The Wandelweiser collective is a group of composers who produce scores of minimalist writing that is often based on signs or texts within the context of a leading silence. Wandelweiser was founded in 1992 by Dutch-born flautist Antoine Beuger and German violinist Burkhard Schlothauer. Since its beginnings others have since joined, but s’approacher s’eloigner s’absenter […]
Category Archives: Music Reviews
January
22
Antoine Beuger – s’approcher s’éloigner s’absenter – The acceptance and awareness of silence. (music review)
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January
19
Ono – Ennui: A really good reason to love the 80’s (Music Review)
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Ok, so here is a better reason to love the 80’s than even the Eurythmics. The impossible to underestimate importance of Ono and particularly the powerhouse front man Travis P. (or simply Travis – check his website here) who adds the spiritual angst to the bands tempered electronics, is evident in their influence (I discovered […]
January
15
Hampton Grease Band – Music to Eat: Insanity as music. (Music Review)
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Music to Eat is the only ever band produced by the great avant rock band, Hampton Grease Band. Released in 1971, this double album is said to the the second lowest selling album in Columbia’s history, only outdone for lowest place by a Maharishi Mahesh Yogi yoga instructional record. Shocking I know, but the band […]
January
14
Keep one eye out for Kail Baxley – Heatstroke / The Wind and the War – (Music Review)
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KaiL Baxley grew up in the small backwater town of Williston, South Carolina, the birthplace and stomping grounds of the late great soul legend James Brown, with whom Kail shared an unlikely friendship as a child. “Yeah, James used to say, ‘Boy you bein’ good?’ I’d say, ‘Yes sir.’ He’d say, ‘You know you doin’ […]
January
13
The NOW Now right now – Day four. (festival review)
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Unfortunately for me, day four is my last day at the NOW Now Festival. I have to put out a huge round of thanks to the organizers, Andrew Brooks, Jeremy Tatar, Laura Altman, Rishin Singh and Sam Pettigrew for a truly amazing festival. Fortunately the events I went to were all well attended so I […]
January
13
Jeph Jerman and the sound of bands, gongs and drone. (music review)
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/azanimist/4793672613/ If you take a look at the above link. you see immediately Jeph Jerman’s point when he describes small rubber bands attached to fans hitting against gong’s. Fascinatingly, the sound doesn’t imply the visual, and likewise, the words used to describe the event don’t imply the visual. Here is the description Jeph uses to […]
January
12
The NOW now right now – Day 3 (Festival Review)
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One of the most popular events of the festival is an interesting art space / sound experiment with Food. Over three of the five days of the Festival, Rosita Holmes and Rishin Singh host a lunch for approximately ten to twenty people, “at a warehouse” in Marrickville. Here is the blurb that acts as introduction: Rosita and Rishin’s […]
January
12
The NOW now right now – Day 2 (festival review)
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Well, if there’s one thing we all know for sure now, it’s that the Now now is a mighty big festival. The music is huge and every set a series of highly accomplished musicians doing what they do so well. There is pretty much no chance of sticking to the timetable, which means (unfortunately) for […]
January
11
The NOW now right now – Day 1. (festival review)
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The Red Rattler is the perfect venue for the Now Now festival with its deep velvet antique-esqe armchairs, retro bar and red red red atmosphere. If anything, it may be a tad small given the sizeable crowd that attended the opening of the festival on Wednesday night. Overhead fans had to be turned off due […]
January
08
Everyone’s talking about Berberian Sound Studio and Broadcast (music review)
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Berberian Sound Studio is a film I am yet to see, but if you want an excellent review of the film, check out one of my favourite film sites, Bonjour Tristesse for the low down. It’s certainly one that is ‘on my list’ as they say. However, what I do have, is a copy of the amazing […]
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