Steve Smith
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I believe that our culture (and by “our culture” I’m talking about North America, and perhaps also Europe, to some extent) has undergone a fundamental shift. Expertise is no longer much valued in the cultural sphere; rather, it seems that the currently prevailing belief is that any one person’s opinion is as good as any…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky, 1971-92 by Noah Creshevsky ノア・クレシェフスキー Noah Creshevsky – The Tape Music of Noah Creshevsky 1971-92 (EM Records; 2004) Hyperrealist Music, ハイパーリアリスト・ミュージック, 2011-2015 by Noah Creshevsky ノア・クレシェフスキー Noah Creshevsky – Hyperrealist Music 2011-2015 (EM Records; 2015) Reanimator…
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Why am I sharing screenshots of concert listings from The New Yorker? Because they are mine. I wrote them. And now, I can say so, because as of the June 18 issue, The New Yorker is publishing bylines with its listings in the Goings On About Town section – to which I have been an…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. William Schuman – Symphony No. 9 ("The Ardeatine Caves") – Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy (RCA Red Seal; 1971) Lili Boulanger – D'un soir triste – BBC Philharmonic/Yan Pascal Tortelier (Chandos; 1999) erased de kooning by vanessa rossetto Vanessa Rossetto – erased de kooning…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Jakob Ullmann – Müntzers stern/solo II – Dafne Vicente-Sandoval (Edition RZ; 2018; listen to excerpts here) Imbrication by Jeph Jerman Jeph Jerman – Imbrication (Unfathomless; 2018) Sound Diary of Quiet Pedestrians by Mathieu Ruhlmann & Joda Clément Mathieu Ruhlberg & Joda Clément…
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THREE MINUTES until @DetroitSymphony live webcast of two new pieces, Roshanne Etezady's 'Diamond Rain' and @chriscerrone Violin Concerto (with the fabulous @JenniferKoh1), plus Tchaikovsky's 'Pathétique,' all conducted by @PeterOundjian here: https://t.co/78LDdjtX9F #DSOLive pic.twitter.com/GH8g0Yb7yf — Steve Smith (@nightafternight) May 26, 2018 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js That was a very fine spoken introduction @PeterOundjian just offered… informative, optimistic, funny when…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Tremble In Blue: Or, The Bodies We Leave Behind by Nova Scotian Arms Nova Scotian Arms – Tremble in Blue: Or, The Bodies We Leave Behind (Hooker Vision; 2008) Thomas Martin Nutt – Trichromatic Moiré – Sarah Hennies (Sonic Art Research Unit;…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Steamroom 40 by Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke – Steamroom 40 (Steamroom; 2018) Leon Kirchner – Lily – Diana Hoagland, Columbia Chamber Soloists/Leon Kirchner; String Quartet No. 2 – Lenox String Quartet (Columbia Masterworks; 1974) Anthony Braxton – Five Compositions (Quartet) 1986 (Black…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Become Ocean by John Luther Adams John Luther Adams – Become Ocean – Seattle Symphony/Ludovic Morlot (Cantaloupe Music; 2014) Inuksuit by John Luther Adams John Luther Adams – Inuksuit – ensemble/Doug Perkins (Cantaloupe Music; 2013) I Ended Out Moving To Brixton by…
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"Clarice Jensen: A Consummate Team Player Calls Her Own Tune"National Sawdust LogApril 3, 2018[link] As the founder of one of New York City’s most versatile and in-demand new-music groups, the American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), the cellist Clarice Jensen has been an advocate for countless composers. The ensemble initially bridged the so-called uptown and downtown…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Landmarks by Celer + Forest Management Celer + Forest Management – Landmarks (Constellation Tatsu; 2018) Henry Threadgill – The Complete Novus and Columbia Recordings of Henry Threadgill and Air (Mosaic; 1978-96/2010) Dan Weiss – Starebaby (Pi Recordings; due Apr. 6, 2018) Backscatter…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Within / Without by Kyle Landstra Kyle Landstra – Within / Without (Muzan Editions; 2018) Clara de Asís – Do Nothing (Another Timbre; 2018) Bruno Duplant – Chamber and Field Works 2015-2017 (Another Timbre; 2018) > all that I learned and then forgot; where…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Tom Carter – 58 Minutes Over Brussels (self-released Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2018) Bobby Previte – Rhapsody (RareNoise; 2018) Sonar with David Torn – Vortex (RareNoise; 2018) Retroactions by Kassel Jaeger Kassel Jaeger – Retroactions (Éliane Tapes/Moving Furniture; 2018) Düsseldorf recital by Dante…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Sarah Hennies – Fleas (Ultraviolet Light; 2018) Travelling by Muyassar Kurdi Muyassar Kurdi – Travelling (No Rent; 2018) Lilliput by riverrun riverrun – Lilliput (self-released; 2018) D’Agala by Sylvie Courvoisier Trio Sylvie Courvoisier Trio – D'Agala (Intakt; 2018) Earth Tones at the…
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Daniel Land One of the things I've always cherished about Brian Eno's 1982 album Ambient 4: On Land is the sense it gives of occupying a space that's somewhere and nowhere at once. Like Ambient 1: Music for Airports, its better known predecessor, On Land is part of Eno's classic sequence of four albums denoted…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Frank Zappa – The Yellow Shark – Ensemble Modern/Peter Rundel (1993/2012; Barking Pumpkin/Zappa Family Trust) Roman Grygoriv & Illia Razumeiko – IYOV – Maryana Golovko, Anna Marych, Oleksandra Mailliet, Andrey Koshman, Ruslan Kirsh, Anton Lytvynov, Elizaveta Kurbanmagometova, Janna Marchynskaya, Andrey Nadolskiy, Roman…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Chaya Czernowin – Hidden (Wergo; 2018) > Adiantum Capillus-Veneris – Inbal Hever; Hidden – JACK Quartet The Bad Plus – These Are the Vistas (Columbia; 2003) Orrin Evans – The Evolution of Oneself (Smoke Sessions; 2015) Sarah Davachi – All My Circles…
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Regular playlists will resume next Monday, Jan. 8, on National Sawdust Log. Meanwhile, this is everything memorable that I spun or streamed between Dec. 18 and Dec. 31, 2017. Rest in peace, Kevin Mahogany and Roswell Rudd. Dec. 18-24, 2017 Percy Grainger…
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