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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Sept. 10-23, 2018 Richard Wagner – Die Walküre – Astrid Varnay, Gré Brouwenstijn, Ramón Vinay, Hans Hotter, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra/Joseph Keilberth (Testament; 1955/2006) Dialog Tapes II by Various Artists Various artists – Dialog Tapes II (Eilean; 2018) Dialog Tapes II by Dauw
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. MFCS K | Tim Feeney – Burrow by Marginal Frequency Tim Feeney – Burrow (Marginal Frequency; 2018) Autobiography (Music from Wayne McGregor's Autobiography) by Jlin Jlin – Autobiography (Planet Mu; due Sept. 28, 2018) R.E.M. – Monster (Warner Bros.; 1994) Gabriel Kahane
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. July 2-8, 2018 Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube by Stephen Cornford Stephen Cornford – Electrocardiographs of a Cathode Ray Tube (A Wave Press; 2018) Glorias Navales Presenta El Blues de Istvan by Glorias Navales Glorias Navales – Glorias Navales Presenta El
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. King Crimson – The Elements 2018 Tour Box (DGM; 2018) sleep like it's winter by Jim O'Rourke Jim O'Rourke – sleep like it's winter (Newhere; 2018) Opalescence by Norbert Rodenkirchen / Robbie Lee / James Ilgenfritz Norbert Rodenkirchen/Robbie Lee/James Ilgenfritz – Opalescence
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. Gavin Bryars – The Fifth Century; Two Love Songs – The Crossing/Donald Nally, Prism Quartet (ECM; 2017) Blurred Music by Biliana Voutchkova / Michael Thieke Biliana Voutchkova/Michael Thieke – Blurred Music (elsewhere; due July 5, 2018) Musique pour le lever du jour
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A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears. AMM – The Crypt – 12th June 1968 (Matchless; 2008; digital via Otoroku) AMM – An Unintended Legacy (Matchless; 2018) Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018 by Robert Rich Robert Rich – Sleep Concert at Gray Area, 24 Feb 2018
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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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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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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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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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Classical Playlist: Jenny Lin, Joshua Rubin, David Aladashvili and MoreThe New York Times ArtsBeat, February 19, 2014 My contributions: ‘THERE NEVER IS NO LIGHT’ Joshua Rubin, clarinetist; Cory Smythe, pianist (Tundra/New Focus) PAINE: Orchestral Works Ulster Orchestra, conducted by JoAnn Falletta (Naxos) WORTHINGTON: ‘Even the Light Itself Falls’ ensemble et cetera (Populist; available via Bandcamp)
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<a href="http://noveller.bandcamp.com/album/artifact" data-mce-href="http://noveller.bandcamp.com/album/artifact">ARTIFACT by Noveller</a> "And you can tell everybody that this is your song…" Just out from Noveller – a.k.a. guitarist/looper/soundscaper Sarah Lipstate – is ARTIFACT, a new compilation of 12 short solo tracks, each created for an individual who purchased a copy of the limited-edition DVD box set of the same title that
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I've written about the music-sales website/service Bandcamp so often, here and on social-media channels, that I run the risk of sounding like a shill, I know. But I can't help it: I just love the browsing, streaming, shopping and sharing capabilities it delivers. Early on, my admiration was slightly mitigated by the idea that even
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Green Heights by Toshimaru Nakamura + Ken Ikeda + Tomoyoshi Date There's no reason why I should be surprised to find anything on Bandcamp nowadays… and anyone who knows me even a little, in person or online, also knows what an avid ’camper I am. Still, I admit that I was pleasantly taken aback to
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<a href="http://gestinson.bandcamp.com/album/masters-of-the-abstract-an-homage" _mce_href="http://gestinson.bandcamp.com/album/masters-of-the-abstract-an-homage">masters of the abstract (an homage) by g.e.stinson</a> Left coast guitar artist GE Stinson, a founding member of seminal New Age/fusion ensemble Shadowfax who moved onward to all manner of rich, gripping projects, has just reposted this 2011 "homage to some of the masters of abstract jazz and improvisation." I was going to
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<a href="http://umorrex.bandcamp.com/album/collected-works-vol-1-the-moog-years" _mce_href="http://umorrex.bandcamp.com/album/collected-works-vol-1-the-moog-years">Collected Works Vol. 1 The Moog Years by M. Geddes Gengras</a> Compilations aren't generally things I spend much time recommending. But in the case of an artist as madly prolific as California synth muso M. Geddes Gengras, Collected Works Vol. 1, a new anthology from Mexican label Umor Rex, is a godsend. Subtitled
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<a href="http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-1" _mce_href="http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-1">Steamroom 1 by Jim O&#39;Rourke</a> A hefty, heady trove of new and recent music by Jim O'Rourke has just turned up on Bandcamp, priced inexpensively and available in a variety of file formats, lossless and otherwise. I've just bought Steamroom 1, a 2012 recording O'Rourke pressed up for his recent Japanese tour with
Night After Night 