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- FEBRUARY 2010 -
RELEASE:
[M] Robert Rich's Ylang!
2010.02.24, Post by David Leikam
DESCRIPTION:
Organic, lush and sensual
Robert Rich's first solo studio album in three years seductively blends languid polyrhythms with influences as diverse as South Indian Karnatic music, post-rock, jazz, and minimalism.
The title comes from ylang ylang, a flowering tree that grows in South Asia, with a mysterious fragrance that embodies elements of shadow and light, eros and gnosis, earth and sky.
[ read more. ]
Musicians:
Robert Rich: flutes, lap steel , piano, percussion, MOTM modular & synths
Ricky Carter: drums
Sakthivel Muruganandhan: mrdungam
Sunilkumar Sankarapillai: bansuri
Haroun Serang: guitar
Emily Bezar: voice
Forrest Fang: violin
Hans Christian: cello
Paul Olguin: upright bass
Available On:
Soundscape Productions SP021, CD .
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- JANUARY 2010 -
RELEASE:
[M] Matt Davignon's Living Things!
2010.01.30, Post by Edgetone Records
DESCRIPTION:
Matt Davignon is an experimental musician based in Oakland, California, who has been working almost exclusively with the processed sounds of drum machine since 2004. Before that, he has worked with unusual sound sources such as field recordings, turntable, prepared instruments and household objects.
The fuzzy drones, moody quivers and chirps Matt creates are far removed from the sounds one would expect to hear from a drum machine. However, listeners of Matt's last two albums, "Bwoo" and "SoftWetFish" are familiar with the unique language he has developed for his instrument. Inspired by psychedelic music and natural sound recordings, the music in his new offering, “Living Things”, focuses on the theme of organic life which he conveys with a sense of mystery and wonderment.
Also, Available On:
iTunes - Amazon.com .
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RELEASE:
[M] LA Nidra's Hibernation Album!
2010.01.30, Post by Celia Aurora de Blas
DESCRIPTION:
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Second Chance Fund at American Humane.
Order a physical copy ($19.95 + shipping)
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In this Yoga Nidra meditation, Aurora's calming voice will take you through a guided visualization focused on fall and winter themes. By pairing this practice with your personal intention she allows for deep access to the subconscious mind where true change occurs. This allows for the listener to bring his or her true desires into life.
Tracks:
• Yoga Nidra Instructions
• 78 minutes of Practice broken up into 3 tracks (short, mid, long meditations)
• A singing bowl for a soothing introduction and finish to each practice.
Listen to a Sample of Hibernation Album
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• PAST •
- DECEMBER 2009 -
RELEASE:
[M] d.Leikam . Duets: A State of I featuring Eddie Gale, Areni Agbabian, Jason Shanks, Thomas Merácz, Wadada Leo Smith!
2009.12.25, Post by David Leikam
DESCRIPTION:
David Leikam's 12th album featuring improvisational duet pieces with Areni Agbabian on acoustic piano/voice, Eddie Gale on trumpet, Thomas Merácz on laptop, Jason Shanks on laptop/sax, and Wadada Leo Smith on trumpet.
David on acoustic piano and Moog Rogue synthesizer.
Compilation 2009.
Recorded by Mike Hirsch (1), John Baffa (2,4,5), Gretchen Coombs (3)
Constructed by David Leikam.
Mastered by Robert Rich.
Tracks:
1. Sunrise featuring Eddie Gale - 5:41
2. Womb featuring Areni Agbabian - 5:58
3. Homage To The Icebergs featuring Jason Shanks - 22:46
4. Floating Under The Skyline featuring Thomas Merácz - 8:32
5. The Downfall and Happiness of Falling In-Love featuring Wadada Leo Smith - 3:59
© 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009 dBcL recordings All Right Reserved.
Also, Available On:
iTunes - Amazon.com - Myspace.com .
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RELEASE:
[M] Back In-Stock: The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions and The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions, Mosaic Records Limited Edition Box Sets!
2009.12.15, Post by Mosaic Records
DESCRIPTION:
The Complete Roost Sonny Stitt Studio Sessions
Sonny Stitt's rich, expressive sound on alto was vibrant. On tenor, his tone took on a warmth that betrays a Lester Young influence. His white-hot solos, rooted as much in earthy blues as sophisticated be bop, are positively jubilant and rhythmically driving. They are not just a collection of riffs; they tell a story. It's evident in his playing that he loved what he did, and he did it magnificently (9 CDs - $144.00).
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The Complete Roulette Jack Teagarden Sessions
"The immaculate execution of either free ensembles or written arrangements, the emphasis on cleanness, the balance of hot and pretty - this group could well have written the contemporary Dixieland book." - Jim Leigh, The Mississippi Rag (4 CDs - $68.00).
[ read more. ]
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RELEASE:
[MM] GameWhys: Games For Conscious Living
2009.12.07, Post by John O'Neill of See Through Games
DESCRIPTION:
The Admcadiam Minor Arcana Playing Cards are possibly the worlds first internationally suited deck of Playing Cards. The variety in pip design of the different cultures using cards, referred to above, is used as the basis for their imagery. The 52 Admcadiam cards represent a flow through the symbols of the world as an allegorical visual story of awareness discovering and realizing the dimensions we as humans inhabit.
[ read more. ]
IceCap Cards: Aim of the game - Rebuild the icecaps and save the earth.
What you do. Play the Polar Bears or Penguins responsible for returning the melting icebergs to their poles.The polar animals work alone or in pairs. Too many false moves and the bergs will be gone forever.
[ read more. ]
Paradice Cards: Aim of the game - Replant the forests and save the earth.
What you do. Connect the Humans and gain the power to Give trees back toParadice, before one acting alone Takes enough trees to stop the game.Or, travel the world as a Taker, and discover the Insights that dissolve the instinct to take more than we need.
[ read more. ]
Paradice Art: The purpose of the game is to build the Blue Pyramid.
Paradice is played in a forest with four types of trees. Each type supports a Forest Spirit of a different color, and a Human Being that begins the game looking at Paradice from a different point of view.
[ read more. ]
Paradice Echo: Move the Blue Humans from the four corners of the Earth to meet Eye-to-Eye and gain the power to save Paradice, before two of them lose their spirit to do so.
[ read more. ]
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- NOVEMBER 2009 -
RELEASE:
[L] Niya's Place : Some Planets are Only 381 Miles Away
2009.11.29, Post by Niya Christine Sisk
DESCRIPTION:
Read this once-a-month creative blog series written by graphic designer and dynamic writer, Niya C. Sisk.
I haven't missed posting a Niya's Place blog monthly for over 3 years. But recently I've turned my life as well as the rabbit tribe's lives into something that resembles a Fellini Movie in reverse. The event I'm speaking of is the move from Sonoma to Los Angeles to attend a 9 month program at UCLA in screenwriting.
I thought... how hard could it be. It's 381 miles from the Bay Area. The ocean is spectacular. It's the only place in the world that eats, breathes and sleeps story as an art; as a science and as the crazy creative lifestyle it produces.
[ read more. ]
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- OCTOBER 2009 -
RELEASE:
[M] Vijay Iyer's Historicity
2009.10.13, Post by Vijay Iyer
DESCRIPTION:
With Historicity, Vijay Iyer one of today's most celebrated and innovative US-American jazz artists spectacularly redefines the classical notion of the piano trio.
[ watch video clip. ]
Vijay Iyer - piano
Stephan Crump - bass
Marcus Gilmore - drums
1. Historicity - 07:48 (Iyer, Vijay)
2. Somewhere - 06:57 (Bernstein, Leonard / Sondheim Stephen)
3. Galang (Trio Riot Version) - 02:39 (Arulpragasam, Maya / Orton, Ross / Frischmann, Justine / Mackey, Steve)
4. Helix - 04:00 (Iyer, Vijay)
5. Smoke Stack - 08:07 (Hill, Andrew)
6. Big Brother - 04:48 (Wonder, Stevie)
7. Dogon A.D. - 09:18 (Hemphill, Julius)
8. Mystic Brew - 04:55 (Foster, Ronnie)
9. Trident: 2010 - 09:05 (Iyer, Vijay)
10. Segment For Sentiment #2 - 04:03 (Iyer, Vijay)
[ read more. ]
Also, Available On:
iTunes - Amazon.com - Barne & Noble .
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- August 2009 -
RELEASE:
[M] Kyle Blanton Ross' Dream Travel
2009.08.14, Post by Kyle Blanton Ross
DESCRIPTION:
A new Album of music By Kyle Blanton Ross was recently featured in the Animation Lifeline by visionary Andres Salaff.
Kyle Blanton Ross' Dream Travel
Now Available On: iTunes - Amazon.com
Kyle Blanton Ross is an active composer and performer focusing in the electroacoustic field. He graduated with a BFA in Multi-focus Music Technologies from California Institute of the Arts concentrating on creating custom controllers for custom software generating glitch/noise material.
Many of his works are collaborations with Artists from other fields such as Dancers, Animators and Film makers. Performances include group improvisations with acoustic players, solo computer performances, and Non computer based music.
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- JULY 2009 -
RELEASE:
[M] OtherMinds presents: Marc Blitzstein First Life
2009.07.19, Post by OtherMinds
DESCRIPTION:
The Rare Early Works
Before the premiere of his legendary political musical The Cradle Will Rock, and his famous opera Regina, Marc Blitzstein (1905-1964) produced striking chamber music that deserves a wider audience. Yet these scores, by the only American to study composition both with Arnold Schoenberg and Nadia Boulanger, remain unpublished and rarely played over the past 80 years. Other Minds is pleased to introduce these forgotten treasures, an unknown aspect of Blitzstein’s genius. —Charles Amirkhanian
Other Minds Webstore, BUY NOW!
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RELEASE:
[M] David Rosenboom: How Much Better if Plymouth Rock had Landed on the Pilgrims
2009.07.02, Post by David Rosenboom
DESCRIPTION:
David Rosenboom (b. 1947) has been widely acclaimed as an innovator in American experimental music since the 1960s. Although much of his work has been collaborative, virtually none of his large-scale collaborative works has hitherto been documented on record. How Much Better If Plymouth Rock Had Landed on the Pilgrims (1969–71) is considered to be one of the most important, prompting the following Washington Post review after a 1970 performance:
“If there were a device whereby one could plug into the deepest levels of human consciousness, and then translate this input ...
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- JUNE 2009 -
RELEASE:
[M] Nicholas Chase's Ngoma Lungundu (voice that thunders): the Velvet Watt Vol. 1 AND Blue Sky Over Buchenwald: Original Music Soundtrack
2009.06.24, Post by Nicholas Chase
DESCRIPTION:
Ngoma Lungundu (Voice That Thunders), features the studio premiere of the epic 4-movement title track, originally created for live, multi-channel electronics, mastered here for home stereo and iPod, and comes alongside Seventh Sense, the half-hour opus for bass and electronics featuring a tour-de-force performance by contrabassist Cristin Wildbolz. Seventh Sense was originally released by STV/Unit records in Switzerland on 5.1 Surround Sound DVD, but is available in the US for the first time in this specially re-mastered stereo edition - and includes 3 minutes of material not issued on the Swiss release!
Also, Now Available On: iTunes
Also appearing this Summer, Blue Sky Over Buchenwald, the electronic soundtrack to the Alternativer Medienpreis nominated documentary Wie kann es so schoen in Buchenwald sein? by Gabriele Rabe. The recording features original tracks produced for the documentary as well as a selection of originally composed and performed acoustic tracks that provided the basis for the electronic soundtrack.
Also, Now Available On: iTunes
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