I am really enjoying so much of the music on this Thesis Project label. All these delightful pairings of artists resulting in so much gorgeous music. Between Thesis and Lost Tribe Sound, my morning and late night listening playlists have swelled up nice and fat.
Thesis 05 may be my favorite from the group (excluding the compilation CDs)
Composer and multi-instrumentalist, one of the two heads of the group Art Zoyd from 1971 till 1997, Thierry Zaboitzeff writes nowadays for dance, theater, multimedia events, movies as well as for his own projects and performances.
“Ethiobraz” documents the meeting of Paal Nilssen-Love’s Large Unit big band and Ethiopian dance/music ensemble Fendika at Molde Jazz Festival in 2018. Joining them as a special guest was guitarist Terrie Ex, a key component in getting making the meeting happen with his long involvement with the Ethiopian music scene. And, Paal Nilssen-Loves’s first travel to Ethiopia was with The Ex in December 2009. This changed his life. Paal’s first travel to Brazil was in June 2013. This also changed his life. Large Unit was established during fall of 2013. During numerous trips to both Ethiopia and Brazil, Paal established many contacts to schools, clubs, presenters, musicians and dancers in these two countries. The music he created for Large Unit was heavily informed by these trips and meetings, and fusing these influences together with the Scandinavian free music sensibility became an important factor in the Large Unit sound.
When Large Unit turned five years it was time to bring all these sources together and celebrate more than just the five years of the band, but also the collaborations with musicians and dancers in both Ethiopia and Brazil. Therefor Ethiobraz. 22 musicians and dancers together on stage. It could be argued that this is the most accessible recording in the Large Unit catalogue, and there is no doubt that this is the first one you can dance to all the way through.
The band will tour Europe in June 2020.
released December 13, 2019
Nardos Tesfaye: vocal. Melaku Belay: dance, vocal. Zinash Tsegaye: dance. Julie Kjær: flute and alto saxophone. Kristoffer Berre Alberts: alto and tenor saxophone. Klaus Ellerhusen Holm: Bb clarinet, alto and baritone saxophone. Thomas Johansson: trumpet. Mats Äleklint: trombone. Per Åke Holmlander: tuba. Kalle Moberg: accordion. Tommi Keränen: electronics. Habetamu Yeshambel: masingo. Fasika Hailu: krahr. Terrie Ex: electric guitar. Ketil Gutvik: electric guitar. Jon Rune Strøm: electric and acoustic bass. Christian Meaas Svendsen: electric and acoustic bass. Mesay Abebaye: kobero. Paulinho Bicolor: cuica. Celio de Carvalho: percussion and berimbau. Andreas Wildhagen: drums. Paal Nilssen-Love: drums.
Christian Marclay’s Sounds of Christmas with People Like Us
People Like Us Live at The Tate Modern, 18 December 2004, as part of the Christian Marclay Exhibit
- What a pleasure to find Vicki Bennett at Bandcamp.
People Like Us mix Daphne Oram
In January 2005, Sonic Arts Network, the leading UK body for electronic
music and sound art, was asked by Daphne’s descendants to care for her
collected papers, recordings and other items. It was with the benefit of
experimental electronic music practice in mind that Goldsmiths
Electronic Music Studio (EMS) collaborated with the Sonic Arts Network
(SAN) to bring this collection into the academic community where it
could be properly studied and developed. To this end, a grant was
awarded to Goldsmiths, University of London in 2007 by the Arts and
Humanities Research Council, to catalogue the collection, digitise the
audio tapes and initiate related research.
In June 2008 People Like Us were invited into the archives of electronic
music pioneer Daphne Oram, to rework them into new compositions, to be
presented as part of a day-long symposium at London’s Southbank. Here
are the results.
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released December 15, 2019
2012 Mists Of Our Silence
1994 Scenes From No Marriage
Lubomyr Melnyk
2014 Evertina 2015 Rivers And Streams
2018 The Dreamers Ever Leave You - The Lauren Harris Ballet Music
Emusic
Lukas Huisman
2016 Symphonic Nocturne
Composed By – Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji
Christina Kubisch - Schall und Klang
released January 1, 2019
2001 Unravel
2004 Hold A Match For A Gasoline World
2007 Luke Brindley
2009 Eleven Songs
When Large Unit turned five years it was time to bring all these sources together and celebrate more than just the five years of the band, but also the collaborations with musicians and dancers in both Ethiopia and Brazil. Therefor Ethiobraz. 22 musicians and dancers together on stage. It could be argued that this is the most accessible recording in the Large Unit catalogue, and there is no doubt that this is the first one you can dance to all the way through.
The band will tour Europe in June 2020.
Nardos Tesfaye: vocal. Melaku Belay: dance, vocal. Zinash Tsegaye: dance. Julie Kjær: flute and alto saxophone. Kristoffer Berre Alberts: alto and tenor saxophone. Klaus Ellerhusen Holm: Bb clarinet, alto and baritone saxophone. Thomas Johansson: trumpet. Mats Äleklint: trombone. Per Åke Holmlander: tuba. Kalle Moberg: accordion. Tommi Keränen: electronics. Habetamu Yeshambel: masingo. Fasika Hailu: krahr. Terrie Ex: electric guitar. Ketil Gutvik: electric guitar. Jon Rune Strøm: electric and acoustic bass. Christian Meaas Svendsen: electric and acoustic bass. Mesay Abebaye: kobero. Paulinho Bicolor: cuica. Celio de Carvalho: percussion and berimbau. Andreas Wildhagen: drums. Paal Nilssen-Love: drums.
2006 Sci.Fi.Hi.Fi. _02
2015 Luke Abbott & Jack Wyllie
2002 Romantica
1992 P.O.W. 2008 Lydia Lunch / Suicide
- Frankie Teardrop
2018 Marchesa
In June 2008 People Like Us were invited into the archives of electronic music pioneer Daphne Oram, to rework them into new compositions, to be presented as part of a day-long symposium at London’s Southbank. Here are the results.