Antony and the Johnsons: Free at Last (1min 37secs) Album: I am a Bird Now Rough Trade/RTRADCD223 Web Link: http://www.antonyandthejohnsons.com/
:: Track 2
Vast: Lady of Dreams (2mins 46secs) Album: Music for People Mushroom/MUSH83CD Web Link: http://www.realvast.com/
:: Track 3
Penguin Cafe Orchestra: Oscar Tango (3mins 15secs) Album: Signs of Life Eg/EEGCD50 Web Link: http://www.penguincafe.com/
BACKGROUND
I get a very strong synesthetic dark golden-brown yellow colour pervading my mind when I listen to these brief pieces. I think they convey solitude yet comfort. Thats the only way I can explain it. Anthony and the Johnsons rightly won this years Mercury prize, Penguin Cafe orchestra have been around some time now, whilst Vast is a sometimes heavy and loud metal act more used to singing about some of the darker subjects in life.