I trust you're all recovering/resting/relaxing today. Whether you welcomed 2012 with a quiet night at home alongside family and friends, or joined some raucous, drunken celebration at a house/club/bar, I'm sure it was a great time. If you must know about my night, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Considering New Years last year was probably the [...]
Another day, another Swan Fungus reader finds their way into my presence. I promise one of these times if you approach me I won't act like I'm having a panic attack. It's just…in my mind you're all so mentally disturbed. And you all carry weapons around. Sharp weapons. Seriously, what type of person reads this [...]
pepper rabbits - three library tapes - therese pomegranates - into the water, into the air the barlights - reprise
It's a writing day, and what better than a N.E.R.D. leak from their upcoming album Nothing (available Nov. 2) to put me in the writing mood. Here's "Nothing on You." And as for music I've been listening to while writing, I've been listening to quite a bit of Library Tapes, a Swedish post-rock/ambient outfit whose music is frustratingly not all easily available through Amazon. Fittingly, I learned of Library Tapes through a friend whom I was interviewing for my dissertation, which involves the writing process. Mog.com does have a few albums available for [...]
In celebration of the upcoming 200th Sunday Mix Tape, I've decided to spend a few days this week taking a leisurely stroll down memory lane. My memory's lane. I've compiled 199 official Sunday Mix Tapes as well as a few compilations that arrived on a Monday or other random day. It's time to take a look back and examine why this feature has become such a huge success. Since I can't post 200 MP3s this week, I'm going to list what is - in my opinion - the standout track from each installment of the series. About half [...]
Esce il 18 Ottobre Like Green Grass Against a Blue Sky . Klosterg ne è un anticipo. MySpace : Library Tapes
Pe la sfârșitul fiecărui august încep să simt că se termină vara. Nu mă deranjează deloc pentru că înafara de vacața cea mare, nu mi-o plăcut niciodata prea mult nimic la ea. Îs convinsă că o să mai fie cel puțin un val serios de căldură, dar deocamdată se simte: pentru prima data din mai încoace am simțit nevoia să-mi iau șosete în casă; aud copii pe la toate colțurile plângându-se că începe școala și se întunecă tot mai repede. Acestea fiind spuse, cele 5 piese care mă duc instant cu gândul la sfârșit de vară. top [...]
Photography: Carles Rodrigo Have a nice Sunday. Library Tapes - Mörker Genom Tomrum Arms and Sleepers - Seems (If Ever) Ana Caravelle - Black Canyon (Shigeto's As I Inhale Mix) Library Tapes | Arms and Sleepers | Ana Caravelle | Shigeto
[RSS Readers: See post to listen to audio] Just grabbed a few songs from a mixtape Memoryhouse posted on their tumblr , daydream calming selections, enjoy. Permalink | Comment On This Post (7) | Tweet This Post | Add to del.icio.us | Stumbleupon Post tags:
The subjectivity of audible beauty creates no room for uniform mastery. As styles of music have fluxed in popularity over the past several centuries, the presence of classical music has endured for several reasons. The technical achievements it marked in musical composition is perhaps the most immediate influence, as are the great minds from Beethoven [...]
Okay, there aren't any titans, but there are plenty of clashes in this week's gig calendar. Look at Saturday for instance - The Fall, The Leg or Bear in Heaven? - it depends on the precise length and angle of your fringe I suppose. Well, that and the cut of your jeans. And Wednesday, what do I do? Go and butter up Yusuf Azak and try and get him to join the label, or go and butter up the Foxxes and try and make sure they stay? That's the music industry for you: so many arses to kiss [...]
This past weekend I was explaining to a friend of mine why I have a hard time with drum circles. I get really frustrating with most participants unwillingness to play a simple beat. In my opinion they are the most enjoyable and most tolerable to my ears when you phase people in, one at a time, with different but very simple beats. But unfortunately everyone wants to solo and just let their hands go crazy. To make great music it doesn't have to be difficult or complex and I think that a lot of the great artists of [...]
All is wild, all is silent heet de nieuwe plaat van Balmorhea die eerder dit jaar verscheen op Western Vinyl . Een prachtige plaat vol met overwegend instrumentale folky post-rock muziek. Sinds kort is er ook een remix album verschenen met daarop remixen van een flink aantal groten der ambient en modern klassieke muziek. Peter Broderick, Jacaszek, Machinefabriek en Eluvium om er maar een paar te noemen. Het resulteert in een prachtige collectie die meteen een staalkaart vormt van wat deze scene momenteel te bieden heeft. Verstilde pianoklanken, uitdeiende drones en golvende loops. [...]
Tante cose già fatte, come dischi per Type ("Float") e Bella Union ("Home"), ma anche le collaborazioni con Efterklang e Library Tapes. Altre in divenire (e sono qualcosa in più di un sussurro). Parliamo di Peter Broderick che, per non farsi mancare nulla, esce in questi giorni con "Music For Falling From Trees", mini album [...]
Zondag 5 april stonden de Zweedse Library Tapes (David Wenngren) en de Nederlands-Belgische Sleepingdog (Chantal Acda) in het CBK te Dordrecht tijdens de negende editie van [F]luister . De complete videoregistratie van beide optredens zijn nu hier terug te zien. Library Tapes Klik hier om de embedded video te bekijken. Sleepingdog (muzikaal begeleid door Adam Wiltzie van Stars of the Lid en The Dead Texan) Klik hier om de embedded video te bekijken. [...]
Zondagmiddag 5 april zenden we hier op Eclectro als vanouds [F]luister uit. Deze middag experimentele muziek vindt plaats in het Dordtse CBK-gebouw, en huisvest altijd kwaliteitsmuziek en een bonte collectie muziekliefhebbers. Hoofdact tijdens [F]luister 9 is het Zweedse Library Tapes , dat bloedstollend mooie pianomuziek in de lijn van Erik Satie, Max Richter en Peter Broderick ten tonele brengt. Ook het Belgische Sleepingdog , een singer-songwriter met piano en gitaar, treedt deze middag op. Net als bij de vorige edities zullen ook ditmaal de optredens te zien zijn op Eclectro. Tussen 15.00 [...]
Dwars , "een avontuurlijk muziekprogramma met aandacht voor folk, experiment, nu-country en improv" op Radio 6, had afgelopen 23 maart Urban Explorers- en [F]luister-programmeur Wilbertjan Vlot over de vloer. De uitzending stond in het teken van de komende 2 [F]luister-edities, waarbij zowel de artiesten als de toelichting van Wilbertjan voorbijkomen. Zondag 5 april vindt editie 9 van [F]luister plaats in het CBK. Eclectro is daarbij om de optredens van Library Tapes en Sleeping Dog uit te zenden. Ter voorbereiding op al het moois dat je dan te wachten staat én als soundtrack voor een zonnige zondagmiddag vind je [...]
We mogen Bartolomeo Cristofori dankbaar zijn. Ik moet er namelijk niet aan denken dat alle piano's nog gewoon naar een klavecimbel (hoewel ook een zeldzaam mooi instrument) zouden klinken. De techniek met de hamertjes die tegen een snaar slaan was in de zeventiende eeuw redelijk baanbrekend, en door de beste componisten geëerd in hun werk. [...]
Nicci's workplace had their annual Christmas Party at Malo tonight, which meant a couple hours of heavenly eating and drinking. Right now I am full of carnitas, potato and eggplant tacos, beef and pickle tacos and chicken/chorizo quesadillas. I could not be happier. If that restaurant wasn't so expensive (or maybe if I had a better-paying job?) I would eat there every night. Well, not every night - I'd need to eat at Qdoba and Casa Bianca and Patra, too! Hey, how about a mix tape? RULES for uninitiated noobs : With [...]
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