Jul 29, 2007
Modern Love (2 a.m.)
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These two asleep . . . so indrawn and compact,
like lavish origami animals returned
to slips of paper once again; and then
the paper once again become a string
of pith, a secret that the plant hums to itself . . . .
- Albert Goldbarth , 27,000 Miles
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“Modern Love/Über die Wasserscheide”
01. Kammerflimmer Kollektief – Über die Wasserscheide
Cicadidae (Temporary Residence, 2003)
02. Susumu Yokota – Gong Gong Gong
Laputa (Skintone, 2003)
03. Lunasigh – The Multicoloured Coral Formations Upon Her Skin
via download.com (Lunasigh, 2004)
04. Bill Frisel – Summer Song
In His Own Sweet Way: A Tribute to Dave Brubeck (Avant Japan, 2000)
05. Otomo Yoshihide – Anode 2
Anode (Tzadik, 2001)
06. The Verve – A Man called Sun
Verve E.P. (Vernon Yard Records, 1992)
07. Explosions In The Sky – Day Five
The Rescue (Temporary Resident Limited, 2005)
08. Ground Zero – Null & Void: Continued
Null & Void (Tzadik, 1995)
09. Sergei Rachmaninov – Vocalise Op.34 No.14
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg – It Ain’t Necessarily So (1992)
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Note: A simple list, MdM downtempo standard with experimentals. It’s actually a padding I made for another experimental list that quickly gotten out of control. It was supposed to be a small list but becomes full night list. At least this one is listenable. Tracks inside. MdM favorite: Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Susumu Yokota, and Explosions In The Sky. As well as well known experimentalists: Bill Frisel (jazz), Otomo Yoshihide (free jazz turn turntablist), Ground Zero (free jazz) and lastly Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg. (She has one of the best violin bowing. Her vocalise interpretation is very haunting with long continuous phrases almost no breathing between stroke. It gives impression of long suspended melody, haunting.) Small tip: since I made this with a headphone, it has a lot of delicate texture. It might sound very boring on small speaker, try it on something more sensitive for full deep night ambient effect. k. enjoy.
image: Ali K.
Very nice list I like it very much, pretty interesting the continuous tunes no beginning no end of the themes
beautiful
forget to add this.
http://www.furious.com/perfect/otomo.html
(Interview with groundzero/OTOMO YOSHIHIDE)
PSF: When you started making music, you were doing tape collages. What led you to doing this?
Most influence comes from French musique concrete, Pierre Schaeffer and Pierre Henry. Also, there was some kind of rock stuff like Pink Floyd, always tape effects. Mostly contemporary composer’s tape work, also Japanese ’60′s music. I really loved music when I was a teenager but I had no idea about how to play any instruments. My father is an electric engineer. Naturally, I knew how to make an analog system from my father. My mother was a big fan of jazz and rock. So, between my mother and father…
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Frisell
In the 1980s Frisell lived in New York City and was an active participant in the city’s thriving music scene. He forged an early partnership with John Zorn—including as a member of quick-change band Naked City—and performed or recorded with many others. He also became known for his work in Paul Motian’s group – originally a quintet, but which slimmed down to an unusual and influential bassless trio of just Motian, Frisell and Joe Lovano. In 1988 Frisell left New York City and moved to Seattle, Washington[2].
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blog. surprisingly she isn’t all that geeky on her blog.
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
http://nadjasalernosonnenberg.com/thoughts.html