Steve Smith
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The Real Me by Jeremy Flower Orlande de Lassus – Prophetiae Sibyllarum – Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street/Scott Allen Jarrett; Daniel Felsenfeld – Astrophysical Mass – Choir of Trinity Church Wall Street, NOVUS NY/Julian Wachner (Trinity Church Wall Street webcast) Rapoon – Seeds in the Tide, Vol. 4 (Zoharum) Yael Barolsky – Meanderings (self-released…
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Praise The Thaw by Courage Cloak Conrad Schnitzler – Ballet Statique (Con) (M=minimal) Courage Cloak – Praise the Thaw (self-released < Bandcamp) High aura'd & Mike Shiflet – Awake (Type) Robert Fripp – Sound Warehouse, Chicago, Illinois, June 18, 1979 (DGMLive) Van Morrison – Common One (Legacy) Grateful Dead – Fare Thee Well: Soldier Field,…
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Joseph Kudirka – Beauty and Industry – Apartment House (Another Timbre) Jürg Frey – Circles and Landscapes – Philip Thomas (Another Timbre)> In Memoriam Cornelius Cardew; Circular Music No. 5; Extended Circular Music No. 2; Pianist, Alone (2); Miniature in Five Parts; Extended Circular Music No. 9 Troy Schafer – Untitled No. 4 (Round Bale…
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The Subliminal and the Sublime by Chris Dingman Sky-Pony – Beautiful Monster (Knitting Factory) Mivos Quartet – Reappearances (Carrier)> Alex Mincek – String Quartet No. 3; Wolfgang Rihm – Quartettstudie; David Brynjar Franzson – on Repetition and Reappearances; Felipe Lara – Corde Vocale XTC – Oranges & Lemons (Ape House) Yes – Fragile (Panegyric) King…
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King Crimson – Dome, Brighton, England, October 16, 1971 (King Crimson Collectors' Club/DGM) Yes – Relayer (Atlantic/Rhino) King Crimson – Orpheum Theatre, Boston, MA, March 27, 1972 (King Crimson Collectors' Club/DGM) Kacey Musgraves – Pageant Material (Mercury Nashville) King Crimson – Zoom Club, Frankfurt, Germany, April 12, 1971 (DGMLive) Bent Knee – Shiny Eyed Babies…
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The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. Kacey MusgravesPageant Material(Mercury Nashville; 2015) If visceral responses at times convey as much as verbal cues, and sometimes more, then tonight's soak, by turns rowdy and mellow, provides further confirmation that Kacey Musgraves is the real thing. Transcribed Observed Nov. 27, 2015.
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The Girl's continuing journey through music, with The Dad taking notes. YesRelayer(Atlantic; 1974) The Girl has basked to Berg, cavorted to Cecil Taylor, and washed to Willie Nelson. So tonight, we went deep. One-word verdict on Relayer by Yes: "Happy." Transcribed Nov. 25, 2015. ========== The above text was the first post in a series…
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Fórn – Weltschmerz (Gilead Media < Bandcamp; due Dec. 11) Alessio Bax – Bach, Transcribed (Signum)> Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor (BWV 1001; arr. Godowsky); "Sheep may safely graze" (from BWV 208; arr. Kempff); Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D – Air (from BWV 1068; arr. Siloti); Violin Partita…
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King Crimson – Live at the Warfield & Live at Nakano Sun Plaza from Blu-ray 2 (THRAK BOX disc 16) (DGM) King Crimson – New YorKc THRAK (THRAK BOX discs 9/10) (DGM) King Crimson – AzteKc THRAK (THRAK BOX discs 11/12) (DGM) Cecil Taylor – Conquistador (Blue Note) Cradle of Filth – Damnation and a…
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Violin/Sine by Morgan Evans-Weiler King Crimson – Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA, Nov. 27, 1981 (DGMlive) Dead & Company – DCU Center, Worcester, MA, Nov. 10, 2016 (Archive.org) Morgan Evans-Weiler – Violin/Sine (Individual Lines < Bandcamp) Abbath – Abbath (Season of Mist; due Jan. 22) Low Estate – Blood Horizon (Bandcamp) Spylacopa – Parallels (Rising…
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Rush – R40 Live (Rounder; due Nov. 20) Black Sabbath – 13 (Vertigo) King Crimson – Central Park, New York, NY, July 1, 1974 (The Road to Red 20) (DGM) Cryptopsy – The Book of Suffering – Tome 1 (Galy < Bandcamp) High aura’d & Mike Shiflet – Awake (Type) Grateful Dead – Dave’s Picks,…
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Tsalal by ARIADNE Ariadne – Tsalal (Auris Apothecary < Bandcamp) :zoviet*france: – Shouting at the Ground (Red Rhino < YouTube) Grant Evans – Brittle (Helen Scarsdale Agency < Bandcamp) Skomsvold & Schlienz – Blaue Stunde (SicSic < Bandcamp) Majeure – Union of Worlds (Constellation Tatsu < Bandcamp) Tangerine Dream – The Official Bootleg Series, Volume…
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Hate Eternal – Conquering the Throne (Wicked World) Hate Eternal – King of All Kings (Earache) Hate Eternal – I, Monarch (Earache) Hate Eternal – Fury & Flames (Metal Blade) Hate Eternal – Phoenix Amongst the Ashes (Metal Blade) Hate Eternal – Infernus (Season of Mist) Anderson Ponty Band – Better Late Than Never (Liaison)…
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Overflow Pool by Mogador Sean McCann – Ten Impressions for Piano & Strings (Root Strata) Alexander Scriabin – Piano Sonata No. 3 in F-sharp minor (Op. 23); Etude in C-sharp minor (Op. 2, No. 1); Prelude for left hand alone (Op. 9, No. 1); Modest Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition; Night on the Bare…
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King Crimson – Casino Arena, Asbury Park, NJ, June 28, 1974 (remix) (The Road to Red 15) (DGM) Burnt Belief – Etymology (Alchemy) Luigi Nono – Polifonica-Monodia-Ritmica – Ensemble of the CMW, University of Minnesota (YouTube) Extreme Noise Terror – Extreme Noise Terror (Willowtip; due Nov. 5) Bill Laswell & Tetsu Inoue – Web (Subharmonic)…
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Ilimaq by John Luther Adams & Glenn Kotche Paula Matthusen – Pieces for People (Innova)> sparrows in supermarkets – Terri Hron; limerance – James Moore; the days are nouns – Jamie Jordan, Manta Percussion; AEG (movements III & IV) – fixed media, Kathleen Supové, Yvonne Troxler, Molly Shaiken, Tiit Helimets; of architecture and accumulation –…
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Robert Scott Thompson – Pale Blue Dot (excerpts) (Anodize < Bandcamp; due Fall 2015) The Gurdjieff Folk Instruments Ensemble – Komitas (ECM New Series; due Oct. 2) James Moore & Andie Springer – Gertrudes: music for violin and resonator guitar (New World)> Larry Polansky – 10 Strings (9 Events); Paula Matthusen – in absentia; James…
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