John Cale was the most unconventional member in one of the world’s most unconventional rock bands, Velvet Underground. While Lou Reed was the leader and Nico (at least initially) the beacon, Cale’s droning, dissonant violin/keyboards and classical training gave their music an artistic credibility that elevated it above nearly anything else being made at the…
Chelsea Girl’s gothic older sister is dreamy in a dark and different sense.
The very definition of disarming, what with that scary title and cover photo. The vintage here is 1969, the vines very possibly rooted in Bob Dylan’s Nashville Skyline, and the taste of Cale introduced in the fermentation process unmistakable. Though it pre-dates the solo music of Brian Eno (the album’s most obvious antecedent), Vintage Violence…
Nico and her horrorshow harmonium return to their nightmare world for another album.
Cale’s collaboration with minimalist composer Terry Riley is a sometimes stunning example of avant-garde music at its best.
Cale’s classical training finally comes to the fore with ten (mostly) instrumental pieces.
More pop music filtered through John Cale’s peculiar and politely restrained madness.
A band of misfits, a side of Ayers and a dose of intrigue at Rainbow’s end.
If you should ever leave me, life would still go on, believe me.
Eno’s warped pop sensibilities and ambient interests merge on his magnum opus.
Ambient bits and pieces create a kind of Whitman’s Sampler of wispy works.
