@Germanprof - hope you enjoyed Kind of Blue. It definitely is one of those albums that bears repeat listens to discover something new each time.
I'm starting off the week with the E Street Band in memory of the Big Man, Clarence Clemons who sadly died over the weekend. This CD just happens to be next to the CD player, so it is where I'm starting today
Freiband & Machinefabriek - Oahu - (Low Point/Bandcamp - 2008) "Oahu is a collaborative release between Dutch sound artists Freiband (the latest project of Frans de Waard, founder of the Korm Plastics label and member of Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen and Goem to name but three) and Machinefabriek (the prolific Rutger Zuydervelt).
The genesis of the project was a 90 second recording of improvised acoustic lapsteel (the Oahu of the title) played by Martin Luiten. From this initial recording, segments of music, each lasting 30 seconds in length, were created then passed back and forth between de Waard and Zuydervelt over a period of four months for further processing, editing and refinement. Finally, with a collection of 20 of these segments, each artist composed their own 20 minute mix using these pieces."
Though the nature of processing and reprocessing applied to the initial recording of the lapsteel makes it at times almost unrecognisable, the harmonic and melodic essence of the instrument is retained and utilised throughout. And whilst unified by the source material at their disposal, these two tracks have a distinct feel and identity that manage to perfectly encapsulate the work of both artists.
Just downloaded. For anyone in the UK, it is available at £3.99 this week only from Amazon UK. If you don't recognise the cover, it is Bon Iver's new CD
La Place Demon - (Morr Music 2011) "It feels like way too long since Weilheim scenesters Tied and Tickled Trio released their last nugget of white-hot jazz on the waiting world. Brothers Markus and Micha Acher might still be best known for their work in The Notwist, but for some of us their finest moments have been attached to their stunning catalogue under the Tied and Tickled moniker. La Place Demon might be their best record to date, and features 70-year-old drumming legend Billy Hart, the famed percussionist and band leader who was a long running member of the Herbie Hancock and Stan Getz bands. So at least you know youre in for some pretty serious breaks then, but thats not all the Tied & Tickled Trio offer up on this epic set. The smoky, cinematic instrumentals here go far beyond what you might expect from a jazz project; jazz is maybe the starting point, but these vignettes bear just as much in common with the sort of sepia tinted lounge and library music you might expect to find on a Finders Keepers or Trunk re-issue. Three Doors Pt.1 even begins with reverberating blips and squeaks straight out of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop welcome book, and when Harts drums criss-cross through the strange and beautiful patterns of Micha and Markus Achers compositions you sense that theyve heard more than their fair share of legendary movie/TV soundtrack pioneer Basil Kirchin. They might have seven albums to their name now, but I cant imagine a better way of getting introduced to the sound of Tied & Tickled Trio than on La Place Demon. Those of you who like your music with a jar of spiced liquor and the smoke thick in the air, youd better realize this is the one youre gonna need.
Huge recommendation."
- Boomkat.
- Soundcloud
"Between electroacoustic procedural precision and more recent pulse driven electronica slips this placeless new work from composer Lutz Glandien, 2 years in the making, employing material collectively generated by Lutz himself, Chris Cutler and Tuba virtuoso Michael Vogt - heavily reorganised, processed, stretched and re-assembled to make extraordinary pieces that demand - and reward - concentrated listening.
- ReR Megacorp 2002
Aaron Roche with Tim Hinck - Plainspeak
- released 30 November 2010
"Aaron Roche and Tim Hinck have taken folk and modern classical music to another dimension entirely. The 4-D result is Plainspeak, their new album recorded with members of the Chattanooga Symphony, Lambchop, The Cherry Blossoms and Silver Jews."
- Chris Schlarb (Sounds Are Active)
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I'm starting off the week with the E Street Band in memory of the Big Man, Clarence Clemons who sadly died over the weekend. This CD just happens to be next to the CD player, so it is where I'm starting today
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Transmission Hue by Nickolas Mohanna
and finished with
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I'd love to say I was there - sadly I wasn't! It was three or four years later before I saw The Boss play live.
Also changed in a copy of this that I got a couple of weeks ago that was unplayable for a playable copy:
So that's what this weekend/this morning sound like - very guitar-y.
Freiband & Machinefabriek - Oahu - (Low Point/Bandcamp - 2008)
"Oahu is a collaborative release between Dutch sound artists Freiband (the latest project of Frans de Waard, founder of the Korm Plastics label and member of Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen and Goem to name but three) and Machinefabriek (the prolific Rutger Zuydervelt).
The genesis of the project was a 90 second recording of improvised acoustic lapsteel (the Oahu of the title) played by Martin Luiten. From this initial recording, segments of music, each lasting 30 seconds in length, were created then passed back and forth between de Waard and Zuydervelt over a period of four months for further processing, editing and refinement. Finally, with a collection of 20 of these segments, each artist composed their own 20 minute mix using these pieces."
Though the nature of processing and reprocessing applied to the initial recording of the lapsteel makes it at times almost unrecognisable, the harmonic and melodic essence of the instrument is retained and utilised throughout. And whilst unified by the source material at their disposal, these two tracks have a distinct feel and identity that manage to perfectly encapsulate the work of both artists.
Just downloaded. For anyone in the UK, it is available at £3.99 this week only from Amazon UK. If you don't recognise the cover, it is Bon Iver's new CD
La Place Demon - (Morr Music 2011)
"It feels like way too long since Weilheim scenesters Tied and Tickled Trio released their last nugget of white-hot jazz on the waiting world. Brothers Markus and Micha Acher might still be best known for their work in The Notwist, but for some of us their finest moments have been attached to their stunning catalogue under the Tied and Tickled moniker. La Place Demon might be their best record to date, and features 70-year-old drumming legend Billy Hart, the famed percussionist and band leader who was a long running member of the Herbie Hancock and Stan Getz bands. So at least you know youre in for some pretty serious breaks then, but thats not all the Tied & Tickled Trio offer up on this epic set. The smoky, cinematic instrumentals here go far beyond what you might expect from a jazz project; jazz is maybe the starting point, but these vignettes bear just as much in common with the sort of sepia tinted lounge and library music you might expect to find on a Finders Keepers or Trunk re-issue. Three Doors Pt.1 even begins with reverberating blips and squeaks straight out of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop welcome book, and when Harts drums criss-cross through the strange and beautiful patterns of Micha and Markus Achers compositions you sense that theyve heard more than their fair share of legendary movie/TV soundtrack pioneer Basil Kirchin. They might have seven albums to their name now, but I cant imagine a better way of getting introduced to the sound of Tied & Tickled Trio than on La Place Demon. Those of you who like your music with a jar of spiced liquor and the smoke thick in the air, youd better realize this is the one youre gonna need.
Huge recommendation."
- Boomkat.
- Soundcloud
Like amclark, a weekend second hand purchase
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavilion
In case you've never done it before, stare at that album cover for a couple seconds.
Craig
(url=>amz)
Just ran my 1st interview today and I can safely say I suck at it.
- Featuring Bill Frisell ! . . . . .
If there's anything worse than being interviewed, it's doing an interview.
Thanks, BN. Not bad.
Thanks ScissorMan! So far, so good.
I also hate, hate, hate interviewing people.
Craig
Anti NY - Something I got from emu a long time ago which now seems really hard to find anywhere.
"Between electroacoustic procedural precision and more recent pulse driven electronica slips this placeless new work from composer Lutz Glandien, 2 years in the making, employing material collectively generated by Lutz himself, Chris Cutler and Tuba virtuoso Michael Vogt - heavily reorganised, processed, stretched and re-assembled to make extraordinary pieces that demand - and reward - concentrated listening.
- ReR Megacorp 2002
No rock stars, or cats, were harmed in the making of this sampler.
Svarte Greiner - Live in Moscow (free)
Downloaded this months back at Brighternow's suggestion - only just now listened to it. It''s great!!
Aaron Roche with Tim Hinck - Plainspeak
- released 30 November 2010
"Aaron Roche and Tim Hinck have taken folk and modern classical music to another dimension entirely. The 4-D result is Plainspeak, their new album recorded with members of the Chattanooga Symphony, Lambchop, The Cherry Blossoms and Silver Jews."
- Chris Schlarb (Sounds Are Active)
- Yeah !