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alio die &
saffron wood -
corteggiando le messi - hic sunt leones, 2006
verging of many types of music: classical, (world & new age), drone and especially the non-music (his trademark water sounds, birds and nature sounds), with elements just barely at the threshold of visibility
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asher:
intervals - the land of, 2008
the three
asher related releases on this list are all sublime, quiet, ghostly, melodic & "music quite a bit in the background, like
satie and his elevator music. i like the way the tunes sound from my kitchen, traversing 2 rooms. the little melodies are pretty how they come and go in the fuzz" m swiezynski
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asher +
ubeboet -
cell memory - wind measure recordings, 2008
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william barklow -
voices of the loon - north american loon fund, 1980
the best of the bird releases i have listed here
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christopher bissonnette -
in between words - kranky, 2008
"using orchestral sound sources as well as recording his own sounds to manipulate and process, bissonnette has crafted a symphony of six movements, with melodies as ghostly apparitions that fade in and out of view"
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donald j. borror -
songs of eastern birds - dover publications, 1970
academic faculties of zoology and entomology, the ohio state university
genre: non-music
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a broken consort -
three songs - sustain release, 2008
edition 1 of 1, the sounds of invisible birds overhead, black landscapes, and broken consorts
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taylor deupree -
northern - 12k, 2008
re-release. as the deputy managing director of all international monetary business for this blog states: "these are some real jazzy tunes"
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morton feldman -
the viola in my life - ecm, 2008
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fennesz/
jeck/
matthews -
amoroso - touch, 2008
release is an homage to
arvo pärt
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joe grimm -
brain cloud - spekk, 2008
the first track is very beautiful
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philip jeck:
sand - touch, 2008
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ali akbar khan -
the classical music of ali akbar khan - prestige, 1964
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ali akbar khan -
the soul of indian music - prestige, 1965
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laboratory of ornithology at cornell university:
an anthology of over 200 american bird songs - olympic records corporation, 1980
found these bird recordings on closetcurios2.blogspot.com
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lau nau -
nukkuu - fonal, 2008
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stephan mathieu -
radioland - die schachtel, 2008
"exclusively based on real-time processed shortwave radio signals, radioland takes the listener on a carpet ride across endless, majestic shimmering landscapes" the best of his discs yet
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willie nelson -
country willie - united artists records, 1965
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paavoharju:
laulu laakson kukista - fonal, 2008
finnish bird drone/folk, a couple of nice tracks, and some fine melodies
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vidna obmana &
asmus tietchens:
motives for recycling - soleilmoon, 1999
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mathieu ruhlmann +
celer -
mesoscaphe - spekk, 2008
"dedicated to the 1969 voyage of the ben franklin, a naturally propelled submarine, sometimes less memorably referred to as the grumman/piccard px-15, designed for the exploration of the gulf stream's currents"
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sangeet trio (vishwa mohan bhatt, tarun bhattacharya, renu mojumdar):
inde du nord, sangeet trio en concert - ocora radio france, 1995
recorded in théâtre de la ville, paris, found all these acora discs on differentwaters.blogspot.com, thank you kindly
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colin andrew sheffield:
first thus - elevator bath, 2005
some stunning transforming of prerecorded music
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other elevator bath recordings including:
rick reed -
dark skies at noon
ilya monosov -
architecture on air and other works
josh ronsen +
john grzinich +
rick reed -
frequency curtain
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frank sinatra -
romantic songs from the early years - columbia
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frank sinatra -
a swingin' affair! - capital, 1956
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frank sinatra -
sinatra sings of love and other things - capital
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jerry and norma stillwell:
bird songs of dooryard, field and forest - ficker recording, 1961
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svarte greiner -
til seters - a room forever, 2008
2 tracks from
erik skodvin, surely very heavy, and sublime, with an lp image not unlike the lush drones, (but on paper too glossy)
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tape -
milieu plus - häpna, 2003/2008
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tape -
opera plus - häpna, 2003/2008
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tape -
luminarium - häpna, 2008
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john tavener, arvo pärt, henryk mikołaj górecki -
tavener, pärt, górecki - emi, 1996
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giancarlo toniutti, andrew chalk -
tahta tarla - pans'urlo panseri, 1993
acquired on a recommendation from john grzinich, and it is visually the most beautiful record i have, and some really stunning sounds as well
- v.a. -
graceful degradation: variations - sourdine, 2008
with tracks by
steinbrüchel,
kenneth kirschner,
heribert friedl,
john hudak,
steve roden,
jason kahn and
ubeboet. beautiful tracks and packaging with a subtle vellum abstraction, first release on
asher's label
images by
jon wozencraft
(this list benefits from my new record player, near 3 years without one)
john ford - 3 godfathers, 1948
john wayne - robert marmaduke hightower
pedro armendáriz - pedro 'pete' roca fuerte (as pedro armendariz)
harry carey jr. - william kearney (the abilene kid)
ward bond - perley 'buck' sweet
jane darwell - miss florie
guy kibbee - judge
ben johnson - posse man #1 (center, both stills)
charles halton - oliver latham
hank worden - deputy curly
jack pennick - luke (the conductor)
cliff lyons - guard at mojave tanks
francis ford - drunken oldtimer at bar
richard hageman - saloon pianist
