Don't know if this has been mentioned much here, but it's a good one that made many jazz lists. I went to Allison's site to look up the 2 guitarists, who are prominently featured (Steve Cardenas and Brandon Seabrook--not names I'm familiar with). Interested to note there that one of the digital purchase options is "Source Audio," or "the full 24 bit 'Studio Master' version"...What do you suppose that would mean?
Jean-Luc Fafchamps, Ictus Ensemble - Sufi Word: KDGhZ2SA
- "The never-ending connotative relationships that Sufi mysticism establishes between letters, the human breath, vitality and affects, acted as a source of inspiration for the major cycle taking shape, the first Sufi Word of which you see here. The CD consists of 4 pieces for instrumental ensemble, an orchestral prologue and a final movement for ensemble and orchestra.
JL Fafchamps : "Since 2000, I have been spending much time writing Sufi Letters, despite the fact that I am not a Sufi, or even Muslim, and I do not speak Arabic... Actually, these letters are more than letters addressed to careful readers; they are also and mostly exercises in calligraphy, alphabetic symbols. They are based on a Sufi chart connecting a vast system of symbolic interrelations to the twenty-eight letters in the Arabic alphabet a sort of methodical summary of metaphorical and mystical thinking, as it has been drawn once by Sheikh Abul-Muwwayid of Gujarat [India] for incantation."
- Jean-Luc Fafchamps @ Soundcloud
The easiest description: a more sophisticated version of Langhorne Slim. OTOH, this might be a more Celtic version of Echo and the Bunnymen, with more socially insightful lyrics. Or an amalgam of Celtic and American Folk. Whatever, there are a lot of elements in this that let it rise above the usual Shout Folk. $7.
One of the (free) highlights of 2012: Gunshae - The Lost Cascadian Suite
Kuma (Transmissions)
Lady Eve (Oboe)
Vanessa Stovall (Harp)
- "The Lost Cascadian Suite is Gunshaes celestial anthem for the Pacific Northwest, in four parts. This is a collection of sub-aquatic ambient for the tribes of the Cascadian revolution. Far more laden with sub-bass than anything Gunshae has done to date, The Lost Cascadian Suite is what happens when free improv collides with classical orchestral training and is topped off with a life long passion for sound system music. Drift that can also make you vibrate." http://www.notype.com/drones/cat.e/pan_070/ - http://archive.org/details/pan070
Had forgotten about this one. Obscure collaboration between Ty Tabor (King's X) and Wally Farkas (Galactic Cowboys). Drone/ambient/guitar instrumentals. Nice.
(I guess one saving grace of lurid album art is it does catch the eye in a large itunes library)
The Heirs - Alchera
The tracks I've listened to by this band from the Denovali Swingfest sampler caught my ear - lots of energy, similar territory to Russian Circles. NYOP/free.
Drawing influence from MICHAEL GIRA and his SWANS legacy, the sledgehammer ris and industrial pummel of GODFLESH, and continuing Stegeman's incense shrouded low-end incantations from his work with doom dealers WHITEHORSE, combined with Jackson's reverb-soaked noise, Alchera strips bare the needless excesses of post-rock and heavy metal in favour of something much more concise and affecting. A lurching, drugged-out specter - holding solace in one hand, and vengeance in the other.
From the seething metallic buzz and bluster of the opening track "Plague Asphyx", through to the crowning low-end droning turbulence of "Russia", the recording is an archetype for an existence shrouded in confusion, joy, disappointment and addiction.
I'm on a Chicago drill kick after watching an amazing documentary on WorldStarHipHop about the genre and the violence that has essentially created it. I highly recommend the doc even for those who aren't hip hop fans. It's only about 40 minutes, but talks to most of the top rising stars (other than Chief Keef interestingly, but he's had some serious legal trouble the last couple years) as well as some social workers and others who are familiar with the policies/political actions that inadvertently created issues leading directly to the violence in south Chicago. It's especially a kick in the teeth when they show at the end of the doc what some of the folks they talk to are now up to. A few are now signed to major labels, but a couple have been killed since their interview. Link is here.
At the weekend I completed a second listen to my entire music collection since I started tracking that with smart playlists a couple of years ago. So it's time for a vacation from listening to things because I haven't listened to them yet or because I only heard them once. That leaves me with a gleeful sense of freedom. Today I feel like going alphabetical.
Autistici - Volume Objects.
Lovely.
Then:
Aglaia - Reverberant Skies
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Safe. NYOP.
Don't know if this has been mentioned much here, but it's a good one that made many jazz lists. I went to Allison's site to look up the 2 guitarists, who are prominently featured (Steve Cardenas and Brandon Seabrook--not names I'm familiar with). Interested to note there that one of the digital purchase options is "Source Audio," or "the full 24 bit 'Studio Master' version"...What do you suppose that would mean?
- Far out !
"Cirrocumulus, Cirrostratus, Stratus" by Else Marie Pade & Jacob Kirkegaard IMPREC382
Jean-Luc Fafchamps, Ictus Ensemble - Sufi Word: KDGhZ2SA
- "The never-ending connotative relationships that Sufi mysticism establishes between letters, the human breath, vitality and affects, acted as a source of inspiration for the major cycle taking shape, the first Sufi Word of which you see here. The CD consists of 4 pieces for instrumental ensemble, an orchestral prologue and a final movement for ensemble and orchestra.
JL Fafchamps : "Since 2000, I have been spending much time writing Sufi Letters, despite the fact that I am not a Sufi, or even Muslim, and I do not speak Arabic... Actually, these letters are more than letters addressed to careful readers; they are also and mostly exercises in calligraphy, alphabetic symbols. They are based on a Sufi chart connecting a vast system of symbolic interrelations to the twenty-eight letters in the Arabic alphabet a sort of methodical summary of metaphorical and mystical thinking, as it has been drawn once by Sheikh Abul-Muwwayid of Gujarat [India] for incantation."
- Jean-Luc Fafchamps @ Soundcloud
The easiest description: a more sophisticated version of Langhorne Slim. OTOH, this might be a more Celtic version of Echo and the Bunnymen, with more socially insightful lyrics. Or an amalgam of Celtic and American Folk. Whatever, there are a lot of elements in this that let it rise above the usual Shout Folk. $7.
Thanks, BN
- The blue one is also worth checking out.
- Autechre remixing one of the most awesome Tortoise tracks
- And:
New We Are All Ghosts (a new year and already 2 releases). Programmatic electronic. Fairly interesting. Free/NYOP
Gunshae - The Lost Cascadian Suite
Kuma (Transmissions)
Lady Eve (Oboe)
Vanessa Stovall (Harp)
- "The Lost Cascadian Suite is Gunshaes celestial anthem for the Pacific Northwest, in four parts. This is a collection of sub-aquatic ambient for the tribes of the Cascadian revolution. Far more laden with sub-bass than anything Gunshae has done to date, The Lost Cascadian Suite is what happens when free improv collides with classical orchestral training and is topped off with a life long passion for sound system music. Drift that can also make you vibrate."
http://www.notype.com/drones/cat.e/pan_070/ - http://archive.org/details/pan070
ETA:
Xenuphobe - 2.0 Electrolux
Had forgotten about this one. Obscure collaboration between Ty Tabor (King's X) and Wally Farkas (Galactic Cowboys). Drone/ambient/guitar instrumentals. Nice.
(I guess one saving grace of lurid album art is it does catch the eye in a large itunes library)
The Heirs - Alchera
The tracks I've listened to by this band from the Denovali Swingfest sampler caught my ear - lots of energy, similar territory to Russian Circles. NYOP/free.
Chief Keef - Back From the Dead
I'm on a Chicago drill kick after watching an amazing documentary on WorldStarHipHop about the genre and the violence that has essentially created it. I highly recommend the doc even for those who aren't hip hop fans. It's only about 40 minutes, but talks to most of the top rising stars (other than Chief Keef interestingly, but he's had some serious legal trouble the last couple years) as well as some social workers and others who are familiar with the policies/political actions that inadvertently created issues leading directly to the violence in south Chicago. It's especially a kick in the teeth when they show at the end of the doc what some of the folks they talk to are now up to. A few are now signed to major labels, but a couple have been killed since their interview. Link is here.
Craig
And:
Autistici - Volume Objects.
Lovely.
Then:
Aglaia - Reverberant Skies
King Louie - Drilluminati 2
More drill. King Louie is actually the only guest rapper on Yeezus.
EDIT: No problem, GP. I think it's right up your alley.
Craig