Hypnotically beautiful etherealizations of various Kurdish, Armenian, Turkish and, in general, Anatolian folk tunes.
Considered the father of modern classical Armenian music, he died in a psychiatric clinic in Paris in the mid-1930s -
his extreme mental state brought on through the witnessing of the Armenian genocide of 1915.
Various - Hope's Not Lost (Camomille label compilation)
Then: , extracted from
For once I had a clear goal in getting the latest Big Box - I wanted the Dufay, and 0.99 seemed a very reasonable price point to get it.
OK, the following sentence in a piece about Dufay just cruelly revealed the depth of my crass ignorance of earlier classical music:
The singularity of his eminence can best be compared to that of Beethoven or perhaps Machaut
Well, um, I know who Beethoven was.
[shame emoticon]
I remember enjoying it very much. Can't recall if I reviewed it or not. If I did, it was probably a clumsy write-up, which is how most of my columns having anything to do with classical music influences end up.
@jonahpwl, rostasi - I presume Samuel Blaser is his real name? Seems like he was destined from birth to be a trombonist..! It would be like an English brass instrumentalist being called Hornblower.
Yeah, I've noticed that as well.
All he needs is an umlaut.
Funnier if he were Sam Posaune!
I've enjoyed his work. He moves back and
forth between his love for modern jazz and
Baroque/Renaissance. Good improviser on
recordings under other peoples names too.
Mick Beck - bassoon, whistles Chris Cundy - bass clarinet Alex Ward - guitar
Its a 2009 trio release brought to us by the always adventurous and largely avant-garde U.K. based Discus-Records, that features odd instrumentation and contrasts. Multi-reedman Mick Beck uses the bassoon and an array of whistles as bass clarinetist Chris Cundy partners in the lower-register element to complement guitarist Alex Wards polytonal guitar lines.
The artists perform in trio and solo settings while using depth and space as vantage points. Their collaborations and individual forums reside somewhere between free-form minimalism, verbose free-jazz improvisation and more. The interlinking lower-register element meshes quite nicely with Wards wide-ranging mode of attack. And the band sparks notions of calamity and pathos throughout their group-centric maneuvers and solo jaunts. They expand and contract disjointed themes while engaging in nip and tuck type discourses.
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Now playing: Michael Bates/Samuel Blaser Quintet - Recurring Dream
By one of Sweden's finest prog bands - and a totally awesome liveband: Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
- Recorded in 1980
- Lars Hollmer / keyboards, accordion, singing
- Eino Haapala / guitars, singing
- Lars Krantz / bass, singing
- Vilgot Hansson / drums, percussion
Guest musician:
- Hans Bruniusson / drums and some percussion on "Pappa"
- "Familjesprickor (Family Cracks) was the last album recorded by the Swedish progressive group originally called Samla Mammas Manna until the group re-formed and released Kaka in 1999, and came after a long period of overseas touring and affiliation with Chris Cutler's Rock in Opposition project, which also included more dissonant groups like Henry Cow and Etron Fou Leloublan. The original drummer, Hans Bruniusson, had left the group in early 1980 and was replaced by a new drummer, Vilgot Hansson, from Stockholm, for tours in France and Belgium. In the liner notes, the group states that Familjesprickor was made during a period of transition, and the music is therefore not as "optimistic and happy" as that on previous Zamla/Samla releases. Indeed, this album is the darkest and most aggressive of any album by any incarnation of the group. The opening track, "Five Single Combats," drives hard and fast right out of the box, and the intensity barely lets up through the rest of the album. There is a bit of a rest on "Ventilation Calculation," where keyboardist Lars Hollmer has brief and wistful solo interludes, but "The Forge" (reprised as "Forge Etude" by Von Zamla on No Make Up! kicks back up again. The album's only vocals are on "Pappa," a demented folk tune with none of the sweetness of the band's earlier work, but overall this is the most avant rock album the Zamlas/Samlas ever produced. [In January of 2008 the Japanese Arcangelo label reissued Familjesprickor, remastered and packaged in a mini-LP sleeve. This reissue was also included in Arcangelo's eight-disc Samla/Zamla Box, featuring all the albums (also remastered and with some bonus tracks, and packaged in mini-LP sleeves) released by Samla Mammas Manna and Zamla Mammaz Manna between 1971 and 1980, along with the Gregory Fitzpatrick album Bildcirkus."
- Caleb Deupree @ Allmusic
Various Artists: Disquiet Junto Project 0036: Still Life
(all tracks free to download from soundcloud)
Step 1. Please select part of this MP3 of J.S. Bachs Brandenburg Concerto No. 2, II. Andante: http://goo.gl/XqBvb
Step 2. Then transform that sample, through any methods you desire, into something that you feel meets the definition of abstract expressionism provided by the Clyfford Still Museum: marked by abstract forms, expressive brushwork, and monumental scale.
Comments
California Guitar Trio - An Opening Act: On Tour With King Crimson. "Purchased" back in the AmieStreet days.
Matt Ulery - "In the Ivory"
Hypnotically beautiful etherealizations of various Kurdish, Armenian, Turkish and, in general, Anatolian folk tunes.
Considered the father of modern classical Armenian music, he died in a psychiatric clinic in Paris in the mid-1930s -
his extreme mental state brought on through the witnessing of the Armenian genocide of 1915.
Various - Hope's Not Lost (Camomille label compilation)
Then:
For once I had a clear goal in getting the latest Big Box - I wanted the Dufay, and 0.99 seemed a very reasonable price point to get it.
OK, the following sentence in a piece about Dufay just cruelly revealed the depth of my crass ignorance of earlier classical music: Well, um, I know who Beethoven was.
[shame emoticon]
Machaut Motets, you should try these for a start:
(possibly easier to find):
and a different take featuring trombonist Samuel Blaser's Consort In Motion:
YouTube promo
http://samuelblaser.bandcamp.com/album/a-mirror-to-machaut
I remember enjoying it very much. Can't recall if I reviewed it or not. If I did, it was probably a clumsy write-up, which is how most of my columns having anything to do with classical music influences end up.
NP:
David Friedman - "Weaving Through Motion"
Just finished:
Jana Winderen - Out of Range
Then:
A few bars in I am guessing this was not the most authentic place to start :-). Liking it though.
AN aka Alexandre Navarro Live Mix : Les Digitales 2014 - Lausanne CH
All tracks composed and performed by AN
Tracklist :
Terre Lumi
No
All he needs is an umlaut.
Funnier if he were Sam Posaune!
I've enjoyed his work. He moves back and
forth between his love for modern jazz and
Baroque/Renaissance. Good improviser on
recordings under other peoples names too.
Matt Ulery - "Music Box Ballerina"
Mick Beck - bassoon, whistles
Chris Cundy - bass clarinet
Alex Ward - guitar
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Now playing: Michael Bates/Samuel Blaser Quintet - Recurring Dream
Zamla Mammaz Manna - Familjesprickor
- Recorded in 1980
- Lars Hollmer / keyboards, accordion, singing
- Eino Haapala / guitars, singing
- Lars Krantz / bass, singing
- Vilgot Hansson / drums, percussion
Guest musician:
- Hans Bruniusson / drums and some percussion on "Pappa"
- "Familjesprickor (Family Cracks) was the last album recorded by the Swedish progressive group originally called Samla Mammas Manna until the group re-formed and released Kaka in 1999, and came after a long period of overseas touring and affiliation with Chris Cutler's Rock in Opposition project, which also included more dissonant groups like Henry Cow and Etron Fou Leloublan. The original drummer, Hans Bruniusson, had left the group in early 1980 and was replaced by a new drummer, Vilgot Hansson, from Stockholm, for tours in France and Belgium. In the liner notes, the group states that Familjesprickor was made during a period of transition, and the music is therefore not as "optimistic and happy" as that on previous Zamla/Samla releases. Indeed, this album is the darkest and most aggressive of any album by any incarnation of the group. The opening track, "Five Single Combats," drives hard and fast right out of the box, and the intensity barely lets up through the rest of the album. There is a bit of a rest on "Ventilation Calculation," where keyboardist Lars Hollmer has brief and wistful solo interludes, but "The Forge" (reprised as "Forge Etude" by Von Zamla on No Make Up! kicks back up again. The album's only vocals are on "Pappa," a demented folk tune with none of the sweetness of the band's earlier work, but overall this is the most avant rock album the Zamlas/Samlas ever produced. [In January of 2008 the Japanese Arcangelo label reissued Familjesprickor, remastered and packaged in a mini-LP sleeve. This reissue was also included in Arcangelo's eight-disc Samla/Zamla Box, featuring all the albums (also remastered and with some bonus tracks, and packaged in mini-LP sleeves) released by Samla Mammas Manna and Zamla Mammaz Manna between 1971 and 1980, along with the Gregory Fitzpatrick album Bildcirkus."
- Caleb Deupree @ Allmusic
- Very ZMM'ish . . .
The Cellar & Point - "Ambit"
The final track, Sundown, is utter perfection.
Sunday morning, time for church
Juliana Cortes - "Invento"
Various Artists: Disquiet Junto Project 0036: Still Life
(all tracks free to download from soundcloud)
Love this album. A brilliant achievement.