What happens when you get bored of listening to the same old arrangements of music? There’s the possibility of you dying a little inside, but mainly you look for fresh inspiration and fresh interpretation. Recently, the sound of drums and guitars combining in a regular association has left me cold and bored. The thrill of listening to these instruments has left me. I’ve turned to other mistresses to serve my needs, mainly those of jazz and electronic music. Of course, when you find yourself in this situation you’re then ripe for the taking when, unexpectedly, something hits you that sounds fresh and surprising – a surge of chemicals through your veins giving you that thrill you thought you’d lost or become immune to.
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My radio show from Thursday evening, now available to download or stream on SoundCloud. Not my best work - I was shattered and there were no teabags in the studio. It was the end of times.
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Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury - Lawmaster / Pursuit
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Beach House - Myth
Mount Eerie - The Place Lives
Talk In Colour - Radiophonic
Cakewalk -…
In the surroundings of the progressive Unitarian church in the centre of Cambridge, a mini-festival took placed over “a night and a day”. All the simple wooden chairs were organised in a semi-circle, reverentially looking up at the altar of sound from which the sermon of music was to be delivered over the coming hours. The backs of the chairs were filled with hymn books with inspirational titles, one of which, “Hymns For Living”, seemed most apt as the weekend advanced.
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Three pieces from me this month: Good Night & Good Morning, Hiss Golden Messenger and Kelvox 1.
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The Visitor: 26th April 2012 -
Last weeks radio show.
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Jim O’Rourke - Therefore I Am
Arc In Sound - II
Echo Lake - Even The Blind
Trouble Books - Lurk Underneath
Lower Dens - Brains
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In 2006 I was an ignorant young man (some might say I still am). Having started a blog championing new music, I was swept along by a wave of “indie” guitar music at the exclusion of all else. One Friday evening however, I found myself watching the first in a series of programmes on BBC Four called Folk Britannia, tracing the history of folk music in Britain. It was something of a revelation and opened my mind to the charms of more rustic music, and songwriting that spoke to me as a young man coming from a rural upbringing. Prior to this, I’d always categorised folk as something for older generations, with songs that dealt with times and issues that were no longer relevant. I’d dabbled with country and Americana through Wilco and Whiskeytown, their transatlantic take and different history made them sound more exotic, from another world altogether. But really my heart belonged to skinny boys with guitars and angular hairstyles. A psychiatrist would probably have a field day with that. No matter, it took these series of programmes to break the pointless and rigorous confines I’d placed on my musical interests.
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L’ocelel Mare is the solo project of Thomas Bonvalet and Serpentement is his fourth release under this guise and was recorded in the Protestant temple of Bergerac in France at the tail end of last year. Each piece of music, entitled ‘Serpentement’ 1 through 9, are intricately composed, featuring a plethora of notes from a barrage of instruments. A multitude of sounds are created, flooding your head as you listen, causing the listener to carefully try to pick out a nylon stringed guitar, or a harmonica or tuning fork vibration. It’s as if you’re being overwhelmed by an army of instruments trying to conquer your senses.
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Small form reviews, including bits on Benge, FRAK and Pleq & Lauki from me.
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