Something a bit more main stream than the last few albums above!
Allright then . . .
released September 15, 2017
The Savage Rose history goes back 50 years in danish music history.
In the early days The Savage Rose was: Thomas & Anders Koppel (the sons of the danish composer, Herman D. Koppel) Alex Riel, Flemming Ostermann, Jens Rugsted and Annisette Koppel (the wife of the late Thomas)
Annisette's voice is as strong and powerful as it was 50 years ago
I was really unsure whether I could justify buying another Four Seasons to add to my pile, but this one is really pleasing. Not as fiery as the recent Italian versions, which tend to be my go-to versions, though far from apathetic. I am not sure I could put my finger on what I mean by it, but it has a strong musicality of its own. Glad I went for it.
Granular Phase differences. The midi at the end is modulated by a Random Walk to the Midi Time Index.
Piano Phase is a minimalist composition by American composer Steve Reich, written in 1967 for two pianos (or piano and tape). It is one of his first attempts at applying his "phasing" technique.
I am two thirds of the way through listening to the Dewtone catalog. I really like about a quarter to a third of it, and another third is quite enjoyable if kind of forgettable, and I am deleting about a third. So still a great deal.
Personally I like the more purely ambient stuff and the more dubby things; some of it has techno beats, and I don't find some of those very interesting. I think I'll end up with maybe half a dozen albums that I seek out again by name plus a bunch of quite pleasant background listening. The ambient ones tend to be more floaty pads kind of stuff than microsound/textured stuff. All in all I've had fun plowing through it. YMMV
I'd often wondered where the photos on the cover were taken and their relevance. I recognise the bottom row as likely to be Paris, but not those at the top. So my quick research, mainly Wikipedia, shows the album is based upon a novel by an Argentine author, Julio Cortazar, and it is set mainly in Paris and Buenos Aires. Rayuela means Hopscotch in English. Well, I've learnt something this morning!
The third new Van Morrison album in less than a year. This is very much jazz orientated with Joey Defrancesco and members of his band. Like the last two albums it includes covers of standards and some reinterpretations of earlier Van Morrison songs. It was apparently recorded in just two days, amazing by today's standards.
Aleksander Manotskov - Jacob's Dreams, or Awesome Place released April 27, 2018 by Fancy Music
Based on real events of Sviyazhsk and Biblical history. The author would like to thank Marina Razbezhkina and Artem Silkin for the documentary texts they provided. The opera has been produced in Sviyazhsk by Tatarstan Ministry of Culture, Museum of Sviyazhsk, Sforzando Foundation and “Ugol” Creative Laboratory (Kazan).
My decision way back that I wanted the RV number at the start of each track's track name ID tag, instead of in the middle where the label always puts it, must have cumulatively cost me quite a lot of hours by now. (Do other people really remember which of the 500+ Vivaldi concertos "Concerto per violoncello in fa maggiore" is without being able to see the RV number? I really can't navigate Vivaldi without a spreadsheet.)
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released September 15, 2017
The Savage Rose history goes back 50 years in danish music history.
In the early days The Savage Rose was:
Thomas & Anders Koppel (the sons of the danish composer, Herman D. Koppel)
Alex Riel, Flemming Ostermann, Jens Rugsted and Annisette Koppel (the wife of the late Thomas)
Annisette's voice is as strong and powerful as it was 50 years ago
Sussi og Leo "Smoke on the water"
I was really unsure whether I could justify buying another Four Seasons to add to my pile, but this one is really pleasing. Not as fiery as the recent Italian versions, which tend to be my go-to versions, though far from apathetic. I am not sure I could put my finger on what I mean by it, but it has a strong musicality of its own. Glad I went for it.
And I am now wondering whether I need to consider buying the Colin Currie version too...
ETA: Oh, who am I kidding? There's a booster sale on.
Speaking of Steve Reich:
Multigrid example in Kyma.
@rolandkuit - Kyma
Granular Phase differences. The midi at the end is modulated by a Random Walk to the Midi Time Index.
Piano Phase is a minimalist composition by American composer Steve Reich, written in 1967 for two pianos (or piano and tape). It is one of his first attempts at applying his "phasing" technique.
I did :-)
Halftribe - Shells
Blissfully devoid of beats.
I realize it's the lowest-risk investment ever, but how is that Dewtone bonanza, for those of you have been living with it?
Personally I like the more purely ambient stuff and the more dubby things; some of it has techno beats, and I don't find some of those very interesting. I think I'll end up with maybe half a dozen albums that I seek out again by name plus a bunch of quite pleasant background listening. The ambient ones tend to be more floaty pads kind of stuff than microsound/textured stuff. All in all I've had fun plowing through it. YMMV
1992 2002
2002 2004
I'd often wondered where the photos on the cover were taken and their relevance. I recognise the bottom row as likely to be Paris, but not those at the top. So my quick research, mainly Wikipedia, shows the album is based upon a novel by an Argentine author, Julio Cortazar, and it is set mainly in Paris and Buenos Aires. Rayuela means Hopscotch in English. Well, I've learnt something this morning!
Love this set.
Prof, thanks for the Dewtone rundown. I liked the one you posted yesterday
Kammerflimmer Kollektief - Hysteria
2006 2007
2009
and that will do it for now.
Bardo Pond + Tom Carter - 4/23/03 - 4/25/03
The third new Van Morrison album in less than a year. This is very much jazz orientated with Joey Defrancesco and members of his band. Like the last two albums it includes covers of standards and some reinterpretations of earlier Van Morrison songs. It was apparently recorded in just two days, amazing by today's standards.
Actually a live recording from 2002. Great show, tight band.
2004 Glyph 2008 & Christian Kiefer
From The Great American Songbook
2008 Shots At Infinity 1 2008 Shots At Infinity 2
Aleksander Manotskov - Jacob's Dreams, or Awesome Place
released April 27, 2018 by Fancy Music
The opera has been produced in Sviyazhsk by Tatarstan Ministry of Culture, Museum of Sviyazhsk, Sforzando Foundation and “Ugol” Creative Laboratory (Kazan).
2010 Bandcamp 2012 & Pat Murano at the FMA
2013 Bandcamp nyop
Despite a horrendous hard drive crash the other week. All hail Dolphy!
My decision way back that I wanted the RV number at the start of each track's track name ID tag, instead of in the middle where the label always puts it, must have cumulatively cost me quite a lot of hours by now.
(Do other people really remember which of the 500+ Vivaldi concertos "Concerto per violoncello in fa maggiore" is without being able to see the RV number? I really can't navigate Vivaldi without a spreadsheet.)
Epitaph by GOD IS AN ASTRONAUT
released April 27, 2018
Untitled (AITAOA #2) by Portico Quartet
released April 27, 2018
Tom Carter
2014 & Pat Murano 2015 & Pat Murano
2016 & Loren Connors
2003 Tetuzi Akiyama, Taku Sugimoto, 2008 Tetuzi Akiyama, Martin Taxt,
Toshimaru Nakamura, Mark Wastell Eivind Lønning, Espen Reinertsen
2009 Tetuzi Akiyama, Toshimaru Nakamura 2009 Tetuzi Akiyama & Noël Akchoté