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Best of 2011 Picks
I recently made my picks for the best albums and songs of 2011--see them below along with selected links to some of my articles, photos and videos of these artists. Honorable Mentions: Future Islands, Cults , Jolie Holland, Eleanor Friedberger , Atlas Sound, Centro-matic, Zola Jesus, Deer Tick, Telekinesis , Drive-By Truckers Honorable Mentions: Chris Bathgate - "Eliza (Hue)," Tom Waits - "Bad As Me," Eleanor Friedberger - "I Won't Fall Apart On You Tonight," Little Dragon - "Ritual Union," Cut Copy - "Take Me Over"
Gardening, Not Architecture Release Kickstarter Campaign to Fund Second Album | popwreckoning
Posted on 06 August 2011. Tags: d.i.y. , EIY , gardening , KickStarter , music , news , not architecture , recording , Sarah Saturday , solo Gardening , Not Architecture is a DIY/ EIY solo recording project started by Sarah Saturday in 2003 in Baraboo, WI. The first official release under the “Gardening, Not Architecture” project name was a four-song EP in 2007, entitled “The First EP,” which was available for free on the G,NA website and in a limited run of 49 CDs in hand-sewn, numbered/signed paper sleeves. In 2009, Sarah completed her first tour as G,NA: 19 self-booked shows in 21 days on the west coast.
WHAT FIRST GOT YOU INTERESTED IN MUSIC? Well, I got into punk rock around 15 or so. But then, underground music was always very raw and dirty to me.
Earn It Yourself
The Music Incubator | MeFi Music
2. If you post something for feedback, there are often diminishing returns of you subsequently post adjusted versions. It's interesting to hear a rough acoustic demo and then a polished ensenble version -- much less so to hear a version with the drums up 3dB and a new prechorus. 3.
Rosicrucianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rosicrucianism is a philosophical secret society , said to have been founded in late medieval Germany by Christian Rosenkreuz . It holds a doctrine or theology "built on esoteric truths of the ancient past", which, "concealed from the average man, provide insight into nature, the physical universe and the spiritual realm." [ 1 ] Rosicrucianism is symbolized by the Rosy Cross . Between 1607 and 1616, two anonymous manifestos were published, first in Germany and later throughout Europe. [ 2 ] These were Fama Fraternitatis RC (The Fame of the Brotherhood of RC) and Confessio Fraternitatis (The Confession of the Brotherhood of RC). The influence of these documents, presenting a "most laudable Order" of mystic-philosopher-doctors and promoting a "Universal Reformation of Mankind", gave rise to an enthusiasm called by its historian Dame Frances Yates the "Rosicrucian Enlightenment". [ 3 ]
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie ( pronounced: [eʁik sati] ) (17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925; signed his name Erik Satie after 1884) was a French composer and pianist. Satie was a colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde . His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism , repetitive music , and the Theatre of the Absurd [ 1 ] An eccentric, Satie was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies .
Erik Satie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gymnopédies (Satie) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These short, atmospheric pieces are written in 3/4 time, with each sharing a common theme and structure. Collectively, the Gymnopédies are regarded as an important precursor to modern ambient music [ 1 ] — gentle yet somewhat eccentric pieces which, when composed, defied the classical tradition. [ citation needed ] For instance, the first few bars of Gymnopédie No. 1 consist of an alternating progression of two major seventh chords, the first on the subdominant, G, and the second on the tonic, D. The melodies of the pieces use deliberate, but mild, dissonances against the harmony, producing a piquant, melancholy effect that matches the performance instructions, which are to play each piece "slowly", "dolorously" or "gravely". [ 2 ] From the second half of the 20th century on, the Gymnopédies were often erroneously described as part of Satie's body of furniture music , perhaps because of John Cage 's interpretation of them. [ 3 ] [ edit ] Contamine de Latour poetry
Nicolas Jaar - Space Is Only Noise (album review) | Sputnikmusic
Outer space, a vast black sea; the idea of it tantalizes the comfortable complacency in which we all reside. It is so massive that the physicists of our world can only speculate as to how large the universe actually is. Some believe it spans forever, an infinite amount of dust and darkness. Others say it is about 150 billion light years across.
Rising: Nicolas Jaar
Nicolas Jaar: "I Got a Woman" Nicolas Jaar is a New York-based 21-year-old who does a lot of things that young dance producers do-- plays shows in clubs around the world, remixes dance artists , runs a small record label called Clown and Sunset -- but he doesn't really make dance music. Born to artistic parents, Jaar listened to everything from minimal techno producer Ricardo Villalobos to hip-hop mastermind Madlib to Portuguese fado music, Ethiopian jazz, and Pink Floyd while growing up in Chile and NYC. And on debut full-length Space Is Only Noise , coming February 14 on Circus Company , he works a lush, meditative style that depends more on silence than on beats-- check out highlight "I Got a Woman" above for proof. Pianos, guitars, and voices blur into electronics, all of it melting into a soft, drifting haze somewhere between Air and Portishead. It's a deeply relaxing, satisfying piece of work from someone seemingly way too young to be making music this mature.
Photo by Will Westbrook Back in September, we reported the (literally) mind-boggling news that Apples in Stereo frontman Robert Schneider had invented a new instrument , the Teletron, that you basically play with your mind. (Or, in Schneider's own words, it's "a circuit-bent Mattel MindFlex toy that enables you to play a Moog synthesizer by varying your thoughts.") Last week, Schneider debuted an original Teletron composition written by Neutral Milk Hotel mastermind and notable recluse Jeff Mangum . (Thanks to James Hindle for the tip.) In a statement, Schneider explained that he and noise musician Robert Beatty (Hair Police, Three Legged Race, Ulysses) performed Mangum's Teletron piece with Duke University's Dr.
