10181 Roger Winfield – Windsongs: The Sound of Aeolian Harps (1991) From the liner notes: “Windsongs” is a unique album. Using an orchestra of eight Aeolian Harps – instruments played entirely by the wind – Roger Winfield has captured the essence of the Four Winds. Some years ago Roger became interested in the possibilities offered [...]
10167 Marcus Schmickler / John Tilbury – Variety (a-musik) 2005 a brief session (~40′) with more beautiful piano work from Tilbury (if he general feel here is a bit more dramatic) and delicate electronic touches from Schmickler. Perhaps an unlikely pairing for those familiar with Schmickler’s Pluramon releases, but another beautiful piano/electronics album, full of [...]
10158 Maryane Amacher: Sound Characters (Making of the 3rd Ear) (Tzadik #7043 Released Feb. 1999) At some point in their lives, everybody wants to live in New York City. When I picture it now, all I see is the crowds and the filth and the death in the streets– in other words, a larger, more [...]
10149 Miki Yui : Silence Resounding (2003, OOP) Line 015 a beautiful, brief and restrained collection of sound, some more processed than others, always disappearing into your memory of them. the hype. LINE is proud to present the third full length work by Miki Yui, Silence Resounding. This is the second CD for Yui on [...]
10138 akiyama nakamura sugimoto wastell : FOLDINGS (confront, confront 12) (uk) (cd) tetuzi akiyama: turntable, air duster toshimaru nakamura: no-input mixing board taku sugimoto: acoustic guitar, preparations mark wastell: violoncello, preparations, contact mic, amplifier recorded live by taku sugimoto at off site in tokyo on january 19, 2002 mastered by john wall design by damien [...]
10124 Rowe/Tilbury – Duos for Doris Keith Rowe/John Tilbury Duos for Doris Erstwhile I should begin, I suppose, with a few caveats. One, I’m a good friend of Jon Abbey, the owner/producer of Erstwhile Records and was fortunate enough to be in attendance with him at this session. Two, I’ve gotten to know Keith Rowe [...]
10110 Hugh Davies – Shozyg Music for Invented Instruments 1982 A1 Music For Bowed Diaphragms (6:00) A2 Spring Song (8:00) A3 Salad (6:28) B1 Shozyg Sequence No 1 (21:00) This under-recorded British pioneer of live electronic music appears more often as a participant in group projects than as a soloist. A vinyl outing featuring excerpts [...]
10100 Musicworks #26 1984 A WALK THROUGH THE CITY by Norbert Ruesbaat a walk through the city, sunlight edge and the cymbal crash follow the burning signs, the trail of bullets, the embers dying discarded shoe like an open mouth, a burn on the pavement a house containing three children flashes once and is gone [...]
10088 Giuseppe Ielasi, “5 Tracks;” live, cdr. ltd ed. 100 Absurd 2001 The “5 Tracks” CDR, published in a tiny edition of 100 copies in a beautiful silver-on-black circular sleeve, documents a solo guitar and electronics concert by improvising guitarist Giuseppe Ielasi in Athens, Greece. Ielasi’s improvisations do not contain many typically instrumental gestures; every [...]
