Out on New World Records

September 1, 2009 — Mike

A new release from New World Records:

Andrew Byrne: White Bone Country

Andrew Byrne (b. 1966) has lived and worked mostly in New York since the early 1990s. This tripartite CD has a mobile-like character, working entirely with a fabric of piano and metal percussion in changing manners and images, all of them remote from the duo relationship of conventional chamber music. The central work Tracks is also the earliest one (composed 1998, revised 2006), and presents the solo piano in its most ‘normal’ sound and interaction with the player—a kind of journey, as the title suggests, within a den…

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Sonomu Reviews

September 1, 2009 — Mike

From Sonomu:

Bohren und der Club of Gore, Dolores (Pias)
Four sad bald men with just enough energy left to elegantly record their own self-proclaimed ”doom ridden jazz”. Bohren und der Club of Gore was formed more than fifteen years ago but still boasts only a very slender “discgoregraphy” (their term again), in which this is the sixth entry. … [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 04:54, 31 Aug 2009

Robert Henke, Layering Buddha (Imbalance Computer Music)
The Buddha Machine created by Beijing duo Christiaan Virant and Zhang Jia is a veritable shaggy dog story from the unlikely world of lo-fi electronic music. Inspired by small, cheap plastic boxes which crank out pre-recorded sutras all over Buddhist Asia, it plays its own nine pre-recorded ambient… [read]
Posted by Stephen Fruitman at 11:04, 29 Aug 2009

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Classical Music in New York

September 1, 2009 — Mike

The New Yorker previews some upcoming shows:

BARGEMUSIC

Under the leadership of the violinist Mark Peskanov, the floating chamber-music series has gone in for new music in a big way. The brash young Fireworks Ensemble (featuring the guitarist Oren Fader and the flutist Elizabeth Janzen) takes the stage for four concerts, with Peskanov and the composer-pianist David Del Tredici as guests. Sept. 2 and Sept. 4 at 8: Del Tredici performs the world première of “Mandango Suite,” in a program that features new and recent pieces by such composers as David Shohl, Elizabeth Adams, Charles Wuorinen (Sept. 2 only), and Frederic Rzewski (“Les Moutons de Panurge,” which closes each of the four concerts). | Sept. 5 at 8 and Sept. 6 at 3: Largely the same program, with the addition of the world première of another Bargemusic commission, Russell Platt’s Duo for Violin and Cello (with Colin and Eric Jacobsen of Brooklyn Rider). (Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn. 718-624-2083. For program details, see www.bargemusic.org.)

(LE) POISSON ROUGE

Sept. 8 at 7:30: Christopher O’Riley’s NPR program “From the Top” has given valuable exposure to many outstanding young classical musicians. One of them, the violinist Caroline Goulding, is about to go pro, with a self-titled album on the Telarc label. Her New York recital début (with O’Riley at the piano) features works by Gershwin, Kreisler, and Corigliano, the first of two Tuesday concerts at the cutting-edge downtown performance space; two more “From the Top” stars, the pianist Ji-Yong and the composer-pianist Stephen Feigenbaum, are her guests. | Sept. 8 at 9:30: The Amsterdam Cello Octet—the only full-time combo of its kind—makes its New York début, offering a diverting mix of U.S. and European minimalist and avant-garde music—most of it new to New York—by Arvo Pärt, Terry Riley, Krzyztof Penderecki, Olga Hans, and Cristóbal Halffter. (158 Bleecker St. www.lprnyc.com.)

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Thor’s Rubber Hammer Founder Interviewed

September 1, 2009 — Mike
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Label founder and NPR music writer Lars Gotrich is interviewed.

Thor’s Rubber Hammer (TRHP) is the brainchild of Lars Gotrich. After moving from Athens, GA where TRHP was documenting purveyors of the drone/noise scene, the label migrated north to Washington, DC. Since moving to DC, TRHP has grown to be one of my favorite experimental/free jazz/noise/drone labels documenting the fringes of independent music. For a great introduction to the aesthetic sense of Lars and his tastes, check out the Infinite Fjords Sampler, with tracks from Susan Alcorn, Talibam!, Chartreuse, and more. Lars took some time out to answer a few questions about his label, NPR, the Ecstatic Jazz Duos series, good record stores in Athens, and the next several releases.

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All About Jazz Reviews

September 1, 2009 — Mike
Cover of "Mingus Ah Um"
Cover of Mingus Ah Um

From All About Jazz:

01-Sep-09 East West Quintet
Vast (Native Language)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

01-Sep-09 Joe Morris
Wildlife (AUM Fidelity)
Reviewed by Wilbur MacKenzie

01-Sep-09 Ornette Coleman
Town Hall 1962 (ESP Disk)
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

31-Aug-09 John Surman / Howard Moody
Rain On The Window (ECM Records)
Reviewed by John Kelman

31-Aug-09 Vijay Iyer Trio
Historicity (ACT Music)
Reviewed by Chris May

30-Aug-09 James Carney Group
Ways & Means (Songlines Recordings)
Reviewed by Jerry D’Souza

30-Aug-09 Charles Mingus
Mingus Ah Um: 50th Anniversary Legacy Edition (Legacy Recordings)
Reviewed by Stuart Broomer

29-Aug-09 Carl Maguire’s Floriculture
Sided Silver Solid (Firehouse 12 Records)
Reviewed by Lyn Horton

27-Aug-09 Ben Perowsky Quartet
Esopus Opus (Skirl Records)
Reviewed by Troy Collins

26-Aug-09 John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble: Eternal Interlude (Sunnyside Records)
Reviewed by Raul d’Gama Rose

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