Bleep

Charlemagne Palestine is a visionary pianist and performance artist who has been bewitching audiences and discs since the 1960s. This is the first vinyl release of Godbear, a 1987 solo piano recording originally scheduled to sit alongside Sonic Youth and Swans in the catalogue of Glenn Branca‘s Neutral Records but eventually released on CD by the Dutch Barooni label in 1998. And sold out. Disappeared. Everywhere. Back on wax, Godbear presents three distinct variations that demonstrate Palestine’s gift for complex tonalities, vivid chord clusters and transcendent playing style. Aggressive. Beautiful. Elegant. A real treat to lift the tonearm, close the eyes and let it play…