Thursday, 27 April 2017
Saturday, 25 March 2017
Conclusion
As we grow older we realize time is a luxury we don' t have anymore. Things change. I don' t know when I'll have the time to post new things online. I don' t know if I'll post anything online anymore. I just don' t know, only time will tell, Farewell to all my readers out there if they are any it's been fun.
Various – living music 2001 – musique vivante 2001 (Double CD)
I found this double CD at Renaissance
Montréal. This compilation was still sealed and at 4.00 $ it`s a damned
good deal. This came out in 2001 on the Canadian music centre. The CMC,
since 1959 has been proudly supporting, preserving and promoting the work of
Canadian composers. This double compilation features mostly Canadians
and some composers from Germany (Eugene Martynec) and the United
Kingdom (Michael Finnissy). There`s a lot of listening material
on this double CD compilation 25 tracks by 25 composers = 139.25 minutes. They
offer a nice variety of sounds / styles; new classical, experimental jazz,
electroacoustic and sound art. A nice introduction for these types of music. On
the first CD there`s an amazing piece by Michael Bushnell (from British
Columbia) titled `on the night train` (9.05 minutes) = experimental
percussive soundscapes = strangely compelling meditative music. More
information here; http://www.musiccentre.ca/
Gydja – helchemy (CD)
Gydja (an old Norse dame for priestess) is the solo project of a
sound artist (Abby Helasdottir) living in New Zealand. Helchemy
which came out in 2008 on Afe Records (an Italian label run Andrea
Marutti) is his eight album. My first Gydja listening experience.
There`s two long tracks for a total running time of 50.51 minutes. Here`s a
brief rundown
1 – The spirit of the earth with
venom intoxicate (25.07 minutes) = ambient darkwave / noise + minimal
electronics + drone elements + found sounds + minimal piano = feels like
sitting naked on a mountaintop in Siberia while the wind proceeds to slowly
freeze your soul relentlessly.
2 – The black sea, the black lune,
the black soll (25.34 minutes) = minimal ambience + rhythmic noise
elements + some sonic experimentations + death ambience + more lo-fi rhythmic
noise = a subtle trip through the land of inner schizophrenia, impressive.
Check it out http://www.aferecords.com/
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