I'm not sure about a link where you can listen to it; I heard about it from tiny mix tapes; their review should be near the top of a google search. I bought it from emu, which doesn't work so good on my phone.
Not sure I realized that Kvernberg was in Grand General. I remember making it one of my recommendations and enjoying the album, but Kvernberg's name might not have really popped up on my radar until later, when I discovered his Northern Tapes recording.
- "Duane Pitre's new album, Bridges, features two pieces taken from a suite of analogous compositions by the same name, and was composed by Pitre in 2012. The two pieces that comprise the album are meant to work together in sequence as a composite work; or they can be isolated and listened to on their own. The title derives its name from the original concept for this work, which was to bring together aspects of traditional Eastern music (such as compositional form and tuning) with Western musical traditions (such as in the church music of the Middle Ages and modern classical music). The result is an album that merges the ancient with the new, while creating a sound that is wholly its own." Important Records - Soundcloud
- "Duane Pitre is an American avant-garde composer, performer, and sound artist. His work often focuses on the tensions between electronic sound and acoustic instrumentation, chaos and discipline, as well as site-specificity and performativity. The composer frequently utilizes alternate tuning schemes that focus on microtonality, enabling him to explore unaccustomed harmonic intervallic relationships. He has created works for various instrumentation configurations such as string orchestra, his own bowed harmonic-guitar ensemble, string/wind ensembles, and more. . . ."
- More @ http://www.duanepitre.com/news-events-bio.php More Duane Pitre @ Emusers
A beguiling percussion-led exploration into history and the heart that beats beside it:
The Whole by Jon Mueller - "The Whole might be avant-percussionist Jon Muellers first album for the Type imprint but its far from his scene debut. Working in a plethora of bands for many years (including Collections of Colonies of Bees and Volcano Choir with Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver), Mueller has honed his sound to a distinct peak, and over the course of umpteen solo albums and collaborations has cemented his status as one of experimental musics most revered drummers.
Following his epic works Metals (a collection of classic heavy metal rhythms) and the expansive and surprisingly beautiful Physical Changes, both for the esteemed Table of the Elements label, Mueller embarked on the heady process of creating a defining work. Intrigued by ideas of simplicity and acoustic sound, Muellers research drew him to Shaker crafts and quilt making, both deceptively simple practices rooted in the transmission of ideas. Over time these experiences were interpreted in many different ways, almost certainly inaccurately, and this miscommunicated simplicity is at the very centre of The Whole. Through a rolling, unamplified snare drum (a piece of kit perfected over a year of intense practice), booming low toms, hammered dulcimer and his own voice, Mueller creates a sound that is wholly original and totally beguiling. There are traces of folk traditions and lines drawn to the avant garde idiom but Muellers sound is so singularly perfected it is hard to connect him to specific peers.
The Whole is an album that sounds like both a relic of the past and an echo of the future. The ideas are anchored in memory and tradition, yet the sound is alien and sometimes impenetrable. Over time, as the messages are stripped back, an unabashedly gorgeous piece of work is revealed. Like a good book, it requires patience and contemplation to show its beating heart." Type Records 2010
I really like that "GitGo" album, plus the drummer is my old babysitter's son. He is "gigging" around town, as we Jazz Cats say
So, now we have this in addition to BN(?) buying a car from Marilyn Mazur. I feel like we should have a separate thread for this... "Anecdotal brushes with obscure music celebrity."
NP:
Rafael Karlen - "Dave's Morning Album" (aka "The Sweetness of Things Half-Remembered")
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Anne Guthrie - Codiaeum variegatum
I could see some people here liking this. GP, bn, kargatron?
Freshly grabbed:
Lovely . . . Just lovely !
I'm not sure about a link where you can listen to it; I heard about it from tiny mix tapes; their review should be near the top of a google search. I bought it from emu, which doesn't work so good on my phone.
- mu doesn't work so good on any machine ATM.
Post Global Trio - Fluids
Free from the Microsoft sale; still available I think, for those fee US MS 8 users out there.
Not sure I realized that Kvernberg was in Grand General. I remember making it one of my recommendations and enjoying the album, but Kvernberg's name might not have really popped up on my radar until later, when I discovered his Northern Tapes recording.
NP:
Paul Giallorenzo GitGo - "Force Majeure"
Guillaume Martineau - "Par 5 Chemins"
Part of the Mosaic/"Capitol Vaults" set. Would hate to have to schlep my vibes around on the bus.
Duane Pitre - Bridges
Duane Pitre - compositions, cumbus, ukelin, mandolin, computer, & electronics
Oliver Barrett (aka. Petrels) - cello
Bhob Rainey - soprano saxophone
- "Duane Pitre's new album, Bridges, features two pieces taken from a suite of analogous compositions by the same name, and was composed by Pitre in 2012. The two pieces that comprise the album are meant to work together in sequence as a composite work; or they can be isolated and listened to on their own. The title derives its name from the original concept for this work, which was to bring together aspects of traditional Eastern music (such as compositional form and tuning) with Western musical traditions (such as in the church music of the Middle Ages and modern classical music). The result is an album that merges the ancient with the new, while creating a sound that is wholly its own."
Important Records - Soundcloud
- "Duane Pitre is an American avant-garde composer, performer, and sound artist. His work often focuses on the tensions between electronic sound and acoustic instrumentation, chaos and discipline, as well as site-specificity and performativity. The composer frequently utilizes alternate tuning schemes that focus on microtonality, enabling him to explore unaccustomed harmonic intervallic relationships. He has created works for various instrumentation configurations such as string orchestra, his own bowed harmonic-guitar ensemble, string/wind ensembles, and more. . . ."
- More @ http://www.duanepitre.com/news-events-bio.php
More Duane Pitre @ Emusers
One of a couple of albums I found this year via Dave Sumner's Jazz Picks that are making a run for my top 20.
Oh hell yes
Enjoying this one quite a bit.
Mixed bag of stuff
bn, you can hear some tracks from that on soundcloud.
The Whole by Jon Mueller
- "The Whole might be avant-percussionist Jon Muellers first album for the Type imprint but its far from his scene debut. Working in a plethora of bands for many years (including Collections of Colonies of Bees and Volcano Choir with Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver), Mueller has honed his sound to a distinct peak, and over the course of umpteen solo albums and collaborations has cemented his status as one of experimental musics most revered drummers.
Following his epic works Metals (a collection of classic heavy metal rhythms) and the expansive and surprisingly beautiful Physical Changes, both for the esteemed Table of the Elements label, Mueller embarked on the heady process of creating a defining work. Intrigued by ideas of simplicity and acoustic sound, Muellers research drew him to Shaker crafts and quilt making, both deceptively simple practices rooted in the transmission of ideas. Over time these experiences were interpreted in many different ways, almost certainly inaccurately, and this miscommunicated simplicity is at the very centre of The Whole. Through a rolling, unamplified snare drum (a piece of kit perfected over a year of intense practice), booming low toms, hammered dulcimer and his own voice, Mueller creates a sound that is wholly original and totally beguiling. There are traces of folk traditions and lines drawn to the avant garde idiom but Muellers sound is so singularly perfected it is hard to connect him to specific peers.
The Whole is an album that sounds like both a relic of the past and an echo of the future. The ideas are anchored in memory and tradition, yet the sound is alien and sometimes impenetrable. Over time, as the messages are stripped back, an unabashedly gorgeous piece of work is revealed. Like a good book, it requires patience and contemplation to show its beating heart."
Type Records 2010
Chris Watson - Stepping into the Darkness
- A Chris Cutler project . . .
Saw these guys last week, they are both great players. Lage has a new duo album with Nels Cline too, have yet to hear it
One of the joys of Bandcamp was finding this album, a classic
So, now we have this in addition to BN(?) buying a car from Marilyn Mazur. I feel like we should have a separate thread for this... "Anecdotal brushes with obscure music celebrity."
NP:
Rafael Karlen - "Dave's Morning Album" (aka "The Sweetness of Things Half-Remembered")
Fabrice Sotton - "Brainwashed"