Musique Machine Reviews

January 11, 2009 — Mike
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From Musique Machine:

Omit – Interceptor
This two disk set brings together a selection of two decades worth of work by new Zealand based Clinton Williams and his often barren, lo-fi and melancholy licked take on Electroinca.

Zeitkratzer & Keiji Haino – Electronics
This is the third volume of collaborative albums entitled Electronics from the genre bending, often noisy German chamber orchestra Zeitkratzer. This time around there joined by Avant guitarist and noise maker Keiji Haino for a mainly rather subdued(for Zeitkratzer’s work) and eerier yet dense and complex journey into dread.

KK Null – Akumu
Akumu finds KK Null once more dragging the listening into a heady, shifting and highly effective audio movie for the mind with his distinctive mix of electronica, ambience, noise matter, field recordings & heady cinematics.

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Tristan Murail Performance in New York Reviewed

January 11, 2009 — Mike

The Times talks about a rare Murail performance.

The New York Philharmonic offered a brilliant example at Avery Fisher Hall on Thursday night, when the impressive young conductor Ludovic Morlot led the United States premiere of “Gondwana,” a substantial 1980 work by the French composer Tristan Murail.

Sharing space on the program were “Oiseaux Exotiques” by Messiaen, Mr. Murail’s principal teacher, and “La Mer” by Debussy, who served as a spiritual forebear. Mozart, represented by his Piano Concerto No. 11 (K. 413/ 387a), was for once the odd man out, though hardly an unwelcome presence.

Mr. Murail, who has taught composition at Columbia University since 1997, was among the architects of spectralism, a musical style difficult to explain succinctly. Taking their lead from Messiaen’s emphasis on timbre and resonance, the spectralists during the 1970s used computers to analyze and map the acoustic properties of sound — the overtones produced by a given note, for instance — and used the information to fashion rich, strange harmonic strata.

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DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET Photos

January 11, 2009 — Mike

From DOWNTOWNMUSIC.NET:

January 08, 2009
Angel OV Death, The Stone
Andrew D’Angelo, Mike Pride, Jamie Saft
Mike Reed & Jeff Parker with Matt Bauder, The Stone
Matt Bauder, Jeff Parker, Mike Reed

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New David S. Ware Coming Out On Aum Fidelity

January 11, 2009 — Mike
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Aum Fidelity writes about the new Ware release.

DAVID S. WARE / Shakti
Yes we are starting 2009 off inna mighty fine style. The first new David S. Ware group+recording since the dissolution of the DSWQ, featuring Joe Morris on guitar

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The Squid’s Ear Reviews

January 11, 2009 — Mike

From The Squid’s Ear:

Taylor Ho Bynum – Asphalt Flowers Forking Paths
(Hatology)
- Brian Olewnick

Rafael Toral Rafael Toral – Space Elements Vol. 1
(Staubgold)
- Max Schaefer

Yximalloo Yximalloo – Unpop
(ESP)
- Phil Zampino

No Neck Blues Band No Neck Blues Band – Clomeim
(Locust Music)
- Jeph Jerman

Greg Kelley Greg Kelley – Self-Hate Index
(Semataproductions)
- Jeph Jerman

John Edwards John Edwards – Volume
(psi)
- Jeph Jerman

New Art Saxophone Quartet New Art Saxophone Quartet – Guarda!
(Meta)
- Wyman Brantley

Isotope Isotope – Golden Section
(Cuneiform)
- Darren Bergstein

Mark O’Leary Mark O’Leary – Fabrikraum
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Hans Tammen / Christoph Irmer Hans Tammen / Christoph Irmer – Oxide
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Sei Miguel Sei Miguel – The Tone Gardens
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Peter Rehberg Peter Rehberg – Work for GV 2004-2008
(Mego)
- Brian Olewnick

Paul Bley Quintet Paul Bley Quintet – Barrage
(ESP-Disk)
- Jeph Jerman

Few and Far Between Few and Far Between – Due
(Creative Sources)
- Max Schaefer

Asad Qizilbash Asad Qizilbash – Sarod Recital Live in Peshawar
(Sub Rosa)
- Brian Olewnick

Group Inerane Group Inerane – Guitars from Agadez
(Sublime Frequencies)
- Brian Olewnick

Joe Morris Bass Quartet Joe Morris Bass Quartet – High Definition
(Hatology)
- Wyman Brantley

Noah Creshevsky / If, Bwana Noah Creshevsky / If, Bwana – Favorite Encores
(Pogus)
- Darren Bergstein

Matthias Muche / Philip Zoubek / Achim Tang Matthias Muche / Philip Zoubek / Achim Tang – Sator Rotas
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Cyril Epinat / Mathias Forge / Jerome Bertholon Cyril Epinat / Mathias Forge / Jerome Bertholon – Duos…
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

Pedro Rebelo / Franziska Schroeder / Steve Davis Pedro Rebelo / Franziska Schroeder / Steve Davis – Faint
(Creative Sources)
- Darren Bergstein

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