I'm going through itunes playing things I've not played for a while - this certainly falls into that category. I downloaded from Bandcamp at the end of January last year and half of the tracks remain unplayed. Now all my Groupon emusic downloads have ended, I'll have far less new music, so more opportunities to catch up with things like this.
"La bel netlabel is proud to present
Frank Schultge Blumm & Lucrecia Dalt.
Two great artists and four awesome songs
revisited with extreme sensibility and depth."
@BN, thanks for the F.S.Blumm. Is that on the free stuff thread yet?
@Greg, thanks for the thread reminder. I'm trying for the most part to work through some older stuff first - Louis Armstrong, Jazz Messengers, Art Tatum, and so on. I'm hoping I'll be better able to appreciate some more recent stuff properly if I can get a better sense of the tradition.
@ GP, You are welcome. No, I thought that maybe it's a good idea to start a Netlabel Goodies thread.
NP: The totally brilliant new album from Kenneth Knudsen: Musicians:
Kenneth Knudsen: keyboards, grooves, editing, Peter Kyed: grooves, Oliver Hoiness: guitars, Christian Skeel: computers & samples, Palle Mikkelborg: trumpets & fluegelhorn, Marilyn Mazur: drums, percussion, Peter Peter Schneidermann: occasional guitars, Fredrik Lundin: secret soprano & tenor saxophones, Peter Friis Nielsen: secret bass
"Since the launch of the Moog synthesizer in the early seventies, Knudsen has been the most significant Danish explorer of the tonal potential of electronic instruments exclusively, or in combinations with traditional instruments." http://kenneth-knudsen.dk/
Just back from two weeks in Israel. I visited one music store and bought four CDs, this is the highlight. Putumayo Presents Israel (2007). Nice sampler with Moshav Band and The Idan Raichel Project. Putumayo puts out a wide selection of "world" samplers, this is the first I have purchased. 88 albums listed on Amazon, only 5 are available as downloads.
Personnel:
Ali Berkok: electric piano, harmonium
Jamie Drake: vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, cajon, riq, bendir, maracas, triangle
Pete Johnston: double bass
Mark Laver: alto saxophone
Erika Nielsen: cello
Mike Smith: banjo, harmonium, lead guitar
- "5 Pieces is the first full-length release from Toronto's progressive acoustic jazz ensemble Muskox, who continue to develop the sound established on their previous three EPs. 5 Pieces finds Muskox further exploring Mike Smith's densely crafted pieces, with subtly shifting meters and deftly realized minimalist textures that seem curiously at odds with the woody acoustic sound of the group's unique instrumentation. Droning harmoniums give way to delicately mathematical banjo-driven chamber music and minimalist calypso reductions, all the while led by compelling themes that provide each piece with its own inner logic."
- "Flossin's latest offering is an unbridled creative explosion of electronic, rock, jazz, noise featuring Christopher Willits, Zach Hill, Matmos, Nate Boyce and Carson McWhirter.
This improvisational album reveals a limitless bombast of sound that might possibly vibrate your mind into a relaxed jelly state. There is so much going on sonically that it has the effect of an overwhelming yet calm wash. Snakes in this context represent spiral light energy, the vibrations that comprise all things. This sound vibrates you intensely."
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I'm going through itunes playing things I've not played for a while - this certainly falls into that category. I downloaded from Bandcamp at the end of January last year and half of the tracks remain unplayed. Now all my Groupon emusic downloads have ended, I'll have far less new music, so more opportunities to catch up with things like this.
This has become one of my favourites in the last couple of months
"La bel netlabel is proud to present
Frank Schultge Blumm & Lucrecia Dalt.
Two great artists and four awesome songs
revisited with extreme sensibility and depth."
@Greg, thanks for the thread reminder. I'm trying for the most part to work through some older stuff first - Louis Armstrong, Jazz Messengers, Art Tatum, and so on. I'm hoping I'll be better able to appreciate some more recent stuff properly if I can get a better sense of the tradition.
NP: The totally brilliant new album from Kenneth Knudsen:
Musicians:
Kenneth Knudsen: keyboards, grooves, editing, Peter Kyed: grooves, Oliver Hoiness: guitars, Christian Skeel: computers & samples, Palle Mikkelborg: trumpets & fluegelhorn, Marilyn Mazur: drums, percussion, Peter Peter Schneidermann: occasional guitars, Fredrik Lundin: secret soprano & tenor saxophones, Peter Friis Nielsen: secret bass
"Since the launch of the Moog synthesizer in the early seventies, Knudsen has been the most significant Danish explorer of the tonal potential of electronic instruments exclusively, or in combinations with traditional instruments."
http://kenneth-knudsen.dk/
Oud, riq, and clarinet? It's a very swinging record, employing lots of Jazz/Klezmer improv and western chord progressions.
Last track is gorgeous.
Passion is Dead by Fevers: should appeal to the M83/Postal Service/Stars crowd. Free at BC.
Just back from two weeks in Israel. I visited one music store and bought four CDs, this is the highlight. Putumayo Presents Israel (2007). Nice sampler with Moshav Band and The Idan Raichel Project. Putumayo puts out a wide selection of "world" samplers, this is the first I have purchased. 88 albums listed on Amazon, only 5 are available as downloads.
Personnel:
Ali Berkok: electric piano, harmonium
Jamie Drake: vibraphone, marimba, glockenspiel, cajon, riq, bendir, maracas, triangle
Pete Johnston: double bass
Mark Laver: alto saxophone
Erika Nielsen: cello
Mike Smith: banjo, harmonium, lead guitar
- "5 Pieces is the first full-length release from Toronto's progressive acoustic jazz ensemble Muskox, who continue to develop the sound established on their previous three EPs. 5 Pieces finds Muskox further exploring Mike Smith's densely crafted pieces, with subtly shifting meters and deftly realized minimalist textures that seem curiously at odds with the woody acoustic sound of the group's unique instrumentation. Droning harmoniums give way to delicately mathematical banjo-driven chamber music and minimalist calypso reductions, all the while led by compelling themes that provide each piece with its own inner logic."
Flossin - White Anaconda and The Rainbow Boa
- "Flossin's latest offering is an unbridled creative explosion of electronic, rock, jazz, noise featuring Christopher Willits, Zach Hill, Matmos, Nate Boyce and Carson McWhirter.
This improvisational album reveals a limitless bombast of sound that might possibly vibrate your mind into a relaxed jelly state. There is so much going on sonically that it has the effect of an overwhelming yet calm wash. Snakes in this context represent spiral light energy, the vibrations that comprise all things. This sound vibrates you intensely."
Thanks, ScissorMan. Nice.
Pierre Boulez - Dialogue de l'Ombre Double - 1982 - Solo clarinet, tape and spacialization (CD 36)
ETA: Kaija Saariaho - Jardin Secret I 1984-85 - (CD 37)
Saariaho - Yo -1986-87 - ensemble, tape and liveelectronics - (CD 41)
Saariaho - Stilleben 1987-88 - (CD 45)
Superb!