Label: Amorfus Music Catalog#: AMORFUS-010Y008 Format: 12 x File, MP3, 320 kbps Country: US Released: 25 Jan 2008 Genre: Electronic Style: Glitch, Field Recording, Ambient
This collection of tracks consists of minimalist electronica, glitches, field recordings, and textures. Each track is a unique assemblage or collage of sounds, tones, and textures. As such, these tracks might be classified as experimental, but their intent is to be ambient, reflective, poetic, emotional, and evocative. phillipwilkerson.net
Netlabel Releases Ambient Series Ege Denizi (with Tange) [earman080] Transience (with Sylvie Walder) [earman063] Still Point [earman047] Across An Imaginary Sky [Archive.org] Cold Moon Drift [Last.FM]
EPs NEW! - Williams Park [bp038] Midland [rb057] Incidents In Spring [bp016] Seven Piano Improvisations [Archive.org] Transparent Joys [Jamendo]
Artwork By [Cover] - Daniel Pipitone Composed By, Recorded By, Performer - Ben Cox Mastered By - Robert Deaner
The music on "On Water" rejects the notion that music must make a narrative statement, and instead embraces the idea of music as an organized sonic experience. These pieces are not portraits; they are rather landscapes or still-lifes. These subtle, minimal treatments are reminiscent of Brian Eno's "Music for Airports" and Eno and Jon Hassell's "Fourth World" music. Ben's multi-instrumental talents shine through in this shimmering, floating body of work. Ben has been a musician for twenty-five years and a recording engineer for fifteen years. His lifelong interest in music has taken many forms over time, from playing trumpet in jazz bands to singing bass in an informal renaissance music group. His interest in electronic music follows from interest in experimentation with musical formal structures, metrical and rhythmic complexity, and the wide sonic palettes made possible by electronic instruments and electronic manipulation of acoustic sound sources. His musical works reflect these interests, and have been heard in television and radio advertisements, installation projects, and at trade shows, in locations ranging from Indiana to Australia. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bencox
a stunning release featuring beautiful and warm ambience.
"On Water" by Ben Cox is a lovely recording filled with fluid drones and vivid imagery. Sparse and darkly beautiful in its use of sound, Cox has created a work that envelopes the listener in a liquid embrace. A wonderful example of the expressiveness of dark ambience, and a fine example of the emotionality of drones. "Anhinga" opens the disc with a beautiful blend of simple guitar and piano notes played overtop a droning background. "Merganser" follows, a dark ambient drone coupled with distorted guitar and minimal vocals weaving throughout to create a stunning piece. "Willet" returns the disc to brighter territories, a synthesis of piano and field recordings matched with high bell tones. There's a sense of hope and renewal to this track, discovery and possibility despite the threat of oncoming rain. And really, who can't use a little more hope? Track four, "Gannet", is a spiralling piece that gives a sense of movement and fluidity around a centre or fixed point, growing as time passes, gaining clarity and form as the piece progresses. Very powerful and very beautiful. The fifth piece on the disc, "Grebe", continues along the brighter path of ambience, with small arpegios and bright flourishes interspersed throughout a steady drone. "Plover" follows, a series of pads mingling and entwining with an ebbing and flowing pulse. Trumpet swells throughout adding an organic quality to the track, the feeling of a living organism. "Pray for Rain" closes the disc, light hand percussion playing throughout the piece overtop slight synth patterns. A stirring, fluid track to close the disc. Wonderful. Without doubt, "On Water" is an impressive collection of drone-based work, a series of pieces that cover a wide range of emotions and environments. Highly recommended for the obvious fans of drones and dark ambience, and for those who enjoy the creation of new and distinct environments. Beautiful work. rik - ping things http://www.pingthings.com/BENCOXwater.htm
A1 Gibbon In Glass - Sound A2 Kakadua In The North A3 Orso E Foca A Villa D'Este A4 Coro Di Scimmie B1 Canzone Di Lupi Con Basso Continuo B2 Cervo E Gibbone Nella Civiltà B3 Vogelorgel B4 Il Mare Degli Animali
Label: Amduscias Records Catalog#: [AMR188] Format: File, MP3 Country: US Released: 2008
"Desohll is Joomoonaz from the Netherlands. He draws inspiration from various sounds made by Mother Earth, in one way or another. This release is aqua-based. It reveals Gaia's droning nature, whatever sounds in whatever way she produces. Desohll recommends the use of headphones in order to fully enjoy this soundscape http://www.archive.org/details/AMR188
Masahiro Sugaya After completing master class in composition under Joji Yuasa and Teizo Matsumura at Tokyo College of Music, he has worked as musical director in a wide range of fields, including stage, screen, television and contemporary art. He joined to the activities of the dance theater company 'Pappa TARAHUMARA' in 1987, and since then has composed and directed all musical activities. Three of his scores, "Zoo ofthe Sea", "Parade" and "The Bush of Ghosts" have been released on CD.He is one of the standing composers in the field of contemporary music and his style of creations is involving from computer music to Japanese new tradition. Tohoku University of Art and Design Part-time lecturer ACSM116 Management member http://www.amy.hi-ho.ne.jp/masasuga/
Label: Fortuna Records Catalog#: 17071-2 Format: CD, Album Country: US Released: 1990
1 Steve Roach With Darwin Didjeridu Mob, The - Red Dust And Sweat 10:45 2 David Hudson - Call To Kuranda 3:15 3 David Hudson - The Ancient Voice 3:10 4 Steve Roach / Sarah Hopkins - Atmosphere For Dreaming 7:52 5a Steve Roach / Sarah Hopkins - Darktime 7:12 5b Steve Roach With Darwin Didjeridu Mob, The - The Initiation 6 Steve Roach - Origin 4:48 7 David Hudson - Spirits 3:19 8 David Hudson - The Hunter 3:02 9 Sarah Hopkins - Awakening The Earth 14:10 10a David Hudson - Land Sound 5:14 10b Steve Roac - The Dreaming Place
Just as the mythology of the Australian people and their continent was personified through the complex Aboriginal creation stories called The Dreamtime, the land also gave rise to a rich musical culture unlike any other. Australia: Sounds of the Earth captures the primordial hums and rhythms that have emerged from and moved across this continent in the four directions, like the winds themselves since The Dreamtime began. This recording features the didgeridoo, an Aboriginal wind instrument of remarkable flexibility and power, in traditional and innovative formats. Virtuoso solos by Aboriginal artist, David Hudson, are complemented by performances of up to four didgeridoo players accompanied by drums and electronics. Tracing the development of an indigenous music firmly rooted in patterns of existence dictated by the rhythms of the land, Australia: Sounds of the Earth embraces Australia's musical past and present. The riveting performance of cellist Sarah Hopkins, acknowledges the debt 20th century composers owe to the influence of Aboriginal music. By utilizing a combination of bowing techniques and overtone singing, the Australian cellist emulates sounds of the didgeridoo. Producer, Steve Roach, blends the recordings from the outback with their haunting modern echoes by creating evocative soundscapes, and the illusion of a journey through time and space to the origins of these primal sounds. http://www.amazon.com/
Label: Palace Of Lights Catalog#: NMS. 06/2000 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: US Released: 1982
A1 Two Voices 2:39 A2 Confusion In Belief 3:38 A3 Testimony And Honor 4:05 A4 The Outpost 6:00 A5 This Land 2:28 B1 Gun Court 2:57 B2 The Cockpit 8:14 B3 The City Far Below 5:43 Clavinet - K. Leimer (tracks: A1 to A3) Synthesizer, Written-by, Producer, Artwork By [Cover Design] - K. Leimer Tape - K. Leimer (tracks: A1 to A3, B2, B3)
USビート詩人アレン・ギンズバーグがレゲエ発祥の地ジャマイカを舞台に製作したドキュメンタリー映画、"Land Of Look Behind"のサウンドトラック盤。シンセ・ウェイブ系アンビエント
Land of Look Behind is a 1982 documentary film about Jamaica. It was filmed in May and June of 1981 by Alan Greenberg, and was the director's first film. The film's cinematographer was Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein, an associate of Werner Herzog. The musical score is by K. (Kerry) Leimer.The film begins with footage of Jamaica's wild interior region called the Cockpit Country. It also features footage of the funeral of reggae musician Bob Marley. A number of Rastafarians are interviewed, and performers Gregory Isaacs and Mutabaruka are also featured. In addition, Father Amde Hamilton of The Watts Prophets performs a spoken word piece during Marley's funeral service.Land of Look Behind won the Chicago International Film Festival's Gold Hugo Award.Werner Herzog has said in the film's DVD commentary that "This film achieves things never seen before in the history of cinema." The American director Jim Jarmusch writes in the DVD liner notes that Land of Look Behind is "striking...beautiful...near-perfect."In 2007 the film was released on DVD, with interviews of and commentary by Greenberg and Herzog. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_Look_Behind
Recorded and mixed at Tactical Sound, Jan.-Feb. 1982. "This record represents two aspects of the music for Alan Greenberg's film "Land Of Look Behind". The first side presents material developed from the location recordings made in Jamaica during filming. The rhythm patterns for "Confusion In Belief" and "Testimony And Honor" are based on the Nya Binghi, with vocal material being drawn from monologues that appear in the film. The second side is comprised of a remix and new arrangement of music used in the film. The voices on "Gun Court" again coming from the location recordings. Also used in the film are "Districts" and "Field Characteristics" from "Closed System Potentials"." K. Leimer, February 1982 New Music Series.
Label: Palace Of Lights Catalog#: NMS. 02/2000 Format: Vinyl, LP Country: US Released: 1982
Gibex R003 2008 (CD) 1 Village/Evening News 7:02 2 Madness Beyond the Hills 3:55 3 Resting Place 8:25 4 Street Corner Walk 4:32 5 Slipstream 7:56 6 Leviathan 7:52 7 Dreamland 2:15
Michael William Gilbert - Synthesizers, samplers, piano & percussion Tony Vacca - Percussion (3) Tim Moran - Soprano sax (1), flutes (3,5), bass clarinet (4), alto sax (7) David Moss - Solo percussion & voices (4) Salvatore Macchia - Acoustic bass (3,5) Royal Hartigan - Drums & percussion (5,6) Molly Scott - Voice (3) David Wertman - Acoustic bass (1) Charlie Miller - Dumbek (1)
"I find much contemporary and electronic music suffers from a coldness or soullessness; as a result, I have tried to make mine a more human music, a fusion of synthesized, instrumental, and natural sounds. When composing, I electronically orchestrate each piece into a soundscape. The music is not just a simple mixture, but a genuine synthesis of pan-cultural musical styles. Above all, I want to make my music sing!"
Michael William Gilbert grew up in Connecticut and Brussels, Belgium. It was while living in Europe that he first encountered the music of Varese and Pierre Henry, as well as the musics of India, Africa, and Japan. After studying electrical engineering at MIT, he continued studies in music at the Boston School of Electronic Music, where he later worked as a teacher and designer of custom synthesis systems. He graduated with a degree in music from Hampshire College and shortly thereafter became the technical director of electronic music at Amherst College, Smith College, Hampshire College, and the University of Massachusetts/Amherst. He has taught electronic music at the University of Massachusetts and at Holyoke Community College.
Gilbert has been composing and recording actively since the 1970's. In 1978 he released his first recording, "Moving Pictures", on the GIBEX label. "Moving Pictures" takes a step towards humanizing electronic music with prominent use of wooden flutes, percussion, and voice to complement the synthesized textures of the compositions. "The Call", Gilbert's second album, is a more mature realization of his goal to create a more human music. It grew out of the desire to set new jazz influenced solo parts against a background of drone, percussion, and environment evocative of Eastern musics."The Call" marked Gilbert's first collaboration with multi-wind and reed player Tim Moran, avant-garde percussionist/vocalist David Moss, and bassist Salvatore Macchia. "In the Dreamtime", initially released on the Palace of Lights label, is a refinement of work begun on the first two records. This album uses the theme of dream imagery, exploring and merging the distinctions between electronics, new jazz, and world music, and also features collaborations with Moran, Moss, and Macchia.
His first releases on CD, "The Light in the Clouds" and "Point of Views", bridge the gaps between diverse world musics. A collaboration with master percussionist Tony Vacca, acoustic bassist Salvatore Macchia, and synthesist Roy Finch, "The Light in the Clouds" brings together African, Jewish, Christian, and Shinto musical traditions and melds them with crystal clear sounds and rhythms into one music. "Point of Views" is a stunning solo recording realized within a MIDI based studio, weaving elements of jazz, world, electronic and new musics into "an ethereal and beautiful blend!" "Point of Views" received 4 stars in Downbeat Magazine. It successfully creates the sound of an ensemble of players yet is a purely solo work, with a collaboration by Tony Vacca on one track. Gilbert signed a recording contract with PENTA DISC Recordings in Canada (distributed by WEA) for release of music from this repertoire as well as additional new compositions. Gilbert's music has been played in concerts and festivals in North America and abroad and has been used by choreographers in conjunction with modern dance works. Among these choreographers are Susan Waltner, Valerie Feit, Jan Wodynski, and Paula Josa-Jones. Gilbert has also scored films by independent filmmakers, and recently worked on music for "The Nightingale Princess" http://www.thenightingaleprincess.com/ , a film by Chris Dreisbach, Owen Granich-Young, and Daniel Gilbert.
Michael William Gilbert is currently a computer research analyst at the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, where he is engaged in investigating internet media technologies, streaming protocols, multimedia, and supporting the Office of Information Technologies' provision of Internet service to the campus and UMass community. He has a current CD, "Other Voices", which features both unreleased works with contributions by Tony Vacca and Roy Finch, and more recent new compositions. He is also currently remastering and releasing his first three LP recordings, "Moving Pictures", "The Call", and "In the Dreamtime" on CD. http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/mwgilbert6
Label: Quietus Recordings Catalog#: QUIETUS 006 Format: CDr, Album, Limited Edition Country: US Released: Sep 2009
1 It Mattered Once 14:08
2 Will You Know Where To Find Me 17:04 3 Live To See The Day 17:27
4 Time Will Tell 12:16 5 I Knew You Then 12:48
6 Lest You Forget
I honestly never realised two and a half years ago how much grief Brock Van Wey was going to cause me. Quite apart from using up days and weeks of my life listening to his music I’ve also discovered the Smallfish Book Of Superlatives (registered trademark) has now been well and truly run dry – purely from describing his releases. So, I’m in a quandary about reviewing this utterly ravishing new album from the man. I mean, you all know that I genuinely love the music I get in here at Smallfish and I know that sometimes it seems like I go overboard on things. But believe me when I say that this is what keeps me going – the music is, ultimately, what it’s all about and this release is a 100% prime example of why after all these years I’m still so excited about my beloved electronica. Following two absolutely monumental releases (namely To Live and White Clouds) Bvdub now brings us what I consider to be yet another crowning achievement in his already incredible catalogue of music. We Were The Sun is, simply put, an album of such grace and beauty that words really won’t do it justice and neither will the samples. You have to experience the flow of this for yourself to see exactly what I mean. As he’s matured musically his tendency towards the ambient has grown ever stronger and as that move towards beatlessness and atmosphere has progressed he’s moved ever further away from what you could traditionally consider to be ‘electronica’. This is more proof of the fact that he just has a natural talent for putting together achingly emotional music without pandering to anyone at any time. It’s on his own terms and, you know what? That’s why it’s so fine. I said when I first heard it that I’d break it down and give him my thoughts, but after a days solid listening I found that it would be absolutely redundant to try to make any sense of the tracks individually. Similarly, it’s pointless me telling you exactly what each track sounds like because that’s just not how it works. I could, I suppose, tell you about the stunning drop halfway through the first track when a Rhodes piano chord comes in and the pads flow out of the mix before drifting back in. I could go on at length, I’m sure, about the final track – an immaculate acoustic guitar based track with such a heartfelt and refined sense of intimacy that it had me reaching for the rewind button again and again. And I’m pretty sure that I could spend about an hour and half describing the tracks that come in between. But you don’t really need to know all that – you just need to put it on some headphones, sit back, breathe deeply and allow it to carry you away. You all know I’m a huge fan and I know that a lot of you are also huge fans. And rightly so as this man deserves all the love and plaudits he gets. Do yourself a favour and grab yourself a copy of this because, at the end of the day, it’s just an immense piece of work from one of the finest producers to have emerged in the last few years. Bravo, sir. *Please remember it's one copy per customer only! http://smallfish.co.uk/shop/release/?cat=QUIETUS006
Wally Badarou - Back To Scales To-Night Eric Nagy - 救世軍 対 サックス Eric Nagy - 退屈した客引き男 Eric Nagy - スプリングクリーニング Eric Nagy - 地下鉄オペラ Eric Nagy - ベルと競りのうた va Texture: A Compilation Of Minimal Ambient Guitar Robert Fripp / Brian Eno - Even Spaces 石川鷹彦 - 無限なるこの大空 ～ストレスを解消するための～ THE FIRMAMENT St.GIGA DAT or TAPE 岩手・花巻／風の中のイーハトーボ (Ambient Soundscapes 8) St.GIGA Sound Calendar 1992etc Map Magazine map vol.2 SOUND SCAPE
