The “field” of experimental ambient music (if there is such a thing) needs Sawako’s delicate, measured, expansive touch. We connoisseurs yearn for it. Sadly, the woman who describes herself as a “sound sculptor” and a “signal alchemist” is so busy – think of her audio-visual installation at the planetarium of the Sonar Festival or her numerous live performances, including an appearance on Ryuichi Sakamoto’s radio show – that we simply had to wait. This time, the waiting lasted six years before we could put our ears on a follow-up to her exquisite 12k release Bitter Sweet. And, of course, nu.it is well worth the wait.

nu.it; almost looks like a website URL but it isn’t. What it is, though, is the perfect embodiment of Sawako’s art: concise, quiet, yet incredibly rich in possible meanings. We have the French word “nuit,” which means night, and this is clearly music of the night, from the go-to-sleep mood of “Locus of Everyday Life” to the recurring impression of being staked out in the jungle after dark, listening to unexpected creatures. This is not reality, unless it is a new form of reality, in which case the title could be pronounced “new it.” The title can be read in other ways, in other languages, and ultimately its meaning is left to you.

Sawako has released albums on the labels 12k, and/OAR, Anticipate, and now Baskaru. Her audio and visual works have been programmed around the world at such events and venues as the Sonar Festival, MUTEK, P.S.1/MoMA, UCLA Hammer Museum, Roulette, Resonance FM, and ICA London. nu.it’s mastering was entrusted to Yu Miyashita, aka Yaporigami, who released material on Mille Plateaux, mAtter, Hz Records, and +MUS. The cover art is by kynd, whose ephemereal OpenFrameworks drawings have been featured by CreativeApplications.

http://troncolon.com/nuit
http://www.baskaru.com

Sawako - locus of everyday life

Torn Hawk - Thud (B Side)

Zoom H8 Internal Mics>FLAC 48/24>Soundcloud
Recorded & processed by CRISH

That Ol' Simmerin' Sauce

Recorded over their two day residency, 9.9.16 picks the best of the weekend and compresses it into a heavy slab of DIY-trance-progge-reared-on-minimalism. Their seemingly endless, ritualistic riffs follow their own rhythm and their own harmony to the roots of some far-away gnarled tree. Includes 'Stina' - a lilting folk-rock track written by close friend Mats G Bengtsson.

9.9.16 DS072 - Trad Gras Och Stenar - "Kaffe Med Tårta" from 9.9.16

Tomeka Reid - cello
Mary Halvorson - guitar
Jason Roebke - bass
Tomas Fujiwara - drums

Old New

Tomeka Reid Quartet "Old New" from "Old New" (Cuneiform Records)

Do-it-all-herself musician and artist Nina Ryser has been home-recording since she was eight years old on her Fisher-Price toy tape machine. One of these childhood recordings makes an appearance on Ryser’s new solo album, Paths of Color, which is characteristic of Ryser’s work: dreamy, wonky, synth-based art-pop that’s bubbly, edgy, sweet, and dark all at once; with elements of post-punk, art rock, and free jazz. Recorded at the beginning of the stay-at-home order, and inspired by loss and love and our new reality, Paths is a product of Ryser’s refined home-recording set-up. Intentionally more polished and clearer-sounding than she’s ever been, Paths of Color (mastered by Angel Marcloid aka Fire-Toolz) maintains the homemade vibe and freedom of childhood expression that is so crucial to Ryser’s sound. Though a product of grief, Ryser’s light and love shines through the record’s sonic playfulness, and is ultimately a celebration of life and art.

RIYL: Palberta, Arthur Russell, Molly Nilsson, The Raincoats, Deerhoof

Paths of Color is out 10/22 on Cowgirl Records

Paths of Color

Nina Ryser - Dancing in the Street (from Paths of Color, out 10/22)

Derek Baron is a New York based artist whose quotidian and diaristic work quietly fizzes with creative energy.  With field recordings, text-based works, chamber ensemble works, solo piano works and various other techniques, their deft hand has scribed a compelling set of both stripped-back and collage-based releases on the likes of Penultimate Press, Recital, Regional Bears and their own label 'Reading Group'. For this new release they’ve treated us to a series of musical vignettes; uncovered fragments of memories and offering us tiny glimpses into their personal world. Tender, haunting and beguiling - these works burrow deep.

"Fourteen Latches of Heaven and Earth is a collection of fragments from the last decade or so of my thinking about harmony and performance. "J&C" was a collaboration with V Haddad; "Herr Gott, dich loben wir" was recorded with Dominic Frigo. "Choral Arrival" is a group learning of the Franciscan Salve Regina, sung at the co-incidence festival in Boston in January 2019. "Choral Arrival" is named after a phrase by Annika Finne." - Derek Baron

TR072 - Derek Baron - Mach's Proof Of Asymmetry (1871)

Anthony Pirog - guitar and electronics
Michael Formanek - acoustic and electric bass
Ches Smith - percussion and electronics

Pocket Poem

ANTHONY PIROG "Danger Play / Pocket Poem / Mori Point" from "Pocket Poem" (Cuneiform Records)

Taken from the forthcoming album "Waterslide At 7 A.M."
Out October 30

CD/Cassette/Download
https://blackjackilluministrecords.bandcamp.com/album/waterslide-at-7-a-m

Waterslide At 7 A.M.

Panic In The Mansion

CD/Tape

Fir Cone Children - Panic In The Mansion

TR125 - Eleanor Cully - Snow On Snow [excerpt]

Le Discograph est un rendez vous qui a lieu 4 fois dans l'année à La Passerelle, scène nationale de Saint-Brieuc avec pour chaque soirée une thématique.

Parfois omniprésente, toujours essentielle, la musique de films est un art délicat : elle se doit d’accompagner avec finesse et caractère les images à l’écran. Mais au-delà de son apport esthétique, c’est un langage à part entière, au fort pouvoir émotionnel sur le spectateur.

S’appuyant sur des morceaux spécialement composés pour des bandes originales de films, Julien Tiné nous propose une sélection de ses thèmes musicaux préférés. C'est pour la musique elle-même ou par amour des films - et bien souvent les deux ! - que les choix se sont faits. Des compositeurs tels qu'Ennio Morricone, Philippe Sarde ou Vladimir Cosma auraient pu valoir à eux seuls un mix, les B.O. de films de genre tels que les films d'horreur ou la blaxploitation également.

On peut se perdre assez vite dans cet univers alors… laissez-vous aller à cette B.O. imaginaire !

Playlist : 

01 - Philippe Sarde - Beau Père (Beau Père)
02 - Miles Davis - L'assasinat de Carala (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud)
03 - David Shire - Amy's Theme (The conversation)
04 - Ennio Morricone - Immoralita (L'immoralita)
05 - Bill Conti - Philadelphia Morning (Rocky)
06 - Vladimir Cosma - Etienne et Charlotte (Un éléphant ca trompe énormément)
07 - Sebastien - J'adore Godard
08 - Karl Heinz Schafer - Les Preuves (Les gants blancs du diable)
09 - Alain Goraguer - Le Bracelet (La Planète sauvage)
10 - Nico Fidenco - The meal is over (Black Emmanuelle)
11 - Vladimir Cosma - Le Grand blond avec une chaussure noire 
12 - Ennio Morricone - Le Casse (Le Casse)
13 - Roland Vincent - LSD Partie (Delphine)
14 - Michel Magne - Thème de Fantomas (Fantomas)
15 - Mica Levi - Children (Jackie)
16 - John Williams - Jaws (Les dents de la mer)
17 - John Carpenter - He Came Home (Halloween)
18 - Popol Vuh - Der Marktplatz (Cobra Verde)
19 - Goblin - Profondo Rosso (Profondo Rosso)
20 - Riz Ortolani - Adulteress Punishment (Cannibal Holocaust)
21 - Serge Gainsbourg - Jane dans la nuit (Cannabis)
22 - Pierre Bachelet - O et Sir Stephen (Hisoire d'O)
23 - Air - Afternoon sister (Virgin Suicides)
24 - Emmanuelle Arzan - Laure
25 - Alain Goraguer - La comtesse se dévergonde (Erotica)
26 - Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman (Superfly)
27 - Marvin Gaye - T stands for trouble (Trouble Man)
28 - Roy Ayers - Escape (Coffy)
29 - Piero Umiliani - Hard Times (Il Corpo)
30 - François de Roubaix - Xavier à la maison d'arrêt (La Scoumoune)
31 - Philippe Sarde - La lettre de Rosalie (César & Rosalie)
32 - Robin Guthrie & Harold Budd - Neil's farewell (Mysterious Skin)
33 - Gabriel Yared - C'est le vent Betty (37,2 le matin)
34 - Charlélie Couture - Corde raide acoustique (Tchao Pantin)
35 - Angelo Badalamenti - Love theme from Twin Peaks (Twin Peaks)
36 - Michael Andrews - The artifact & living (Donnie Darko)
37 - Clint Mansell - First Sleep (Solaris)
38 - Vincent Gallo - Her smell theme (The way it is)
39 - George Delerue - Thème de Camille (Le mépris)

xx

Discograph "Musique de films"

Cuneiform Records is an independent record label releasing adventurous, boundary-bursting music by artists from around the world. Founded in 1984.