Tuesday, November 30, 2010

it was moving very slowly

new colin andrew sheffield album
available on mystery sea *
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"it was just a faintly glinting speck of orange light that crept
erratically along the margin of the stream. it was moving very
slowly, for the tide was nearly at slack water."

- john metcalfe - tide-borne - 1925

Thursday, November 25, 2010

johannes d'église

sound excerpt from my new film (the tree film)
playing in the city of angels (echo park) on december 16th.
masterful guitar playing by my comrade johannes d'église
(inspired by the old blind man in seven samurai)

tree film excerpt 1

tree film excerpt

Sunday, November 21, 2010

gentle rain







- amm - ammmusic 1966 - elektra/rer megacorp - 1967/1989

- arcana (derek bailey, tony williams, bill laswell) - the last wave - diw records - 1996

- anthony braxton - mosaic set

- john cage / terry jennings / john tilbury / sebastian lexer - lost daylight - another timbre - 2010
- john cage - violin & piano (andreas seidel, steffen schleiermacher) - mdg - 2010
and many more *

- tony conrad - soundtrack to flicker - 1965

- deerhunter - halcyon digest - 4ad - 2010

- dreams of tall buildings feat arve henriksen - drowning the heart sounds - museum - 2010

- morton feldman - trio - mode records - 2009
- morton feldman - music for piano and strings by morton feldman: for john cage & piano and string quartet (the smith quartet with john tilbury) - matchless - 2010

- bill fontana - landscape sculpture with fog horns - kqed-fm - 1982

- fred frith - to sail, to sail - tzadik - 2008

- bernard herrmann - taxi driver ost - 1976

- paul horn - inside the taj mahal (inside) - epic - 1968
- paul horn - inside the great pyramid - kuckuck - 1976

- the master musicians of jajouka - brian jones presents the pipes of pan at joujouka - rolling stones records - 1971/1995

- pat metheny & lyle mays - as falls wichita, so falls wichita falls - ecm - 1981

- paul motian - jack of clubs - soul note - 1985
- paul motian - misterioso - soul note - 1987
- paul motian - monk in motian - jmt productions - 1988
- paul motian - one time out - soul note - 1989
- paul motian - bill evans - jmt productions - 1990
- paul motian - trioism - jmt productions - 1994
- paul motian - sound of love - winter & winter - 1997

- phill niblock - sound delta - touch radio - 2010

- pauline oliveros - the well and the gentle - hat art - 1985
- pauline oliveros, stuart demster, panaiotis, thomasa eckert, william o. smith - the ready made boomerang - new albion - 1991

- charlemagne palestine - strumming music: for piano, harpsichord and string ensemble - sub rosa - 2010

- roger s. payne - songs of the humpback whale - capitol records - 1970
- roger s. payne - deep voices: the second whale record - capitol records - 1977

- krzysztof penderecki - the manuscript found in saragossa ost - obuh records 1965/2009
- krzysztof penderecki - a portrait - candide - 1972
- krzysztof penderecki - penderecki conducts penderecki volume 1 - angel - 1973
- krzysztof penderecki - penderecki conducts penderecki volume 2 - angel - 1973
- the exorcist ost (penderecki, webern, george crumb, etc) - warner brothers - 1974
- krzysztof penderecki - matrix 5 - emi - 1994
- krzysztof penderecki - matrix 17: emanations / partita / cello concerto / symphony 1 - emi - 1995
- krzysztof penderecki - complete cello concertos (arto noras, sinfonia varsovia) - elatus - 2003

- jaco pastorius / pat metheny / paul bley / bruce ditmas - jaco - diw records - 1974
- jaco pastorius , albert mangelsdorff, alphonse mouzon - trilogue - live at the berlin jazz days - mps records - 1977

- jean-claude roché - oiseaux du vénézuéla (including some potoos) - edwards records - 1973

- keith rowe & john tilbury - duos for doris - erstwhile records - 2003

- sacred flute music of new guinea - quartz records - 1977

- porter wagoner - the rubber room - omni - 2006

- the walker brothers - take it easy with the walker brothers - philips - 1965
- the walker brothers - portrait - philips - 1966

- jozef van wissem - live wnyc - 2010

japan/monks
- the koto music of japan - nonesuch - 1965
- riley kelly lee & ralph samuelson - japanese traditional music for two shakuhachi - lyrichord - 1983
- kōhachiro miyata - japan: shakuhachi - the japanese flute - nonesuch - 1977/1991
- watazumi doso roshi (watazumido-shuso) - the mysterious sounds of the japanese bamboo flute - everest
- soloists of the ensemble nipponia - japan: traditional vocal & instrumental music - shakuhachi, biwa, koto, shamisen - nonesuch - 1976
- somei satoh - sun/moon - new albion - 1994
- gorō yamaguchi & peter k. siegel - shakuhachi music: a bell ringing in the empty sky - nonesuch - 1969/2007
- buddhist monks of maitri vihar - tibetan mantras and chants - sounds of the world - 1997/1999
- the gyuto monks - the perfect jewel: sacred chants of tibet - rykodisc - 2002
- japon, shômyô, chant liturgique buddhique, secte tendaï - ocora - 1979
- david lewiston - tibetan buddhism: tantras of gyütö: mahakala - nonesuch - 1973
- david lewiston - tibetan buddhism: tantras of gyütö: sangwa düpa - nonesuch - 1975
- david lewiston - tibetan buddhism: the ritual orechestra and chants - nonesuch - 1976/1995
- kôbôdaïshi mieku - japon 7 - shômyô: chant liturgique bouddhique, secte shingon - ocora - 1996
- monks of the dip tse chok ling monastery, dharamsala - sacred ceremonies: ritual music of tibetan buddhism - fortuna records - 1992
- tibetan monks of drepung loseling monastery - tibetan sacred temple music - allegro - 1990



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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

kosmische musik


thinking about various kosmische musik recordings while listening to the wonderful new matt shoemaker album soundtrack for dislocation (elevator bath - 2010) *

- agitation free - malesch - vertigo - 1972

- amon düül II - phallus dei - liberty - 1969
- amon düül II - yeti - liberty - 1970

- ash ra tempel - ash ra tempel - ohr - 1971
- ash ra tempel - schwingungen - ohr - 1972
- ash ra tempel - seven up - ohr die kosmische kuriere - 1973
- ash ra tempel w/ klaus schulze - join inn - ohr - 1973
- ash ra tempel - starring rosi - ohr - 1973
- ash ra tempel (manuel göttsching) - inventions for electric guitar - ohr - 1974
- ash ra tempel - salle wagrem, paris, december 6, 1974

- can - delay...1968 - spoon records - 1968/1981
- can - monster movie - liberty records - 1969
- can - soundtracks - liberty records - 1970
- can - tago mago - united artists - 1971
- can - ogam ogat - 1971 (recorded in 1971 at inner space studios during the tago mago sessions)
- can - ege bamyasi - united artists - 1972
- can - future days - united artists - 1973
- can - paris 1973 - 1973
- can - the peel sessions 73-76 - strange fruit - 1995

- cluster - cluster - philips - 1971
- cluster - cluster ii - brain - 1972
- cluster - zuckerzeit - brain - 1974
- cluster - sowiesoso - sky records - 1976
- cluster & eno - cluster & eno - sky records - 1977
- eno moebius roedelius - after the heat - sky records - 1978

- the cosmic jokers - the cosmic jokers - kosmische musik - 1974

- holger czukay - canaxis - privately released - 1969/ revisited records - 2006

- deutscher wertarbeit - deutscher wertarbeit - sky records - 1981

- dzyan - electric silence - bellaphon records - 1974

- edgar froese - aqua - brain - 1974
- edgar froese - epsilon in malaysian pale - virgin - 1975

- tony conrad with faust - outside the dream syndicate - caroline - 1973/table of the elements - 1993
- faust - faust iv - virgin - 1973

- harmonia - musik von harmonia - brain - 1974
- harmonia - deluxe - brain - 1975
- harmonia 76 w/ brian eno - tracks and traces reissue - rykodisc/gronland - 1976/2009

- kluster (conrad schnitzler , dieter moebius , hans-joachim roedelius) - zwei-osterei - schwann - 1971
- kluster - klopfzeichen - schwann - 1971

- kraftwerk - kraftwerk 1 - philips - 1970
- kraftwerk - live on radio bremen - 1971
- kraftwerk - kraftwerk 2 - philips - 1972
- kraftwerk - ralf und florian - philips - 1973
- kraftwerk - autobahn - philips - 1974
- kraftwerk - forum leverkusen germany 04, 22 1974
- kraftwerk - radio-activity - kling klang/emi/capitol - 1975
- kraftwerk - trans-europe express - kling klang/emi/capitol - 1977
- kraftwerk - the man machine - kling klang/emi/capitol - 1978

- neu! - neu! - brain - 1972
- neu! - neu! 2 - brain - 1973
- neu! - neu! '75 - brain - 1975

- popol vuh - affenstunde - liberty - 1970
- popol vuh - in den gärten pharaos - pilz - 1972
- popol vuh - hosianna mantra - pilz - 1972
- popol vuh - seligpreisung - kosmische musik - 1973
- popol vuh - einsjäger & siebenjäger - kosmische musik - 1974
- popol vuh - das hohelied salomos - united artists - 1975
- popol vuh - aguirre - ohr - 1976
- popol vuh - letzte tage - letzte nächte - united artists - 1976
- popol vuh - herz aus glas - brain - 1977
- popol vuh - nosferatu: the vampyre - egg - 1978
- popol vuh - sei still, wisse ich bin - innovative communication - 1981
- popol vuh - fitzcarraldo - spv recordings - 1982/2005
- popol vuh - perlenklänge - the best of popol vuh - ohr - 1992

- sand - ultrasonic seraphim - united durtro - 1996

- conrad schnitzler - zug (re-release of the self released red cassette from 1973)
- conrad schnitzler - rot - schnitzler private pressing - 1973
- conrad schnitzler - blau - schnitzler private pressing - 1974
- conrad schnitzler - 12 stucke aus dem jahr (gelb) - edition block - 1974/1981
(reissue of the private tape release the black cassette from 1974)
- conrad schnitzler - con - paragon records - 1978
- conrad schnitzler & gregor schnitzler- conrad & sohn - schnitzler private pressing - 1981
- conrad schnitzler & michael otto - micon in italia - adn - 1986

- klaus schulze - irrlicht - ohr - 1972
- klaus schulze - cyborg - ohr - 1973

- tangerine dream - essen grugahalle, germany 29th september 1968
- tangerine dream - electronic meditation (w/ edgar froese, klaus schulze, conrad schnitzler) - ohr - 1970
- tangerine dream - frankfurt goethe university 19 june 1971
- tangerine dream - ossiach world music festival, austria 25th june 1971
- tangerine dream - alpha centauri - ohr - 1971
- tangerine dream - live cologne germany 1972
- tangerine dream - zeit - ohr - 1972
- tangerine dream - klangwald cologne wdr sendesaal germany 25th november 1972
- tangerine dream - atem - ohr - 1973
- tangerine dream - phaedra - virgin records - 1974
- tangerine dream - sheffield city hall, england 29th october 1974
- tangerine dream - reims cathedrale, france 13th december, 1974
- tangerine dream - rubycon - virgin records - 1975

*****

- matt shoemaker - groundless - trente oiseaux - 2000
- matt shoemaker - warung elusion - trente oiseaux - 2001
- matt shoemaker - forking path navigator - oblast - 2005
- matt shoemaker - spots in the sun - helen scarsdale agency - 2007
- matt shoemaker - mutable depths - ferns recordings - 2008
- matt shoemaker & dave knott (omake & johnson) - headiferous unctabulum - human faculties - 2008
- matt shoemaker - erosion of the analogous eye - helen scarsdale agency - 2009
- matt shoemaker - the sunken plethora consumes all - mystery sea - 2009
- matt shoemaker - wayward set - human faculties - 2009
- matt shoemaker - tropical amnesia one - ferns recordings - 2010
- matt shoemaker - isolated agent / stranding behavior - elevator bath - 2010
- omake & johnson - every room has a grotto - human faculties - 2010
- matt shoemaker - soundtrack for dislocation - elevator bath - 2010

books
- krautrock: cosmic rock and its legacy - black dog publishing - 2009

thanks to colin, matt and ingenting kollektiva for help with the list