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<title><![CDATA[Fennesz, Grouper and Natural Snow Buildings, St-Giles-In-The-Fields, 03/11/09 ]]></title>
<link>http://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/fennesz-grouper-and-natural-snow-buildings-st-giles-in-the-fields-031109/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 10:19:27 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mapsadaisical</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mapsadaisical.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/fennesz-grouper-and-natural-snow-buildings-st-giles-in-the-fields-031109/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[With apologies to my one-year-old nephew (who as far as I’m aware hasn’t RSS’ed this site yet) Group]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Touch 25 (2006)]]></title>
<link>http://smmslt.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/touch-25-2006/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>aorto</dc:creator>
<guid>http://smmslt.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/touch-25-2006/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[25th anniversary release from the Touch Music label. One of the more interesting albums on rotation.]]></description>
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<p>25th anniversary release from the <a href="http://touchshop.org/index.php?sessId=2563E4E7FF039C2F313B141E08003049">Touch Music</a> label.</p>
<p>One of the more interesting albums on rotation.  Featuring works from Biosphere, Fennesz, Chris Watson and Ryoji Ikeda you know you&#8217;re in for some interesting ambience from the world of sound.  Definitely one to immerse yourself into with a good set of headphones.</p>
<p><a href="http://rapidshare.com/files/296213683/Touch_25.rar">Try</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.discogs.com/Various-Touch-25/release/694610">Info</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Christmas Decorations - Communal Rust (Community Library, 2005)]]></title>
<link>http://johancolin.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/christmas-decorations-communal-rust-community-library-2005/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>johancolin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://johancolin.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/christmas-decorations-communal-rust-community-library-2005/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[  J’ai découvert Christmas Decorations peu de temps après Fennesz et Tim Hecker. J’étais à la recher]]></description>
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<p>J’ai découvert Christmas Decorations peu de temps après Fennesz et Tim Hecker. J’étais à la recherche de musiques belles et abstraite pouvant m’évoquer des paysages ou des lumières. ‘Communal Rust’ tombait à pique. Pas de saturations électroniques ici mais une musique cinématographique faite de brics et de brocs, assez organique, aux guitares et instruments à cordes très présents.</p>
<p>Le duo formé par Nick Forté et Steve Silverstein joue ce qui pourrait être vu comme la musique folk d’XXIIIème siècle chaviré. Field Recordings, sons électroniques et acoustiques s’enchevêtrent et il devient impossible de les différencier. Christmas Decorations compose une musique hybride à partir de fragments et de bribes qu’ils organisent et structurent tel des collages impressionnistes et minutieux.</p>
<p>L’album s’ouvre par ‘<a href="http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/christmas_decorations-communal_rust-upstage_the_drips.mp3" target="_blank">Upstage the Drips’ </a>et ses belles slides guitares lancinantes accompagnées de bip bip électroniques caoutchouteux. On se croirait dans le désert traversant une ville fantôme en compagnie de Ry Cooder. Suit, ‘Closer to Cartpet’, plus rêveur avec une mélodie hypnotique et de longs échos à la dérive. ‘Twig Harpoon’ évoque ’Endless Summer’, l’atmosphère des sous-bois en plus, l’odeur du sable en moins. ‘Mice over feathers’ vient faire le liens entre les moments les plus oniriques et les plus sombres de l’album. On peut y entendre des bruits d’animaux nocturnes mêlés à des bruissements de feuilles et à la mélodie fantomatique et mystérieuse d’une flûte accompagnée de cordes pincées. Certains morceaux comme ‘Browing’ sont plus sombres et assez proches des visions de terreur d’un Svarte Greiner. Des cordes métalliques frottées lentement laissent s’échapper des sons sinistres. Des crépitements et des grésillements s’y mêlent accompagnés parfois par le bruit assourdi d’un ressac à peine modifié. Des bribes de mélodies apparaissent sporadiquement comme autant d’éclairs à travers les nuages. Le rythme est lent et la mélodie évoque une boîte à musique agonisante. ‘<a href="http://brainwashed.com/common/sounds/mp3/christmas_decorations-communal_rust-clay_margins.mp3" target="_blank">Clay Margins’ </a>dans veine assez similaire semble passer une musique tribale à la moulinette de la musique industrielle. </p>
<p> ‘Communal Rust’ est un album qui fourmille de trouvailles et de détails. Cet album est une réussite et je suis étonné qu’il n’ai pas suscité un plus grand intérêt lors de sa sortie. Il semble en effet être passé entre les mailles pourtant bien serrées de la multitude de blogs présents sur internet. Peut être trop électronique pour les uns ou trop ‘folk’ pour les autres.</p>
<p>Christmas Decorations, <em>Communal Rust</em>, Community Library, 2005.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[sparklehorse + fennesz: in the fishtank 15 (konkurrent)]]></title>
<link>http://cowsarejustfood.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank-15-konkurrent/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 19:05:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>marxsbeard</dc:creator>
<guid>http://cowsarejustfood.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank-15-konkurrent/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[as an example of how the ‘music biz’ is all kindsof dumbass fucked up monged wrongness, no finer rec]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">as an example of how the ‘music biz’ is all kindsof dumbass fucked up monged wrongness, no finer recent example can be found than the recent dangermouse / sparklehorse / david lynch <a href="http://cowsarejustfood.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/danger-mouse-sparklehorse-david-lynch-dark-night-of-the-soul.mp3"><strong>dark night of the soul</strong></a> debacle.  combine one shit hot pop producer, one reticent surrealist rock fella, the undisputed king of mainstream avant film weirdness and have a series of much respected musicians sing/perform on it.  have david fucking lynch sing on the bugger.  guarantee sales and exposure across the board with said deadly combo.  then tie it up in all manner of legal nonsense ensuring no-one gets to hear said record.  leak onto torrent sites.  woo.  and hoo.  it’s a fine album.  worth downloading.  worth buying were i allowed to (though lynch’s accompanying book was, briefly).  or just stream it on <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104129585"><em>npr</em></a>.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">thankfully this supergroup (heh…) of christian fennesz and mark linkous suffers from no such lawyerly impediments.  and instead of dark nights odd-pop we get a sprawling beast at once mechanical and organic, a disorientating mix of linkous’ delicate and disjointed flesh and blood and fennesz’ swelling warm / vicious electronickerry.  and it’s testament to an actual proper collaboration (not just fennesz jiggering about with some sparklehorse cast-offs on his laptop) that it’s difficult to pick out who made what noise.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">forty minutes of swelling sounds and acoustic abstractions, songs that feel de-re-unconstructed, linkous’ ethereal voice bleeding ghostly in and out of the occassionally disorientating but <a href="http://cowsarejustfood.wordpress.com/files/2009/10/sparklehorse-fennesz-goodnight-sweetheart.mp3"><strong>beautifully melancholic</strong></a> mix.  veering between vibrating strings and crackling drone and broken noise and huffing piano and guitar fizz, chiming loops, baffling noise, almost-structured songs.  it is occasionally like listening to a badly (goodly) tuned radio.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">they have worked together before – live, and fennesz appears on dreamt for light years… &#8211; but i’m genuinely amazed how recognisable this is as their work and how well it melds together into one epic whole.  and the most peculiar thing is that the two solo six string polaroids sound like they belong to the other person.  mark’s guitar piece is all glitchy chimes and static fuzz, a chimera of circuits and acoustics.  while christian’s guitar piece is untouched steel and wood, as unrefined as anything he’s recorded.  and a fine way to end the record.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;">sweet jeebus i’m spoiled just now for musical treats…</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://www.konkurrent.nl/labels/fishtank.html"><em>konkurrent</em></a><em> / </em><a href="http://www.sparklehorse.com/"><em>sparklehorse</em></a><em> / </em><a href="http://www.fennesz.com/"><em>fennesz</em></a><em> / </em><a href="http://www.dnots.com/"><em>dark night of the soul</em></a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Album: SPARKLEHORSE + FENNESZ - In the Fishtank 15 (Konkurrent FISH15 2009)]]></title>
<link>http://dezji.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/album-sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank-15-konkurrent-fish15-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>DEZ</dc:creator>
<guid>http://dezji.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/album-sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank-15-konkurrent-fish15-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Dutch label Konkurrent&#8217;s In the Fishtank series has an elegantly simple premise. Give a couple]]></description>
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<p>Dutch label Konkurrent&#8217;s <em>In the Fishtank </em>series has an elegantly simple premise. Give a couple of acts two days studio time to use as they see fit and hope that the results are fruitful. It&#8217;s often the case that the less obvious the collaboration, the more interesting the results. That&#8217;s definitely true of this, the 15th of the series. Both Mark Linkous and Christian Fennesz are serial collaborators anyway &#8211; Linkous with various guests on his Sparklehorse LPs and Fennesz with the likes of Ryuichi Sakamoto, Jim O&#8217;Rourke, David Sylvian and others.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s some exceptional music on this album, and nothing that sounds like it was thrown together in the last half hour. It covers a wide range of ground, but sounds totally cohesive &#8211; just like a proper album!</p>
<p>Things begin in downbeat, almost depressing fashion, with &#8220;Music Box of Snakes&#8221;, a long, elegaic piece that begins with music box, cello and a wheezy, clapped-out Wurlitzer, develops with majestic strings and ends in decay with the clicks and buzzes of tiny scuttling creatures feeding on its corpse. Both &#8220;Goodnight Sweetheart&#8221; and &#8220;If My Heart&#8221; incorporate Linkous&#8217;s fragile vocal. On the former, the title is repeated like a mantra, swathed in effects, and decorated with cobwebs of sound that are redolent of <em>Pygmalion </em>era Slowdive. The latter is equally brittle, washed with gentle feedback drone and treated guitar. In between them, &#8220;Sahi-Hulud&#8221; is a combination of metallic, insectoid aliens and a spacey six-string screech.</p>
<p>The epic &#8220;NC Bongo Buddy&#8221;, a terrific journey through deep drones, fuzz guitar, disintegrating amps, distortion and empty spaces, is sandwiched between two eponymous guitar pieces. Mark Linkous&#8217;s is an American Primitive type instrumental, with low key, atmospheric accompaniment. Christian Fennesz&#8217;s is a brief, unadorned acoustic coda.</p>
<p>That these two could make such a remarkable album in just two days proves that they are on the same musical wavelength. I hope that this collaboration won&#8217;t be their last.</p>
<p><strong>Tracks<br />
</strong> 1	 	Music Box Of Snakes (9:46)<br />
2	 	Goodnight Sweetheart (5:24)<br />
3	 	Sahi-Hulud (2:36)<br />
4	 	If My Heart (5:13)<br />
5	 	Mark&#8217;s Guitar Piece (4:27)<br />
6	 	NC Bongo Buddy (11:24)<br />
7	 	Christian&#8217;s Guitar Piece (1:28)</p>
<p><strong>Websites<br />
</strong><a href="http://www.sparklehorse.com/">www.sparklehorse.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fennesz.com/">www.fennesz.com/</a><br />
<a href="http://www.konkurrent.nl/">www.konkurrent.nl/</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[MANAFON]]></title>
<link>http://mraybould.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/manafon/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>boldray</dc:creator>
<guid>http://mraybould.wordpress.com/2009/09/19/manafon/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[David Sylvian&#8217;s  &#8216;Manafon&#8217; is a masterpiece and don&#8217;t let anybody tell you d]]></description>
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<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">David Sylvian&#8217;s  &#8216;Manafon&#8217; is a masterpiece and don&#8217;t let anybody tell you differently.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">He describes it a sister album to 2003&#8217;s  equalling enthralling  &#8217;Blemish&#8217;. It&#8217;s been a long time coming, but it was well worth the wait.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">On </span><a href="http://www.manafon.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">the official we</span></a><a href="http://www.manafon.com/"><span style="color:#ffcc99;">bsite </span></a><span style="color:#ffcc99;">, Manafon is described somewhat forbiddingly as a </span><em><span style="color:#ffcc99;">&#8220;horribly beautiful  work of nuance and stern musicality&#8221;</span></em><span style="color:#ffcc99;"> which should scare off casual listeners looking for some feel good pop.</span><!--more--></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Anyone who has followed Sylvian&#8217;s post Japan work should know by now that his New Romantic origins are about as relevant to where he&#8217;s at as Scott Walker&#8217;s days as a pop heart-throb . These two singers personify the loner spirit in modern music and both have turned increasingly to a kind of meticulous deconstruction of conventional songs, in terms of structure and subject matter.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Sylvian, like Walker,  has always had an introverted, melancholy character and this album is probably his most desolate to date although that doesn&#8217;t mean that it is a depressing listen. I may be perverse, but I&#8217;ve always from found sad songs that centre on a loss of faith to be strangely comforting.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;"> <em>&#8220;They&#8217;ve refused my prayers for the umpteenth time &#8211; now I&#8217;m evening up the score&#8221;</em> he sings on the opening track &#8211; Small Metal Gods  while on &#8216;Snow White in Appalachia&#8217;, he sings: &#8220;And there is no maker, just inexhaustible indifference&#8221;.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">Sylvian has assembled a dream team of global musicians who obviously prefer improvised  unstructured sound to standard-verse chorus songs. These include saxophonist Evan Parker, electonica guru Christian Fennesz and Sachiko M who experiments with the sound of sine waves.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">On many of the tracks there&#8217;s little more than a vague pulse behind the voice. What they contribute is as far from beat orientated pop-rock as it&#8217;s possible to get while still maintaining a framework that can still be called a song.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">These sparse arrangements suit Sylvian&#8217;s air of disillusionment and isolation perfectly.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">My favourite lines , are in the song called &#8216;Emily Dickinson :<br />
&#8220;<em>And she wanted to stay home<br />
With a box full of postcards<br />
And no place to send them<br />
Live like Emily Dickinson&#8221;</em></span></p>
<p><span style="color:#ffcc99;">A serious contender for album of the year.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fennesz &amp; Sparklehorse]]></title>
<link>http://seearr.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/fennesz-sparklehorse/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 10:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>seearr</dc:creator>
<guid>http://seearr.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/fennesz-sparklehorse/</guid>
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<title><![CDATA[sparklehorse / fennesz - in the fishtank(2009)]]></title>
<link>http://personaenongrata.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank2009/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>personaenongrata</dc:creator>
<guid>http://personaenongrata.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Os dejo esta colaboración entre el gran músico americano Mark Linkous(sparklehorse) y el austriaco C]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Os dejo esta colaboración entre el gran  músico americano Mark Linkous(<a style="color:rgb(51,204,0);" href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/sparklehorse">sparklehorse</a>)  y el austriaco Christian Fennesz(<a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.myspace.com/fennesz"><span style="color:rgb(51,204,0);">Fennesz</span></a>) que me encontré en <a href="http://www.nodata.tv/">nodata</a>. A ver que nos ofrecen estos dos excéntricos músicos juntos:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.zshare.net/download/6540374268efb8f7/"><img src="http://personaenongrata.wordpress.com/files/2009/09/sparklehorse2bfennesz-inthefishtank.jpg?w=300" alt="" border="0" /></a>
<div style="text-align:center;">1 Music Box of Snakes<br />2 Goodnight Sweetheart<br />3 Shai-Hulud<br />4 If My Heart<br />5 Mark&#8217;s Guitar Piece<br />6 NC Bongo Buddy<br />7 Christian&#8217;s Guitar Piece</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Sparklehorse + Fennesz - In the Fishtank 15 (2009; In the Fishtank, Holanda [Áustria/EUA])]]></title>
<link>http://camarilhadosquatro.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank-15-2009-in-the-fishtank-holanda-austriaeua/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>corazondiablo</dc:creator>
<guid>http://camarilhadosquatro.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/sparklehorse-fennesz-in-the-fishtank-15-2009-in-the-fishtank-holanda-austriaeua/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sparklehorse é uma banda americana de rock composta pelo cantor e multiinstrumentista Mark Linkous c]]></description>
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<p>Sparklehorse é uma banda americana de rock composta pelo cantor e multiinstrumentista Mark Linkous com amigos (em especial Scott Minor). O primeiro disco do projeto é <em>Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot</em>, de 1995. Em seguida, o grupo excursionou com o Radiohead, adquirindo maior notoriedade. Na turnê, Linkous teve uma overdose que quase o matou. Os discos seguintes do projeto são <em>Good Morning Spider </em>(1998), <em>It&#8217;s a Wonderful Life</em> (2001) e <em>Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain</em> (2005). Em 2009, já lançou <em>Dark Night of the Soul</em>, em companhia de Danger Mouse e David Lynch. Cristian Fennesz é um músico austríaco, que usa sons de violão, guitarra, sintetizadores e computador. Seu primeiro lançamento é o EP <em>Instrument</em>, de 1995. Seus álbuns solo são <em>Hotel Paral.lel </em>(1997), <em>Plus Forty Seven Degrees 56&#8242; 37&#8243; Minus Sixteen Degrees 51&#8242; 08&#8243;</em> (1999), Endless Summer (2002), Venice (2004) e Black Sea (2008). Realiza parcerias com diversos artistas, entre os quais Ryuichi Sakamoto, Keith Rowe, Jim O&#8217;Rourke, Peter Rehberg, David Sylvian e Oren Ambarchi, entre outros. Sparklehorse e Fennesz já tinham se apresentado ao vivo em 2003, mas <em>In the Fishtank 15</em> é o primeiro registro de estúdio dessa união.</p>
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<p>Confesso não saber rigorosamente nada da carreira do Sparklehorse, apenas que se trata de um grupo indie com uma vibe psicodélica retrô anos 60. Assim, só não me espantei ao saber do lançamento de <em>In the Fishtank 15</em> porque sabia que Fennesz e Sparklehorse já haviam se reunido para alguns shows em 2003. Não faço a menor ideia do que Christian Fennesz vê de mais significativo no trabalho de Mark Linkous, mas ouvindo esse disco admito ter ficado muito contente por essa reunião. Fennesz é um artista rigoroso, que vende seu lirismo caro demais para aqueles que esperam qualquer tipo de sentimentalismo meloso. Ao mesmo tempo, é impossível ouvir sua música, em especial aquela produzida a partir de <em>Endless Summer</em>, e não observar nela um componente intensamente emocional. Mas Fennesz não é só isso: ele gosta de explorar também camadas de ruído, de ambiências, de glitches, criando um soberbo amálgama de sons que parecem registros sonoros de alguma cidade encantada. Na qual o sentimentalismo está presente, mas não é o único, tampouco o principal elemento.</p>
<p><em>In the Fishtank 15</em> é um disco precioso porque a parceria de Sparklehorse possibilita a Fennesz exercitar seu lado mais pronunciadamente emocional. Em <em>Black Sea</em>, o emotivo estava inteiramente carregado de uma limpidez escultural; em <em>Endless Summer</em>, ele aparecia carregado por uma monumental parede de distorção remanescente do shoegaze. Nesse disco de reunião, ao contrário, a verve emocional de Fennesz pode aparecer inteirinha, isolada, em primeiro plano. Não que Linkous desempenhe um papel de coadjuvante – certamente o disco soa muito mais como Fennesz do que como os discos do Sparklehorse (um brinde aos céus por isso!), mas a sensibilidade dos dois se faz bastante presente em todo o álbum. Nos momentos mais interessantes e nos momentos menos interessantes. No entanto, sabe-se lá por quê – talvez uma certa timidez, talvez medo de soar piegas –, só quando encetou um trabalho a quatro mãos Fennesz decidiu dar vazão a seu lado mais doce e sentimental. E com isso, pra variar, criou algumas das músicas mais belas que ouviremos esse ano.</p>
<p>O disco começa singelo e majestoso com &#8220;Music Box of Snakes&#8221;, uma peça evocativa de ambient e do Múm do primeiro disco em que surgem como pinceladas alguns jorros moderados de <em>glitch </em>e samples diversos. O resultado é uma peça adocicada com camadas que vão aos poucos criando um relevo impressionante e rico, apoiando-se na lenta construção (quase 10min de faixa). Em seguida vem &#8220;Goodnight Sweetheart&#8221;, que é basicamente o momento mais doce e evocativo de um fim de tarde ameno que se vai encontrar em toda obra de Fennesz. Um senso de espaço fenomenal, e uma composição simples com acordes processados, cheios de eco, com Linkous cantando repetitivamente o nome da faixa, enquanto novas camadas de glitch vêm somar e encher a composição. &#8220;If My Heart&#8221; segue o mesmo percurso, apenas adicionando o violão limpo à gama de sons emocionais e sutilmente-abrasivos-tornados-líricos. Essas três faixas são tranquilamente o que há de melhor em <em>In the Fishtank 15</em>, e já o garantem como um disco inescapável, ao menos para quem gosta de Fennesz.</p>
<p>O resto, francamente, deixa a desejar. &#8220;Shai-Hulud&#8221; tem sonzinhos bem bacanas, mas Fennesz não sabe dar a eles o acabamento que picotadores anarquizantes como os caras do Black Dice dariam. Em &#8220;NC Bongo Buddy&#8221;, a união não dá certo: Fennesz está no topo de seu modo improv/noise, mas os barulhos que Mark Linkous tira da guitarra já estão para lá de inventariados desde os primeiros anos do Sonic Youth. &#8220;Mark&#8217;s Guitar Piece&#8221; e &#8220;Christian&#8217;s Guitar Piece&#8221; são peças de violão, uma de cada um dos participantes, e ainda que o austríaco se saia melhor, sua faixa não passa de uma curiosidade que fecha o disco em chave singela e modesta (1min30 de dedilhados). <em>In the Fishtank 15</em> resulta numa mistura de experiências muito bem-sucedidas e outras muito pouco. Média 5? Nada disso: os vinte minutos que compõem o melhor do disco estão fácil entre as melhores coisas que ouviremos este ano,  e portanto a união passa direto, e com louvor. (Ruy Gardnier)</p>
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<p>Para os que já se encontravam familiarizados com o cancioneiro <em>mezzo</em> experimental de Mark Linkous, conhecido como Sparklehorse, este álbum deve ter soado como uma aberração. Para mim, bastou uma passadela pelo previsível sotaque &#8220;beatle&#8221; de seu último álbum, <em>Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain</em> de 2006, ou a recente e anódina colaboração com Dangermouse, <em>Dark night of the soul</em>, para confirmar um palpite: o trabalho de Linkous é simplesmente correto e, até certo ponto, honesto, conquanto se pode admirar certos momentos de ousadia formal e inspiração na composição. Ao passo que Christian Fennesz possibilita um outro mundo possível: e quem não conhecesse Sparklehorse previamente a este álbum? Certamente o consideraria um compositor sui generis, uma voz penetrante e singular, algo como uma releitura digital de Nick Drake&#8230; É que Fennesz faz aquilo que esperávamos dele, desconstruindo as vozes, melodias e harmonias, traduzindo-as para o lirismo abrasivo que caracteriza o seu próprio território de ação, e com isso eleva estratosfericamente a riqueza  do trabalho de Linkous. Faixas como &#8220;Music Box of Snakes&#8221; e a atribulada &#8220;Shai-Hulud&#8221; evocam diretamente a música do austríaco, mas &#8220;Goodnight Sweetheart&#8221;, por exemplo, aponta uma outra direção, nem tão curiosa do ponto de vista formal, mas surpreendente enquanto resultado. &#8220;If my Heart&#8221;, com a minuciosa sobreposição de violões e guitarra distorcida, também configura um bom exemplo de como as operações fenneszianas agem sobre a matéria prima fornecida por Linkous, resultando em momentos de extrema delicadeza, precursores do que veio a ser <em>Black Sea, seu</em> mais belo álbum &#8211; já que o <em>In The Fishtank 15</em> foi gravado em 2007.</p>
<p><em>In the Fishtank 15</em> é, certamente, um dos álbuns mais interessantes do ano, mais ricos em sonoridades estranhas e com uma coesão interna que denota a maturidade promissora da música de Fennesz. Que se ressalte, então, a verdadeira autoria do álbum, tanto do ponto de vista da forma, como das compoisições: é Fennesz da cabeça aos pés; de Sparklehorse é possível reconhecer algumas células de voz e violão, esfaceladas, amplificadas, transfiguradas, etc. Sua contribuição é, sem dúvida, fundamental, mas secundária. Tanto melhor. (Bernardo Oliveira)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fenn O'Berg - Magic &amp; Return (2009 [1999-2002], Editions Mego, Áustria)]]></title>
<link>http://camarilhadosquatro.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/fenn-oberg-magic-return-2009-1999-2002-editions-mego-austria/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:22:37 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>corazondiablo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Fenn O&#8217;Berg é um trio de música improvisada composto pelos músicos Christian Fennesz, Jim O]]></description>
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<p>Fenn O&#8217;Berg é um trio de música improvisada composto pelos músicos Christian Fennesz, Jim O&#8217;Rourke e Peter Rehberg (ou Pita). Desde 1998, os três excursionaram e se apresentaram munidos unicamente de laptops. <em>The Magic Sound of Fenn O&#8217;Berg</em>, de 1999, e <em>Return of Fenn O&#8217;Berg</em>, de 2002, compilam versões editadas de apresentações ocorridas em 1998-99 e 2001, respectivamente. <em>Magic &#38; Return</em>, além da íntegra dos dois discos, acrescenta duas faixas bônus, &#8220;(5,6m Of) Fenn O&#8217;Berg&#8221;, lançada anteriormente na coletânea Sonar &#8216;99, e &#8220;Adidas Sun Tanned Avant Man&#8221;, lançada apenas na edição japonesa de <em>Return&#8230;</em> Todo o material foi remasterizado em janeiro de 2009 [Nota: os discos originais foram creditados como Fennesz/O'Rourke/Rehberg; Fenn O'Berg só se tornou "oficialmente" o nome do trio com essa compilação]. (RG)</p>
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<p>Relançamentos cumprem basicamente uma função clara: repõem no mercado obras que estão fora de catálogo, muitas vezes oportunisticamente apresentando algum tipo de mimo, como faixas bônus ou uma nova mixagem, que impelem mesmo o fã já possuidor dos originais a adquirir a nova versão. Mas, eventualmente, relançamentos podem ser mais que isso. Podem retrospectivamente chamar a atenção para o trabalho de um determinado artista dentro de um certo período de tempo e/ou fazê-lo medir forças com o tempo presente, convidando a examinar se o som datou, se foi pioneiro, se traçou um curso não seguido pelos artistas que vieram em seguida, etc. Enfim, um relançamento – no melhor dos casos – pode reconfigurar nossa relação com o passado. Em 2008, <em>Nah un Fern</em> – a caixa que compilava os quatro discos do projeto de Wolfgang Voigt como Gas – serviu como um verdadeiro <em>statement </em>para afirmar o papel decisivo desse artista no domínio do ambient e das texturas eletrônicas. Em 2009, é bem possível que <em>Magic &#38; Return</em> represente um papel semelhante, chamando a atenção para um marco – mais pela excelência do que pelo pioneirismo – da música improvisada feita em laptop. Essa compilação não só permite notar aos ouvidos de hoje, mais familiarizados com toda a sorte de barulhinhos de laptop do que na época, como a música do Fenn O&#8217;Berg é extremamente sofisticada e singular (mesmo para os padrões altos desenvolvidos pela carreira solo dos três artistas), mas também como mantém ressonâncias com muito do que se produz atualmente. E trata-se de um acaso feliz: um dos discos do ano, <em>Vertical Ascent </em>do Moritz von Oswald Trio (mais um trio&#8230;), pode buscar flertar com gêneros diferentes e buscar modos distintos de progressão de faixa, mas a forma de jogar com sonoridades sintéticas cria toda uma teia de relações possíveis.</p>
<p><em>The Magic Sound of Fenn O&#8217;Berg </em>se desenvolve mais por fragmentos. Desde o início se observa uma estratégia recorrente, que é utilizar um sample melódico, e incrementá-lo usando sons de ambiência e barulhinhos eventuais, como os loops de xilofone na primeira parte de &#8220;Shinjuku Baby Pt. 1&#8243;, a guitarra de &#8220;Achilles Last Stand&#8221; do Led Zeppelin em &#8220;Horst und Snail&#8221; ou os sons orquestrais (de John Barry) que tomam a faixa inteira de &#8220;Fenn O&#8217;Berg Theme&#8221;. São efeitos discretos, mas que parecem trabalhar de forma irreverente o material de base criando efeitos muito interessantes. Apesar da frequente associação com glitch e noise dos artistas envolvidos, a maior parte de <em>Magic&#8230; </em>é composta de sons calmos, dosados, com raros momentos de ataque frontal e/ou simultâneo. Os sonzinhos picotados característicos do glitch abundam. O som só começa a ficar realmente cheio em &#8220;Shinjuku Baby, Pt. 2&#8243;, em que se pode-se discernir com mais clareza algumas camadas simultâneas e mantidas por pedaços mais longos de tempo. Se há algo criticável em <em>Magic..</em>, é a inconsistência do approach que deixa as faixas (em especial as da primeira metade do disco) muito fragmentadas. Em compensação, cada fragmento apresenta delícias auditivas insuspeitas&#8230;</p>
<p>Na lacuna da gravação e da edição de <em>Magic&#8230;</em> para <em>Return of Fenn O&#8217;Berg</em>, um dos três artistas sofreu uma mudança notável em sua carreira solo: Fennesz. Em 2001, ele lançou <em>Endless Summer</em>, um disco seminal por incorporar ao glitch um feeling lírico sem dúvida proveniente das paredes de guitarra abrasivas porém sentimentais do shoegaze de um My Bloody Valentine. Não sei se é possível atribuir a superioridade de <em>Return&#8230;</em> unicamente à guinada de Fennesz, mas que é ela que dá uma liga inacreditável a todos os sons do disco, e que dá a eles um aspecto caloroso, é impossível não notar.</p>
<p>&#8220;Floating My Boat&#8221; abre vigorosamente o disco com uma dessas melodias sentimentais de sintetizador hoje características de Fennesz, e uma carregada batida eletrônica que nos faz sugerir que estamos diante de um disco do Third Eye Foundation. Ledo engano: as duas camadas rapidamente ficam dessincronizadas, e a batida vira um turbilhão de glitch para depois desaguar em alguns pequenos sons deliciosos. &#8220;A Viennese Tragedy&#8221;, batendo quase 15min, é a faixa mais longa do trio, e também a que melhor mostra a evolução na estratégia de utilizar samples melódicos – um trecho de Mahler que vai e volta com alterações –, aqui funcionando muito mais integralmente à salada de sons proposta pelo grupo. &#8220;Riding Again&#8221; usa loops picotados e uma miríade de sonzinhos agudos, construindo talvez a experiência mais &#8220;viajante&#8221; dos dois discos, justamente pelas camadas sonoras mantidas por mais tempo às quais são inseridas intervenções pontuais algo psicodélicas. &#8220;We Will Diffuse You&#8221; fecha o disco original em modo textural e lírico, praticamente o oposto da dinâmica de ataque e variação permanente de quase todas as outras. As faixas bônus não mostram uma faceta suplementar ao som do grupo, apenas prolongam o prazer de se ouvir mais Fenn O&#8217;Berg. Destaque para &#8220;Adidas Sun Tanned Avant Man&#8221;, mais compacta e abrasiva faixa criada pelo trio.</p>
<p>A síntese descritiva do som do Fenn O&#8217;Berg foi muito bem diagnosticada por Michael Crumsho, na <a href="http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/319">Dusted</a>: &#8220;uma balbúrdia caótica e bela – partes iguais de atmosfera, agressão e melodia simplista que nunca parecem trincar uma sobre a outra&#8221;. <em>Magic &#38; Return</em> é a oportunidade de se reengajar (e, no caso dos neófitos, conhecer) nesse universo estranho, luminoso e absolutamente único criado por Peter Rehberg, Jim O&#8217;Rourke e Christian Fennesz. (Ruy Gardnier)</p>
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<p>Passados dez anos desde o lançamento de <em>The Magic Sound of Fenn O’Berg</em>, podemos comprovar o pioneirismo corajoso do trio com este relançamento; pois em 1999, afora o grupo, não havia mais ninguém produzindo música estritamente através de laptops – ato, inclusive, muito mal visto e recebido pelo público em geral. Pioneiros porque utilizaram novos meios para compor, aproveitando o ensejo da digitalização e do mp3, e fizeram desses meios uma base, uma regularidade para a produção da década seguinte; e corajosos porque tocaram no ponto fraco de muitos artistas e experts, mesmo aqueles ligados à eletrônica: a possibilidade concreta de fazer, processar e executar sons exclusivamente por computadores, sem qualquer intervenção de um instrumento convencional ou até mesmo um sintetizador.</p>
<p>É curioso notar que <em>The Return</em>, lançado numa época em que o uso do laptop já havia se popularizado nas cenas eletrônicas e experimentais, é notoriamente mais musical que seu antecessor – talvez por mera contravenção ou rebeldia dos três. Enquanto <em>The Magic</em> é um álbum de camadas, texturas, sons e justaposições inusitadas (com momentos excepcionais de musicalidade nas duas últimas do CD original, “Gürtel Zwei” e “Fenn O’Berg Theme”), <em>The Return</em> é um álbum voltado para estruturas mais lineares e sons expansivos e abrasivos – nesse ponto, percebe-se, na composição do trio, uma intervenção maior por parte de Fennesz, embalado pelo ineditismo sonoro de <em>Endless Summer</em>.</p>
<p>Se há rebeldia na mudança concernente ao tratamento e colagem de sons, é pelo simples fato de que em 2002 já não havia tanta graça em explorar as combinações ruidosas possibilitadas por <em>The Magic</em>, seguidas e estudadas por outros artistas – como indicava “Fenn O’Berg Theme”, era preciso extrair alguma musicalidade desse experimento. Por isso, é quase impossível apontar um disco favorito, já que ambos seguem direções totalmente divergentes, embora possuam a identidade do projeto muito bem definida. <em>The Return</em> é, de certa forma, uma evolução de <em>The Magic</em>. Levando em consideração os experimentos com texturas e ruídos, <em>The Magic </em>é superior, mas se priorizarmos o balanceamento entre música e barulho, ou até mesmo uma estrutura interna coesa, <em>The Return</em> é o vencedor.</p>
<p>A preferência, contudo, não é importante neste caso. A relevância desse relançamento é apontar para novas formas de fazer música, que o trio esboçou em 1999 e deu continuidade três anos depois, com abordagens diferentes. Para quem deseja estudar ou ainda entender a música dessa década, o legado do Fenn O’Berg é uma audição imprescindível.</p>
<p>Adendo: As faixas bônus, situadas no final de cada disco, pouco acrescentam às formas originais dos mesmos. Diria até que as corrompem; o que se consuma de modo comprometedor no primeiro CD, tamanho é o poder épico e conclusivo de “Fenn O’Berg Theme”, que dispensa qualquer encadeamento sequencial, a não ser aquele da própria saga do grupo, reiniciada com “Floating My Boat”, do álbum sucessor. (Thiago Filardi)</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Field Day Festival, and Pearl Jam]]></title>
<link>http://jamescryer.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/field-day-festival-and-pearl-jam/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 13:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve not been to many gigs of late except for the literal rain-dance that was Field day festiv]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I&#8217;ve not been to many gigs of late except for the literal rain-dance that was Field day festival and the enthusiastic (if a little dull) performance from Pearl Jam.</p>
<p>First &#8211; Field Day. This is the second year I&#8217;ve been to the Field Day festival held at Victoria park near Stratford, and the second year that it has absolutely pissed down.  The line-up was okay but not great. Highlights for me where Mogwai, the Horrors and Fennesz; all really good performances.</p>
<p>The Horrors where a particular surprise for me because I thought the hype around them must have meant they where just another indie pop band but I was wrong, sure their a little pretentious perhaps but their shoe-gaze sound and an open air stage worked for me (despite the rain).</p>
<p>Fennesz was another surprise, one man and his laptop on the main stage.  It doesn&#8217;t sound like it should work but it really did. The relentless dance of sound encapsulated in such ethereal composition was definitely an experience.  I wonder whether it would be as good on a small stage.</p>
<p>Mogwai the post-rock kings where as good as you should expect, awesome.  Need I say more?</p>
<p>Now to Pearl Jam.  I&#8217;ve never been a fan of them, actually the whole 90&#8217;s grunge scene pass me by completely but when I was invited to see them at the O2 Arena I though why not. It was good, they really played to the crowd and the crowd love them for it.  The O2 Arena is acoustically very good for its size and suited them very well.  We saw them on their last night in Europe, as a result they played a few more songs than expected which clearly made the audience very happy though tbh I got a little bored.  The classics from their 1991 album Ten got my feet tapping but otherwise a bit on the dull side for me, saying that they put on a great performance which I&#8217;m sure their fans really enjoyed.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Pukkelpop 2009, dag 3]]></title>
<link>http://ambijans.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/pukkelpop-2009-dag-3/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 01:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ambijans</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ambijans.wordpress.com/2009/08/22/pukkelpop-2009-dag-3/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Even na de klok van 3u staan we op de festivalweide, waar we nog enkele nummers van Absynthe Minded ]]></description>
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<p>Even na de klok van 3u staan we op de festivalweide, waar we nog enkele nummers van <a href="http://www.myspace.com/absynthemindedtheband" target="_blank">Absynthe Minded</a> kunnen meepikken alvorens we ons eerste pintje kunnen gaan drinken aan de main stage. Onderweg trouwens al gepasseerd aan het eerste optreden &#8216;hors concours&#8217;. Terwijl zijn vriendjes op enkele meters afstand lachend stonden toe te kijken, was er eentje bezig om het record &#8216;kleurenkotsen&#8217; te verbreken, perfecte uitvoering overigens &#8230; alleen die lichaamshouding kon wat beter.</p>
<p>We moeten al meteen een keuze maken tussen twee experimentelere bands: <strong>Deerhunter</strong> of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/ganggangdance" target="_blank">Gang Gang Dance</a>. Ik kies voor de laatste band, achteraf gezien wellicht de verkeerde keuze. Hun experimenteel gepingel leidde in het begin helemaal nergens toe en dan hadden ze nog een zangeres in hun gelederen die compleet zou zijn afgegaan op de Koningin Elisabethwedstrijd voor zang. Het werd er niet veel beter op toen er ook nog een vendelzwaaiende pygmee (volgens mij was het gewoon een stok met vuilzak van de gemeente Zonhoven) kwam zwaaien. Hij had het soort danspasjes die Bez (Happy Mondays) wellicht had aangezet tot een nóg hoger pillenverbruik. Omdat de Chateau bij <strong>Rusko</strong> uit zijn voegen dreigt te barsten, snellen wij richting boiler room waar <a href="http://www.myspace.com/steveaoki" target="_blank">Steve Aoki</a> de plaatjes aan mekaar rijgt. De vernevelaars in die boiler room werkten uitstekend, zo heb ik gemerkt. Goede dj-set overigens.</p>
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<p>Wie dacht dat Gang Gang Dance experimenteel spul was, heeft verkeerd gedacht. Wat dan te denken van <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fennesz" target="_blank">Fennesz</a> in de Chateau? Men had achteraan in de tent de ingang gemaakt, vooraan het tentzeil open gemaakt om de mensen terug naar buiten te leiden. Nog nooit zoveel volk onmiddellijk na binnenkomst terug naar buiten zien wandelen. Het was dan ook &#8230; euh &#8230; experimenteel zeker? Normaal ga ik eind november kijken in Hasselt, niemand zin om mijn ticket over te nemen? Om het experiment te doen slagen, ben ik van de eerste tot de laatste noot blijven zitten. Waarna een verplichte pitstop volgde om te gaan bijtanken.</p>
<p>Hierna keuze tussen <strong>Florence and the Machine</strong> of <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thewhitestboyalive" target="_blank">The Whitest Boy Alive</a> met de immer sympathieke <a href="http://www.myspace.com/erlendoyeplease" target="_blank">Erlend Oye</a> (o.a. ook bekend van <a href="http://www.myspace.com/kingsofconvenience" target="_blank">Kings of Convenience</a> en zijn zangpartijen bij enkele Röyksoppnummers). We kiezen voor TWBA, ook al omdat onze benen opzien tegen een nieuwe wandeling richting Club. Het eerste gejuich stijgt op als een jongeman zich in het begin van de set door zijn vrienden <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraracourcix" target="_blank">Abraracourcix</a>-gewijs omhoog laat tillen en lekker staat mee te shaken. Onmiddellijk zien we her en der in de tent navolgelingen. De sfeer zat er meteen goed in, toen er op het eind nog een <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noZ1s984WBA" target="_blank">Robin S cover</a> aankwam ging het publiek helemaal uit zijn dak. Niets dan lachende gezichten en blije mensen gezien na afloop. Leuk!</p>
<p>Rond 19u30 plots een enorme volksverhuizing richting main stage. Werd er gratis Zonderik uitgedeeld? Was het happy hour in de drankentent links achteraan? Of speelde er een niet te missen headliner? Feit is dat het minst leuke moment van de dag de wandeling van marquee richting club was op dat moment. <strong>50 Cent</strong> stond nl. op het programma (letterlijk én figuurlijk de goedkoopste act op Pukkelpop dit jaar). Gelukkig kregen wij <a href="http://www.myspace.com/littleboots" target="_blank">Little Boots </a>voorgeschoteld en dat ging er redelijk goed in moet ik zeggen. Ze speelde bekende en minder bekende nummers uit haar recente cd &#8216;Hands&#8217;. Als je nog op zoek bent naar dé perfecte popcd, dat is &#8216;m dus. Giorgio Moroder-cover <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afYKg-fI1QE" target="_blank">&#8216;Love kills&#8217;</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBqjvNt4zcE" target="_blank">&#8216;Earthquake&#8217;</a>, &#8216;Click&#8217;, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McdqerXrwXE" target="_blank">&#8216;Remedy&#8217;</a>, prijsbeesten &#8216;Meddle&#8217;, &#8216;New in town&#8217;  en op het eind &#8216;Stuck on repeat&#8217;. Het frêle popnimfje had haar test goed doorstaan.</p>
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<p>Waarna we meteen klaar waren voor onze tweede <strong>dEUS</strong>-doortocht. De meningen waren nogal verdeeld, maar de setlist wist me ten zeerste te bekoren. O.a. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO_SwOEjO_o" target="_blank">&#8216;Nothing really ends&#8217;</a>, het in mijn ogen lichtjes fantastische <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJkuoou5rf8" target="_blank">&#8216;Bad timing&#8217;</a>, What we talk about (when we talk about love)&#8217;, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyA01nH72NI" target="_blank">&#8216;Instant street&#8217;</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiPP341E2rQ" target="_blank">&#8216;Fell off the floor, man&#8217;</a> en &#8216;The architect&#8217;. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gj2MCf2G80" target="_blank">&#8216;Roses&#8217;</a> was een uitstekend laatste nummer tijdens de bisronde. Nog één keer terug richting hoofdpodium, waar <strong>Arctic Monkeys</strong> zich verdienstelijk maken. Zo overweldigend als enkele jaren geleden vond ik het niet meer, maar het was zeker niet slecht. Tijdens het optreden wel een zenuwachtig telefonerend blondje gespot dat ongedurig op en af liep, volgens mij was ze vergeten hoe ze weer moest telefoneren. De <a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syndroom_van_Gilles_de_la_Tourette" target="_blank">Gilles de la Tourette</a> in mij wilde toen ff heel hard roepen: &#8216;First, dial the fucking number, bitch&#8217;. Maar dat kon ik gelukkig onderdrukken.</p>
<p>We slenteren nog richting boiler room voor een laatste keer bubbels op het festival. We zijn nog getuige van het vuurwerk en de beats van <strong>Ed&#38;Kim</strong>. De laatste dag was de minst goede in muzikaal opzicht, wat mij betreft. The Whitest Boy Alive, Little Boots en dEUS wisten mij nog te charmeren, de rest was eerder matig. Benieuwd naar wat jubileumeditie 25 in 2010 zal brengen!</p>
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<link>http://stijnblogt.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/284/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>stijn</dc:creator>
<guid>http://stijnblogt.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/284/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Eerder deze week keerde de vrouw des huizes terug van enkele dagen Barcelona. Ik was wat vroeger ver]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Eerder deze week keerde de vrouw des huizes terug van enkele dagen Barcelona.</p>
<p>Ik was wat vroeger vertrokken naar de luchthaven. Geloof het of niet, ik vind rondhangen in de luchthaven een aangenaam tijdverdrijf. Enige nuance is hier evenwel niet misplaatst: het zijn niet de dichte drommen van zweterige toeristen die amechtig de aankomsthal instrompelen, neen. Ik mag daarentegen graag kijken naar het abstracte ballet van eigenaardige voertuigjes op het tarmac. Ondertussen stel ik me dan onzinnige vragen, zoals &#8216;waarom rijdt die daar met zijn deuren wijd open?&#8217;. Ik hou van het schouwspel van opstijgende vliegtuigen, het bijhorende kabaal incluis. (Enkele jaren geleden waren we op een concert van <a href="http://www.fennesz.com" target="_blank">Fennesz</a>. &#8216;Het lijkt wel een opstijgend vliegtuig!&#8217; zei mijn liefste toen. Een beter compliment had ik niet kunnen verzinnen.)</p>
<p>Vroeger gebeurde het niet zelden dat ik samen met mijn goede vriend F. op lauwe zomeravonden naar Zaventem of Steenokkerzeel reed. We parkeerden net voor landingsbaan, of we begaven ons naar de luchthaven en dwaalden rond door de lege gangen.</p>
<p>Toen was er nog geen Starbuck&#8217;s in de vertrekhal. Nu kocht ik er een cappucino.</p>
<p>Nee, cappucino&#8217;s waren er destijds niet bij.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Review: Field Day 2009]]></title>
<link>http://gaip.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/review-field-day-2009/</link>
<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 15:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>gregor1ck</dc:creator>
<guid>http://gaip.wordpress.com/2009/08/08/review-field-day-2009/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[2009 brings about the third Field Day Festival in Victoria Park. Previous years have seen the likes ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img class="alignleft" src="http://teachers.saschina.org/mspudongpe/files/2009/06/fieldday2009fd2_logo.jpg" alt="" width="88" height="76" />2009 brings about the third Field Day Festival in Victoria Park. Previous years have seen the likes of Les Savy Fav, Battles, Bat for Lashes, Foals and Simian Mobile Disco. This years line-up was more diverse than ever including the likes of Mogwai, Santigold, Final Fantasy, Skream and The Horrors lighting up the main stage and smaller dance acts and folk bands compromising the 4 additional tents.</p>
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<p>We arrive in time to catch <strong>Fanfarlo </strong>on the main stage. The crowd is large but mostly sat about soaking up one of the only dry spells of the whole day. As for the band, well their Arcade Fire-lite songs manage to ease us into the Field Day experience and while many of the songs are quite unmemorable they sure get us all in a feel good mood.</p>
<p>The crowed increased significantly for <strong>Errors </strong>running behind schedule on the main stage. The glasweigan math-rockers got everyone moving and tracks like <em>Salut, France</em> and <em>Pump </em>were met with rapturous applause.</p>
<p>By now the weather had played havoc with stage times all over the site and meant we managed to miss <strong>Aeroplane </strong>but were instead greeted by <strong>Fake Blood</strong> who&#8217;s club hits worked up the crowd. The often start-stop pace of his set mirrored the hit and miss treatment of his back catalogue but the big remixes and club tracks like <em>Blood Splashing</em> and <em>Mars </em>were more than enough to gain him some new followers. We catch a short amount of <strong>The Horrors</strong> set on our way to the main stage and I cant say I was impressed. <em>Sheena was a Parasite</em> proves a highlight for the fans but ultimately the band look lost and out of their depth much like their second album and in a fantastical metaphorical turn, their whole career.</p>
<p>In a complete switch of pace it was over to the main stage for <strong>Fennesz</strong> where the dream like soundscapes clashed with the multiple thumping basslines of the tents. As if battling with this wasnt enough he also had to contend with the continued stage setting for Santigold. However the overall grandeur of it all overcame these small nuances and gave way to the best performance of the day, one that was often met with confusion and bewilderment from the audience. But those who did look further found some of the highlight moments from <em>Endless Summer</em> executed perfectly and more hypnotic than ever. Absolutely breathtaking.</p>
<p>The heavens opened shortly after Fennesz and the mainstage crowd soon dispersed to the multiple tents. Many (ourselves included) sought refuge in the BuggedOut! tent where <strong>Erol Alkan</strong> was doing his thing and working the crowd into uncontrolable party fits. Unlike Fake Blood and the many others before him, Erol knows exactly when to hit the banger switch and does it consistently and with devastating effect. Essentially a flawless DJ set from a flawless DJ.</p>
<p>The rain cleared and we took a trip back to the main stage where <strong>Santigold </strong>had managed to prize back many of her fans. Although being a large skeptic there was something undeniably fun about Santi&#8217;s set. Big anthems that seem just at home here along with more danceabilty than 90% of the actual dance acts on the bill here and some often fun and tongue in cheek banter make Santigolds performance a very unexpected highlight.</p>
<p><strong>Four Tet</strong> brings a slightly more sedate dance vibe to the AIBF tent albeit one that makes everything else look juvenile by comparison. <em>A Joy</em> sounds incredible played live and the on stage dancers do a lot to draw attention away from Kieran Hebdens visually boring knob-twiddling. The set slows down considerably towards the end and the many calls for staff to turn it up go unheard still I think the majority of fans were more than happy with this set.</p>
<p>Finally we snub the almighty brilliance of <strong>Mogwai </strong>(for reasons including rain, seen before and missing half of it due to timing issues) and head back to the AIBF tent to watch the return of Eel Pie Islands very own <strong>Mystery Jets</strong>. Acting like somewhat of a greatest hits set the band manage to throw out classics like <em>Two Doors Down, Young Love</em> and &#8220;golden oldie&#8221; <em>Diamonds in the Dark</em> without breaking a sweat. The mass singalongs contine all the way through the set hindered only by the inclusion of 2 brand new tracks from the jets upcoming third album. The sound gives them a few problems but overall they deal with it fantastically and present us with the most outright fun event all day (including the fair ground rides, of course)</p>
<p>FIELD DAY +&#8217;s and -&#8217;s</p>
<p>+ <strong>Fantastic lineup</strong> incorporating folk, rock, dance and pop. Just the right amount of stages and good set times with little to no clashing.</p>
<p>+ <strong>Good layout</strong> with all amenities in easy to reach places and stages with good volume levels and views.</p>
<p>+ <strong>Village Metality</strong>. All the extra fun of a fete like fairground rides, brass bands, tombolas and tug of wars. Very fun indeed.</p>
<p>- <strong>Weather</strong>. Although not something that could be helped by organisers the weather unfortunatley put a dampener (see what I did there!) on some of the main stage sets.</p>
<p>- <strong>Police presence</strong>. Far too many for a relatively small and sedate affair. I mean, surely they have better things to do than arresting arty folks for small bags of weed hidden in socks?</p>
<p>- <strong>Drinks</strong>. Drink prices were pretty criminal but more importantly the lack of water fountains/free water and the high price of bottled water are huge oversights that should be addressed for next year.</p>
<p><strong>Overall</strong>: A great festival that managed to provide some fantastic performances despite weather issues.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Philip Jeck - Sand (Touch, 2008)]]></title>
<link>http://johancolin.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/philip-jeck-sand/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 07:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>johancolin</dc:creator>
<guid>http://johancolin.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/philip-jeck-sand/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Touch est un label anglais auquel je porte une attention de plus en plus grande du fait de la qualit]]></description>
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<p>Touch est un label anglais auquel je porte une attention de plus en plus grande du fait de la qualité constante de ses productions. Cerise sur le gâteau, ces fondateurs ont développé une esthétique cohérente et singulière. Les pochettes sont toujours de superbes photos de paysages, de textures ou de lumière, réalisées par Jon Wozencroft. Fennesz reste pour moi la tête d’affiche chez Touch mais j’ai ces derniers mois fait de bien belles découvertes. J’avais commencé une chronique de la série Touch Seven mais elle est à l’arrêt depuis un bout de temps et ce jusqu’à un futur assez lointain, les 45 T étant stockés chez mes parents pour cause de multiples déménagements.</p>
<p>La dernière perle dénichée sur Touch est le denier album de Philip Jeck intitulé <em>Sand</em>. J’avais découvert Philip Jeck avec son album <em>Live at Liverpool</em> sorti sur Autofact et le split 45 T réalisé en compagnie de Fennesz pour la série des Touch Seven. L’album et le 45T m’avaient fait forte impression. <em>Sand</em> plus encore.</p>
<p>L’album sonne comme une symphonie étrange jouée à l’envers dans une chapelle troglodyte sur une planète inconnue. Crépitements et grésillements se réverbèrent à l’infini entre de multiples couches de synthétiseurs. Un groupe de percussions malaisiennes, fantomatique comme l’image naissante d’un polaroid, se joint brièvement à l’ensemble avant de laisser sa place au souvenir d’un orchestre à cordes. Eclats violents, bribes de mélodies ensevelies, tintements de cloches, lentes distorsions et murs de bruits blancs s’imbriquent pour former un collage surréaliste, sombre et onirique.</p>
<p>L’album évoque un cadavre exquis. Il se tisse et s’organise entre linéarité, répétitions, retours en arrière et rebond d’une idée à l’autres. Tantôt étale, voire à peine audible, tantôt d’une rare violence, la musique de Philip Jeck se joue du temps. Une beauté lunaire et ténébreuse se dégage de <em>Sand</em>. C’est un réel choc esthétique et la virtuosité dont fait preuve Philip Jeck est stupéfiante. Comment fait-il pour réaliser cela en live à partir de vieux vinyles usés, de synthétiseurs, d’un mixer et d’un enregistreur de mini disques ? Comment fait-il pour juxtaposer tous ces bruits et ces fragments de sons ensemble de manière si cohérent sans que cela ne sonne jamais ni ennuyeux ni comme une débauche de technicité gratuite ?</p>
<p><em>Sand</em> est un album merveilleux, d’une richesse inouïe qui se laisse découvrir peu à peu au fil des écoutes. Il est un univers dans lequel il fait bon plonger vers un grand inconnu.</p>
<p>Un titre en écoute <a href="http://www.philipjeck.com/mp3s/Fanfares.mp3">ici</a>.</p>
<p>Philip Jeck,<em> Sand</em>, Touch, 2008.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Kirche]]></title>
<link>http://johndoree.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/kirche/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 06:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>John Doree</dc:creator>
<guid>http://johndoree.wordpress.com/2009/07/26/kirche/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[I wrote Kirche about a month after I went to the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas in 2008, the event c]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>I wrote <em>Kirche </em>about a month after I went to the ATP Nightmare Before Christmas in 2008, the event curated by Mike Patton and Melvins. It was an incredible line-up which included Fennesz who&#8217;s long been a huge influence on my guitar-based ambient pieces. <em>Kirche </em>more than others wears it&#8217;s influences on it&#8217;s sleeve, I guess it&#8217;s kind of a tribute in that respect then?</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://johndoree.wordpress.com/files/2009/07/090201-kirche.mp3">Download Kirche</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cultureel seizoen 2009-2010]]></title>
<link>http://ambijans.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/cultureel-seizoen-2009-2010/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:29:55 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>ambijans</dc:creator>
<guid>http://ambijans.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/cultureel-seizoen-2009-2010/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Een van de volgende dagen maar eens beginnen aan het opstellen van mijn culturele programma voor het]]></description>
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<p>Een van de volgende dagen maar eens beginnen aan het opstellen van mijn culturele programma voor het seizoen 2009-2010. Ik neem sowieso een abonnement voor een aantal voorstellingen in CC Muze in Zolder. Al sluit ik enkele voorstellingen op een andere locatie niet uit.</p>
<p>Voorlopig heb ik mijn oog laten vallen op &#8216;Hitler is dood&#8217; van <a href="http://www.braakland.be/bzb0607/content/view/134/119/" target="_blank">Braakland</a> i.s.m. &#8216;t Arsenaal. Verder ben ik ook benieuwd hoe een zaalshow van <a href="http://www.philippegeubels.be/index.php" target="_blank">Philippe Geubels</a> meevalt. <a href="http://www.elsdeschepper.be/" target="_blank">Els De Schepper &#8216;Roddelt&#8217;</a> lijkt me ook wel wat. Tot slot ook nog <a href="http://www.toneelhuis.be/productie.jsp?id=278" target="_blank">&#8216;In de strafkolonie&#8217;</a> van Olympique Dramatique.</p>
<p>Elders in de buurt staat nog <a href="http://www.hannelorebedert.be/" target="_blank">Hannelore Bedert</a> geprogrammeerd, een zangeres met een waanzinnig goeie stem. Vandaar dat ik bijna blindelings een ticket zou durven kopen voor haar concert. Behoren ook nog tot de mogelijkheden: concerten van <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fennesz" target="_blank">Fennesz</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/finndot" target="_blank">Finn.</a>, <a href="http://www.moreese.com/" target="_blank">Maurice Engelen &#38; Friends</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/redaxelle" target="_blank">Axelle Red</a> en <a href="http://www.myspace.com/swoonswoon" target="_blank">Zita Swoon</a> &#38; <a href="http://www.rosas.be/" target="_blank">Rosas</a>. Hier en daar aangevuld met nog wat clubconcerten denk ik dat we onze bezigheden nog wel gaan hebben de komende tijd.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Grouper @ St Giles In The Fields, Nov 3rd.]]></title>
<link>http://musicmuleblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/grouper-st-giles-in-the-fields-nov-3rd/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>musicmuleblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://musicmuleblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/11/grouper-st-giles-in-the-fields-nov-3rd/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[What? Miles Of Smiles present Grouper, Fennesz and Natural Snow Buildings for what promises to be a ]]></description>
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<p>What? <a href="http://www.milesofsmiles.co.uk/" target="_blank">Miles Of Smiles</a> present <em>Grouper</em>, <em>Fennesz</em> and <em>Natural Snow Buildings </em>for what promises to be a wonderful evening of experimental alt.folk at one of the best venues in London.<img title="More..." src="http://musicmule.co.uk/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/wordpress/img/trans.gif" alt="" /><!--more--></p>
<p>Christian <a href="http://www.myspace.com/fennesz" target="_blank">Fennesz</a> of Vienna tops the bill. He has supported and performed with Mike Patton of Faith No More, Sparklehorse and has remixed Nine Inch Nails. Performing with a laptop and guitar Fennesz creates dense atmospheric soundscapes permeated by melodies. His music is experimental and some say ground-breaking. It may not be the most accessible though. <strong>For Fans Of:</strong> Biosphere.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/grouperrepuorg" target="_blank">Grouper</a> is Liz Harris of Portland Oregon and is the pick of the bill for me. Her 2008 album &#8216;Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill&#8217; was a haunting folk masterpiece, a bit more ambient than Bon Iver&#8217;s milestone album that same year but in parts every bit as moving. Sparse, strummed strings and a truly bewitching female vocal lead.For Fans Of: Bon Iver, CocoRosie, Bat For Lashes.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.myspace.com/naturalsnowbuildings" target="_blank">Natural Snow Buildings</a> is a duo from France, consisting of artists Mehdi Ameziane and Solange Gularte. They play music which can be classified as experimental psychedelic folk with drone elements and ambient influences. For Fans Of: Pocahaunted, Grouper, Vashti Bunyan.</p>
<p>When? Tuesday, Nov 3rd.</p>
<p>Where? <a href="http://www.stgilesonline.org/" target="_blank">St Giles In The Fields</a>, Central London.</p>
<p>How Much? £13.50</p>
<p>Tickets? <a href="http://www.wegottickets.com/event/50015" target="_blank">wegottickets</a></p>
<p><strong>mp3:</strong> <a href="http://musicmule.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/07-invisible.mp3" target="_blank">Grouper &#8211; Invisible</a></p>
<p><strong>mp3:</strong> <a href="http://musicmule.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/10-the-spears-of-the-wolf.mp3" target="_blank">Natural Snow Buildings &#8211; Spears Of The Wolf</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Un'estate d'assi quella del Masini a Faenza]]></title>
<link>http://smnewsblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/unestate-dassi-quella-del-masini-a-faenza/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Senzamusica</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[FONTE Baglioni, Caposella e Ranieri sono le tre stelle previste a luglio in Piazza del Popolo.   Cla]]></description>
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<p><strong>Baglioni, Caposella e Ranieri sono le tre stelle previste a luglio in Piazza del Popolo.</strong><br />
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Claudio Baglioni, Vinicio Caposella e Massimo Ranieri, questo è il tris d’assi che Accademia perduta si gioca per l’edizione 2009 di Teatro Masini Estate.<br />
Il primo appuntamento sarà il già annunciato concerto di uno dei più importanti e amati cantautori italiani, Claudio Baglioni che si esibirà domenica 12 luglio alle ore 21 in Piazza del Popolo. Il celebre cantautore romano porterà a Faenza una data del suo Gran Concerto Q.P.G.A., un live show innovativo e straordinario in cui l’artista anticiperà i contenuti musicali del suo nuovo doppio cd, con brani inediti che si ascolteranno per la prima volta dal vivo. Il terzo progetto ispirato a Questo piccolo grande amore, dopo il film e il romanzo, non sarà un semplice tour ma una vera e propria opera moderna, il racconto in musica di un grande amore, cui seguirà un viaggio tra i pezzi storici del repertorio dell’artista. Una formula fortemente innovativa e altamente spettacolare con la quale, per la prima volta, sarà la dimensione live ad anticipare i contenuti di un album ancora inedito. Una rappresentazione nella quale, grazie ad un super-schermo ciclorama, saranno le grandi immagini a fare da commento alla musica, attraverso una serie suggestiva e incalzante di salti temporali e interazioni fantastiche tra passato e presente.</p>
<p><!--more-->A seguire<br />
L’evento successivo venerdì 24 luglio alle ore 21 in Piazza del Popolo lo spettacolo concerto di Vinicio Capossela. Il concerto si preannuncia molto diverso da quello portato in giro durante la stagione invernale nei Teatri di tutta Italia. Proprio a proposito della data faentina, lo stesso Capossela afferma: “sarà uno dei pochi concerti all’aperto che faremo quest’estate; un’occasione per liberarci dalla gabbia del ‘Solo Show’ e abbaiare alla luna, danzare come baccanti, predicare al vento e alla polvere, e far prendere un po’ d’aria al Minotauro!”. Faranno parte della band: Alessandro “Asso” Stefana, Vincenzo Vasi, Glauco Zuppiroli, Zeno De Rossi, Achille Succi e Mauro Ottolini.<br />
Mercoledì 29 luglio alle ore 21, Piazza del Popolo ospiterà un altro amatissimo interprete della canzone italiana: Massimo Ranieri. L’artista presenterà lo spettacolo “Canto perché non so nuotare… da 40 anni”, che già ha registrato il “sold out” nei Teatri e nei Palasport di tutta italia durante la parte invernale e primaverile del tour. Ranieri canta i suoi brani più famosi e tanto amati dal pubblico ma, oltre a questo, esegue per la prima volta alcune fra le più belle canzoni d’autore degli ultimi decenni: brani di grandi cantanti come Battisti, Battiato, Mina ed altri. In scena anche un’orchestra ed un corpo di ballo, entrambi interamente femminili. Nello spettacolo scritto con Gualtiero Peirce, lo showman canta, balla e recita raccontando tappe emozionanti della sua vita. Suo compagno di viaggio è anche il piccolo Lele D’Angelo, nei panni di un amico immaginario, che sorprenderà gli spettatori con un numero degno di Broadway.<br />
A chiusura del cartellone arriverà, mercoledì 12 agosto alle ore 21 in Piazza della Molinella, l’evento speciale Vito, Wanda &#38; Friends…!, ideato da Vito e Maria Pia Timo. Si tratta di una produzione assolutamente originale, pensata e realizzata a scopo benefico, appositamente per Faenza. Una serata di comicità e musica che, oltre ai due ideatori, ormai una collaudatissima coppia artistica già più volte applaudita anche sul palcoscenico del Teatro Masini, vedrà protagonista l’Orchestra Stralunata, una formazione di 30 giovanissimi elementi, e tanti, veramente tanti, grandi ospiti a sorpresa! L’intero incasso della serata sarà devoluto per la ricostruzione del Teatro S. Filippo de L’Aquila e alle famiglie delle giovani vittime del Convitto Nazionale de L’Aquila.<br />
Si conferma infine, per il quinto anno consecutivo, l’incontro e la collaborazione con la rassegna itinerante Strade Blu – Folk e dintorni, di cui alcuni appuntamenti della tranche faentina rientrano nel cartellone di Teatro Masini Estate. Oltre alla già citata collaborazione per il concerto di Vinicio Capossela in Piazza del Popolo, Strade Blu porterà a Faenza altri altisonanti nomi della scena folk colta e contemporanea mondiale: Roger McGuinn, Derek Trucks Band e Sparklehorse (feat. Fennesz). Informazioni e dettagli: <a href="mailto:info@stradeblu.org">info@stradeblu.org</a> 320 037 4633.</p>
<p>Scheda:<br />
TEATRO MASINI ESTATE 2009<br />
Teatro Masini – Piazza Nenni, 3<br />
48018 Faenza (RA)<br />
Info: 0546 21306<br />
<a href="http://www.accademiaperduta.it" target="_blank">www.accademiaperduta.it</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Fennesz i SND w Polsce - Plateaux wkracza w nową fazę]]></title>
<link>http://chacinski.wordpress.com/2009/06/01/fennesz-i-snd-w-polsce-plateaux-wkracza-w-nowa-faze/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Bartek Chaciński</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Miło mi donieść, że są już pierwsze szczegóły nowej edycji festiwalu Plateaux w Toruniu i Bydgoszczy]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><h3>Miło mi donieść, że są już pierwsze szczegóły nowej edycji festiwalu Plateaux w Toruniu i Bydgoszczy</h3>
<p><a href="http://chacinski.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/snd_photo_by_aoki_takamasa.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1387" style="margin:5px 10px;" title="snd" src="http://chacinski.wordpress.com/files/2009/06/snd_photo_by_aoki_takamasa.jpg?w=300" alt="snd" width="300" height="198" /></a>Wiemy na razie, że impreza odbywać się będzie od 19 do 22 listopada i dalej będzie wiązała współczesną muzykę elektroniczną i nową sztukę wideo. Pierwsi potwierdzeni goście festiwalu to duet Fennesz &#38; Lillevan (ten drugi to niemiecki filmowiec i autor wizualizacji od dawna współpracujący z Austriakiem), słynna grupa SND z Sheffield (to ci na zdjęciu obok &#8211; fot. Aoki Takamasa/Fundacja Plateaux), australijski artysta Lawrence English, rozwijający się projekt Glitterbug oraz Tilma Ehrhorn. Zeszłoroczne inauguracyjne wydanie Plateaux cieszyło się sporym zainteresowaniem</p>
<p>Więcej konkretów na bieżąco na stronach <a href="www.plateauxfestival.pl" target="_blank">www.plateauxfestival.pl</a> oraz <a href="www.myspace.com/plateauxfestival" target="_blank">www.myspace.com/plateauxfestival</a>.</p>
<p>Jeśli wziąć pod uwagę geografię, szykuje nam się niezła alternatywa dla bydgoskiego Smooth Festivalu, jakkolwiek by na to patrzeć. Ale chyba mało będzie wspólnej publiczności <img src='http://s.wordpress.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<title><![CDATA[Album Of The Week: Fennesz - Black Sea]]></title>
<link>http://fluidblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/album-of-the-week-fennesz-black-sea-2/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>fluidblog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://fluidblog.wordpress.com/2009/05/26/album-of-the-week-fennesz-black-sea-2/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The ten-minute title track gets the album underway, opening tentatively with flickers of noise and d]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">The ten-minute title track gets the album underway, opening tentatively with flickers of noise and digital debris crackling like fireworks in the distance. Soon a flood of symphonic guitar and electronics overwhelms the mix and we&#8217;re reintroduced to the signature sound world that&#8217;s unique to this man&#8217;s music &#8211; he&#8217;s one of the most imitated electronic artists out there, and yet you can always pick out the real thing from a line-up of clones.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><!--more-->Not resting on his laurels, before &#8216;Black Sea&#8217; is even three minutes in, the magnitude shrinks down to a simple duet between oscillating tones and brittle acoustic guitar plucks. It&#8217;s from here that the piece begins to swell up with majestic, incredibly warm sustains and scratchy textural details &#8211; the whole composition feels like a reintroduction to the various facets of the Fennesz sound. Next comes the first of two collaborative pieces (although it should be pointed out that this one isn&#8217;t available on the vinyl edition &#8211; and while we&#8217;re on the subject, nor is the ambient miniature &#8216;Vacuum&#8217; encountered towards the end of the CD and digital tracklists): &#8216;The Colour Of Three&#8217; features Anthony Pateras (a veteran of Editions Mego and Sirr), who supplies some nicely clanking prepared piano tones, placing emphasis on the instrument as a percussive device rather than a string instrument. Despite this augmented instrumental range we&#8217;re still in familiar territory thanks to Fennesz&#8217;s transcendent digital eruptions and gloriously rich sound designs. &#8216;Perfume For Winter&#8217; is a more restrained affair, filled with contemplative acoustic figures and abrupt organ-driven chord changes. We get our first real taste of explicit melody here, reminiscent of Endless Summer&#8217;s most approachable tracks. Importantly though, there are no overt attempts to retrace footsteps back to that classic album, and Black Sea sounds vehemently like a step forwards for Fennesz. This sense of progression is underlined by the spine-tinglingly wonderful &#8216;Glide&#8217;, a duet with Rosy Parlane which takes Fennesz&#8217;s wall of sound into the stratosphere, sounding like an unearthly orchestra. The music itself matches the increased magnitude: if Endless Summer was a digitisation and abstraction of The Beach Boys, &#8216;Glide&#8217; could be said to apply the same transformative techniques to more classically-geared sounds &#8211; there&#8217;s an undercurrent of elegiac romanticism that might reasonably be compared to fellow notable Austrian, Gustav Mahler, specifically the well-known fourth movement of his 5th Symphony (once famously plundered by Robert Lippok for his Open/Close/Open release on Raster Noton). After the quietly glistening, chime-like tones of &#8216;Glass Ceiling&#8217; comes previous single and album finale &#8216;Saffron Revolution&#8217;, which is a suitably grand closing gesture, stretching out a single, euphoric multi-layered chord across much of its duration before dissipating away into a pattern of delayed string plucks. Black Sea is far and away one of the year&#8217;s most beautiful records, both in terms of the music itself and the sheer iridescence of the electronic sound harnessed within. Very highly recommended indeed. &#8211; Boomkat review</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="http://boomkat.com/">www.boomkat.com</a><br />
<a href="http://www.fennesz.com">www.fennesz.com</a></p>
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<title><![CDATA[last days of radio (shhhhhhhhh...)]]></title>
<link>http://cowsarejustfood.wordpress.com/2009/05/14/last-days-of-radio-shhhhhhhhh/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 16:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[there are quiet places also in the mind, he said meditatively.  but we build bandstands and factorie]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:justify;">there are quiet places also in the mind, he said meditatively.  but we build bandstands and factories on them.  deliberately &#8211; to put a stop to the quietness.  &#8230;all the thoughts, all the preoccupations in my head &#8211; round and round, continually &#8230; what’s it for?  what’s it all for?  to put an end to the quiet, to break it up and disperse it, to pretend at any cost that it isn’t there. ah, but it is; it is there, in spite of everything, at the back of everything.  lying awake at night &#8211; not restlessly, but serenely, waiting for sleep &#8211; the quiet re-establishes itself, piece by piece; all the broken bits &#8230; we’ve been so busily dispersing all day long.  it re-establishes itself, an inward quiet, like the outward quiet of grass and trees.  it fills one, it grows &#8211; a crystal quiet, a growing, expanding crystal.  it grows, it becomes more perfect; it is beautiful and terrifying &#8230; for one’s alone in the crystal, and there’s no support from the outside, there is nothing external and important, nothing external and trivial to pull oneself up by or stand on &#8230; there is nothing to laugh at or feel enthusiast about.  but the quiet grows and grows.  beautifully and unbearably.  and at last you are conscious of something approaching; it is almost a faint sound of footsteps.  something inexpressively lovely and wonderful advances through the crystal, nearer, nearer. and, oh, inexpressively terrifying.  for if it were to touch you, if it were to seize you and engulf you, you’d die; all the regular, habitual daily part of you would die &#8230; one would have to begin living arduously in the quiet, arduously in some strange, unheard of manner.  nearer, nearer come the steps; but one can’t face the advancing thing.  one daren’t…<!--more--></p>
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