"There is a Grain of Sand in Lambeth that Satan cannot find" William Blake, Jerusalem.
John Zorn, with Carol Emanuel - harp; Bill Frisell - guitar; Kenny Wollesen - vibraphone, bells; Ikue Mori - electronics (track 7). Very quiet, contemplative. Album three in the Gnostic trio, which ironically has six albums. The first four are now available on eMu.
This is a wonderful listen. Can you point me in the direction of the other three albums available on Emu? Many Thanks just had a quick look and couldn't work it out in the five minutes before work!
This is a wonderful listen. Can you point me in the direction of the other three albums available on Emu? Many Thanks just had a quick look and couldn't work it out in the five minutes before work!
Here are the albums in the The Gnostic Trio, the first four are on eMu.
Got a hold of this at last - Enjoying the first of many spins
eta, Learning that there is such a thing as "Berlin school space music" is why I hang around this place. There were 2 or 3 pages of old Cuneiforms added (or re-added?) at eMu last week
@Doofy, think '70s Tangerine Dream, or you can stream that Emissaries album here.
Your comment made me wonder: is there a formula to the effect that the further a genre is from the current mainstream, the more likely it is that if you like it, you also know exactly what it's called?
@Doofy - actually, it's just known as the "Berlin School" of electronic music. It's been nearly 2 and a half years since I mentioned this compilation, but it's around 5 hours on 4 discs of some pretty wonderful modern takes on this form of electronic sound and it still sounds good.
Noticed a reputable fellow on another board say that once the Selects and Singles are gone, that's it - they are history. Still, check Amazon for them at still pretty good prices
and Mosaic is having a "free shipping" sale thru Feb. 12 on orders over $50.
That is what I remember hearing sometime back. Thanks for the tip about Amazon but it won't apply to Brexiters on the right bank. (But I should check in case I'm wrong!)
OK, so back to this - more info comes. I checked in the archives and found this bit of unfortunate info from Mosaic:
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September 9, 2009
We've all become accustomed to bad news for the past five years, both in the United States and globally and in the arts as well as the world economy. But what we just discovered is a first in bad news for Mosaic Records.
Each of our sets is manufactured by the label that owns and licenses to us the masters contained in the set. One of our major licensors changed pressing plants for the tens of thousands of titles it manufactures. Unfortunately a number of Mosaic titles (mostly Selects) were deleted and all of the components and masters were destroyed in process.
Mosaic Records cannot afford to remaster and remanufacture components for the remaining run of these titles and due to contractual issues there is no relief from the responsible parties. We have no choice but to prematurely retire these titles. For some, we still have some inventory. But for others, we are forced to tell you without warning that we are out of stock and these titles will never be available again.
As champions of the completist concept, we know how important collecting a complete set of releases is and heartfully apologize for this set of circumstances.
This is a wonderful listen. Can you point me in the direction of the other three albums available on Emu? Many Thanks just had a quick look and couldn't work it out in the five minutes before work!
Here are the albums in the The Gnostic Trio, the first four are on eMu.
The Gnostic Preludes (March 2012)
The Mysteries (April 2013)
In Lambeth (December 2013)
The Testament of Solomon (August 2014)
Transmigration of the Magus (October 2014)
The Mockingbird (May 2016)
Many thanks for the help, grabbed all the available ones and am enjoying them tremendously.
We've all become accustomed to bad news for the past five years, both in the United States and globally and in the arts as well as the world economy. But what we just discovered is a first in bad news for Mosaic Records.
Each of our sets is manufactured by the label that owns and licenses to us the masters contained in the set. One of our major licensors changed pressing plants for the tens of thousands of titles it manufactures. Unfortunately a number of Mosaic titles (mostly Selects) were deleted and all of the components and masters were destroyed in process.
Mosaic Records cannot afford to remaster and remanufacture components for the remaining run of these titles and due to contractual issues there is no relief from the responsible parties. We have no choice but to prematurely retire these titles. For some, we still have some inventory. But for others, we are forced to tell you without warning that we are out of stock and these titles will never be available again.
As champions of the completist concept, we know how important collecting a complete set of releases is and heartfully apologize for this set of circumstances.
***********************
So, that explains a lot methinks...
That is a miserable thing to happen although not without precedent.
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Siddiq & Vektroid - Midnight Run
Burnt Friedman - Zen'Aku
White Noise Sounds of Frozen Arctic Ocean with Polar Icebreaker Idling - Creating Delta Waves
ETA: well, 10 hours of icebreaker sounds is a bit over the top . . .
Release date: 10 February 2017
http://unsounds.com/shop/catalogue/resorts-and-ruins
The Gnostic Preludes (March 2012)
https://luxuryelite.bandcamp.com/album/noir
To read later: Write-up on this and other Andrew Cyrille recordings at AAJ
Recently downloaded, although 2010 release. Enjoying a lot
For those who like Berlin school space music, this double album is bargain priced on emusic in the US.
Got a hold of this at last - Enjoying the first of many spins
eta, Learning that there is such a thing as "Berlin school space music" is why I hang around this place. There were 2 or 3 pages of old Cuneiforms added (or re-added?) at eMu last week
Your comment made me wonder: is there a formula to the effect that the further a genre is from the current mainstream, the more likely it is that if you like it, you also know exactly what it's called?
It's been nearly 2 and a half years since I mentioned this compilation, but
it's around 5 hours on 4 discs of some pretty wonderful modern takes on
this form of electronic sound and it still sounds good.
Bandcamp link. Check out 1st track, 'Highway Anxiety'
I checked in the archives and found this bit of unfortunate info from Mosaic:
*********************
September 9, 2009
We've all become accustomed to bad news for the past five years, both in the United States and globally and in the arts as well as the world economy. But what we just discovered is a first in bad news for Mosaic Records.
Each of our sets is manufactured by the label that owns and licenses to us the masters contained in the set. One of our major licensors changed pressing plants for the tens of thousands of titles it manufactures. Unfortunately a number of Mosaic titles (mostly Selects) were deleted and all of the components and masters were destroyed in process.
Mosaic Records cannot afford to remaster and remanufacture components for the remaining run of these titles and due to contractual issues there is no relief from the responsible parties. We have no choice but to prematurely retire these titles. For some, we still have some inventory. But for others, we are forced to tell you without warning that we are out of stock and these titles will never be available again.
As champions of the completist concept, we know how important collecting a complete set of releases is and heartfully apologize for this set of circumstances.
***********************
So, that explains a lot methinks...