"Longing piano passages, akin to those found on Enos ambient masterpieces, are edited and washed with various processes. As the release unfolds, the details of the subdued field recordings come to the fore, creating a depth to his work.
Utilising restrained almost fragile aesthetics, Bednarczyk goes about documenting various holiday stories and events which find new meaning in the ears of the listener. An album dense with emotive spatial character and powerful imagined narrative."
- Room40
When Hurricane Katrina struck, Milton Alabama Slim Frazier and his cousin Little Freddie King made it out of New Orleans with their lives but not much else. The story of their encounter with the storm is related in the two versions of the Mighty Flood that bookend this discs dozen selections and give it its name.
Slim, who takes the vocals on all but two tracks, comes by his nickname honestly- he was born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama and stands almost seven feet tall. As harrowing as his account of Katrina is, it gains power from its understated delivery (like John Lee Hookers Tupelo, on which it was modeled). Slim also employs the device of updating an old blues theme by transforming "Tin Pan Alley" into "Crack Alley."
The other tracks include a version of Mr. Charlie by the way of Lightnin Hopkins, a Going Upstairs that¹s loosely based on Howlin Wolfs "No Place to Go", and "I Got The Blues", which bears a faint resemblance to Buddy Guys "Dam Right Ive Got The Blues." These, and all of Slims other performances, owe their primary stylistic debt to Hooker and Hopkins, with King supplying most of the guitar work and Slim adding simple rhythm patterns on some cuts. The occasional assist from varying combinations of harmonica, bass, and drums is unnecessary but unobtrusive, though it helps add drive to Kings gospel piece "Lord, Im Good For Something."
His other lead, on "I Dont Know What To Do", is a moody number cut from much the same cloth as his cousins efforts. This is one of those rare albums where the listener enjoys the sensation of sitting in on a private gathering of friends playing and singing with and for one another. -Jim Dekoster, Living Blues
BTW, this is one time where the eMu rip does the album a service--it's much better than the samples on the Music Maker Foundation website.
Brighternow, I'd never run into Soundcloud before, and the things on it are well outside my usual sphere of listening, but I'm enjoying it. And my daughter has shown a little interest in making her own music, so I'll point her there. thanks!
Elwoodicious, I loved the earlier B+ albums, but never liked the one with the singer. I haven't heard the 2010 release, but I'm going to get it.
You can tell I have credit I wish to use now - my fourth download from here today! I am certainly enjoying the first track as I type. Thanks Johanpwll and amclark2
In his short chamber works, particularly in his cutting-edge pieces for viola, Horatiu Radulescu has been able to demonstrate his extended instrumental techniques and advanced theories of spectral music most clearly and effectively without resorting to the overwhelming wall of noise of his String Quartet No. 4 or the dense textures of his larger ensemble pieces. In most cases, one instrument is sufficient to produce the complex harmonics and microtonal swarms that vibrate, twitter, and shimmer on this 2006 release from Sub Rosa; such intricate solo explorations as Das Andere for viola, Op. 49 (1984, translated as Alter Ego), and Lux Animae II for viola, Op. 97
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1000 Hours of Staring - The Seagull (Serein - April 21, 2006)
"This is a piece of music to explore, a fairy-tale story revealing new adventures wich each listen."
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This is the kind of music that can stop all activity, mentally as well as physically. . . . .
the bug -- london zoo. my no. 1 album from a year or two ago. still every ounce as good as i remember it, and great music for walks on cold nights.
(What an informative image.) May by Taylor Deupree and Kenneth Kirschner. More stuff in the post_piano vein.
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Short nights and long days leave me rough around the edges.
BTW, this is one time where the eMu rip does the album a service--it's much better than the samples on the Music Maker Foundation website.
Portishead - Third
Craig
Pitchfork is dead. Long live "I am Pitchfork". Very nice, thanks jonah for repeating the rec. enough times to drive it home.
Taylor Deupree + Kenneth Kirschner - Post_Piano 2
- Thanks Germanprof. . .
More MLK Day listening.
Thanks elwoodicious
Thanks to Herr Professor Doktor for this one, although I just realized I listened to the tracks in the wrong order!
Elwoodicious, I loved the earlier B+ albums, but never liked the one with the singer. I haven't heard the 2010 release, but I'm going to get it.
Craig
Then I was all
You can tell I have credit I wish to use now - my fourth download from here today! I am certainly enjoying the first track as I type. Thanks Johanpwll and amclark2
Bandcamp is another option for your daughter to upload music for free.
No, it's the sax Bill Evans!
Moving on to:
From the Allmusic review:
This sat on my SFL too long...