Notes: - "Following the critically acclaimed Frog's Eye, Big Grenadilla/Mumbai marks the second Cantaloupe Music collaboration between composer/clarinetist Evan Ziporyn and Gil Rose's Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). It is also the second time that Evan has teamed up with world-renowned tabla player Sandeep Das - a member of the Silk Road Ensemble - thus forging together a non-western master musician with a premiere western orchestra.
Founder and longtime member of of the Bang on a Can All-Stars and founder of the Gamelan Galak Tika, Evan Ziporyn creates music at the crossroads of genre and culture. Having avoided the standard classical orchestra for most of his career, Evan came around to viewing the western orchestra as a world music ensemble - a reliquary of folk instruments and practices, rebuilt and retuned to play together; something that was constantly evolving - and he wanted to be a part of the evolution, to bring more outside elements in. An album that could have been titled "Outsider Concertos", Big Grenadilla and Mumbai have done just that: two works written for orchestra featuring non-orchestral instruments.
Commissioned and premiered by the American Composers Orchestra in 2006, Big Grenadilla features Evan Ziporyn on bass clarinet and is named for the wood from which clarinets are made and the "big" orchestra, magnifying and framing. Wanting to highlight and amplify what he likes to do best on his instrument, Evan calls the piece "an attempt at ancestor worship, on two levels: the instrument dreams of its living, rooted reality, with the orchestra playing the role of its environs."
A concerto for tabla - Indian hand drums - and string orchestra, Mumbai is a memorial to and meditation on the terrorist bombings in that city in 2008. Soloist Sandeep Das is given "complete freedom and no freedom" - the underlying rhythmic structure of the tabla is intricate and inflexible, but the nuances and specifics of his solo part are up him. He is backed up by a full percussion section, which implores a mixture of rhythms and applications of percussive textures and both are set against the harmonically resonant body of a string orchestra. Mumbai was commissioned by BMOP and premiered on May 27, 2011."
- Cantaloupe Music - http://www.ziporyn.com/
Derby is a small city in the middle of England. About three-hundred thousand people live here. I live in the middle of it, and walk around it a lot at night, after band practices, recordings, or box socials. The usual.
There are lots of shortcuts and detours. Narrow streets lit dimly if at all where it doesnt take much more than a squint and a bit of imagination to imagine past days. Im prone to these flights of time travel fancy.
I made this album while thinking of these things. Wrote it while living them. If you can, Id don some headphones and listen to it walking around your city at night, perhaps taking a detour or two along the way.
"It is an eclectic mix of ambient, folk and post-rock and it is one that I deeply, deeply enjoyed."
- Fluid Radio
"This album of varied style and influence is equally impressive in all it's forms, with the larger whole held together through a strongly unifying aesthetic."
- Collective Zine
"Ahhhh close my eyes and I'm transported from this dingy office into green pastures...I can see it very much appealing to fans of Epic 45, Hood, Declining Winter and all those experimental pastoral indie good guys."
- Norman Records
Grand General - ST
Even Helte Hermansen - guitar (Bushman´s Revenge)
Ola Kvernberg - violin
Erlend Slettevoll - keyboards (The Core)
Trond Frønes - bass (Sunswitch, El Doom & The Born Electric)
Kenneth Kapstad - drums (Motorpsycho)
- "Heavy and melodic prog/jazz/rock from new group consisting of some very prolific musicians from the Norwegian scene. Having played a few sensational gigs as Kenneth Kapstad Group this impressive line-up is now ready with a more fitting name for their debut album. With gifted violinist Ola Kvernberg, who won a Norwegian Grammy for his album Liarbird, on board it´s difficult not to think of the Mahavishnu Orchestra when trying to place Grand General in a musical perspective. The interplay between the soloists is superb and with this rhythm section you can´t go wrong. However, as gifted as these musicians are and as accomplished the music can be, you never get the feeling that they play to show off their instrumental skills, but to serve the music." Rune Grammofon - Soundcloud
- "French Teen Idol is an instrumental solo project from Rome, Italy, run by Andrea Di Carlo.
An elegant mix of post-rock and electronic influences, French Teen Idols music provides the listener with cinematic landscapes, dramatic crescendos and striking vocal samples.
On 29th May, 2005, French Teen Idols self-titled debut album French Teen Idol has been released by the Canadian netlabel Nishi. In October 2005, the song Shouting Can Have Different Meanings has appeared on Losing Todays compilation (Italian version).
Enlightened False Consciousness, French Teen Idols second full length album, has been released on 5th April, 2007 by the post-rock netlabel Lost Children.
Both albums are available for full, free download on archive.org.
On 7th September, 2007, a limited CD edition (500 copies) of Enlightened False Consciousness has been released.
June 1st, 2009 is the release date of El Siete Es La Luz, the third album by Andrea Di Carlo. Slightly more guitar-oriented, the 8 songs confirm FTIs proposal and invite you to a unique musical journey.
In 2011, YOUAREHERE, a post-rock group featuring French Teen Idol, edPorth and micro (µ), released their debut album, titled As When The Fall Leaves Trees. All the songs of the album are available as a free downlaod." Last.fm
Zeena Parkins and The Adorables - "THE ADORABLES is the latest band led by Zeena Parkins with percussionist Shayna Dunkelman and electronic guru Preshish Moments. Zeena Parkins is a harpist with Bjork, and a stalwart of the Downtown NY scene. THE ADORABLES mixes lush acoustic orchestration with live electronics, beats, and unusual instruments. Visceral, unearlthly, exquisitely rich sounds mix with drones, crafted sound processing,feedback and the guts of harp strings. Guest appearances by Deep Singh and Dave Sharma - percussion, Kristin Slipp - vocals, and Danny Blume - guitar."
- Cryptogramophone
Kathryn Tickells wisdom is spot on according to Eliza Carthy who has just teamed up with Bella Hardy (BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards winner), Lucy Farrell (BBC R2 Folk Awards nominee), and Kate Young (Ethno Transit award winning composer) to form LAYLAM whose debut album is released on 21st January via Elizas on label Hem Hem Records.
Eliza explains: This musical journey began through the joint efforts of the Sage Gateshead and Alan Bearman at Kings Place in London Kathryn Tickell thought we would sound good together, and it turns out she was right. She later said that it hadnt occurred to her that we were all women who played the violin and sang at once. Happy coincidence then, and one that is working well for our sound-tight harmonies and rhythms in voices and bows. And we had such a good time, and such nice tunes, that we thought we would make this album as an excuse to hang out some more. We played everything pretty much live in a room, with fancy bits added later and mistakes glossed over. Oliver Knight added ideas and hobnobs, made killer coffee and tried to work out how to make us sound alright. The word Laylam means chorus: a good reason to sing together in any setting. Often relating to birds which we are. Join in then.
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Craig
That is Tommy Bolin playing far-out guitar on "Spectrum"
Notes:
- "Following the critically acclaimed Frog's Eye, Big Grenadilla/Mumbai marks the second Cantaloupe Music collaboration between composer/clarinetist Evan Ziporyn and Gil Rose's Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). It is also the second time that Evan has teamed up with world-renowned tabla player Sandeep Das - a member of the Silk Road Ensemble - thus forging together a non-western master musician with a premiere western orchestra.
Founder and longtime member of of the Bang on a Can All-Stars and founder of the Gamelan Galak Tika, Evan Ziporyn creates music at the crossroads of genre and culture. Having avoided the standard classical orchestra for most of his career, Evan came around to viewing the western orchestra as a world music ensemble - a reliquary of folk instruments and practices, rebuilt and retuned to play together; something that was constantly evolving - and he wanted to be a part of the evolution, to bring more outside elements in. An album that could have been titled "Outsider Concertos", Big Grenadilla and Mumbai have done just that: two works written for orchestra featuring non-orchestral instruments.
Commissioned and premiered by the American Composers Orchestra in 2006, Big Grenadilla features Evan Ziporyn on bass clarinet and is named for the wood from which clarinets are made and the "big" orchestra, magnifying and framing. Wanting to highlight and amplify what he likes to do best on his instrument, Evan calls the piece "an attempt at ancestor worship, on two levels: the instrument dreams of its living, rooted reality, with the orchestra playing the role of its environs."
A concerto for tabla - Indian hand drums - and string orchestra, Mumbai is a memorial to and meditation on the terrorist bombings in that city in 2008. Soloist Sandeep Das is given "complete freedom and no freedom" - the underlying rhythmic structure of the tabla is intricate and inflexible, but the nuances and specifics of his solo part are up him. He is backed up by a full percussion section, which implores a mixture of rhythms and applications of percussive textures and both are set against the harmonically resonant body of a string orchestra. Mumbai was commissioned by BMOP and premiered on May 27, 2011."
- Cantaloupe Music - http://www.ziporyn.com/
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Got this from E Music but streamed it first from Bandcamp, really good stuff
The Graceless Age... is a compellingly honest, deeply emotional singer-songwriter classic. - Will Hodgkinson, The Times
Already touted as an Americana album of the year - Steve Bennett, Acoustic Magazine
The new sound of weird America - NME
Bob Frank & John Murry
World Without End
I really enjoyed this album
So I snagged this one right away
Thanks in advance.
*I just noticed that the bandcamp version has 1 extra track and AMG lists 16 tracks over 2 cds.
Oh, bother, another 14 hours of dirt cheap classical music......but it do sound good.
VANDAAM - s/t
Synth pop with a strong ambient feel. Image is a Bandcamp link (free/nyop). Recommended.
Craig
The composer writes:
- "At the Gasp
John Murry
I don't believe I've mentioned Johnny Dowd in a long time.
Johnny Dowd, Johnny Dowd....Johnny Dowd
Johnny Dowd
Let the big wave catch you
Johnny Dowd
Hellwood
Johnny Dowd, Jim White & Willie B.
A Lullaby Hum For Tired Streets
by Emphemetry
Derby is a small city in the middle of England. About three-hundred thousand people live here. I live in the middle of it, and walk around it a lot at night, after band practices, recordings, or box socials. The usual.
There are lots of shortcuts and detours. Narrow streets lit dimly if at all where it doesnt take much more than a squint and a bit of imagination to imagine past days. Im prone to these flights of time travel fancy.
I made this album while thinking of these things. Wrote it while living them. If you can, Id don some headphones and listen to it walking around your city at night, perhaps taking a detour or two along the way.
"It is an eclectic mix of ambient, folk and post-rock and it is one that I deeply, deeply enjoyed."
- Fluid Radio
"This album of varied style and influence is equally impressive in all it's forms, with the larger whole held together through a strongly unifying aesthetic."
- Collective Zine
"Ahhhh close my eyes and I'm transported from this dingy office into green pastures...I can see it very much appealing to fans of Epic 45, Hood, Declining Winter and all those experimental pastoral indie good guys."
- Norman Records
This is NYOP on Bandcamp
Delicate Steve- Positive Force
Part of my Morr Drip.fm subscription from last year or so. An album I need to listen to much more often.
Grand General - ST
Even Helte Hermansen - guitar (Bushman´s Revenge)
Ola Kvernberg - violin
Erlend Slettevoll - keyboards (The Core)
Trond Frønes - bass (Sunswitch, El Doom & The Born Electric)
Kenneth Kapstad - drums (Motorpsycho)
- "Heavy and melodic prog/jazz/rock from new group consisting of some very prolific musicians from the Norwegian scene. Having played a few sensational gigs as Kenneth Kapstad Group this impressive line-up is now ready with a more fitting name for their debut album. With gifted violinist Ola Kvernberg, who won a Norwegian Grammy for his album Liarbird, on board it´s difficult not to think of the Mahavishnu Orchestra when trying to place Grand General in a musical perspective. The interplay between the soloists is superb and with this rhythm section you can´t go wrong. However, as gifted as these musicians are and as accomplished the music can be, you never get the feeling that they play to show off their instrumental skills, but to serve the music."
Rune Grammofon - Soundcloud
- "French Teen Idol is an instrumental solo project from Rome, Italy, run by Andrea Di Carlo.
An elegant mix of post-rock and electronic influences, French Teen Idols music provides the listener with cinematic landscapes, dramatic crescendos and striking vocal samples.
On 29th May, 2005, French Teen Idols self-titled debut album French Teen Idol has been released by the Canadian netlabel Nishi. In October 2005, the song Shouting Can Have Different Meanings has appeared on Losing Todays compilation (Italian version).
Enlightened False Consciousness, French Teen Idols second full length album, has been released on 5th April, 2007 by the post-rock netlabel Lost Children.
Both albums are available for full, free download on archive.org.
On 7th September, 2007, a limited CD edition (500 copies) of Enlightened False Consciousness has been released.
June 1st, 2009 is the release date of El Siete Es La Luz, the third album by Andrea Di Carlo. Slightly more guitar-oriented, the 8 songs confirm FTIs proposal and invite you to a unique musical journey.
In 2011, YOUAREHERE, a post-rock group featuring French Teen Idol, edPorth and micro (µ), released their debut album, titled As When The Fall Leaves Trees. All the songs of the album are available as a free downlaod."
Last.fm
Zeena Parkins and The Adorables
- "THE ADORABLES is the latest band led by Zeena Parkins with percussionist Shayna Dunkelman and electronic guru Preshish Moments. Zeena Parkins is a harpist with Bjork, and a stalwart of the Downtown NY scene. THE ADORABLES mixes lush acoustic orchestration with live electronics, beats, and unusual instruments. Visceral, unearlthly, exquisitely rich sounds mix with drones, crafted sound processing,feedback and the guts of harp strings. Guest appearances by Deep Singh and Dave Sharma - percussion, Kristin Slipp - vocals, and Danny Blume - guitar."
- Cryptogramophone
Soundcloud - http://www.zeenaparkins.com
Thanks, Lowlife. I used to live near Derby.
Source Folk Radio UK
Ian Hawgood - Slow Films in Low Light