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KEXP ~ PACIFIC NOTIONS - part 3

Hosted by Shimmer in Rotterdam, 'On the Waves with...' invites people from various disciplines and backgrounds to make a studio/office tracklist or mixtape. www.shimmershimmer.org 

Eric Shuster (b. 1986, USA) is a musician based on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. He performs in concert halls, opera houses, festivals, art spaces, dive bars, and living rooms. He also produces diverse concert programs in his local community and directs a percussion ensemble.  He often collaborates with composers and artists to create new work; sometimes projects that exist between music, theatre, dance, and visual art. Included on this playlist are collaborators Carolyn Chen, Wally Gunn, Kyle Page, and Matt Wellins. Eric is currently a Lecturer of Music at Salisbury University, where he has served since 2011.

Image credit: Anthony Finley. Table of the Comparative Heights of the Principal Mountains & c. in the World.

On the Waves with Eric Shuster

Marie Jane Leach - Downland tears

Take Away 44

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Arabic Chill Out Music

Avril Lavigne -Innocence Piano Version

Beethoven - Fur Elise

Buddha - Bar III - Sorocos

"Dowland's Tears" is for 9 taped flutes (6 c flutes and 3 bass flutes) and solo C flute. It uses the melody from John Dowland's "Lachrimae" and explores the sound phenomena that happen when you layer that many flutes by overlapping and panning the tones for maximum effect. Performed by Manuel Zurria


Mary Jane Leach - Dowland's Tears

John Fahey - Dance Of The Inhabitants Of The Invisible City of Bladensburg

Sugar Hill and Vanguard Records are making these two amazing albums available on vinyl for the first time in celebration of Black Friday this November. 
 
Twistable, Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to Shel Silverstein 
This extremely well-received 2010 album co-produced by Bobby Bare and Bobby Bare, Jr. features original Shel Silverstein artwork and performances by My Morning Jacket, Andrew Bird, John Prine, Dr. Dog, Black Francis & Joey Santiago, Kris Kristofferson, Lucinda Williams, and more.  Issued on 2xLP White Vinyl and Mastered at 45rpm for maximum fidelity!


I Am The Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey  
This acclaimed 2006 tribute album co-produced by M. Ward and Stephen Brower features performances by Devendra Banhart, Sufjan Stevens, M. Ward, Calexico, Fruit Bats, Lee Ranaldo, Jason Lytle, and more.  Issued on 2xLP Green Marbled Vinyl and Mastered at 45rpm for maximum fidelity!


Devendra Banhart - Sligo River Blues (From I am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey)

Variations is the 1st movement of Elapsed Time (1998), a  three-movement duo for Violin & Piano. Commissioned by the Library of Congress and premiered and recorded by violinist David Abel and pianist Julie Steinberg.  This movement is in fact, a variation set on the opening theme played solo by the violin.  This work is recorded on the New Albion CD from 2004 - Cage Machine

Variations - 1st Mvnt Elapsed Time - Dresher (1998)

Some Days Are Better Than Others

Camille and the Ocean

From the album 'Recent Drama'.  Joint release by Asaurus Records and Paper Cities Records, 2006.

Recent Drama

Kids Are The Same

Conceived after an extended period of covert operations helping Banksy produce the Walled Off Hotel art project in Bethlehem, London artists Block9 returned to the West Bank in February 2018 for "Creative Retreat at The Walled Off Hotel" which saw them host a musical creative retreat… with a difference.

A twist on traditional, peaceful retreats for writers, musicians and painters in the Swiss Alps or the South of France, the retreat aimed to stimulate creativity and cultural connections, taking inspiration from the geo-political landscape of Palestine. The clichéd chalet with open fire and mountain views was swapped for "the hotel with the worst view in the world”, which sits in the shadow of the 25ft high concrete Israeli separation barrier.

A group of select recording artists from across the globe were invited to take part including world renowned musician and producer Brian Eno, Beirut's much heralded Mashrou Leila, underground US DJ/Producer The Black Madonna, avant-garde singer/songwriter/producer Roisin Murphy, and Palestinian heavyweight Samir Joubran of Trio Joubran who joined fresh from recording with Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame.

Other artists included Palestinian violin virtuoso Akram Abdulfattah and up-and-coming Brixton lyrical gymnast EBS. Multi-talented UK musician and producer FRED also joined. FRED's behind-the-scenes credits include Ellie Goulding, Stefflon Don and George Ezra.

Due to travel restrictions Mashrou Leila and Brian Eno worked remotely via live video link.

Each artist was given a loose brief -  to respond musically to their time spent in Palestine. All were given a month following the retreat to deliver. All have created incredible music.


Gideon and Steve would like to thank: 

Banksy for trust and philanthropy. Holly: The godmother of everything. Paula, Leila for literally everything. Alyssa, Josh & Margy at Block9 for carrying this project all the way to the starting line. Ed Cartwright for spiritual guidance and mentoring. Adrian Meehan at Soho Radio for all his help, volunteering his time, studio and genius production skills. Lance DeSardi for his endless generosity, many many hours in the studio and his masters ears. Luke Solomon for being a fixer and a powerhouse. Above Board Distribution for out of hours help. Jo and Clare for Claridges crisis meetings. Aly at Bandcamp. Raoul at Soundcloud. Hoare Associates for free legal support. Nick Dewey & Emily Eavis. Jonathan Cooper OBE, Daniel Machover and Emily Schaffer for legal support in UK and Israel. Ray Hearn for his endless patience. Eleven Management for bearing with us. Tom Faber. Oliver and David at Nerve Management. Sandy at Coda. Midland, Prosumer, Andy Butler, Emma Eastwood, Robin Dundas, Mel Poluck & Joshua Fisher for encouragement. Ryan, Stevie, Amy, Ben and all at RA for the months of complicity. Avihay Partok, Roi Perez, Tim Rosenberger, Yoni Margulies, Eyal Shalom, Oren Marzam, Or Magal, Ori Druckman, Oded Ben Shimon, (Gay Jew Mafia). Matt Colton for gratis mastering. Wisam, Rasha and their beautiful girls. Abu Hassan & Bisher and all the wonderful people at the Walled Off. Esme and Olivia. Firas for Beirut based friendship and trust. Abed, Martin and Rami at PMX. John Humphrey & Nai at Higher Ground. Wolfgang Tillmans, Martin Perry photography. Karim & Mayte. Thanks Richard Kahwagi in Beruit for long term support.

And finally all the artists who worked tirelessly to make this thing happen.

شكرا

Brian Eno With Trio Joubran - Stones

An audio journey through Folkways and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 1948-2018, compiled by our Curator and Senior Archivist Jeff Place, it features 70 important releases in the history of the company.

https://folkways.si.edu/70stories

05 Baby Dodds - Tom Tom Workout

Matthias Engler: Ensemble Adapter
http://www.weltformat.de/klang/2011/

Jo Kondo: "An Insular Style" for Flute/Clarinet/Harp/Percussion

Pre-order Fallen Trees on LP/CD/DL: http://radi.al/MelnykFallenTrees

Continuous Music pioneer and literal force of nature Lubomyr Melnyk releases his new album 'Fallen Trees' on December 7th. Known as ‘the prophet of the piano’ due to his lifelong devotion to his instrument, the new album coincides with Melnyk's 70th birthday. 

Cascades of notes, canyons and rivers of sound: there’s something about Lubomyr Melnyk's music that channels the natural world at its most awe-inspiring. In Fallen Trees the connection with the environment continues, taking its cue from a long rail journey Melnyk made through Europe. Glancing out of the window as the train passed through a dark forest, he was struck by the sight of trees that had recently been felled. “They were glorious,” he says. “Even though they’d been killed, they weren’t dead. There was something sorrowful there, but also hopeful.” That sense of sadness touched by optimism infuses the album, too: rarely has Melnyk made music so shot through with melancholy and regret, but which sounds so rapt, even radiant.

The five-part, 20-minute Fallen Trees is one of the most ambitious and demanding pieces he has ever created. Though the music is – as ever – Melnyk’s own, Fallen Trees once again features a number of Erased Tapes artists. Japanese vocal artist Hatis Noit, whose first EP Illogical Dance came out to much acclaim earlier this year, lends ethereal vocals, floating mysteriously above the surface of Melnyk’s eddying piano lines before diving far beneath. Other contributors include Berlin-based cellist Anne Müller, a sometime collaborator with Nils Frahm, and American singer David Allred, the most recent addition to the label family. “More than any of the albums that I’ve done, it’s a real collaboration,” Melnyk insists, emphasising how much he owes to his producer, Erased Tapes founder Robert Raths.

It is true to say that there is nothing quite like Melnyk’s work: a unique musical pioneer, he has defiantly carved his own path. “I don’t say to people I’m a composer,” he declares. “I don’t know what I am.”

Melnyk composes, as he plays, at the piano, feeling out lines and individual rhythmic cells that bubble, undulate and gradually expand into vast, interlinked frameworks. Asked to describe what it’s like to live inside his music, he says “my whole body is transformed as I play, it honestly feels like that. My fingers feel like the winds of the world; it feels like you’re physically transcending dimensions.”

Despite the autumnal hint in its title, there’s little suggestion of Melnyk slowing down. Having received critical acclaim and co-headlining the prestigious Royal Festival Hall as part of the Erased Tapes 10th anniversary celebrations, after many years his audience is now both global and growing. The composer is finally gaining a momentum in his career that matches the vibrant, highly active energy of his playing.

Fallen Trees

Son of Parasol

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Lubomyr Melnyk - Son of Parasol

Codex Versions

J'aime La Biaute (Bruce Brubaker, Arandel remix)

قطعه پایان ازموسیقی متن   فیلم " کنعان"  مانی حقیقی  / اثر کریستف رضاعی 
آلبوم کنعان / نشر هرمس 

قطعه پایان ازموسیقی متن   فیلم " کنعان"  مانی حقیقی  / اثر کریستف رضاعی

Pre-order: https://www.kitchen-label.com/store/no-24-kotonoha-ironomi/

“kotonoha” is ironomi’s 8th album and first ever release on vinyl. A tonal portrait of microscopic nuances particular of a Japanese midsummer saunter through deep emerald green forests and tranquil fields, transcribed into a meditative pastoral reverie created with crystalline piano playing, lute acoustics and real-time processing.

The title “kotonoha” (琹の葉) comes from a poetic anachronistic metaphor, combining form of leaves (葉 ha) and plucked string instruments (琹 koto) depicted in classical antiquity. With a distinctive sound that matches the sonic architecture of Japanese aesthetics, ironomi adds “koto no ha” into their extensive catalog already defined by its uniquely committed minimalism and serenity.

“kotonoha” was originally built on a sequence of four continuous scenes that makes up one long-form composition. The titles of these improvisational pieces (shioribi, namisora, ayumikaze, hagoromo) invoke a literal kind of sensuous, fleeting phenomena. The beauty and charm of these tracks lie in their impressionist fusion with Japanese nature and sensibilities. ironomi’s pieces rarely build and despite their sparse acoustic density, they have a presence that cuts sweetly into the listener’s reality. ironomi created their very own brand of “environmental music”, the literal translation of the Japanese term kankyo ongaku (環境音楽) - music designed to harmonise with, rather than dominate, its natural surroundings. In the specific spatial context of “kotonha”, the record heals the aural sense away from our jangling cities and restless daily environments.

The album includes two additional compositions “tsukishirube” and “maigo”, the latter being regularly featured as the concluding passage that brings ironomi’s live performances to an end. The expanded cadence remained a firm fan-favourite since 2010 and now documented in recording for the first time.

ironomi releases “kotonoha” on 30 August 2019 via KITCHEN. LABEL worldwide. Available on limited edition translucent green vinyl LP (Estimated shipping: 29 Sep 2019), CD and digital formats, with artwork by Tokyo-based photographer Yoichi Onoda. This record is mastered by Gen Tanabe at Studio Camel House in Yamanashi, Japan.

Tracklist
1. 栞日 shioribi
2. 波空 namisora
3. 歩風 ayumikaze
4. 葉衣 hagoromo
5. 月導 tsukishirube
6. 舞子 maigo

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琹の葉 kotonoha

ironomi - 舞子 maigo (琹の葉 kotonoha, 2019) - preview

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Whatever Awaits

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Following a remix on Hottrax, James Burnham aka Burnski is back under his James Solace alias to release Mind Music, a formidable first full release featuring four equally as impressive tracks released this February on Hot Creations.

Keep On sets the tone of this sumptuous release, rumbling sub-bass holds the track together, like a huge wave it slowly gains intensity, given room to breathe until it unfurls into a powerful weapon. A heavy dose of playful funk is applied on Catalyst, with guitar, squelching synth and a dash of warm soul. Mind Music is a deep and hypnotic piece, an addictive vocal loop over laser sharp synth and becomes firmly embedded in the psyche. Finally, Groove does what it says on the tin and sees James expertly craft another solid beat where growling bass combines with licks of pulsating acid that will undoubtedly send the dance floor into raptures.

UK hero James Solace also known as Burnski has made his name through a penchant for moving through many styles of music with ease, always being one step ahead of the trend and mixing the new with the old. Whether it be his trade-mark tech-house grooves released under Burnski or through his Instinct alias and label where he channels drum and bass, garage and 2-step, his productions are always of the highest quality. He boasts regular gigs at esteemed venues including DC10, Fabric, Rex Club and Watergate. As well as this forthcoming EP under this alias on Hot Creations, he also has big records to come on Knee Deep in Sound, Four Thirty Two and Last Night On Earth. Also with a new live set that aired for the first time at Mint Warehouse recently for the Four Thirty Two party, expect the new James Solace project to take his career to the next level.

TRACK LISTING
A1. Keep On
A2. Catalyst
B1. Mind Music
B2. Groove

Mind Music

Keep On

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James Solace - Keep On

MARY JANE LEACH is a composer/performer whose work reveals a fascination with the physicality of sound, its acoustic properties and how they interact with space. In many of her works Leach creates an other-worldly sound environment using difference, combination, and interference tones; these are tones not actually sounded by the performers, but acoustic phenomena arising from Leach’s deft manipulation of intonation and timbral qualities: “an acoustic Through the Looking Glass world based on sound that the performer is not making.” (The New Yorker).

Mary Jane Leach - Dowland's Tears

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