Back on the computer after a bad viral infection (at least that is what my GP called it!) that laid me low for a few days, but now nearly back to normal.
Thanks Gregg for the heads up on this one
Glad you like it Lowlife - for me Kokoroko is a really good example of the strength of modern day jazz in the UK - young, vibrant, with clear linbks through West Arican HiLife to the originas of jazz in West Africa (nothing like being contoversial there!)
I was looking for something to watch on TV last night that was not politics and came accross a series on Sky Arts about the making of classic albums, specifically Phil Collins Face Values. So, of course I want to play it!!
Anoyo ("the world over there") draws from the same sessions which led to the 2018 work Konoyo but
rendered starker, solemn, and stripped back, with more of a naturalist
tint. Hecker's processing here moves in veiled ways, soft refractions
and whispered shrouds woven within improvisational sessions of
traditional gagaku interplay, evoking a sense of vaulted space, temples
at dawn, shredded silk fluttering in the rafters. This is boldly
barren music, skeletal and sculptural, shaped from wood, wind, strings,
and mist. Modern yet ancient, delicate and desolate, Anoyo inverts its predecessor to compellingly conjure a parallel world of illusion, solitude, and eternal return.
Barbara Hannigan has always been a wonderful presence in and real champion of contemporary classical music. She's actually very engaging in person - always happy, but not in a giddy way. She was one of the nicest people I got to be around many years ago (she was in her early 30s then). During lunch or dinner, I would sometimes just watch her very lively facial expressions while she would speak - usually about something very exciting that she had just discovered that day. Here's a picture from that time:
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
The Sounds of Christmas is an annual project by Christian Marclay,
pioneer of the experimental turntable movement and leading artist
operating at the intersections of art and music. Reinventing this
work-in-progress for London, the artist presented his collection of over
1,200 Christmas records as a publicly accessible archive in a special
Thameside pavilion, alongside projections of the record covers and
footage of previous performances. Combining blatant sentimentality with
vanguard experimentation, Marclay suggests that the categories
distinguishing ‘serious’ music from its opposite are both arbitrary and
arcane. During the two-week installation, created live remixes of their
own selection from Marclay’s Christmas records.
People Like Us perform Sounds of Christmas (live recording from desk)
These are the raw tracks that People Like Us created from Christian Marclay’s record collection, to perform live at the event.. . .
- What a pleasure to find Vicki Bennett at Bandcamp.
Dr. Lomax ambitiously tells the story of Black America over the course of a 12-album cycle to be released in 2019. 400: An Afrikan Epic is divided into thirds and explores thousands of years of the history that is pre-colonial Afrika, the Ma’afa (the 400 years between 1619 and 2019), and Afro-futurism expressing a vision of what Blacks in America will heal toward in the next 400 years; a healthy, high functioning, and united block of the African diaspora.
"Ambitious" being the winner for 2019 understatement of the year. The whole thing is available for streaming and purchase at the link above.
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I'll start my Monday here...
The Legendary Pink Dots
Recorded 1980-84 Under Triple Moons 2002 All The King's Men
2004 The Whispering Wall 2006 Your Children Placate You From Premature Graves
I'm sure it'll come as no surprise that I got my introduction from @Brighternow. Thanks!!
Glad you like it Lowlife - for me Kokoroko is a really good example of the strength of modern day jazz in the UK - young, vibrant, with clear linbks through West Arican HiLife to the originas of jazz in West Africa (nothing like being contoversial there!)
Nubya Garcia - Where We Are
2008 Plutonium Blonde 2010 Seconds Late For The Brighton Line
2018 The Maria Sessions (Volumes 1 & 2) 2018 8118
Released December 2, 2019
New on Sahel Sounds. From the extensive 'Best Reissues" list on this blog: https://www.newcommute.net/feed/2019/11/21/albums-of-the-year-2019-comps-amp-reissues
(version: piano/viola 2/violin 2/sax & bassoon/tuba/cello/flute)
(2hr:40mn:54sec. realization created from an app)
I’ve enjoyed this album a few times before now but had to pull it up again just now because she doesn’t know who Van Halen is is trending on Twitter.
It’s really very good.
that had my new beautiful multitrack recorder and this 8 CD set:
I was looking for something to watch on TV last night that was not politics and came accross a series on Sky Arts about the making of classic albums, specifically Phil Collins Face Values. So, of course I want to play it!!
Freshly unwrapped.
Lady Gaga
2013 Artpop
Ps- I guess I can say that I've heard Lady Gaga now.
I'm not sure why she became so popular.
2001 604 2005 Witching Hour
Haydon Thorpe - Diviner
2004 Citadel Band 2006 Sologne
2009 Dear John 2011 Hall Music
I'm not sure why she became so popular.
I am sure that I have heard her but never really listened to her. Perhaps I ought?
This is boldly barren music, skeletal and sculptural, shaped from wood, wind, strings, and mist. Modern yet ancient, delicate and desolate, Anoyo inverts its predecessor to compellingly conjure a parallel world of illusion, solitude, and eternal return.
was rather pedestrian. Unless my wife wins another CD I think I've heard enough.
Lisa Hannigan
2009 Lille 2009 Sea Sew
2006 The Cake Sale
feat./Lisa Hannigan, Josh Ritter, Nina Persson, Gary Lightbody, Gemma Hayes,
Glen Hansard, Conor Deasy, Neil Hannon
Hans Abrahamsen: Let Me Tell You
for Soprano & Orchestra (live recording - Hannigan, Nelsons, 2015)
Barbara Hannigan, soprano
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Andris Nelsons
July 3, 2015, München
Yujun Wang & Timer, Abandoned Garden eMusic link, rec'ed by u/chartreuseeye on the emusic subreddit.
1997 OP8 Featuring The Ilk Of Lisa Germano 2003 Lullaby For Liquid Pig
Slush
2006 In The Maybe World
2009 Magic Neighbor 2013 No Elephants
2006 Choreography
The Sounds of Christmas is an annual project by Christian Marclay, pioneer of the experimental turntable movement and leading artist operating at the intersections of art and music. Reinventing this work-in-progress for London, the artist presented his collection of over 1,200 Christmas records as a publicly accessible archive in a special Thameside pavilion, alongside projections of the record covers and footage of previous performances. Combining blatant sentimentality with vanguard experimentation, Marclay suggests that the categories distinguishing ‘serious’ music from its opposite are both arbitrary and arcane. During the two-week installation, created live remixes of their own selection from Marclay’s Christmas records.
People Like Us perform Sounds of Christmas (live recording from desk)
These are the raw tracks that People Like Us created from Christian Marclay’s record collection, to perform live at the event.. . .
"Ambitious" being the winner for 2019 understatement of the year. The whole thing is available for streaming and purchase at the link above.
Found this on a top 10 jazz list from the Denver Post - Too lazy to start a Best of 2019 thread
Gareth Davis & Scanner - Footfalls
Miasmah, November 22, 2019
ETA:
Charles Barabé, released December 4, 2019