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Mike Cooper – White Shadows in the South Seas: Exotica for the dawn of a new age. (music review)
When Arthur Lyman shouted those bird calls into the audience at the Shell Bar in 1951, he had no idea he was teetering drunk on the edge of a revolution. Not just a revolution in sound with the birth of Exotica, but a revolution with the discovery of Island Kitsch igniting a national mania for all […]
Judy Kang – Judy Kang reimagines our relationsihp with the classical. (Music review)
March 12, 2013
I’ve been listening to this album for quite a while and it has grown on me, so much so that I’m searching for it in my playlist these days. It covers such a variety of sound imagery that I find my mood has to be right in order to grasp the depths in her offerings, […]
Mike Cooper and Chris Abrahams play the Sound Lounge. (Music review)
March 4, 2013
I was lucky enough to attend a wonderful gig here in Sydney on Friday night. The amazing Mike Cooper, who started as a Blues guitarist and a singer-songwriter, is currently in Australia and he performed his amazing post-deconstruted-avant-bending brand of circular blues infused sounds along side of the great Chris Abrahams, most famously from The […]
Cooper / Abrahams duo at the Seymour Centre in Sydney tonight. Catch it if you can. (music performance)
March 1, 2013
For those lucky enough to be in Sydney at the moment, two of my absolute favorite artists are playing together tonight at the Sima lounge at the Seymour Centre. Mike Cooper and Chris Abrahams will be there playing together. A collaboration that has meant a lot to both for some time. If I were a […]
Christian Wolf / Keith Rowe – together again, Erstlive 010 (music review)
February 26, 2013
PSF: You once said ‘it would be better to get rid of all of that–melody, rhythm, harmony, etc..’ What did you mean by that? Christian Wolf: That was from that early period again. We imagined, though you never do it completely, that we were starting with a completely clean slate. We were trying to think […]
Raj – Derek Piotr and the relentless march toward a new horizon. (music review)
February 24, 2013
The world of Dance music isn’t usually explored on this blog. I tend to be a listener rather than a mover – but that’s by accident rather than design. I was lucky enough to stumble upon the music of Derek Piotr recently, and true to my habits, I’ve done my deep listen rather than an […]
VA – Fukushima! Artists answer the call for beauty. (Music Review) Disc Two
February 23, 2013
This post is the second in a series of two looking at the double disc. For the first part of the review, please go here. This double disc collection is inspired by a lecture given by Otomo Yoshihide. The lecture can be found here and is well worth the reading. Disc two is composed of […]
Johnny on the Spot – Steelesque and the Pittsburgh sound. (music review)
February 17, 2013
According to the bands website, Steelesque originally started with the idea of bringing together musicians (unique sounds) to share ideas. This seemed to have worked, because two musicians decided to stay – it seems after all the beer and chips ran out. Rob Eldrigdge (who conceived of the original idea) and drummer Josh Eagen. Together […]
VA – Fukushima! Artists answer the call for beauty. (Music Review) Disc One
February 12, 2013
In Otomo Yoshihide’s beautiful lecture (you can read it here) entitled The Role of Culture: After the Earthquake and man made disasters in Fukushima, he makes a compelling case for the positive role of culture in combating human fear and limiting belief when combating the challenges of the day. This beautiful double disc set is […]
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