I am liking this 5-song EP from 2008 more and more every time I listen to it. All the tracks are included on the full album "Spies Lies and Burning Eyes" released in 2010 but evidently NOT available anywhere, so I guess I have to settle for the EP. Here's a quote about the full album -
"In one particularly vainglorious fit of beery pique, Morris pronounces that, on his new album, he has written the definitive song on Allen Ginsberg, the definitive song on Arthur Rimbaud, the definitive song on Plato
All of which may well be true. Its certainly hard to dispute that hes written another collection of exceptionally well-crafted, intellectually challenging songs, rendered by his longtime crack ensemble (Kenny Vaughan, Hector Qirko, Paul Griffith), who indeed know how to make Plato pretty and Rimbaud rock.
And theres the rub; the demand for hyper-literate rock music is a limited one, even if itsno, make that, especially if its very good hyper-literate rock music. The very fact that Morris music is surprising, challenging, subtle, clever, is what will keep him from reaching a wider audience that typically prefers pop music that is familiar, digestible, direct." - Quote from this link
Following RB Morris' Empire EP with a change of pace:
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These 2 EP's were Emusic discoveries from several years ago. The EPs had shown up on the just dropped list one day and upon checking out who the artist was, I read a reference that said Daphne was discovered when a record executive heard one of her songs on an American Airlines music tape during a business trip. He didn't know her name but went to extra trouble to find out who it was. It turns out, Daphne Willis had signed up with the website Get U Played, which lets unsigned artists submit their music and get paid every time one of their songs is played. Get U Played licenses music to companies and chain restaurants and allows music designers to go through the songs submitted to the site and look for matches to a brand playlist. If they find one, they will add the song. In this particular instance, they had a deal to supply American Airlines with music for their onboard entertainment system. That's how one of Daphne Willis' songs ended up in a mixtape on American Airlines.
That story made me curious about her music and promptly downloaded them both from emusic (I suppose they're still on emusic - I haven't regretted downloading them. Most of the songs on these EPs were included on her debut album on Vanguard. Both EPs are quite good. No - I would say more than "quite good." I think they're both "very, very, very good."
The full story of her discovery is here. Entertaining reading. Daphne had no idea a recording executive had heard her song when she was contacted by them. I like to hear about happy endings for good artists.
Well, Lowlife, I hope TfL is working OK next week. I'm commuting to London tomorrow and Tuesday to Friday next week, travelling around schools to see student teachers teach. I'll need to remember my ipod!
So nice to hear something new from this wonderful folk duo more than 10 years after Dave Carter passed away.
"Grammer discovered the tracks for Little Blue Egg during an emergency archiving project in the summer of 2010, a full eight years after Carter's death. Rescuing the original ADAT tapes from a moldy basement where they were stored, she happily discovered that the tapes were in pristine condition...Recorded in their home studios between 1997 and 2002, the album offers a glimpse into the duo's musical process. Fully fleshed-out folk and Americana songs left off of other albums find a home alongside intimate, late-night living room recordings, reference tracks for multi-artist collaborations and rare demos produced for Joan Baez's consideration." (from product descripton on Amazon)
"In any rational universe, Carter & Grammer would be spoken of in the same terms as Bob Dylan and John Lennon." - Dirty Linen
Really enjoying this debut album released in April on New West.
emusic link
"The Mastersons are a Brooklyn based husband-wife band who makes "music that fuses indie pop and folk music with big, sweet melodies... "(Houston Chronicle).
- "Project Apollo is a tribute to the ingenuity of mankind, the networking of many incredibly intelligent and diligent human beings all over the USA to send 12 brave Astronauts to the moon and back.
It took a year of research into the historical chronology of Apollo, developing technical facility, sourcing musicians and developing an atmospheric ambient aesthetic that was apt for the concept.
The initial tracks were recorded with Søren Kjærgaard (DK) on Synths and Jeff Herr (Lux) on drums/percussion in Finbarr Corcorans studio Cork and put together in Hub studio by Mark OLeary and Donncha Moynihan.
The Ambient Synth textures, original voice narratives, processed guitar and sensitive rhythmic pulsations intertwine and crystallize to create a symphonic image heralding Apollo.
- Tibprod. Italy 2011
Mount Moriah caused some significant buzz around here (the Triangle) a year and a half ago, but I hated the eMu price. It was languishing near the bottom of my SFL. Right now its under $4. (I guess some titles will come down in price.)
- "This recording consists of three of my early compositions produced at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. The first two of them, especially Dreamsong, became very well-known and influential in the filed of electroacoustic music and have received many honors. In those early days of computer music my colleagues and I were pioneering the development and use of many of the techniques of digital synthesis, recording, and sound processing that are now commonplace. Due to the almost fanatical emphasis on sound quality that was then a part of the CCRMA atmosphere, these works continue to stand on a par with the best that current instruments can produce. I hope that you will experience some of the excitement and inspiration that I felt in bringing this unusual music to life."
- Michael McNabb @ Wergo.
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It's weird to describe a Bjork album as lovely, but this one fits that description.
Craig
I am liking this 5-song EP from 2008 more and more every time I listen to it. All the tracks are included on the full album "Spies Lies and Burning Eyes" released in 2010 but evidently NOT available anywhere, so I guess I have to settle for the EP. Here's a quote about the full album -
then
These 2 EP's were Emusic discoveries from several years ago. The EPs had shown up on the just dropped list one day and upon checking out who the artist was, I read a reference that said Daphne was discovered when a record executive heard one of her songs on an American Airlines music tape during a business trip. He didn't know her name but went to extra trouble to find out who it was. It turns out, Daphne Willis had signed up with the website Get U Played, which lets unsigned artists submit their music and get paid every time one of their songs is played. Get U Played licenses music to companies and chain restaurants and allows music designers to go through the songs submitted to the site and look for matches to a brand playlist. If they find one, they will add the song. In this particular instance, they had a deal to supply American Airlines with music for their onboard entertainment system. That's how one of Daphne Willis' songs ended up in a mixtape on American Airlines.
That story made me curious about her music and promptly downloaded them both from emusic (I suppose they're still on emusic - I haven't regretted downloading them. Most of the songs on these EPs were included on her debut album on Vanguard. Both EPs are quite good. No - I would say more than "quite good." I think they're both "very, very, very good."
The full story of her discovery is here. Entertaining reading. Daphne had no idea a recording executive had heard her song when she was contacted by them. I like to hear about happy endings for good artists.
Well, Lowlife, I hope TfL is working OK next week. I'm commuting to London tomorrow and Tuesday to Friday next week, travelling around schools to see student teachers teach. I'll need to remember my ipod!
Track 5 is featuring Stuart Staples from Tindersticks, nice !
So nice to hear something new from this wonderful folk duo more than 10 years after Dave Carter passed away.
"Grammer discovered the tracks for Little Blue Egg during an emergency archiving project in the summer of 2010, a full eight years after Carter's death. Rescuing the original ADAT tapes from a moldy basement where they were stored, she happily discovered that the tapes were in pristine condition...Recorded in their home studios between 1997 and 2002, the album offers a glimpse into the duo's musical process. Fully fleshed-out folk and Americana songs left off of other albums find a home alongside intimate, late-night living room recordings, reference tracks for multi-artist collaborations and rare demos produced for Joan Baez's consideration." (from product descripton on Amazon)
So very, very gooooood!
Craig
followed by
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London blues busters for today.
Greg, enjoy your trip, its was like a furness down the underground today. I Pods are essential
Really enjoying this debut album released in April on New West.
emusic link
- "Project Apollo is a tribute to the ingenuity of mankind, the networking of many incredibly intelligent and diligent human beings all over the USA to send 12 brave Astronauts to the moon and back.
It took a year of research into the historical chronology of Apollo, developing technical facility, sourcing musicians and developing an atmospheric ambient aesthetic that was apt for the concept.
The initial tracks were recorded with Søren Kjærgaard (DK) on Synths and Jeff Herr (Lux) on drums/percussion in Finbarr Corcorans studio Cork and put together in Hub studio by Mark OLeary and Donncha Moynihan.
The Ambient Synth textures, original voice narratives, processed guitar and sensitive rhythmic pulsations intertwine and crystallize to create a symphonic image heralding Apollo.
- Tibprod. Italy 2011
A bit earlier on vinyl, a recent acquisition.
Mount Moriah s/t (band from Durham)
Then...
- "This recording consists of three of my early compositions produced at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University. The first two of them, especially Dreamsong, became very well-known and influential in the filed of electroacoustic music and have received many honors. In those early days of computer music my colleagues and I were pioneering the development and use of many of the techniques of digital synthesis, recording, and sound processing that are now commonplace. Due to the almost fanatical emphasis on sound quality that was then a part of the CCRMA atmosphere, these works continue to stand on a par with the best that current instruments can produce. I hope that you will experience some of the excitement and inspiration that I felt in bringing this unusual music to life."
- Michael McNabb @ Wergo.
Berg: Four Pieces for clarinet and piano, Op. 5
Brahms: String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51
Alphonso X - Remedios Curativo. Only $2.49, thanks to BigD on the 7-Digital sale thread