Another in the series of Koner’s self-consciously chilled and mysterious albums created with the use of treated cymbals, Nunatak Gongamur truly pushes the bounds of not merely ambient music, but music in general. Consisting almost entirely of dark drones and bursts, separated into 11 separate untitled tracks but essentially one extended piece, Nunatak Gongamur takes [...]
The ‘An Unrhymed Chord’ is a composition by Micheal Pisaro, which has a few instructions and time constraints. “The performer can makes any sound they like, sustained for between one and fifteen minutes in each thirty minute half of the piece, placed anywhere they choose and the longer the duration, the lower the amplitude.” There [...]
Philipp Wachsmann, violin, viola, electronics, tape compositions. Point of departure (20.03) In air (01.27) White (09.37) Inversion (05.39) Triangle (09.50) Line (04.13) Informel (06.23) Artist’s imprint (04.01) Mass (09.38) Performance and collaboration with Sarah Eckel in her exhibitionin the Synagogue in Oerlinghausen; recorded on 11/12 October 1996. Cover (reproduced above) designed by Eckel and Eckel. [...]
A break from improvisation today after a bit of an overload recently, I had a lovely day today, walking in the country and sitting in the garden with a sketchpad mainly, and not listening to too much music at all, but when I was listening, it was to composed music, either Schubert’s late chamber works [...]
musique concrete for radio, recorded with various artists in an apartment overlooking the Coliseum. Duration 50′. First performance Deutschlandradio Kultur September 2009. Nicholas Isherwood – bass (Sänger) Mike Cooper – cracklebox, Gitarre Alvin Curran – el. Spielzeugtrompete, Klavier, Shofar, Muschel, Mbira (Ostafrikanisches Lamellophon) anonymer wandernder Scherenschleifer Susan Levenstein – Stimme, Klavier Walter Zimmermann – Klavier, [...]
The Japanese artist Akio Suzuki was born in 1941 in North Korean Pyongyang. He moved to Aichi / Japan at the age of four. In the 1960’s, he began his “self-study events”; for years he worked as a sound researcher, studying the sound qualities of places in nature and architectural spaces. He investigates places by [...]
This vocal-only album was partially recorded live in Utrecht, but was then overdubbed 15 times with more and different material, making for a fascinating yet bizarre recording. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide Discogs
Electro-acoustic out-sound experimentician Israël Quellet was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 1972, and this is his second release for the Sub Rosa label — the fifth volume in their Musics in the Margin series. At 16 years-old, the artist discovered sound-worlds such as Miles Davis’ electric era, Sun Ra, dub, German cosmic music, Magma, Zappa, [...]
One listen to this CD and that element of trust and synchronicity immediately comes through. This is the kind of music that can only come from musicians who know each other well. It is like dropping in on an intimate conversation. Ideas get launched and then get immediately picked up, morphed, and woven back in. [...]
Directly Inspired by the Original Bruce Springsteen Song Arranged and Performed By Stefano Pilia recorded live in Palesio in August 2008 Dedicated to Dino Bramanti and Sinistri Starfuckers Thanks to Claudio Rocchetti and Tania Patritti Discogs
