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<title><![CDATA[Fennesz @ CCHA]]></title>
<link>http://ambijans.wordpress.com/2009/11/27/fennesz-ccha/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:01:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ambijans</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Christian Fennesz is één van de enige laptop-muzikanten die ook buiten het eigen wereldje naam maakt]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Fennesz" target="_blank">Christian Fennesz</a> is één van de enige laptop-muzikanten die ook buiten het eigen wereldje naam maakte en werkte met artiesten zoals Mark ‘<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparklehorse" target="_blank">Sparklehorse</a>’ Linkous, <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryuichi_Sakamoto" target="_blank">Ryuichi Sakamoto</a>, <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian" target="_blank">David Sylvian</a> en <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Patton" target="_blank">Mike Patton</a> van <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_No_More" target="_blank">Faith No More</a>. Zijn elektronische geluidsschakeringen zitten vol warme ruis en emotionele subtiliteit. Zijn meesterwerk <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLKzqKdF9Zc" target="_blank">&#8216;Endless summer&#8217;</a> uit 2001 noemt Fennesz zijn persoonlijke reflectie op <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys" target="_blank">The Beach Boys</a>; opvolger <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w94vUvze64" target="_blank">&#8216;Venice&#8217;</a> uit 2004 klonk donkerder maar was (alweer) briljant en op het eind 2008 verschenen <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6MFrYeCt_E" target="_blank">&#8216;Black sea&#8217;</a> distilleert hij zijn typische geluid van gitaar en laptop verder.</p>
<p>Benieuwd of ik er meer aan ga vinden dan afgelopen zomer op <strong>Pukkelpop</strong>. <a href="http://www.fennesz.com/" target="_blank">Fennesz</a> is veel gepiel en geëxperimenteer, weidse klanktapijten weven is zowat zijn hobby maar &#8216;t is muziek die slechts een select publiek aanspreekt. Deze voorstelling loopt in het kader van <a href="http://www.ccha.be/project.php?id=67" target="_blank">fricties</a>, een artistiek tafelblad voor avonturiers. Met fricties wil men werk tonen dat fragiel, jong en kwetsbaar is. Werk dus van jonge en/of nieuwe makers die een zoektocht bezig zijn naar een eigen stem en geluid.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p>
<p>Pakweg 50 moedige, muzikale allesvreters waagden zich aan een &#8216;experiment&#8217; dat de naam Fennesz droeg. Met een laptop van Apple en een elektrische gitaar deed de man zijn ding. Toegegeven, het was al iets toegankelijker dan zijn set op Pukkelpop (die hij bovendien een kwartier vroeger afsloot dan voorzien). Vandaag rekte hij zijn optreden tot een kleine drie kwartier (één bisnummer) dus de voorziene anderhalf uur werd niet volgemaakt. Wat kunnen we verder nog vertellen: de man zal <strong>nooit</strong> toegankelijk worden voor het grote publiek, laat staan dat ie ooit een top 40 hit zou scoren. Onmogelijk! Dit was iets voor de liefhebbers, want meerdere luisterbeurten van zijn cd&#8217;s (bij voorkeur met koptelefoon op een degelijke stereo-installatie) legt misschien onvermoede muzikale horizonten bloot. Ik ben nogal breed geörienteerd in het musicale smakenspectrum, maar ik vrees dat ik Fennesz niet zal kunnen doorgronden. Speciaal én vernieuwend klinkt het anders wél. Morgenavond op dezelfde plek gaan we voor een iets toegankelijker act, <strong>finn.</strong>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Nine Horses]]></title>
<link>http://lebonah.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/nine-horses/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:55:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Erika Fiore</dc:creator>
<guid>http://lebonah.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/nine-horses/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[. . . Eu deveria fazer uma página completa só pro Nine. Cara, que banda foda (eu sei que sou morta d]]></description>
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<p>Eu deveria fazer uma página completa só pro Nine. Cara, que banda foda (eu sei que sou morta de suspeita pra falar, afinal de contas meu namorado e meu cunhado são da banda ¬¬) , não consigo parar de ouvir o Snow Borne Sorrow, o álbum todo é ótimo, putz não tem uma musica ruim. *.*</p>
<p>Steve disse numa entrevista recente que estava escrevendo mais coisas, talvez para o seu próximo album solo, ou para o Nine, dependendo de como as coisas se desenvolverem&#8230;eu já estou na torcida não só por um álbum novo do Nine, como zilhares de vídeos de studio, ao vivo, clip se possível &#8211; embora eles não sejam chegados a mostrar a carinha linda deles &#8211; e, se possivel, turnê.</p>
<p>E meninos, venham para o Brasil. Senão minha futura viagem a Londres vai ganhar outro motivo: socar vocês. xD</p>
<p>Se bem que, depois do sonho do JT, e da RCM, o sonho do TP e o outdoor pode até, quem sabe, ser um sinal.</p>
<p>Orações a Odin diariamente para isso.</p>
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<p>Vídeos de estúdio são bacanas. Pena que o Nine Horses só tenha um. o_o</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;">Hoje cometi uma cagada básica:</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://lebonah.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mail-p-steve.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-986" title="mail p steve" src="http://lebonah.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/mail-p-steve.jpg" alt="" width="416" height="278" /></a>.</span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;">Em vez de clicar em &#8220;salvar rascunho&#8221;, cliquei em &#8220;enviar&#8221;.   O_O</span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;">Fazer o que? Agora já foi. Seja o que o Grande Pai Odin quiser.<br />
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<title><![CDATA[Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow]]></title>
<link>http://myselfdestruct.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/nine-horses-snow-borne-sorrow/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:24:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>myselfdestruct</dc:creator>
<guid>http://myselfdestruct.wordpress.com/2009/11/20/nine-horses-snow-borne-sorrow/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Utwory: Wonderful World; Darkest Bird; The Banality Of Evil; Atom And Cell; A History Of Holes; Snow]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong><a href="http://myselfdestruct.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nine-horses-snow-borne-sorrow-cover.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-68" title="Nine Horses - Snow Borne Sorrow - cover" src="http://myselfdestruct.wordpress.com/files/2009/11/nine-horses-snow-borne-sorrow-cover.jpg" alt="" width="180" height="180" /></a>Utwory:</strong> Wonderful World; Darkest Bird; The Banality Of Evil; Atom And Cell; A History Of Holes; Snow Borne Sorrow; The Day The Earth Stole Heaven; Serotonin; The Librarian;</p>
<p><strong>Wykonawcy:</strong> David Sylvian; Steve Jansen; Burnt Friedmann; Ryuichi Sakamoto; Stina Nordenstam i inni.</p>
<p><strong>Wydawca:</strong> Opium Arts</p>
<p><strong>Rok wydania:</strong> 2005</p>
<p><strong>Data napisania recenzji:</strong> 23.08.06</p>
<p><strong>Subiektywna ocena (od 1 do 10): </strong>9</p>
<p>David Sylvian niewątpliwie należy do nielicznego grona artystów wymykających się wszelkim schematom czy szufladkom i co najważniejsze w każdym ze swoich muzycznych wcieleń jest wiarygodny.  Szerokie grono gości pomagających mu w nagrywaniu, choćby tej najnowszej płyty, świadczy o niezwykłym szacunku, jakim obdarzają i obdarzali go przez lata artyści tej miary co Holger Czukay (Can), Robert Fripp (King Crimson) czy japoński guru elektroniki Ryuichi Sakamoto.</p>
<p>Wydawać by się mogło po wydaniu dwóch retrospektywnych albumów: <em>”Everything And Nothing”</em> oraz <em>”Camphor”</em>, że Sylvian zamknął na niewidzialny klucz swoją muzyczną przeszłość, która w znacznym stopniu upłynęła u boku aktorki i piosenkarki Ingrid Chavez.  Szczególnie gdy po rozstaniu z nią postanowił obnażyć swoje zbolałe, krwawiące serce na niezwykle szczerym, pełnym bólu, surowym i formalnie oszczędnym albumie ”<em>Blemish”</em>. Niemniej jednak w wywiadach, jakie wówczas udzielał, wspominał o pobocznym projekcie, który miał być owocem eksperymentów z muzyką elektroniczną, a jaki tworzył od 2002 roku wraz z bratem Stevem Jansenem (zresztą często mu towarzyszącym już od czasów Japan czy to z okazji płyt studyjnych czy projektu Rain Tree Crow). Jednak dopiero pojawienie się wiosną 2004 Burnta Friedmanna przyspieszyło przeciągające się prace w studiu ze względu na przerwę poświęconą na nagranie <em>&#8220;Blemish&#8221;</em>. W końcu w 2005 roku David Sylvian zaprezentował pod szyldem <strong>Nine Horses</strong> swoje nowe dzieło, niezwykłe trzeba dodać.</p>
<p>Oczywiście płyta <em>”Snow Borne Sorrow”</em> nie jest jakąś szczególną woltą stylistyczną, gdyż  na wskroś przesiąknięta jest minimalizmem znanym z solowego <em>”Blemish”</em>, ale na pewno znajduje się tutaj więcej wpadających w  ucho melodii, bogatszych aranżacji oraz, co zdarzyło się po raz pierwszy, głos Sylviana jest wspomagany przez szwedzką wokalistkę Stinę Nordenstam. Jej nieco dziecinno-naiwny głosik świetnie współbrzmi z nieco mrocznym, powściągliwym, ale nie pozbawionym charakterystycznego tembru, głosem Sylviana, co słychać już w otwierającym całość <em>”Wonderful World”</em>. Najważniejsza zmiana w stosunku do <em>”Blemish”</em> to powrót do tradycyjnie pojmowanych piosenek, rozbudowanych, pełnych emocji tak charakterystycznych choćby dla <em>”Dead Bees On A Cake”</em> przykładem niech będą <em>”The Day The Earth Stole Heaven”</em> czy <em>”The Librarian”</em>. Zdecydowanie mniej jest minimalistycznych plam dźwiękowych, które wypełniały strukturę kompozycji na poprzednim albumie artysty, będąc jednak wówczas doskonałym odzwierciedleniem tekstów z płyty. Czasem jednak Sylvian zaskakuje powrotem do odległej przeszłości, choćby w partii trąbki w środku <em>”Banality Of Evil”</em> przywołując atmosferę swojego debiutu <em>”Brilliant Trees&#8221;</em> sprzed ponad dwudziestu lat. Innym razem w chyba najpiękniejszych na płycie <em>”Atom And Cell”</em> i <em>”A History Of Holes”</em> powraca w niezwykle piękny i subtelny sposób do czasów <em>”Secrets Of The Beehive”</em> pełnych charakterystycznych melodii, ale w żaden sposób nieskażonych popową sztampą. Należy podkreślić, że nawiązania są niezwykle subtelne, ledwo wyczuwalne, więc zarzut wtórności jest zupełnie nie na miejscu.</p>
<p><em>”Snow Borne Sorrow”</em> to niezwykle piękna i nastrojowa płyta, nagrana przez jednego z ważniejszych artystów ostatniego ćwierćwiecza. Przede wszystkim jest to dowód na to, że pomimo upływu lat, można stworzyć coś niezwykle świeżego i zaskakującego, potwierdzającego nieprzeciętny talent Davida Sylviana. Szczególnie po pięknej, ale niezwykle trudnej w odbiorze płycie <em>”Blemish”</em> wydaje się, że znalazł on nową artystyczną drogę i z wielką przyjemnością posłucham kolejnych płyt, które wyjdą spod jego ręki.</p>
<p>Lato powoli odchodzi, a na długie jesienno-zimowe wieczory taka płyta będzie jak znalazł, pomimo że jest to pozycja dość trudna do zdobycia, to bardzo polecam.</p>
<p><strong>Autor: </strong>Tomek <em>&#8220;BlaKcThrone”</em> Jałukowicz</p>
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<title><![CDATA[t h e m i n d u n r a v e l s f o r d a y s ]]></title>
<link>http://unsong.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/t-h-e-m-i-n-d-u-n-r-a-v-e-l-s-f-o-r-d-a-y-s/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:14:32 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>unsong</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[&#8217;small metal gods&#8217;, from manafon, the new album by david sylvian. an incredible, sparse,]]></description>
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<p>&#8217;small metal gods&#8217;, from <em><span style="color:#ff0000;">manafon</span></em>, the new album by david sylvian. an incredible, sparse, affecting record which stands among the best things he&#8217;s ever done. his voice has aged well and has an ever so slightly &#8216;broken&#8217; <span style="color:#ff0000;">edge</span> to it i&#8217;ve not heard before. beautiful, <span style="color:#ff0000;">experimental</span>, stripped down at times to the bare minumum. <span style="color:#ff0000;">highly </span>recommended.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[September]]></title>
<link>http://outrasluzes.wordpress.com/2009/11/16/september/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>outrasluzes</dc:creator>
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<title><![CDATA[Ryuichi Sakamoto playing the piano]]></title>
<link>http://kalzone.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/ryuichi-sakamoto-playing-the-piano/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:08:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>kalzonepress</dc:creator>
<guid>http://kalzone.wordpress.com/2009/11/08/ryuichi-sakamoto-playing-the-piano/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Concierto del pianista en el Festival de Otoño de Madrid Otro highlight en el Festival de Otoño de M]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ode to the Fermata of the Welsh Condition: David Sylvian's Manafon]]></title>
<link>http://condemnedtorocknroll.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/ode-to-the-fermata-of-the-welsh-condition-david-sylvians-manafon/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:06:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>condemnedtorocknroll</dc:creator>
<guid>http://condemnedtorocknroll.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/ode-to-the-fermata-of-the-welsh-condition-david-sylvians-manafon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Sylvian, former frontman of one of my favorite bands, Japan, has proven time and again that he]]></description>
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<p>David Sylvian, former frontman of one of my favorite bands, Japan, has proven time and again that he is an artist to keep watching and listening to. Not only does he possess one of the most captivating voices, but he has never been content to stay put in one musical genre; he&#8217;s remained fluid and interesting for the last thirty years, collaborating with numerous experimental forces like Holger Czukay and Ryuichi Sakamoto. His latest album, <em>Manafon</em>, is no exception. As far as I can discern, the album was largely recorded via improvisation, yet its lyrics are mainly inspired by the Welsh poet/rector, R.S. Thomas, whose North Wales parish included the village Manafon. I read in a recent interview with Sylvian that Thomas interested him because of his seemingly contradictory beliefs: staunch Christian ideals and a violent, misanthropic nationalism. In fact, Thomas supported the Welsh nationalist movement Meibion Glyndŵr, calling for a campaign to deface English-owned homes, and he once said &#8220;what is one death against the death of the whole Welsh nation?&#8221; I, myself, don&#8217;t know how contradictory those two beliefs are, especially given Christian fundamentalism and patriotism going quite hand in glove; however, Thomas still makes for an interesting, relatively dark subject for an album. What I find so fascinating about Thomas is his melancholy in the face of a supposedly loving God and his perspective on Welsh character and its seemingly soul-destroying propensity for wallowing in nostalgia. The latter &#8220;past as a prison&#8221; idea is a point I&#8217;ve heard from other Welsh artists before, and ultimately, even the Christian misanthropy could be construed as quite Welsh when looking at the history of Methodism in Wales. This strain of Protestantism appears to have taken on the dour atmosphere of the Welsh rain. At the same time, Wales is also full of a magic that is as deep as the valleys and of a lyrical, sing-song language made for music and poetry. And Sylvian&#8217;s <em>Manafon</em> manages to take in all of these various tendrils of Welshness and works them into an uncompromising piece of art.</p>
<p>Admittedly, this album (and some of Sylvian&#8217;s other work) may not be everyone&#8217;s cup of tea &#8211; it pushes so hard at the rules and boundaries of music in such an understated fashion that some may find it tedious or boring. In other words, there is no immediacy in this record. You must arch and stretch to meet it, but when you do, it seeps into your bones and nestles there like a Pre-Cambrian fossil. Recorded over the period of three years in three different cities with fifteen artists including Sylvian, there&#8217;s a meandering quality to the music. It takes its time just as you would imagine those pastoral, downtrodden characters portrayed in Thomas&#8217;s poetry do. It comes up close around you like the penetrating isolation of a parish in North Wales.</p>
<p>This album is easier to discuss as whole piece rather than individual tracks because I found myself so thoroughly cocooned in it, that making separations ceased to matter. Sylvian and his band of experimental artists end up sculpting a sonic structure largely out of silence; in a way, they use silence as yet one more instrument. Like the white space in graphic design and the clean lines of modern furniture, this silence makes the album starkly beautiful and quietly alive. When instruments do finally come in, a small flutter of saxophone, some splayed guitar strings, droplets of piano, all of your attention is upon them; sometimes they actually startle you from the rich silence. Sylvian&#8217;s characteristically languid vocal style, though slightly more ragged and deeper now, is enchanting, and his phrasing for this record is a mixture of accapella gospel and a poetry reading. He draws out each line meaningfully, and makes space for the twinkling, twitching music to creep up the walls like ivy. Each track tugs at you, drawing you forward in unexpected ways, and it feels like you must follow along as Sylvian finds his own unpredictable way through his words.</p>
<p>The lyrical content most definitely matters in <em>Manafon</em>, especially considering the connection to Thomas, and it is sometimes explicit in this connection (as in the final title track, which includes the characteristically Thomasonian lyric, &#8220;There&#8217;s a man down in the valley who doesn&#8217;t speak in his own tongue/He bears a grudge against the English/A tune to which his songs are sung&#8221;), and sometimes not as explicit as in a track like Emily Dickinson. However, even when the subject matter seems to veer away from the foundation of R.S. Thomas, its mood and themes remain consistent. Emily Dickinson is a perfect complement, in a sense, because of her own darkness and isolation. The opening song on <em>Manafon</em>, entitled Small Metal Gods, sets up that sense of isolation, perhaps as a communication of Thomas&#8217;s own emotional state when moved to the small parish. Like Dickinson, Thomas seemed rather disconnected from the people around him, only opening up in his poetry. The mystery of the artistic process is probed and extapolated in this record. </p>
<p>Some of my favourite lyrics are in the track Random Acts of Senseless Violence. The following lyrics unroll over nearly seven minutes:</p>
<p><em>I’ve put away my childish things<br />
Abandoned my silence too<br />
For the future will contain<br />
Random acts of senseless violence</p>
<p>The target’s hit will be non-specific<br />
We’ll roll the numbers play with chance<br />
All suitable locations unplanned in advance</p>
<p>Someone’s back kitchen, stacked like a factory<br />
With improvised devices, there’s bound to injuries<br />
With improvised devices…</p>
<p>No phone-ins, no courtesy, no kindness<br />
And the future will contain<br />
Random acts of senseless violence</p>
<p>And it’s not just the boredom<br />
It’s something endemic<br />
It’s the fear of disorder<br />
Stretched to its limits</em></p>
<p>Not only does it seem to take in Thomas&#8217;s rather militant nationalism that bordered on terrorism, but the section on improvised devices refers quite neatly back to the actual method of the song itself. I also love that the song ends with: &#8220;And the safety of numbers is just a contrivance/For the future will contain/Random acts of senseless violence/Democracy is very…/Democracy is very, very…&#8221; As Sylvian leaves the unfinished statement dangling as an ellipse, a cipher that can&#8217;t be filled adequately.</p>
<p><em>Manafon</em> is truly bottomless. Its pregnant silences give birth to gripping anticipation, labouring as intensely and as constantly as the stalwart, seemingly defeated figures in Thomas&#8217;s poetry. Sylvian has arranged an astounding assortment of avant-garde musicians to create a music more omnipresent than God and more mortal than R.S. Thomas. A low simmer of rage and a clammy mist of ennui combine to form a focused atmosphere of anger and surrender. An ode to the fermata that is the Welsh condition.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yousendit.com/download/TzY2b3BPcTJJMHNLSkE9PQ">Random Acts of Senseless Violence &#8211; David Sylvian</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.yousendit.com/download/TzY2b3BPcTJCTW5IRGc9PQ">Manafon &#8211; David Sylvian</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[DIECI ANNI DI DEAD BEES ON A CAKE]]></title>
<link>http://isilenti.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/dieci-anni-di-dead-bees-on-a-cake/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>willoworld</dc:creator>
<guid>http://isilenti.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/dieci-anni-di-dead-bees-on-a-cake/</guid>
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<p>L’ascoltavo stamattina in auto e ho pensato di rendergli omaggio. È passato un decennio all’uscita di questo album e mi sembra giusto celebrarlo. Non mi piace fare critiche ma gli ultimi lavori di David Sylvian non mi hanno proprio convinto (è uscito poco tempo fa <a href="http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=25383" target="_blank">Manafon</a>, sulla scia del precedente Blemish ma forse ancora più minimalista).</p>
<p>A chi ancora non conosce questo Dead Bees on a Cake, consiglio vivamente di perdersi nelle litanie del cantautore inglese; la splendida e dilatata I Surrender, le melodie calde di Midnight Sun, gli odori etnici di Krishna Blue e poi la meravigliosa Wanderlust. Un disco intramontabile!</p>
<p>Direct links all&#8217;album:<br />
http://rapidshare.com/files/142171784/1999_-_Dead_Bees_on_a_Cake.part1.rar<br />
http://rapidshare.com/files/142171785/1999_-_Dead_Bees_on_a_Cake.part2.rar</p>
<p><strong>Tracks Listing</strong></p>
<p>1. I Surrender (9:24)<br />
2. Dobro #1 (1:30)<br />
3. Midnight Sun (4:00)<br />
4. Thalheim (6:07)<br />
5. Godman (4:02)<br />
6. Alphabet Angel (2:06)<br />
7. Krishna Blue (8:08)<br />
8. The Shining of Things (3:09)<br />
9. Cafe Europa (6:58)<br />
10. Pollen Path (3:25)<br />
11. All of My Mother&#8217;s Names (6:11)<br />
12. Wanderlust (6:43)<br />
13. Praise (4:02)<br />
14. Darkest Dreaming (4:01)</p>
<p><em>Total Time: 69:46</em><br />
<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Line-up / Musicians</strong></p>
<p>- David Sylvian / vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, sample,<br />
drum programing, percussion programming<br />
- Ryuichi Sakamoto / Rhodes, sampled bansuri, guitar loop, insects<br />
- Tommy Barbarella / Rhodes<br />
- Marc Ribot / guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar<br />
- Bill Frisell / acoustic guitar, dobro<br />
- Lawrence Feldman / flute<br />
- Kenny Wheeler / flugelhorn<br />
- John Giblin / bass<br />
- Chris Minh Doky / double bass<br />
- Ged Lynch / drums<br />
- Scooter Warner / drums<br />
- Steve Jansen / percussion, cymbals<br />
- Talvin Singh / tabla, percussion<br />
- Deepak Ram / bansuri<br />
- Steve Tibbetts / gong<br />
- Ingrid Chavez / vocal<br />
- Shree Maa / vocal</p>
<p>FONTE: http://colonyofslippermen.wordpress.com/</p>
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<link>http://colonyofslippermen.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/dieci-anni-di-dead-bees-on-a-cake/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>willoworld</dc:creator>
<guid>http://colonyofslippermen.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/dieci-anni-di-dead-bees-on-a-cake/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L’ascoltavo stamattina in auto e ho pensato di rendergli omaggio. È passato un decennio all’uscita d]]></description>
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<p>L’ascoltavo stamattina in auto e ho pensato di rendergli omaggio. È passato un decennio all’uscita di questo album e mi sembra giusto celebrarlo. Non mi piace fare critiche ma gli ultimi lavori di David Sylvian non mi hanno proprio convinto (è uscito poco tempo fa <a href="http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=25383" target="_blank">Manafon</a>, sulla scia del precedente Blemish ma forse ancora più minimalista).</p>
<p>A chi ancora non conosce questo Dead Bees on a Cake, consiglio vivamente di perdersi nelle litanie del cantautore inglese; la splendida e dilatata I Surrender, le melodie calde di Midnight Sun, gli odori etnici di Krishna Blue e poi la meravigliosa Wanderlust. Un disco intramontabile!</p>
<p>Direct links all&#8217;album:<br />
http://rapidshare.com/files/142171784/1999_-_Dead_Bees_on_a_Cake.part1.rar<br />
http://rapidshare.com/files/142171785/1999_-_Dead_Bees_on_a_Cake.part2.rar</p>
<p><strong>Tracks Listing</strong></p>
<p>1. I Surrender (9:24)<br />
2. Dobro #1 (1:30)<br />
3. Midnight Sun (4:00)<br />
4. Thalheim (6:07)<br />
5. Godman (4:02)<br />
6. Alphabet Angel (2:06)<br />
7. Krishna Blue (8:08)<br />
8. The Shining of Things (3:09)<br />
9. Cafe Europa (6:58)<br />
10. Pollen Path (3:25)<br />
11. All of My Mother&#8217;s Names (6:11)<br />
12. Wanderlust (6:43)<br />
13. Praise (4:02)<br />
14. Darkest Dreaming (4:01)</p>
<p><em>Total Time: 69:46</em><br />
<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Line-up / Musicians</strong></p>
<p>- David Sylvian / vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards, sample,<br />
drum programing, percussion programming<br />
- Ryuichi Sakamoto / Rhodes, sampled bansuri, guitar loop, insects<br />
- Tommy Barbarella / Rhodes<br />
- Marc Ribot / guitar, acoustic guitar, slide guitar<br />
- Bill Frisell / acoustic guitar, dobro<br />
- Lawrence Feldman / flute<br />
- Kenny Wheeler / flugelhorn<br />
- John Giblin / bass<br />
- Chris Minh Doky / double bass<br />
- Ged Lynch / drums<br />
- Scooter Warner / drums<br />
- Steve Jansen / percussion, cymbals<br />
- Talvin Singh / tabla, percussion<br />
- Deepak Ram / bansuri<br />
- Steve Tibbetts / gong<br />
- Ingrid Chavez / vocal<br />
- Shree Maa / vocal</p>
<p><em>Studio Album, released in 1999</em></p>
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<link>http://chacinski.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/tych-plyt-trzeba-posluchac-choc-inni-juz-to-napisali/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bartek Chaciński</dc:creator>
<guid>http://chacinski.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/tych-plyt-trzeba-posluchac-choc-inni-juz-to-napisali/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Sylvian „Manafon”, Samadhisound premiera: 14.09, źródło: Amazon.com (CD) 7/10 Najlepszą (i naj]]></description>
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premiera: 14.09, źródło: Amazon.com (CD)<br />
7/10</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Najlepszą (i najkrótszą!) recenzję tego albumu napisał bliżej mi nieznany gość z serwisu Rate Your Music: „Obserwujemy właśnie pierwsze symptomy syndromu Scotta Walkera”. Powinienem teraz dodać coś od siebie, żeby to nie był plagiat, tylko cytat, a zatem powiem tyle: Sylvian jest lepszy od Walkera, bo stworzył płytę świadomie osobną i dziwaczną, ale taką, że ludzie i tak będą jej musieli posłuchać –  bo jeszcze nigdy wokalista nie zatrudnił takiego sztabu gwiazd muzyki improwizowanej z całego świata i z różnych półek. Czyli Księga Rekordów Guinnessa w pewnym sensie. Ładna płyta, co tu kryć. I rozwojowa, jeśli chodzi o kierunek &#8211; &#8220;The Greatest Living Englishman&#8221; powinien być tu wzorem na przyszłość. Zdecydowanie najlepszy fragment.  Ale jeśli już koniecznie miałbym się czegoś czepiać, to Sylvian we wkładce też z płyty na płytę coraz młodszy i piękniejszy.<br />
Zajrzyjcie do <a href="http://www.ziemianiczyja.pl/2009/09/david-sylvian/" target="_blank">Ziemi Niczyjej</a> po parę wypowiedzi maestro Sylviana, a na <a href="http://przekroj.pl/kultura_muzyka_artykul,5661.html" target="_blank">stronę &#8220;Przekroju&#8221;</a> po recenzję autora Ziemi Niczyjej.<br />
<strong><br />
<a href="http://chacinski.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/theantlers_hospice.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1906" style="margin:5px 10px;" title="theantlers_hospice" src="http://chacinski.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/theantlers_hospice.jpg?w=148" alt="theantlers_hospice" width="148" height="150" /></a>The Antlers „Hospice”, Frenchkiss</strong><br />
premiera: 3.03, reedycja: 18.08, źródło: Amazon.com (CD)<br />
8/10</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Przeciwieństwo The Big Pink. Żadnej krzykliwości ani trzęsienia ziemi na samym wstępie. Jeśli nie dotrwacie do trzeciej minuty drugiego utworu, to nawet nie zorientujecie się, że cokolwiek się zaczęło. To płyta rewelacyjnie dozująca mocne momenty, a zaskakująco dobrze maskująca dłużyzny, nie nudzi się w dającym się określić czasie i zawiera to, co najlepsze, z nowej amerykańskiej psychodelii i kanadyjskiego rocka. To jeden z albumów, które długo i konsekwentnie wdrukowują się w głowę, by potem – zakładam, bo na szczęście mnie to nie spotkało ostatnio – wysadzić w niej wszystkie podłożone wcześniej emocjonalne ładunki, gdy okaże się, że przytrafi wam się sytuacja podobna do tej, która była udziałem Petera Silbermana, czyli pobyt w szpitalu bliskiej osoby. Więcej warto sobie poczytać na <a href="http://coldaim.blogspot.com/2009/08/antlers-hospice-dugi-pocaunek-na.html" target="_blank">blogu Coldaim</a>. Gdybym zauważył tę recenzję wcześniej, to bym był teraz szczęśliwszy – wcześniej bym sobie zamówił tę płytę. To może być album prawie tak ważny w tym roku jak Bon Iver w ubiegłym, albo &#8220;Funeral&#8221; Arcade Fire pięć lat temu.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[L'ora del tè - Fr. Oct/30 zeronove]]></title>
<link>http://loradelte.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/lora-del-te-fr-oct30-zeronove/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Camille H. Chartreuse</dc:creator>
<guid>http://loradelte.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/lora-del-te-fr-oct30-zeronove/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[L&#8217;ora del tè cambia giorno, ora e si raddoppia! L&#8217;ora del tè, da oggi, andrà in onda tut]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">L&#8217;ora del tè cambia giorno, ora e si raddoppia!</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">L&#8217;ora del tè, da oggi, andrà in onda tutti i <strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">venerdì</span> </strong>dalle<span style="color:#ff9900;"> <strong>14.30</strong></span> alle<span style="color:#ff9900;"> <strong>16.30</strong></span> sempre su <a href="http://www.radionation.it/">http://www.radionation.it</a></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Descrizione:</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nella <strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">prima parte</span> </strong>come sempre chiacchiereremo di tutti gli argomenti più &#8220;in&#8221; scovati nei vari blog della rete, il tutto grazie alla viva interazione della chat <a href="http://www.radionation.it/chat">http://www.radionation.it/chat</a> . Tra un brano e l&#8217;altro, che come sempre vengono selezionati al momento e buttati lì come solo i Dadaisti sanno fare, ci faremo due risate, rifletteremo sull&#8217;argomento trattato, leggeremo i vostri pensieri e le vostre considerazioni, in compagnia di ospiti, più o meno reali!</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Nella <strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">seconda parte</span> </strong>cercheremo di proporre qualcosa di un po&#8217; più &#8220;culturale&#8221;,  almeno ci proviamo&#8230; Qualcosa che a nostro rischio e pericolo potrebbe non piacere proprio a tutti. Ciò che ci spinge a farlo è di far conoscere anche ai non appassionati, sound diversi dal mondo commerciale o semplicemente consigliar loro dischi in usciti che a nostro parere riescono a far uscire il senso più artistico (e meno commerciale, appunto) dello scenario musicale contemporaneo (e non). Non mancheranno inoltre curiosità letterarie, filmografiche e artistiche.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">**************************************</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>This week in II part</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">MUSIC</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#ff9900;">- </span><strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">Yoko </span><span style="color:#ff9900;">Ono / Plastic Ono Band</span></strong>. La vedova per antonomasia riforma la band tra jazz, no wave e ironia;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">- <strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">Arctic Monkeys</span></strong>. <em>Humbug</em>, il terzo disco;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">-<strong> <span style="color:#ff9900;">David Sylvian</span></strong>. Invecchiato con dignità, voce austera e pochi misurati accordi;</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">- <strong><span style="color:#ff9900;">Pearl Jam</span></strong>. Dopo tanti anni, la purezza retrò dei reginetti di Seattle ancora scalda il cuore.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;"> </span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">CULTURE</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">- <strong><span style="color:#3366ff;">Peter Szendy</span></strong>. Tormentoni! La filosofia nel juke box.</p>
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<link>http://redbavon.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/forbidden-colours/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>redbavon</dc:creator>
<guid>http://redbavon.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/forbidden-colours/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Forbidden Colours (David Sylvian) My love wears forbidden colours 22 luglio 2008, ore 8.29. Era un ]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong> <a href="http://redbavon.wordpress.com/problogo/colori-proibiti/" target="_blank">Forbidden Colours</a></strong><a href="http://redbavon.wordpress.com/problogo/colori-proibiti/" target="_blank"> (David Sylvian)</a></p>
<div id="attachment_1116" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 213px"><strong><img class="size-medium wp-image-1116 " title="Forbidden Colours" src="http://redbavon.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/forbidden-colors.jpg?w=225" alt="Forbidden Colours" width="203" height="270" /></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">My love wears forbidden colours</p></div>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>22 luglio 2008, ore 8.29.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Era un martedì, ho controllato. Questa foto è rimasta nel mio iPhone per tutto questo tempo, in attesa del momento per cui è stata scattata. Uno scatto, non voluto, complice il touch-screen e la mia sbadataggine elevata all’ n-sima potenza dalla fretta e dalla furia per non fare tardi al lavoro. Come animato di vita propria, l’iPhone ha scattato una foto. Me la sono ritrovata nella raccolta di foto senza capire come ci fosse finita, quando l’avevo scattata e – guardata bene – quale sostanza avevo assunto prima di scattarla. Alla fine, girata e atarigir, messa in verticale e orizzontale, ho deciso di tenerla. Perché? Perché mi piace. Perché ha un senso, prima o poi almeno l’avrei trovato. E infatti<strong> oggi ce l’ha.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>Oggi</strong> Concerto all’Auditorium di Roma di <strong>Ryuichi Sakamoto</strong>. Biglietti esauriti e io, come al solito, mi sono “svegliato” troppo tardi. Altro che scimmie! E’ il Bianconiglio l’animale da cui la mia specie si è evoluta…e neanche troppo. Ryuchi Sakamoto è in giro per mezza Europa con “Playing the Piano Tour”, <strong>un virtuoso</strong>, suona su due pianoforti, <strong>un visionario</strong>, vede la tecnologia come mezzo d’arte e la usa, i suoi concerti sono su iTunes dopo l’esibizione. M’imbatto nel maestro Sakamoto grazie a <strong>David Sylvian</strong> e la sua struggente <strong>“Forbidden Colours”.</strong> Musica di Ryuichi Sakamoto composta per il film “Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence” (da noi “Furyo”), in cui Ryuichi Sakamoto è anche protagonista, insieme a un David Bowie in una delle sue interpretazioni cinematografiche più convincenti. David Sylvian scrive i testi di questa musica che suona dentro me in maniera speciale, mi fa venire <strong>IL</strong> brivido dietro il collo e giùggiù luuuungo la schiena; i testi , come fiori appena dischiusi sulla pianta, dispiegano la melodia di rara semplicità e di struggente maliconia, <em>here am I, a lifetime away from you.</em> La voce di Sylvian si adatta perfettamente alle note che ad ogni tocco di tasto fanno “rabbrividire” l’anima, m<em>y hands in the soil, buried inside of myself</em>. Un suono di passione potente e gentile allo stesso tempo che arricchisce ogni volta che la ascolti e ti converte ineluttabilmente al suo “credo”: <em>My love wears forbidden colours</em>. <a href="http://redbavon.wordpress.com/problogo/colori-proibiti/" target="_blank">Colori proibiti</a> come in questa foto.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Streatham Island Discs No.11: David Sylvian - Veil (Tim H &amp; Apiento Dub Version)]]></title>
<link>http://testpressing.org/2009/10/26/streatham-island-discs-no-11-david-sylvian-veil-tim-h-apiento-dub-version/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tim Hayter</dc:creator>
<guid>http://testpressing.org/2009/10/26/streatham-island-discs-no-11-david-sylvian-veil-tim-h-apiento-dub-version/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m never quite sure about David Sylvian. Some of his music is sublime, but he has a tendency ]]></description>
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I&#8217;m never quite sure about David Sylvian. Some of his music is sublime, but he has a tendency to take himself a bit too seriously, and sometimes his music gets a bit too over-thought and safe as a result. His first couple of solo LP&#8217;s are terrific though. &#8216;Taking The Veil&#8217; is from the second. Apiento and I reworked it, stripping out most of the vocals and emphasising the rhythm section. I think it turned out pretty well.</p>
<p><strong>David Sylvian &#8211; Veil (TIm H &#38; Apiento Dub Version)</strong><br />
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<p><strong>[Tim Hayter]</strong></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Mixtape #2 - Monochrome n.1: Fall Season ]]></title>
<link>http://giodibe.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/mixtape-2-monochrome-n-1-fall-season/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 13:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Giovanni</dc:creator>
<guid>http://giodibe.wordpress.com/2009/10/25/mixtape-2-monochrome-n-1-fall-season/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Monochrome n.1: Fall Season (clicca qui per il download) Una selezione di brani che comprende canzon]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Monochrome n.1: Fall Season</strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>(clicca <a href="http://www.megaupload.com/?d=X6VPU8T0"><strong>qui</strong></a> per il download)</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">Una selezione di brani che comprende canzoni improntate su di un&#8217;unica tonalità, quella autunnale.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>1. September &#8211; David Sylvian </strong>(from the album &#8220;Secret of the Beehive&#8221;, 1987)<strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Pochi accordi di piano che sembrano tradurre quasi il movimento delle prime foglie che cadono dagli alberi, come fosse un preludio all’autunno. E la calda voce di Sylvian che recita dei versi dai chiari tratti impressionistici, in quella che è una vera e propria poesia musicata</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>2. Autumn Leaves &#8211; Nat King Cole </strong>(from the movie &#8220;Autumn Leaves, 1956)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Scritta nel 1947 da Joseph Kosma e Jacques Prevert con il titolo &#8220;Le feuilles mortes&#8221;, la canzone divenne ben presto uno standard. Nat King Cole nel 1956 incise quella che è probabilmente la versione più celebre per il film &#8220;Autumn Leaves</em>&#8220;, <em>accompagnando con la sua voce i titoli di coda.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>3. Snow Don&#8217;t Fall &#8211; Townes Van Zandt </strong>(from the album &#8220;The Late Great Townes Van Zandt&#8221;, 1972)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Snow don&#8217;t fall on summers time/ Wind don&#8217;t blow below the sea/ My loves lies &#8216;neath frozen skies/ And waits in sweet repose for me.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>4. Famous Blue Raincoat &#8211; Leonard Cohen </strong>(from the album &#8220;Songs of Love and Hate&#8221;, 1971)</p>
<p><em>It&#8217;s four in the morning, the end of December/ I&#8217;m writing you now just to see if you&#8217;re better.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>5. November &#8211; Tom Waits </strong>(from the album &#8220;The Black Rider&#8221;, 1993)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>No shadow/No stars/No moon/No care/November/It only believes/In a pile of dead leaves/And a moon/That&#8217;s the color of bone.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>6. October &#8211; U2</strong> (from the album &#8220;October&#8221;, 1981)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Dall&#8217;album meno conosciuto della band iralndese, una di quelle canzoni che riesce ad essere con poche note il ritratto di uno stato d&#8217;animo. Quello che ci coglie alla vista delle prime foglie gialle sulla strada.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>7. Raindrops &#8211; Tindersticks </strong>(from the album &#8220;Tindersticks&#8221;, 1993)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Tratta da uno dei più belli e meno ricordati album degli anni &#8216;90, Raindrops è un vero e proprio mantra purificatore.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>8. Aint&#8217; Gonna Rain Anymore &#8211; Nick Cave </strong>(from the album &#8220;Let Love In&#8221;<strong>, </strong>1994)<strong> </strong></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Quando l&#8217;autunno coincide con la fine di un&#8217;amore</em><strong><em>.</em><br />
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><strong>9. Plus d&#8217;Hiver &#8211; Yann Tiersen feat. Jane Birkin</strong> (from the album &#8220;Les Retrouvailles, 2005)</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><em>Yann Tiersen restitusce alla pioggia una tenue malinconia pianistica accompagnata dalla calda voce di Jane Birkin.</em></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sketchtorialist: David Sylvian’s Hair]]></title>
<link>http://graciousgood.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/sketchtorialist-david-sylvian%e2%80%99s-hair/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:13:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>graciousgood</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[This is a little drawing I did of my niece&#8217;s friend Jussi. He was standing outside the tent at]]></description>
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<p>This is a little drawing I did of my niece&#8217;s friend <strong><a href="http://www.modelmayhem.com/499043">Jussi</a></strong>. He was standing outside the tent at Fashion Week, talking on a cellphone and looking cool with his <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sylvian">David Sylvian</a> two tone<a href="http://www.ashworth-photos.com/media/music/david%20sylvian%20paweb.jpg">hair</a>.</p>
<p>In fact, with the suit, shoes and stance he looked as if he could&#8217;ve stepped off the cover of <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentlemen_Take_Polaroids">Gentlemen Take Polaroids</a></em>.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Episode #15: Destroying Government and Destroying Time]]></title>
<link>http://radiofreeraytown.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/episode-15-destroying-government-and-destroying-time/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jandksmith</dc:creator>
<guid>http://radiofreeraytown.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/episode-15-destroying-government-and-destroying-time/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[You knew it was only a matter of time before I played some Alice Cooper. I want this site to be anyt]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="attachment_401" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 236px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-401" title="radio free raytown alice cooper 1980 clones" src="http://radiofreeraytown.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/radio-free-raytown-alice-cooper-1980-clones.jpeg?w=300" alt="radio free raytown alice cooper 1980 clones" width="226" height="226" /><p class="wp-caption-text">You knew it was only a matter of time before I played some Alice Cooper.</p></div>
<p>I want this site to be anything but confusing, but apparently there was a mix-up with naming the last episode.  It was #13, but I think the file name was labeled #14.  I thought I&#8217;d avoid as much confusion as possible and just call this #15.  (Besides, if you count that one show I did just to promote the Roe/Taylor/Miller show, then this is my fifteenth show.  How&#8217;s that for confusing?)</p>
<p>Before we get to the show, I do want to remind everyone of the <a href="http://raytownvineyardchurch.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/its-for-the-kids/" target="_blank">awareness/fundraiser event for Angel Tree</a> tomorrow night at <a href="http://benettiscoffee.com/" target="_blank">Benetti&#8217;s Coffee Experience</a>.  My band, My Science Fiction Twin, will blow people&#8217;s minds from about 6:00-8:00 p.m.</p>
<p>Now back to this week&#8217;s show.  I want to make these as educational as possible, without insulting anyone&#8217;s intelligence or limiting my scholarly, unbiased pontifications.  So I&#8217;ve started offering more pertinent information in these playlists, making it easier to research the music.</p>
<ol>
<li>Alice Cooper &#8211; Clones (We&#8217;re All) (<a href="http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&#38;sql=10:fiftxqe5ldae" target="_blank"><em>Flush the Fashion</em></a> &#8211; 1980)</li>
<li>Tubeway Army &#8211; My Shadow in Vain (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubeway_Army_(album)" target="_blank">Tuebeway Army</a> &#8211; 1978)</li>
<li>Japan &#8211; &#8230;Rhodesia (<a href="http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&#38;sql=10:h9fexq95ldje" target="_blank"><em>Obscure Alternatives</em></a> &#8211; 1978)</li>
<li>Japan &#8211; Ghosts (actually a remix pulled from <em><a href="http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&#38;sql=10:gifwxqe0ld6e" target="_blank">Everything and Nothing</a></em>, but originally on <a href="http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&#38;sql=10:09fexq95ldje" target="_blank"><em>Tin Drum</em></a> &#8211; 1981)</li>
<li>February Remaining &#8211; Samson (<a href="http://www.myspace.com/februaryremaining" target="_blank">February Remaining</a> &#8211; 2007)</li>
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<p><a href="http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/1415312/15radiofreeraytown.mp3">Radio Free Raytown &#8211; Episode #15 (10/15/09)</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Camarilha Podcast #12]]></title>
<link>http://camarilhadosquatro.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/camarilha-podcast-12/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>bernardo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://camarilhadosquatro.wordpress.com/2009/10/15/camarilha-podcast-12/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Playlist: 1. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Afrika 70 &#8220;You No Go Die&#8230; Unless&#8221; (Na Poi, ]]></description>
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<p>Playlist:<br />
1. Fela Ransome-Kuti and The Afrika 70 &#8220;You No Go Die&#8230; Unless&#8221; (<em>Na Poi</em>, HMV/EMI, 1971, Nigéria)<br />
2. +2 Moreno, Domenico &#38; Kassin &#8220;Jogada Infantil&#8221; (<em>Ímã</em>, s/g, 2009, Brasil)<br />
3. +2 Moreno, Domenico &#38; Kassin &#8220;Broto de Bambu&#8221; (<em>Ímã</em>, s/g, 2009, Brasil)<br />
4. David Sylvian &#8220;The Rabbit Skinner&#8221; (<em>Manafon</em>, Samadhisound, 2009, Reino Unido)<br />
5. The Flaming Lips &#8220;See the Leaves&#8221; (<em>Embryonic</em>, Warner, 2009, EUA)<br />
6. Mujava &#8220;Township Funk&#8221; (<em>Township Funk 12&#8221;</em>, This Is Music/Warp, 2008, Reino Unido [África do Sul])<br />
7. Eric B. &#38; Rakim &#8220;Paid in Full (Seven Minutes of Madness &#8211; The Coldcut Remix)&#8221; (<em>Paid in Full 12&#8221;</em>, Fourth &#38; Broadway, 1987, Reino Unido)<br />
8. Hayward/Coxon/Thomas/Taylor &#8220;Relph&#8221; (<em>About</em>, Treader, 2009, Reino Unido)<br />
9. Melvins &#8220;Snow Rem Rem Ibvz (Remix by Merzbow)&#8221; (<em>Chicken Switch</em>, Ipecac, 2009, EUA)<br />
10. BLK JKS &#8220;Molalatladi&#8221; (<em>After Robots</em>, Secretly Canadian, 2009, EUA [África do Sul])<br />
11. Staff Benda Bilili &#8220;Avramandole&#8221; (<em>Très Très Fort</em>, Crammed, 2009, Bélgica [Congo])</p>
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<title><![CDATA[David Sylvian - Manafon (2009; Samadhisound, Reino Unido)]]></title>
<link>http://camarilhadosquatro.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/david-sylvian-manafon-2009-samadhisound-reino-unido/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 06:53:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>thiagofilardi</dc:creator>
<guid>http://camarilhadosquatro.wordpress.com/2009/10/13/david-sylvian-manafon-2009-samadhisound-reino-unido/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Sylvian é um cantor, compositor e artista multimídia nascido e estabelecido na Inglaterra. Ini]]></description>
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<p>David Sylvian é um cantor, compositor e artista multimídia nascido e estabelecido na Inglaterra. Iniciou sua carreira em meados da década de 70, com a banda de glam rock/new wave, Japan, na qual também participava seu irmão, Steve Jansen. Foram cinco álbuns de estúdio e um ao vivo com o Japan até ele lançar seu LP de estreia, <em>Brilliant Trees</em>, em 1984. Gravou discos com Holger Czukay do Can e Robert Fripp do King Crimson, além de inúmeras parcerias realizadas com Ryuchi Sakamoto. A década de 00 viu o lançamento do álbum <em>Blemish</em> (2003), um novo grupo com Jansen e Burnt Friedman (Nine Horses), a criação de seu próprio selo (Samadhisound) e o rompimento com a Virgin, pela qual gravava há mais de 20 anos. <em>Manafon</em> é seu último disco solo, lançado em outubro, e marca a incursão definitiva de Sylvian na música improv, incluindo participações de Evan Parker, Christian Fennesz, John Tilbury (AMM) e Keith Rowe (ex-AMM), Werner Dafeldecker e Burkhard Stangl (Polwechsel), Otomo Yoshihide, Toshimaru Nakamura, Sachiko M, Tetuzi Akiyama, entre outros. (TF)</p>
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<p>“It’s the farthest place I’ve ever been/It’s a new frontier for me” (“É o lugar mais longe que eu já estive/É uma nova fronteira para mim”) canta David Sylvian nos primeiros versos de <em>Manafon</em>, em cima do violoncelo de Michael Moser, dos chiados de vinil de Otomo Yoshihide, do mixer de Toshimaru Nakamura, do baixo acústico de Werner Dafeldecker e das guitarras de Christian Fennesz e Burkhard Stangl. Quão presunçosa, autoconsciente e auto-referencial pode soar essa frase? Manafon é genuinamente sua obra mais ousada, cuja paisagem sonora advém de sessões com os maiores e mais respeitados músicos de free improv do mundo. Sem dúvida, a investigação de texturas, timbres e ambiência de som é a mais avançada e experimental de toda sua carreira. Mas o que adianta se os vocais de Sylvian não conseguem acompanhar a inspiração desses músicos?</p>
<p>David Sylvian sempre foi um cantor bem relacionado no mundo vanguardista. A começar pelo Japan, seu primeiro e mais famoso grupo, no qual tocou com o baixista Mick Karn e seu irmão Steve Jansen. Ainda na década de 80 iniciou uma parceria longa com o pianista japonês Ryuchi Sakamoto, e seu álbum de estreia, <em>Brilliant Trees</em> (1984), já continha participações do baixista Holger Czukay, do CAN, com quem gravou dois álbuns depois, e do trompetista Jon Hassell. Nos anos 90, Sylvian colaborou com Robert Fripp, do King Crimson, e seu último LP pela Virgin, <em>Dead Bees on a Cake </em>(1999), contou com participações de Marc Ribot, Bill Frisell e Talvin Singh. Em 2003, após a ruptura com a Virgin e a criação de seu próprio selo, a Samadhisound, surgiu <em>Blemish</em>, seu trabalho mais experimental, que incluía sessões com Derek Bailey e Fennesz. Eis que Sylvian decide ir além e logo após o lançamento de <em>Blemish</em> começa a gravar sessões com músicos de improv da Europa e do Japão, as quais integram <em>Manafon</em>. Se ao longo de sua carreira o vocalista inglês dividiu o palco e o estúdio com alguns dos músicos mais respeitados do planeta, qual é a novidade na escalação desse mega time? O que o álbum traz, além disso, é a sensação de um falso coletivo, de que todos aqueles mestres da música experimental estavam tocando lado a lado num mesmo recinto, enquanto Sylvian improvisava os vocais e criava suas letras instantaneamente. Uma <a href="http://www.manafon.com/a_conversation/" target="_blank">entrevista</a>, no próprio site oficial do disco, anula tais suposições, o que não tira, todavia, os méritos de Sylvian e de <em>Manafon</em>. Como ele próprio explica, o álbum é resultado de um trabalho árduo de edição. Houve diversas sessões em Tóquio, Londres e Viena com os músicos creditados, das quais Sylvian extraiu sequências ou pequenos trechos, adicionando, ulteriormente, seus vocais. Sendo assim, seus métodos diferem completamente de um cantor como Damo Suzuki, que também preza o poder da voz e da improvisação, mas prefere gravar e criar tudo ao vivo, preservando nos lançamentos a “aura” do momento.</p>
<p>É triste, ainda que revelador, constatar que as melhores faixas de <em>Manafon</em> são as mais curtas: “125 Spheres”, que com pouco mais de vinte segundos de voz tem mais melodia que o resto do álbum inteiro e “The Department of Dead Letters”, que dispensa os vocais, provando que a força do álbum está realmente na sua interação instrumental. As outras “improvisações” de <em>Manafon</em> mostram que Sylvian está preocupado demais com seu estilo de cantar, com sua entonação, em passar uma sensualidade sempre preponderante na sua voz, que acaba esquecendo da melodia – logo ele, um grande melodista desde os tempos do Japan. E é nesse ponto que o disco se distancia completamente do anterior, <em>Blemish</em>, cujas melodias são, em todo o tempo, inspiradas; nunca redundantes ou cansativas. Em <em>Manafon</em>, Sylvian simplesmente não consegue acompanhar os devaneios de seus parceiros: o timing é certo, o tom é correto, há um perfeito diálogo entre seus versos e o fundo sonoro, mas falta criatividade, colhão mesmo do cantor de assumir o projeto e ir tão longe musicalmente e trimbristicamente quanto os artistas convidados.</p>
<p>Resultado: após três ou quatro audições, embora encante e impressione o ouvinte inicialmente com seus sons misteriosos e sua reputação precoce de obra primorosa, <em>Manafon</em> causa fadiga e aborrecimento – ao contrário de <em>Blemish</em>, que até hoje soa instigante. Mas se há algo que perpetuará no LP de Sylvian é sua natureza enigmática, tanto nas letras, quanto nas músicas – o que o cantor soube aproveitar bem, não fornecendo conceitos definitivos para a obra, mas alimentando-a de ambiguidade. Assim como no filme <em>Pola X</em>, de Leos Carax, inspirado no livro <em>Pierre: or, The Ambiguities</em>, de Herman Melville, <em>Manafon</em> se perde na provocação excessiva de sentimentos ambíguos e no temperamento pomposo, não obstante desperte a todo o momento um interesse irrefutável. (Thiago Filardi)</p>
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<p>A propósito de <em>Aleph at Hallucinatory Mountain</em>, disco do Current 93 aqui resenhado há dois meses, parte de meu texto atentava para uma certa empáfia na maneira de chamar artistas de grande envergadura para ficar fazendo fundinho luxuoso para uma diatribe sonora carregada quase que inteiramente pelos vocais. O resultado deixava a desejar não apenas porque as contribuições dos músicos não tinham nada de singular, mas em especial porque não se dava a elas a chance de ganhar sua expressão uma vez que, tanto pela mixagem quanto pelo conceito era a voz, dissociada de todo resto e pairando acima, que centralizava as atenções no disco. Exceto pela singularidade das contribuições dos músicos, a mesmíssima coisa pode ser dita de <em>Manafon</em>. No entanto, em comparação com o escrete convocado para <em>Manafon</em>, o disco do Current 93 parece o meu Vasco comparado ao time do Barcelona. Comparece nada menos que o fino da improvisação mundial contemporânea: Christian Fennesz, Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, Evan Parker, Tetuzi Akiyama, Sachiko M., John Tibury, Burkhard Stangl&#8230; Os artistas são divididos por sessões e faixas correspondentes a três lugares do mundo em que Sylvian gravou – Londres, Tóquio e Viena –, com os músicos interagindo em livre experimentação. É a expectativa dos sonhos: músicos desse quilate junto com um cantor de voz expressiva e fora do óbvio como Sylvian. Só que Manafon padece mortalmente da execução de suas premissas. Com poucos minutos de audição, já fica claro que, por mais que os músicos se esforcem em criar interações cativantes e extrair de seus instrumentos timbres delicados e inauditos (Fennesz, Parker e Otomo em especial – aliás recomenda-se a audição a quem for fã de qualquer músico envolvido), qualquer tensão sonora se esvai quando David Sylvian começa sua cantilena, que não interage absolutamente com nada do que está sendo executado. Em vários momentos se ouve pouco, ou nada, além da voz do cantor. Seria, aliás, mais honesto ao conceito (ou às falhas dele) que os instrumentistas de fato parassem de tocar enquanto Sylvian estivesse em ação. Porque, apesar de não ser, <em>Manafon </em>tem uma cara enorme de disco a cappella em que, por descuido, deixaram gravando uns músicos ao fundo. Pode-se gostar mais ou menos da voz de David Sylvian no disco: ela certamente é hiperdramatizada, auto-importante e afetada, mas o mínimo a dizer é que ela cria o seu domínio e o habita por completo. O que compromete definitivamente <em>Manafon </em>é essa inadequação em chamar músicos que tocam em interação, que tocam <em>com</em>, e fazer a partir disso um disco em que o vocal se basta sozinho, com o resto da instrumentação dando apenas um verniz modernista ao resultado final, nada além de um ornamento chique que pode até fazer duvidar da idoneidade simbólica do projeto (parece que os músicos estão ali para &#8220;agregar valor&#8221;). Espero ansiosamente que as matrizes desse disco caiam na mão de um produtor de dub que retalhe e retrabalhe o vocal a fim de que a voz no disco ganhe efetivamente uma qualidade de improviso, experimentação e interação, três características que simplesmente não deram o ar da graça em <em>Manafon</em>. (Ruy Gardnier)</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">Definitivamente não vejo a menor graça no trabalho do Japan. Mesmo em carreira solo, David Sylvian sempre esteve ligado a este grupo bizarro e sem gosto, que se especializou em emular não só Bowie, mas seus queridinhos como Talking Heads ou Adrian Belew. Mesmo o álbum anterior, <em>Blemish</em>, bastante aplaudido por revistas como a Wire, não me fazia crer que finalmente este decano da segunda divisão inglesa iniciaria algo realmente novo e interessante. O projeto Nine Horses muito menos, com sua mistura fraca de Adrian Belew solo com David Bowie da primeira metade dos anos 70. Aí, veio a notícia: <em>Manafon</em>, seu próximo álbum, contará com a colaboração da turma mais barra pesada do free-improv e experimentalismos afins reunida em um único disco nos últimos anos: Evan Parker, Fennesz, a conceituada dupla John Tilbury e Keith Rowe, Otomo Yoshihide e o escambau. Pensei: &#8220;pô, disco da década&#8221;. Será?</span></span><span style="font-size:small;"> Será que Sylvian conseguirá se desvencilhar da estética excessivamente referencial que marcou os trabalhos em que esteve envolvido, mesmo lidando com músicos tão acostumados ao estranho e ao inovador? Apostei minhas fichas que sim, finalmente chegou o dia em que aplaudiremos Sylvian sem favor. Não é exagero dizer que infelizmente a mais desgraçada das discrepâncias se manifesta em <em>Manafon</em>. De um lado, Fennesz, Yoshihide, Parker, Nakamura, Akiyama, entre outros</span><span style="font-size:x-small;"><span style="font-size:small;">, destilam a mais desvairada colcha de retalhos sonora criada este ano, principalmente nas duas faixas iniciais, &#8220;Small Metal Gods&#8221; e &#8220;The Rabbit Skinner&#8221;. De outro um insuportável David Sylvian balbucia versos pretensiosos com seu canto afetado de roqueiro decadente, tão parecido com o do Bono Vox que chega a irritar&#8230; Inclusive porque sua voz está mixada muito acima das improvisações da sua &#8220;banda de apoio&#8221; &#8211; o que me parece uma posição indigna do talento dos convidados. Em 35 anos de vida eu nunca havia me deparado com uma obra tão paradoxal, nem mesmo com a possibilidade de que isso pudesse acontecer. Dois lados, um excepcional, outro pálido, convivendo o mesmíssimo espaço sonoro. Fraco e incrível, chato e intrigante, tudo ao mesmo tempo. O que fazer se não eleger o mais estranho álbum nota sete da história? (Bernardo Oliveira)</span></span></p>
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<link>http://bavenhuis.wordpress.com/2009/10/11/nieuwe-releases-september/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Rock Ian Hunter &#8211; Man overboard / zanger &#8220;Mott The Hoople&#8221; &#8211; Dikke ***** Pet]]></description>
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<li>Ian Hunter &#8211; Man overboard / zanger &#8220;Mott The Hoople&#8221; &#8211; Dikke <strong>*****</strong></li>
<li>Peter Hammill &#8211; Thin air / &#8221;Van der Graaf Generator&#8221; &#8211; ****</li>
<li>Mitch Ryder &#8211; Detroit ain&#8217;t dead (the promise)</li>
<li>Chris Cacavas &#8211; Love&#8217;s been discontinued</li>
<li>Devil On The Wind &#8211; The men they couldn&#8217;t hang &#8211; **** <em>Goede cd, country rock met folk invloeden, een verrassing!</em></li>
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<p><strong>Experimenteel</strong></p>
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<li>David Sylvian &#8211; Manafon / zanger van de band &#8221;Japan&#8221; &#8211; ****<em> rustige experimentele muziek, na hem 2 maal beluisterd te hebben ben ik een beetje aan het geluid gewend, de teksten zijn wel erg raar maar wel goed. </em></li>
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<p><strong>Folk/Blues</strong></p>
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<li>Otis Taylor &#8211; Pentatonic wars and love songs &#8211; *** <em>goede cd van Otis, Gary Moore speelt er ook op mee. op <a href="http://www.altcountryforum.nl/2009/05/13/otis-taylor-pentatonic-wars-and-love-songs/">http://www.altcountryforum.nl/2009/05/13/otis-taylor-pentatonic-wars-and-love-songs/</a> staat een goede recencie!</em></li>
<li>This Leo Sunrise &#8211; The Boat Ashore &#8211; **** <em>Nederlandse band, eerste studioplaat, CD is te bestellen via <a href="http://www.velvetmusic.nl/shopping/product_details.php?id=66101157&#38;lang=nl">http://www.velvetmusic.nl/shopping/product_details.php?id=66101157&#38;lang=nl</a></em></li>
<li>John Mayall &#8211; Tough &#8211; ****</li>
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<p><strong>Pop</strong></p>
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<li>David Gray &#8211; Draw the line</li>
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<title><![CDATA[80's Music Rules ~ Criminally Underrated Artists/ Bands ~ The Dolphin Brothers]]></title>
<link>http://raveandroll.wordpress.com/2009/10/03/80s-music-rules-criminally-underrated-artists-bands-the-dolphin-brothers/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Someone asked a question about The Dolphin Brothers on David Marsden&#8217;s community posting board]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p style="margin-bottom:0;"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-938" title="DB1" src="http://raveandroll.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/db1.jpg?w=300" alt="DB1" width="300" height="271" />Someone asked a question about The Dolphin Brothers on <a href="http://www.marsdenglobal.com/">David Marsden&#8217;s community posting board </a>this past week, which in turn became the inspiration for this week&#8217;s Criminally Underrated post.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Of course, I never need an excuse nor inspiration to post about anything or anyone remotely related to David Sylvian and his former venue Japan. I am in love with Sylvian, his contribution to the look and sound of the 80&#8217;s post-punk and New Wave era, and am enthralled by the depth of his talent which blossomed fully when he went solo, and continues to evolve to this day.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Sylvian&#8217;s brother Steve Jansen was also a member of Japan, along with Richard Barbieri. When Japan folded, Jansen and Barbieri struck out on their own as The Dolphin Brothers with Steve Jansen on lead vocals, drums, and percussion, and Richard Barbieri on keyboards and synthesizers. They produced one very fine album, <em>Catch The Fall</em>. This collection is comprised of catchy dance-infused tunes which perfectly suited the era into which it emerged. It also contains soul-infused ballads that sound as though they could have leapt directly from a solo David Sylvian album.<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-939" title="DB2" src="http://raveandroll.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/db2.jpg" alt="DB2" width="252" height="258" /></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">There is always the temptation to compare The Dolphin Brothers to Japan, and Jansen to Sylvian, the highly recognizable, flamboyant front-man of Japan. Suffice it to say, the brothers share incredibly good looks and even have a familial vocal resemblance. And yes, traces of Japan influence emerge on several of the tracks, along with the style that Sylvian himself defined in his solo works, which is not necessarily a bad thing. No matter; Jansen and Barbieri did a highly successful job of creating a sound and feel complimentary to David Sylvian&#8217;s signature style and that of Japan&#8217;s, but polished and strong enough to stand on its own.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Other musicians who contributed to the one and only LP release were Phil Palmer and David Rhodes (acoustic and electric guitars), B. Heinrich-Keat (electric guitar), Clive Bell (Thai flute, khene, crumhorn), Carrie Booth (piano), Danny Thompson (double bass), Matthew Seligman and Robert Bell (bass), Martin Ditchman (percussion), Suzanne Murphy, Kate Kissoon, and P.P. Arnold (backing vocals).</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Unfortunately, finding The Dolphin Brothers music videos on YouTube is about as rare as hen&#8217;s teeth. These are the only two I was able to come up with – enjoy!</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><strong>“Shining”</strong> fan video via YouTube user <strong>saturdayson:<br />
</strong><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/fog1sw0o93o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/fog1sw0o93o&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><strong>“Catch the Fall”</strong> fan video via YouTube user <strong>yaiga:<br />
</strong><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/Wk5CwF4qtYA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' /><param name='allowfullscreen' value='true' /><param name='wmode' value='transparent' /><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/Wk5CwF4qtYA&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;hd=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' allowfullscreen='true' width='425' height='350' wmode='transparent'></embed></object></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;">Purchase “Catch the Fall” <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss?url=search-alias%3Dmusic-artist&#38;field-keywords=the+dolphin+brothers&#38;x=11&#38;y=14">here</a>.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"> </p>
<h2 style="margin-bottom:0;">Discography</h2>
<p style="margin-bottom:0;"><strong><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-940" title="DBa" src="http://raveandroll.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/dba.jpg?w=150" alt="DBa" width="150" height="150" />Catch The Fall</strong> (1987)</p>
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<link>http://streetlightsdance.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/david-sylvian-manafon/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The moods are exquisite, the lyrics enigmatic, and the singing has that kind of nakedness where arti]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">The moods are exquisite, the lyrics enigmatic, and the singing has that kind of nakedness where artists risk a lot. It is a good thing that there are still some guys on the planet who are looking for new horizons and who are not so much interested in repeating a formula that will constantly please the conservative part of their audience.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste" style="position:absolute;left:-10000px;top:0;width:1px;height:1px;">download David Sylvian &#8211; Manafon (press &#8220;Скачать&#8221; to download)</div>
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<p>The moods are exquisite, the lyrics enigmatic, and the singing has that kind of nakedness where artists risk a lot. It is a good thing that there are still some guys on the planet who are looking for new horizons and who are not so much interested in repeating a formula that will constantly please the conservative part of their audience.</p>
<p>download <a title="David Sylvian" href="http://cyberfiles.info/dl/0b57df96772bc18e788035d89495aca1/" target="_blank">David Sylvian &#8211; Manafon</a> (press &#8220;Скачать&#8221; to download)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[E contrari]]></title>
<link>http://neiljung.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/e-contrari/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:12:30 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Der A-mann</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Vad är då motsatsen till den senaste högintressanta listan? Vilken låt är så sönderspelad att den bo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Vad är då motsatsen till den senaste högintressanta listan? Vilken låt är så sönderspelad att den borde fått vara med i den förra klassen? Svårt val, årtalen begränsar mig, jo visserligen det är min blogg och mina regler så det står mig fritt att bryta mot dem som jag behagar, men det vore fusk. Annars hade FGTH med<em>Relax</em> vunnit.</p>
<p>Nej, vinnaren får vara den här. Temalåten för fumlig dans på alla dansgolv världen kunde uppbringa 1987. För ingen annan var Michael Hutchence, eller befann sig i en rockvideo med hastiga klipp.<br />
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<p>Den där randiga rugbytröjan som trummisen har, jag letade i månader efter en sådan. Men den gick naturligtvis inte att uppbringa någonstans. <em>Kick</em> är för övrigt den enda skivan med INXS jag gillar. Resten är &#8230;bmääärrrrnjäe.</p>
<p>Vidare i musikbranschen. Geniet och konstnären David Sylvian har släppt en ny skiva, <em>Manafon</em>. Skitkul och otroligt spännande, särskilt eftersom <em><a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=285882410&#38;s=143456">Snow Borne Sorrow</a></em> [ituneslänk]är en av de bättre skivorna jag hört det här decenniet.<br />
Så hur låter skivan då? Om det skall jag nu förtälja, den låter precis såhär:<br />
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<title><![CDATA[David Sylvian, Manafon (Samadhisound); Polwechsel and John Tilbury, Field (Hat Hut)]]></title>
<link>http://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/2009/09/30/david-sylvian-manafon-samadhisound-polwechsel-and-john-tilbury-field-hat-hut/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[David Sylvian&#8217;s musical retreat into the forest is one of the most fascinating career paths. L]]></description>
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