Chubby Wolf -The Darker Sex "Time moves differently with Chubby Wolf’s latest work of fluid sound art….more than a single, you're embraced and carried, pulled gently in one direction, urgently in another. You feel Dani had woven a tapestry of emotional choreography just for you. As with all her work, there is a sense of a personal touch…a slight weight of a hand on the shoulder, your skin gone electric where her sound has lifted you.
We sadly do not know what Dani’s exact intentions were with this music. Our only direct hint the title, 'The Darker Sex'. Even that, like a game of playfulness or frustration with a lover…which is the darker sex? But don’t you know? All of her work was a labor of love and gift to the world, and I believe we were meant to feel more then define. For here purgatory is not flat, it is pregnant and undulating with expectation and anticipation…and above all else, an effervescent timeless beauty. We will want to stay a while." - Maile Colbert, March 2011
-The Blissful Cessation Previously unreleased. 'The Blissful Cessation' was an improvised session created with electric guitar and pedals, for a gallery opening in Los Angeles, California, but because of schedule changes, was never used.
from Discogs Performed and produced by Richard Lainhart, recorded in real time direct to stereo DAT
Tracks 1-6 engineered by James McLean, track 7 engineered by Richard Lainhart
"The Rising Night" (1986) and "An Unknown Number" (1988) are for Yamaha WX-7 MIDI wind controller with Korg DW-8000 and EX-8000 synthesizers and E-mu Emax samplers controlled by a Mac Plus running Opcode Vision. “The Naga" (1986) is for Lync LN-4 MIDI keyboard controlling a Kurzweil 150FS synthesizer (using a Balinese scale) with Vision-controlled synths and samplers. "Desert Gardens" (1986) is for Chapman Stick played with an Ebow and Vision-controlled synths and samplers. "An Open Hand" (1989) is for Chapman Stick solo with digital delays. "Under The Clock" (1988) is for KAT MalletKAT controlling Intelligent Music's (now Cycling 74's) M interactive MIDI performance software, which in turn controls E-mu samplers. "Staring at the Moon" (1987, revised 2003) is for bowed amplified vibraphone and M controlling software samplers playing bowed vibes samples. Bandcamp
from Cold Blue Music Twilight of the Dreamboats, a quintessential Smith electro-acoustic work, is an ever-evolving single gesture, a seamless blend of tones and timbres from his metal sound sculptures (instruments with such names as Bertoia 718, Que Lastas, lockheed, Mantis, Sceptre, DADO) and his homemade and hot-rodded steel guitars (Clinesmith, Emmons, Guitarzilla, Cadillac bass), performed by the composer.
Also available at Bandcamp NYOP The kaleidoscopic compositional style and deft use of silence and suspension are in full force, the music pulling the listener along on a slowly evolving journey. Instrumentation is wide and varied, from found sounds and static drones, to plucked strings, percussion and bells. For fans of Mark's earlier work, 'Metonymy' is a tour de force.
Mark Tamea - Five Augmented Locations (Volume One) NYOP at Bandcamp A collection of five pieces which were not originally planned as an album - and so this is more of a retrospective hoard.
All are based on field recordings, sometimes using binaural or contact microphones, occasionally direct to an iPad and processed on the spot, as well as captured by more traditional means.
The extent of the augmentation varies. On some pieces the location work has been contorted beyond recognition with source material cut up and callously fed through a sampler. Other pieces have been affected in a more subtle manner and the sense of place remains to the fore.
With each production my intention was to work quickly. Overdubs were played live and given only one chance otherwise rejected and nothing was sequenced. Some enhancements were made directly to the recording on location.
Having said that though, each track on this collection has been especially remastered. They have all been floating around on Soundcloud this year, and a couple were included on recent Classwar Karaoke compliations - however you will find differences, especially the alternative take of Improvisation VII.
- "I can still hear the humming of life
And everything still makes static sense
Even the bitterness of your departure
The syncopated beat of the heart
And the consciousness that all silence is violent
In the dead of night when everything is asleep"
Ps- That was weird...the sound cut out after about 30 minutes and after 7 of the longest minutes, just started up again. I can't imagine it was meant to be that way. It was pretty interesting up till then. - and had a great 28 min finish.
from Bandcamp Calibrated Contingency consists in a continuous 47-minute live performance recorded in Graz in 2011. Both artists are using a computer and minimal external input devices (a boundary microphone, an induction coil, a radio). At the performance, each had a pair of stereo speakers, and all four speakers were arranged in a single line. This CD presents a stereo mix of that performance. And what a performance it is: a complex fabric of mangled frequencies, raw electricity, odd sounds, clips and glitches, woven loosely, with silent holes here and there. Dizzying and otherworldly...
...but isn't that what the sound of our world should sound like?
- reminds me of the days, as a kid, secretly spinning the dial around on my brother's Zenith short wave radio to make that noise. - with silent holes here and there. I guess Barry Chabala was meant to be.
from Kning Disk 2004 The first release by Kning Disk is a 12" vinyl, consisting of two legendary works (one previously unreleased) by Swedish text-sound pioneer Åke Hodell; "igevär" and "General Bussig", coupled with a specially composed piece by the north American pop- /experimental musician David Grubbs; "Yellow Sky". The cover is created by Swedish artist Elis E. Eriksson.
Ps- That was weird...the sound cut out after about 30 minutes and after 7 of the longest minutes, just started up again. I can't imagine it was meant to be that way. It was pretty interesting up till then. - and had a great 28 min finish.
I haven't heard this recording but bear in mind that label owner Mark Wastell was deep into his New London Silence phase at the time where less was considered considerably more. Wandelweiser was the original German arm of this movement which also had a "big" Tokyo scene.
ps- it took a couple of years but I'm sure glad I cleaned up my SFL. Thanks, it's excellent.
I've looked at this before but the preview doesn't work for me so wanting to avoid techno-hassle I left well alone. This time I tried the download anyway and it not only worked fine the album is top notch too. Thanks Confused and original poster.
Comments
from Bandcamp (NYOP)
Chubby Wolf
-The Darker Sex
"Time moves differently with Chubby Wolf’s latest work of fluid sound art….more than a single, you're embraced and carried, pulled gently in one direction, urgently in another. You feel Dani had woven a tapestry of emotional choreography just for you. As with all her work, there is a sense of a personal touch…a slight weight of a hand on the shoulder, your skin gone electric where her sound has lifted you.
We sadly do not know what Dani’s exact intentions were with this music. Our only direct hint the title, 'The Darker Sex'. Even that, like a game of playfulness or frustration with a lover…which is the darker sex? But don’t you know? All of her work was a labor of love and gift to the world, and I believe we were meant to feel more then define. For here purgatory is not flat, it is pregnant and undulating with expectation and anticipation…and above all else, an effervescent timeless beauty. We will want to stay a while." - Maile Colbert, March 2011
-The Blissful Cessation
Previously unreleased. 'The Blissful Cessation' was an improvised session created with electric guitar and pedals, for a gallery opening in Los Angeles, California, but because of schedule changes, was never used.
All music by Danielle Baquet-Long
Andre Santos - "Vitamina D"
Brian (Shankar) Adler - "Binary" & "Mysteries of the Deep"
Out in October. Shit, these are good. Expect words in my October Bandcamp column.
Bandcamp page - http://brianshankaradler.bandcamp.com/album/mysteries-of-the-deep
from Discogs
Performed and produced by Richard Lainhart, recorded in real time direct to stereo DAT
Tracks 1-6 engineered by James McLean, track 7 engineered by Richard Lainhart
"The Rising Night" (1986) and "An Unknown Number" (1988) are for Yamaha WX-7 MIDI wind controller with Korg DW-8000 and EX-8000 synthesizers and E-mu Emax samplers controlled by a Mac Plus running Opcode Vision. “The Naga" (1986) is for Lync LN-4 MIDI keyboard controlling a Kurzweil 150FS synthesizer (using a Balinese scale) with Vision-controlled synths and samplers. "Desert Gardens" (1986) is for Chapman Stick played with an Ebow and Vision-controlled synths and samplers. "An Open Hand" (1989) is for Chapman Stick solo with digital delays. "Under The Clock" (1988) is for KAT MalletKAT controlling Intelligent Music's (now Cycling 74's) M interactive MIDI performance software, which in turn controls E-mu samplers. "Staring at the Moon" (1987, revised 2003) is for bowed amplified vibraphone and M controlling software samplers playing bowed vibes samples.
Bandcamp
PS- Excellent
Recorded 1980-1981 at Polema, Concorde, Music Grinder and Speakeasy
from Cold Blue Music
Twilight of the Dreamboats, a quintessential Smith electro-acoustic work, is an ever-evolving single gesture, a seamless blend of tones and timbres from his metal sound sculptures (instruments with such names as Bertoia 718, Que Lastas, lockheed, Mantis, Sceptre, DADO) and his homemade and hot-rodded steel guitars (Clinesmith, Emmons, Guitarzilla, Cadillac bass), performed by the composer.
Also available at Bandcamp NYOP
The kaleidoscopic compositional style and deft use of silence and suspension are in full force, the music pulling the listener along on a slowly evolving journey. Instrumentation is wide and varied, from found sounds and static drones, to plucked strings, percussion and bells. For fans of Mark's earlier work, 'Metonymy' is a tour de force.
- åpne sinn
Angel Olsen - MY WOMAN
Truly excellent.
Craig
Typecast
by Arbitrarium
tags: ambient idm ambient electronic chillout downtempo droneexperimental electronic lounge trip hop LeedsDinosaur - "Together, As One"
On Bandcamp- https://dinosaurband.bandcamp.com/album/together-as-one
Mark Tamea - Five Augmented Locations (Volume One)
NYOP at Bandcamp
A collection of five pieces which were not originally planned as an album - and so this is more of a retrospective hoard.
All are based on field recordings, sometimes using binaural or contact microphones, occasionally direct to an iPad and processed on the spot, as well as captured by more traditional means.
The extent of the augmentation varies. On some pieces the location work has been contorted beyond recognition with source material cut up and callously fed through a sampler. Other pieces have been affected in a more subtle manner and the sense of place remains to the fore.
With each production my intention was to work quickly. Overdubs were played live and given only one chance otherwise rejected and nothing was sequenced. Some enhancements were made directly to the recording on location.
Having said that though, each track on this collection has been especially remastered. They have all been floating around on Soundcloud this year, and a couple were included on recent Classwar Karaoke compliations - however you will find differences, especially the alternative take of Improvisation VII.
Emusers
ps- it took a couple of years but I'm sure glad I cleaned up my SFL. Thanks, it's excellent.
Nat Evans - In a Shifting Landscape
for viola + cello with electronics
Heather Bentley, Viola; Rowena Hamill, Cello
He describes the piece on this blog- https://chrismcgovernmusic.wordpress.com/tag/in-a-shifting-landscape/
In The Dead Of Night When Everything Is Asleep
by Aaron Martin & Leonardo Rosado
- Composed By – Michael Pisaro
- Guitar [Uncredited] – Barry Chabala
- Discogs
Ps- That was weird...the sound cut out after about 30 minutes and after 7 of the longest minutes, just started up again. I can't imagine it was meant to be that way. It was pretty interesting up till then.- and had a great 28 min finish.
from Bandcamp
Calibrated Contingency consists in a continuous 47-minute live performance recorded in Graz in 2011. Both artists are using a computer and minimal external input devices (a boundary microphone, an induction coil, a radio). At the performance, each had a pair of stereo speakers, and all four speakers were arranged in a single line. This CD presents a stereo mix of that performance. And what a performance it is: a complex fabric of mangled frequencies, raw electricity, odd sounds, clips and glitches, woven loosely, with silent holes here and there. Dizzying and otherworldly...
...but isn't that what the sound of our world should sound like?
- reminds me of the days, as a kid, secretly spinning the dial around on my brother's Zenith short wave radio to make that noise.
- with silent holes here and there. I guess Barry Chabala was meant to be.
2006 rereleased July 14 on 1631 Recordings
Tom Carter & Loren Connors - untitled
Aug 5, 2016 - Recorded October 20, 2013 at Issue Project Room, Brooklyn, NY.
from Kning Disk 2004
The first release by Kning Disk is a 12" vinyl, consisting of two legendary works (one previously unreleased) by Swedish text-sound pioneer Åke Hodell; "igevär" and "General Bussig", coupled with a specially composed piece by the north American pop- /experimental musician David Grubbs; "Yellow Sky". The cover is created by Swedish artist Elis E. Eriksson.
Invokation (Till Öyvind) & Du, Lenin - Åke Hodell
David Sylvian - Brilliant Trees
followed by
Bat for Lashes - The Bride