I think I only posted that about a month ago; there was a nice article about him in the Wire Magazine October or November edition (with Dean Blunt on the cover!). That's where I first heard of him. Emusic US has a few of his double disc albums priced at only $6.49.
Now I'm in the mood...plus I've been arranging a performance
to happen in Köln in about 6 weeks of another composer who
was friends with David and so there's been some revisiting
going on down that road.
First album of his I got (as a promo back in '75) followed by an earlier
LP of his that I found while searching for more of his work.
Then, there followed On Being Invisible with the ASCII cover,
and the album with Don Buchla, and so on. We met later.
Not a new artist, but new to me - in the same vein as Emily Smith, Kate Rusby, Julie Fowlis, etc. Pretty album from 2008. She now has a band called Runa with more current albums which I haven't heard yet.
- "The Classics Album promises to become a classic meltpop album. What, dont know what meltpop is? Meltpop is what Wieman and its earlier incarnation Zèbra do: complex constructions that can at time sound like pop/dance songs, made entirely out of samples drawn from a very specific and predetermined corpus. More insidious than plunderphonics, rounder around the edges than sound collage, and infinitely trickier than a DJ set!
Wieman is the project of two major names from the Netherlands experimental electronic music scene: Frans de Waard (of Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen, Freiband, Goem, etc.) and Roel Meelkop (of Happy Halloween, THU20, Mailcop, Goem, etc.). As Goem, they released a string of fabulously dark and minimal tracks on top-rate labels like Mego, Raster Noton, Staalplaat, and 12K. The duo released their first meltpop track in 2005 under the name Zèbra. It took them three more years to complete their full-length debut The Black and White Album, in which all samples came from songs that had the word music in their title. From then on, each Zèbra project focused on a very specific concept.
In 2012, a US band called Zebra asked the duo to stop using the name Zèbra. They rechristened themselves Wieman and completed work on a string of new projects, including The Classics Album, six years in the making. The Classics Album contains only samples taken from songs that have classical music-tinged titles words like symphony, rhapsody, overture, etc. These samples come from the worlds of jazz, rock n roll, prog rock, disco, and beyond. Some of them are instantly recognizable; others are transformed beyond identification. This music especially the 17-minute epic Do you have EIP will melt your brain cells. Youll dance a bit, youll swim a lot, and youll be questioning your perceptions all the time." Baskaru music
This double CD-set gives an idea of the music and the sound art presented at Het Apollohuis in the period from 1980 through 1997. From a total of 500 performances, Paul Panhuysen chose thirty-eight to be excerpted here. Ren
If you like Loscil (or just sad, slow music) consider buying this for a good cause:
Loscil - For Greta
I have put together an EP of music to raise funds for my good friend Tim and his family. Tim is not only a dear friend but we also share a musical history. For a time, we were rhythm section copilots in Destroyer and he has played guitar for loscil on numerous occasions including one of my favourite live recordings with the CBC back in the First Narrows days. Tim's daughter Greta has been diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called Ewings Sarcoma. She is currently undergoing treatment at BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver. Greta and her family have a long, difficult road ahead of them and they need to spend every moment together while Greta undergoes chemotherapy and medical treatment. As two self-employed parents, Tim and his wife Heather need all the support they can get. 100% of the funds from sales will go to Tim and his family. If you like the music, pitch in what you can. Thanks for your time.
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. . . .
- "Born in 1958, Roger Kleier is a composer, guitarist, improviser and producer 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 an 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 creating new works with digital technology.
Roger has performed and/or recorded with Annie Gosfield, Marc Ribot's Shrek, Elliott Sharp, Fred Frith, Joan Jeanrenaud, Davey Williams, Ikue Mori, Carl Stone, Phill Niblock, Alan Licht,Tom Cora, David Moss, Kato Hideki, Chris Cutler, David Krakauer, Chris Brown, Sim Cain, Jim Pugliese, Zeitgeist, Relache, Agon Orchestra, Kevin Norton, Willie Winant, Samm Bennett, Zeena Parkins, Stan Ridgway and others. Roger has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. He currently resides in New York City."
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That's a real hoot! ...and (he's said) a bit of an embarrassment for him - ha!
I think I only posted that about a month ago; there was a nice article about him in the Wire Magazine October or November edition (with Dean Blunt on the cover!). That's where I first heard of him. Emusic US has a few of his double disc albums priced at only $6.49.
to happen in Köln in about 6 weeks of another composer who
was friends with David and so there's been some revisiting
going on down that road.
First album of his I got (as a promo back in '75) followed by an earlier
LP of his that I found while searching for more of his work.
Then, there followed On Being Invisible with the ASCII cover,
and the album with Don Buchla, and so on. We met later.
Not a new artist, but new to me - in the same vein as Emily Smith, Kate Rusby, Julie Fowlis, etc. Pretty album from 2008. She now has a band called Runa with more current albums which I haven't heard yet.
Broads - Omno +2
Broads - Care and Handling
Difficult listening but an amazing piece of work.
Oops I mean "The Complete Birth Of The Cool"
One of my all-time favorite albums. Such passionate music!
Since I don't have the new one yet...
New one from Chadwick Stokes. Will be released in US on Feb. 3, but Pandora is streaming the full album a week early:
http://www.pandora.com/station/play/1411412518987239135/19229672083167
- "The Classics Album promises to become a classic meltpop album. What, dont know what meltpop is? Meltpop is what Wieman and its earlier incarnation Zèbra do: complex constructions that can at time sound like pop/dance songs, made entirely out of samples drawn from a very specific and predetermined corpus. More insidious than plunderphonics, rounder around the edges than sound collage, and infinitely trickier than a DJ set!
Wieman is the project of two major names from the Netherlands experimental electronic music scene: Frans de Waard (of Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen, Freiband, Goem, etc.) and Roel Meelkop (of Happy Halloween, THU20, Mailcop, Goem, etc.). As Goem, they released a string of fabulously dark and minimal tracks on top-rate labels like Mego, Raster Noton, Staalplaat, and 12K. The duo released their first meltpop track in 2005 under the name Zèbra. It took them three more years to complete their full-length debut The Black and White Album, in which all samples came from songs that had the word music in their title. From then on, each Zèbra project focused on a very specific concept.
In 2012, a US band called Zebra asked the duo to stop using the name Zèbra. They rechristened themselves Wieman and completed work on a string of new projects, including The Classics Album, six years in the making. The Classics Album contains only samples taken from songs that have classical music-tinged titles words like symphony, rhapsody, overture, etc. These samples come from the worlds of jazz, rock n roll, prog rock, disco, and beyond. Some of them are instantly recognizable; others are transformed beyond identification. This music especially the 17-minute epic Do you have EIP will melt your brain cells. Youll dance a bit, youll swim a lot, and youll be questioning your perceptions all the time."
Baskaru
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RYUICHI SAKAMOTO / ILLUHA / TAYLOR DEUPREE - Perpetual
Looks like copies of the box set are still available on William Parker's website
Loscil - For Greta
Craig
- "Born in 1958, Roger Kleier is a composer, guitarist, improviser and producer 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 an 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 creating new works with digital technology.
Roger has performed and/or recorded with Annie Gosfield, Marc Ribot's Shrek, Elliott Sharp, Fred Frith, Joan Jeanrenaud, Davey Williams, Ikue Mori, Carl Stone, Phill Niblock, Alan Licht,Tom Cora, David Moss, Kato Hideki, Chris Cutler, David Krakauer, Chris Brown, Sim Cain, Jim Pugliese, Zeitgeist, Relache, Agon Orchestra, Kevin Norton, Willie Winant, Samm Bennett, Zeena Parkins, Stan Ridgway and others. Roger has toured extensively throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Australia. He currently resides in New York City."