"Enough Records is proud to present their 6th Easton Ellises release called Nightwavs. Fruit of a twelve month effort, Nightwavs is the Montreal band’s latest studio EP. Many songs were written in but only a select few made the cut. On the record you will find a refreshing sound that goes from rock with 80s synthesizers a la Duran Duran, to disco with "funky" guitars a la Nile Rodgers, which is reminiscent of the recent Daft Punk success "Get Lucky". You can find creative commons samples of their songs available on ccmixter. There is also a video produced under a Creative Commons license for the 3rd song on the EP entitled Falcon 69."
"The legendary collaboration between a leading American Musique Concrete composer and an instrumental ensemble directed by James Reichert where, for I think the first and to date only time, there was full integration of the written, played and manipulated sounds. The instrumental parts were derived from Îcells' of concrete sound and in turn were electronically transformed (in Robert Moog's then state of the art studio), Then the whole mass of material was organised together. A true hybrid, and a one-off. Long out of print since it's appearance on vinyl in 1966. With two extra pieces by Tod Dockstader a new stereo version of No.7 (from the 1961 Î8 Electronic Pieces' and very late and very different - piece from 1990 which has never escaped his studio until now. A classic and a milestone in the evolution of electronic, mediated sound."
Anyone been in contact with Jonah recently via Twitter or Facebook- ie in the last week? He has not updated Bird is the Worm in that time, which is most unusual.
re. Jonah, He has responded to a tweet from me feb. 27.
"Tod Dockstader belongs in the select company of Varèse, Stockhausen, Luening, Schaeffer, Subotnick, and the other pioneers of electronic music or musique concrète. His achievement is on a par with the best in his field."
Modest Mouse - Good News For People Who Love Bad News
So it looks like February set a new record for the coldest month in recorded history here - the previous record was set in 1934, which was the last time Lake Ontario froze over completely. Some predictions are that the lake will freeze over early this month.
Opera is a fair way outside of my customary listening, but I am quite enjoying this. To my untutored ear it lacks both the overwrought edge and the snooty matron enunciation that I tend from my extremely limited opera exposure to associate with sopranos. I usually tire of opera after a short while when I dip into it, but I am most of the way through the first disk and still happy.
In case anyone is looking for opera bargains, this is 3 disks and $6.49 at emusic if you use this page rather than this one, where it is $17.97.
ETA, my goodness, I just bought an opera. That's a first. Don't tell anyone.
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Deep Listening
Tod Dockstader & James Reichert
Early morning here, I need something fairly gentle....
re. Jonah, He has responded to a tweet from me feb. 27.
"Tod Dockstader belongs in the select company of Varèse, Stockhausen, Luening, Schaeffer, Subotnick, and the other pioneers of electronic music or musique concrète. His achievement is on a par with the best in his field."
Starkland 1994
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Salvor- False Lights
New album featuring Jim Moray and Sam Carter in new band
On E music and Bandcamp
Clinical Archives - (ca091) (January 11, 2008)
So it looks like February set a new record for the coldest month in recorded history here - the previous record was set in 1934, which was the last time Lake Ontario froze over completely. Some predictions are that the lake will freeze over early this month.