[861] António Emiliano - Fausto, Fernando, Fragmentos

Label: Transmedia
Catalog#: TJLP 008
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Portugal
Released: 1988
DISCOGS  AMAZON

A1　Alegres Camponeses
A2　A Inocência Perdida
A3　Pairo À Beira De Mim
A4　O Único Mistério Do Universo
A5　Quando Eu Morrer
A6　Febre
B1　Melodia Vaga
B2　A Vingança Dos Servos
B3　O Mundo Volta A Ser Do Pensamento
B4　Teçamos O Pano Da Vida
B5　Filho Das Trevas, Filho Da Noite

[CNM CD edition] *addtional track
1　O suspiro do mundo (The Sigh of the World)*　2:24
2　Alegres camponeses (Merry Peasants)　3:06
3　A inocencia perdida (Lost Innocence)　3:31
4　Pairo a beira de mim (I Hover Beside Myself)　3:22
5　Fecha as portas da alma (Close the Gates of Your Soul)*　2:13
6　Amo como o amor ama (I Love as Love Itself Loves)*　5:03
7　O unico misterio do universo (The Only Misery of the Universe)　2:39
8　Quando eu morrer (When I Die)　2:30
9　Febre (Fever)　5:04
10　Melodia vaga (Faint Melody)　3:14
11　A vinganca dos servos (The Servant's Revenge)　2:34
12　O mundo volta a ser do pensamento (The World Again Returns to Mind)　2:49
13　Tecamos o pano da vida (Let Us Weave the Fabric of Life)　4:59
14　Filho das trevas. Filho da noite (Son of Darkness. Son of the Night)　4:06

演劇/バレエ/映画のための音楽を数多く手掛けているリスボンのピアニスト/作曲家António Emiliano（アントニオ・エミリアーノ）。LPに編集された劇伴音楽仕事のひとつ「ファウスト、フェルナンド、フラグメントス」は、ポルトガル出身の詩人/作家Fernando Pessoa（フェルナンド・ペソア）のテキストの基づく作品で、Ricardo Pais（リカルド・パイス）の演出によりマリア2世国立劇場で公演されたシアター・パフォーマンスのための楽曲を収録。地中海からアラブ、アフリカのエッセンスが交叉するスピリチュアルな器楽、ときに雨や雷鳴などの音を背景に、作詞家/ヴォーカリストFilipa Pais（フィリパ・パイス）が歌い上げる憂いに満ちた歌曲が交互に並べられ、悠久の時の中で刻々と変化する、土と潮の薫り漂う民の風景を描くように、光影、静動のコントラスト豊かに構成。中でもA3やA5、B1といった穏やかな曲が特に素晴らしいです。LP盤は88年、ポルトガル国内でRough Tradeなど海外のインディペンデント・レーベル作品を流通していたTransmediaからのリリース。2012年には、Amália Rodriguesをはじめファドの作品を多くリリースしているレーベルCNMより、3トラックを追加収録したCDが再発されています。

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[860.1] Éliane Radigue - Le son et le sens

Interview Eliane Radigue par Alain Amiel, août 2011

Réalisation Jean-Claude Fraicher

[860] Vito Ricci - Rain Drops Music In My Ears

Label: Say No More Music
Catalog#: -
Format: CDR, Album
Country: US
Released: 2005
OFFICIAL

1. Rain Drops Music In My Ears　42:40


Arthur RussellやPeter Zummo、Peter GordonらがいたNYダウンタウンの前衛シーンの中で、室内楽/電子音楽作品の作曲、フリージャズの演奏家や詩人とのセッション、ガレージッシュなロック・バンドなどで活動し、ダンス・カンパニーCreation Production Companyの劇伴音楽ではミニマリスティックな音響/アンビエント作品を手掛けている作曲家Vito Ricci（ヴィト・リッチ）。「Rain Drops Music In My Ears」はオンラインで出会った同タイトルにインスピレーションを得たという作品で、ある嵐の日、自宅の天窓で録音した雨の音を基にしたエレクトロアコースティック。屋根を打ちつける雨、洗濯機のモーターのように動止をくり返す低音、採音と同調する程度の淡薄なエレクトロニクスに、ピアノ音をポツポツと配置。採音に演奏を加える手法は、83年の"Da Hamptons"（Postones）など初期作品とも共通していますが、今作では発展性は控えめに、より静穏な風景を描いています。

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bio.
An artist who has been called "a composer of moody and elegant scores" by the Village Voice, "sensual and driving" by Other Stages and "elegant and snappy" by the New York Times, Vito Ricci has been on the leading edge of the downtown music scene since 1979.
During his thirty-year-plus career, Mr. Ricci has scored over fifty productions including concert music, theater, dance, performance, film and video. His collaborative works include partnerships with Bob Holman, Martin Goldray, Rashied Ali, Flux Quartet, Jacob Burkhardt, Lise Vachon, and The Woster Group. Performances of his works have been produced at The Skyball Theater, The Public Theater, Greenwich Music House, Cooper Union, Roulette, The Knitting Factory, St. Marks Church, The Performing Garage, the Walker Arts Center and the Southern Theater, both in Minneapolis, and the Sedgwick Cultural Center in Philadelphia.
Mr. Ricci has been the recipient of grants from ASCAP, Meet The Composer, The National Endowment For The Arts and Queens Council on the Arts. He has studied with Ursula Mamlok, Eleanor Cory and Ornette Coleman, and has released CDs of solo piano music, electronic works, song cycles, improvisations and string quartets.
Recent accomplishments include a 6 month residency at the Bowery Poetry Club. Having a two hour radio show by Gandalf on WJFF devoted to his music. Composing the music for and producing the "The Awesome Whatever" a CD by poet Bob Holman. Scoring 4 movies: "Arid Lands", a documentary by Josh Wallaert and Grant Aake, "Murdered" by Terry Ross, "Days Gone By" by John Zhao, "Herbron Holiday" by Jacob Burkhard. Recording a CD of his string quartets "I Don't Know Who I Am" by the Flux Quartet. Producing Lise Vachon's CD "Vocalise", scoring "Philosophies" for the Complexions Contemporary Ballet which went on to tour the world, and the premiering of the "Cicada Journal" with Steve Dalachinsky at Roulette. An electronic chamber opera, "HELP", was commissioned by the Queens Council on the Arts.
Vito Ricci's leading edge instinct and creativity have made him a vital and prolific composer of illuminating and compelling works. Infused with poignancy and honesty, his music has the power to linger in the listener's memory. - Vito Ricci / Composer: Bio

Musique D'ameubliement (2001)

listen The Ship Was Sailing

Cicada Music (2002)

listen Cicada Music: excerpt

Postones (1983)

[859] Dr. Rob - Balearic Social Radio: Guest Mix

mix for Balearic Social Radio
Broadcast 9.3.14

http://www.purple-radio.co.uk/

calm filled with affection, very impressed.

[858] Mark Banning - Journey To The Light

Label: Students Of Decay

Catalog#: SOD104
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 2014
DISCOGS  OFFICIAL  AMAZON

A1　Everlasting Moments　23:33
B1　A Sea Of Glass　23:25

Recorded in northern California in 1984 and released in a micro edition by the Creative Sound imprint in January of the following year, “Journey to the Light” is a true lost gem of private issue New Age music, an album that is more spoken about than heard and deserves to be recognized alongside established classics of the genre. For too long it has languished out of print and been nearly impossible to come by, occasionally popping up in private auctions only to be snatched up by savvy collectors. Performed with processed electric guitar, zither, voice, and field recordings, it is unabashedly beautiful music- two sidelong pieces that feel as though they may have always existed, hanging in the air like a morning fog over the Pacific. For as archetypal to the genre as Banning’s compositions might appear to be, it would be remiss not to comment on their singular nature, on what sets them apart from those works to which one would be inclined to compare them. Indeed, Banning’s music has a seriousness and intensity that was absent from much of the New Age scene as it existed in the early ’80s. The album’s first piece, “Everlasting Moments,” charts a course somewhere between the weblike guitar cycles of Manuel Gottsching and the buoyant minimalism of Terry Riley. “A Sea of Glass” constructs itself similarly but navigates even calmer waters, providing the listener with a sensuous tapestry of ever-evolving guitar drones and radiant zither filigree. These heady, oddly prescient recordings were uncovered by New Age historian/figurehead Douglas Mcgowan (Yoga Records) and will appeal as much to fans of drone and ambient music as to those enamored with labyrinthine annals of American private press records, New Age as such, or with the recent renaissance of synthesizer-based experimental music. Remastered for presence and clarity by James Plotkin, we’re proud to offer up the definitive edition of Mark Banning’s transportive masterwork. - Students of Decay

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[857] Orkiestra Ósmego Dnia - At The Last Gate

Fisher's Fidola

Label: Savitor
Catalog#: SVT 007
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Poland
Released: 1984
DISCOGS

A1　Opening Act　1:25
A2　Forgotten Prayer　3:50
A3　Dancing In The Wind　4:15
A4　Stream　3:40
A5　November, 1st In New York　4:15
B1　Rondo Con Fuoco　3:25
B2　Descending　5:55
B3　Again & Again　1:50
B4　At The Last Gate　5:45

ポーランド出身の作曲家Jan A.P. Kaczmarek（ヤン・A・P・カチュマレク）を中心に1970年代中頃に結成された、ポズナン拠点の不定形器楽アンサンブルOrkiestra Ósmego Dnia（Orchestra Of The Eighth Day）。ポリッシュロック/ジャズシーンの名手Krzysztof Ścierański（クシシュトフ・シチェラニスキ）を共同制作者に迎え、84年に発表された2作目となるフルレングスアルバム。同年に優れたソロ作を発表しているŚcierańskiのギター/フレットレス・ベースの腕前はもとより、本作のサウンドを特徴付けているのはFisher's Fidola（Fidola Fischera）と呼ばれるユニークな創作弦鳴楽器フィドラ/コンサート・マンドリネッテ。後にアカデミー賞作曲賞を受賞した「Finding Neverland」をはじめ、数々のフィルムスコアを手掛けるKaczmarekは、当時このフィドラの唯一の奏者として活動し、NiewczykのConcert Fidola製作にも関わっていたようです。本作でもフォーク、ジャズ、ミニマリズムを基調にした演奏に、アコースティック・シンセサイザーとも称されるフィドラの多辺的な音響が引き出され、随所に効果的に導入されています。キツツキのドラミングやヒタキの声が響く森のサウンドスケープの幕開けから、弓弾きのフィドラが荘厳な祈りの空間を生み出すA2、フィドラのグリッサンドとアルペジオ、ギターのハーモニクス、フレットレス・ベースが美しく絡み合う夢見心地のアンビエンスA4など、インストゥルメント各々が響きの境界を浸食しながら、穏やかにひとつの像を結ぶA面の構成が素晴らしいです。

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[856] Ariel Kalma - Open Like A Flute

Label: Astral Muse Production
Catalog#: AM 82053
Format: Cassette, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 1984
DISCOGS  OFFICIAL

A1　Japanese Island　2:25
A2　Open Like A Flute　2:10
A3　Puja　2:45
A4　Boreale　4:15
A5　Arrival　6:20
A6　Slalom　2:10
A7　First Light　5:50
B1　Sazz Flute　13:20
B2　Aman　16:00

1975年のミニマル/ラーガ「Le Temps des Moissons」、Richard Tinti（リチャード・タンティ）と共同制作された1978年のボルネオ・サウンドスケープ「Osmose」など、世界各地で出会った自然や文化、人々のスピリットを編み込んだ異境の音響作品を発表しているパリ出身のマルチ奏者Ariel Kalma（アリエル・カルマ）。「Open Like A Flute」は、カナダのレーベルAstral Muse Productionからリリースされたカセットのひとつ。日本的な旋律をもつフルート独奏、オルガンとシンセの持続音、口琴＋コスミックなミニマル電子音へと連なるA面から、サントゥールやハーモニウムが瞑想世界の深部へと誘うB面へ。波紋のように広がる超民族/超時空的アンビエンスの中を、ヘビ使いから教えを受けたという循環呼吸を効果的に用いたブレスの長いフルート/サックスが舞い遊ぶ、フリーフォームなニューエイジ作品。

bio.
Born and raised in Paris, France, Ariel started playing the recorder at age 9 and saxophone at 15. During his successive studies of Electronics, Computer Science, Music and Art in Paris, Ariel performed with several bands, then toured the world and visited Europe, Japan, India, Eastern Canada, and parts of the USA. Apart from rhythm & blues, pop and jazz, he acquired assorted experiences in middle-age French, electro-acoustic, and modal music. All the travels broadened Ariel's musical horizons tremendously; listening to and playing with different styles, people, and instruments, intricate scales, techniques, timing and rhythms.
Ariel Kalma playing guitarAfter learning circular breathing from a snake charmer in India, Ariel practiced it on soprano sax - for many sleepless nights - in the basement of a cathedral in New York (when he was not playing upstairs on the large harmonium). Returning to France in late '76, Ariel could include those endless notes into his own long-delay-effect system with which he toured, playing solo concerts. Ariel contributed to the birth of (then) new music genres: minimalist, space, ambient, new age, electronic etc.
With his passion for recording and sound, Ariel always had a home studio and was also technical assistant to some of the composers at Paris' GRM - Musical Research Group part of the INA (Audiovisual National Institute), where he recorded some of his compositions.
Over 3 decades, Ariel Kalma published several vinyl LP's, cassettes, and CD's, many older ones out of print. His compositions have been used for modern dance-theatre, films, musical poetry, guided meditations, transformational groups. Ariel Kalma has also played on many albums in France - even throughout Europe, the US and recently Australia, where he lives. - ariel-kalma.com

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[855] Ann Southam - Pond Life

Label: Centrediscs
Catalog#: CMCCD 14109
Format: CD, Album
Country: Canada
Released: 2009
DISCOGS  OFFICIAL

1　Spatial View Of Pond 1　11:58
2　Noisy River　3:41
3　Soundstill IV　4:45
4　Soundstill VI　3:50
5　Soundstill VII　3:29
6　Soundstill VIII　3:18
7　Soundstill IX　2:58
8　Soundstill X　3:28
9　Commotion Creek　5:15
10　Soundstill V　5:07
1　Fidget Creek　4:55
2　Soundstill I　6:22
3　Soundstill II　6:26
4　Soundstill III　6:42
5　Fiddle Creek　5:08
6　Spatial View Of Pond 2　11:46
7　Pond Life I　3:23
8　Pond Life II　3:28
9　Pond Life III　1:23
10　Pond Life IV　3:17

Piano – Christina Petrowska Quilico
Recorded at Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto, October 17, 2008.

bio.
ANN SOUTHAM was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1937 but lived most of her life in Toronto. After completing musical studies at the University of Toronto and the Royal Conservatory of Music in the early 1960's, Ann Southam began a teaching and composing career which included a long and productive association with modern dance. As well as creating music for some of Canada's major modern dance companies and choreographers including The Toronto Dance Theatre, Danny Grossman, Dancemakers, Patricia Beatty, Christopher House and Rachel Browne, she was an instructor in electronic music at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto and has also participated in many "composer-in-the-classroom" programs in elementary and high schools. While a great deal of her work was electroacoustic music on tape, in her later years she became increasingly interested in music for acoustic instruments. She composed concert music for a variety of acoustic instruments and instrumental ensembles, working with such artists and ensembles as Eve Egoyan, Christina Petrowska Quilico and Arraymusic. Ann Southam's work was commissioned through the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, and the CBC, and has been performed in Canada, Europe and the U.S. She is a member of the Canadian Music Centre, the Canadian League of Composers and a founding member of the Association of Canadian Women Composers. She was the recipient of the Friends of Canadian Music Award in 2001. Ann Southam passed away November 25, 2010. - Canadian Music Centre

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[854] Golden Living Room - New Nostalgia

Label: fortune 500
Catalog#: F500-46
Format: File, MP3, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 2014
bandcamp  
mirror: goo.gl/0szKZR

1　Eternal Story　03:13
2　Pentatonic Land　02:40
3　Sound Logo　01:18
4　Asleep In Lon Lon　03:10
5　Blood 4 Money (feat. 회사Auto)　04:39
6　風 Digits (feat. Ultra ウルトラ)　02:54
7　Cool Water　03:22
8　Phantasy　09:59
9　Reimagined Prenotion　02:26
10　Lost In Yr Processor　03:14
11　Phrygian Grandeur　02:00
12　She Moves Mysteriously　02:52
13　I See Dreams (feat. Frank Bravo)　05:05
14　Into The Night　03:07
15　New Nostalgia　03:01
16　Digital Escapes　09:02

2013年1月にSaint Pepsi「Empire Building」を公開以降、第二期vaporwaveの主たる拠点としてその因習を守りながら、月3-4枚のペースで次々と作品を送り出した、Luxury Elite主宰のレーベルfortune 500。48番目のリリースとなる18 Carat Affairの最新作「Adventures in Schizophrenia」で、突如活動終了を宣言、そして過去作F500-1, F500-2などを法外な価格（700ドル）に設定と、vaporシーンではどこか見覚えがある動向。Golden Living Roomによる「New Nostalgia」は46番目の作品。往年のニューエイジ/レトロな仮想世界を模したビジュアルとアンビエンス感、サンプリング/スクリュー・エディットのvapor的なトラックが並んでいます。その中から、BB5の"Cool, Cool Water"をピッチダウンさせた#7 "Cool Water"、アルバムのハイライトでもある9分のミニマル・ニューエイジ#16 "Digital Escape"。This Ain't Heaven Recordingからカセットでのリリースが予定されているとのこと。フリー・ダウンロードはmirrorより。

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[853] 矢吹紫帆 - からだは宇宙のメッセージ

Shiho Yabuki - The Body Is A Message Of The Universe
Label: Morning
Catalog#: BM32-5
Format: CD, Album
Country: Japan
Released: 1987
DISCOGS  AMAZON

1　Tomoshibi 灯　7:01
2　Samadhi 三味　9:44
3　Shiunkai 紫雲界　4:23
4　Tenshingoso 天真五相　5:13
5　Ki no Nagare 気の流れ　3:49
6　Eikoh 栄光　1:59
7　Tawamure 戯れ　4:58
8　Karada wa Uchu no Message からだは宇宙のメッセージ　7:21

NHK番組「美の回廊をゆく」「日本美再発見」などの音楽を担当し、現在まで日本の伝統芸能や舞踏とのセッション、奉納演奏など、音楽の枠を超えた広範な活動を展開しているシンセシスト＝矢吹紫帆（やぶきしほ）。本作は、沙羅企画との環境音楽（エステティック・ミュージック）プロジェクトとして制作された初のソロ・アルバム。東洋思想や日本の宗教観、自然への憧憬といった曲想が、クラシック〜フュージョンと和楽のエッセンスが融和したシンセサウンドに悠々と浮流。働く女性のための心の調律音楽を手掛けたAkira作品と比べてみると、よりたおやかな感触があり、聴き手をやわらかに包み込みながら浄い光の世界へとナビゲートしてゆくようなリラクゼーション向けに相応しい作風です。#1, #2は比叡山延暦寺創建1200年祭のための奉納曲。タイトルは新体道創始者・青木宏之による著作「からだは宇宙のメッセージ」（地湧社, 1985年）より引用されています。

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