"An arbitrary succession of more or less irritating sounds"

Wednesday, 24 July 2024

Teutonic jelly

Three flavours of Teutonic jelly: solo workout ('with The Exposures') & showing jazz chops (of a sort) with toy-toting Japanese funsters & one of the great drummers...

Bonus:


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Monday, 22 July 2024

French governor's daughter

 

'Her audition for Limbo District consisted of asking her to play cover band standards like "Louie Louie" and when she had no idea what to do was immediately included in the band...'

 

Photo by Marlys Lenz Cox.

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Saturday, 20 July 2024

St Moritz

 

'delicate fluidity & shape-shifting'



Photo by Marion Benoit.

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Thursday, 11 July 2024

Confused neighbour

 

'Iftin's Mogadishu is where the world's sounds begin & end'...

'Digitized from cassettes recorded between 1982 & 1987 at the legendary Al-Uruba hotel's secret studio & the jams for the masses performed in the basement of Somalia's national theatre.'


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Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Old basement

 


 'the convergence of ceremonial cadences, echo-laden instrumentation & [mournful resignation]'

 

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Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Ka-Real

Kahil El'Zabar's new Open Me, A Higher Consciousness of Sound and Spirit revisits his 'Great Black Music' - 'often attributed to the Art Ensemble of Chicago but, in fact, an El’Zabar composition' - after earlier takes both by his Ethnic Heritage Ensemble & his Ritual Trio...

 

 

 

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Tuesday, 30 January 2024

Lend Me Your Second Week

Another week's listening: from Dennis Young (Liquid Liquid) & Randall Kennedy's punk-funk poetics to modal Duke Pearson pleasures, via the Benelux post-punk of Jo Bogaert, Betty Padgett & Arnie Love's biscuit tin productions & DJ Nature & Jamie xx bangers (& even Kieren Hebden's first LMYE appearance in an age)...

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Sunday, 14 January 2024

Lend Me Your First Week

Another week's listening: from the post-punk/synth pop interface of Talking Drums & Linear Movement to the majesty of Don Cherry/Johnny Dyani & Coltrane, with intermediary stops including Bill Nelson, State of Art, Astrud Gilberto, Bessie Jones, Eagles Lupopo '77, Afro 70, The Smile, Seven Davis/John Cale (somewhat improbably), Lloyd Cole/Mogwai (at least equally improbably...), Paul Haig & Abdullah Ibrahim.

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