April 2010
44 posts
Sun Araw's Super Slayerss -- A mix for The Wire →
Sun Araw tells us: “The Wire asked me to make a mix for their ADVENTURES IN MODERN MUSIC radio program. It’s been beamed across the UK and back, and now it can be on your computer. Click HERE.”
Great comp. Here is the tracklist:
Exuma Exuma, The Obeah Man from Exuma (Mercury) Teddy And The Fingerpoppers Soul Groove Pt 1 12” (Arctic) Big Daddy Kane ...
Jozef Van Wissem and Heresy of the Free Sprit live... →
Last Saturday afternoon, Jozef Van Wissem (lute), and Brooklyn-based multi-instrumentalist/improvisers Che Chen (bowed instruments, percussion) & Robbie Lee (Portative Organ, Baroque Recorders, electric guitar, banjo, tape echo) stopped by Chicago’s WNUR for a live set. As Heresy of the Free Spirit, they wove a beautiful tapestry of melody and sound. Van Wissem followed with a solo...
The Magic Carpathians
Last Sunday on the always magical Airborne Event, Dan Bodah played a 19’09” complete head exploder by The Magic Carpathians from Poland. This was new and fresh to me, and I soon found myself on their MySpace, where they provided:
“The Magic Carpathians Project has been active since 1998, established by Anna Nacher and Marek Styczynski (who previously had been a leader ...
Susan Howe and David Grubbs, “Souls of the...
New D. Charles Speer & the Helix recording
Great band. And part of the amazing group of bands at Three Lobed Recordings. Good to hear that new music is soon to come.
hanschew:
We’re at Seizures Palace today with Jason LaFarge recording a track for the forthcoming Three Lobed Recordings tenth anniversary boxed set…look for that later this year…it’s going to include a lot of great artists and will certainly be handsomely packaged like...
Pitchfork: Jack Rose Gets Massive Tribute Album ... →
I’m so glad this comp is getting love. From all over the place. All proceeds go to Jack Rose’s estate. Please support this incredible album, incredible guitarist, and incredible loss.
yvynyl:
“In the experimental music underground, Philadelphia guitarist Jack Rose was a beloved figure. Last December, Rose died of a heart attack at the age of 38. Now, a group of his peers have...
Zoltar's Revenge: Sleep-Dopesmoker (2003) →
Julian Cope can really head out into space when it comes to explaining what he loves about a record. And I like that. Another intriguing look into the world of music from the mind of Zoltar’s Revenge.
Hallock Hill, “Photography,”...
Aran Ruth, “Cast Your Ship Upon Rain,”...
Honest Strings: A Tribute To The Life And Work Of... →
Three Lobed Record’s Cory Rayborn has curated this spectacular tribute to the life and work of Jack Rose, and all proceeds go directly to Rose’s Estate. This is a download-only release, so click through the link above to get it (for only $15!) from Fina. There’s over 6 1/2 hours of music on this comp, with contributions from:
Alvarius B. Elisa Ambrogio Bardo Pond The...
Bill Orcutt, “My Restless Parts,” A...
Without records →
Synth Gear details the installation called “Without Records” by Otomo Yoshihide and Yasutomo Aoyama at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media in Japan.
Hallock Hill, “Sand in My Eyes,”...
Hallock Hill, “Spring,” unreleased
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Visitations, “Untitled,” Untitled...
Rudresh Mahanthappa, “Snake!,” Kinsmen...
Thurston Moore & Bill Nace at Partners & Spade:...
One of the most remarkable things about Thurston Moore is his consistency. The irony of this is that his art is that of change, embracing improvisation and chaos as against rigid formula. “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Moore has always seemed something of an ideological...
Lego Sequencer
Tokyo’s Yoshi Akai has created this sequencer made out of Lego. It is a complete 8-step, 3 channel LEGO sequencer which, as you can see in this video, actually works. Thanks Synth Gear for the report.
Yoshi’s work can be found here.
Broken Deer, "White Woman" video, via... →
BROKEN DEER “WHITE WOMAN” from OESB // FUTURE SOUND on Vimeo.
Mapsadaisical has shared this terrific new video from Broken Deer. Enjoy the antiquarian collage technique.
Here is an earlier video for “Hunter Gatherer” synced with Harry Everett Smith’s “Early Abstractions: Numbers 1-5, 7 & 10.” The song was recorded live by Derrick Hiltz and ...
Ellison, “Strawberry Rain,” Forge Your...
Richard Skelton, “Green Withins...
Autumn Grieve, “Revenants,” Stray...
People “Prayer - Part 2,” Ceremony -...
The ever-interesting Hush Arbors is worth checking...
Steffen Basho-Junghans, “Changes,” IS...
Zoltar's Revenge →
I’m back and ready to get going again. Check out this excellent blog, Zoltar’s Revenge. An amazing array of good music for the head, i.e. all things Hallock Hill recommended.