Innova label boss Philip Blackburn interviewing composer Barry Schrader about pigs in music and the computer as a tool for composing and much more . . .
- This music conjures up a whirlwind of emotion from some primeval source that permeates the listener with awe, says Bebe Barron, pioneering star of electronic music. She may be right. It is certainly a deeply emotional journey between inner and outer worlds swept along by Schraders legendary synth writing.
At least one of the tunes, though, is not from a primeval source at all. Rather it uses a theme composed by Duke, a pot-bellied pig from Solvang, who played it on a xylophone once (and once only).
Beyond, Schraders only completely concrete work (it uses Waterphones and harpsichord as its sound sources) shows his interest in texture as strong as ever. Death, the final immersive track, will transport you to a place of mystery, second only to the real thing."
- Barry Schrader co-founded SEAMUS and has taught at CalArts for many years. His cult-classics EAM and Lost Atlantis are also found on innova.
- Innova - 2005
On another topic entirely, I just searched for that album that choiceweb0pen0 just posted and landed at a Pitchfork review. Honestly, who really thinks that there is any objective way of rating an album 7.9 - presumably making it 1% better than a 7.8 album and 1% worse than a 8.0? Which exact feature of the music was it that raised it above the 7.8 recording? And who's going to decide not to buy a record because it's a 7.9 not an 8.0? Crude star ratings can be kind of useful, but decimal points strike me as silly, unless perhaps they are aggregated meta-scores from various sources.
/rant
ETA, track 4 of the above album is especially nice.
I borrowed this from my local library a couple of days ago - they have had a number of CDs with young German jazz musicians on the ACT label recently. I like this, as Jonah would say 'straight ahead jazz' fairly smooth, ideal for late night listening, or like me, background whilst working at the computer.
- "Release shaped deeply personal musical exploration; the end result is recorded on this album. Using the new workflow and record sound base is tailored from carefully recorded outside shots elements, combined with a sound analogy, the sound that comes out of the primordial darkness, devoid of earthly laws, sound ribbed electronic shamanism with massive sound spaces filled with pulsating rhythmic waves. Album smooth and warm furnishings are still somewhat more ambiguous, leaving listeners a room to find theirs version of the journey through sinister and mysterious world of recorded sounds."
Sherefe - Opium (follow link for samples). From Magnatune - Boulder Colorado based Sherefe (pronounced "Sheriff A") takes its name from a Turkish drinking toast that translates as "to your honor." This passionate group of American musicians plays primarily Turkish, Greek and Arabic music but also Bulgarian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Persian and Albanian.
Their repertoire is amazingly diverse and their renditions are authentic but not academic, with lots of room for their own individual expression to shine through. All the singing is done in its original language and vocal style, and is surrounded by Bouzouki, Gadulka, Oud, Cello, Bass, saz, Zurna, Santoor, and various percussion.
I've been listening to a lot of Don Pullen lately. Had the thought that, where Max Roach is known for playing the melody on drums, Don Pullen should be recognized for using the piano as a percussion instrument.
And oh yeah, Sam Rivers. From 1976, when being a Capricorn meant something, dammit.
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- This music conjures up a whirlwind of emotion from some primeval source that permeates the listener with awe, says Bebe Barron, pioneering star of electronic music. She may be right. It is certainly a deeply emotional journey between inner and outer worlds swept along by Schraders legendary synth writing.
At least one of the tunes, though, is not from a primeval source at all. Rather it uses a theme composed by Duke, a pot-bellied pig from Solvang, who played it on a xylophone once (and once only).
Beyond, Schraders only completely concrete work (it uses Waterphones and harpsichord as its sound sources) shows his interest in texture as strong as ever. Death, the final immersive track, will transport you to a place of mystery, second only to the real thing."
- Barry Schrader co-founded SEAMUS and has taught at CalArts for many years. His cult-classics EAM and Lost Atlantis are also found on innova.
- Innova - 2005
Four alternate takes of the same song (counting the one on Illinoise) is too many for the song to survive.
Another entry in Ron Carter's amazing discography...although Motian's probably not all that far down the list.
- Innova - 2011
NP: Laughing Girl by Jenna Reid (Shetland fiddler)
Nicely done. Free from Resting Bell.
On another topic entirely, I just searched for that album that choiceweb0pen0 just posted and landed at a Pitchfork review. Honestly, who really thinks that there is any objective way of rating an album 7.9 - presumably making it 1% better than a 7.8 album and 1% worse than a 8.0? Which exact feature of the music was it that raised it above the 7.8 recording? And who's going to decide not to buy a record because it's a 7.9 not an 8.0? Crude star ratings can be kind of useful, but decimal points strike me as silly, unless perhaps they are aggregated meta-scores from various sources.
/rant
ETA, track 4 of the above album is especially nice.
So good.
I borrowed this from my local library a couple of days ago - they have had a number of CDs with young German jazz musicians on the ACT label recently. I like this, as Jonah would say 'straight ahead jazz' fairly smooth, ideal for late night listening, or like me, background whilst working at the computer.
- "Release shaped deeply personal musical exploration; the end result is recorded on this album. Using the new workflow and record sound base is tailored from carefully recorded outside shots elements, combined with a sound analogy, the sound that comes out of the primordial darkness, devoid of earthly laws, sound ribbed electronic shamanism with massive sound spaces filled with pulsating rhythmic waves. Album smooth and warm furnishings are still somewhat more ambiguous, leaving listeners a room to find theirs version of the journey through sinister and mysterious world of recorded sounds."
Loving the bass and percussion combo on this album, it's a forceful groove through out.
Sherefe - Opium (follow link for samples). From Magnatune - Boulder Colorado based Sherefe (pronounced "Sheriff A") takes its name from a Turkish drinking toast that translates as "to your honor." This passionate group of American musicians plays primarily Turkish, Greek and Arabic music but also Bulgarian, Macedonian, Bosnian, Persian and Albanian.
Their repertoire is amazingly diverse and their renditions are authentic but not academic, with lots of room for their own individual expression to shine through. All the singing is done in its original language and vocal style, and is surrounded by Bouzouki, Gadulka, Oud, Cello, Bass, saz, Zurna, Santoor, and various percussion.
- A kind of a Soundcloud Compilation of various tracks from the 25+ albums from a truely unique band.
I've been listening to a lot of Don Pullen lately. Had the thought that, where Max Roach is known for playing the melody on drums, Don Pullen should be recognized for using the piano as a percussion instrument.
And oh yeah, Sam Rivers. From 1976, when being a Capricorn meant something, dammit.
Submerse is a very popular guy @ Soundcloud:
7292 followers and the latest post is from just 2 days ago.
ETA: The "Mix About You" is absolutely gorgeous !
ETA 2: Submerse is playing around with Erik Satie's 3 Gynnopedies in "Mix For You" - Fantastic !