"Yoshimasa Yoshi Wada, born November 11, 1943), is a Japanese sound installation artist and musician living in the United States. He lived in New York for many years but now lives in San Francisco, California.
Born in Kyoto, Japan, Wada joined the Fluxus movement in 1968 after meeting George Maciunas. He also studied with the North Indian vocalist Pandit Pran Nath. Wadas works often incorporate the use of drone and are usually performed at very high volume, allowing for the overtones within the sound to be heard very clearly.
He frequently performs his own compositions, which feature much freedom of improvisation, on Scottish highland bagpipe and voice, and also employs a number of homemade instruments. These include pipe horns (very long horn-type instruments made from metal plumbing pipe) as well as large reed instruments involving multiple bagpipe-like pipes connected to a large air compressor; due to their appearance, Wada named these latter instruments Alligator and the Elephantine Crocodile. His music has been scarcely released on recordings, having seen only two LP releases, on the India Navigation (1982) and FMP labels. Lament For The Rise and Fall of Elephantine Crocodile, The Appointed Cloud and Off the Wall were reissued by Japanese labels EM Records and Editions Omega Point in 2008.
An album where knowing a little context really changes perception. The album title sounded a bit fashionably mopey until I found out it was composed in response to the recent Japanese nuclear disaster.
ETA, and it's rather good.
And Z for: 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
- "With warm thanks to songs by The Bucketheads, Blueboys, Kylie Minogue, The Pet Shop Boys, Whigfield, Radiohead, Erasure, Ant & Dec, Phats & Small, The Prodigy, Europe, Tiffany, Ritchie Cordell, Chic
Had a Groupon like voucher for Good Records and this was on my list of albums to look for. Happy to find and so far so good, some great alt-country/folk.
Lol, well, and a whole bunch of Korean and Cyrillic characters (to keep it restricted to the ones I can actually read), but my music library is too sparse in those realms.
@karg - I just grabbed the one on Amazon (like usual). But now you made me think. I gotta check my copy at home because I swear it's the Superman one.
Almost turning this into a "Throwback Thursday" thing. But actually I'm just getting pumped for St. Vincent tomorrow night. As much as I absolutely love this album, it's possible that it's fallen to my third favorite.
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Low - C'mon
Brighternow: I only vaguely remember posting that and I don't remember the music at all; I'll have to go back and check out my own rec!
Schoolboy Q - Oxymoron
Up next is the new Beck, then the new St. Vincent. Already listened to the new Wild Beasts. Really, really good new music Tuesday.
Craig
Yann Novak - Relocation.Reconstruction
Gas - Nah und Fern
The Notwist - Close to the Glass
Continuing to work my way through this ridiculous new release day.
Craig
Yui Onodera & Celer - Generic City
Yuco - I'm living with melancholy in the fog
An album where knowing a little context really changes perception. The album title sounded a bit fashionably mopey until I found out it was composed in response to the recent Japanese nuclear disaster.
ETA, and it's rather good.
Years of Rice and Salt - Nothing of Cities
- more Christina Vantzou, freshly posted on New & Notable Classical Albums
And Z for:
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
Zen Savauge - Inconnu
(If you like dark ambient dubby things this is a good free one)
The end is in sight!
- "With warm thanks to songs by The Bucketheads, Blueboys, Kylie Minogue, The Pet Shop Boys, Whigfield, Radiohead, Erasure, Ant & Dec, Phats & Small, The Prodigy, Europe, Tiffany, Ritchie Cordell, Chic
Zeitkratzer & Carsten Nicolai - Electronics
Had a Groupon like voucher for Good Records and this was on my list of albums to look for. Happy to find and so far so good, some great alt-country/folk.
Planningtorock - All Love's Legal
Sometimes I have to admit that if an album intrigues me enough to keep listening when I can't even tell if I like it, I should probably just buy it.
Z'ev + Chris Watson - East African Nocturne
then
but now a bit more modern
Zeitkratzer - Karlheinz Stockhausen
There is as everyone should know, the
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ETA, OK, so this board can only do Korean in preview.
Almost turning this into a "Throwback Thursday" thing. But actually I'm just getting pumped for St. Vincent tomorrow night. As much as I absolutely love this album, it's possible that it's fallen to my third favorite.