Weekend Musical Selection - Electronica

Time for musical bifurcations.

Funkstörung - Moron

Fennesz - Rivers Of Sand

Biosphere - Patashnik

The Orb - Little Fluffy Clouds

Enjoy

Weekend Musical Selection - Electronica 2

More musical diversions -

Coil - Windowpane

Stellardrone - Penumbra

General Magic - Take The Bus

Finally some ambient groove -

Biosphere - Microgravity

Biosphere is the main recording name of Geir Jenssen (born 1962), a Norwegian musician who has released a notable catalogue of ambient electronic music. He is well known for his "ambient techno" and "arctic ambient" styles, his use of music loops, and peculiar samples from sci-fi sources. His track "Novelty Waves" was used for the 1995 campaign of Levi's. His 1997 album Substrata was voted by www.hyperreal.org as one of the all time classic ambient albums.

Microgravity is the debut album by Biosphere, released in 1992.

Enjoy.

Florence

So as expected, a rather dull day with rain , but one day that i am not traveling doing visits.

I finished off my reports this morning, so i am now up to date with everything. Thus, as i write, i ma listening to the second  album by Florence and The Machine, "Ceremonials" CD. Florence Welch and Isabella Summers started making music in Camden London in 2005, although originally calling themselves as Florence Robot & Isa Machine.



Expect another musical post later on.

LMC

I remember going to a number of festival in London put on by The London Musicians Collective (LMC) back in the early nineties, from 1992 if memory serves me right It was the first time i saw Faust, Voice Crack, Evan Parker, Derek Bailey and other jazz, improvisational or experimental and contemporary musicians.

Here is the Wikipedia entry about the LMC -

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Musicians_Collective

Here is a hostory of the LMC -

http://www.variant.org.uk/8texts/Clive_Bell.html

From that link this stood out for me -

"The next step was the First Annual Festival Of Experimental Music, five days in the Conway Hall, Holborn, in May 1992. Fresh-faced youths shared the stage with names from the Jurassic early seventies. Visitors from abroad notably included Ikue Mori (New York drum machinist, formerly of Arto Lindsay's DNA) and Sainkho Namtchalak (Mongolian throat singer wearing vinyl LP headdress). Baxter had the vision to see that if the event was big enough it would not only be visible on an international scale, but also more attractive to funding bodies. A hectic plethora of offstage performances, discussions, workshops and video screenings complemented the main concerts. At times the heated debates in the bar seemed as compelling as the music simultaneously bursting out of the hall. Suddenly journalists and promoters from Europe and the States were hanging out. Older improvisers were fiercely condemning the antics of younger ones, and anyone concerned about the LMC's health could heave sighs of relief."

I also remember buying the LMC magazine Resonance.



Also from the link above -

"Later that year (September 1992) the burgeoning newsletter finally exploded, supernova-like, into the pilot edition of Resonance magazine, under the editorship of Keith Cross and Mick Ritchie. Picking up the threads 12 years after the demise of Musics, Resonance has proved more durable. Seven years later its thought-provoking mix of interviews, reviews and theoretical articles now comes with the tempting bonus of a cover CD. Unlike the promotional fluff of most cover CDs, however, Resonance features recordings unavailable elsewhere, usually culled from LMC live events. The magazine has been creatively steered through the hands of a series of guest editors by Phil England. By keeping the editorial team small it has avoided the factional gang warfare that crippled Musics. And the sightlines have always been aimed wider than the confines of experimental music, trying rather to locate that music within a wider debate about culture"

It was through such ventures as this and Wire magazine that i got to know the music of Fennesz, Charlemagne Palestine and Pauline Oliveros, too name a few.

Sadly, Arts Council funding stopped in 2008 and the festival is no more.

Link to funding crisis -

http://www.l-m-c.org.uk/

Charmed Book

Guess what i found at Amazon. Another on my want list -




"In 1998, the series "Charmed", the story created by Constance M. Burge of three sisters who discover that they are powerful witches, first aired on the WB network. The series ran for eight series and into top-rating DVDs, and has established a continuing presence as cult TV. The world of "Charmed" is distinctively one of female solidarity, with sisters Piper, Prudence, Phoebe and, with the death of Pru, half-sister Paige making up the 'power of three'. In their crusade against the demonic population of their home city of San Francisco, the Halliwell sisters have also inherited their powers and "The Book of Shadows" through the female line. The expert contributors to "Investigating 'Charmed'", all of them fans of the show, explore its nature as ground breaking TV. They debate the status of "Charmed" as third wave feminist narrative, as well as its upturning of notions of sexuality, and its creation of alternative forms of family life. The San Francisco setting is explored as is "Charmed's" brand of witchcraft and fantasy, its mythological antecedents and female heroes. Looking also at the fans' relationship to the show, as well as its novelizations, fan fiction and blogs, the book on this fantastic magical show concludes with a complete Episode Guide."

Sunday Musical Selection - Theme Songs

Time for another musical foray -

The Smiths - How Soon Is Now

Yes, this is also the thee tune to Charmed (but done by a different group)

.. and the other version by Spit Love

Garbage - Crush (Goth Remix)

Used for the min-series Hex

Jace Everett - Bad Things

If it sounds familiar, it should. Theme tune to True Blood series.

Enjoy.

Terence Davies Interview

An interview with film maker Terence D from the BFI DVD about the Trilogy of films, Children, Madonna and Child, Death And Transfiguration.