minneapolis I came across a used copy of the 2017 re-release of his […]
Vono – “Dinner Für 2” (1982 / 2017)
This cover reached out and grabbed me as I flipped through the used New Arrivals bin at St. Paul’s Agharta Records the other day. It’s truly arresting, the simple pink lettering overlaying the not-quite-avantgarde black-and-white photo of brothers Volker and Norbert Schultze (the band name is a combo of the first two letters of each […]