Another fine album from my Cantaloupe Music subscription bundle:
Maya Beiser, cello; Evan Ziporyn clarinets
(keyboard/samplers on 1/1); Mark Stewart, guitar; Steven Schick,
percussion; Lisa More, piano/keyboards; Robert Black, bass. Released July 6, 2015
Thirty years ago, Brian Eno put out Music for Airports, his first
"ambient" album. It was the precursor for the broad spectrum of music
that is today called ambient, a term Eno himself invented. It was a
four-part piece, composed in the studio, devoid of all but the most
basic aspects of song, challenging listeners to re-imagine what music
might be.
Twenty years later, the Bang on a Can All-Stars created their own
version of the work with live musicians, all the while staying close to
the source by sharing the project as it developed with Brian Eno. It was
released on record in 1998 to wide acclaim.
Ten years later, Cantaloupe Music releases a live version of Music for
Airports. To this day, the All-Stars frequently perform the classic work
live, most recently, in the middle of the night at this past year's
Bang on a Can Marathon in New York City. The Village Voice was there for
the performance along with hundreds of fans and had this to say:
"It was beautiful, and best enjoyed while lying flat on your back and
staring straight up, through the palm trees and the sunroof to the deep
night outside, with the neighboring, towering buildings overhead
appearing to curve inward around you as breathy keyboards slowly gave
way to meandering clarinet."
In the recording, the overarching calm of the piece is enhanced with
touches of instrumentation behind and around its central six-note piano
phrase. In the two sequences that follow the piano phrase, a choir of
voices fades in and out against the sparest of sonic landscapes.
Streaming (!) the newest New World Records release:
First ever CD of Carl Stone's debut album, originally released on Joan La Barbara's Wizard Records in 1983. Woo Lae Oak is a 54 minute tape piece based around minimal samples of strings and wind which layer, deconstruct and reform into an expansive, shimmering whole. Remastered for CD, with original artwork and new accompanying notes by Phill Niblock.
I had their 2010 "Here's The Tender Coming" and enjoyed it at the time...but sadly they dropped off the radar for me. Looking forward to the three volumes of his new music.
That album reminded me a bit of the Quartette Trés Bien, which is a very good thing, but that version of ...Ipanema was just awful. You could even hear someone calling out the chord changes during the solos.
"Steve Gunn and Mike Gangloff (Pelt) combine six-and 12-string guitars with gongs, tanpura, singing bowls, shruti box, and banjo for a gorgeous collection of improvised compositions. The two artists took it pretty far off the beaten path for Melodies For A Savage Fix, sequestering themselves for an overnight session in the remote farmhouse/recording studio of noted roots-music engineer Joseph Dejarnette (Carolina Chocolate Drops, Bruce Greene, Curtis Eller) in the countryside of Floyd County, Virginia." Imprec
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Darcy James Argue's Secret Society - Live at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Maya Beiser, cello; Evan Ziporyn clarinets (keyboard/samplers on 1/1); Mark Stewart, guitar; Steven Schick, percussion; Lisa More, piano/keyboards; Robert Black, bass.
Released July 6, 2015
Twenty years later, the Bang on a Can All-Stars created their own version of the work with live musicians, all the while staying close to the source by sharing the project as it developed with Brian Eno. It was released on record in 1998 to wide acclaim.
Ten years later, Cantaloupe Music releases a live version of Music for Airports. To this day, the All-Stars frequently perform the classic work live, most recently, in the middle of the night at this past year's Bang on a Can Marathon in New York City. The Village Voice was there for the performance along with hundreds of fans and had this to say:
"It was beautiful, and best enjoyed while lying flat on your back and staring straight up, through the palm trees and the sunroof to the deep night outside, with the neighboring, towering buildings overhead appearing to curve inward around you as breathy keyboards slowly gave way to meandering clarinet."
In the recording, the overarching calm of the piece is enhanced with touches of instrumentation behind and around its central six-note piano phrase. In the two sequences that follow the piano phrase, a choir of voices fades in and out against the sparest of sonic landscapes.
2004 - Start A People 2008 - Drippers
Takes me back to Sundays at the London Roundhouse days, has the same vibe. Streaming from Bandcamp
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1989 - Virtual 2006 - Riphead EP
2010 - Subject To Delays EP 2013 - The Return Ov Bleep
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Thanks to @Lowlife
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- dDamage Vs. Bomb The Bass Feat Jon Spencer & Jack Dangers
Super-nice piano trio record. It was at eMu until recently, sorry I didn't post it before. AAJ review
voice and the terrific A Walk Across The Rooftops album. I only wish there were more.
1983 - A Walk Across The Rooftops 1989 - Hats
1996 - Peace At Last 2004 - High
Ps Thanks to @Lowlife for introducing me to Seafieldroad.
1978 "Blue" Gene Tyranny - Out Of The Blue 2012 - Detours
2005 The Blue Van - The Art Of Rolling 2013 Blue Lunar Monkey - Spirit Molecule