TITLE:
Footsteps in Chalkdust
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 1988
DESCRIPTION:
Simple, lyric-intensive acoustic guitar songs dealing
with the theme of time/transience.
"….an
instant classic…."
Playboy
"Subtlety masquerading as silliness. Unparalleled
ingenuity." Hanif Kureishi speaking
on The South Bank Show
"Pure and hopeful in a way that only a debut album
this honest could be." Joe Jackson
Irish Times
"…assured yet unassuming…" Newtown
Review
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 1989
DESCRIPTION: Almost ambient, yet nevertheless highly melodic, atmospheric, poignant compositions.
"…eine
neue Sprache der Musikwelt…"
Peter Handke
"A
brave change of pace that is bound to be misunderstood."
James Lane Salt Lake Tribune
"…[Kalle Ryan] weaves a deceptively simple wall
of sound." Modernity Now
"Ryan's sense of the tragic is almost unerring"
Tracy Collins Observer
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 1993
DESCRIPTION: Discordant industrial techno infused with futuristic overtones.
"Magic!
Like alchemy on vinyl"
Jake van Eyck Alma
"He
has an interesting sound that stays with you"
Salman Rushdie
"Utan tvivel, årets härligaste nya skiva."
Åsa Karlsson Expressen
"Excellent!" Johnny Richardson
Cork Examiner
"…pseuds corner if ever I heard it…"
Paul Bliss London Times
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 1995
DESCRIPTION: Double album of previously unreleased tracks, cover versions and reworked b-sides from the period between 1990-1995.
"Poetic,
profound and moving. The way music should be"
Tony Young The Independent"
There's a hunger there like we haven't heard since
Dylan or Springsteen in their heyday" Rich
Salkind Rolling Stone
"Like an Irish Mamet with music"
Bruce Lorenzo Melody Maker
"...Génial!…" Patrice Laguisquet Le Monde
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 1995
DESCRIPTION: High energy, socio-critical punk rock.
"My
favourite record of the year"
Bono
"…blurs the lines between music and emotion"
Rick Long Select
"Like the beautiful bastard child of Van Morrison's
Astral Weeks and The Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks"
Leo Stone Melody Maker
"Dickhead of the Year"
Terry Morgan The Sun
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 1996
DESCRIPTION: Heavy Metal.
"Djävligt bra." Magnus Hedberg Aftonbladet
"Awful, just awful." Jules Smith NME
"Hard thumping guitar riffs…heavy metal at its absolute best" Michael Holan Raw
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 1997
DESCRIPTION: Atmospheric, dark electronica containing authentic sound recordings of the jungle environment.
"Inspired
lunacy"
John Crowe Washington Post
"…this is the sound of synapses firing
on all cylinders…" Phil
O'Toole Bucketfan
"An outstanding musical achievement" Sheila
Pontoon Maenad
"Rarely has an artist been so spectacularly misguided"
Larry Graves Outspan
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan/David Bagnall
YEAR: 1997
DESCRIPTION: Sonic urban landscapes.
"This is an important album… Make no mistake, time will be kind to this work" Oisin Kelly Sister Morphine
"A convoluted web of unnecessary complexities. Far too clever for its own good" Gareth Nolan Irish Independent
"A hypnotic record" Nick Cave musician/writer
ARTIST: The Rambler
YEAR: 1999
DESCRIPTION: Highly abstract, experimental music by Kalle Ryan alter-ego known as The Rambler. Part one of the infamous Rambler Trilogy, which "collectively engage in the deconstruction of language, modernity and the self." This record is primarily concerned with the death of language and communication in the modern age.
"…as if the lyrics were culled from a magnetic poetry set…" Jonathan Bowen Time Out
"Really exciting stuff" Thom Yorke speaking on Radio 1 Live
"With this recording, Ryan has reinvented the concept album. We might just have to come up with a new term to describe it." New York Press
ARTIST: The Rambler
YEAR: 1999
DESCRIPTION: Part two of the Rambler Trilogy (see above). Dissonant, discordant, dark compositions played on a variety of non-traditional instruments. Thematically, this record deals with "the reassembling of fragments in an attempt to piece together a new starting point for meaning.".
"Too obviously entrenched in Frankfurt School philosophy, but a brave effort nevertheless" Kevin Hedges The Guardian
"As part of a broader trilogy, this record, with its insightful societal commentary, sets the bar very high indeed." Mike Long LA Times
"…progressively stupid. If that is possible?" Valerie Hill Village Voice
ARTIST: The Rambler
YEAR: 1999
DESCRIPTION: A double album and also the final album in the Rambler Trilogy. Somewhat more upbeat than its two predecessors, yet still highly cerebral, self-reflexive compositions. On this record, The Rambler closes out the trilogy by "deconstructing his own identity with his newfound language.".
"This is a journey through a mind that is trying to see the world anew through the eyes of a child" Adam Smith Q magazine
"What it means to be human, as told by a lunatic preacher" Ronald Clark Evening Press
"Never before has a record been so acutely self-reflexive… A triumph of enormous magnitude" Nigel Rowe Sunday Times
ARTIST: Kalle Ryan
YEAR: 2000
DESCRIPTION: Fun european style dance/house music.
"Påminner en faktist om en gammal Beatles skiva. Korta roliga låtar som alla kan lyssna på" Maria Johansson Svenska Dagbladet
"Super-Kalle-Fragelistic-Expialidocious!" Annabel O'Rourke Sky Magazine
"French Aphrodisiaque is razor sharp. Pulls no punches and takes no prisoners" Lloyd Jones GQ