released September 20, 2016
Music by Redukt
Design by Zavoloka
- "Raw electric impulses, heavy isolated beats and rough dirty soundscapes.
Overloaded machines are set free to communicate with each other, to
create their logic of noise story. Analog and digital collide together
in order to breed pure perverse and neural sonic carcass of contaminated
harmony between open sound violence and discipline."
@Greg, I like that Black Art Jazz album a lot. Well thought-out music from a working group of great players. There are two streaming tracks on Bandcamp
Selected from an array of private collections and radio archives in Brooklyn, New York, and multiple digging trips in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Gonaives, and St. Marc, Haiti, are twenty tracks that encompass the vast diversity of styles during the seminal years of musical innovation and percussive potency in Haiti. From the legendary, elegant big band dance parties in iconic nightclubs of Port-au-Prince to the rhythms of the countryside; from accordion-driven meringue and Vodou-derived drum patterns, to hypnotic tenor sax arrangements and psychedelic interpretations of folklore, the music of 1960's, '70's, & '80's Haiti enjoys a royal repute across the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Colombian coast.
One of my favorite albums of the year, and despite listening to it a shitload of times, I still can't find a way to write about it. Every now and then I run into an album like that. Usually it's one I'm very passionate about (ie, I love it lots) and it's typically pretty complex, so I'm constantly fascinated by it. That combination of appeal to heart & head is what I live for, but when the dispersion between those two poles is about equal, I really struggle to get words down and shit. At some point, I may just throw up my hands and post something on my site that says nothing more than "This is one of my favorite albums all year" and that's it. Just embed some audio, some basic album & musician info and some links, then hit the publish button. Gah.
@Doofy, thanks for that. I'm streaming the first track now with the other to follow. I refresh on Friday, so I'll download then. Liking it so far... it's my kind of jazz!
Discover one of the last US cult bands from the creative early Eighties disco and post punk period. Indoor Life - an undisputed delight blend of rock, new wave and hypnotic grooves, at that time often compared and collated with Tuxedomoon. Their first EP from 1980 was recorded by the legendary producer Patrick Cowley.
On two CDs, Elaste Records and Compost “Curated” Records releasing the complete Indoor Life catalogue, digitalised, re-mastered from original reels or vinyl, plus previously unreleased bonus tracks and remixes by Soft Rocks, Quaid, Mathias Schaffhäuser, Discodromo a.o. More remixes will be following on vinyl. The artwork of CD and poster were designed by Thomas Elsner, formerly, in conjunction with Michael Reinboth, founder and publisher of the legendary magazine “Elaste” (1980-1985). The 2CD containing a poster with photos, quotes and linernotes by Thomas Meinecke (FSK /Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle), Bruce Geduldig (Tuxedomoon), Jon Hassell (Fourth World), Stuart Matthewman (Sade), Finn Johansson (Macro Recordings), Mike Thorne (producer for Wire, Soft Cell, Nina Hagen, Bronski Beat, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Laurie Anderson a.m.o.).
"Indoor Life is one of the few modern practitioners of beautiful music." (Andy Warhol’s Interview, 1980)
I work out of the office on Weds mornings, and am finding the eMusic cloud really useful for such times. New way to browse from nearly a decade(!) of downloads.
@Greg Glad you like Black Art Jazz Collective - It is so much 'down my alley,' I'm not sure if others will have the same response...
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Music by Redukt
Design by Zavoloka
Thanks @jonahpwll this is nice
Selected from an array of private collections and radio archives in Brooklyn, New York, and multiple digging trips in Port-au-Prince, Jacmel, Gonaives, and St. Marc, Haiti, are twenty tracks that encompass the vast diversity of styles during the seminal years of musical innovation and percussive potency in Haiti. From the legendary, elegant big band dance parties in iconic nightclubs of Port-au-Prince to the rhythms of the countryside; from accordion-driven meringue and Vodou-derived drum patterns, to hypnotic tenor sax arrangements and psychedelic interpretations of folklore, the music of 1960's, '70's, & '80's Haiti enjoys a royal repute across the Caribbean, West Africa, and the Colombian coast.
Michael Blake - "Fulfillment"
One of my favorite albums of the year, and despite listening to it a shitload of times, I still can't find a way to write about it. Every now and then I run into an album like that. Usually it's one I'm very passionate about (ie, I love it lots) and it's typically pretty complex, so I'm constantly fascinated by it. That combination of appeal to heart & head is what I live for, but when the dispersion between those two poles is about equal, I really struggle to get words down and shit. At some point, I may just throw up my hands and post something on my site that says nothing more than "This is one of my favorite albums all year" and that's it. Just embed some audio, some basic album & musician info and some links, then hit the publish button. Gah.
released September 21, 2016 on Room40
Release Date: September 30th, 2016
On two CDs, Elaste Records and Compost “Curated” Records releasing the complete Indoor Life catalogue, digitalised, re-mastered from original reels or vinyl, plus previously unreleased bonus tracks and remixes by Soft Rocks, Quaid, Mathias Schaffhäuser, Discodromo a.o. More remixes will be following on vinyl. The artwork of CD and poster were designed by Thomas Elsner, formerly, in conjunction with Michael Reinboth, founder and publisher of the legendary magazine “Elaste” (1980-1985). The 2CD containing a poster with photos, quotes and linernotes by Thomas Meinecke (FSK /Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle), Bruce Geduldig (Tuxedomoon), Jon Hassell (Fourth World), Stuart Matthewman (Sade), Finn Johansson (Macro Recordings), Mike Thorne (producer for Wire, Soft Cell, Nina Hagen, Bronski Beat, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Laurie Anderson a.m.o.).
"Indoor Life is one of the few modern practitioners of beautiful music." (Andy Warhol’s Interview, 1980)
ATLAS (97 phénomènes…) - CERCLE 2 : UN CHAOS CALCULABLE ~ composition de musique concrète
by Lionel Marchetti
I work out of the office on Weds mornings, and am finding the eMusic cloud really useful for such times. New way to browse from nearly a decade(!) of downloads.
@Greg Glad you like Black Art Jazz Collective - It is so much 'down my alley,' I'm not sure if others will have the same response...