axolotl
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Little Milton played a mean blues guitar.
Does Ton Koopman play a mean blue harpsichord?
What are you listening to? February 2022
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Little Milton played a mean blues guitar.
Does Ton Koopman play a mean blue harpsichord?
Ojai Sam
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Flemish Double by Matthew Redsell ~ Withdrawn ~
4274 MA Flemish double manual harpsichord by Matthew James Redsell, Toronto, 1984, after Johannes Daniel Dulcken 1745 (Smithsonian Collection). Rebuilt by HCH in 1998. FF - f ’’’, 8’, 8’, 4’, nasale, transposing A440/415, , hand stops in keywell, wooden jacks, delrin plectra, bone naturals...
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Ojai Sam
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If he didn’t, he sure could have.
Flemish Double by Matthew Redsell ~ Withdrawn ~
4274 MA Flemish double manual harpsichord by Matthew James Redsell, Toronto, 1984, after Johannes Daniel Dulcken 1745 (Smithsonian Collection). Rebuilt by HCH in 1998. FF - f ’’’, 8’, 8’, 4’, nasale, transposing A440/415, , hand stops in keywell, wooden jacks, delrin plectra, bone naturals...
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Nickyboy
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The Sound- Jeopardy (1980)
Rick might like this.
Rick might like this.
Unsomnambulist
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The Byrds - The Notorious Byrd Brothers (1968)
Unsomnambulist
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The Sound - Jeopardy (1980, 2001 Remaster)
Unsomnambulist
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Fuck Buttons - Slow Focus (2013)
2013? Wow. I still think of this as the "new" Fuck Buttons.
2013? Wow. I still think of this as the "new" Fuck Buttons.
Unsomnambulist
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R.E.M. - Dead Letter Office (1987)
Ojai Sam
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Maurizio Pollini (piano), Slavka Taskova (soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony (Claudio Abbado, cond.) - Nono: Como Una Ola De Fuerza Y Luz (1974)
This unique avant garde piece is one of Luigi Nono's crowning achievements, created in 1972 as a memorial to Chilean leftist Luciano Cruz. Wiki tells us why it is so unusual:
Como una ola de fuerza y luz is a composition in one movement, even though Nono specified at least two sung segments in the score. The composition should have a duration of exactly 30 minutes and 5 seconds, since the orchestra is supposed to follow the indications and the timing in the tape. It has often been described as a secular requiem or as an epitaph (even by Nono himself). However, Nono rejected the notion of it being a triple concerto for soprano, piano, and tape.
The composition is scored for four flutes, four piccolos, four oboes, four clarinets, two bass clarinets, four bassoons, two contrabassoons, six horns, four trumpets, three trombones, two contrabass trombones, one tuba, two percussionists playing the timpani, two more playing the bass drum, and two more playing the tam-tam; a harp, amplified by a contact microphone placed on the soundboard, the loud speaker located near the harp; a solo piano, amplified from the 23-minute-and-38-second mark by a microphone placed under the piano, the loudspeaker placed separate from the piano; a soprano, a large string section consisting of twelve first violins, twelve second violins, twelve violas, twelve violoncelli, twelve doublebasses, and a four-channel tape machine, located halfway down, or almost at the back, of the hall.
The work had its debut in Milan with Pollini (Nono's dear friend), Taskova and Abbado all on board. Even now, listening to this piece is a chilling experience, offering a hint of the mind-blowing evening the audience enjoyed at Teatro Della Scala so many years ago.
This unique avant garde piece is one of Luigi Nono's crowning achievements, created in 1972 as a memorial to Chilean leftist Luciano Cruz. Wiki tells us why it is so unusual:
Como una ola de fuerza y luz is a composition in one movement, even though Nono specified at least two sung segments in the score. The composition should have a duration of exactly 30 minutes and 5 seconds, since the orchestra is supposed to follow the indications and the timing in the tape. It has often been described as a secular requiem or as an epitaph (even by Nono himself). However, Nono rejected the notion of it being a triple concerto for soprano, piano, and tape.
The composition is scored for four flutes, four piccolos, four oboes, four clarinets, two bass clarinets, four bassoons, two contrabassoons, six horns, four trumpets, three trombones, two contrabass trombones, one tuba, two percussionists playing the timpani, two more playing the bass drum, and two more playing the tam-tam; a harp, amplified by a contact microphone placed on the soundboard, the loud speaker located near the harp; a solo piano, amplified from the 23-minute-and-38-second mark by a microphone placed under the piano, the loudspeaker placed separate from the piano; a soprano, a large string section consisting of twelve first violins, twelve second violins, twelve violas, twelve violoncelli, twelve doublebasses, and a four-channel tape machine, located halfway down, or almost at the back, of the hall.
The work had its debut in Milan with Pollini (Nono's dear friend), Taskova and Abbado all on board. Even now, listening to this piece is a chilling experience, offering a hint of the mind-blowing evening the audience enjoyed at Teatro Della Scala so many years ago.
axolotl
Nunquam non paratus
KPT.Michi.Gan ~ Player, Player (2003)
Glitch, Minimal Techno
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kpt.michi.gan: Player, Player
Despite their increasing notoriety for doing bad things like killing people, machines can be pretty awesome. It's the summer ...
Zeeba Neighba
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Grateful Dead - Grateful Dead (Skull & Roses) (1971)
Been checking out the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop annual lists and figured I'd go through 1971's top 10 (after Robert Christau's absence from the Voice they'd resume annually until the paper closed shop in 2018)
Several "usual suspects" and after #10 Tapestry, #9 Joni Mitchell's Blue, and #8 Concert for Bangladesh (which is not streaming but I happily have on LP), listened to this one today, the Dead's second major live album released after Live/Dead (there were two single live single discs in between - Vintage Dead and Historic Dead).
Not really a Dead fan and I don't think I've every checked this one out, but actually enjoyed it a lot - even more than I remember liking Live/Dead - probably sacrilegious I know but several shorter tighter songs on this one (though there are still a couple of long album side jams).
Been checking out the Village Voice's Pazz & Jop annual lists and figured I'd go through 1971's top 10 (after Robert Christau's absence from the Voice they'd resume annually until the paper closed shop in 2018)
Several "usual suspects" and after #10 Tapestry, #9 Joni Mitchell's Blue, and #8 Concert for Bangladesh (which is not streaming but I happily have on LP), listened to this one today, the Dead's second major live album released after Live/Dead (there were two single live single discs in between - Vintage Dead and Historic Dead).
Not really a Dead fan and I don't think I've every checked this one out, but actually enjoyed it a lot - even more than I remember liking Live/Dead - probably sacrilegious I know but several shorter tighter songs on this one (though there are still a couple of long album side jams).
Unsomnambulist
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Joe Strummer y Los Mescaleros - Global A Go-Go (2001)
Zeeba Neighba
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Joy of Cooking - Joy of Cooking (1970)
#6 on 1971's Pazz & Jop list - it's been ages since I've broken this one out. It's a shame - pure negligence - excellent bluesy folk rock album that sadly has been forgotten by most. One can feel the Janis influence here - of course here it takes two female vocalists to make up one Janis. Still, excellent stuff
#6 on 1971's Pazz & Jop list - it's been ages since I've broken this one out. It's a shame - pure negligence - excellent bluesy folk rock album that sadly has been forgotten by most. One can feel the Janis influence here - of course here it takes two female vocalists to make up one Janis. Still, excellent stuff
axolotl
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^ I've always thought of their first album as the Dancing Couple album.
There is the briefest of songs on the end of Side One entitled "Dancing Couple", plus the sketch image on the right side of the cover art. If you enhance it, it depicts a couple in a wild frolic, dancing.
I also like Closer to the Ground but find it a tad less cohesive.
There is the briefest of songs on the end of Side One entitled "Dancing Couple", plus the sketch image on the right side of the cover art. If you enhance it, it depicts a couple in a wild frolic, dancing.
I also like Closer to the Ground but find it a tad less cohesive.
Unsomnambulist
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Hawkwind - In Search Of Space (1971)
Unsomnambulist
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Goon - Paint By Numbers, Vol 1 (2022)
A more mellow, non-grunge Goon. @axolotl, you might like this.
A more mellow, non-grunge Goon. @axolotl, you might like this.
Unsomnambulist
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Nadja - Nalepa (2022)
