2013年3月16日土曜日

[656] Gigi Masin - Lontano


Label: Ants
Catalog#: ANT04
Format: CDr, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 30 Sep 2001
DISCOGS OFFICIAL

14 works recorded 1988–1992:
1 Intro 0:31

2 Valerie Loop 5:22
3 When Julia Smiles 3:31
4 Miren Maitea 3:02
5 Coltrane 2:38
6 Krill 6:32
7 Lovloop 4:08
8 Hiris 3:03
9 Sunshine Breakfast 2:40
10 Parallel Lines 2:33
11 Lontano 2:21
12 Waterblue 4:08
13 Watamu 4:38
14 The Jean Plan 3:30

詩的なピアノ、チターの古雅な響き、ミニマルなシーケンスに浮かび上がる美しい
メロディ。クワイエットでメランコリックな情景を心に描くヴェネチアの音楽家Gigi Masin(ジジ・マシン)。「Lontano」は、名作「The Wind Collector」レコーディングの時期と重なる1988年から1992年にかけての音源がコンパイルされた2001年作。エクスペリエンタル/ジャジーな霧がかった蒼いアンビエンス、浜辺で過ごした遠い記憶のような切なさ漂う#2 "Valerie Loop" や #12 "Waterblue"など、より実験的な音の海を帆走するインストゥルメンタル集 。レーベルはTom Johnson(トム・ジョンソン)、Pietro Grossi(ピエトロ・グロッシ)、Pierluigi Castellano(ピエルルイジ・カステラーノ)、Luca Miti(ルカ・ミティ)などの電子音響/ミニマル作品をリリースするAnts。「ロンターノ」は「遠くから聞こえるように/木霊のように演奏」を意味するクラシックの楽語。


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The music of this CD came from the period1990-1992, with two titles coming back from the eighties.Masin’s poetry turn around the expanded sense of time of his compositions. The music emerges from silence and to silence return. The pieces are suspended moments in the stream of time, shots of a personal sounding journey that show itself in a clear form. All the tracks seems coming from a “limbo”, a no man’s land of the eternal time, with a magical, and imaginative, character.The first element is the “imagination”: the imagination of the author, who tends to photograph and short-circuit, in the repetition, the sound particles, and the imagination of the listener, discreetly pervaded by the music. The slow minimalist sequences, the looping and lyrical melodies, the obstinate electronic cadences, are the sounding signs of Masin. Signs of the simplicity and, at the same time, the depth of sound.Gigi Masin: keyboards, piano, guitar, tapes; Marco Barel: tenor sax; Jim Martyniack:spoken words.

via Ants

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[other fav track]

no easy way out (release date unknown)


[655] John Martyn - One World


Label: Island Records
Catalog#: ILPS 9492
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1977
DISCOG  AMAZON

A1 Dealer 4:55

A2 One World 4:03
A3 Smiling Stranger 3:26
A4 Big Muff 6:25
B1 Couldn't Love You More 3:00
B2 Certain Surprise 3:48
B3 Dancing 3:41
B4 Small Hours 8:40

ソウルフルなしゃがれ声のヴォーカル、ブルージーなフォークに、

ジャズやレゲエのエッセンスを薫らせるJohn Martyn(ジョン・マーティン)の中期名作。
オーバープロデュース気味にエフェクトが加えられたギターの幻想的な響きが
黄昏/夜更の景色を描く「Small Hours」が秀逸です。



[654] 'Blue' Gene Tyranny - Detours


Label: Unseen Worlds

Catalog#: UW07LP/UW07CD
Format: Vinyl, LP/CD, Album
Country: US
Released: 2012
DISCOGS  AMAZON  OFFICIAL

1 13 Detours 12:15

2 She Wore Red Shoes 11:27
3 George Fox Searches 19:26
4 Intuition 5:51

70年代後期より活動、Lovely Musicからミニマル/アヴァン・ポップな作品を発表している作曲家/ピアニスト"Blue" Gene Tyranny(ブルー・ジーン・ティラニー)の2004年から2010年にかけて録音された2012年作「デツアー」(回り道の意)。抑制的な曲調、細部まで音響的な細工が重ねられた美しいピアノの旋律は、親しみやすく耳を奪われます。Lubomyr MelnykやElodie Lauten、最近ではLaurie Spiegelなど錚々たる電子音楽/ミニマル音楽家の重要作品をリイシューするUnseen Worldsより。(カタログUW01は1978年「Out Of The Blue」の再発)


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We will begin 2012, Unseen Worlds Records’ fifth year as a label, touching upon two firsts – our first issuance of an album of newly written and never before released material, and the first artist we did a release with, the great “Blue” Gene Tyranny.  Since our re-release of his first album, Out of the Blue, in 2007, “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s other early Lovely Music LPs – the cleverly studious Just for the Record and the prescient, still-new sounding The Intermediary – have been duly released in digital formats by Lovely, and his song cycle / lyrical discourse album The Invention of Memory / The Somewhere Songs came out on the Mutable Music label.
Detours is “Blue” Gene Tyranny’s first album of new piano works since 2003’s Take Your Time.  A beautifully recorded collection of tracks composed between 2004 and 2010, Detours belongs to a rarefied class of supremely listenable and beautiful piano albums that are not encumbered by any new-age shabbiness.  It possesses the sort of timeless and elegant romanticism so unpretentious and accomplished it seems to at once effortlessly canonize itself.
The four pieces on Detours have their origins in disparate sources of inspiration – a longtime friend from San Francisco, a chance visit to a Quaker meetinghouse, a choreographed dance, philosophical intuition. Harmonic discourses begin at a pre-determined location and wind up at a totally unexpected place.  Tyranny is a master pianist, able to follow mood and impulse to uncharted new territory. - Unseen Worlds

"13 Detours" recorded at Mills College Concert Hall, Oakland CA, Feb 14 2005.

"She Wore Read Shoes" recorded at Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland CA, Feb 20 2005.
"George Fox Searches" and "Intuition" recorded at System II, Brooklyn NY, July 21 2010.

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2013年3月13日水曜日

[653] John Beltran - Ambient Selections 1995-2011


Label: Delsin

Catalog#: 88DSR/JBT-CD1
Format: CD, Compilation
Country: Netherlands
Released: 2011
DISCOGS  AMAZON  OFFICIAL

1 Collage Of Dreams 5:59

2 Morning At The Window 4:09
3 Anticipation 4:08
4 Sweet Soul 5:28
5 Soft Summer 6:47
6 Water Colored Dreams 3:03
7 Sub Surface 3:41
8 Everything Under The Sun 4:44
9 Snowdrifts 9:35
10 Gutaris Breeze 7:22
11 Expecting 4:17
12 Going Home 6:01
13 Miss Weird 5:47
14 Brilliant Flood 3:51
15 Collage Revisted 2:40
16 Vienna 2:12

bio.

John Beltran is a musician whose sound continues to evolve. From John’s 90′s electronica sound and his endeared album ‘Ten Days of Blue to his Latin dance hits like ‘Kissed by the Sun, he continues to push the boundaries through various genres. Now progressing into TV and film compositions he looks to bring his passionate sound to the screen. Recent projects include writing for the Oprah Show and having music selected for HBO’s hit series Six Feet Under. Growing up in the capitol city of Lansing, Michigan his early influence was the Detroit dance sound that was most popular in Europe and Asia. Adding ambient textures to the mechanical sound most common to techno was John’s signature. His organic approach made him one of the leaders in the ambient movement. Later living in Miami and L.A the sun kissed Latin sound would bring out John’s rhythmic side. Being of Latino descent, it came naturally to him. His hit in 2001 was the song ‘Aztec Girl, a Brazilian Acid Jazz track that burned up underground dance floors worldwide. He would soon follow up with the critically acclaimed Brazilian/Afro Cuban album ‘Sun Gypsy on the California label Ubiquity records. John continues to draw from his two decades of experience in developing his versatile approach. He now composes ethereal rock and moving orchestral pieces that can be heard on this site, in addition to expanding his ambient style.
from John Beltran Music

[652] Telectu - Halley


Label: -

Catalog#: Tel 004
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Portugal
Released: 1985
DISCOGS

A Halley

B Halley

Jorge Lima Barreto - synthesizers JX3P and Jupiter 6
Vítor Rua - electronic guitar 7o7
Recorded by Luis Carlos
Under Review: TELECTU

bio.

Jorge Lima Barreto (synths, etc.), a jazz writer and critic, used to be also a jazz drummer, much into the free jazz scene. Vitor Rua (guitars, synth guitars, etc.) was a founding member of a pop/rock band (GNR) in the late 70's. This duo is now working in avant-guarde and experimental electronics.



[other related tracks]

Telectu - Eno to La Monte: Live at Bienal de Cerveira from Performance IV Bienal De Cerveira (3macacos, 1984)
Telectu - Minimal I from Mimesis (Strauss, 1996)
Jorge Lima Barreto - Solstice I from Neo Neon: Workstation Solos (Plancton Music, 2003)

2013年3月11日月曜日

[651] Antonio Testa - Senza Tempo Nel Tempo


Label: Tribe

Catalog#: TRIBE 001
Format: CD, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 1995
DISCOGS OFFICIAL

1 Jungle 5:55

2 Mondi Marini 4:21
3 Il Volo 3:24
4 Shaman 5:19
5 Spirits 5:23
6 Cohabash 5:07
7 Danzo Sotto La Luna 3:57
8 Pietre Sonore 6:22
9 Tribe 4:00
10 Stalagmite 10:28

1980年代にミラノの劇場スカラ座のパーカッション・グループでキャリアをスタート。イタリアのレゲエ・グループW.D.X.や、原始的な打楽器による演奏を行うArt Of Primitive Sound(高次民族音楽グループAktualaを率いた重要人物Walter Maioliも参加)、未開の自然が残るParco Naturale Delle Capanne Di Marcaroloでのフィールドレコーディング/サウンドマップ製作など、地球/自然回帰を志向した
活動を続ける打楽器奏者Antonio Testa(アントニオ・テスタ)。おそらくリーダ作品としては初作となる本作は、Art Of Primitive Sound同様に、古えの気配を残す洞窟の鍾乳石や、様々な民族楽器を奏る儀式的なエクスペリメントライブ/古代音楽を収録。昨年には、ミラノのドローン/アンビエント重鎮作家Alio Die(アリオ・ダイ)との共作をリリースしています。





[other related work]

Antonio Testa - Mappa Sonora Del "Parco Naturale Delle Capanne Di Marcarolo" (ExperimenTribe, 1998)

2013年3月10日日曜日

[650] Yukitomo Hamasaki - The Garden


Label: mAtter

Catalog#: MATTER011
Format: Digital, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 2012
DISCOGS  OFFICIAL

1 untitled (the GARDEN #1) 6:24
2 untitled (the GARDEN #2) 7:02
3 untitled (the GARDEN #3) 4:12
4 untitled (the GARDEN #4) 6:01
5 untitled (the GARDEN #5) 4:14
6 untitled (the GARDEN #6) 7:06

"the GARDEN"はフィルドレコーディングという手法をベースに制作された作品です。しかし、ここで使用されているサウンドファイルは、外の自然や街中で作者自身によって録音されたわけではなく、全てオンラインの様々なwebsiteから録音およびダウンロードされたものです。Yukitomo Hamasakiは、インターネットを新しいフィールドのひとつとして捉え、オンライン上に存在する音をcaptureし、プロセッシングし、今回の作品すべての音をcomposeしました。フィールドレコーディングの対象となる音は、自然の音も社会的な音も、すべて「営み」だと言えます。つまりこの「営み」とは、地球という共同体の中で起こっている全ての事象と言い換える事もできるのです。そして、現実の世界で行われている営みは、オンライン上でも同様に行われています。//

mAtterより 抜粋

bio.

2008年mAtter設立。静謐な音響テクスチャーを使用し、影の現象にフォーカスした自身の初ソロ作品[d+p]の発表と共にmAtter レーベルを開始。国内外のアーティスト作品をリリースするなどの精力的な活動を展開、また国内外でのパフォーマンスを行いながら、リミックスや映像作品へ の楽曲の提供やコラボレーション等など多岐に渡る。音楽作品以外にもインスタレーション制作発表、今後はドローイング制作なども予定されている。2010年よりインディペンデント・キュレーターとして活動を開始。

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[related article]

インディペンデントであり続けること: interview with Yukitomo Hamasaki

[649] Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Lloyd Cole - Selected Studies Vol. 1


Label: Bureau B
Catalog#: BB124
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 2013
DISCOGS  AMAZON

A1 Pastoral 4:23

A2 Selbstportrait-Reich 4:25
A3 Wandelbar 5:49
A4 Still Life With Kannyu 7:18
A5 TangoLargo 5:33
B1 Orschel 4:04
B2 HIQS 6:14
B3 Fehmarn F/O 2:36
B4 Virginie L 5:00
B5 Lullerby 3:5

ネオアコースティックの名作「Rattlesnakes」で1984年にデビュー、以降も際立ったソングライティングで良作をリリースするLloyd Cole(ロイド・コール)と、70年代より電子アンビエント作を生み、テクノ史ではゴットファーザーの一人とされるHans-Joachim Roedelius(ハンス・ヨアヒム・ローデリウス)の共作。交流のきっかけとなったLloyd Coleの2001年アンビエント器楽小品集「Plastic Wood」、Roedeliusのソロとも相似するあたたかな波長をもつエレクトロニカ作品。ジャーマン・ニューウェイヴ/クラウト・ロックの好リイシューが続くBureau Bより。


What a collaboration! The British singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole has always been a Cluster fan, especially of the 1976 LP "Sowiesoso". Cole released his own heavily Cluster-influenced album "Plastic Wood" in 2001. Roedelius liked it and, over the next decade, Cole and Roedelius considered working together from time to time, but never actually got around to it. It was not until 2011 when they finally met in Vienna that they could finally begin in earnest. The album reveals mature, carefully composed music, as if Cole and Roedelius had been working together for years already. Both artists focus on electronic sounds in a selection of succinct, direct pieces, free of musical garrulousness. Cole neither sings nor plays guitar and Roedelius rarely touches the keys of his grand piano. Instead, both musicians have developed a subtle soundscape which only drifts towards pure noise on one track. All of the other "studies" on the album move within a vast spectrum of harmonic wonder and rhythmic stepping stones.

from bureau b



2013年3月8日金曜日

[648] Alessandro Pizzin - Shin-On


Label: Explora

Catalog#: XPL 293
Format: CD, Album
Country: Italy
Released: 1993
DISCOGS  SoundCloud  BANDCAMP

1 Shin On - The Floating Sound 13:18

2 Shin On - The Advancing Sound 8:34
3 Shin On - The Sound Of Trust 20:07
4 Shin On - The Swellin Sound 4:22
5 K.r.e.l 3:00
6 Adrift 5:50
7 Upcast 2:30
8 The Beat Inside 1:46
9 Moving Skyline 4:39

bio.

Alessandro Pizzin, a musician from Venice, has been making Electronic Music since the late 1970's. His sound is pretty minimal, repetitive and sometimes ambient or experimental. Apart from his solo work Pizzin is also known as a member of the group Ruins.
discography: Spettri (1992), Shin-On (1993), Throw-Back (1995)

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Upcast: produced by EXPLORA & Vertigo Video in early 1994

Moving Skyline: produced by EXPLORA & Vertigo Video in early 1994


[related links]

Night of the big planes: Wind Project, 1989
Alessandro Pizzin & Claudia Bonollo - Huo: Grande fuoco (1989-2011)
Phase two: Music for the Hidetoshi Nagasawa exposition (1993)
playlist: WMBR 88.1 FM New Edge 6/19/12
Rivista Anarchica Online: Musica & idee a cura di Marco Pandin

[647] Segue - Blue

picture from segue's soundcloud
Label: -
Catalog#: -
Format: Digital Album, T-shirt
Country: Canada
Released: 2013

1. Centrifugue 05:28

2. Winter Warm 03:38
3. Karma 05:36
4. Be the Enemy of the Bad 09:45
5. Sublime 06:05
6. Taken 07:28
7. Morally Subsidized (with Pleq) 06:02

bio.
Segue is Jordan Sauer from Vancouver, Canada. With a background in classical violin and guitar he now enjoys making compositions and soundscapes on his computer. Drawing from a diverse range of influences, the music he creates ranges from ambient and drone to dub and folk. With a keen attention to detail and sound palette in each composition, the music is built up of layers of sound from primarily acoustic sources and field recordings. He has released several solo albums and collaborations which are available on a variety of record labels, including Silent Season, Under the Spire, Databloem, Tokyo Droning, U-Cover.