Music & dance in the 21st century

110710 ep. 23 once more before the summertime

Final transmission of the term before summer comes a knockin'... opening easy with Japanese psych-gem People and staying cool with offerings from Can members Jaki "Secret Rhythms" Liebezeit and Holger "Cool in the Pool" Czukay. Another highlight was the unreleased Immer.chic opus Fontain Bio which I really hope will cut the wax one day.

Later on experiencing some heavy electronic weight from a few modern characters. From synthesized wizardry (K.F.W.) to computational abuse (ae). Some beats steady (Kafka), others less so (Twin), and others mostly between the ears (not Panasonic).

Watch this space for summer intermissions in the form of off-air affairs to melt the ice and shine some light in your ears. Meanwhile, enjoy the summertime!

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PEOPLE Prologue + Shomyo Pt. 1
BURNT FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT Royal Roost
IMMER.CHIC Fontain Bio
VLADISLAV DELAY Raamat
HEADCASE The Red Star
GOBLIN School at Night
BAD BRAINS Leaving Babylon
HOLGER CZUKAY Witches' Multiplication Table
BJØRN SVIN Browen
AUTECHRE y7
APHEX TWIN Meltphace6
KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN Disingenuousness
ALGO RITMICO La Cocina
EINTÜRZENDE NEUBAUTEN Ragout: Küchen Rezpt von Einstürzende Neubauten
WOLFGANG VOIGT Kafkatrax 1.1
SURGEON Whose Bad Hands Are These (AUTECHRE remix)
T++ Allied
TERRESTRIAL TONES Experimental Farm
PAN SONIC Liuos

Birds can also play guitar

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot
Barbican Centre
Sat 27 Feb — Sun 23 May 2010

The Curve became a walk-through aviary for a flock of zebra finches, furnished with electric guitars and other instruments and objects in Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s commission.

Trained as a musician and composer, French artist Céleste Boursier-Mougenot creates works by drawing on the rhythms of daily life to produce sound in unexpected ways.

As the birds go about their routine activities, perching on or feeding from the various pieces of equipment, they created a captivating, live soundscape.

110626 ep. 22 durcheinander

A vertiginous variation of sounds this time around. Opening with a run-off groove and gazing at the stars, then unexpectedly settling into some sort of rhythm or another. From computer hip hop to dub and some sort of electronic thump. The second half was coloured by a brief visitation from the spirit of jazz, the 'acid on acid' guitar explosions of The Human Instinct and cubist reggae like only the Snares can devise. Closing with a blissful jam on guitar and synthesizer.

Revisit.

NANA APRIL JUN (run-out groove)

SAWAKO Far Away

THE ADVISORY CIRCLE Warm Air

BOARDS OF CANADA Sunshine Recorder

CRETIN Quest

KING SUNNY ADÉ Ja Funmi (Waka version) @ 33 1/3

COMFORT FIT & JINNA MOROCHA The Moon Comes Closer

KOLLEKTIV TRUMSTRASSE Uneins

KOLLEKTIV TRUMSTRASSE Deine Distanz

GIL SCOTT-HERON The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

THE CINEMATIC ORCHESTRA The Revolution

KEITH FULLERTON WHITMAN Variations for Oud & Synthesizer side B

THE HUMAN INSTINCT Stoned Guitar

VENETIAN SNARES The Identification Circles Levitate

BUDGIE The Author

HUGH MASEKELA Child of the Earth

NINA SIMONE Summertime

BISON BISON BISON jam on air

Rest in peace...

110508 ep. 21 three dog years

Conveniently timed the day after my 21st birthday, episode 21 was a colourful bag of far out synths and throbbing drums. Psychedelia mixed with dub and some hip hopping beats to keep the public interested. Given the occasion, I thought I'd play some recent recordings of my own, under the signs of algo ritmico (solo computer muzak), No More Reality (psychedelic electro/acoustic trio) & Bison Bison Bison (improv duo with Fshstk). No sign of the analogue noise excursions of lo. batt. but mayhaps another night. Speak of the devil, buffalo jams with Fshstk once again to end the show. A weird mix of extrahuman hummings, ADD beats and dodgy cables. Ah yes, and plenty of fun with the turntables.

Enjoy.

1000NAMES Haunted Landscapes

ALGO RITMICO Perlen vor Die

ALGO RITMICO Gliese 581g

PEAKING LIGHTS Tiger Eyes (Laid Back)

THE TWINKLE BROTHERS No Loving Tonight

PEVERELIST Gather

PEVERELIST & APPLEBLIM Circling

DEMDIKE STARE Conjoined

ALGO RITMICO Manila

THE DURIAN BROTHERS Mille Yeux

LAME GRANDMA WITH BIG BAG Forgotten Planet

GONJASUFI Candylane (GRILLO Helium Pressure remix)

POTE YYYY

MOONDOG Tree Frog / Be a Hobo

BISON BISON BISON Chronopolis Backwards (21st birthday jam)

NO MORE REALITY Gliese (live @ Felix 19.02)

BISON BISON BISON jam on air @ 1:40:00

Music plays you

Daito Manabe

Halana magazine, speaking of avant garde

http://www.halana.com/

Looking through my old Soulseek folder, I found a 5 page interview with japanese avant garde multi-instrumentalist Keiji Haino which I never got around to reading. Google reveals it was originally published in the issue #2 of Chris Rice's Halana, a magazine which profiled some of the key figures of contemporary avant garde music; touching on styles as wide as the minimalism of La Monte Young, the Americana folk guitar wizardry of John Fahey, Pauline Oliveros's pioneering electronic explorations and the free jazz and improvisation of the likes of pianist Matthew Shipp and guitarist Derek Bailey.

First published in 1996 and running for 4 issues until 1999, in printings of a couple thousand, each edition included a unique CD or 7" record to accompany the literature.

Some highlights are interviews with minimalist pioneers La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela in #1; filmmaker Tony Conrad and electro-acoustic composer Pauline Oliveros in #2; guitarist John Fahey and minimalist Charlemagne Palestine in #3; Sun City Girls guitarist Sir Richard Bishop in #4; and a monumental offering in #5 with 1950's French electronic music composer Eliane Radigue, modern Spanish composer Francisco Lopez and guitar wrangler Derek Bailey.

You can still order the 4th issue through the website though it seems #5 was in the works until 2004 but never made it out. The first three appear to be sold out which is a pity, though you can still find some of the transcripts with a quick Google search.

You can hear excerpts of Derek Bailey & Keiji Haino's 1996 collaboration "Drawing Close, Attuning..." on TBR!'s 3rd transmission from January 2010. More to come with the 4th instalment of Channelling the Spirit of Jazz, very soon...