Guitar noir: - The Night Has Many Hours completes the trilogy New York-based guitar-wizard/composer Kleier began with KlangenBang and Deep Night, Deep Autumn. For this episode he is joined by Annie Gosfield and Joan Jeanrenaud. He writes: I have always enjoyed the works of fiction writers who have main characters that reappear in sequential novels, especially noir masters like Raymond Chandler, Walter Moseley, and William Gibson.
For these three CDs, I have thought of my own guitar playing and the sound world it occupies as a character who shows up repeatedly in a myriad of musical situations, with each variation somehow related to the last one. For the first part of the trilogy, KlangenBang, my musical character dealt with concert performance, improvisation, and song form. In Deep Night... this character explored a dark world of electronic manipulations and sinister development.
For this final episode, the guitar player character investigates the concept of variations in ambience. These ambiences might include those found in urban chaos, cold and icy winters, deserted alleyways, dark subway tunnels, rolling California hillsides, or even an occasional quiet pool of beauty...
- "Roger Kleier is a composer, guitarist, and improviser who began playing electric guitar at age thirteen after discovering Captain Beefheart and Jimi Hendrix on the radio airwaves of Los Angeles. He studied composition at North Texas State University and the University of Southern California, and has developed a unique style that draws equally from improvisation, contemporary classical music, and the American guitar traditions of blues, jazz, and rock. Much of his compositional work involves the development of a broader vocabulary for the electric guitar through the use of extended techniques and digital sound manipulation.
Roger has collaborated with Annie Gosfield, Carl Stone, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Joan Jeanrenaud, David Moss, Davey Williams, Phill Niblock, John Zorn, Ikue Mori, David Krakauer, Stan Ridgway, and many others. He has recently formed a quartet called El Pocho Loco, which is dedicated to guitar instrumentals that features keyboard ist Annie Gosfield, bassist Trevor Dunn, and drummer Ches Smith." Innova Recordings 2009 - The Night Has Many Hours & Knuckleduster @ Soundcloud.
@kez - thanks for pointing out Liejacker - that's been sitting on my Amazon wishlist (which I don't remember to look at too often) for a while.
Another guitar wanker - but then I think you have to be a guitar wanker to be on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. Very eccentric and talented though. Mattias Ia Eklundh is his name by the way.
"Etron Fou Leloublan (literally, Mad Shit Thewhitewolf) is a mythic seventies underground band from France formed in 1973 by Chris Chanet (aka Eulalie Ruynat, saxophone and vocals), Guigou Chenevier (Drums) and Ferdinand Richard (Bass & guitar),. This leader of the French underground shows his sense of humour and derision on a deliciously weird music. This incredible trio happily destroys all rock structures and performs a delirious music, full of humour and rhythm, similar to Captain Beefheart, Albert Marcoeur, Bourvil and ZNR. It is not surprising that Etron Fou Leloublan became the French representative in Chris Cutlers Rock In Opposition movement.
Debut album Batelages was originally issued in November 1976, and Les Trois Fous Perdégagnent - Au Pays Des a year later. Francis Grand (Saxophone) replaced Chris Chanet at this occasion. Les Poumons Gonflés dates back from 1982, and was produced by Fred Frith (Henry Cow). Les Sillons De La Terre (1984) and Face Aux Elements Déchaînés (1986) conclude the bands discography. Musea issued the 3CD compilation 43 Songs in 1993 which gathered the complete studio works of Etron Fou Leloublan. The live album En Public Aux Etats-Unis DAmérique (1979) has recently been published on the Gazul label and gives another chance to hear their tongue-in-cheek music made of subversive parodies, musical courage and weird parts. Their disbandment took place in 1986." http://www.last.fm/music/Etron+Fou+Leloublan
@craig - I picked up Low from eMu, and find it "buzzy," like I am listening through a broken speaker. I am not sure if that is some sort of hipster lowfi filter or crappy eMu files. Does yours sound that way?
Edit: There are all kinds of complaints on the eMu comments section, looks like the files are badly encoded.
Plong - I certainly didn't notice anything like that on the 7digital version, and that doesn't sound like something Low would do (especially on an album produced by Jeff Tweedy).
I watched a TV programme last week that I had recorded a few weeks ago, called Age of Swing, I think; it was a history of swing music - fascinating, I learnt quite a lot. I will try to follow up some of the artists, but I do have a few of those featured, including this.
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Oh, my. Just downloaded. This is gorgeous.
- The Night Has Many Hours completes the trilogy New York-based guitar-wizard/composer Kleier began with KlangenBang and Deep Night, Deep Autumn. For this episode he is joined by Annie Gosfield and Joan Jeanrenaud. He writes: I have always enjoyed the works of fiction writers who have main characters that reappear in sequential novels, especially noir masters like Raymond Chandler, Walter Moseley, and William Gibson.
For these three CDs, I have thought of my own guitar playing and the sound world it occupies as a character who shows up repeatedly in a myriad of musical situations, with each variation somehow related to the last one. For the first part of the trilogy, KlangenBang, my musical character dealt with concert performance, improvisation, and song form. In Deep Night... this character explored a dark world of electronic manipulations and sinister development.
For this final episode, the guitar player character investigates the concept of variations in ambience. These ambiences might include those found in urban chaos, cold and icy winters, deserted alleyways, dark subway tunnels, rolling California hillsides, or even an occasional quiet pool of beauty...
- "Roger Kleier is a composer, guitarist, and improviser who began playing electric guitar at age thirteen after discovering Captain Beefheart and Jimi Hendrix on the radio airwaves of Los Angeles. He studied composition at North Texas State University and the University of Southern California, and has developed a unique style that draws equally from improvisation, contemporary classical music, and the American guitar traditions of blues, jazz, and rock. Much of his compositional work involves the development of a broader vocabulary for the electric guitar through the use of extended techniques and digital sound manipulation.
Roger has collaborated with Annie Gosfield, Carl Stone, Marc Ribot, Elliott Sharp, Fred Frith, Chris Cutler, Joan Jeanrenaud, David Moss, Davey Williams, Phill Niblock, John Zorn, Ikue Mori, David Krakauer, Stan Ridgway, and many others. He has recently formed a quartet called El Pocho Loco, which is dedicated to guitar instrumentals that features keyboard ist Annie Gosfield, bassist Trevor Dunn, and drummer Ches Smith."
Innova Recordings 2009 - The Night Has Many Hours & Knuckleduster @ Soundcloud.
followed by
both on Guvera (which I'm thoroughly enjoying!).
Another guitar wanker - but then I think you have to be a guitar wanker to be on Steve Vai's Favored Nations label. Very eccentric and talented though. Mattias Ia Eklundh is his name by the way.
Low - The Invisible Way
$5 at 7digital.
Craig
Emeralds
Looks he has a new album coming out in April!
- Fire Records
Edit: There are all kinds of complaints on the eMu comments section, looks like the files are badly encoded.
Craig
Happycocoa
Dark Winds Rising: III. With the Earth
5 Min
Shinin
A Family Disease
McElligot's Pool [?]
Tout Quelqu'un
Dylan's Theme Number Two
I watched a TV programme last week that I had recorded a few weeks ago, called Age of Swing, I think; it was a history of swing music - fascinating, I learnt quite a lot. I will try to follow up some of the artists, but I do have a few of those featured, including this.
Good to know you are feeling better.
The Japanese Lunchbox Lads @ Bandcamp:
Drowned in Swim
Also featured on the TV programme mentioned above