12781 Ghdalia Tazarts : live 2008 More a ceremony than a concert proper, this is nonetheless a rare opportunity to witness french demiurge Ghdalia Tazarts in a rare live appearance (hey, do I start writing like Mutant Sounds or what?). Hes pairing with drummer and multi-instrumentist Nicolas Lelivre, known for his theater incidental music in [...]
12765 remember M.K. Another tribute to Maurizio Kagel, who passed away last Thursday at the age of 77. One more of the last few great composers born in the first half of the 20th century is gone. His innovative energy was paired with a unique sense of humor, and thanks to his almost unbelievable productivity [...]
12753 Frith / Wishart / Kihlstedt : the compass, log, and lead Fred Frith, acoustic guitar, lowry organ, violin Stevie Wishart, hurdy-gurdy, electronics, violin Carla Kihlstedt, violin, nyckelharpa, cover art This music has that same gentle but bright feeling that comes with a sunrise at the end of a day. That this album is improvised [...]
12727 Kostis Kilymis .accumulated CDr Organized Music from Thessaloniki #2 (Greece, 2008) edition of 140 copies 01. Wave 02. Film 03. Ascension 04. Across the Water 05. Into Film Sounds, recordings & processing by Kostis Kilymis (2006-2007) – Thessaloniki says: Field recordings, sine waves, feedback, discrete processing & re-recording construct a brief exploration through the [...]
12708 Mauricio Kagel – Heterophonie/Improvisation Ajoutee Performers: Heterophonie for orchestra (1959/61) Mauricio Kagel’s Heterophonie is a prime example of 1960s Darmstadt-ian Avant-Gardism. First performed in 1962 and dedicated to the Marquis de Sade. White lights, floodlights, halogen spotlights on, from all angles and converging to the same few elected vortices. The metaphor attempts to convey [...]
12673 Aki Takase’s Fats Waller project – live in Hamburg 2008 This is a delightful way to appropriate the jazz tradition, in this case Fats Waller. One might think that this group of Berlin avantguardists might not be the right people to do so, but thinking it over, there is a legacy of collective improvisation [...]
12643 Out Of Standard!! – Italia 2 Out Of Standard!! was a cassette series published by milanese ADN Tapes between 1985 and 1987, showcasing experimental music from Germany, France and Italy respectively. The musics high level of quality on this one speaks volumes as to the whole series quality standards. Evitaxal was a Roberto Marinelli [...]
12617 Toshimaru Nakamura : No-Input Mixing Board Performer: Toshimaru Nakamura Album: No-Input Mixing Board Label: Zero Gravity (Japan) Year: 2000 Genre: Electronic, Experimental, Minimalism Quality: MP3 CBR 256 kbps Size: 77 Mb JapanImprov: Guitar and no-input mixing board player Toshimaru Nakamura has been producing electronic music on self-named “no-input mixing board,” after long unhappy years [...]
12601 Herbert Distel : Soundtrack 2004 01 Soundtrack (52:30) Herbert Distel remixes Die Reise & La Stazione Total time 52:30 Unreleased mix, 2004 Originally commissioned in 2004 by a japanese choreographer, this remix version of Herbert Distels ownDie Reise and La Stazione was broadcasted on ORF, WDR and Deutschlandradio in 2007-8, but remains unreleased on [...]
12595 Morton Subotnick – Silver Apples Of The Moon Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems. Most of his music calls for a computer part, or live electronic processing; his oeuvre utilizes many of [...]
