Continuing my appalachian visit started last week by that free/nyop Noisetrade live album by The Steel Wheels. Lay Down, Lay Low is the second album I've purchased by this group (besides the Noisetrade one). It's very, very excellent. Should have made my best-of-2012 list.
Streaming from Bandcamp, thanks amc2. I've been away for a few days, and, as always, lots of music here to follow up. We spent a couple of nights in Liverpool whilst away, and visited the teenage homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. John Lennon's was the most interesting IMO. Yoko Ono bought it about 10 years ago and gave it to the National Trust to save commercial interests getting hold of it. She has also donated a lot of artefacts, photos etc from his teenage years, which makes it more interesting. Paul McCartney's home is smaller, therefore less place to display items. Whilst his brother has had some involvement Paul has not, so less of interest.
I spent a few minutes trying to explain to a 'Beatle-ologist', probably mid thirties from USA, that we did not use the term British Invasion, but he would not take it, and could not understand that it was not an invasion for us! The house guide was a friend of both Paul and his brother Mike from that era and still is a friend, but this person was contradicting her regularly. I didn't realise that people studied the Beatles in such depth that they could quote dates of recordings, concerts etc, etc...
Oren Ambarchi & Charlemagne Palestine
Recorded at the Overground 2011 festival, 12 June 2011 @ Melbourne Town Hall. Oren Ambarchi on guitar and pedals, Charlemagne Palestine on Melbourne Town Hall organ.
I used to like those early morning starts - I got a lot more done then, and had no qualms about leaving at 5.00pm if I'd started at 7.00 am! Mind you, there would often be something more to do when I got home!!
September 15, 1973, Providence (set 2). What a fantastic show! It has horns! (Or as one reviewer points out, horns and woodwinds). Apparently horns are not hugely popular with Dead fans, but I think it sounds great. Very laid back too. I've found a few '73 shows to be really enjoyable.
Gregg, please accept my apologies as an American for that ass at Paul's house.
Prompted by envy of the Complete Argo set that Prof posted the other day. May have to pick that up myself...Amused to note the album page at eMu includes a whiny reviewer lamenting his misfortune at buying the wonderful Mosaic set, when he could have waited and DL'd it from eMusic!
@Doofy, to alleviate the envy, I don't have the complete set - I had some Guvera credits and the set is on there. So far I downloaded disk 2, the Pershing Lounge recording. Will likely pick away at the rest as Guvera credit earning returns though.
John Hollenbeck - No Images
John Hollenbeck, drums/percussion, laughter samples, autoharp with portable fan; Ben Monder, guitar; David Liebman, tenor saxophone; David Taylor, Tim Sessions & Ray Anderson, trombones; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., voice on tape; Ellery Eskelin, tenor saxophone; Rick Dimuzio, tenor saxophone; Theo Bleckmann, voice;
@Prof: Ah, that would have been a "Guvera-ton" of Jamal indeed! I wonder if we'll ever have such hot and cold running credits again.
I actually still have sufficient eMu bonus-booster funds to get the full Argo set, and so might. Potentially aiding that decision would be the new and unaccounted-for delays in posting new jazz releases...And when they do show up, they're 6.99 (or higher).
- "In May 2012 drummer Jim Black started composing music for his new upcoming recording of »Antiheroes« in his house in Brooklyn, NY. In summer of the same year he traveled through Europe and found inspiring locations at friends places to compose, such as a peaceful farm near Salzburg in Austria and in a private house on a beautiful island in Greece. Here surrounded by quiet and the power of silence he was able to fully concentrate on his work, and continued writing his songs for drums, saxophone, bass, and guitar. A few months later he recorded the album "Antiheroes" far, far away from Greece yet in another paradise on Iceland. This record presents music and sound stories about creatures, characters and things who do not just exist but try to make a better world without being afraid to take risks.
»Antiheroes« is a studio production, recorded with the Icelandic musicians Hilmar Jensson (guitar) and Skúli Sverrisson (bass) plus Jim Black's long-standing musical partner Chris Speed (saxophone). These four individual musicians are AlasNoAxis, which is the name of this homogeneous group and "Antiheroes" is their sixth album and Jim Black's seven album as a band leader for Winter&Winter. Stefan Winter produced the recording session near Reykjavík, and Ron Saint Germain (sound engineer of Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson, Ornette Coleman and Soundgarden, to name a few) was responsible for the sound design of the mix."
Jim Black about »Antiheroes«: - "My last two recordings for Winter & Winter focused on complete songs and compositions. For our sixth recording with AlasNoAxis, I wanted to create a miniature or a reduction of what happens when we perform a live concert.
A piece of music, an idea, or a short song, chained together by improvisation - arriving from or departing to the next piece of written music. I was looking for more of a through-composed experience - one that didn't cycle back on itself constantly but something that would take the listener from a starting place, only move forward, and never return back to the beginning. . ." Winter & Winter
I've been watching Patience After Sebald on Netflix over the last few nights, and am about to start the book on whic it's based, W. G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn. Interesting stuff; I should probably get the full soundtrack album at some point. (Also, check out this connected mapping project!)
Then, Dead, 1969/06/07. A lot of static in this recording makes it fit well with the Caretaker.
@Doofy, I more than half wish I had spotted that Jamal box while the booster sale was still on - it would have been quite a steal at under $25 real money.
Clapping Music
Piano Counterpoint
City Life
"Four Genesis Settings" (from The Cave)
New York Counterpoint
Radio Rewrite (New York Premiere) "On Saturday, Nov. 16 at 7 pm, Q2 Music presented a live audio stream of Alarm Will Sound's all Steve Reich concert from the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. Introduced by Phil Kline, the concert included the hometown premiere of Reich's Radio Rewrite - a 2012 work for winds, strings, percussion and electric bass based on the Radiohead songs "Jigsaw Falling into Place" and "Everything in Its Right Place."
This concert is the second in a series of four eclectic programs as part of Alarm Will Sound's 2013-2014 residency at the Metropolitan Museum of Art."
Got this for 99 cents some time back. When I buy these big 99-cent sets the tug to actually listen to them is gentle enough, in keeping with the scale of the investment, that they sit a while...
Thanks amc2, but not your fault - he could have been from anywhere, just happened to come from California, but it could just as easily have been, say. London
John Hollenbeck, drums, percussion, piano, berimbau; Dan Willis, English horn, tenor sax, soprano sax, flute; Jonas Tauber, cello; Skuli Sverrison, electric bass and banjo sexto; Theo Bleckmann, voice and piano
Totally Awesome !
ETA: two tracks from: released 24 September 2013
Ben Monder - guitars
Theo Bleckmann - voice
John Patitucci - bass
Skúli Sverrisson - bass
Ted Poor - drums
Gian Slater - voice
Martha Cluver - voice http://www.benmonder.com
My first purchase from the Cuneiform drop: Chris Speed clarinet/tenor saxophone
John Hollenbeck drums
Red Wierenga accordion/piano
Drew Gress acoustic bass
Matt Moran vibraphone
+1? Matt Mitchell piano
Dear River (Deluxe Version) - by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
If you like incredibly beautiful female voices, this is an album for you. Emily Barker is an Australian singer. I discovered her from the EP "Fields of June" that was released last year with Frank Turner. From that EP, I had her filed away in my memory bank as a very good Australian singer doing excellent Americana. I was not prepared for how absolutely beautiful her new album, Dear River, is! I listened to it on Bandcamp and downloaded it right away directly from Linn Records.
This album is so good, I paid double for it by purchasing it twice because I made a big mistake in not downloading the deluxe version which includes a second acoustic version of the album - a result of the band getting together in a living room and playing all the songs. I find the acoustic versions are more beautiful than the studio versions and was totally worth my paying for the album all over again. If you are considering buying the album, go for the deluxe version to begin with!
It's kinda funny how when searching for new music you can sometimes come across artists you have recently investigated that you think are totally unrelated, only to find that they have toured or performed together. Such was the case with a German guy named Digger Barnes. (Sure, 'Digger Barnes' isn't a German name so obviously he chose that as his stage name. I thought the name sounded familiar for some reason but it took me a while to figure out why. Think about it, and you probably can, too!) Barnes plays rather dark film noir-ish type Americana music and performs on stage in front of a film projector displaying animated scenes that relate to the songs. He has teamed up with a film artist, Pencil Quincy, to create what they call "The Diamond Road Show," which their website describe as sitting "between concert and cinema...it is a travel through dream structures, events, and unfoldings that inventively blend road movie aesthetics with experimental trick film techniques."
Well, it turns out that Emily Barker opened for Digger Barnes at one of his recent concerts. Huh...who would have thought.
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Continuing my appalachian visit started last week by that free/nyop Noisetrade live album by The Steel Wheels. Lay Down, Lay Low is the second album I've purchased by this group (besides the Noisetrade one). It's very, very excellent. Should have made my best-of-2012 list.
Dean Blunt - The Redeemer
This is more experimental and 'weirder' than I anticipated.
Craig
Streaming from Bandcamp, thanks amc2. I've been away for a few days, and, as always, lots of music here to follow up. We spent a couple of nights in Liverpool whilst away, and visited the teenage homes of John Lennon and Paul McCartney. John Lennon's was the most interesting IMO. Yoko Ono bought it about 10 years ago and gave it to the National Trust to save commercial interests getting hold of it. She has also donated a lot of artefacts, photos etc from his teenage years, which makes it more interesting. Paul McCartney's home is smaller, therefore less place to display items. Whilst his brother has had some involvement Paul has not, so less of interest.
I spent a few minutes trying to explain to a 'Beatle-ologist', probably mid thirties from USA, that we did not use the term British Invasion, but he would not take it, and could not understand that it was not an invasion for us! The house guide was a friend of both Paul and his brother Mike from that era and still is a friend, but this person was contradicting her regularly. I didn't realise that people studied the Beatles in such depth that they could quote dates of recordings, concerts etc, etc...
Oren Ambarchi & Charlemagne Palestine
Recorded at the Overground 2011 festival, 12 June 2011 @ Melbourne Town Hall. Oren Ambarchi on guitar and pedals, Charlemagne Palestine on Melbourne Town Hall organ.
September 15, 1973, Providence (set 2). What a fantastic show! It has horns! (Or as one reviewer points out, horns and woodwinds). Apparently horns are not hugely popular with Dead fans, but I think it sounds great. Very laid back too. I've found a few '73 shows to be really enjoyable.
Gregg, please accept my apologies as an American for that ass at Paul's house.
Prompted by envy of the Complete Argo set that Prof posted the other day. May have to pick that up myself...Amused to note the album page at eMu includes a whiny reviewer lamenting his misfortune at buying the wonderful Mosaic set, when he could have waited and DL'd it from eMusic!
Blood Orange - Cupid Deluxe
Quite enjoyable 'PBR&B'.
As an American in my 30s I can confirm that we know way more about the Beatles than you do, Greg. Deal with it!
Did you know Ringo wasn't their original drummer? It was a guy named Pete Better or something.
Craig
I would like to like this more than I do.
Computer Dreams - Silk Road
John Hollenbeck - No Images
John Hollenbeck, drums/percussion, laughter samples, autoharp with portable fan; Ben Monder, guitar; David Liebman, tenor saxophone; David Taylor, Tim Sessions & Ray Anderson, trombones; Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., voice on tape; Ellery Eskelin, tenor saxophone; Rick Dimuzio, tenor saxophone; Theo Bleckmann, voice;
I actually still have sufficient eMu bonus-booster funds to get the full Argo set, and so might. Potentially aiding that decision would be the new and unaccounted-for delays in posting new jazz releases...And when they do show up, they're 6.99 (or higher).
- "In May 2012 drummer Jim Black started composing music for his new upcoming recording of »Antiheroes« in his house in Brooklyn, NY. In summer of the same year he traveled through Europe and found inspiring locations at friends places to compose, such as a peaceful farm near Salzburg in Austria and in a private house on a beautiful island in Greece. Here surrounded by quiet and the power of silence he was able to fully concentrate on his work, and continued writing his songs for drums, saxophone, bass, and guitar. A few months later he recorded the album "Antiheroes" far, far away from Greece yet in another paradise on Iceland. This record presents music and sound stories about creatures, characters and things who do not just exist but try to make a better world without being afraid to take risks.
»Antiheroes« is a studio production, recorded with the Icelandic musicians Hilmar Jensson (guitar) and Skúli Sverrisson (bass) plus Jim Black's long-standing musical partner Chris Speed (saxophone). These four individual musicians are AlasNoAxis, which is the name of this homogeneous group and "Antiheroes" is their sixth album and Jim Black's seven album as a band leader for Winter&Winter. Stefan Winter produced the recording session near Reykjavík, and Ron Saint Germain (sound engineer of Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson, Ornette Coleman and Soundgarden, to name a few) was responsible for the sound design of the mix."
Jim Black about »Antiheroes«:
- "My last two recordings for Winter & Winter focused on complete songs and compositions. For our sixth recording with AlasNoAxis, I wanted to create a miniature or a reduction of what happens when we perform a live concert.
A piece of music, an idea, or a short song, chained together by improvisation - arriving from or departing to the next piece of written music. I was looking for more of a through-composed experience - one that didn't cycle back on itself constantly but something that would take the listener from a starting place, only move forward, and never return back to the beginning. . ."
Winter & Winter
Death Grips - Government Plates
Craig
I've been watching Patience After Sebald on Netflix over the last few nights, and am about to start the book on whic it's based, W. G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn. Interesting stuff; I should probably get the full soundtrack album at some point. (Also, check out this connected mapping project!)
Then, Dead, 1969/06/07. A lot of static in this recording makes it fit well with the Caretaker.
T-Minus 11 days until HOVA takes the stage in St. Paul. Assuming of course he doesn't pull a Kanye and cancel the show.
DAMN YOU KANYE!
Craig
Got this for 99 cents some time back. When I buy these big 99-cent sets the tug to actually listen to them is gentle enough, in keeping with the scale of the investment, that they sit a while...
ETA: two tracks from:
released 24 September 2013
Ben Monder - guitars
Theo Bleckmann - voice
John Patitucci - bass
Skúli Sverrisson - bass
Ted Poor - drums
Gian Slater - voice
Martha Cluver - voice
http://www.benmonder.com
Chris Speed clarinet/tenor saxophone
John Hollenbeck drums
Red Wierenga accordion/piano
Drew Gress acoustic bass
Matt Moran vibraphone
+1? Matt Mitchell piano
- Supercool ! ! !
Dear River (Deluxe Version) - by Emily Barker & The Red Clay Halo
If you like incredibly beautiful female voices, this is an album for you. Emily Barker is an Australian singer. I discovered her from the EP "Fields of June" that was released last year with Frank Turner. From that EP, I had her filed away in my memory bank as a very good Australian singer doing excellent Americana. I was not prepared for how absolutely beautiful her new album, Dear River, is! I listened to it on Bandcamp and downloaded it right away directly from Linn Records.
This album is so good, I paid double for it by purchasing it twice because I made a big mistake in not downloading the deluxe version which includes a second acoustic version of the album - a result of the band getting together in a living room and playing all the songs. I find the acoustic versions are more beautiful than the studio versions and was totally worth my paying for the album all over again. If you are considering buying the album, go for the deluxe version to begin with!
It's kinda funny how when searching for new music you can sometimes come across artists you have recently investigated that you think are totally unrelated, only to find that they have toured or performed together. Such was the case with a German guy named Digger Barnes. (Sure, 'Digger Barnes' isn't a German name so obviously he chose that as his stage name. I thought the name sounded familiar for some reason but it took me a while to figure out why. Think about it, and you probably can, too!) Barnes plays rather dark film noir-ish type Americana music and performs on stage in front of a film projector displaying animated scenes that relate to the songs. He has teamed up with a film artist, Pencil Quincy, to create what they call "The Diamond Road Show," which their website describe as sitting "between concert and cinema...it is a travel through dream structures, events, and unfoldings that inventively blend road movie aesthetics with experimental trick film techniques."
Well, it turns out that Emily Barker opened for Digger Barnes at one of his recent concerts. Huh...who would have thought.