This is what he says about his album for LOM: “Close to my house where I grew up was a power line that constantly buzzed and sang in the wind. This sound was my all-time companion, it became an integral part of me whether I was sitting in a garden or strolling along muddy lakes. I even heard it while falling asleep. After moving to Daugavpils, I strongly felt its absence. Deadrahedron is an attempt at calling it back, a meditation that helps me come back to the forests surrounding my house or lets me wander through a power line wherever I want. I always listen to it before sleep or when I am filled with longing.”
@djh - I like it, towards the end of a tour with the band on full steam. I might have been there. I know I saw the Boss in the summer of 1981 at Wembley Arena. But I am fairly sure he did several days there, and I can't remember the exact date or even the set list that long ago. I bought three concerts over Thanksgiving/Black Friday weekend at half price. still got one more to listen to fully, but this is my preference of the three so far.
I like this while I am listening to it. It's quite similar to his other recent albums, which I also like a lot. And yet this one somehow leaves less of an impression with me after I am done listening. It has a sort of aloof, elusive quality that makes it feel just out of reach.
Brazilian pianist Amaro Freitas likes to imagine the 88 keys laid out in front of him as a very long set of drums. Accordingly, he shapes circular, muscly patterns, banging out samba rhythms with a classical precision that recalls Vijay Iyer. His band, meanwhile, seem to enjoy nothing more than taunting him by twisting their own chord changes into tighter and tighter spirals and daring him to keep up. Spoiler alert: he does. (buy)
Langham Research Centre pay tribute to a composer who
has had a significant impact on their work. Pierre Henry contributed
meaningfully to the idea that all and any sounds are material for making
music and the way he did this can be heard in the music of the LRC.
Collage, superimposition, hard jump cuts and sudden intense clashes all
feature. Also important is the use of electronic sound. Henry’s
colleague Pierre Schaeffer disapproved of sources that he didn’t
consider to be natural sound. Pierre Henry embraced electronic as well
as concrete sounds.
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3's Late Junction,
this homage is in the form of a musique concrète suite comprising five
movements: 1. The Cuckoo Bird 2. Little Pagan Rites 3. Communion et la
Mort 4. Nematode Worms 5. Tokyo Demolition.
The starting point for
this homage was a wide selection of Pierre Henry’s work including
Symphonie pour un Homme Seul, Le Voyage, Messe de Liverpool, Une Tour de
Babel and Tokyo 2000.
There are quite a few interesting long-form releases in the Longform Editions catalogue on bandcamp. (Though I can't quite figure out why I would want to pay a AUD$70 subscription to get access to 16 releases that can be bought individually for AUD$3 each, i.e. AUD$48 total. Maybe they are planning a super-frequent release schedule. They seem to have managed 16 in their first 10 months so maybe 23+ in a year is not a complete stretch.)
Steven Severin is an English musician, composer, bassist and co-founding member of Siouxsie and the Banshees. He took the name "Severin" from the Leopold von Sacher-Masoch character who is mentioned in the Velvet Underground song "Venus in Furs". After the split of Siouxsie and the Banshees in 1996, Severin created his own label RE, and released several instrumental albums via his official website. He regularly performs live in solo, playing music over footage of silent films. Collaborations with Severin include his most notable with former Banshee, The Cure frontman Robert Smith as The Glove. He has also worked with the likes of Jarboe, co-wrote with Marc Almond, produced works by Lydia Lunch and Altered Images and more recentlycollaborated with Andrew Liles and the late Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson. Severin's releases on Erototox Decodings consist of four concept EPs entitled 'Codex Astra', inspired by poetic illuminations by Aleister Crowley.
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This is what he says about his album for LOM: “Close to my house where I grew up was a power line that constantly buzzed and sang in the wind. This sound was my all-time companion, it became an integral part of me whether I was sitting in a garden or strolling along muddy lakes. I even heard it while falling asleep. After moving to Daugavpils, I strongly felt its absence. Deadrahedron is an attempt at calling it back, a meditation that helps me come back to the forests surrounding my house or lets me wander through a power line wherever I want. I always listen to it before sleep or when I am filled with longing.”
It's on the Aquarium Drunkard list:
followed by
The Levellers - 1st album
released December 11, 2018
Stéphane Pigneul: moog, bass VI Frédéric D. Oberland: microkorg, guitar, alto saxophone, field recordings Sylvain Joasson: drums, percussion G.W.Sok: voice Gareth Davis: bass clarinet
Looking at the Rolling Stone Top 20 Jazz Releases of the year reminded me to play this again
Langham Research Centre pay tribute to a composer who has had a significant impact on their work. Pierre Henry contributed meaningfully to the idea that all and any sounds are material for making music and the way he did this can be heard in the music of the LRC. Collage, superimposition, hard jump cuts and sudden intense clashes all feature. Also important is the use of electronic sound. Henry’s colleague Pierre Schaeffer disapproved of sources that he didn’t consider to be natural sound. Pierre Henry embraced electronic as well as concrete sounds.
Commissioned by BBC Radio 3's Late Junction, this homage is in the form of a musique concrète suite comprising five movements: 1. The Cuckoo Bird 2. Little Pagan Rites 3. Communion et la Mort 4. Nematode Worms 5. Tokyo Demolition.
The starting point for this homage was a wide selection of Pierre Henry’s work including Symphonie pour un Homme Seul, Le Voyage, Messe de Liverpool, Une Tour de Babel and Tokyo 2000.
New jazz from Belgium
Aquarius Echo Chamber by Yamaneko
Discovered on the Rolling Stone list. Brotzman in duet with - pedal steel guitar
Windblow by Ekin Fil
Steven Severin/The Black Dog
Severin's releases on Erototox Decodings consist of four concept EPs entitled 'Codex Astra', inspired by poetic illuminations by Aleister Crowley.