Michael Pisaro – Harmony Series No.1 from johnny chang on Vimeo. The above is a beautiful performance of Harmony series #1 as composed by Michael Pisaro. Michael Pisaro (born 1961 in Buffalo, New York) is a guitarist and composer. A member of the Wandelweiser Composers Ensemble, he has composed over 80 works for a great […]
Category Archives: Music Reviews
Michael Pisaro: stages of musical development – in touch with the divine listening experience.
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Rustie : Glass Swords reaches the dabblers and the hardcore
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October 2011 saw the release of Glaswedian party animal Russell Whyte (aka Rustie) debut album from the lynchpin of the city’s music scene. This fantastic album is just about all dance floor high moments – the crowd-is-one and hands-in-the-air moments we all attend these events for. Glass Swords is nothing if not the high. It’s […]
Kaputt: Destroyers super album of 2011
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You know its going to be a tricky year when an album that comes out in January remains the best thing you’ve heard in December of that year. It’s a bit like going back to your hometown and falling in love with your primary school boyfriend. It sort of makes you wonder what you did […]
Doubleheart – Salsa Apocalypto makes me wanna dance dance dance.
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Get a load of this cool dance mix from Doubleheart, a hybrid of JD Twitch and Neil Landstrumm that is intentionally as modern as they can make it. This is a more esoteric dance combos out at the moment. Piccadilly Records had this to say about salsa: “The track is a glooped-out swirl of electrohouse that jams […]
Issue: Moonroof makes me love cars
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When I am not a writer / reviewer I am a bookkeeper. One of my clients is a mechanics garage that deals only in top line European sports vehicles. We see a lot of classy cars in that workshop and I often get to ‘test drive’ – an activity that tends to fill me […]
At Last: Farewell Etta James.
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Legendary singer Etta James died last night at the age of 73 of Leukemia. Etta James (born Jamesetta Hawkins in LA) started singing gospel in churches and on radio stations at the tender age of five. her solo career was launched in the mid 1950’s with hits like Good Rockin Daddy. (apologies for the scuzzy […]
Sun City Girls: Djinn Funnel
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The Sun City Girls were an American experimental rock band, formed in 1979 in Phoenix, Arizona. From 1981 the group consisted of Alan Bishop (bass guitar, vocals), his brother Richard Bishop (guitar, piano, vocals), and the late Charles Gocher (drums, vocals). Their name was inspired by Sun City, Arizona, an Arizona retirement community. Charles Gocher died after a long battle with cancer on February 19, 2007, bringing an end […]
Love love love Archaia
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Holy WOW I love this album! ARCHAÏA were formed in the mid-seventies by MAGMA fans who wanted to do something different: play music using percussion only (no drums) and make full use of the guitar. They have alternately been compared to JADE WARRIOR, ARACHNOID, HELDON, MAHAVISHNU, KING CRIMSON (circa “Red”), UNIVERS ZERO and of course, […]
Tokyo Kid Brothers – Throw Away The Books, Let’s Go Into The Streets (1971)
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I’ve had the pleasure of listening to some outstanding music in the past seven days, some of it contempo, some of it retro. Among the gems on my ipod at the moment, are Tokyo Kid Brothers – Throw Away the Books, Let’s Go Into the Streets. Glorious, psychedelic japanese freakout music from 1971 that is […]
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