July 2009
22 posts
Blue Sun, “Blue Sun.”
A blistering...
THANK YOU, THANK YOU (redux)
Click fast and furiously for the free download of this (dare I say) “amazing” record. Thank you to Carl Howard’s comment on LP Cover Lover and to Wiel’s Time Capsule for providing the download.
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“Electric Music To Blow Your Mind By!!!” “A Pot Full of Psychedelic Pop by The Love Machine” On Design Records. (1968) An ordinary vintage organ groove...
Bradley Kincaid, “Liza Up in the Simmon...
THE OLD WEIRD AMERICA: An Exploration of Harry...
Since it was released in 1952, Harry Smith’s Anthology of American Folk Music has continually inspired reverence and debate. It has attained its own crusty mythology, though Smith recognized it as a starting point, not the last word on the subject. One of the original crate diggers, Smith assembled his “Ballads,” “Social Music” and “Songs” with care and...
Steve Reich: 'Music as a Gradual Process' (1968)
Reich’s writing on his craft from 1968 have yet to stop inspiring. He never articulated his aesthetic better than in this condensation of ideas. Here it is in full:
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I do not mean the process of composition, but rather pieces of music that are, literally, processes. The distinctive thing about musical processes is that they determine all the note-to-note (sound-to-sound)...
“I can think of few areas of contemporary endeavor that better display the...”
– Glenn Gould, quoted by Greg Milner in ‘Perfecting Sound Forever.’
The title track to Trees 1970 album, The Garden...
WatchHugo Martin
We’ve featured this talented French guitarist before, with his terrific acoustic rendition of Aphex Twin’s “Avril 14.”
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Dino Valente, “Birdses,” single...
Cam Deas, “Frozen Lakes and Icy...
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Buck Owens, “Who’s Gonna Mow Your...
Cold Sun, ” Here in the Year,” Dark...
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Yoshikazu Iwamoto, “Tamuke,”...
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Terje Rypdal, “Autumn Breeze,” After...
Six Organs of Admittance, “Actaeon’s...
Kiila, “Kehotuslaulu,” Tuota tuota...
Susan Alcorn, “People Get Ready,”...