Una nueva compilación, A Victim Of Stars 1982-2012 , celebra treinta años del trabajo solista de David Sylvian , quien guía a Wyndham Wallace de The Quietus a través de lo más destacado. Extraordinariamente, ya son tres décadas desde que David Sylvian lanzó su primer sencillo solista, el doble 'Bamboo Houses' / 'Bamboo Music' , una colaboración con la Yellow Magic Orchestra de Ryuichi Sakamoto. El antiguo frontman de Japan – la banda que formó con su hermano Steve Jansen junto con Mick Karn, Richard Barbieri y Rob Dean [...]
Después de que Japan se separó en el punto más álgido de su carrera por allá de 1981, la carrera de David Sylvian ha dado giros sumamente inesperados para todos, pasando por colaboraciones con artistas de la talla de Ryuichi Sakamoto, Robert Fripp, Holger Czukay (de Can), Otomo Yoshihide y Toshimaru Nakimura, Keith Rowe y John Tilbury (de AMM), y siempre manteniendo sus producciones con una calidad impecable. Esta no es la primera colección de canciones de "el hombre más encantador del mundo" (según The Sun), pero sin duda es la primera enfocada a "una nueva [...]
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 [...]
Over David Sylvian heb ik het al vaker gehad. Zijn post- Japan werk, en in het bijzonder de laatste twee albums Blemish en Manafon , staan bij mij in hoog aanzien. Vooral vanwege het experiment en de drang naar improvisatie. Met stilte muziek maken, het clichématige zoeken naar de grenzen van wat nog "muziek" genoemd mag worden. Het is eigenlijk best snobistisch om die genoemde albums zonder blikken of blozen briljant te noemen. Het is kamermuziek voor in een isolatiecel, afstandelijk en leeg. Onhoorbare genialiteit en het toch willen benoemen is vragen [...]
Fade In: INT. DARK ROOM Me: "…but then what? What next?" Him: "A sex scene!" Me: "But it's a horror movie, don't we want it to be scary?" Him: "It'll be a scary sex scene!" Me: "A scary sex scene?" Him: "Yeah." Me: "How will it be a scary sex scene?" Him: "Because we'll have [...]
It's the end of another week here at TheFrontloader.com. I didn't quite end it on a high note, though. My last test didn't turn out the way I had hoped it would, which is obviously disappointing. I'll admit that this last test was difficult, yes, but not impossible. The professor told us that we should have spend about 2.5 - 3 minutes on each question, but for most of us, we spent that much time trying to figure out what the professor was merely ASKING us on each question. So by the time figured out [...]
One of the most beautiful, simple and elegant albums I've listened to in my life: Snow Borne Sorrow by Nine Horses Come, come Save yourself Give yourself over Pushing your consciousness Deep into every atom and cell ( Atom and Cell by Nine Horses ) Filed under: [...]
Image: Film Still from In the mood for love . Columbine takes off her clothes looks at her body in the pool A charlatan out of the dusk praises the tricks to be performed The sky is colorless and set with constellations pale as milk – Guillaume Apollinaire. Twilight. Neko Case - Look for me (I'll be around) Blacklisted (Mint /2002) Max Roach - January V M'boom (1979) [...]
I've realized, over the last twelve months, that Saturdays and Sundays are pretty much useless as far as content is concerned, because my readership drops over 100 visitors per day on the weekends. That's what Saturdays are (and always will be unless something amazing happens following Friday's post) world news stories, and Sundays are (for now) going to remain Sunday Mix Tape day. If you want to curate a Mix Tape, all you have to do is put one together, archive the files (.zip or .rar) and use MediaFire to upload it to the Internet. Send me a link to [...]
Da! Am un fetis cu gamele minore, liniile simple de pian, repetate aproape minimalist, cu vocile naive dar profund emotionale, cu Yukimi Nagano(Little Dragon) si cu David Sylvian(Nine Horses). Si mai am un fetis cu ingemarile sonore. Little Dragon - Twice Nine Horses - Autumn and Cell
"Money For All"/"Get The Hell Out" Meet my latest obsession. While not as bananas as Santogold or as grandiose as Arcade Fire, it's an obsession nonetheless. Former Japan lead singer David Sylvian fronts Nine Horses with Steve Jansen & Burnt Friedman. The bands recent EP Money For All features re-workings of songs from 05's Snow Born Sorrow , as well as the two new tracks featured here. While much different than his sparse, haunting solo album Blemish or his [...]
Over the few years that I have been doing this blog I have made my love for David Sylvian and his former band Japan well known. The last couple of years have seen him involved in Nine Horses, a collaboration with his brother (and former Japan drummer) Steve Jansen and Burnt Friedman. They released an LP in 2005 called Snow Borne Sorrow, which featured some of the most conventional music Sylvian
Over at Resonator Mag earlier this morning, I took on this idea of the "ALWAYS NEW NEW NEW" mp3 blog aesthetic that's finally spread to Pitchfork in the form of the new blog, ForkCast. You can read my rant there and respond to it here, if you'd like, but I'm getting to the music-stuff that might not be the most current, but is still totally and completely gorgeous, and worth more than a half-pass of your attention. This is stuff that requires focus, and all your heart-space. In 2005, I first [...]
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