Anybody heard of poor old Lu? Back in the mid-90's my younger brother liked them, but it was very hard to get ahold of recordings, pre-interwebs and all. So somehow I found a mailing list - I think because someone I knew at my small Christian liberal arts school knew him. So I sent some money, and ordered some cd's (or tapes?) they never came. So then like a year later, a band member moved to my small liberal arts college! I was never sure if he was a stoodent, or just hung out there. I know he ended up marrying a girl I knew - probably the same one who gave me the mailing list info. (and they were pretty popular in te Christian set back then - a few years later a friend who started at that school the year after I'd left admitted he picked the school because the poor old Lu guy went there).
So I met the guy, and he was nice, he gave me some t-shirts and stickers which I gave to my brother; he said he'd get me the CDs/tapes, but he never did. One sticker I stuck on my old boombox, which my mother still uses. (There's also a "PRML SCRM" sticker which I swear I remember as a "PRML SCRM MTHRFCKR" sticker but it's not; I checked).
So a few weeks ago I found this in a dollar bin. I think I'll give it to my brother for his upcoming birthday. Better 17 years late than never?
Other CCM name dropping; my wife knew two guys from Jars of Clay in high school.
And DM Stith went to the same school too; I never met him but he was a friend of a friend; if anybody's into him I have some early demos I could probably get to you.
Where does @elwoodicious come up with all these cool-looking rekkids? Need to check out that Pharoahs album, it is available on eMu and iTunes. Never occurred to me to wonder what Maurice White was up to pre-EWF!
- "Payne's musical imagination is vivid: she is interested in the surreal, the inward, the micro, and the accumulation of physical and psychological tension. Periods of silence gently evolve into flowing drones of complex resonances. Oozing drones evolve into dense and powerful peaks of short duration. On one cut, multi-tracked voices shift in and out of phase, creating alternately shimmering and percussive patterns; on another, digital delay and 32 separate flute tracks create a rain forest where instruments call to each other like chrome birds. The compositions and sounds on this CD have incredible depth, a profound logic and, though not "pretty," an irresistible beauty."
- Lovely Music 1989
MAGGI PAYNE - "Composer of electronic music, flutist, video artist, and recording engineer, Maggie Payne is known for the elegance and complexity of her sounds. Her awards include grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mellon Foundation ... Her work has been performed at Sonic Circuits IV, Next Wave Festival, eXstatic Project (Australia), Prix Ars Electronica, SoundCulture '96, Siggraph, Bourges ... She has been Artist-in-Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
She is professor and co-director of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College".
- There's a new album from this remarkable Lady @ the New & Notable . . .
@doofy, The Pharaohs was one of my first eMusic purchases and I discovered them when I was obsessed with tracking down versions of People Make the World Go 'Round.
Today's daily deal at eClassical: early music by Anthony Holborne. I'm a fan of Jakob Lindberg, but Holborne's compositions for groups aren't as interesting as his works for pelectrum instruments. I'm also annoyed that the solo pieces are much quieter than the ensemble pieces.
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Anybody heard of poor old Lu? Back in the mid-90's my younger brother liked them, but it was very hard to get ahold of recordings, pre-interwebs and all. So somehow I found a mailing list - I think because someone I knew at my small Christian liberal arts school knew him. So I sent some money, and ordered some cd's (or tapes?) they never came. So then like a year later, a band member moved to my small liberal arts college! I was never sure if he was a stoodent, or just hung out there. I know he ended up marrying a girl I knew - probably the same one who gave me the mailing list info. (and they were pretty popular in te Christian set back then - a few years later a friend who started at that school the year after I'd left admitted he picked the school because the poor old Lu guy went there).
So I met the guy, and he was nice, he gave me some t-shirts and stickers which I gave to my brother; he said he'd get me the CDs/tapes, but he never did. One sticker I stuck on my old boombox, which my mother still uses. (There's also a "PRML SCRM" sticker which I swear I remember as a "PRML SCRM MTHRFCKR" sticker but it's not; I checked).
So a few weeks ago I found this in a dollar bin. I think I'll give it to my brother for his upcoming birthday. Better 17 years late than never?
Other CCM name dropping; my wife knew two guys from Jars of Clay in high school.
And DM Stith went to the same school too; I never met him but he was a friend of a friend; if anybody's into him I have some early demos I could probably get to you.
Thanks Mr V - see free classical music thread
(url=>Strut)
Poor old lulu.
It just felt right this morning....
- Subotnick ? - This album is pure dynamite !
(url=>amz)
And:
Found this in a library yesterday, the third Basie find there in the last few weeks
Next up
(url=>amz)
LET THE HEATWAVE BEGIN!
Meanwhile,
NYOP on Bandcamp
followed by
- "Payne's musical imagination is vivid: she is interested in the surreal, the inward, the micro, and the accumulation of physical and psychological tension. Periods of silence gently evolve into flowing drones of complex resonances. Oozing drones evolve into dense and powerful peaks of short duration. On one cut, multi-tracked voices shift in and out of phase, creating alternately shimmering and percussive patterns; on another, digital delay and 32 separate flute tracks create a rain forest where instruments call to each other like chrome birds. The compositions and sounds on this CD have incredible depth, a profound logic and, though not "pretty," an irresistible beauty."
- Lovely Music 1989
MAGGI PAYNE
- "Composer of electronic music, flutist, video artist, and recording engineer, Maggie Payne is known for the elegance and complexity of her sounds. Her awards include grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Mellon Foundation ... Her work has been performed at Sonic Circuits IV, Next Wave Festival, eXstatic Project (Australia), Prix Ars Electronica, SoundCulture '96, Siggraph, Bourges ... She has been Artist-in-Residence at the Exploratorium in San Francisco.
She is professor and co-director of the Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College".
- There's a new album from this remarkable Lady @ the New & Notable . . .
(url=>amz)
@doofy, The Pharaohs was one of my first eMusic purchases and I discovered them when I was obsessed with tracking down versions of People Make the World Go 'Round.
Today's daily deal at eClassical: early music by Anthony Holborne. I'm a fan of Jakob Lindberg, but Holborne's compositions for groups aren't as interesting as his works for pelectrum instruments. I'm also annoyed that the solo pieces are much quieter than the ensemble pieces.
it's bounced on-and-off my saved-for-later list for months.
next up is Festival in the Desert via emusic, downloading now.