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Sonidos y visiones del sur.

9607 Sonidos y visiones del sur. Msica electroacstica de compositores chilenos y argentinos. CD digital. Universidad Nacional de Lans (Argentina) y Universidad de La Serena (Chile), 2000. 1) Para Bla -un saludo a Brbara Belloc- ;composicin electroacstica BELLOC, Enrique 5’57” 2) Bsqueda y Retorno ;composicin electroacstica, para flauta dulce contralto y cinta ARENAS NAVARRETE, Mario: [...]

30 November 2007 at 11:17 - Comments

Biota – Rackabones

9606 Biota – Rackabones Biota are a musical collective from Fort Collins, who focus on the electronic manipulation of acoustic sounds. They started out as the musical wing of the Mnemonists, a group of musicians, scientists and visual artists whose self-proclaimed goal was to question the desirability of bombarding children with technology; the musical wing [...]

30 November 2007 at 10:52 - Comments

Keiji Haino : Global Ancient Atmosphere

9598 Keiji Haino : Global Ancient Atmosphere Keiji Haino (drums). “Rhythm, duration and silence lie at the foundation of all of Haino’s music. After a clutch of documents of his hair-raising solo performances for both acoustic and electric percussion, this latest album presents Haino’s first recorded outing behind a regular drumkit. Haino has long desired [...]

29 November 2007 at 11:27 - Comments

Musica Elettronica Viva(MEV)-st

9597 Musica Elettronica Viva(MEV)-st (polydor LP,aka Friday),1969,UK/Italy Here’s MEV rarest record.Released in UK 1969 features only one long track spreaded over the 2 sides.Strange avant garde improvisations touching psych weirdness in many parts.Musica Elettronica Viva collective was founded in 1966 with members Frederic Rzewski(electronics, piano), Alvin Curran(flugelhorn, Ananda label), Richard Teitelbaum(moog synthesiser), Franco Cataldi(trombone, etc), [...]

29 November 2007 at 11:12 - Comments

Trionacria – The Mystic Revelation

9588 Trionacria – The Mystic Revelation The three members of this trio (active from 1999 to 2001) are all born and musically raised in Sicily and this record is a splendid example of that buoyant jazz scene. Saxophone player “Joraku” Gianni Gebbia is one of the most creative musicians in Italy and an outstanding solo [...]

28 November 2007 at 10:00 - Comments

derek bailey and han bennink- icpoo4

9587 derek bailey and han bennink- icpoo4 1969, LAME 320 heres a christmas present from brent who says ‘Ok Mr. Fancypants-high-bitrate, here is icp004 at 320: ‘ this is the very first of many collaborations between derek bailey and han bennink. and its a true marvel. unfortunately this will probably not ever be reissued because [...]

28 November 2007 at 09:42 - Comments

JOHN ZORN & FRED FRITH – THE ART OF MEMORY

9576 JOHN ZORN & FRED FRITH – THE ART OF MEMORY (1994, USA) All music improvised live by John Zorn and Fred Frith in New York City, late 1993 Cover designed by Arai Yasunori Un album dont vous vous souviendrez! Dernier intermde avant de s’attaquer Naked City, et quelle intermde! Zorn au saxophone, le faisant [...]

27 November 2007 at 11:01 - Comments

Berio Conducts Berio

9575 Berio Conducts Berio AGP 83 AGP83 is our third devoted to music by Luciano Berio. I didn’t include these transcriptions in the two earlier installments (AGP26 and AGP27) because the compositions are available in other recordings. It has since been pointed out to me that these are the only recordings of these works conducted [...]

27 November 2007 at 10:12 - Comments

Walter Marchetti – Vandalia

9565 Walter Marchetti – Vandalia CD,1989,Italy Walter Marchetti (born in 1931) is an Italian composer who adopted John Cage’s dadaist aesthetic and pioneered interactive and concrete music. In 1964 he formed the ZAJ group (a sort of European version of Fluxus) with Juan Hidalgo in Madrid. He still active, producing music and performances. (from Discogs) [...]

26 November 2007 at 10:30 - Comments

Ligeti – Cuartetos y duetos de cuerdas

9564 Ligeti – Cuartetos y duetos de cuerdas Arditi Quartet This is a fine collection of moving, muscular performances by this seminal postwar composer. Surely the best known of the works on this disc is the Second String Quartet, one of the masterpieces of 20th-century music–although you might not know it’s a masterpiece until the [...]

26 November 2007 at 10:22 - Comments