Harpist Rhodri Davies sent me a copy of his great new record, a team-up with the saxophonist John Butcher. Carliol (FTARRI-220) is released on a Japanese improv label and represents two of the most distinctive talents working in the UK today. These seven pieces of distilled music have the same kind of intense, filtered...
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The Sound Projector Radio Show 28th May 2010 Brown Wing Overdrive, ‘Diamond Road’ From L Phantasm, USA KAVE KAVITY KKR 004 CDR (2010) Stefanie Ressin and Dany Apelt, ’3 Wishes’ NETHERLANDS MEEUW MUZAK MM037 7″ SINGLE (2009) Manathol, ‘BAKETO (C&C Cut) From Clicks and Cuts Volume 5, GERMANY MILLE PLATEAUX MP300 CD (2010)...
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Leaves From Off The Tree (BO’WEAVIL RECORDINGS WEAVIL16CD) is another shining example of contemporary folk music from the very fine UK singer Sharron Kraus, here part of a trio with friends American songstress Meg Baird and the avant cellist Helena Espvall. Together they recorded a selection of nine favourite folk songs and ballads (effortlessly...
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Double CD of minimal lengthiness from Spiracle on Ananta (HELEN SCARSDALE AGENCY HMS 017). Disc one is quite ecstatic with its slow and syrupy minimal droning creating a mood which dare not disturb the tranquil summer airs. Disc two seems to repeat the same sonic underlay while layering something far more gritty and urban...
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EP: What instruments do you play? Are you mostly self-taught? CJ: Properly speaking, I only really play guitar and mandolin. When I say ‘properly’, I guess I mean an instrument that I would be prepared go up on stage with all on my own. However, like many other musicians, I also tamper with varying...
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Nihilist Assault Group (GNARLED FOREST GF29) is a cassette from a noise supergroup of sorts, featuring Richard Rupenus (The New Blockaders), Michael Gillham and Mark Durgan (Putrefier) from the UK wing, while Stan Reed and Wm Rage (Blue Sabbath Black Cheer) represent the American strand of this aggressive genre. While the track titles offer...
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Tatlin’s Tower is making a new Broadcast Its digital inhabitants are failing to co-operate Why Fear the Machiavellian developments? ————————————————————— We pour forth The Sound Projector’s 17th Issue Published November 2008 172 pages Cover price £7 ————————————————————— Available now £7.00 plus postage, via PayPal Non PayPal customers can download this Flyer Consult and peruse...
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Climb The Astronomical Staircase and Manifest L’Esprit D’Escalier The drunkard’s bottle is but a finding aid to further misery Other magazines reach only this far! ————————————————————— We sing of The Sound Projector’s 16th Issue Dated 2008, yet released in late 2007 184 pages – the most substantial the magazine has ever been More expensive...
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Mute Socialite, ‘Cheap Clocks’ From More Popular than Presidents and Generals, USA DEPHINE KNORMAL MUSIC DKM09 CD (2008) Alex Mein Smith, ‘Bounders’ From Necessity’s Flame, HIGH TENSILE 02 CD (2007) Rhodri Davies and Louisa Martin, ‘Soldercup (edit)’ From Beaterblocker comp, UK BBR 001 CD (2008) Elodie Lauten, ‘Vision’ (1985) From The Death of Don...
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Following a friendly greeting from label owner Simon Reynell, the entire catalogue of his label Another Timbre is now in my hands. These are eight CDs of what promise to be cutting-edge examples of quiet, minimal and reduced improvised music. A relatively new venture, yet already the label has a clear identity in terms...
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