Good Night

Good Morning

In The Bourne

It has been quite a mild and occasionally sunny day and felt warmer than usual. I popped over to Sititgboune to do one survey and another here in Faversham. So in all, a fairly easy day.

No plans for anything tomorrow or Thursday as yet but Friday may be a busy day.

Just Wondering

What device would you bring to a journey to the north?

What would be your animal spirit daemon?

Totally Wired #1

Time I did another music post guys and gals and it is all totally Wired!
Another mixed bag of newer grooves this time -

808 State - Skylon

Transmission Suite

℗ 2019 808 State

Released on: 2019-10-11

Boreal Massif - We All Have An Impact

We All Have An Impact · Boreal Massif

We All Have An Impact

℗ Pessimist Productions

Released on: 2019-10-11

Maria Chavez - V

Chick Corea Trio - Pastime Paradise

All reviewed in current (December) issue of Wire.



Enjoy.

Totally Wired #2

More Wired grooves -

Pan American - Memphis Helena

From the new album "A Son" (Kranky Records)

Empath - Soft Shape

From the album by Empath "Active Listening: Night on Earth"
2019 Get Better Records

Carl Stone - Himalaya

Fromthe album - Himalaya (with Akaihirume)
(Unseen Worlds CD)
"the final glide through spacious textures and rarefied tunings – leading towards intonations from the Japanese vocalist Akaihirume – reconnects your soul with the stuff of sound itself as you ruminate on an epic journey, both exhilarating and affecting."


Unsay - Sapphire

From the "Virginity" album (Bandcamp dowlnoad)


Enjoy!

Totally Wired #3

More weird and wonderful new releases -

People Like Us - The Mirror

In a career that has spanned more than 25 years and produced a wealth of projects, releases and sound art installations, The Mirror finds Vicki Bennett focusing purely on the function of popular music or, more specifically, the effect of its constituent parts when broken down and reassembled. Where some artists hack existing instruments and technologies to create their new sounds, Bennett has circuit-bent the songs themselves. The nostalgic warmth of one piece diverts the melancholia of another to derail our emotional response. And while this has been attempted before with various mash-ups and collages, those pieces have never resulted in something undeniably new. With The Mirror Bennett has proven herself an alchemist of popular music, able to push her source material into fresh and engaging places.

Xylouris White - Tree Song

Track from "The Sisypheans" LP/CD, available on November 8, 2019 from Drag City.


The former, a Greek lute player, comes from a Cretan folk tradition, audibly and biologically – his father and two of his uncles are each revered for their contributions to that legacy. Central in Australian drummer White’s large discography, meanwhile, is Dirty Three, notable for their ability to convey sorrow without recourse to lyrics. Here, as with Warren Ellis’s violin in Dirty Three, the meeting of tavern-tipsy stringed instrument and quietly stormy percussion achieves emotional heft.