29 Mayıs 2011 Pazar

Zoltán Pongrácz – 144 Sounds: Electronic Music (1982)


I seem to be obsessed with Hungarian electronic music in 70s and 80s. If it were recorded today, the sound of this album could have been regarded a bit raw considering the advanced opportunities of electronic music production of our day but primitivity of an art work cannot be considered to decrease the value of it. I am not saying these because I expect people to forgive the primitivity of such 'oldies' by saying 'Oh yeah, it's from 80s afterall.' In fact, what I think is that there is nothing to forgive in those old records. On the contrary, they can and must be esteemed on account of all their primitivity and rawness, not thinking that their oldness is an excuse for their immaturity. Otherwise, music, like many others, would fall prey to the fast moving consumption of capitalism.

Tracklist



1 Madrigál
Choir – Hungarian Radio And Television Chorus*
Voice – Péter Kertész
Conductor – Ferenc Sapszon
10:03


2 144 Sounds 12:00


3 In Praise Of Folly
Baritone Vocals – György Bordás
18:26


4 Sesquiatera
Choir – Hungarian Radio And Television Chorus*
Conductor – Ferenc Sapszon


7:22


28 Mayıs 2011 Cumartesi

Scott Walker - The Drift (2006)


«A moving aria for a vanishing style of mind.
A noble debut tackling vertiginous demands.
Has absence ever sounded so eloquent, so sad, I doubt it?»

Lyrics to the first track, Cossacks Are

25 Mayıs 2011 Çarşamba

Pierre Boulez Conducts Edgard Varèse (2001)


Pierre Boulez and Edgard Varèse. Need one say more? A whole new (?) classical music experience for the ears. An expedition carried out by two strange Frenchmen to the boundaries of music.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez

Amériques for large orchestra (1918–1921; revised 1927)
Arcana for large orchestra (1925–1927)
Déserts for wind, percussion and electronic tape (1950–1954)
Ionisation for 13 percussion players (1929–1931)

* Türkçe not: Bakalım,
Amériques'in tekrar eden melodisini daha önce nerede duymuş olduğunuzu hatırlayabilecek misiniz?

Amber Asylum - Frozen in Amber (1996)


Weeping string instruments in an echoing chamber, a dimly lit Lovecraftian chamber. It is the kind of music Erich Zann would make, or possibly did.

1. Volcano Suite
2. Riviera
3. Black Waltz
4. Heckle and Jeckle
5. Journey to the Sleepy Water
6. Je suis le chat, la lune
7. Aurora
8. Ave Maria
9. Romantic Theme

David Lynch & Marek Zebrowski - Polish Night Music (2008)


David Lynch and Marek Zebrowski ventures into Warsaw cityscape to discover what a Polish night might sound like.

1. Night - City Back Street (13:29)
2. Night - Interiors (26:46)
3. Night - A Woman On A Dark Street Corner (18:51)
4. Night - A Landscape With Factory (17:41)

23 Mayıs 2011 Pazartesi

Aranos - Transfixiatio (1997)


A curious soundtrack for the dark night of the soul.

01 - Enter
02 - Skip
03 - Light
04 - Neverflame
05 - Transfixiatio

La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela & The Theatre of Eternal Music - Dream House 78' 17" (1974)


The Theatre of Eternal Music was a musical group founded back in the 60's featuring musicians such as Tony Conrad, John Cale, Angus MacLise, Jon Hassell and occasionally Terry Riley. On this record we are privileged to hear Jon Hassell (trumpet) and Garrett List (trombone) together with La Monte Young & Marian Zazeela. The influence of Pandit Pran Nath is quite obvious on the first track.

01 13 I 73 5:35-6:14:03 PM NYC From Map Of 49's Dream The Two Systems Of Eleven Sets Of Galactic Intervals Ornamental Lightyears Tracery

02 Drift Study 14 VII 73 9:27:27-10:06:41 PM NYC

22 Mayıs 2011 Pazar

Elegi - Varde (2009)

1 Varde 2:17
2 Skrugard 6:38
Violin – Meredith Yayanos
Saw – Dan Cantrell
3 Svanesang 6:15
Double Bass – Ronny Sveen
4 Arvesølv 2:38
5 Drivis 5:23
Percussion – Craig Farr
Saw – Dan Cantrell
6 Uranienborg 5:07
7 Fandens Bre 4:31
Percussion – Craig Farr
Saw – Dan Cantrell
8 Skyggespill 2:05
9 Angekok 4:25
10 Råk 6:42
Violin – Meredith Yayanos
11 Søvnens Kvelertak 3:34
12 Den Store Hvite Stillhet 4:17

20 Mayıs 2011 Cuma

Nurse With Wound - A Sucked Orange (1990)


«Introduction to the Music of Nurse With Wound» sort of album, blending elements of early electronic music, ambient, noise, industrial and musiqué concrete; it might be considered as one of the most important efforts of Nurse With Wound.

18 Mayıs 2011 Çarşamba

Francis Dhomont - Les dérives du signe (1991)


01 - Novars (1989)
02 - Chiaroscuro (1987)
03 - Météores (1989)
04 - Signé Dionysos (1986-1991)

Alan Hovhaness - Concerto for Two Pianos, etc. (1944-1954)


Martin Berkofsky, Globalis Symphony Orchestra, Konstantin Krimets

01 - Concerto for two pianos & orchestra - I. Andante
02 - Concerto for two pianos & orchestra - II. Largo
03 - Concerto for two pianos & orchestra - III. Moderato
04 - Mihr, for two pianos, Op. 60
05 - Ko-ola -u, for two pianos, Op. 136
06 - Vijag, for 2 pianos, Op. 37
07 - Lousadzak, for piano & strings, Op. 48


14 Mayıs 2011 Cumartesi

Tom Cora - Gumption In Limbo (1991)


01 - Straylight
02 - Burning Hoop
03 - Deciding to Live in Houses
04 - Cruelty and Memory
05 - Big Cell
06 - Cows Stars Rivers and Giants
07 - Waiting for the Cannon to Laugh
08 - The Story of Anybird
09 - Trivial Disasters
10 - Who to Salute?
11 - Hibou Perdu (Lost Owl)
12 - There Will Be a Happy Meeting (Traditional After the Rendition of Joseph Spence)

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13 Mayıs 2011 Cuma

Luc Ferrari - Interrupteur-Tautologos 3 (1970)


01 - Interrupteur (For Ten Instruments, 1967) Pt.1
02 - Interrupteur (For Ten Instruments, 1967) Pt.2
03 - Interrupteur (For Ten Instruments, 1967) Pt.3
04 - Interrupteur (For Ten Instruments, 1967) Pt.4
05 - Tautologos 3 (For Eleven Instrumentalists And Magnetic Tape, 1970) Pt.1
06 - Tautologos 3 (For Eleven Instrumentalists And Magnetic Tape, 1970) Pt.2
07 - Tautologos 3 (For Eleven Instrumentalists And Magnetic Tape, 1970) Pt.3
08 - Tautologos 3 (For Eleven Instrumentalists And Magnetic Tape, 1970) Pt.4
09 - Tautologos 3 (For Eleven Instrumentalists And Magnetic Tape, 1970) Pt.5

12 Mayıs 2011 Perşembe

István Szigeti - Electroacoustic Compositions (1989)


A striking experiment with human voice from another Hungarian composer István Szigeti. It consists of four electroacoustic compositions. The third piece titled ‘Image’, in my view, deserves special attention.

Gyula Bánkövi - Silver Winged Butterflies-Sodras (1966)


Here is an album that involves two experimental, electroacoustic pieces of the contemporary Hungarian composer Gyula Bánkövi.

11 Mayıs 2011 Çarşamba

André Almuro - Poésie de cruauté (1966)


01 - Le théatre de la cruauté (Artaud)
02 - Exode (Almuro)
03 - L'enfant stanton (Lorca)
04 - Le camarade (Cocteau)
05 - Garde a vous au couchant (Laronde)
06 - Phonolithe (Almuro)
07 - Androgyne asiatique adolescent (Almuro)
08 - Un chant d'amour (Genet)