As I recover from the (mostly financial) excesses of a week in San Diego, I can offer only this. The March 15, 2012 edition of American Airlines' private-label magazine lists "Jacaszek" as a feature on its channel 9 radio. "Contemporary sounds?" "Urban vibe?" "Jazzy background?" I mean, I'm sure he appreciates the press and all. View the picture below, but start to read a bit more credible Jacaszek copy here .
Once again we have a Chill Session on a monday, but like the other days its not worse on a monday as it is an extension of the sunday!! Mr B has given us around 400 tracks that have been spread in 44 Sunday Chill posts and now he needs a well deserved pause. We [...]
This is something fresh from Claude Von Stroke's imprint, Dirtybird . The Polish duo has become synonymous with the Warsaw scene. For us, it has been exciting to see what quality can be produced in Eastern Europe. Having already shared with you fellow Pole, Jacaszek 's ambient bleeps and bells, we thought it fitting to show off the full spectrum of Warsaw. Catz N' Dogz do dance music well. For them, it is not just about the formulaic crescendos, but about making something that one can groove to. The break down on "Jon Bovi" is unexpected. It flushes a new dynamic to the track that could only [...]
Oh boy. I just wrapped shooting a two-hour interview for a documentary about men and relationships. A friend is working on the project and asked to shoot some friends and I answering the director's questions, which ranged from "Why are men afraid of commitment" to "How would you help a man learn to be more [...]
Michal Jacaszek's Glimmer was all over our Best of 2011 lists: earning a silver medal in top albums , a gold in top tracks , as well as a place among our Tinnitus 25 . One of the tracks that really caught our attention was "Dare-Gale," of which we wrote , "some kind of detonations seem to stand in as percussion. The nearly arrhythmic spans between harpsichord notes come off as heartbroken gangplanks. At times it all comes to a hazy stop, as if Jacaszek has put his [...]
For the past decade or so, Polish musician Michal Jacaszek has been exploring a new, resolutely modern chapter in Eastern Europe's long, storied love affair with classical music. His creations are... **Summary** Go to website for downloads, videos & more.
Jacaszek - Dare-gale A more adroit form of expression for the reality of human misery isn't likely to be found outside of Eastern European classical music. The region's sonic visualizations present a world both striking and chaotic, all within precisely paced compositions. Polish electroacoustic musician, Michal Jacaszek , is a prime exemplar of such artistic inclinations. Jacaszek's all-consuming passion for producing music started as early as 2001 with recordings of modern electronic sounds alongside "singing poetry." He transformed his method throughout the years, and in 2009 Pentral was released, [...]
(Adusted downward, slightly, for readability.) We established a rule this year: one track per album. No use in IAMX walking away with the whole thing. Remember what we all thought of James Cameron after the 1998 Academy Awards? The envelopes, please... 21. "Night After Night," by Laura Marling, from A Creature I Don't Know . 20. "Port of Call," by Beirut, from The Rip Tide . 19. "Hunter," by Heirs, from the Hunter 103: [...]
The accordion, ukulele and brass contingencies left us standing at the altar this year. Beirut disappointed . tUnE-YarDs served up a couple of nice appetizers . Her Name is Calla partially disbanded . And we're not even going to talk about Radiohead . There were some solid releases along our more traveled paths (read: Bon Iver , Laura Marling , and Feist ). Korn came very close to releasing a masterpiece , 18 years into their career. Ben Frost and Daniel Bjarnason scored with a rescore . And The [...]
Een huwelijk rijker, een hoofdredacteurschap armer: 2011 was het jaar waarin ik Eclectro verruilde voor een ring. Ondertussen werd ik beste vrienden met Spotify, download ik alleen als het echt niet anders kan, zwoer ik de aankoop van cd's af, en heb ik bijna niets meer met puur op de dansvloer gerichte elektronica. Oftewel: ik word oud. De soundtrack daarvan vind je hieronder*, terwijl de uitgebreide variant op Spotify staat . Dubstep / Bass Zomby - Dedication (4AD) Het is lang geleden dat een elektronica-album zoveel moois [...]
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Kasper Glanza Michael Jacaszek released his latest LP, Glimmer , on Ghostly International. I have never heard of more apropos name for an imprint. Back when Looping State of Mind came out, I drew a connection between that release on Jacaszek's magical mix for Resident Advisor. "Dare-Gale" is ambient brilliance. There is something medieval here. As the year winds down, this Polish elektronische musician offers a proper closing to a good year in music. Jacaszek - "Dare-Gale" [...]
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Jacaszek's latest release is an eerily beautiful blend of classical instrumentation, indescribable noises, and interesting edits. Oh, yeah, there's some ambient influences in there, too. WATCH THE REVIEW
[RSS Readers: See post to listen to audio] Its a difficult task to keep up with any genre especially if you're always in need of something fresh, the post classical realm is by far one of my favorites that I don't dig deep enough in and sit with an album. I usually have a stash of artists that I rely on to get me what I want, Jacaszek is one of them, if you can't tell by his name he's Polish which makes me favor him since i'm from there. Always on the darker side yet doesn't [...]
Coming out via Ghostly on December 6th, here's a stream of the new Jacaszek album, Glimmer . This album is simply gorgeous instrumental music that's perfect for the winter season. I'm planning on reviewing it, and I'm happy NPR Music is letting me get the jump on listening to it. Follow the link below for sonic pleasure. Stream: Jacaszek- Glimmer
Margaret, are you grieving Over Goldengrove unleaving? Leaves, like the things of man, you With your fresh thoughts care for, can you? -"Spring and Fall," (1880), by Gerard Manley Hopkins Gerard Manley Hopkins was a 19th century Jesuit priest, an innovative poet, the son of a writer. His poetry was largely overlooked during his lifetime, and rarely published. He invented the style known as "sprung rhythm," which he claims to have simply stumbled upon in folk songs. Indeed, upon entering the priesthood, Hopkins burned all of those works he had not already [...]
Available December 8, via Ghostly International . It defies language how close this album sits with me right now: musically, sonically, and psychologically. Maybe you'll hear the same? Embedded below is the second track "Dare-gale." Just peruse the comments section for a meta-review: "all i can do is just listen in silence." "Immaculate." "That lovely explosion." Artist links: home | last.fm | myspace
Nothing on Michael Jacaszek 's latest album, Glimmer , is exactly what it seems, and that's the whole point. Polish electro-acoustic sound sculptor Jacazsek has not only absorbed influences that range from ambient electronics to baroque classical music, he's even combined the tones and techniques of those genres, in a kind of sonic funhouse mirror that changes every time you shift position. On Glimmer , which is set for a December 6 release on the Ghostly International label, Jackaszek takes instruments like harpsichord and clarinet and mutates them into a shadowy, alternate musical universe. Listening [...]
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