Sunday, December 4, 2011

Don Cherry & Terry Riley - Koln Concert (1975)



01. Descending Moonshine Dervishes 19:44
02. Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector 8:12
03. Untitled 12:34


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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Friday, November 11, 2011

Friday, August 19, 2011

Saturday, July 16, 2011

The Flying Lizards - The Secret Dub Life of the Flying Lizards (Jamaica 1978)


The source tapes for this CD were recorded in Jamaica by Jah Lloyd (Patrick Francis) as part of a series he made for Virgin Records' Front Line label. The original tapes were not released and were offered to me by Front Line's Jumbo Vanrennen with the suggestion that I should 'remix' the music. I accepted the project, expecting lots of time in one of Virgin's studios to play with the music and the equipment, only to be presented with a mono master tape of the music.So I began to invent (or perhaps re-invent) techniques of editing, looping, filtering and subtraction to deal with unremixable mono material (these were the days before samplers). the subsequent work took a long time; as I thought it might be something of an indulgence I only worked on it at weekends and evenings rather than let it interfere with other projects.The techniques used here expanded my vocabulary of musical electronic (as opposed to electronic music) treatments and appear in a very different form on records made at that time and thereafter, notably 'Fourth Wall' my collaboration with Patti Palladin and my production work on Michael Nyman's records.The original players remain unidentified, Jah Lloyd used various combinations of musicians but did not indicate who played on which tracks.This year I added the 'preface' and 'postscript' using a similar approach as in 1978 but with the technology of 1995, partly to make the CD a decent length, partly to find out what effect a different technology would have, and additionally in recognition of the continuing influence this work has had on my approach to the recording studio.

David Cunningham may 1995

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Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Co La

I no longer have a computer so updating this blog will be pretty difficult until the day I get one. But for now I'll leave it for a bit with this new music from my friend and old bandmate ::

Co La

Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Gravediggaz - 6 Feet Deep (1994)



Prince Paul, RZA, Too Poetic & Frukwan horrorcore.


Thursday, January 27, 2011

Charanjit Singh - Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat (1982)


"In 1982, veteran Bollywood composer Charanjit Singh visits Singapore and gets his hands on the now holy trinity of a Roland 303, 808, and Jupiter 8 - the core of acid house and arguably the precursor to electronica as we know it today."


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Monday, January 10, 2011

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Keith Jarrett - The Köln Concert (Live 1975)

Live solo improvisation from Cologne Germany 1975. The best-selling solo jazz recording of all time.


Tony Conrad With Faust - Outside The Dream Syndicate (1973)

Tony Conrad's first released material. Two heavy drone tracks recorded with Faust in 1972. (There is another recording of these tracks from 1995, featuring Jim O'Rourke on second violin.)

1 From The Side Of Man And Womankind (26:58)
2 From The Side Of The Machine (26:04)


Friday, October 29, 2010

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Dustin Wong - Let it Go (Baltimore 2010)


"I remember a family trip with a destination that I can’t remember. “Easy Rider” was playing on the airplane through the tiny video monitors. I listened to Jack Nicholson’s character talk about aliens in outer space living as individuals, being their own leaders, completely independent from everything. It blew me away. I made a vow that I will become my own leader and, since I can’t explore outer space, I will explore my inner space." - Dustin Wong



Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Lower Dens - Twin-Hand Movement (Baltimore 2010)

Honored to be one of the first to share this online. Best record I've heard this year and summer breezy days and nights accompany it perfectly.

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Toumani Diabate with Ballake Sissoko - New Ancient Strings

Perfect for an afternoon snooze.


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Fela Kuti and The Africa '70 with Ginger Baker Live (1972)

Ginger Baker on Ye Ye De Smell is searing.


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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me

Compilation of Arthur Russell's more straightforward folk and rock songs.


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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Popol Vuh - Coeur De Verre (1976)

Soundtrack to Werner Herzog's Heart of Glass.


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The Bhundu Boys - Shabini (1986)



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Karen Dalton - In My Own Time (1971)



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Jack Rose - Luck In The Valley

Jack Rose's final release. Thrill Jockey 2010.


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