My curiosity got the better of me, 10 years later; I actually am kinda enjoying it. Thanks to the anniversary edition for flooding my local store with used copied of the old version.
- "The entire first part of Drones comprises a mesh of repeated elements that amount to an overarching ostinato; the end, as well, is based on repetitions such as a 5/8 motif in the piano, which a Stravinsky, for example, might have aggravated, disturbed or allowed to limpbut here, the structures arise out of a pulsation borrowed from jazz: The energies give rise to rhythms , and not the other way around. Nothing occurs just once: nothing destroyed or deconstructed, no elements that interact or devour each otheryou can just stop them. The aesthetic of the gesture serves a music that liberates itself from dialectics and from the German tradition of musical development. The entire second part of Dialog/no dialog, a sequence of beginnings, sighs, blows and sinking gestures, could be listened to as a development section which is subject to constant inhibition.
In a still-deeper sense, Jodlowskis music is mixed: for him, sounds are not (or not exclusively) abstract elements, but rather like images that address the hermeneutic abilities of the listener. In the first part of Barbarismes, a landscape composed of concrete sounds conjures up an imaginary filma world from which also emerge the echoes which are reminiscent of special effects or of the fourth chords so typical of Hollywood. In the second part, one hears thunderclaps from off in the distance, rain falls, dogs bark, the topos of the calming unison is summoned up, followed later on by the footsteps of soldiers, tortured and torn figures in the flute and the viola, a melody in the English horn, and all the iconic images of disorder. The third part quotes the sounds of water, children and peaceful bells, and the trills and nervous figures of an avant-gardism grown pale are recharged semantically via the war film leading all the way to a harmonious peace and the full echo-notes of a piano transformed into a cymbalom and then, once again, the unison passage."
- KAIROS Music - 2011
With Abbey Lincoln, Booker Little, Mal Waldron, and Eric Dolphy. A little aggro with a heavy Latin feel, but inspired throughout. Only six tracks at Guvera.
NEWBAND: DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS HARRY PARTCH: Castor & Pollux (1952); ANNE LeBARON: Southern Ephemera (1993); ELIZABETH BROWN: Archipelago (1990/92); DEAN DRUMMOND: Dance of the Seven Veils (1992). With members of Newband Ensemble (New York) playing instruments from the Harry Partch Instrument Collection.
- Music and Arts Programs of America
It came up on a late-70s jazz playlist, and I had to get up and skip it. I have nearly 100% tolerance for all kinds of crazy jazz, but I've tried and think I need to give up on this one. Actually, based on the AMZ comments, people who are into ambient might like it.
. . . . . "Composed is a meticulously arranged, multi-tracked orchestral pop album featuring a host of famous guests, many of whom appeared at the sold-out Ecstatic Music Festival performance in New York that launched the project earlier in 2012. David Byrne collaborates on "Eyes," a piece of meta-pop as great as anything he's produced in the past decade. Brazilian Tropicalismo legend Caetano Veloso guests on "The Secret Of The Machines" with an avant-percussion solo by Deerhoof's Greg Saunier. Parenthetical Girls' Zac Pennington and French singer/actor Soko duet on "Young & Lovely." Et. cetera. Despite the impressive cast of characters, Jherek manages to make the album his own, without ever falling into the trap of self-indulgence that often besets multi-vocalist projects. The album is a consistently rewarding and uplifting body of work -- a testament to his clarity of vision". . . . .
- Also featuring Carla Bozulich and Nels Cline.
ETA: Really excellent stuff and recommended to just about everyone around here . . .
(also on Emusic)
@greg - did you catch the Mile Symphonic concert on Radio 3 the other day? see (or rather hear) http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nb1ft. Think today is the last day left before it disappears.
Very young Bobby Hutcherson on understated vibes. Good hunting on Guvera for "Verve Reissues" - all the more so since they're Frankenheimered at eMusic.
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IMO, Brel's best work. 14 tracks at Guvera, but I left off the four bonus tracks: Dutch versions of a few hits.
My curiosity got the better of me, 10 years later; I actually am kinda enjoying it. Thanks to the anniversary edition for flooding my local store with used copied of the old version.
Craig, you should like this I think. World/hip hop, enjoyable and energetic. On Guvera.
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- "The entire first part of Drones comprises a mesh of repeated elements that amount to an overarching ostinato; the end, as well, is based on repetitions such as a 5/8 motif in the piano, which a Stravinsky, for example, might have aggravated, disturbed or allowed to limpbut here, the structures arise out of a pulsation borrowed from jazz: The energies give rise to rhythms , and not the other way around. Nothing occurs just once: nothing destroyed or deconstructed, no elements that interact or devour each otheryou can just stop them. The aesthetic of the gesture serves a music that liberates itself from dialectics and from the German tradition of musical development. The entire second part of Dialog/no dialog, a sequence of beginnings, sighs, blows and sinking gestures, could be listened to as a development section which is subject to constant inhibition.
In a still-deeper sense, Jodlowskis music is mixed: for him, sounds are not (or not exclusively) abstract elements, but rather like images that address the hermeneutic abilities of the listener. In the first part of Barbarismes, a landscape composed of concrete sounds conjures up an imaginary filma world from which also emerge the echoes which are reminiscent of special effects or of the fourth chords so typical of Hollywood. In the second part, one hears thunderclaps from off in the distance, rain falls, dogs bark, the topos of the calming unison is summoned up, followed later on by the footsteps of soldiers, tortured and torn figures in the flute and the viola, a melody in the English horn, and all the iconic images of disorder. The third part quotes the sounds of water, children and peaceful bells, and the trills and nervous figures of an avant-gardism grown pale are recharged semantically via the war film leading all the way to a harmonious peace and the full echo-notes of a piano transformed into a cymbalom and then, once again, the unison passage."
- KAIROS Music - 2011
Pierre Jodlowski Homepage:
With Abbey Lincoln, Booker Little, Mal Waldron, and Eric Dolphy. A little aggro with a heavy Latin feel, but inspired throughout. Only six tracks at Guvera.
My next target on Guvera. Streaming from there right now. Sounds lovely.
"Copains d'abord" is one of the most infectious songs, IMO.
It came up on a late-70s jazz playlist, and I had to get up and skip it. I have nearly 100% tolerance for all kinds of crazy jazz, but I've tried and think I need to give up on this one. Actually, based on the AMZ comments, people who are into ambient might like it.
Streaming/weighing on Guvera. Don't like it quite as much as their debut. Up next:
(Moved to this from Russian Orthodox choral music. Part of the ongoing mission to invalidate "customers who bought this also bought" mechanisms).
Still my favourite album by Santana, even after 40 years!
ETA: Really excellent stuff and recommended to just about everyone around here . . .
(also on Emusic)
ETA 2: An instrumental version of the previous:
ASVA & Philippe Petit (feat. Edward Ka-Spel)
"ASVA & Philippe Petit: Empires Should Burn (Small Doses/Basses Fr
Very young Bobby Hutcherson on understated vibes. Good hunting on Guvera for "Verve Reissues" - all the more so since they're Frankenheimered at eMusic.