JASPER TX // SKATERS
Jasper TX: Vintermusik (with Machinefabriek)
I don't recall how I came across this musician, but I did and downloaded some albums and found it to be right up my alley. Ambient hum drone with a bit of dissonance, postrock chamberishness, and postmodern electricalismo. The only problem is the occasional clack or static that is a stain upon the beauty. Oh postmodernists and their blasphemous irony!
Jasper TX: Pilgrims
See above comment. The pieces were indistinguishable for me. I should stop listening to multiple albums from the same artist within the same week, so that I can actually form an opinion about the actual work.
Skaters: Physicalities of the Sensibilities of Ingrediential Stairways
Yes! More! Sometimes I'm not in the mood for the Skaters, because, well... it's pretty darn annoying and noisy. But once you let about 30 seconds go by it sucks you in. I miss having them in the Bay Area, because now I don't get to hear them live anymore.
Here I list the "record of the week" (often a few records), which I listen to repeatedly all week long while I work, letting the music seep deep into my mind, and painting my activities with a color that I will forever remember whenever I later recall each piece. I also post other thoughts on music here too.
2008-11-24
2008-11-17
WEEK OF 081117: DEATH CHANTS // ELUVIUM // LIGETI // SCRIABIN
Death Chants: I Have Seen A Thousand Swim Through Skies
A new short release by this neat space folk outfit, a member of which I once corresponded with. I really like them, and wish that they would release music more often.
Eluvium: Time Travel of the Sloth
I think this came from a split album with someone else. I am in love with this music. Sometimes he makes ambient space drone, sometimes he makes gorgeous reverb piano pieces. Sometimes he even does both. I have never been disappointed by his work and I am sadly nearing the end of his catalog.
Ligeti: Continuum, Nouvelles Aventures
In response to my wonderful experience hearing "SF Polyphony" at the UC Symphony last week, I tried to find more work by Ligeti that I might like. I found these pieces, thinking I might like them, but they seemed to be too conceptual and not "holy" enough. I listened to both the organ and the harpsichord version of continuum, and the latter piece was a bunch of voice that coalesced into a din. yuck.
Scriabin: Poeme De L'extase
I had to revisit this piece after the glory of hearing it performed live last week.
Death Chants: I Have Seen A Thousand Swim Through Skies
A new short release by this neat space folk outfit, a member of which I once corresponded with. I really like them, and wish that they would release music more often.
Eluvium: Time Travel of the Sloth
I think this came from a split album with someone else. I am in love with this music. Sometimes he makes ambient space drone, sometimes he makes gorgeous reverb piano pieces. Sometimes he even does both. I have never been disappointed by his work and I am sadly nearing the end of his catalog.
Ligeti: Continuum, Nouvelles Aventures
In response to my wonderful experience hearing "SF Polyphony" at the UC Symphony last week, I tried to find more work by Ligeti that I might like. I found these pieces, thinking I might like them, but they seemed to be too conceptual and not "holy" enough. I listened to both the organ and the harpsichord version of continuum, and the latter piece was a bunch of voice that coalesced into a din. yuck.
Scriabin: Poeme De L'extase
I had to revisit this piece after the glory of hearing it performed live last week.
2008-11-10
WEEK OF 081110: LIGETI // SHOSTAKOVICH // STRAVINSKY
Ligeti: SF Polyphony
(I picked these pieces in preparation to hear them at the UC Symphony on the Saturday at the end of the week.) Wow..... I had once seen Ligeti's "atmospheres" performed at the UC Symphony, and was floored... This was just the same. This music is really no different from the electric drone that I listen to. Not all of Ligeti's pieces are like this. People might describe it as dense sound, but I resent that description.
Shostakovich: Symphony 1
Eh... It's turning out that I'm not so interested in Shostakovich. He's great, no doubt, but there's a self-indulgence that I've found in all his works. If I had the patience, I might cull the best moments... But I don't.
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
While I don't dislike this, I didn't listen to it much, and it apparently didn't matter because the orchestra decided not to play it, and instead played Scriabin's "poem d'extase", which I listened to a year ago and loved.
Ligeti: SF Polyphony
(I picked these pieces in preparation to hear them at the UC Symphony on the Saturday at the end of the week.) Wow..... I had once seen Ligeti's "atmospheres" performed at the UC Symphony, and was floored... This was just the same. This music is really no different from the electric drone that I listen to. Not all of Ligeti's pieces are like this. People might describe it as dense sound, but I resent that description.
Shostakovich: Symphony 1
Eh... It's turning out that I'm not so interested in Shostakovich. He's great, no doubt, but there's a self-indulgence that I've found in all his works. If I had the patience, I might cull the best moments... But I don't.
Stravinsky: Petrouchka
While I don't dislike this, I didn't listen to it much, and it apparently didn't matter because the orchestra decided not to play it, and instead played Scriabin's "poem d'extase", which I listened to a year ago and loved.
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