All Ha’ a Festive Yule

Lest we too quickly forget the chaos of the pandemic. Lest we forget the polarization of society caused by fear. How from some came an outpouring of empathy for the entire world. How from some came the selfish hatred of anyone different. How compassion shared the stage with racism & bigotry. Martin wrote these two tracks from the miasma of Covid fever. How we act in times of crisis spotlights our true souls.

Burn another X-ule log for Mother Earth & love thy neighbor. 

 

All India Radio - Inside the Covidium, 2022

Covidium I
Covidium II

Enjoy,
NØ

On the Twelfth Day

The Beating of the Final Drum

But it appears this space flight may have come to its end. With the release of On Pink Floyd, Kennedy announced that this would be the final AIR release except for "the occasional reissue or collection". 

 

Say it isn't so.

 

For the 12 Days of Yule, NØ brought to you:

 

The Beating of the Final Drum 

Time to Pay the Piper

Oh, Lordy

Folies Bergère

Milk Made

SibilanceS & Alliterations

Your Goose is Cooked

V Indole Rings

Deaf Dodo Birds

Trois Poules Françaises

Twin Doves of Peace

& a Cuckoo Singing in the Tree of Life

Enjoy,

NØ

On the Eleventh Day

Time to Pay the Piper

On the Tenth Day

Oh, Lordy

On the Ninth Day

Folies Bergère

On the Eighth Day

Milk Made

On the Seventh Day

SibilanceS & Alliterations

On the Sixth Day

Your Goose is Cooked

On the Fifth Day

V Indole Rings

On the Fourth Day

Deaf Dodo Birds

On the Third Day

Trois Poules Françaises

On the Second Day

Twin Doves of Peace

On the First Day

 Coming Up for AIR

 

The release of All India Radio - On Pink Floyd EP prompted the twelve upcoming posts. 

 

I always felt that Martin Kennedy, the Australian sound-artist of All India Radio, wore his appreciation of Pink Floyd on his sleeve. AIR's earliest efforts served up elecrtroambient sounds with a decidedly American tilt which started on 2001s Inevitable with tracks like : "Losing Houston" & "Wake in

Waco". 

 

2006s Echo Other cemented the downtempo Americana from first glance at the lonely desert Southwest Drive-In cover artwork through songs like "Mexicola" & "Endless Highway". 

 

 

With the release of 2009s Fall, things had become much Spacier.  Kennedy's enjoyment of Pink Floyd had set the controls for the heart of the sun. The Floyd sound was always in AIR's music, but by 2017 it had come to the forefront.

2017s album, Space used the actual rejected artwork for Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon for its own cover. Settle into your seat. We're about to blast off.

 

Cuckoo Singing in the Tree of Life