Night After Night

March 18, 2019

Playlist (Become Spirit and Light).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Richard Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg - Michael Volle, Roberto Saccà, Anna Gabler, Monika Bohinec, Peter Sonn, Markus Werba, Georg Zeppenfeld, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic/Daniele Gatti (Euroarts; 2014)

Tom Carter/Ingebrigt Haker Flaten/Lisa Carson - Halversonics (Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2019)

<a href="http://kevindrumm.bandcamp.com/album/more-sunday-stuff">More(Sunday Stuff) by Kevin Drumm</a>

Kevin Drumm - More (Sunday Stuff) (self-released; 2019)

This Is Not This Heat - Le Noumatrouff, Mulhouse, France, August 25, 2018 (YouTube; 2018)

Dale Trumbore - How to Go On: The Choral Works of Dale Trumbore - Choral Arts Initiative/Brandon Elliott (Choral Arts Initiative; 2017)
> How to Go On; In the Middle; Lodestar; After the Storm Passes

<a href="http://newdad.bandcamp.com/album/former-eagle">Former Eagle by New Dad</a>

New Dad - Former Eagle (Wrong Whole; 2019)

Klaus Lang & Golden Fur - Beissel (Another Timbre; 2019)

Angharad Davies/Rie Nakajima/Alice Purton - Dethick (Another Timbre; 2019)

Julius Eastman - Femenine - Apartment House (Another Timbre; 2019)

Magnus Granberg - Nun, es wird nicht weit mehr gehn - Skogen (Another Timbre; 2019)

Cyril Bondi/Pierre-Yves Martel/Christoph Schiller/Angharad Davies - awirë (Another Timbre; due in 2019)

<a href="http://fperecs.bandcamp.com/album/map-of-absences">Map of Absences by Turning Jewels Into Water</a>

Turning Jewels into Water - Map of Absences (FPE Records; 2019)

<a href="http://thecaretaker.bandcamp.com/album/everywhere-at-the-end-of-time">Everywhere at the end of time by The Caretaker</a>

The Caretaker - Everywhere at the End of Time (Stage 6) (History Always Favours the Winners; 2019)

<a href="http://steamroom.bandcamp.com/album/steamroom-44">steamroom 44 by jim o'rourke</a>

Jim O'Rourke - Steamroom 44 (Steamroom; 2019)

<a href="http://glisteningexamples.bandcamp.com/album/this-is-what-i-do-volume-21">THIS IS WHAT I DO - VOLUME 21 by Jason Lescalleet</a>

Jason Lescalleet - This Is What I Do, Vol. 21 (Glistening Examples; 2019)

<a href="http://kevindrumm.bandcamp.com/album/christ">Christ! by Kevin Drumm</a>

Kevin Drumm - Christ! (self-released; 2019)

<a href="http://celer.bandcamp.com/album/vamps">Vamps by Celer</a>

Celer - Vamps (Patient Sounds; 2019)

<a href="http://fperecs.bandcamp.com/album/which-way-is-home">Which Way Is Home? by Turning Jewels Into Water</a>

Turning Jewels into Water - Which Way Is Home? (FPE Records; 2018)

Posted at 09:00 PM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (0)

March 11, 2019

Playlist (Moths Swirl and Clouds Call).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

<a href="http://carolineshaw.bandcamp.com/album/orange">Orange by Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet</a>

Caroline Shaw - Orange - Attacca Quartet (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due April 19, 2019)
> Entr'acte; Valencia; Plan & Elevation; Punctum; Ritornello; Limestone & Felt

<a href="http://kevindrumm.bandcamp.com/album/basic-combustion">Basic Combustion by Kevin Drumm</a>

Kevin Drumm - Basic Combustion (self-released; 2019)

<a href="http://room40.bandcamp.com/album/monoakuma">MONOAKUMA by Merzbow</a>

Merzbow - MONOAkuma (Room40; 2018)

<a href="http://fullofhell.bandcamp.com/album/full-of-hell-merzbow">Full Of Hell & Merzbow by Full of Hell</a>

Full of Hell/Merzbow - Full of Hell & Merzbow (Profound Lore; 2014)

Bryce & Brian - Bryce & Brian (Commend; 2018)

Lightbath/Emily A. Sprague - full/new (Commend; 2019)

<a href="http://infrequentseams.bandcamp.com/album/berlin-head-metal">Berlin Head Metal by Matthew Goodheart</a>

Matthew Goodheart - Berlin Head Metal (Infrequent Seams; due April 26, 2019)

<a href="http://exovo.bandcamp.com/album/white-night">White Night by Richard Lainhart</a>

Richard Lainhart - White Night (Ex Ovo; 1974/2007)

Merzbow - Hybrid Noisebloom (Vinyl Communications; 1997)

Merzbow - Collection Era, Vol. 1 (Merzbox 04) (Extreme; 2000)

<a href="http://ghop.bandcamp.com/album/miles-in-the-sky">Miles In The Sky by Grasshopper</a>

Grasshopper - Miles in the Sky (Baked Tapes; 2009)

<a href="http://current931.bandcamp.com/album/the-light-is-leaving-us-all">The Light Is Leaving Us All by Current 93</a>

Current 93 - The Light Is Leaving Us All (Jnana; 2018)

<a href="http://toneglowrecords.bandcamp.com/album/you-i-are-earth">you & i are earth by Vanessa Rossetto</a>

Vanessa Rossetto - you & i are earth (Tone Glow; 2019)

George Benjamin - Written on Skin - Barbara Hannigan, Bejun Mehta, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Jo Loeb, Allan Clayton, Mahler Chamber Orchestra/George Benjamin; Duet for Piano and Orchestra - Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Mahler Chamber Orchestra/George Benjamin (Nimbus; 2013)

Annea Lockwood - A Sound Map of the Danube (Lovely Music; 2008. Audio samples here.)

Posted at 05:50 PM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (0)

Goings On About Town, March 18, 2019.

My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the March 18, 2019 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates March 13-19. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.)

[link]

Posted at 01:18 PM in Classical music, Concert previews, Music news, The New Yorker | Permalink | Comments (0)

March 04, 2019

Playlist (A Time for Passing).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

<a href="http://natewooley.bandcamp.com/album/columbia-icefield">Columbia Icefield by Nate Wooley</a>

Nate Wooley - Columbia Icefield (Northern Spy; 2019)

<a href="http://philipwhite.bandcamp.com/album/control-live-works-for-mixer-feedback">Control: Live Works for Mixer Feedback by Philip White</a>

Philip White - Control: Live Works for Mixer Feedback (self-released; 2013)

<a href="http://nullzone.bandcamp.com/album/vessel">Vessel by Grant Evans</a>

Grant Evans - Vessel (\\NULL|ZØNE//; 2018)

Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (EMI; 1988)

Merzbow - OM Electrique (Merzbox 01) (Extreme; 2000)

<a href="http://merzbow.bandcamp.com/album/tauromachine">Tauromachine by Merzbow</a>

Merzbow - Tauromachine (Release; 1998)

<a href="http://jessicapavone.bandcamp.com/album/hope-dawson-is-missing">Hope Dawson is Missing by Jessica Pavone</a>

Jessica Pavone - hope dawson is missing (Tzadik; 2012)

Theresa Wong - The Unlearning (Tzadik; 2011. Audio samples here.)

Merzbow - Metal Acoustic Music (Merzbox 02) (Extreme; 2000)

Merzbow - Green Wheels (Self-Abuse; 1995)

Talk Talk - Laughing Stock (Polydor; 1991)

John Cage - The Works for Piano 10 - Thomas Schultz (Mode; 2018)
> Two Pieces for Piano (1936); Solo for Piano; Two Pieces for Piano (1946); Swinging

Alvin Lucier - Two Circles - Alvin Lucier, Alter Ego (Mode; 2016)
> Three Transformations of the Works of Maurizio Mochetti; Two Circles; I Am Sitting in a Room; Fideliotrio

Riot Ensemble - Speak, Be Silent (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2019. Audio samples here.)
> Chaya Czernowyn - Ayre: Towed through plumes, thicket, asphalt, sawdust and hazardous air I shall not forget the sound of; Anna Thorvaldsdóttir - Ró; Mirela Ivičević - Baby Magnify/Lilith's New Toy; Liza Lim - Speak, Be Silent; Rebecca Saunders - Stirrings Still II

Merzbow - Remblandt Assemblage (Merzbox 03) (Extreme; 2000)

Merzbow - Hybrid Noisebloom (Vinyl Communications; 1997)

Robert Fripp - Hit Factory, New York, NY, January 18, 1978 (DGMLive; 2011. Audio samples here.)

King Crimson - Capitol Theatre, Montréal, Québec, Canada, Sept. 20, 1973 (DGMLive; 2019. Audio samples here.)

<a href="http://carolineshaw.bandcamp.com/album/orange">Orange by Caroline Shaw & Attacca Quartet</a>

Caroline Shaw - Orange - Attacca Quartet (New Amsterdam/Nonesuch; due April 19, 2019)
> Entr'acte; Valencia; Plan & Elevation; Punctum; Ritornello; Limestone & Felt

Posted at 04:45 PM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (0)

February 11, 2019

Playlist (Veo a través del tiempo).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

<a href="http://michaelpisaro.bandcamp.com/album/nature-denatured-and-found-again">Nature Denatured and Found Again by Michael Pisaro</a>

Michael Pisaro - Nature Denatured and Found Again (Gravity Wave; due Feb. 15, 2019)

Tom Carter - Raw Mono (self-released Bandcamp subscriber exclusive; 2019)

Caifanes - 25 Aniversario (Sony Music; 2013)

David Sanford - Black Noise - Matt Haimovitz, Boston Modern Orchestra Project/Gil Rose (BMOP/sound; 2019)
> Black Noise; Prayer: In Memoriam Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; Scherzo Grosso

<a href="http://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/preservation">Preservation by Bruno Duplant & David Vélez</a>

Bruno Duplant & David Vélez - Preservation (Dinzu Artefacts; 2017)

<a href="http://engravedglass.bandcamp.com/album/deux-trois-choses-ou-presque-scores-by-manfred-werder">deux trois choses ou presque (scores by manfred werder) by Bruno Duplant</a>

Bruno Duplant - deux trois choses ou presque (Engraved Glass; 2012)
> Manfred Werder - 2009-4; 2009-5; 2010-2

<a href="http://miguelprado.bandcamp.com/album/20092">20092 by Manfred Werder, Miguel Prado</a>

Manfred Werder - 20092 - Miguel Prado (self-released; 2012)

<a href="http://recordings.irritablehedgehog.com/album/manfred-werder-st-ck-1998">Manfred Werder: Stück 1998 by Cristián Alvear</a>

Manfred Werder - Stück 1998 - Cristián Alvear (Irritable Hedgehog; 2015)

Julius Eastman - The Zürich Concert (New World; 1980/2017)

<a href="https://brawlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/the-sky-untuned">THE SKY UNTUNED by Laura Cannell</a>

Laura Cannell - The Sky Untuned (Brawl; due April 26, 2019)

<a href="http://xirecords.bandcamp.com/album/red-machinic-fantasies">Red / Machinic Fantasies by Cecilia Lopez</a>

Cecilia Lopez - Red/Machinic Fantasies (XI Records; 2018)

Edmund Finnis - The Air, Turning (NMC; 2019. Audio samples here.)
> The Air, Turning - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov; Elsewhere - Eloisa-Fleur Thom; Parallel Colour - Birmingham Contemporary Music Group/Richard Baker; Between Rain - London Contemporary Orchestra/Robert Ames; Four Duets - Mark Simpson, Víkingur Ólafsson; Shades Lengthen - Benjamin Beilman, Britten Sinfonia/Andrew Gourlay

<a href="http://michaelgregoryjackson.bandcamp.com/album/whenufindituwillknow-michael-gregory-jackson-clarity-quartet-2019">✫ WHENUFINDITUWILLKNOW ✫ Michael Gregory Jackson Clarity Quartet ✫ 2019 ✫ by Michael Gregory Jackson</a>

Michael Gregory Jackson Clarity Quartet - WHENUFINDITUWILLKNOW (Golden; 2019)

Oliver Lake - Holding Together (Black Saint; 1976. Audio samples here.)

David Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith - Sun of Goldfinger (ECM; due March 1, 2019. Audio samples coming soon.)

<a href="http://avalancherecordings.bandcamp.com/album/plays-godflesh">Plays Godflesh by Celer</a>

Celer - Celer Plays Godflesh (Avalanche; 2019)

Michael Gregory Jackson - Gifts (Arista Novus; 1979)

Oliver Lake Trio - Zaki (hatOLOGY; 1979/2007)

Dead & Company - Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, MI 11/24/17 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

Posted at 09:30 PM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (0)

Goings On About Town, February 18 & 25, 2019.

My contributions to the Goings On About Town section in the February 18/February 25, 2019 issue of The New Yorker, covering the dates February 13-26. (Click on any listing to enlarge it.)

[link]

Posted at 04:21 PM in Classical music, Concert previews, Music news, The New Yorker | Permalink | Comments (0)

February 04, 2019

Playlist (Mysteries Dark and Vast).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

<a href="http://marginalfrequency.bandcamp.com/album/mfcd-a-andrea-borghi-sostrato">MFCD A | Andrea Borghi | Sostrato by Marginal Frequency</a>

Andrea Borghi - Sostrato (Marginal Frequency; 2017)

Jeanne Lee with Ran Blake - The Newest Sound You Never Heard (A-Side; 1966-67/2019)

David Torn/Tim Berne/Ches Smith - Sun of Goldfinger (ECM; due March 1, 2019. Audio samples coming soon.)

Dead & Company - Playing In The Sand, Riviera Maya, MX 2/18/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

<a href="http://issueprojectroom.bandcamp.com/album/eliminated-artist">Eliminated Artist by Yarn/Wire and Pete Swanson</a>

Pete Swanson - Eliminated Artist - Yarn/Wire (Distributed Objects; 2015)
> Corrections; Eliminated Artist

<a href="http://johnbutcher1.bandcamp.com/album/cavern-with-nightlife">CAVERN WITH NIGHTLIFE by John Butcher - solo & with Toshimaru Nakamura</a>

John Butcher with Toshimaru Nakamura - Cavern with Nightlife (Weight of Wax; 2004)

<a href="http://rhythmplex.bandcamp.com/album/house-blessing">House Blessing by Jon Mueller</a>

Jon Mueller - House Blessing (Rhythmplex; 2019)

Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra; Gustav Holst - The Planets - Joseph Silverstein, New England Conservatory Chorus, Boston Symphony Orchestra/William Steinberg (Deutsche Grammophon; 1971/2001)

<a href="http://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/ife">Ife by Giovanni Lami & Glauco Salvo</a>

Giovanni Lami & Glauco Salvo - Ife (Dinzu Artefacts; 2019)

<a href="http://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/hesitant">Hesitant by Fabio Perletta</a>

Fabio Perletta - Hesitant (Dinzu Artefacts; 2019)

<a href="http://dinzuartefacts.bandcamp.com/album/opale">Opale by Giovanni Lami</a>

Giovanni Lami - Opale (Dinzu Artefacts; 2016)

John Adams - "I am old and I cannot sleep" (from Nixon in China) - Sanford Sylvan, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra/John DeMain (YouTube; 1987)

Sanford Sylvan - Beloved That Pilgrimage - David Breitman (Nonesuch; 1991)
> Theodore Chanler - Eight Epitaphs; Samuel Barber - Hermit Songs; Aaron Copland - Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

M. Lamar with the Living Earth Show - Lordship and Bondage: The Birth of the Negro Superman (Negrogothic; due Feb. 15, 2019)

<a href="http://elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/works-on-paper">Works on Paper by Gil Sansón / Lance Austin Olsen</a>

Gil Sansón/Lance Austin Olsen - Works on Paper (Elsewhere; 2019)

<a href="http://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/wang-lu-urban-inventory">Wang Lu: Urban Inventory by Wang Lu</a>

Wang Lu - Urban Inventory (New Focus; 2018)
> Urban Inventory - Third Sound Ensemble/Patrick Castillo; Wailing - Holland Symfonia/Hans Leedners; Backstory - Alarm Will Sound/Alan Pierson; Cross-Around - Le Nouvel Ensemble Moderne/Lorraine Vaillancourt; Cloud Intimacy - International Contemporary Ensemble/Ross Karre; past beyond - Ensemble Intercontemporain/Susanna Mälkki

<a href="http://confrontrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-hall">The Great Hall by Jonathan McHugh and Mark Wastell</a>

Jonathan McHugh and Mark Wastell - The Great Hall (Confront; 2019)

The Residents - Eskimo (Ralph/Cherry Red; 1979/2019)

Luc Ferrari - Music Promenade (Wergo; 1969/2012)

David Behrman - On the Other Ocean (Lovely Music; 1978/2019. Audio samples here.)

<a href="http://michaelpisaro.bandcamp.com/album/nature-denatured-and-found-again">Nature Denatured and Found Again by Michael Pisaro</a>

Michael Pisaro - Nature Denatured and Found Again (Gravity Wave; due Feb. 15, 2019)

Posted at 07:00 PM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 28, 2019

Playlist (Dreams You Still Believe).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Joseph Schwantner - New Morning for the World - Willie Stargell, Eastman Philharmonia/David Effron (Mercury; 1983)

<a href="http://bukeandgase.bandcamp.com/album/scholars">Scholars by Buke and Gase</a>

Buke and Gase - Scholars (Brassland; 2019)

<a href="http://weighter.bandcamp.com/album/bertoia">Bertoia by CAGE</a>

CAGE - Bertoia (Weighter; 2019)

Aaron Copland - Symphony No. 3; Three Latin American Sketches - Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Leonard Slatkin (Naxos; 2017)

Dead & Company - Playing in the Sand, Riviera Maya, MX, 2/17/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

<a href="http://dockeryemery.bandcamp.com/album/cathedrelic">Cathedrelic by R. Lee Dockery & Smokey Emery</a>

R. Lee Dockery & Smokey Emery - Cathedrelic (Astral Spirits; 2016)

<a href="http://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/yoi">Yoi by David Vélez - Simon Whetham</a>

David Vélez/Simon Whetham - Yoi (Unfathomless; 2013)

<a href="http://marginalfrequency.bandcamp.com/album/mfcd-e-alloys">MFCD E | Alloys by Lori Goldston | Judith Hamann</a>

Lori Goldston|Judith Hamann – Alloys (Marginal Frequency; 2019)

King Crimson - Meltdown: Live in Mexico City (DGM; 2018)

<a href="http://populistrecords.bandcamp.com/album/andrew-mcintosh-we-see-the-flying-bird-five-songs">Andrew McIntosh // We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs by Yarn/Wire and Estelí Gomez</a>

Andrew McIntosh - We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs - Estelí Gomez, members of Yarn/Wire (Populist; 2019)

<a href="http://diatribes.bandcamp.com/album/echoes-sirens">Echoes & sirens by diatribes</a>

Diatribes - Echoes & Sirens (Alpenraum; 2018)

<a href="http://ftarri.bandcamp.com/album/sextet">Sextet by Minami Saeki / Wakana Ikeda / Yoko Ikeda / Taku Sugimoto / Stefan Thut / Manfred Werder</a>

Minami Saeki/Wakana Ikeda/Yoko Ikeda/Taku Sugimoto/Stefan Thut/Manfred Werder - Sextet (Meenna; 2018)

Taku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki - Songs (Slub Music; 2017. Audio samples here.)

Taku Sugimoto & Minami Saeki - Songs (ftarri; 2018. Audio samples here.)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/gtm-iridium-2007">GTM (Iridium) 2007 by Anthony Braxton</a>

Anthony Braxton - GTM (Iridium) 2007 (New Braxton House; 2012)

<a href="http://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/monorails-and-satellites-vols-1-2-and-3">Monorails and Satellites Vols. 1, 2 and 3 by Sun Ra (solo piano)</a>

Sun Ra - Monorails and Satellites Vols. 1, 2 & 3 (Saturn/Cosmic Myth; 1966/2019)

King Crimson - "Cadence and Cascade (Four Singers)" (DGMLive; 1970/2019)

Michael Byron - Fabric for String Noise (Cold Blue; due Feb. 8, 2019. Audio sample here.)
> Fabric for String Noise, Parts 1 & 2 - String Noise; Dragon Rite - James Bergman

<a href="http://standingonthecorner.bandcamp.com/album/red-burns">RED BURNS by Standing On The Corner</a>

Standing on the Corner - Red Burns (self-released; 2017)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/gtm-syntax-2017">GTM (Syntax) 2017 by Anthony Braxton</a>

Anthony Braxton - GTM (Syntax) 2017 (New Braxton House; 2019)

John Adams - On the Transmigration of Souls - New York Philharmonic/Lorin Maazel (Nonesuch; 2004)

Michael Oesterle - L'hiver Monastique - Clemens Merkel (collection qb; 2007. Audio sample here.)

<a href="http://caducrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/gossamers">Gossamers by Rosalind Hall & Judith Hamann</a>

Rosalind Hall & Judith Hamann - Gossamers (caduc.; 2017)

<a href="http://lorigoldston.bandcamp.com/album/creekside-solo-cello">creekside: solo cello by Lori Goldston</a>

Lori Goldston - creekside: solo cello (self-released; 2014)

Posted at 06:00 PM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (0)

January 21, 2019

Playlist (Preaching on the Burning Shore).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Dead & Company - Playing in the Sand, Riviera Maya, MX, 2/15/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

Pat Metheny - Tap: John Zorn's Book of Angels, Vol. 20 (Tzadik/Nonesuch; 2013. Audio samples here.)

<a href="http://danielbjarnason.bandcamp.com/album/collider">Collider by Daníel Bjarnason</a>

Daníel Bjarnason - Collider - Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Daníel Bjarnason (Bedroom Community; 2018)
> Blow Bright; The Isle Is Full of Noises - Hamrahild Choir; Collider

Thomas Adès - Asyla; Tevot; Polaris; Brahms - London Symphony Orchestra/Thomas Adès (LSO Live; 2017)

King Crimson - Palazzo dello Sport, Reggio Emilia, Italy, April 5, 1973 (DGMLive; 1973. Audio samples here.)

Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir – Vernacular (Sono Luminus; due March 8, 2019. Audio sample here.)
> Páll Ragnar Pálsson - Afterquake; Þuríður Jónsdóttir - 48 Images of the Moon; Halldór Smárason - O; Hafliði Hallgrímsson - Solitaire

Lorelei Ensemble - Impermanence - compositions from the Codex Calixtinus and Turin Manuscript, and by Guillaume Du Fay, Tōru Takemitsu, and Peter Gilbert (Sono Luminus; 2018)

<a href="http://marginalfrequency.bandcamp.com/album/mfcd-e-alloys">MFCD E | Alloys by Lori Goldston | Judith Hamann</a>

Lori Goldston|Judith Hamann - Alloys (Marginal Frequency; 2019)

<a href="http://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/sonido-descompuesto">Sonido Descompuesto by David Velez</a>

David Vélez - Sonido Decompuesto (Unfathomless; 2012)

John Zorn - Leonard: Book of Angels, Vol. 30 - Garth Knox and the Saltarello Trio (Tzadik; 2017. Audio samples here.)

King Crimson - Palazzo dello Sport, Rome, Italy, April 6, 1973 (DGMLive; 1973. Audio samples here.)

<a href="http://rapoon.bandcamp.com/album/the-listening-bell">the listening bell by Rapoon</a>

Rapoon - the listening bell (Ultra-Mail Prod.; 2017)

Quatuor Bozzini - Bozzini+ (Huddersfield Contemporary Records; 2018)
> Bryn Harrison - Piano Quintet - Philip Thomas; Mary Bellamy - beneath an ocean of air - Philip Thomas; Monty Adkins - Still Juniper Snow - Sarah-Jane Summers

Anthony Vine - The Innocence of Trees - Quatuor Bozzini, Dudok Kwartet, BL!NDMAN Strings (Soundcloud; 2018)

Jessica Pavone - In the Action (Relative Pitch; due Feb. 15, 2019. More information here.)

Robert Ashley - Improvement (Nonesuch; 1982)

Catherine Lamb - Atmospheres Transparent/Opaque - Ensemble Dedalus (New World; 2019)
> Overlays Transparent/Opaque; Prisma Interius IX

<a href="http://focslemusic.com/album/bitter-banquet">bitter banquet by powerdove</a>

Powerdove - bitter banquet (fo’c’sle; 2018)

<a href="http://quatuorbozzini-actuellecd.bandcamp.com/album/phill-niblock-baobab">Phill Niblock: Baobab by Quatuor Bozzini</a>

Phill Niblock - Baobab - Quatuor Bozzini (Collection QB; 2019)
> Disseminate; Baobab

King Crimson - "The Terrifying Tale of Thela Hun Ginjeet" (from Tourbox 2008) (DGM; 1981/2008)

<a href="http://populistrecords.bandcamp.com/album/andrew-mcintosh-we-see-the-flying-bird-five-songs">Andrew McIntosh // We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs by Yarn/Wire and Estelí Gomez</a>

Andrew McIntosh - We See the Flying Bird/Five Songs - Estelí Gomez, Yarn/Wire (Populist; 2019)

Annette Bik - Double Bach … the experience of infinity for mortals (Col Legno; 2019)
> Johann Sebastian Bach - Partita No. 1 in B minor (BWV 1002); Eva Reiter - Allemande multipliée; Simone Movio - Incanto VII; Andreas Lindenbaum - En tournant; Bernhard Gander - Bourée Bourée

<a href="http://rhizomes.bandcamp.com/album/interpretations">Interpretations by Elynor Freyss & Joshua Adam Acosta vs Bruno Duplant & Daniel Jones</a>

Elynor Freyss & Joshua Adam Acosta vs Bruno Duplant & Daniel Jones - Interpretations (rhizome.s; 2017)
> Eva-Maria Houben - Zwischen; Michael Pisaro - Les Jours, Mon Aubépine; Lance Austin Olsen - Ruzawi

Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 5 in E-flat; Symphony No. 7 in C - Boston Symphony Orchestra/Colin Davis (Philips/Decca; 1975/2012)

John Adams - Scheherazade.2 - Leila Josefowicz, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra/David Robertson (Nonesuch; 2016)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/gtm-syntax-2017">GTM (Syntax) 2017 by Anthony Braxton</a>

Anthony Braxton - GTM (Syntax) 2017 (New Braxton House; 2019)

Posted at 12:00 PM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (1)

January 14, 2019

Playlist (Perchance to Dream).

A weekly tally of memorable things Steve Smith has stuck in his ears.

Franz Joseph Haydn - String Quartet in D (Op. 71, No. 2) - Maxwell String Quartet (YouTube; 2017)

Joey Roukens - Boundless (Homage to L.B.) - Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Alan Gilbert (YouTube; 2017)

Evan Johnson - measurement as contrition: three canons - BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (Soundcloud; 2018)

Howard Skempton - Piano Concerto - John Tilbury, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov (5:4/YouTube; 2017)

<a href="http://infinitenomad.bandcamp.com/track/luminous-throat">Luminous Throat by Infinite Nomad</a>

Infinite Nomad - Luminous Throat (self-released; 2018)

<a href="http://collide-o-scopemusic.bandcamp.com/album/eidos">Eidos by Collide-O-Scope Music</a>

Collide-O-Scope Music - Eidos (self-released; 2018)
> Lou Bunk - A Shadow on the White; Robert Morris - Foray; Sabi; Jason Eckardt - Rendition; Lou Bunk - Fortune; Yotam Haber - Estro Poetico-Armonico II

<a href="http://unfathomless.bandcamp.com/album/our-seasons-reverse">our seasons reverse by Bruno Duplant & David Vélez</a>

Bruno Duplant & David Vélez - our seasons reverse (Unfathomless; 2018)

<a href="http://funeralmist.bandcamp.com/album/hekatomb">Hekatomb by Funeral Mist</a>

Funeral Mist - Hekatomb (NoEvDia; 2018)

<a href="http://elsewheremusic.bandcamp.com/album/works-on-paper">Works on Paper by Gil Sansón / Lance Austin Olsen</a>

Gil Sansón/Lance Austin Olsen - Works on Paper (Elsewhere; 2019)

Keiji Haino, Jim O'Rourke & Oren Ambarchi - I Wonder If You Noticed "I'm Sorry" Is Such a Lovely Sound It Keeps Things from Getting Worse (Black Truffle; 2016)

Anna Webber's Percussive Mechanics - Refraction (Pirouet; 2014)

<a href="http://stringnoise.bandcamp.com/album/the-book-of-strange-positions">The Book of Strange Positions by String Noise</a>

String Noise - The Book of Strange Positions (Northern Spy; 2015)
> Black Flag - "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie"; Eric Lyon - The Book of Strange Positions; Violent Femmes - "Gone Daddy Gone"; Radiohead - "In Limbo"; Violent Femmes/Eric Lyon - Violent Phase; Eric Lyon - Noise Triptych; Bad Brains - "Don't Need It"; Deerhoof - "We Do Parties"; 1/2 Japanese - "No More Beatlemania" (All song arrangements by Eric Lyon)

Dead & Company - Playing in the Sand, Riviera Maya, MX, 2/15/18 (Los Muertos/Rhino; 2019)

Art Ensemble of Chicago - Urban Bushmen (ECM; 1982)

<a href="http://newbraxtonhouse.bandcamp.com/album/gtm-syntax-2017">GTM (Syntax) 2017 by Anthony Braxton</a>

Anthony Braxton - GTM (Syntax) 2017 (New Braxton House; 2019)

Florence Price - Symphony No. 1 in E minor; Symphony No. 4 in D minor - Fort Smith Symphony/John Jeter (Naxos; 2019)

Eva Reiter - Noch sind wir ein Wort… - Klangforum Wien (Kairos; 2018)
> Noch sind wir ein Wort…; Masque de Fer; Allemande Multipliée; Irrlicht; In groben Zügen; Konter

King Crimson - "21st Century Schizoid Man" (Radio Edit) from Heartbeat - The Abbreviated King Crimson (DGMLive; 1969/1991)

Posted at 02:00 AM in National Sawdust Log, Playlists | Permalink | Comments (0)

Night After Night

Don't call it a comeback.

March 18, 2019

Playlist (Become Spirit and Light).

March 11, 2019

Playlist (Moths Swirl and Clouds Call).

Goings On About Town, March 18, 2019.

March 04, 2019

Playlist (A Time for Passing).

February 11, 2019

Playlist (Veo a través del tiempo).

Goings On About Town, February 18 & 25, 2019.

February 04, 2019

Playlist (Mysteries Dark and Vast).

January 28, 2019

Playlist (Dreams You Still Believe).

January 21, 2019

Playlist (Preaching on the Burning Shore).

January 14, 2019

Playlist (Perchance to Dream).

About

Search

Categories

Top posts

Blogs, zines & review sites