Post Midnight Mix

A selection for the night people -

Ellen Arkbro – Mountain of Air

Ellen Arkbro - Chords For Organ

Ellen Arkbro (b. 1990) is a composer and sound artist based in Stockholm, Sweden. Working with intervallic harmony in just intonation, she composes for acoustic instruments, as well as for synthesized tone

Eliane Radigue - Elimination of Desires

Performed (Arp synthesizer) and recorded by Eliane Radigue; Robert Ashley, English voice; Lama Kunga Rinpoche, Tibetan voice

A double CD of all 5 of Radigue's songs in tribute to the Tibetan saint and poet from the eleventh century. Two of the tracks date from an 1983 LP (Radigue's first release), two are previously unreleased and the final 62-minute track was previously issued as a sole CD in 1987. The material is performed by Radigue (synthesizer and recording), Robert Ashley (English voice) and Lama Kunga Rinpoche (Tibetan voice). Radigue was born in France and has studied under Pierre Shaeffer and Pierre Henry; her musical has an extremely organic and mystical electronics vibe and has been previously documented on Phill Niblock's XI label, as well as Metamkine and Lovely.

( More info under the cut )

Pauline Anna Strom - In Flight Suspension

ENJOY

Good Morning

Saturday Swinging

It has been a mellow day of mostly lazing around.

I did pop into town midday to get some food and a bottle of wine again. I then had some very tasty vegan steaks on savoury pepper and tomato couscous bed.



I then listened to some BBC Radio 3 - the classical station - to find that I was also listening to programmes on world music, soundtracks and jazz. It has become less stuffy music wise and the evening are a delight with music that I can simply say is avant-garde.

So, I played that wonderful new Jeff Parker album, Suite For Max Brown, but just at 40 minutes, sound way too short lol. If you want to expand your definition of jazz this is a good starter.

Another excellent book came in the post, second hand and cheap - "American Composers".




Interviews are with John Cage, Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Laurie Anderson, Harold Budd, Glenn Branca, George Crumb, Lou Harrison, Alvin Lucier, Robert Ashley, Terry Riley, Michael Torke, Pauline Oliveros and Lamonte Young. All very relevant modern composers and hence this paperback is worth looking out for. Some like Cage and Budd have passed away now but their music lives on.

Meanwhile, I am having an evening with Scott Walker and his four albums beween 1969- 1970.



It may come across as pop or easy listening but these four albums are divine - recognised by Wire - and back in the day were ignored by the buying public. They also include some of the best Jaques Brel songs ever.

I shall put a music post on later.

Recent Book Acquisitions

Some are through Amazon and others were given to me by Mary at number 27 here in Waterstone Place.




These four above came from Mary.

Saturday Music Selection

Theses are for desdemonaspace.

One of Jacques Brel's most well-known songs -

Scott Walker - If You Go Away

Still brings me to tears after all these years. R.I.P.Scott.


Laurie Anderson - The Ugly One With the Jewels

Now here is an oddity I love, a klezmer band doing a Black Sabbath heavy metal band tune -

Koby Israelite / Drew Wynen - War Pigs

Is there such a genre as klezmer metal?

Okay, so I have put this one on before but it is one of the best tunes to come out of the New York punk period -

Television - Marquee Moon

and finally ..

Brian Wilson presents SMiLE - Heroes and Villains

A classic from 2004.