Back when we announced the Jozef Van Wissem & Jim Jarmusch show happening tonight (3/5) at Le Poisson Rouge in NYC, one of the openers was listed as "special guest" with the only clue being "Drag City". Well, that Drag City-signed artist is in fact Sophia Knapp who recently had a show at Union Pool . Tickets for the LPR show tonight are still on sale, and we have a pair you can win! Details below... Continue reading [...]
Jozef van Wissem (geboren te Maastricht, wonend in New York) poogt al een aantal jaren de luit te bevrijden van haar middeleeuws stramien, met een aantal prachtige en evenzo sfeervolle albums tot gevolg. Wanneer we filmmaker Jim Jarmusch naast hem op de hoes van Concerning The Entrance Into Eternity zien staan, krabben we ons even achter de oren: een vreemde combinatie. Denken en luisteren we verder, dan zien we eigenlijk twee stijlen die perfect bij elkaar passen. Beiden delen een liefde voor muziek, [...]
Liberate Your Lutes There is rarely anything about Jim Jarmusch that I don't envy. His flawless record of indie films such as Stranger Than Paradise , Down By Law , Dead Man , Coffee and Cigarettes ... speaks volumes to his impeccable style. I mean, look at that fucking haircut - it's perfection in its most unflinching, eccentric form. Only slightly lesser known are his musical talents. (Insert obligatory joke about David Lynch here.) Many may know [...]
I can honestly say that featuring a Dutch lutist on The Daily Choices is a first for us. I'm not usually drawn to songs that feature descriptions like "Baroque spirituals" or "experimental" but the fact that it was a collaboration between filmmaker Jim Jarmusch (a favorite of mine) and the aforementioned lutist Jozef Van Wissem [...]
"Any Jim Jarmusch buff could tell you that the man has great taste in music. Take the original scores for Stranger than Paradise and Dead Man, by John Lurie and Neil Young, respectively--stand-alone masterpieces that mesh beautifully with the director's stark black-and-white palette--or the killer lineup (Stooges, Sleep, Raekwon) he put together for the 2010 ATP New York fest. Curating isn't the same as performing, though, and even a disciple hip to Jarmusch's stint as keyboardist for early-'80s NYC art punks the Del-Byzanteens might second-guess his current instrumental abilities. So what a happy surprise it [...]
Jozef van Wissem - The Great Joy (by Gianmarco Del Re ) Lutenist Jozef van Wissem live on 11.11.11 at Cafe OTO, performing his own composition The Great Joy. If you want more of him check out this hour long podcast of him and Jim Jarmusch on WNYC's New Sounds .
11. The War On Drugs – Slave Ambient De band waar Kurt Vile ooit in speelde, is hem nu ontstegen. Slave Ambient is niet alleen verslavende Americana rock, maar met synthesizers en kraut ritmes ook in de achtergrond een experimenteel pareltje. En dan hebben we het nog niet over de heerlijk rauwe doch zalvende zang van Adam Granduciel gehad. Uiteraard passeerde dit album van The War On Drugs reeds de revue op mrbungle.nl, en wel hier . 12. Washed Out [...]
gacougnol : ISSUE @ 110 Livingston: Jozef van Wissem with Gregg Kowalsky (by Damian Calvo )
Nog zo'n maand waarin de platenlabels op vakantie lijken te zijn. Hoewel, ik heb in augustus toch aardig wat leuke releases in mijn collectie mogen verwelkomen. Ik had het al over Maria Minerva , Wooden Shjips , The War On Drugs en Ganglians . Zonder uitzondering platen die ik hoogstwaarschijnlijk volgend jaar ook nog met plezier zal opzetten. Maar er was meer. Amen Dunes - Christopher Halverwege augustus kwam Amen Dunes met Through Monkey Jaw op de proppen, het derde wapenfeit van dit [...]
JOZEF van WISSEM & HERESY OF THE FREE SPIRIT (from Holland, on Important Records ) CHE CHEN & ROBBIE LEE (from Brooklyn, New York) COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT (from Louisville) PETE FOSCO (from Cincinnati, Ohio) Tuesday, April 13th at the SWAN DIVE 921 Swan Street (at the corner of Caldwell) 9 PM, $5, 21-and-over [...]
Jozef van Wissem / sound. at the Schindler House Recorded August 16, 2008 For all those wondering, he's playing a lute Jozef van Wissem Review Jozef van Wissem - Propempticon
Hi kids I assume some of you might be bored of all this dancable hummable summer music so to add some spice for the more sophisticated reader, here's some tunes that have been guiding me to sleep in the last months. The first piece is by Brethren of the Free Spirit duo consisting of 12 string acoustic guitar virtuoso James Blackshaw and lutenist Jozef Van Wissem . As the name suggests "All Things are from Him, through Him and in Him" has high doses of spirituality in [...]
Photo credit: Mark Sullo Last week's part one featured some excellent electric guitar playing in various styles. It was a reference to Sir Richard Bishop's fantastically titled album While My Guitar Violently Bleeds (released on Locust Music earlier this year, make sure to get the vinyl version if you have a record player, just for the beautiful artwork alone) although it did not have anything to do with the actual record itself. This second part however explores the sound of acoustic guitar instruments and comes a [...]
Dutch label and distributor Staalplaat has store in Berlin (Torstr. 68), visiting it was on my 'to do' list for my (too) short trip to this city. I think I could easily spend there 200 euro or more. Ghedalia Tazartes 4cd box, Faust dvd and so on. Finally I decided to buy five cds. Split by two trios: Rawlings/Stelzer/Talbot and Grivas/Zioutos/Malevitsis was released as limited cdr by Absurd (greek one not brazilian). Third track from first trio where Vic Rawlings played cello and circuit-bent electronics, Howard Stelzer tapes and Jason Talbot turntable. Rawlings / [...]
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