"This beautiful collaboration features two of the most prolific talents from the current experimental scene, both with reputations of leviathan proportions. For this release, Machinefabriek, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Peter Broderick, based in Berlin, Germany (although constantly on the road) set out to push each others limits, and to explore new areas within their own creativity.
The resulting album is a delicately crafted one, with Machinefabriek and Broderick virtuosically combining instrumental compositions, drone, and heartfelt soundscapes with song structures and vocals. Or as Peter Broderick himself put it: "We tried a lot of different things on this album, pushing ourselves to explore new areas... And for me the result is the collection of music I feel most proud of so far."
- Fang Bomb - 2009
Bill Mallonee - Kid Heart (WPA Vo. 11). This guy cranks out tunes like no one else, seems to be embracing BandCamp. More than 40 titles (EPS, demos, and stdio albums) are now available.
@elwoodicious, I had really high hopes for that Hylozoists album back when it came out, based on seeing a live video. Have never really been able to get into it.
|| Frank Gratkowski < bass clarinet [2, 3/4] || Hayden Chisholm < bass clarinet [1] || Franz Hautzinger < trumpet || Melvyn Poore < tuba || Reinhold Friedl < piano || Maurice de Martin < percussion || Burkhard Schlothauer < violin || Anton Lukoszevieze < cello || Ulrich Phillipp < double bass || Marc Weiser < electronics || Ralf Meinz < sound ||
"This CD documents the cooperation between zeitkratzer and Carsten Nicolai (aka. Alva Noto), started nearly a decade ago; a cooperation between an avantgarde ensemble and a non-academic electronic musician. The electronic music of Carsten Nicolai sometimes being of even cristal clearness and quality suddenly becomes sensual and physical through zeitkratzers amplified instrumental sounds.
Inversely, zeitkratzer sounds different too: in 5 min the musicians play only electric sound generators: humming of plugs, the peeping of the synchronised zeitkratzer-clocks, white noise, TV cheeping at 10 kHz. Synchron Bitwave, the latest piece is the most sensual and warmest; no other sounds than a small third and its electric derivates, finally leading to high, dabbed string spiccati. While c1 transfers electronically conceived asymmetrical loops into a 19/16th rhythm. A strange undertow results, partly because of the pieces grounding with merging split sounds. Here, Carsten Nicolai virtually becomes metaphysical, perhaps even romantic "
- Zeitkratzer - 2008.
- "Alvin Lucier is one of the most outstanding American minimalists. He could be called a sound physician and his compositions regarded as acoustic research settings. Often his pieces turn inside-out the inner properties of the room they are played in and the instrument that they are played on. zeitkratzer had the chance to work with the composer in Dijon, France in 2008, and continued to work on and to program his music in different places. The Philharmonie in Luxembourg turned out to be the ideal space for recording.
On this CD you can hear how Lucier enables zeitkratzer to create sounds, most people have never heard before. Ringing overtones, a singing piano, a thrilling concert triangle, pencils on little objects, and how irritating a violoncello, a viola and a piano can sound together creating sonic interferences. This music is not only a physical phenomenology, but becomes inherently a sensual listening experience."
- Zeitkratzer - 2010
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My goodness, this is $2.97 on Amazon. (or $2.47 if you want to mix and match Amazon/emusic). Nicolai's stuff often doesn't come cheap. Off to buy...
@Plong42 - I like Christy Moore. He has a very distinctive and quite appealing voice, IMO. I only recently figured out he is the older brother of the Irish singer, Luka Bloom (whom I also like!).
Christy co-wrote a song called "North and South of the River" with Bono and the Edge of U2, which was released as a single with backing vocals by Bono and the Edge. The only place I have found it is on the album Celtic Heartbeat Collection 2, where it is track 9 (Amazon link here. Very nice song.
"Ride On" is probably my favorite Christy Moore song.
John Cages compositions have been part of zeitkratzers repertoire since the very first day. The pieces presented here justify zeitkratzers reputation as sound specialists. Avant-garde composer Cage is played in a conservative, precise and sensual way, apart from all philosophical ambitions, and hopefully as seductive as a Schubert quintet! The Wire Magazine acclaimed: zeitkratzer convinced us that Cages music can still live with all its complexities, stripped of the debris of its iconic-ironic status, if we only give ourselves time, space and ears to hear!
- Zeitkratzer - 2010
@kez "I only recently figured out he is the older brother of the Irish singer, Luka Bloom"
That was a moment of zen for me as well. That, and the fact both are guys (Christy and Luka?) I like Christy Moore live quite a bit, I have a few "field recordings" so you get a bit of his personality between songs. Spotify has a "box set" with quite a few live songs from Moore, well worth a listen.
now someone needs to explain to me the connection between John Cage and kiwi fruit.
- A nickname perhaps ? - John "kiwi" Cage ? - In the same way as Alvin "blueberry" Lucier ?
;-)
- Anyways . . . Streaming from Bandcamp:
Pawn - Glimmer of Sunlight "Reworks by Solo Andata, Geskia!, Moshimoss, Josh Varnedore, Konntinent, The Lullaby League. Features Danny Norbury and Cuushe."
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Starting Monday right.
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Still on sale for $3.99.
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"This beautiful collaboration features two of the most prolific talents from the current experimental scene, both with reputations of leviathan proportions. For this release, Machinefabriek, based in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and Peter Broderick, based in Berlin, Germany (although constantly on the road) set out to push each others limits, and to explore new areas within their own creativity.
The resulting album is a delicately crafted one, with Machinefabriek and Broderick virtuosically combining instrumental compositions, drone, and heartfelt soundscapes with song structures and vocals. Or as Peter Broderick himself put it: "We tried a lot of different things on this album, pushing ourselves to explore new areas... And for me the result is the collection of music I feel most proud of so far."
- Fang Bomb - 2009
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Bill Mallonee - Kid Heart (WPA Vo. 11). This guy cranks out tunes like no one else, seems to be embracing BandCamp. More than 40 titles (EPS, demos, and stdio albums) are now available.
Explosions in the Sky - The Rescue (free to download from their site)
And I'm going to have to follow it up with the marvelous As Good as Gone by Nudge, for obvious reasons:
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Concluding a unintentional streak of albums released in '09.
|| Frank Gratkowski < bass clarinet [2, 3/4] || Hayden Chisholm < bass clarinet [1] || Franz Hautzinger < trumpet || Melvyn Poore < tuba || Reinhold Friedl < piano || Maurice de Martin < percussion || Burkhard Schlothauer < violin || Anton Lukoszevieze < cello || Ulrich Phillipp < double bass || Marc Weiser < electronics || Ralf Meinz < sound ||
"This CD documents the cooperation between zeitkratzer and Carsten Nicolai (aka. Alva Noto), started nearly a decade ago; a cooperation between an avantgarde ensemble and a non-academic electronic musician. The electronic music of Carsten Nicolai sometimes being of even cristal clearness and quality suddenly becomes sensual and physical through zeitkratzers amplified instrumental sounds.
Inversely, zeitkratzer sounds different too: in 5 min the musicians play only electric sound generators: humming of plugs, the peeping of the synchronised zeitkratzer-clocks, white noise, TV cheeping at 10 kHz. Synchron Bitwave, the latest piece is the most sensual and warmest; no other sounds than a small third and its electric derivates, finally leading to high, dabbed string spiccati. While c1 transfers electronically conceived asymmetrical loops into a 19/16th rhythm. A strange undertow results, partly because of the pieces grounding with merging split sounds. Here, Carsten Nicolai virtually becomes metaphysical, perhaps even romantic "
- Zeitkratzer - 2008.
- "Alvin Lucier is one of the most outstanding American minimalists. He could be called a sound physician and his compositions regarded as acoustic research settings. Often his pieces turn inside-out the inner properties of the room they are played in and the instrument that they are played on. zeitkratzer had the chance to work with the composer in Dijon, France in 2008, and continued to work on and to program his music in different places. The Philharmonie in Luxembourg turned out to be the ideal space for recording.
On this CD you can hear how Lucier enables zeitkratzer to create sounds, most people have never heard before. Ringing overtones, a singing piano, a thrilling concert triangle, pencils on little objects, and how irritating a violoncello, a viola and a piano can sound together creating sonic interferences. This music is not only a physical phenomenology, but becomes inherently a sensual listening experience."
- Zeitkratzer - 2010
Amanda Shires, country / folky / americana. Tastes like early Neko Case.
Brian Eno, Small Craft On A Milk Sea. $5 in the Amazon August sale items. A little tempted.
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Ah, the carefree days of high school....
Pretty much listening to Lisdoonvarna over and over, so many great lines.
"But I like the music and the open air, So every Summer I go to Clare. Coz Woodstock, Knock nor the Feast of Cana, Can hold a match to Lisdoonvarna."
"Before the Chieftains could start to play, Seven creamy pints came out on a tray."
Thanks, Brighternow
Put Christy Moore into the Spotify / Last.FM Setlist Generator, ended up with 200 or so celtic/pop songs, starting with this gem from Planxty.
(link - Amazon)
My goodness, this is $2.97 on Amazon. (or $2.47 if you want to mix and match Amazon/emusic). Nicolai's stuff often doesn't come cheap. Off to buy...
Christy co-wrote a song called "North and South of the River" with Bono and the Edge of U2, which was released as a single with backing vocals by Bono and the Edge. The only place I have found it is on the album Celtic Heartbeat Collection 2, where it is track 9 (Amazon link here. Very nice song.
"Ride On" is probably my favorite Christy Moore song.
John Cages compositions have been part of zeitkratzers repertoire since the very first day. The pieces presented here justify zeitkratzers reputation as sound specialists. Avant-garde composer Cage is played in a conservative, precise and sensual way, apart from all philosophical ambitions, and hopefully as seductive as a Schubert quintet! The Wire Magazine acclaimed: zeitkratzer convinced us that Cages music can still live with all its complexities, stripped of the debris of its iconic-ironic status, if we only give ourselves time, space and ears to hear!
- Zeitkratzer - 2010
That was a moment of zen for me as well. That, and the fact both are guys (Christy and Luka?) I like Christy Moore live quite a bit, I have a few "field recordings" so you get a bit of his personality between songs. Spotify has a "box set" with quite a few live songs from Moore, well worth a listen.
;-)
- Anyways . . . Streaming from Bandcamp:
Pawn - Glimmer of Sunlight
"Reworks by Solo Andata, Geskia!, Moshimoss, Josh Varnedore, Konntinent, The Lullaby League. Features Danny Norbury and Cuushe."
- Sounds for the most part absolutely gorgeous !
Somewhere toward the end of disc 10...
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