Phillip Bimstein’s joyful celebration of baseball, The
Bushy Wushy Rag, begins with legendary announcer Jack Buck excitedly
calling an historic home run by Ozzie Smith. Bimstein recorded St. Louis
Cardinal baseball game sounds—such as cracks-of-the-bat (including Mark
McGuire's and Sammy Sosa's, as they ended the 1999 season dueling for
the home run crown), balls-slamming-into-mitts and grunts of the
home-plate umpire—shaping them into a lively percussion track. The piece
most notably features the voice of a lovable veteran beer vendor who
calls himself “Bushy Wushy the Beer Man” and is one of baseball’s
greatest fans. After interviewing Bushy Wushy, Bimstein composed a score
for wind quintet which supports the patterns and pitches of Bushy
Wushy’s voice, while also echoing Scott Joplin’s ragtime and “The St.
Louis Blues,” music which arose at the same time as baseball became
popular in America.
The Bushy Wushy Rag was commissioned by
Continental Harmony , a partnership of American Composers Forum and the
National Endowment for the Arts, and an Associate Partner of the White
House Millennium Council. The Bushy Wushy Rag was premiered by Equinox
Chamber Players in St. Louis July 4, 2000 and featured in a PBS special
in 2001.
The Equinox Chamber Players’ recording of The Bushy Wushy
Rag is included on Starkland Record’s second release of Phillip
Bimstein’s music, Larkin Gifford’s Harmonica, Starkland ST-214.
Following five albums with Heldon, his band, Richard Pinhas released his
first solo record in 1977. Backed by Heldon's congenial drummer
François Auger but no longer bound by the group dynamic, he explores his
freshly purchased Moog Modular system in search of new sounds. It
marked a departure into new realms – with fantastic results. Out
February 2nd, 2018
Abstract and spacey. For lovers of hiss and blips. Some guitar and small alien creatures chirping. First track reminds me of the Clangers...it's rather fun.
Achwghâ Ney Wodei. Widely assumed to be an alias side project of
bourbonese qualk, Achwghâ ney wodei with an equally ridiculous name were
infact a real group; Didier Copp , Eric Sterenfield (’Riton’) ,
Françoise Boitiere , Phillippe Royer (’Woudi’) who were active in the
so-called ‘alternative’ Parisian music scene in the late Eighties. With
peers such as as Mano Negra, Bérurier Noir’ and Les Negresse Vertes,
Achwghâ ney wodei complemented the eclectic style of the times with a
cartoon comedic style based on French working class Chanson, music hall
and character driven vignettes.
Well, I'll have to wait till the Ss for that as I'm using the iTunes library system for storing files. (mostly) Machinefabriek & +(lots of singles) 2006 Reissue 2008 with bonus track 2007 Aaron Martin Cello Recycling/Cello Drowning 2008 2008 Stephen Vitiello Box Music
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Serafim Tsotsonis - She Swims
Rhian Sheehan - Stories from Elsewhere
Enjoyed this quite a bit.
Rafael Toral - Moon Field
Abstract and spacey. For lovers of hiss and blips. Some guitar and small alien creatures chirping. First track reminds me of the Clangers...it's rather fun.
Rafael Toral - Space.
More hiss and blips. Less Clangers, more rayguns and chimes.
ETA, on the whole, I like Moon Field better.
No blips.
So nice.
1981 Archives (Thanks to Bn) 1983
2006 Sinewaves' Weblabel s3p033 2007
Thank Bn
Recorded 2010. Thanks Recorded 2010-12
2017 Bandcamp - Maurizio Bianchi / Abul Mogard
1995 Martin Atkins And The Chicago Industrial League
Ps remind myself to check out Abul Mogard
followed by
Gregory Porter - Nat King Cole and me
John Luther Adams: Canticles of the Holy Wind
Opposing viewpoint:
The Green Kingdom - The North Wind and the Sun
All different, all excellent.
@brighternow, thanks for the Aaron Martin/Machinefabriek - sounds excellent.
Zion80 - Adramelech;
Origamibiro - Shakkei
Giulio Aldinucci - Borders And Ruins
released September 29, 2017 on KarlrecordsMachinefabriek
2008 2009 & Nils Frahm
Machinefabriek & +(lots of singles)
2006 Reissue 2008 with bonus track 2007 Aaron Martin
Cello Recycling/Cello Drowning
2008 2008 Stephen Vitiello
Box Music