I took a history of jazz class at Rice University from Dwight Andrews back in 1987 or so - he lent me a lot of records providing my first exposure to avant-garde jazz.
Many thanks, amclark - listening now. I had only thought to search before under "Wadada Leo Smith" (d'oh) and already found and downloaded Kulture Jazz from Guvera, which is great. This sounds good so far too.
"A 48 minute epic voyage into a deep red ocean that just goes down and down .....Don't call it ambient , this is the stuff of lucid dreams where fleeting memories of past lives present themselves and tease you into chasing them through forbidden territories. Don't be fooled by the blue cover- it's red down there. . ."
GP - were you able to find the long tracks on Geechee/Sweet Earth Flying on Guv.? Also, if you like Marion Brown, and since you like ambient, you should definitely check out Eno and Harold Budd's Pavilion of Dreams, part of Eno's Obscure Records run, and featuring Marion Brown on the first track which clocks in at 18 minutes.
Craig, no the long tracks are missing. I think it's fair to say I like *some* Marion brown so far. I know about the PoD album but haven't really given it time.
furniture
- ""Silvermandalas" was the second of The Silverman's solo albums and simply cannot be categorised. It isn't ambient or even drone music in the accepted sense as there are numerous sonic events occurring throughout the entire sumptuous voyage. It's a great place to begin if you haven't heard any of Silverman's solo albums before- I promise you, you'll dive in deeper. While the original album has been remastered here, it's more to do with the possibilities afforded by today's technology rather than any failings of the original master.Quite simply, it always sounded good....."
- Edward Ka-Spel.
- Just added to my best of 2012 list: - "As any filmmaker knows, one of the most powerful aspects of music is its ability to construct emotional arcs and guide narrative by purely sonic means. Simultaneously ethereal and concrete, both spectral and textural, Planet Xthe debut collaboration between guitarist Erdem Helvacioglu and violist Ulrich Mertintells the story of the appearance in the sky of a new heavenly body and follows one hapless explorers quest to discover what lies at its heart. Over the course of two years, Helvacioglu and Mertin composed and crafted this project, building up layers of jagged scratching sounds, plaintive melodies, percussive hits, and dark drones. The two artists grounded the sound of the album in strings but also employed unorthodox recording techniques, sophisticated processing algorithms, and multi-tracking to achieve a rich, complex, resonant texture. Throughout, the sound is unmistakably forward-looking, evocative of the projects science fiction themes and redolent of the eerie, sometimes dark feel of sci-fi films like Alien, Moon, and 2001.
- Innova Recordings 2012
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"A 48 minute epic voyage into a deep red ocean that just goes down and down .....Don't call it ambient , this is the stuff of lucid dreams where fleeting memories of past lives present themselves and tease you into chasing them through forbidden territories. Don't be fooled by the blue cover- it's red down there. . ."
edit - image is from Amazon - yet still not level! Now I would not be surprised if it was emusic
Very much a Scott Walker album. Creepy and gorgeous all at once.
furniture
Craig
G.
GP - were you able to find the long tracks on Geechee/Sweet Earth Flying on Guv.? Also, if you like Marion Brown, and since you like ambient, you should definitely check out Eno and Harold Budd's Pavilion of Dreams, part of Eno's Obscure Records run, and featuring Marion Brown on the first track which clocks in at 18 minutes.
furniture
Released 01 April 2006
Yannis Kyriakides: laptop
Lucio Capece: soprano saxophone, bass clarinet
I always intended to get some Lateef.
James Ferraro - No Regrets Mix (free dl)
Seeds and stems? No, it's pretty pure.
- ""Silvermandalas" was the second of The Silverman's solo albums and simply cannot be categorised. It isn't ambient or even drone music in the accepted sense as there are numerous sonic events occurring throughout the entire sumptuous voyage. It's a great place to begin if you haven't heard any of Silverman's solo albums before- I promise you, you'll dive in deeper. While the original album has been remastered here, it's more to do with the possibilities afforded by today's technology rather than any failings of the original master.Quite simply, it always sounded good....."
- Edward Ka-Spel.
G.
Maher Shalal Hash Baz - Blues du Jour
Drip
Craig
I never heard this guy before. Monkish, more masculine but also more romantic.
Ditto.
Thanks to BigD on the "inside tips and mispriced box sets" thread, my next 680+ minutes of listening are set....
G.
Disco Inferno - D.I. Go Pop
Güv.
- "As any filmmaker knows, one of the most powerful aspects of music is its ability to construct emotional arcs and guide narrative by purely sonic means. Simultaneously ethereal and concrete, both spectral and textural, Planet Xthe debut collaboration between guitarist Erdem Helvacioglu and violist Ulrich Mertintells the story of the appearance in the sky of a new heavenly body and follows one hapless explorers quest to discover what lies at its heart. Over the course of two years, Helvacioglu and Mertin composed and crafted this project, building up layers of jagged scratching sounds, plaintive melodies, percussive hits, and dark drones. The two artists grounded the sound of the album in strings but also employed unorthodox recording techniques, sophisticated processing algorithms, and multi-tracking to achieve a rich, complex, resonant texture. Throughout, the sound is unmistakably forward-looking, evocative of the projects science fiction themes and redolent of the eerie, sometimes dark feel of sci-fi films like Alien, Moon, and 2001.
- Innova Recordings 2012
Guv.
("in the desert" is not only a great song but very helpful for beginning Russian learners)
@amclark2, thanks for posting that Disco Inferno album - it was on my emusic SFL once; I'll check it out again now it's free.