Because of the drones, atmospheric field recordings and insect sounds, this mix will be labeled as an ‘ambient’ mix by most listeners. And of course it is…. but at the same time it isn’t. It simply isn’t ‘unobtrusive’ enough to be ‘ambient’. This one feels more like a cinematic soundtrack, even more than most of my previous mixes. An hour-long journey of scene changes, meandering between *Kitsch* and *Kult*, using short samples to create ‘continuity cuts’, and constantly changing focus (like the auditive equivalent of the ‘rack focus’technique in filmmaking). The result is in fact more psychedelic than ambient. Depending on the listener, of course. The course is somewhat set by two returning fragments from larger works – (‘Just’ by Trio Mediaeval / David Lang and Kancheli‘s ‘Chiaroscuro’). But it is entirely unpredictable where you will find yourself in the end…
from an earlier Bishop brothers exploration Bandcamp
The seventh Sun City Girls album, first issued on LP by Majora in 1993. It contains just three long tracks, opening with the ultra-gorgeous Eastern-laced ballad "The Venerable Song (The Meaning Of Which Is No Longer Known)," which features a throbbing Alan Bishop bass-line mantra, much exotic Charles Gocher percussion, and some unbelievably gliding lip numbness in the vocal dept. -- one of the most instantly recognizable sounds in modern music. "Omani Red Light" is one of those staggering trio cuts on which Rick Bishop takes off for outer limits guitar-wise; heavily psychedelic and emotionally expressive, it easily blows away so much "real" psych that we all have to wade through. The final track is "The Multiple Hallucinations of an Assassin," a glowing improv-rock instrumental piece of perfectly intense resonance. The sequencing gives you an ideal feel for the mesmerizing frequencies this band was intent on emitting during the height of their live activity, an era in American music when they were as threatening, confounding, and potentially awe-inspiring as anyone that could be named. Yet another classic document.
same guitars Alan Licht and Loren Connors - Into the Night Sky (2010) Discogs Track 1 recorded Nov. 23, 1996 at Mercury Lounge. Track 2 recorded March 24, 2006 at Yoga Sutra.
same guitar, intensified, with tape & electronics Alan Licht & Aki Onda - Everydays Bandcamp Debut collaboration of New York artists and long-time duo partners Alan Licht and Aki Onda, whose combined history connects artists straddling the pop and experimental worlds, including Fennesz, Loren Connors, Takemura Nobukazu, Lee Ranaldo, and Toriko Nujiko. In the past decade their montage-inspired solo work -- Licht's permutational guitar and tape pieces on Rabbi Sky and A New York Minute, Onda's field recording recontextualizations on Bon Voyage! and Ancient & Modern -- has co-existed with their experimental sound/visual projects Text of Light (Licht) and Cinemage (Onda).
Everydays is five grandly formed soundscapes that mix Onda's poetic/textural cassette sounds and the rhythmic/lyrical pull of Licht's guitar. Morphing from recognizable structures to dissonant hammered chunks and rapid cut-ups, the album perfectly weaves their signature applications of sound diaries, minimalism, grainy fidelity, looping and free blues into a dynamic and ambitious statement.
I think this will fit it in perfectly. Thanks again. The bit I sampled from Come Brave had me thinking about Echo & the Bunnymen at their best. I don't think I've mentioned Johnny Dowd lately either.
ps - Had to start with this again this morning. Terrific!
Michael Snow, Alan Licht, Aki Onda - Five A's, Two C's, One D, One E, Two H's Three I's , One K, Three L's, One M, Two N's, Two O's, One S, One T, One W Discogs
Bandcamp The personnel for Tikkun is: Oren Ambarchi-guitar, loops Richard Pinhas-guitar, synth guitar, effects Joe Talia-drums, effects Masami Akita (Merzbow)-loops, noise, effects Duncan Pinhas-sequences, effects, noise Eric Borelva-additional drums Interestingly, Richard specifically thinks of this album as a duo project that was conceived as a duo project for himself and Oren, despite the very effective contributions of the other four musicians. The music on Tikkun, which consists of three very lengthy tracks, comes across as a very tasty cross between the heavy, synth-driven, sequencer beats of classic Heldon and the much more noisier aspects of Pinhas' work over the last decade. In addition to the studio album, physical CD+DVD version also includes a DVD of a live performance of the duo. It was filmed at Paris' main venue for experimental music, Les Instants Chavires, October 29, 2013.
Ps- Excellent, now it's off to the garden & onto the rotation
Comments
Witch house wasn't sick; just really old. Like 16 minutes or so.
Thanks
Another disappointing 2016 album from a band I really like.
Craig
Jack Rose - I do play Rock and Roll
Streaming from Bandcamp
Young Thug -1017 Thug
Way outdated by now but I've hardly listened to it and it sounds really good today...
Never been much of a fan, but this one is pretty darn good.
Craig
Just finished:
Ben Wendel - "What We Bring"
Now starting up:
Bill Frisell - "Ghost Town"
Alessandro Cortini - Forse 1
Steven Lugerner - "Narratives"
On Bandcamp - https://stevenlugerner.bandcamp.com/album/narratives
Secret 41 (Mix) by Ambientblog
Great mix.Bandcamp
Thanks, @rostasi.
EARS
by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith
Alan Licht and Loren Connors - Into the Night Sky (2010)
Discogs
Track 1 recorded Nov. 23, 1996 at Mercury Lounge.
Track 2 recorded March 24, 2006 at Yoga Sutra.
Alan Licht & Aki Onda - Everydays
Bandcamp
Debut collaboration of New York artists and long-time duo partners Alan Licht and Aki Onda, whose combined history connects artists straddling the pop and experimental worlds, including Fennesz, Loren Connors, Takemura Nobukazu, Lee Ranaldo, and Toriko Nujiko. In the past decade their montage-inspired solo work -- Licht's permutational guitar and tape pieces on Rabbi Sky and A New York Minute, Onda's field recording recontextualizations on Bon Voyage! and Ancient & Modern -- has co-existed with their experimental sound/visual projects Text of Light (Licht) and Cinemage (Onda).
Everydays is five grandly formed soundscapes that mix Onda's poetic/textural cassette sounds and the rhythmic/lyrical pull of Licht's guitar. Morphing from recognizable structures to dissonant hammered chunks and rapid cut-ups, the album perfectly weaves their signature applications of sound diaries, minimalism, grainy fidelity, looping and free blues into a dynamic and ambitious statement.
The bit I sampled from Come Brave had me thinking about Echo & the Bunnymen at their best.
I don't think I've mentioned Johnny Dowd lately either.
ps - Had to start with this again this morning. Terrific!
Michael Snow, Alan Licht, Aki Onda - Five A's, Two C's, One D, One E, Two H's Three I's , One K, Three L's, One M, Two N's, Two O's, One S, One T, One W
Discogs
Notes
and
Thanks to @higaru - I really enjoyed Singularity this spring.
ps - and these as well!
Bandcamp
The personnel for Tikkun is: Oren Ambarchi-guitar, loops Richard Pinhas-guitar, synth guitar, effects Joe Talia-drums, effects Masami Akita (Merzbow)-loops, noise, effects Duncan Pinhas-sequences, effects, noise Eric Borelva-additional drums Interestingly, Richard specifically thinks of this album as a duo project that was conceived as a duo project for himself and Oren, despite the very effective contributions of the other four musicians. The music on Tikkun, which consists of three very lengthy tracks, comes across as a very tasty cross between the heavy, synth-driven, sequencer beats of classic Heldon and the much more noisier aspects of Pinhas' work over the last decade. In addition to the studio album, physical CD+DVD version also includes a DVD of a live performance of the duo. It was filmed at Paris' main venue for experimental music, Les Instants Chavires, October 29, 2013.
Ps- Excellent, now it's off to the garden & onto the rotation