The weather was nice indeed! And I think that football thing that was going on took some traffic off the roads for us one afternoon, which was good. Other days, I realized I have not missed British road conditions.
I understand your comment about British roads GP!! Potholes galore, too much traffic and so on. Just listened to the eMusic samples of the above album and added to my Wish List, it is not my usual listening but worth an explore. I'll look later to see if it is available on Amazon Prime for a longer listen.
This is a great instrumental album featuring Peter Frampton playing a range of guitar styles, alongside a range of guest artists each contributing to a separate track. It was first released in 2006. Without eMusic I wouldn't have discovered this at all, yet I enjoy it every time I play it - one of the great strengths of eMusic was discovering different music. Of course, it is not there now, all they have is basically some 'dubious bootlegs', mostly the same recording repacked in different orders.
Alerted to this from following @kargatron on Bandcamp. Major new drop from Silkheart Records to be explored. There is at least one are two more Charles Brackeen records...
The Adventures of El Pocho Loco: Roger Kleier (guitar), Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboard), Trevor Dunn (Bass), and Ches Smith (drums). Tracked in New York City at EastSide Sound by Marc Urselli, and mixed at Master Element Mobile Labs, NY. Produced by RK for Master Element.
By coincidence I was playing CD 3 and 4 of the de luxe version of this earlier
It is actually the Live performance from Fillmore East that Lowlife was also playing around the same time. Now listening to a playlist of Santana tracks from the same era
(Went to post this and realized that cover art design had confused me into thinking the artist was called Young Galaxy and the album the Picturesque Episodes, when it's vice versa)
"A town square is an open public space commonly found in the heart of a
traditional town and used for community gatherings. Based on this basic
perspective, it is easy to notice how the soundscape of this living
center could represent not only sonically, but also from a cultural
point of view, a priceless document. After an open call lasted 6 months
to send most interesting audio material concerning the theme of the
“square” the samples have been selected and reworked in order to create
an ideal symphony of all living squares all over the world. After some
months a minor open call was done also to obtain photos about the same
theme in order to realize a coherent packaging."
Thanks Lowlife. A search using her name didn't find it, but then I searched by album title and it came up here. About to play, I won't repeat the image
I had a chat with some friends the other night and got round to discuss my best 10 albums, this one was included. It got blank looks around the table but hope that one of the team will discover it.
Yan Terrien was born in 1951. He was one of the pioneers of show-control, a laser specialist for Iannis Xenakis in the 70s, then a creator of innovative show-control systems for several artists. He is also a composer of algorithmic music. from Discogs
Ps. Wow! 2 most interesting albums, ones that deserve another listen.
Hammock thank members of the Australian band The Church on the cover of their "chasing after shadows...living with the ghosts" album. I will never forget listening to The Church playing "Under the Milky Way Tonight" live at the opening ceremony of the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in 2006. All the stadium lights were switched off and we were literally Under the Milky Way - electric and absolute magic.
Thanks Lowlife. A search using her name didn't find it, but then I searched by album title and it came up here. About to play, I won't repeat the image
@Greg Strange I found it by artist name straight away. Whatever I'm enjoying a first listen. So thanks @Lowlife
Private edition, limited to 100 copies "A documentation of a music
happening recorded at Judson Hall, NYC. Sept 8-9, 11-13, 1964 with a
stellar line-up that includes James Tenney on piano, David Behrman, Max
Neuhaus, Alvin Lucier, Allan Kaprow, Nam June Paik, Allen Gingsberg and
Jackson Mac Low. The idea, Allan Kaprow director explained, is ¡Èa
collage of music and action¡É. The music was electronic, but the action
was clearly electrifying as Karlheinz Stockhausen¡Çs Originale was
presented as the top event od Manhattan¡Çs Second Annual Avant-Garde
Festival. from the program original notes:
the artist got on a ladder and, from a height, dropped eggs, paprika and
stuff on a sheet of plastic, making a wonderful action painting. In the
background was the electronic music. of course there was Allen
Ginsberg, who recited a poem, using a few phrases that caused nervous
giggles from some young ladies in the audience. Allen Ginsberg was
dressed in his usual formal dress for concert work: blue jeans, red
shirt open at the neck, a jacket of sorts, even shoes.
The evening was a triumph of organization. lest you think that the whole
is not greater than the parts, consider how the following materials
were so cannily used: live musicians (saxophone and percussion, the
latter ending up undressed save for red leotards), a walkie¡¾talkie, a
film sequence, a piano decorated with flowers and stuff in its innards, a
clothes-rack, pillows, hi¡¾fi equipment, a newspaper boy, kids erecting
constructions from wooden blocks, a big clock, newspaper obits, a
scaffolding, the audience itself, apples thrown around, a monologue in
Greek, one from Shakespeare, insane laughter.
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This is a great instrumental album featuring Peter Frampton playing a range of guitar styles, alongside a range of guest artists each contributing to a separate track. It was first released in 2006. Without eMusic I wouldn't have discovered this at all, yet I enjoy it every time I play it - one of the great strengths of eMusic was discovering different music. Of course, it is not there now, all they have is basically some 'dubious bootlegs', mostly the same recording repacked in different orders.
Alerted to this from following @kargatron on Bandcamp. Major new drop from Silkheart Records to be explored. There is at least one are two more Charles Brackeen records...
1988 - Los Angeles(1980) / Wild Gift(1981)
The Adventures of El Pocho Loco:
Roger Kleier (guitar), Annie Gosfield (sampling keyboard), Trevor Dunn (Bass), and Ches Smith (drums). Tracked in New York City at EastSide Sound by Marc Urselli, and mixed at Master Element Mobile Labs, NY. Produced by RK for Master Element.
It is actually the Live performance from Fillmore East that Lowlife was also playing around the same time. Now listening to a playlist of Santana tracks from the same era
Hakobune - in arboreal whispering
Dream Theater - Greatest Hit (...and 21 other pretty cool songs)
The Picturesque Episodes - Young Galaxy
(Went to post this and realized that cover art design had confused me into thinking the artist was called Young Galaxy and the album the Picturesque Episodes, when it's vice versa)
2005 - Rock Formations 2005 - Pot Head
2007 - Rhizome 2015 - Semi Lattice
2015 - Sinkai
2010 - Generic City 2015 - Five Years
You C + Foresteppe
2016 - Seven Sleepers
Bandcamp
Still available at eMusic, at least in the UK
My latest Freegal download - only two tracks so far!
This is NYOP on Bandcamp for today only, worth a listen
I had a chat with some friends the other night and got round to discuss my best 10 albums, this one was included. It got blank looks around the table but hope that one of the team will discover it.
Leif Elggren & CM Von Hausswolff
2015 - Voicetronics 2016 - Music For Corridors
from Archive.org
Yan Terrien was born in 1951. He was one of the pioneers of show-control, a laser specialist for Iannis Xenakis in the 70s, then a creator of innovative show-control systems for several artists. He is also a composer of algorithmic music.
from Discogs
Ps. Wow! 2 most interesting albums, ones that deserve another listen.
https://www.allmusic.com/album/raising-your-voicetrying-to-stop-an-echo-mw0000444145
the artist got on a ladder and, from a height, dropped eggs, paprika and stuff on a sheet of plastic, making a wonderful action painting. In the background was the electronic music. of course there was Allen Ginsberg, who recited a poem, using a few phrases that caused nervous giggles from some young ladies in the audience. Allen Ginsberg was dressed in his usual formal dress for concert work: blue jeans, red shirt open at the neck, a jacket of sorts, even shoes.
The evening was a triumph of organization. lest you think that the whole is not greater than the parts, consider how the following materials were so cannily used: live musicians (saxophone and percussion, the latter ending up undressed save for red leotards), a walkie¡¾talkie, a film sequence, a piano decorated with flowers and stuff in its innards, a clothes-rack, pillows, hi¡¾fi equipment, a newspaper boy, kids erecting constructions from wooden blocks, a big clock, newspaper obits, a scaffolding, the audience itself, apples thrown around, a monologue in Greek, one from Shakespeare, insane laughter.