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Windows: Night is Dark and I am Far from Home
Yes indeed, it has become very, very dark in here. And looking back, home is far, far away.
This piece presents a number of stunning photographs, shown for you in high-resolution. In addition, it includes an original, remarkably dark and haunting avant-garde music video. Yes indeed, it has become very, very dark in here. And looking back, home is far, far away. ... more -
Flying Lotus, Black Moth, Busdriver Play Wire Fest | Pitchfork
The sixth annual Adventures in Modern Music Festival-- put on by British experimental music mag The Wire and Chicago watering hole Empty Bottle-- will make its way to the Windy City venue next week, sporting as ever an impressive bill chock full of the some of the world's weirdest and wildest talents.
Over the evenings of September 10-14, the Bottle will play host to the likes of Flying Lotus, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Busdriver, Evangelista, Icy Demons, Daedelus, Tussle, These Are Powers, Shugo Tokumaru, Keiji Haino, Ecstatic Sunshine, Lau Nau, Blues Control, Colourmusic, Dead Machines, Paul Metzger, Agathe Max, Henry Flynt, Musket, and the fantastically named Arnold Dreyblatt and His Orchestra of Excited Strings. The sixth annual Adventures in Modern Music Festival-- put on by British experimental music mag The Wire and Chicago watering hole Emp... more -
Arthur Russell's Wild Combination
The documentary film "Wild Combination" highlights the life of Arthur Russell, whose varied and eclectic musical career spanned disco and avant-garde genres in early '80s New York. The documentary film "Wild Combination" highlights the life of Arthur Russell, whose varied and eclectic musical career span... more
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YXIMALLOO for a minute
Yximalloo (Nao Ishimaru) in an underground legend of far-out music. This one man band has been creating influential albums since the early 70's but for some reason many people don't even know his name!
Always an originator, Yximalloo's musical world often evokes feelings of an "undiscovered island." He sounds like no one you've ever heard before, but his influence is ever-present in experimental music.
Yximalloo just released his long-anticipated new album, "UN-POP," after a 13 year silence!
Check out his new music here:
http://www.myspace.com/yximalloo
Check out his old music here:
http://yximalloo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/
Hope you Enjoy this undiscovered musical treasure! Yximalloo (Nao Ishimaru) in an underground legend of far-out music. This one man band has been creating influential albums since the e... more -
Playing the Building
David Byrne has taken a ferry terminal and transformed it into a huge musical instrument by attaching devices to the building's pillars and pipes. "Playing the Building" will be at the Battery Maritime building in New York City through August 10th. David Byrne has taken a ferry terminal and transformed it into a huge musical instrument by attaching devices to the building's p... more
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David Byrne plays a building
Music legend turns the Battery Maritime Building in NYC into a giant musical instrument.
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NYC: Playing the Building – An Installation by David Byrne 5/31-8/10
Creative Time presents Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by renowned artist David Byrne. The artist transforms the interior of the landmark Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a massive sound sculpture that all visitors are invited to sit and “play.” The project consists of a retrofitted antique organ, placed in the center of the building's cavernous second-floor gallery, that controls a series of devices attached to its structural features—metal beams, plumbing, electrical conduits, and heating and water pipes. These machines vibrate, strike, and blow across the building’s elements, triggering unique harmonics and producing finely tuned sounds. Creative Time presents Playing the Building, a 9,000-square-foot, interactive, site-specific installation by renowned artist David Byr... more
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Xiu Xiu Line Up Late Summer Tour
Their current European tour is days from completion, and Xiu Xiu are already gearing up for more. Jamie Stewart and his roving band of weirdoes will hit the road in the U.S. come mid-August for pert' near a month of jams. And the weirdness doesn't start or stop with Xiu Xiu, as the new tour finds the group joined by Carla Bozulich's Evangelista, righteous racket-maker Prurient, and Common Eider, King Eider, the new project from former Deerhoof member and frequent Stewart collaborator Rob Fisk. Their current European tour is days from completion, and Xiu Xiu are already gearing up for more. Jamie Stewart and his roving band of... more
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Walter Meego - Wikipedia
Walter Meego is a musical duo from Chicago, Illinois.
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Pittsburgh: Dosh @Garfield Artworks 5/25
Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh (born September 6, 1972), known in music as Dosh, is a musician and multi-instrumentalist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. As an artist, Dosh is a percussionist who uses various electronics, often with a Fender Rhodes. Dosh has been characterized mostly as experimental and electronic-based due to his use of many samplers and looping machines and the rhythmic feel of much of his music, with songs often relying on Dosh alone on keyboards, xylophone, and drums. Dosh is often in collaboration with other musicians during live sets and on recording, both locally and nationally known. Martin Luther King Chavez Dosh (born September 6, 1972), known in music as Dosh, is a musician and multi-instrumentalist based in Minn... more
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Pittsburgh: Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra @Mr. Smalls 6/5
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band are a Canadian post-rock band originating from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. For simplicity, they are often referred to as Silver Mt. Zion. Formed in 1999, the band currently comprises seven members, of which three are also involved with Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Since inception, the group has undergone numerous personnel changes. The group is releasing a new album entitled 13 Blues for Thirteen Moons in March 2008. The album, which consists of four tracks, is wholly comprised of songs previously debuted at live performances. Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra and Tra-La-La Band are a Canadian post-rock band originating from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Fo... more
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Love to Noise it !!
Happy Massacre is an experimental noise project performed with a nearly crashed old camera and a low quality Tv. It still has the original sound originated from the malfunctioned visuals simultaneously taken.
The noise of the film also pushes the limits of perception, where as the colors of heaven exist to hang on. Happy Massacre is an experimental noise project performed with a nearly crashed old camera and a low quality Tv. It still has the orig... more -
Scott Walker: The Outsider Sensibility and Creative Visions of Identity
Scott Walker is said to be the world's premier experimental musician, with perhaps no other musician having had a greater influence upon rock music. He was part of a wildly popular English band during the 1960s.
However, he withdrew from public view as his interests turned to more avant-garde music, which he helped revolutionize to major critical success, but only minor public attention. The reclusive Walker has now re-surfaced with a widely acclaimed album (The Drift), his first recoded album in years. In addition, a highly praised documentary about the influential artistic vision of Walker’s experimental musical works has just been produced.
Photographs, two videos from the documentary and a music video of a song from his new album are included. Scott Walker is said to be the world's premier experimental musician, with perhaps no other musician having had a greater influen... more -
Neu!/Kraftwerk Drummer Klaus Dinger, R.I.P.
A founding father of krautrock has passed away. Klaus Dinger, who played drums for Kraftwerk and went on to co-found Neu!, died March 21, although the news of his death was not made public until today. A report from Neu! label Grönland cites the cause of death as heart failure. Dinger was 61, and would have turned 62 on March 24. A founding father of krautrock has passed away. Klaus Dinger, who played drums for Kraftwerk and went on to co-found Neu!, died March ... more
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Composer Stockhausen dies aged 79
Karlheinz Stockhausen, a controversial giant of 20th century musical modernism whose works were seldom embraced by mainstream concert audiences, has died at the age of 79.
In a statement released by the clarinettist Suzanne Stephens and flautist Kathinka Pasveer they say: "farewell to Karlheinz Stockhausen, who lived to bring celestial music to humans, and human music to the celestial beings, so that man may listen to God and God may hear His children" Karlheinz Stockhausen, a controversial giant of 20th century musical modernism whose works were seldom embraced by mainstream concert ... more -
Karl Bauer aka AXOLOTL on the next Chris Manz Show
Teaser promo for the next Chris Manz Show, featuring critically acclaimed experimental musician Axolotl.
We approach San Francisco's famous City Lights Bookstore where we meet Karl Bauer (AXOLOTL to the music world). Karl and Chris talk literature, modern art, and experimental music. a taste of what's to come...
Check out Axolotl's music @ www.myspace.com/axolotl Teaser promo for the next Chris Manz Show, featuring critically acclaimed experimental musician Axolotl. ... more -
TERRY RILEY on the Chris Manz Show
Aspiring anti-comedian Chris Manz tells jokes to his childhood Idol, the legendary experimental composer, Terry Riley, arguably one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Terry was delighted to take part in such a strange event, and suggested that the joke structure utilize repetition to reflect the compositional structures of Minimalism, the musical form that he helped establish. After a long day of giving speeches related to his honorary doctrate from Chapman University, lecturing on musicology, and even performing new music, Terry remarked that this was "the best part of the day"
Check out Terry's music @ www.terryriley.com Aspiring anti-comedian Chris Manz tells jokes to his childhood Idol, the legendary experimental composer, Terry Riley, arguably one of... more -
Indian Experimental Music
A spatialized architectural composition by Indian Hybrid trumpeter and composer Rajesh Mehta who implements his graphical drawing imaginational map 2 into a musical, projection, and navigational score and transforms the Lewis Glucksman Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland into a "resonating instrument" sounding the entire building with the creative participation of the cORKAstra an ensemble he founded in 2004 of adventurous sound artists and musicians from Cork and international guests. see www.rajesh-mehta.com and www.orka-m.com for more info A spatialized architectural composition by Indian Hybrid trumpeter and composer Rajesh Mehta who implements his graphical drawing imag... more
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Indian Experimental Music
Indian Innovative Hybrid/slide trumpeter and composer Rajesh Mehta's latest trio featuring cellist extraordinaire Rohan de Saram and young south Indian percussion virtuoso jayachandra rao live in concert at the New Music Festival Rümlingen, Switzerland. The Trio interprets Mehta's graphical notation/narrative painting "songlines ' jewels". see www.orka-m.com http://www.notations21.net/ and www.rajesh-mehta.com for more info. Indian Innovative Hybrid/slide trumpeter and composer Rajesh Mehta's latest trio featuring cellist extraordinaire Rohan de Saram ... more
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