Tuesday, September 30, 2003

Infectious stars

Morjac: Stars: Infectious: Damn

PLAY IT

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

Loud sheath

LFO: insane, frightening, play loud.
Collectively engage with LFO

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

Monday, September 22, 2003

Low tech percolator

Lotek HiFi: Percolator. Hip-hugging ragga disco!
Percolate!

Thursday, September 18, 2003

Kozmigroov

David Axlerod, Herbie Hancock, and Place Bo. Bundled.
Freeform's kozmigroov index

Tuesday, September 09, 2003

Messiaen memories

Olivier Messiaen could play Mahler symphonies by memory on the organ. Here is a Messiaen shopping list to memorise:
Turangalîla (orchestra)
L'Ascension (orchestra)
Couleurs de la cité céleste (orchestra)
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum (orchestra)
Sept haïkaï (orchestra)
Des canyons aux étoiles (piano, horn and orchestra)
Oiseaux exotiques (piano, wind and percussion)
Réveil des Oiseaux (piano and orchestra)
Thème et variations for violin and piano
Le merle noir for flute and piano
Quatuor pour la fin du temps (clarinet, violin, cello and piano)
Catalogue d'oiseaux (piano)
Études de rythme (piano)
Préludes pour Piano (piano)
Vingt regards sur l'Enfant Jésus (piano)
Visions de l'Amen (two pianos)
Chants de terre et de ciel (songs)
Harawi and Poèmes pour Mi (songs)
Cinq rechants (a cappella choir)
La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ and Trois petits Liturgies de la Présence Divine (for chorus and orchestra)
St. François d'Assise (opera)

The Olivier Messiaen website

Thursday, September 04, 2003

Flying wonders wobbly jack

Homelife: eccentric and brilliant and genuine
A Ninjatune release

Treva whateva

Welcome to the Dance Class!
Ingredients: splendour, wit, musicality, great cover
Method: throws all sorts of sounds at each other then plonk on top of various rhythmic styles.
A Ninjatune release

Wednesday, September 03, 2003

Sexual funk film

Martin Wallace directs the Tindersticks' Sexual Funk. George Orwell hovers above it all.
the Art of Making Love

Tuesday, September 02, 2003

Cock and bull

Jean-Pierre Rasle, John Maxwell, Dave Whetstone, Paul Martin, Vanda Sainsbury, Pete Lockwood. Their work:
All Butoned Up (1981, Topic)
Eyes Closed and Rocking (1985, Topic)
Concrete Routes, Sacred Crows (1989, Rogue)
Below the Belt (1993, Cock & Bull)
Pumped Up & Loaded (1996, Mrs Casey)
Encore du Vingt (1999, Mrs Casey)

The Cock and Bull Band