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'The desire to return to chaos rises incessantly' [Octavio Paz] § Where and when does electronic music begin? Where does it end... or is it possible it can never end, as it's running through the universe in the endless radio roar of the stars? Luigi Russolo (1883-1947), who has the same initials as me, but looks nothing like me, might be Mile 1 on the highway, if not zero. He wrote a great little Futurist manifesto in 1913 called The Art of Noises (L'Arte dei rumori) which starts with the premise that before machines, there was no sound except for those from occasional natural events. By the Middle Ages there were chants, then chords, and as the sound of machinery intensified, polyphony. This also occasions a move away from the Pythagorean sweet tone into dissonance, which would unravel the complexity of noise. Needless to say he advised "Futurist musicians" to ditch the traditional instruments by inventing new ones that would capture the diverse rhythms of noise. music & noise: atonality and the evolution of electronic music »» |
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LR talks with Ottmar Liebert nuevo flamenco guitarist extraordinaire about his recent recordings, the coming impact of AI, Zen Buddhism, the Japanese composers Sakamoto and Takemitsu... movies... touring... Aldous Huxley... and the beauty of sake for what ails you. RAIN POEMS: conversations with Ottmar Liebert: »» |
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AFRIT is a powerful demon in Arabian myths. NEBULA is an interstellar cloud of dust. Brother Paul explores the possibilities of ‘post-modern jazz’ demonstrated by this adventurous UK trio. So, dig World Music? A little bit of Xenakis, Coltrane and maybe some Steve Reich? Go East, go West, go interstellar? Read all about it here »»» |
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ROOMS & IMAGINARY WESTERNS. This tale of Pete Brown, UK post-beat poet and premier psychedlic lyricist, is just great. Brother Paul Green reports »» "Gradually Brown morphed into a songwriter/singer. He wrote more material from Cream, notably ‘I Feel Free,’ ‘Sunshine of Your Love,’ and ‘White Room’, the last referring to the new flat where he’d holed up, brooding on whether to prioritise poetry or music. When he ran through a lyric for Graham Bond, who also wanted to collaborate with him, the Great Beast of the Hammond organ told him he’d just become a vocalist. It was a fraught transition...." |
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doctors, artists, killers and hot women: HBO-BBC TV serial ROME Andy Summers (The Police) memoir
One Train
Later Ottmar Liebert & Luna Negra: Up Close: the Fritz Files [binaural recording]
Features: 24: Parallel Stories Must
Converge [Kiefer Sutherland] [TV drama] Flamenco
Revisited CDs Ottmar Liebert
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Of Light Muso DVD Mika Kaurismaki:
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