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 […]
Tag: Chaucerian Myth
The Best of 2024
Another year is in the books. They are just speeding by these days, which I suspect is a combination of me getting older and some kind of temporal distortion caused by COVID that seemed to change how time is experienced. Regardless, it was a good year in the Life In The Vinyl Lane household with […]
Chaucerian Myth – “Troilus And Criseyde” / “Sir Orfeo” Cassette Box Set (2024)
Once again I find myself drawn to the music of Chaucerian Myth. His original releases from the second half of the 2010s are long-since sold out and often command fairly healthy prices on the secondary market. That is, of course, if you can find them. Fortunately our friends at the Out Of Season and Fogged […]
Chaucerian Myth – “St. George And The Dragon” (2022 / 2024)
On April 23 a good man breathed his last, or as Chaucer himself might have written, he tooketh his last sote brethe. His name was Dr. Gary Culbert and he was 80 years old. Almost as far back in history as Chaucer’s own times, in an era known as “the late 1980s”, he was my […]