It's been awhile since I've posted any music, simply because I wasn't sure how (or if) I wanted to proceed. I, like many others, check out Totally Fuzzy every day, and I'm really only interested in doing this as long as it's different, as well as mutual. There's really only so many times somebody can post a Beatles album, or Eagles or Led Zep, right? My last attempt at reciprocal posts (the Frippertronics, or Fripp-related posts) did not result in ANYONE offering links to other Fripp-shows, which I would gladly have posted for all to share (these links are still generating downloads, so I'll leave them up).
I've decided the best way to continue (with the music part of this blog, anyway) is to 'test the waters of reciprocity' once more. I'm posting a few hard-to-find 'sound art' albums, as well as one of my own. Here's the list:
Gavin Bryars - 1976 "The Sinking Of The Titanic/ Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" (Obscure Records)
The original, on Brian Eno's 'Obscure' imprint from 1976.
Beautiful, haunting chamber music.
DJ Food - 2005 "Raiding The 20th Century"
An aural history of 'sound art'.
Everything from Alvin Lucier to Dickie Goodman to Steinski and
beyond. Wonderfully realized and essential.
Osymyso - "Intro Inspection"
A comparatively-short (12 minute) mash-up of only the beginnings
of hit songs from the 70's and 80's, mostly.
John Oswald - 1990 "Rubaiyat - Plunderphonics"
John Oswald - 1993 "Plexure"
John Oswald is the 'plunderphonics' (his term) master. "Rubaiyat"
is the project he undertook after his 1989 "Plunderphonics" album
caused such a flap in the Michael Jackson camp. You can read all
about Oswald's legal hassles in more detail (if you like)...
I'm posting "Rubaiyat" because the music excels (especially the
'ferocious' tribute to the MC5, "Mother"!)
"Plexure" is impossible to describe... 1000 70's and 80's hits (some
not even one second long) sliced, diced, overlayed and/or mutated
in every way. Unbe-freakin'-lievable...
(and mine)
Ocean Miner - 2008 "WheatleMix" & "Talking Cars"
Here's the gist: I read somewhere (I think it was on 'Go Home
Productions' site) where the person was responding to people who
thought 'mash-ups' were as simple as putting 2 songs together, and
how that wasn't the case, and it got me thinkin'...
What if mash-ups could be as simple as putting two songs together?
That's what my stuff is... take 2 songs, put them together (with as
little meddling done to the originals as possible), just to put things
in a different context. That's all sound art is, as far as I can tell...
A new way to listen to the same old songs, or sounds.
"WheatleMix" came from my realization (after George Harrison's
death) that, with Keith Moon and John Entwistle gone, the Who
needed a drummer and bass guitarist. Well, who's left from the
Beatles? So, if they joined forces, could it sound like this (in mash-
up land)?
"Talking Cars" takes the fact that I've always loved the Cars albums,
but their sound was kinda thin (very 80's, synth-drums and bass).
So I added their sound to another late-70's/early-80's band I love
(the Talking Heads, who have a very heavy-percussion/ bass-driven
sound) and I ended up with an interesting combo.
(Disclaimer: I do NOT include my stuff, which was done cheap-'n'-quick, along with these other CLASSICS to prove my worth, or to imply that I belong 'up-there' with John Oswald, et al.)
Sound art is pretty much the only 'new' music I listen to these days. ALL of these (with the exception of mine, 'natch) are CLASSICS in sound art, and I've got plenty more if people are interested. I hope this will spark interest in more sharing of 'sound art', but (especially) I'd LOVE to hear what others are doing! Surely there's people out there with ideas and a little free time and a frewware 'Audacity' (or similar) program on their computer, right? Let's hear from you! Let's share! Let's create, just for the fun. Just for the ideas!
Rant now over. Bob H.
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