As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it's creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealth of sights and sound from luminaries such as Sean McCann and Matthew Sullivan . Sean McCann and Matthew Sullivan have blown up the conventions of modern avant-garde composition. Neither are strangers to classically [...]
And then, one Saturday night, our hero decided that he'd had enough partying and he went to bed for 12+ hours. So bad-ass! I feel a bit refreshed. It's been a long week, and February was an even longer month. Way too much partying. March is going to be the turning point for me in [...]
Absorb a new ambient-instrumental of almost Avrocar -esque tranquility by Deerhunter called 'Curve'. Organised by Blonde Redhead, the track will appear on the benefit compilation We Are the Works in Progress , raising money to bring Japan out of the tsunami's shadow. The 14-song compilation attributes tracks from the likes of Interpol, Liars, Pantha du Prince, Terry Riley, David Sylvian/Ryuichi Sakamoto, and many more. You can check out Four Tet's offering 'Moma' below. The comp will be released as a double LP on February 7th [...]
"You can almost smell the pot coming out of the speakers" is the description used for a Youtube video of Terry Riley 's landmark composition In C . Both humorous and honest, that single sentence sums up most of Riley's aural effect. Either free time, pseudo-improvised pieces based around just intonation and a split between glacial drones and rapidly repeating riffs and arpeggios or rigidly measured units of melodic phrase are Riley's main MO as any listener of the man's work can attest to. Enveloping and arresting, the effect either results in total immersion or furious refusal, the [...]
We Are the Works in Progress, Blonde Redhead's compilation to benefit Japan's recovery from the March 2011 tsunami and aftermath, has plenty of big names. Among them are Terry Riley, Deerhunter, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Interpol, and The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson. Another is Four Tet, who leads off the compilation with "Moma". Kieran Hebden (Four Tet) unveiled it today via Soundcloud, which you can stream above
Sure, Occupy Wall Street is the hot social topic right now, so it makes sense politically-conscious musicians are putting out benefit albums to support the movement. But it wasn't all that long ago that a massive tsunami battered Japan, and they're still recovering. Blonde Redhead hasn't forgotten the disaster; in fact, the New York City alt-rock outfit has put together a new benefit compilation to aid in the recovery efforts. Curated by Blonde Readhead's Japanese born frontwoman, Kazu Makino, We are the Works in Progress features exclusive tracks from Four Tet, [...]
On Oct. 28, Moogfest 2011 will officially begin in beautiful Asheville, N.C. The festival, now in its second year, brings together artists from across the electronic and experimental music spectrum to celebrate the legacy of synth pioneer and music technology visionary Bob Moog . From musical legends such as Suicide , Tangerine Dream , and Terry Riley to up-and-comers CANT , Oneohtrix Point Never , and araabMUZIK to Amon Tobin 's elaborate and visually stunning ISAM show, the three-day festival truly provides something for every ear. In [...]
By the way, did you miss any of our posts from yesterday? Check them out here... Daily Roundup http://t.co/t5OdId9S # Moogfest 2011: Terry Riley added to Lineup http://t.co/wDbEGTW8 # VIDEO: Dave Matthews Band – "Too Much" (Bridge School 25th Anniversary DVD Preview) http://t.co/sEhRZoV9 # TOUR DATES: Lana Del Rey announces Toronto, LA and NYC http://t.co/846mTGum # [...]
This year's Moogfest, which runs Oct. 28-30 in Asheville, N.C., already got a huge boost in musical awesomeness this past August when the likes of TV on the Radio, James Murphy, Flying Lotus, and SBTRKT were added to the lineup. But now we're receiving word of a great last-minute addition, Terry Riley. He will be performing his keyboard-heavy material and not the acoustic stuff he's been more apt to play lately. Also, it will be a family affair as he will be joined onstage by his son, guitarist/composer Gyan Riley. The news surrounding the event doesn't [...]
Moogfest has added Terry Riley to this year's lineup, a pioneer in electronic keyboard music and someone innovating way out ahead of folks like Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno and Pink Floyd . Woah, really? One of the most monumental and influential musical figures of the past century – the composer and performer Terry Riley– will be joining the Moogfest line up this year, presenting a special concert. Although he has chosen to perform mostly acoustic in recent years, Riley will present [...]
"The Devil's Walk" one can say, is obviously structurally and musically influenced by the fundamental minimalism of Steve Reich's "Music for 18 musicians". Especially from the track "Escape" and on a whole new direction is introduced almost deceiving the listeners from what starts as a little more "pop" Apparat album to a total homage/interpretation of [...]
Originally posted 11 April 2007 KHALID OF SPACE, PART TWO: WELCOME Larry Young Lawrence of Newark Perception : 1973 CD Universe / iTunes [seemingly out of print again] LY, organ, bongos, vocals; Pharoah Sanders [credited as 'Mystery Guest'], saxophones and vocals; James Blood Ulmer, guitar; Charles Magee, electric trumpet; Dennis Mourouse, sax and electric sax; Cedric Lawson, electric piano; Deirdre Johnson, [...]
Originally posted 11 April 2007 KHALID OF SPACE, PART TWO: WELCOME Larry Young Lawrence of Newark Perception : 1973 CD Universe / iTunes [seemingly out of print again] LY, organ, bongos, vocals; Pharoah Sanders [credited as 'Mystery Guest'], saxophones and vocals; James Blood Ulmer, guitar; Charles Magee, electric trumpet; Dennis Mourouse, sax and electric sax; Cedric Lawson, electric piano; Deirdre Johnson, [...]
This month's favorite downloads skew toward songwriters, as opposed to electronica or ambient (though there's still a little of that too). As usual, this mix is best experienced in the order given. Starting this month I'm also going to begin sharing these mixes via Spotify (if they carry the songs), so follow me over there if you're on the site—my username is scottpgwp. Credit where it's due: three of these tracks come courtesy of Rawkblog—Lia Ices and Chad VanGaalen come from the same mix that yielded the Little Scream track I mentioned yesterday [...]
No better way to spend a Sunday night than grilling cheese dogs and brats with friends on Mt. Washington, drinking someone's home-brewed chocolate stout. I defy you to cap your weekend in a more enjoyable fashion. Holy shit I'm flying home tomorrow! That's awesome! What the fuck am I going to do first? Breakfast burritos [...]
Terry Riley - You're No Good Got the heads up on this from one of my regular blog haunts The Beat : A remix of the Harvey Arverne R'n'B track 'You're No Good', I say 'remix', but Terry put this track under the knife back in 1967 (it was only officially released in 2000), that word or concept didn't even exist back then. From the droning synths, which at first made me think I'd left my iTunes on shuffle and it'd skipped to an iDosing track I [...]
Wie berichtet , kuratieren Animal Collective ja demnächst eine Ausgabe der "All Tomorrow's Parties"-Festival-Serie. Als Teaser gab es vor einem Monat ein Mixtape, das diverse Acts und DJs, die sie für das Festival gebucht haben, featurte. Gestern ging der zweite, kürzere Teil des Mixtapes online. Dieses Mal unter anderem mit Tracks von Oneothrix Point Never, Omar S und Terry Riley. Lohnt sich. Tracklisting 00:00 Walkabout - Atlas Sound (Featuring Panda Bear) 03:54 Golden Phone - Micachu And The Shapes 06:33 Psychotic Photosynthesis - Omar-S 17:07 F Kenya Rip - Highlife 22:40 [...]
San Francisco: experimentalism, a meeting of East and West, progressive sounds, rock, blues, consciousness expansion. For decades, it's been the place to go to be artistically free, away from the stuffiness of East Coast pretention and pomp. Or so they say. Listening to the music of six San Francisco composers Monday night - some natives, some transplants drawn by its inexorable call to musical liberation - I'm reminded of the idea that San Francisco's modern classical sound is, more than anything, a rejection of academic pedantry and an embracing of music that is close to the composer's soul. The [...]
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