Sven Helbig - Skills

Sven Helbig - SkillsVinyl LP pressing. "In my parents' living room stands an elaborately hand forged copper kettle my grandfather's masterpiece, hammered out of a single piece of copper. Growing up in a family of craftsmen, I have been familiar since early childhood with the attitude of perfecting a thing for it's own sake. The deepening concentration and slow maturing of execution, the craft shares with spiritual rituals, with arts, sports and the sciences. I am touched

the black metal gods hailing from Telemark

burn-pocked rug

Housed in custom printed deluxe Stoughton gatefold jacket and slipcase

or wordless

layering tracks

Every project that I've done he's been a part of

was certified gold and added to the Library of Congress’ National Recording Registry in 2007

Import - Born in Juazeiro

the gatefold 2LP+CD-set is another quintessential release in the Lost Not Forgotten Archives collection

has a heavier sound that might surprise longtime El Ten Eleven fans

He was also a man with a sharp sense of humour: this performance of Mendelssohn's incidental music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream both glows with enchantment and sparkles with wit

Influential Detroit band Destroy All Monsters mashed up punk