MIDORI TAKADA - Tree Of Life LP twee One of 2019's favourites

One of 2019's favourites

Laibach are still the most internationally acclaimed band to have come out of the former Communist countries of Eastern and Central Europe

hardrock from Hell

There's plenty of lighter instruments providing breathing room for the fuzz - well

and drummer / percussionist Ryan Jewell recorded in Colorado

MIDORI TAKADA - Tree Of Life LP twee One of 2019's favouritesTree Of Life was Takada's second solo album, arriving a full 16 years after the release of her debut, 1983's Through The Looking Glass. A pioneer of minimal and ambient music, Takada deploys soft drumming, bells, and marimba. She's joined on the record by Jiang Jian hua playing the erhu, a Chinese two stringed violin.