The ever prolific Gary Lucas has just released a new album. With this one he is revisiting the music of his earlier album Edge of Heaven where he takes a dive into 1930s – 40s Chinese pop from Shanghai.
Edge of Heaven Vol. 2 features Gary’s guitar accompanying singer Feifei Yang with Jason Candler on reeds and percussion.
It took me a while to get into that first album but once I’d listened to a few of the original songs and then went back to the album it all made sense. There’s a dreamy, otherworldly feel to the music although that is probably a response based on hearing it with Western ears … or maybe not. Fascinating stuff, give it go if you haven’t already.
Here’s the video for ‘Old Dreams’ :
Take a listen to the rest of the album on Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nUSeccnkroSaMYsUz_k1HuS9i25FzZI-0
Also, check out Gary’s website for some live versions of the songs – Edge of Heaven Live
This album has only been released into the digital universe (Apple Music. Amazon Music, YouTube, Spotify, iTunes et al.) there are no CDs or vinyl.