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One of the Christmas presents I got from my sister last christmas, was a piece of unknowned music for me at that time, a self intitled album from Antony & The Johnsons. Attached to the present, my sister has written this little note saying "I think this will fit into your new space of 'the last romantic'".... and when I listen to it the first time I was immediately captivated by this voice filled with so much emotions underlined with music that brings memories back to the old european cabarets...
This album intitled "Antony & The Johnsons" was there first feature length album. There second "I'm A Bird Now" came out in 2005 and won the mercury prize for best album of the year by a british act...
Here are some qoutes what different artist and critics had to say at the mercury prize award...
Simon Frith, chairman of the judges, said Antony and the Johnsons won because they produced "such an extraordinary album".
"It's not like any album I've heard before or since," he said.
"It doesn't seem to have any obvious place where it's coming from - and yet play it to anybody and they're arrested.
"Some of them hate it, some of them absolutely love it - but nobody can ignore it."
"When I first heard him I knew I was in the presence of an angel," said Lou Reed.
"His amazing band contributes to one extraordinary experience of musical wit, depth and, most of all, beauteous heart."
Laurie Anderson has echoed her partner's comments, calling Anthony and the Johnsons "my favourite band in the whole world right now".
"Listening to Anthony's voice is like hearing Elvis for the first time," she said.
"When he sings it is the most exquisite thing that you will hear in your life."
"I Am A Bird Now is my favourite album this year," Portishead singer Beth Gibbons has told the BBC News website.
"I felt its honesty immediately and had not been that touched by music in a long time.
"He has expressed how I feel about being a woman better than I have myself and created an unnerving, unworldly yet direct impression of our fear of death and life's solitude."
(These qoutes are from bbc.co.uk)
I can't thank my sister enough because this is amazing music, and I would love to hear from others who shares the same passion, or who would like to know more about this, but also from people who might not like it....
A photo of Antony him self... wich reminds me of a Francis bacon painting...
brooklynvegan.com
This album intitled "Antony & The Johnsons" was there first feature length album. There second "I'm A Bird Now" came out in 2005 and won the mercury prize for best album of the year by a british act...
Here are some qoutes what different artist and critics had to say at the mercury prize award...
Simon Frith, chairman of the judges, said Antony and the Johnsons won because they produced "such an extraordinary album".
"It's not like any album I've heard before or since," he said.
"It doesn't seem to have any obvious place where it's coming from - and yet play it to anybody and they're arrested.
"Some of them hate it, some of them absolutely love it - but nobody can ignore it."
"When I first heard him I knew I was in the presence of an angel," said Lou Reed.
"His amazing band contributes to one extraordinary experience of musical wit, depth and, most of all, beauteous heart."
Laurie Anderson has echoed her partner's comments, calling Anthony and the Johnsons "my favourite band in the whole world right now".
"Listening to Anthony's voice is like hearing Elvis for the first time," she said.
"When he sings it is the most exquisite thing that you will hear in your life."
"I Am A Bird Now is my favourite album this year," Portishead singer Beth Gibbons has told the BBC News website.
"I felt its honesty immediately and had not been that touched by music in a long time.
"He has expressed how I feel about being a woman better than I have myself and created an unnerving, unworldly yet direct impression of our fear of death and life's solitude."
(These qoutes are from bbc.co.uk)
I can't thank my sister enough because this is amazing music, and I would love to hear from others who shares the same passion, or who would like to know more about this, but also from people who might not like it....
A photo of Antony him self... wich reminds me of a Francis bacon painting...
brooklynvegan.com
