This CD premieres ten works from David Lee Myers, the “Darwin of electromagnetic lifeforms."
The album’s content spontaneously emerged
from Myers’ self-designed, hand-built conglomerations of elaborately
interconnected sound processing devices, with no external audio input.
Some call the results “sounds from the ether” (hence this album’s
title).
The CD’s music is distinctive and enticing. We hear an hallucinatory
trip to a Martian jungle; irregular bongos overlaid with frog-croaked
arpeggios; a rapidly sputtering, helium-inhaling synthesizer; a demented
organ, gasping for life; all concluding with the placid atmosphere of dorsal streaming, tinged with calming panpipe-like chuffing.
"My sound works are the result of capture,
selection, processing and combination. Essentially, I do not create
sounds or compose, but allow latent or unseen forces and processes to
present themselves via simple technologies. I select the methods, set
the stage, and as the phenomena emerge I of course introduce my own
aesthetic judgements to the mix. Therefore the sounds which are
presented are neither completely random science nor the gesture of an
artist's hand, but something between the two, and I believe this to be
the most effective approach toward evoking meaningful impressions of
unseen worlds."
Collaborations with other artists
have included Asmus Tietchens, Tod Dockstader, Ellen Band, Marco
Oppedisano, Thomas Dimuzio, Gen Ken Montgomery, Alexander Ross, and
VidnaObmana.
A
gathering of majestic, heavy, dark ambient, ritual, drone and noise
music from Iran. Highly original and monolithic, with stunning
production, Visions Of Darkness stands shoulder to shoulder with the
giants of the Dark Ambient scene.
In a country where youth culture has been heavily restricted for so
long, it’s significant when a cultural form such as this has an
opportunity to reach a wider audience – aided by the abstract nature of
dark ambient, drone and noise. In comparison, the dance music scene has a
harder time taking root in Iran due to the illegality of men and women
dancing in public together. However, the growth of the experimental
electronic scene is going to be about more than a mere novelty reaction
to a political paradigm shift. The darkness here is a consequence of the
mood of the artists – darker after the country was put on a black list
and more restrictions were applied to many things, including monetary
transactions to and from Iran. As a consequence, Iranian artists have a
great difficulty getting the resources to better develop their projects.
Despite this, the enthusiasm and will for Iranian musicians to promote
their music shines through.
In 2002,
Jason Kahn published mattresslessness on his Swiss imprint called
"cut". It represents some of Jason Lescalleet's earliest solo work and
an album that stands as a unique representation of experimental music
bridging genres of lowercase music, electronic music, tape music,
minimal glitch, and the grey area of American noise. This album shows
Lescalleet sharpening his tools and cutting his teeth as these
aforementioned genres of music were evolving in the new age of the
internet.
Fifteen years later, we bring you this document not only to shine a
light on the beginning of Lescalleet's career as a composer but to also
demonstrate that some of these early traits have remained in his
repertoire as a testament to the timelessness of classic experimental
sound work.
a new 12-CD box set of Pierre Henry [with ca. a third of it prev. unpublished(!)]
All tracks are 2016 remixes apparently, I'm no PH expert so I don't know if there is any great difference and/or improvement to the sound, Anyway before you splash £65 notes (Amazon UK) its all on spotify if that's your bag. Thanks for the heads up.
The Transcendence Orchestra - Modern Methods For Ancient Rituals
The title of the debut lp from The Transcendence Orchestra outlines the
modus operandi of this pairing of Anthony Child and Daniel Bean.
Recorded in a remote English rural setting over a period of 24 hours
this is an apt location for a recording that eschews time and space in
favour of methodological displacement and deep psychological navigation.
Modern Methods For Ancient Rituals is an experiment in acoustic and
synthetic symbiosis which is deeply influenced by the atmosphere and
acoustics of the rural location of Cats Abbey resulting in a set of
recordings which can aid to the transformation of consciousness.
Deploying a range of ancient and modern instruments and effects
including Buchla Music Easel, harmonium, shruti box, bass guitar, hurdy
gurdy, Electro Harmonix 45000, Strymon Blue Sky and Roland RE 101 Space
Echo among others, Child and Bean conjure an audio experience which
encapsulates elements of drone, trance, pulse, rhythm and melody subtly
shifting all into a psychologically penetrating experience beyond the
aesthetic and into the comforting unknown.
Though perhaps best known for his dancefloor orientated
work as Surgeon, transcendence and experimentation have been a constant
presence in Anthony Child's work from the very beginning of his
prodigious trajectory through production and performance. Notable recent
forays away from the kick drum and towards the secret domains of the
mind include his two volumes ofElectronic Recordings From Maui Jungle,
also released by Editions Mego. The Transcendence Orchestra sees Child
combing synthesis with a panoply of esoteric acoustic instruments,
disregarding pre-conceived ideas about what constitutes techno.
Daniel Bean first met Anthony Child over a decade ago as part of the
collective behind the Bleep43 parties in London, at which Surgeon was a
regular performer. As well as being fellow enthusiasts of arcane music,
their shared fondness for drones naturally resulted in a project
dedicated to exploring the effect of tone and improvisation on
consciousness. His ability to wrangle sounds from a diverse array of
instruments via technology both old and new was pivotal in producing the
thick, multi-layered sound of this album.
For this performance The Transcendence Orchestra were- Anthony Child- Buchla Music Easel, Electro Harmonix 45000 Strymon blueSky. Daniel Bean- Korg Mono/Poly, Strymon DIG.
Mikkel Nordsø and Ole Thiell are no newcomers. Since the late 1970's
they have both been influential key players in Copenhagen’s jazz scene
as well as in international circuits, recording and performing with such
greats as Santana, L. Subramaniam, Jan Akkerman, Palle Mikkelborg and George Duke to name
but a few.
On their new album for Music For Dreams, the duo delves further into
that soundscape with an even deeper knowledge of their instruments. With
Nordsø on the flute and guitar and Thiell on various percussion
instruments, they form a musical language together that reaches almost
spiritual levels. While carefully blending electronic instrumentation to
complete the experience, this album is both an update to their formula
as well as a showcase for their talent & songwriting experience.
This album is a classic in the making – and is already getting support
by Phil Mison, Balearic Mike and Manchesters Moonboots – the former
calling it “The Best record I have heard the last 10 Years”
. . .The new album features the three Dictaphone core members Oliver Doerell
(electronics, bass, guitar), Roger Döring (saxophone, clarinet) and Alex
Stolze (violins) and has been composed and produced over the course of
three years. While the vibraphone and the more easily distinguishable
guitar among other things gave a certain presence to the tracks on the
previous album "Poems from a rooftop", "APR 70" leaves the listener with
a much more muffled impression. It feels as if each of the uncountable
layers of which the intricate arrangements are made has just the right
amount of contrast to be visible, but there are only very few moments
where one of the elements noticeably dominates the others. The cool jazz
bits, analogue flourishes, hypnotic rhythms and refined electronics
feed a dark serpent-like creature meandering in ever-changing
morphologies through shapeless landscapes. "APR 70" is the perfect
cocoon for the hazy days and the serene nights. A new incarnation, maybe
even definition, of purity.
Dictaphone never make music for the sake of it, they always want to create something which was missing before. And they did.
Already formed in the late nineties in Berlin, Dictaphone was born by
Brussels-bred multi-instrumentalist Oliver Doerell. In 2000 Oliver
Doerell found a partner in Berlin's Roger Döring, who shares Doerell's
love for the Brussels-based music of the eighties. In the following
years the duo and several guest musicians (e.g. Stephan Wöhrmann (SWOD) ,
Malka Spigel (Minimal Compact) & more) released the critically
highly acclaimed "m.= addiction" (2002), the "Nacht" EP (2004) and
"Vertigo II" (2006) via the City Centres Offices label of Thaddeus
Herrmann and Shlom Sviri (Boomkat, Modern Love). In 2009 the violin
player Alex Stolze joined the band. During their two decades of
existence Dictaphone played shows in more than 20 countries with
festival appearances at Mutek, Transmediale, Unsound, Benicassim &
more. Their latest release "Poems from a rooftop" from 2012 came as a
very limited edition through the Berlin-based boutique label Sonic
Pieces. The new album "APR 70" is the first Denovali release of
Dictaphone. The label will also reissue the past repertoire of the trio.
Released in november and utterly mindblowing. - With thanks to @confused for the reminder . . .
Nicolas Bernier - transfert/futur
Sound artist/composer/performer Nicolas Bernier derives from his
previous frequencies project with an astounding new series — 299 792 458
m/s — and a first album on Acte!
Transfert/Futur is marking a shift from Nicolas Bernier’s rather
reductionist approach of the previous series to a more expressive and
colourful aesthetic. Drawing from science fiction, sound textures are
artificialized within abundance of synthesizers, superimposed to create
exceptionally organic compositions. In a very contemporary attitude,
compositionnal processes are made obvious to the listener, while the
sounds themselves are veritable ear candy.
« Super chewy confections for the harder-to-please electronic music
connoisseur, Nicolas Bernier gives your lugs and brain something to
really grapple with in Transfert/Futur, pulling out 18 minutes of
brittle and mercurial post techno tones in polymeric structure »
— Boomkat
Ground-breaking compilation from 1995, linking the
post-industrial tribal electronica beats and drones with ritual chants
of the famous Amazonian tribe (Yanomami), and words of the
'neuropolitics' pope Timothy Leary, the unification of post modern
culture with ancient knowledge and rites. Never released before as LP
vinyl. Contains only unreleased and exclusive material. Insert includes an important text written by British music ethnologist David Toop:'Subworld .'
- "It begins with Scorn at his best, Naked Sun with M.J. Harris (Napalm, Death, Lull, Painkiller) & N.J. Bullen. Followed 3 new tracks by Seefeel (As if, As track & As well)recorded during the sessions of Seccour. Why are you there? the large track by Timothy Leary (voices)& DJ Cheb i Sabbah (production) is a fascinating hallucinatory piece. At
the end of the LP, extraordinary recordings of an intoxicated and
painful ceremony of some Amazonian Shamans - recorded by David Toop in
the rainforest of Southern Venezuela (communauty of Yanomami) in november 1978."
- Not to be missed, especially for Colin Stetson fans:
Colin Stetson – Alto & Bass Saxophones Greg Fox – Drums
Shahzad Ismaily – Synths
Toby Summerfield – Guitar
EX EYE makes music of power, control, motion and
intention; music composed with precise, clockwork intricacy and ecstatic
abandon. It is hard, heavy music – aggressive, cathartic, and
thrilling. The instruments fluidly exchange roles; melody, harmony,
riff, engine, anchor, fuel.
Gathered at renowned, experimental saxophonist Colin Stetson’s behest in 2016, EX EYE
consist of Stetson along with Greg Fox (Liturgy) on drums, Shahzad
Ismaily (Secret Chiefs 3, Ceramic Dog) on synths and Toby Summerfield on
guitar. Upon their formation, the group appeared at a series of
prestigious festivals including Roskilde Festival (Denmark), Red Bull
Music Academy (Montreal), CTM Festival (Germany), and Eaux Claires Fest
(US).
Their otherworldly live performances and hypnotically heavy rehearsal
demos led to their signing with Relapse Records who will release the
band’s self-titled debut album this June. Recorded live at EX EYE
member Shahzad Ismaily’s Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn, NY (Blonde
Redhead, Damien Rice, Okkervil River, Son Lux, Pussy Riot), the debut
showcases a band that is without question the sum of its parts, as each
player contributes not only their own particular technical prowess and
expertise but also their signature compositional character. EX EYE
make incredibly complex yet beautifully dramatic and emotive music
which eclipses usual expectation of style or genre and takes the
listener on a cathartic, thrilling journey to total transcendence.
Brooklyn Raga Massive (BRM), a collective of forward thinking
musicians rooted in Indian classical music, release Terry Riley In C
recorded live in concert with 18 musicians at Joe’s Pub on January 11,
2017. Indian classical music is often a lonely affair involving 3 or 4
musicians at most. Sitarist Neel Murgai identified the canonic
minimalist masterpiece as an accessible way for a critical mass of BRM
musicians to play together. Terry Riley himself, after listening to an
early performance recording, suggested they “use the basic In C form but
open it up to solos…based on some of the patterns.” BRM’s arrangement
of In C incorporates raga, Indian ornamentation, driving tabla rhythms,
improvised solos and an instrumentation of sitar, sarod, bansuri,
vocals, tabla, hammered dulcimer, oud, violin, cello, upright bass,
dragon mouth trumpet, guitar, cajon, riq and frame drum.
Terry Riley composed In C in 1964, but this release marks the first
time it has been performed and recorded by a group featuring so many
Indian classical musicians and raga elements. The piece’s basic
structure consists of 53 cells of music for any instrumentation, short
fragments that each performer repeats, displaces and moves through at
their own will. Terry Riley is a long time practitioner of Indian
classical vocal music, having studied with Pandit Pran Nath, but he
confirmed that “I have never heard an ensemble like this playing In C.”
BRM brings the composition full circle with this unique rendition.
(BRM) is a collective of forward thinking
musicians rooted in and inspired by Indian classical music. Hailed as
“Leaders of the Raga Renaissance” by the New Yorker, BRM creates
original composed music by BRM member musicians and represented
ensembles, presents over 7o concerts annually with an ongoing weekly
concert and raga jam session series and specialty concerts, and
co-presents an annual 24 Ragas Live festival. BRM features both
traditional Indian classical performances as well as cross-cultural Raga
inspired music. In particular, the culturally inclusive nature of BRM
has not only built a strong community, but has become an incubator of
new music collaborations with sounds indigenous to Brooklyn.
"Nightports was established by musician-producers Adam Martin (based in
Leeds) and Mark Slater (Hull), and Nightports w/Matthew Bourne is the
first of a series of collaborative albums to be released by The Leaf
Label. The recordings coax hitherto unheard sounds from a range of
pianos - decrepit dusty uprights holding their own against the attack
and precision of a modern concert grand. The lines between the source
material and the manipulations are seamless, delivering an unexpected
percussive drive and emotional impact."
New from Langham Research Centre, Tape Works Vol. 1 stands alone as a
collection of modern musique concrète. Created with rare and obsolete
machinery and inspired by early electronic composers including John
Cage, Alvin Lucier, Delia Derbyshire and Daphne Oram, Tape Works Vol. 1
is the modern incarnation of the work of the original BBC Radiophonic
Workshop.
Tape Works Vol. 1 documents the origins of Langham Research Centre as a
late night experimental gathering in BBC Studios, through to their
present day long-form radiophonic works including The Dark Tower,
inspired by the life and work of Nikola Tesla, and Muffled Ciphers,
inspired by J G Ballard’s most experimental novel The Atrocity
Exhibition (1970). From doors to laughter, field recordings and found
sound, nothing is out of bounds on this unique sonic journey.
Langham Research Centre work with reel to reel tape recorders,
gramophone cartridges, wave oscillators and more to produce new work for
these instruments, as well as creating authentic performances of early
electronic music.
(Felix Carey, Iain Chambers, Philip Tagney,
Robert Worby) came together in 2003 with the purpose of using a studio
as their instrument: a studio with microphones and also, crucially,
several ¼” tape machines. From the start they were interested in
manipulating sound on tape and in focussing on one sound source, or a
small number of sounds. Like an early music group’s use of historic
instruments, LRC continue to work with obsolete equipment including tape
recorders, gramophone cartridges and sine wave oscillators, to perform
authentic versions of 20th century classic electronic repertoire by John
Cage, Alvin Lucier and others. They also use this instrumentarium to
compose new music, which is the focus of their recent release on
Nonclassical, Tape Works Vol. 1.
The album has a range of works from their early “musique concrète”
miniatures to recent modular works of extended duration. It follows
their 2014 release for Sub Rosa, John Cage – Early Electronic and Tape Music, featuring LRC's new releases of John Cage's music.
To quote a certain elderly gentleman in Monty Python's "Holy Grail".... eMusic is calling out "I'm not dead yet!" Three compelling new jazz releases on Unit Records today, all available on eMusic on their actual Jan 12, 2018 release date. And two of the three at less than $4 (and that's before booster discounts). "I feel happy! I feel happy!"
To quote a certain elderly gentleman in Monty Python's "Holy Grail".... eMusic is calling out "I'm not dead yet!" Three compelling new jazz releases on Unit Records today, all available on eMusic on their actual Jan 12, 2018 release date. And two of the three at less than $4 (and that's before booster discounts). "I feel happy! I feel happy!"
Not in Yerp yet, but Unit Records certainly looks interesting enough. Thanks .
- "Experimental Italian guitarist, electro-producer and sound designer Eraldo Bernocchi joins forces with percussionist FM Einheit (a founder of the influential German industrial group Einstürzende Neubauten) and London-based cellist Jo Quail on Rosebud, a compelling mix of tranquil ambient sounds and pummeling industrial onslaughts. From the opening “Bloom,” an 11-minute suite that travels from evocative ambiance to caustic crescendo, to the closing theme “The Inquirer,”
which emerges gradually over a haunting drone and builds to a
hellacious distortion-laced guitar climax, Rosebud carries a dark,
foreboding undercurrent while showcasing the trio’s uncanny group-think
in the throes of organized chaos. . . . ."
- “FM came up with most of the titles and we thought they were perfect,”
he said. “The reference to Citizen Kane is there. The moment is now.
Look at what’s happening everywhere — the media role, Trump, Erdogan,
Brexit. The memories we more and more treasure as they slip from our
fingers, the power abuse, the fake news of the web, the rise of
populism. It’s all happening now!"
Comments
Thanks. And could someone explain why I didn't think of that myself, considering that's where I first saw the album... ;-)
- Starkland - Bandcamp
Does this have any extra tracks or remastering -
and where can we find it?
All tracks are 2016 remixes apparently, I'm no PH expert so I don't know if there is any great difference and/or improvement to the sound, Anyway before you splash £65 notes (Amazon UK) its all on spotify if that's your bag. Thanks for the heads up.
Great news, in that Mosaic Records still exists and has at least two a couple of new releases planned. This one, out in Feb, seems well worthwhile.
Tuluum Shimmering - Linus and Lucy
Bandcamp - Editions Mego
Anthony Child- Buchla Music Easel, Electro Harmonix 45000
Strymon blueSky.
Daniel Bean- Korg Mono/Poly, Strymon DIG.
- With thanks to @confused for the reminder . . .
More NB at Emusers: Everywhere
Ground-breaking compilation from 1995, linking the post-industrial tribal electronica beats and drones with ritual chants of the famous Amazonian tribe (Yanomami), and words of the 'neuropolitics' pope Timothy Leary, the unification of post modern culture with ancient knowledge and rites. Never released before as LP vinyl. Contains only unreleased and exclusive material.
- Sub Rosa - EmusicInsert includes an important text written by British music ethnologist David Toop:'Subworld .'
Greg Fox – Drums
Shahzad Ismaily – Synths
Toby Summerfield – Guitar
- Relapse - Emusic
(Colin Stetson at his very best !)
Nothing like getting out of the gate early with a new 2018 jazz release issued by Jaeger Community Music before NYE hangovers had even worn off...
Ornithopter (by Ornithopter)
"One of the most beautiful and heartwarming things I have seen recently. The extraordinary joyful humanity of the group shines through"
- Terry Riley
- Northern Spy Records - Emusic
Cuong Vu - trumpet
Bill Frisell - electric guitar
Luke Bergman - bass
Ted Poor - drums
RareNoiseRecords
Nightports with Matthew Bourne
"Nightports was established by musician-producers Adam Martin (based in Leeds) and Mark Slater (Hull), and Nightports w/Matthew Bourne is the first of a series of collaborative albums to be released by The Leaf Label. The recordings coax hitherto unheard sounds from a range of pianos - decrepit dusty uprights holding their own against the attack and precision of a modern concert grand. The lines between the source material and the manipulations are seamless, delivering an unexpected percussive drive and emotional impact."