It's not breaking news that Oli Hefernan aka Ivan The Tolerable is a terribly prolific recording artist. Even pre-Brexit (without the extra costs for taxes, fees and drives to the post office to pick up orders) I probably wouldn't even try to keep up, but rather restrict myself to some of the highlights.
Other fans however actually follow his pace, even if it ramps up to twelve records a year like right now. As a reward and "sorry" those were gifted a strictly limited live album. And a short while later the naturally even more strictly limited rest of that pressing went up for the grabs for comparably more casual fans like me.
Other fans however actually follow his pace, even if it ramps up to twelve records a year like right now. As a reward and "sorry" those were gifted a strictly limited live album. And a short while later the naturally even more strictly limited rest of that pressing went up for the grabs for comparably more casual fans like me.
IVAN THE TOLERABLE - Live in London (stained glass splatter vinyl LP) (2024)
"Live in London" is not a trio or quartet album, but a recording of an actual solo performance during which Hefernan operated bass guitar, synths, kalimba, drones and arps - whatever especially the latter exactly means.
The result is an ongoing thirty-seven minute long vibrating and oscillating Ambient performance called "Dog Star Man".
And that's almost everything I can actually say about the music here. Once again it's one of those cases of don't read about it, just listen! This album certainly sounds a lot different than his releases more orientated towards Jazz or Psychedelic Rock, even though the Kraut undoubtly is very strong in this cosmically pulsating stream of tangerine dreamy space music.
It's a warm, embracing experience, like taking a bath in a naturally heated pool in a cave, while water drops play random melodies around you and the stalactites and stalagmites glitter in the spectral reflections of a magical aurora-like light of unknown origin. Or in short: This is wonderfully immersive.
The cover artwork being non-existent could suggest a test-pressing or library music content, but the vinyl itself screams in rainbow that it definitely isn't. I'm not going to lie: It also gave me the impulse to check this out as quickly as possible. And even though I'd obviously prefer Ivan The Tolerable residing within a more convenient country from my perspective, I'm very happy that I got this one.
The result is an ongoing thirty-seven minute long vibrating and oscillating Ambient performance called "Dog Star Man".
And that's almost everything I can actually say about the music here. Once again it's one of those cases of don't read about it, just listen! This album certainly sounds a lot different than his releases more orientated towards Jazz or Psychedelic Rock, even though the Kraut undoubtly is very strong in this cosmically pulsating stream of tangerine dreamy space music.
It's a warm, embracing experience, like taking a bath in a naturally heated pool in a cave, while water drops play random melodies around you and the stalactites and stalagmites glitter in the spectral reflections of a magical aurora-like light of unknown origin. Or in short: This is wonderfully immersive.
The cover artwork being non-existent could suggest a test-pressing or library music content, but the vinyl itself screams in rainbow that it definitely isn't. I'm not going to lie: It also gave me the impulse to check this out as quickly as possible. And even though I'd obviously prefer Ivan The Tolerable residing within a more convenient country from my perspective, I'm very happy that I got this one.
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