Indeed, Rickie seems to come through town pretty regularly. One of the funny (if a little sad) things she talks about is what a hustle it is to make a living in the biz these days....Not the first time I've heard that from an old pro on tour. She has a new album coming up via Pledge Music.
- "Two different temperaments, the same background – this observation was the basis of the idea of inviting eRikm and Fennesz to form a duo for the first time. A few days before the duo premiered at the Donaueschinger Musiktage 2003 the musicians met in the SWR studio to try out strategies for playing together. This CD captures the two best takes from these studio sessions along with the recording of the festival concert, which lasted about forty minutes. Although they are much more abstract than the rock-like Donaueschinger concert, the studio takes reveal most strikingly that the new duo is united in inner harmony."
— Reinhard Kager (translated by Friederike Kulcsar)
I used to listen to these Gardner Museum concerts regularly, but had kind of forgotten about them till I noticed a couple in my library. I was listening when they were in the 10s and 20s - Now there are 212! http://www.gardnermuseum.org/music/listen/podcasts Plenty to sample here, to say the least
Remember this? Can't remember who first posted it but it circulated here for a little while years back - one of those things that would not be in my collection if not for emusers:
@ thom: the reasons to like the NZ comp now are different than the reasons to like it then and that's what makes revisiting these pieces a mesmerizing experience. What could've been a return to crusty comps of irksome noise becomes bits of wonder and fascination with the time and effort that had to go into these back then. Nearly all of the composers on the LPs are well-known NZ composers, but they did put the best ones first it seems. If you want to explore, for example, Douglas Lilburn, then I'd recommend this collection:
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Cage, Unlocked
Back after heavy workloads and house improvements.
The RLJ comments has had me looking at my copies of her albums, Flying Cowboys is a classic
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Flaming Lips » Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots
@ thom: the reasons to like the NZ comp now are different than
the reasons to like it then and that's what makes revisiting these
pieces a mesmerizing experience. What could've been a return
to crusty comps of irksome noise becomes bits of wonder and
fascination with the time and effort that had to go into these back
then. Nearly all of the composers on the LPs are well-known NZ
composers, but they did put the best ones first it seems. If you
want to explore, for example, Douglas Lilburn, then I'd recommend
this collection:
If, Bwana - Charles Darwin Takes An Ocean Voyage
Is the site especially slow for anybody else today? Seems to be eating a lot of data too. Hope it's not the new normal.
Is the site especially slow for anybody else today? Seems to be eating a lot of data too. Hope it's not the new normal.