After 30 years, 106 tours across 105 countries and countless records, THANK YOU! This one is on Public Enemy. Get it while it’s free
- Chuck D
Sunday 2 July 2017
The way it can be
This is the best thing I've seen today pic.twitter.com/ajyRZ2KXpa— m ♡ (@wangjckson) June 29, 2017
Amplified Gesture
Directed and edited by Phil Hopkins, with interviews conducted by Nick Luscombe, Amplified Gesture (2009) takes us to the studios and workspaces of eleven leading improvisers across Europe and Japan – from legends like saxophonist Evan Parker to rising stars including Christian Fennesz. Their conversations teach us about improvisation as a practice and as a culture. “The aim was to pique the interest of the audience in the hope that they would wish to find out more,” says Hopkins. “I do think there are insights in this film which apply to anyone concerned or connected with other kinds of artistic endeavour. By focussing principally on the ideas and philosophies, I think we arrived at something quite ‘pure’.”
“There’s isn’t, to my knowledge, a comprehensive film on this subject, these musicians, the history of free improvisation as seen through the eyes and ears of its European practitioners,” says David Sylvian whose label made this film. “It’s a unique branch of the evolution of free jazz through to free improv, a story that’s not adequately been told on film. We attempt to touch upon the opening of the East to these influences and the significant impact artists such as Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura have had upon the scene, and how that exchange broadens the conversation, contributing to an ongoing evolution of ideas.”
Keith Rowe and Eddie Prévost recall the birth of England’s groundbreaking ensemble AMM, while in Japan’s younger onkyo scene, practitioners such as Yoshihide, Nakamura, and Sachiko M describe their relationship with machines that defy mastery, like Nakamura’s no-input mixing board. Their discussions range from how they first began this practice – leaving behind old idioms and popular music in pursuit of the unknown – to the unending process of learning from their collaborators, their instruments, and the ever-changing circumstances in which they find themselves. As saxophonist John Butcher explains in the film, “It wasn’t an idiomatic choice you were making. It was a life choice, about how you wanted to approach life, and how you wanted to approach creativity, and how you wanted to approach music.”
Instrumental outtakes from Manafon provide the score, but the documentary eschews that project to focus on the musicians, and the almost fifty years of history and discovery that they represent.
Free improvisation is a field that is rarely documented and often misunderstood. This gorgeously-filmed and quietly intriguing documentary will lure in new listeners, while rewarding fans with new insights and rare glimpses into the hearts and minds of these musicians – the pioneers who commit to improv as a form, a challenge, and a lifelong journey
“There’s isn’t, to my knowledge, a comprehensive film on this subject, these musicians, the history of free improvisation as seen through the eyes and ears of its European practitioners,” says David Sylvian whose label made this film. “It’s a unique branch of the evolution of free jazz through to free improv, a story that’s not adequately been told on film. We attempt to touch upon the opening of the East to these influences and the significant impact artists such as Otomo Yoshihide and Toshimaru Nakamura have had upon the scene, and how that exchange broadens the conversation, contributing to an ongoing evolution of ideas.”
Keith Rowe and Eddie Prévost recall the birth of England’s groundbreaking ensemble AMM, while in Japan’s younger onkyo scene, practitioners such as Yoshihide, Nakamura, and Sachiko M describe their relationship with machines that defy mastery, like Nakamura’s no-input mixing board. Their discussions range from how they first began this practice – leaving behind old idioms and popular music in pursuit of the unknown – to the unending process of learning from their collaborators, their instruments, and the ever-changing circumstances in which they find themselves. As saxophonist John Butcher explains in the film, “It wasn’t an idiomatic choice you were making. It was a life choice, about how you wanted to approach life, and how you wanted to approach creativity, and how you wanted to approach music.”
Instrumental outtakes from Manafon provide the score, but the documentary eschews that project to focus on the musicians, and the almost fifty years of history and discovery that they represent.
Free improvisation is a field that is rarely documented and often misunderstood. This gorgeously-filmed and quietly intriguing documentary will lure in new listeners, while rewarding fans with new insights and rare glimpses into the hearts and minds of these musicians – the pioneers who commit to improv as a form, a challenge, and a lifelong journey
Saturday 1 July 2017
Tick Tock Tick Tock...
If anyone you know doubts that it's ILLEGAL for Trump to collude with a foreign power as it attacks our infrastructure, RETWEET THIS THREAD. pic.twitter.com/mIr0OEpnm9— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 28, 2017
HERE
EX EYE - Xenolith; The Anvil
Debut album from EX EYE, the instrumental, post-everything quartet led by renowned saxophonist Colin Stetson and featuring the otherworldly drumming of Greg Fox. EX EYE seamlessly weave between precise, clockwork intricacy and aggressive, ecstatic abandon while taking the listener on a cathartic, thrilling journey to total transcendence. Recorded live at EX EYE member Shahzad Ismaily's Figure 8 Studios in Brooklyn, NY (Blonde Redhead, Damien Rice, Okkervil River, Son Lux, Pussy Riot), the self-titled debut showcases a band that is without question the sum of its parts, as each player contributes not only their own particular technical prowess and expertise but also their signature compositional character. EX EYE make incredibly complex yet beautifully dramatic and emotive music which eclipses usual expectation of style or genre and is sure to be talked about for many years to come
In my book Colin Stetson can do no wrong
Friday 30 June 2017
HA!
I think I'm in with a chance ??!!! https://t.co/faXVjWsRY1— Annie Lennox (@AnnieLennox) June 29, 2017
Annie Lennox 'scouted' by US radio
Thursday 29 June 2017
Starts tonight: FUCK IT! we're having a group show (Collingwood Melbourne)
Hosted by Be Free
This exhibition is about good people, creative works and a great bar!
29 June - 12 July
29 June at 18:00 to 12 July at 16:00
Kent Street
201 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 3065
Featuring:
Abyss 607 https://www.instagram.com/ abyss_607/
Amy Jean https://www.instagram.com/ amyjean_/
Astrotwitch https://www.instagram.com/ astrotwitch/
Bailer https://www.instagram.com/ _bailer/
Be Free https://www.instagram.com/ befreeart/
Drew Funk (Syd) https://www.instagram.com/ drewfunk/
Erin Greer https://www.instagram.com/ eringreerillustration/
Fox https://www.instagram.com/ foxtheartist/
Goodie https://www.instagram.com/ g.0.0.d.i.e/
HA HA https://www.instagram.com/ regantamanui/
Hollie M Kelley https://www.instagram.com/ holliedrawsnature/
Jimmy Lee https://www.instagram.com/ jimmyleeart/
Nev Sety (Syd) https://www.instagram.com/ nev.sety/
Lu Quade (Newcastle) https://www.instagram.com/ lu.quade/
Minou (Bris) https://www.instagram.com/ minouart/
Mouf (Bris) https://www.instagram.com/ sodamouf/
Mupz https://www.instagram.com/ mrmupz/
Nicholas Millen https://www.instagram.com/ nrmillen/
Putos https://www.instagram.com/ putospaint/
Ryan McGennisken https://www.instagram.com/ ryan_mcgennisken/
Shane McRobb
Suki https://www.instagram.com/ sukitheartist/
The Dunken Yobbo https://www.instagram.com/ the_drunken_yobbo/
Guest DJ - meander
https://soundcloud.com/ meandr
This exhibition is about good people, creative works and a great bar!
29 June - 12 July
29 June at 18:00 to 12 July at 16:00
Kent Street
201 Smith Street, Collingwood, Victoria, Australia 3065
Featuring:
Abyss 607 https://www.instagram.com/
Amy Jean https://www.instagram.com/
Astrotwitch https://www.instagram.com/
Bailer https://www.instagram.com/
Be Free https://www.instagram.com/
Drew Funk (Syd) https://www.instagram.com/
Erin Greer https://www.instagram.com/
Fox https://www.instagram.com/
Goodie https://www.instagram.com/
HA HA https://www.instagram.com/
Hollie M Kelley https://www.instagram.com/
Jimmy Lee https://www.instagram.com/
Nev Sety (Syd) https://www.instagram.com/
Lu Quade (Newcastle) https://www.instagram.com/
Minou (Bris) https://www.instagram.com/
Mouf (Bris) https://www.instagram.com/
Mupz https://www.instagram.com/
Nicholas Millen https://www.instagram.com/
Putos https://www.instagram.com/
Ryan McGennisken https://www.instagram.com/
Shane McRobb
Suki https://www.instagram.com/
The Dunken Yobbo https://www.instagram.com/
Guest DJ - meander
https://soundcloud.com/
Wednesday 28 June 2017
Voice Mix
Tracklist:
1 Louis Kappa by Voice
2 Gaprindi Shavo Mertskhalo by Hamlet Gonashvili
3 Improvisation by Maggie Nicols/Phil Minton
4 Sabodisho by The Rustavi Choir
5 Mayruli by The Tsinandali Choir
6 Alfred Scnittke's Concerto For Choir (1) by Swedish Radio Choir
7 Une Coup de Des by The Hilliard Ensemble/Barry Guy
8 The Men of Barra Know How To Drink But The Women Know How To Sing by Talisker/Voice
Tuesday 27 June 2017
Monday 26 June 2017
Sunday 25 June 2017
Friday 23 June 2017
'Terrorist Synthesiser'
"Terrorist synthesizer" pic.twitter.com/rbDG84233s— padgog (@padgog) June 21, 2017
Thursday 22 June 2017
Kasper Opstrup: Invisible Insurrections and Radical Imaginaries in the UK Underground 1961-91 (2017)
Here we encounter a series of figures – including Alexander Trocchi, R. D. Laing, Joseph Berke, Brion Gysin, William Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge – that blurred the lines between inner and outer, the invisible and the material. Four singular forms of speculative techniques for igniting an invisible insurrection with cultural means make up the central case studies: the sigma project, London Anti-University, Academy 23 and thee Temple ov Psychick Youth(PDF)
Info
Wednesday 21 June 2017
Sunday 18 June 2017
Kraftwerk's Transport Rider
Have been sitting on this illicit snap of Kraftwerk's transport rider for so long now. It's so wonderfully Kraftwerk. Enjoy. #SuaveBreakers pic.twitter.com/aZAGTbvKDX— frozen reeds (@frozenreeds) June 18, 2017
Saturday 17 June 2017
Beauty In The Eye of The Red Dragonfly Mix
For Paul in Japan with love X
Tracklist
1 A Gentle Hand To Hold by Brock Van Wey
2 New Horizons by Netherworld
3 Sonorous [Variant Reduction] by Echospace
4 Drones & Viola (Part IV: Material In A Long Cadence) by Nico Muhly
5 Defined Horizons by Ian Hawgood & Wil Bolton
6 Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 3 [Album Version] by Murcof X Vanessa Wagner
7 Waste Land 1 by Shinichi Atobe
8 A Piece of Forgotten Song Drifting Across the Water [Haad Rin Sunrise Mix] by Makyo
9 Chrystalline by Zonal
10 Beauty In The Breakage by Ian Hawgood
Tracklist
1 A Gentle Hand To Hold by Brock Van Wey
2 New Horizons by Netherworld
3 Sonorous [Variant Reduction] by Echospace
4 Drones & Viola (Part IV: Material In A Long Cadence) by Nico Muhly
5 Defined Horizons by Ian Hawgood & Wil Bolton
6 Erik Satie's Gnossienne No. 3 [Album Version] by Murcof X Vanessa Wagner
7 Waste Land 1 by Shinichi Atobe
8 A Piece of Forgotten Song Drifting Across the Water [Haad Rin Sunrise Mix] by Makyo
9 Chrystalline by Zonal
10 Beauty In The Breakage by Ian Hawgood
Georgina Brett - Grenfell Requiem
A piece originally written for a friend who's son was dying of cancer. Never published before, written in 2009. It's an appropriate piece to raise funds for the families affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. Please set your own price. All proceeds go to my neighbours and/or to work on campaigns and legal representation to instigate change in building regulations. This is the most appalling tragedy that was totally avoidable, a vanity project in order to make the Grenfell Tower more in keeping with the brand new Academy built around its' foot. The school should never have been there anyway. There was a much larger site in Kensal, where the Eurostar was housed before it terminated at Kings Cross, but the Council chose to squeeze it into what were football pitches and a car park in order for the school to be in the right area. How can you spend £10M on upgrading a 27 story tower bock and not add sprinklers? Massive disregard for safety as you probably know...I live on the estate in one of the 'finger blocks', the chickens foot as i liked to call it. now we have lost our leg...life will never be the same in this pocket of North Kensington. Please support me in supporting the victims and/or helping support the Lancaster West Residents Association. Any amount will be most welcome. Thank you. Love G
Nawa X Supersonic 2017
Four tracks from the artists appearing at Supersonic 2017 as part of the Nawa Recordings showcase, plus a few tracks from previous Nawa Recordings releases
Friday 16 June 2017
Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Still Floating In Space
➕ 20 years ago today: Ladies and gentlemen we are floating in space.— Spiritualized® (@officialSpzd) June 16, 2017
➕ pic.twitter.com/gb46GghwUs
How ‘Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space’ silenced the inane cocaine jabber of Britpop
LOVE
Sculpture to be unveiled in Cork to remember generosity of the Choctaw Nation, Native American tribe that sent famine aid to Ireland in 1847 pic.twitter.com/UMDTC0fjQB— Naomi O'Leary (@NaomiOhReally) June 15, 2017
Thursday 15 June 2017
Henry & Friends Mix
Tracklist:
1 Judy Get Down by A More
2 Nirvana For Mice by Henry Cow
3 Would You Prefer Us To Lie? [unreleased] by The Orkestra (Henry Cow & Mike Westbrook Brass Band)
4 The Glove / Rapt In A Blanket [peel session] / Beautiful as The Moon Terrible As An Army With Banners / Europa / Morning Star by Henry Cow
5 The Charter by Lindsay Cooper & Phil Minton
6 Nine Funerals of The Citizen King by Henry Cow
7 Chicken by Peter Blegvad
8 Half The Sky by Henry Cow
9 Nirvana Again by Fred Frith
A brief look at Henry Cow and some of those who sailed in her...If anyone has copies of the Orckestra live boots from Paris/London and Milan, could you get in touch.
Thank you
After The Deluge: Henry Cow's Unrest Revisited
Wednesday 14 June 2017
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