tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54488932012-02-16T00:38:44.163-08:00Atrocity JukeboxHere 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.M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.comBlogger1361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-5772961179880525682011-07-27T19:04:00.001-07:002011-07-27T19:04:42.988-07:00Fw: Test post from posterous((Sent from my crazyphone)) -----Original Message----- From: mmelnicki@gmail.com Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:01:59 To: Posterous atrocity jukebox Blog Reply-To: mmelnicki@gmail.com Subject: Test post from posterous Gamelan and Korean gagaku and slowdive. ((Sent from my crazyphone))M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-1242562926196717672010-12-06T00:47:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:48:56.860-08:00RICHLAND WEEK 53.
(or Yr2-Wk1)
Natural Snow Buildings: Sunlit Stone: Moon (STUDY)
Juliana Hatfield: How to Walk Away outtakes etc (BIKE)
Juliana Hatfield: Daytrotter Sessions. (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-81157165293295055722010-11-29T00:45:00.000-08:002010-12-07T03:34:45.720-08:00RICHLAND WEEK 52.
White Rainbow: Zome. (STUDY)
Yes yes yes. This shimmering drone and post-spacerock psyche-twinkel soundscape is gorgeous. Of course anyone who knows Adam Forkner's past spacerock projects understands. I've heard a few other White Rainbow disks that were just okay, though. I saw him play live once, basically just creating delay loops, and it was transcendental. There's someM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-59646319680067474012010-11-22T00:43:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:45:36.304-08:00RICHLAND WEEK 51.
Various Ragas. (Raga Bhairav & Raga Ahir Bhairav) -- many different versions. (STUDY)
Throwing Muses: Hunkpapa. (BIKE)
Black Twig Pickers: Soon One Morning (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-83864694457772024762010-11-15T00:42:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:43:50.535-08:00RICHLAND WEEK 50.
Konntinent: If I could Buy a Map of Hope, Vol. 2. (STUDY)
Hammock: Chasing After Shadows... Living With the Ghosts. (STUDY)
Spiritualized: Let it Come Down. (BIKE)
Unwound: "Leaves Turn Inside You. (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-70246459095108925762010-11-08T00:40:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:50:19.382-08:00RICHLAND WEEK 49.
Ian Hawgood: A Life in Abstract Colors. (STUDY)
Harps of Fuchsia Kalmia: Devenir-Animal. (STUDY)
David Byrne: Uh Oh. (BIKE)
Sebadoh: Vs. Helmet. (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-25439556247551976422010-11-01T00:39:00.000-07:002010-12-07T00:40:47.610-08:00RICHLAND WEEK 48.
Ata Och Sova. (STUDY)
James Blackshaw: O True Believers. (STUDY)
Alps: Spirit Shambles. (STUDY)
REM: Monster. (BIKE)
Sonic Youth: The Destroyed Room. (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-76665405874831606302010-10-25T00:36:00.000-07:002010-12-07T00:39:12.031-08:00RICHLAND WEEK 47.
Freescha: Head Warlock Double Stare. (STUDY)
Guided By Voices: Isolation Drills. (BIKE)
Guided By Voices: Half-Smiles of the Decomposed. (BIKE)
Guided By Voices: Earthquake Glue. (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-90005924188973847152010-10-18T19:47:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:02:37.428-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 46.(STUDY)Ilyas Ahmed: "Goner"Ian Hawgood: "Spiral into Somewhere"Zach Wallace: "Glass Armonica"(BIKE)Enon: "High Society"Enon: "Hocus Pocus"Enon: "In This City"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-60275025408946924022010-10-11T20:02:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:04:26.079-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 45.(STUDY)Scott Wells: "Day Songs"Pawn: "Above the Winter Oaks"Le Lendemain: "Fires"Acre: "Monolith"(BIKE)Bob Dylan: (various selections, to think about SSJ)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-5831878062826943682010-10-04T20:04:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:05:58.523-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 44.(STUDY)Jasper, TX: "I'll be long gone before my light reaches you"James Blackshaw: "Celeste"Hong Ting: "Chinese Traditional Zheng Music"(BIKE)Smog: "Knock Knock"Smog: "The Doctor Came at Dawn"Windsor for the Derby: "We Fight Til Death"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-62866915306388636852010-09-27T20:06:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:07:54.536-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 43.(STUDY)Peter Whitehead: "Giselle"Ontologist: "Arrow to the Sun"Stephen Scott: "Vikings on the Sunrise..."(BIKE)Animal Collective: "Fall Be Kind"A Sunny Day in Glasgow: "ashes grammar"Trembling Bells: "Abandoned Love"George Harrison: "more tracks"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-32723249464202253132010-09-20T20:08:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:09:09.439-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 42.(STUDY)Selaroda: "Infinite Om"Selaroda: "New Eternity"Pleq: "Intelligible"(BIKE)Bird Show: "Third Record"Lake: "Let's Build a Roof"V/A: "Leaves of Lives"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-62436535051041886442010-09-13T20:09:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:09:56.864-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 41.(STUDY)Kammerflimmer Kollektief (continued from previous week)(BIKE)Nanang Tatang: "Muki"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-85574034285209323262010-09-06T20:10:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:10:45.340-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 40.No music, in SF/Oak/BerkM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-81859343284050407182010-08-30T20:10:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:11:17.068-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 39.(no music, at Burning Man)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-59563034288857623122010-08-23T20:11:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:13:12.412-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 38.(STUDY)Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "cicadidae"Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "incommunicado"Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "absencen"Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "hysteria"Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "jinx"Kammerflimmer Kollektief: "wildling"(BIKE)Ween: "Shinola Vol. 1"Ween: "La Cucaracha"Ween: "Quebec"Ween: "Craters of the Sac"Ween: "The Mollusk"Ween: "12 Golden Country Greats"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-851035849307346822010-08-16T11:45:00.000-07:002010-08-21T12:11:35.916-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 37:(STUDY):The Alps: "A Path Through the Moon"I think I was once supposed to see these folks at a drone festival, but they didn't show, so I wrote them off out of spite. Their hum is a little pretty and straight, not as edgy as I like, but it is glamorous indeed, refreshing, twinkling, sparkly, a lovely stream. The slow whir, like wind, is propelling. This is very suitable study M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-48657903737727506142010-08-09T20:13:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:15:11.978-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 36.(STUDY)Nils Frahm: "the bells"Nils Frahm: "more bells for you"Nils Frahm: "wintermusik"(BIKE)The Books: "the way out"Secret Cities: "the pink graffiti"School of Seven Bells: "alpinisms"School of Seven Bells: "disconnect from desire"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-9671549503973365672010-08-02T20:15:00.000-07:002010-10-18T20:17:54.131-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 35.(STUDY)Library Tapes: "fragment"Library Tapes: "Hostluft"Library Tapes: "a summer beneath the trees"Library Tapes: "alone in the bright lights of a shattered life"(BIKE)Various Hokum:V/A: "down in the basement"V/A: "sissy man blues"Harlem Hamfats: "complete recorded works"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-31074538335898061882010-07-26T08:42:00.000-07:002010-07-29T08:56:29.478-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 34Ian Hawgood: "Slow Films in Low Light"Ian Hawgood: "The Great Allure"(STUDY)Excellent post-drone, I'm trying more of him, and I'm in love with it. This colors everything with calm or allure or fantasy, a floor of heaven if it actually ever happens. A bit sleepy for study, maybe it's my medication which wears off, but it is this orchestral drone (so stars of the lid, but not as M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-61038286110958274982010-07-19T08:56:00.000-07:002010-07-29T09:01:55.716-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 33Evan Miller: "Transfigurations on lap steel"Roll the Dice: "s/t"Jouurney: "Dancers in the Time-Flux"Higuma: "Den of the Spirits"(STUDY)REM: "Murmur"REM: "Reckoning"REM: "Life's Rich Pagent"(BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-67439965882426359932010-07-12T08:58:00.000-07:002010-07-29T09:01:09.882-07:00RICHLAND WEEK 32Vibracathedral Orchestra: "Smoke Song" Vibracathedral Orchestra: "The Secret Base" Vibracathedral Orchestra: "Joka Baya"(STUDY)HELL YES, new VCO, I needed this. Every new piece by them is always better than the last. I suddenly realized I've been listening to them for almost ten years, they have colored so much of my consciousness, perhaps belong in my personal echelon. I feel M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-26193694682291555482010-06-21T11:37:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:39:14.108-07:00(Richland Week 29)REM: Reveal (BIKE)REM: Up (BIKE)REM: Accelerate (BIKE)REM: New Adventures in Hi-Fi (BIKE)Black Dice: Beaches and Canyons (STUDY)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-39205349570298404302010-06-14T11:36:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:37:49.578-07:00(Richland Week 28: Solve Sleeping Problem, trip to Portland)Pearl Jam: Backspacer (BIKE)Pearl Jam: Riot Act (BIKE)Pearl Jam: Binaural (BIKE)Ratatat: LP4 (STUDY)Eluvium: Similes (STUDY)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-26883292433519655892010-06-07T11:34:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:35:58.734-07:00(Richland Week 27)Portastatic: Be Still Please (BIKE)Portastatic: Bright Ideas (BIKE)Johan Johannsson: IBM, A User's Manual (STUDY)Johan Johannsson: Dis (STUDY)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-44335323275604860742010-05-31T11:33:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:34:41.581-07:00(Richland Week 26)Elegi: Varde (STUDY)Fennesz: Black Sea (STUDY)Flaming Lips: Embryonic (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-53651567431312661262010-05-24T11:29:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:33:27.087-07:00(Richland Week 25)Brahms: Op.120, Sonatas (2) for piano and cello (STUDY)Arthur Russell: World of Echo (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-42591647303497956662010-05-17T11:28:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:29:31.531-07:00(Richland Week 24: Seattle International Film Festival!)Broken Social Scene: Feel Good Lost (STUDY)Atlas Sound: Logos (BIKE)Atlas Sound: Let the blind lead those who can see but cannot feel (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-18664469597258657242010-05-10T11:27:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:28:10.514-07:00(Richland Week 23)Gareth Davis & Steven R. Smith: The line across (STUDY)Es: Kesamann Lapset (STUDY)Grizzly Bear: Veckatimest (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-47846012264742987182010-05-03T11:26:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:27:00.067-07:00(Richland Week 22: Thirtieth Birthday!)Four Tet: There is love in you (BIKE)Ken Camden: Lethargy & Repercussions (STUDY)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-56911195949472395812010-04-26T11:22:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:26:05.977-07:00(Richland Week 21)Dosh: Tommy (BIKE)Shogun Kunitoki: Vinonaamakasio (STUDY)Paavoharju: Laulu Laakson Kukista (STUDY)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-14059423146150342622010-04-19T11:21:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:22:56.547-07:00(Richland Week 20: Ten year anniversary of big freakout!)Broadcast: Investigate witch cults of the radio age (BIKE)Broadcast: Mother is the milky way (BIKE)Two-Dollar Guitar: train songs (STUDY)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-79467769657232933812010-04-12T11:20:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:21:24.007-07:00(Richland Week 19)Genesis: Nursery Cryme (BIKE)Genesis: Trespass (BIKE)Natural Snow Buildings: Shadow Kingdom (STUDY)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-22311410696619722902010-04-05T11:18:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:20:16.683-07:00(Richland Week 18)Starving Weirdos: Into an Energy (STUDY)Starving Weirdos: Offerings at Midnight (STUDY)Magickal Folk of the Faraway Tree: The Soup and the Shilling (BIKE)Espers: ii (BIKE)Espers: iii (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-9463583157742019082010-03-29T11:16:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:18:36.253-07:00(Richland Week 17)Raga Guide: Disk two (STUDY)Schumann: Arabeske, Fantasie (STUDY)Movietone: The blossom filled streets (BIKE)Movietone: Day & Night (BIKE)Movietone: The Sand and the Stars (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-74386198783905912822010-03-22T11:15:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:16:48.877-07:00(Richland Week 16)Danny Norbury: Light in August (+bonus disk) (STUDY)Portastatic: I hope your heart is not brittle (BIKE)Portastatic: Slow note from a sinking ship (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-92206908704379588452010-03-15T11:13:00.000-07:002010-06-26T11:15:25.828-07:00(Richland Week 15)Ethan Rose: Oaks (STUDY)Steve Gunn /Shawn McMillen: End of the City (STUDY)Dylan Group: More adventures in lying down (BIKE)Samara Lubelski: Future slip (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-30275255646010257772010-03-08T11:10:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:13:35.848-07:00(Richland Week 14)Jack Rose: Luck in the Valley (STUDY)PJ Harvey: A woman a man walked by (BIKE)Andrew Bird: mysterious production of eggs (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-79550171986131906092010-03-01T11:10:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:10:51.674-07:00(Richland Week 13)Lucky Dragons: Rara Speaks (STUDY)Califone: All my friends are funeral singers (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-27774422058929613892010-02-22T11:08:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:09:59.983-07:00(Richland Week 12)Emeralds: Lanlocked (STUDY)Emeralds: Lasting (STUDY)Emeralds: Fresh air (STUDY)Konntinent: Lonely in the Shadows (STUDY)Yellow6: If you see something, say something (STUDY)Channels: Waiting for the next end of the world (BIKE)Mice Parade: s/t (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-87688730795454197592010-02-15T11:06:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:07:56.366-07:00(Richland Week 11)Darwinsbitch: Ore (STUDY)Vivaldi RV431: Concerto for Flute in E minor (STUDY)Ratatat: LP3 (BIKE)Passion Pit: Manners (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-90894186271647399832010-02-08T11:05:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:06:12.394-07:00(Richland Week 10 / DC Snowpocalypse)One Ensemble: Other Thunders (BIKE)Gareth Davis & Steven R. Smith: Westering (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-56168437866713697522010-02-01T11:03:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:05:03.438-07:00(Richland Week 09)James Ferraro: Clear (STUDY)Johann Johannsson: And Into the Endless Pause... (STUDY)Beirut: Gulage Orkestar (BIKE)Beirut: March of the Zapotec / Holland (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-28973235688489115742010-01-25T11:02:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:03:25.052-07:00(Richland Week 08)Cheer: Festive (STUDY)Disco Biscuits: Live 12/29/09 (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-50005720642904455232010-01-18T10:59:00.000-08:002010-06-26T11:02:17.681-07:00(Richland Week 09)Leland Kirby: Sadly the future is no longer what it was (3CD version) (STUDY)Solex: In the Fishtank 13 (BIKE)Juicy Panic: Otarie (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-60409422347230130742010-01-11T00:33:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:33:57.673-08:00(RICHLAND WEEK 06)
Konntinent: Degrees, Integers (STUDY)
Crystal Castles: s/t (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-58162246577348433122010-01-04T00:31:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:34:44.631-08:00(RICHLAND WEEK 05)
Rothko: The Longest Distance Between Two Points (STUDY)
Sparkling Wide Pressure: Seven Inside and Out (STUDY)
Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-49431856573469673302009-12-28T00:30:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:31:26.107-08:00(RICHLAND WEEK 04)
Expo '70: Animism. (STUDY)
Phish: Joy. (BIKE)
Phish: Party Time. (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-45394389118113986662009-12-21T00:28:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:30:13.217-08:00(RICHLAND WEEK 03)
Yellow6: Merry 6mas (STUDY)
Sea and Cake: The Biz (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-47474932873197947922009-12-07T00:26:00.000-08:002010-12-07T00:28:46.469-08:00(RICHLAND WEEK 01/02)
Yellow6: When the Leaves Fall Like Snow (STUDY)
Ratatat: Classics (BIKE)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-75583035431370987652009-07-20T08:22:00.000-07:002010-01-27T08:28:52.909-08:00James Ferraro: "Edward Flex Presents: "Do You Believe in Hawaii"James Ferraro of the Skaters, once again, proves that he has a transcendent mind. It's music like this (is it music? Is it just psychedelic white-noise, your internal hum, the harmony of a school of fish -- which is, at the same time, their complete and utter disc(h)ord?); music like this makes me proud to live in our important M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-36037404914034111412009-07-13T08:17:00.000-07:002010-01-27T08:22:31.434-08:00Whitetree: "Cloudland"This is really quite nice, definitely earns the genre I made up "post-post-rock", though it verges on being just plain chamber-space-post-rock a la Rachel's. Contemplative, pretty, with enough electricals to fool you that it's space music. A keeper, lovely and relaxing, great for studying or sleeping, or nearly anything.(bike: Esquivel: "See it in Sound")Is there anything M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-35622443541119275892009-07-06T08:12:00.000-07:002010-01-27T08:29:38.406-08:00Xenis Emputae Traveling Band: "The Crooked Pool"Awesome. I used to call this "space folk", indeed it still ought to be. But my recent love for false drone and beautiful space-noise has elevated this to a sort of holy status.(bike: Phasen: "The Crisis is Over")Who is this musician? I know nothing about them, and very little about the genre it's a part of (spacy non-dance downtempo electro M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-85447726286862249962009-06-29T08:06:00.000-07:002010-01-27T08:30:23.696-08:00Pete Fosco: "Dust, American Dust"This is excellent, shimmery reverb drone, beautiful. Move over, Peter Wright!! File instantly under favorite.Super Minerals: "Pelagics"space noise drone, more aligned with Skaters and Ashtray Navigations. Murky. Ringing, beautiful echo-clatter. Love it / Live it.(bike record: Black Moth Super Rainbow: "Dandelion Gum", Epic45)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-72179649164035889982009-06-22T08:03:00.000-07:002010-01-27T08:30:39.681-08:00The Gentlemen Losers: "Dustland"file this under my idea of "post-post-rock", and also excellent. This is a keeper!North Sea / Fabio Orsi: (Demix / far & wide)(bike: various live versions of new Phish songs)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-16070288341152326522009-06-15T23:02:00.000-07:002009-06-22T23:10:52.078-07:00Expo '70: Black OhmsExpo '70: White OhmsI did an interesting thing recently to discover new musicians. I did this by downloading the first track off of many records by bands I'm not acquainted with, found from a user on Soulseek whose tastes I could tell I am sharing. I went through them and separated those which I liked from those whose worth was not immediately striking, and then studied the M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-54700494181637495552009-06-08T22:59:00.000-07:002009-06-22T23:02:44.864-07:00Ashtray Navigations: How Do Siamese Twins Arrange...The first side is moderately noisy for this group, and the second side is some great False India shit. Not as sparkling as some of their rare shorter tracks, but it's a keeper.Aphex Twin: Xylem TubeI wanted to remind myself what his work sounds like. It's too fast for my liking, but he's definitely talented. Okay, I admit: the former botanist M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-39205685926352312162009-06-01T22:50:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:59:20.304-07:00Emeralds: What HappenedSuddenly, Emeralds are playing some stellar stuff. I always enjoyed their ambient space drone, which is very enveloping and languorous, but it buzzed a bit too much. I don't mind noise, but the older stuff seems a bit nondescript (if using noise, it should be used gloriously for texture, for instance, like Starving Weirdos tend to do, or Zaimph). But the latest M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-78685529134365983722009-05-25T22:50:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:50:33.552-07:00Willie Lane: Known QuantityM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-13226586804156612052009-05-18T22:49:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:50:09.489-07:00Mark McGuire: Guitar MeditationsM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-56704902640336963712009-05-11T22:48:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:49:34.229-07:00Colleen: Everyone Alive Wants AnswersPhilip Glass: Animals in Love(notable bike record)MVEE: Livestock Moon FormsM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-75367222570275732552009-05-04T22:48:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:48:34.364-07:00Ben Reynolds: Two WingsFabio Orsi: Audio For Lovers, Disk TwoM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-85382417266237593692009-04-27T22:46:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:47:56.228-07:00Mahler: Symphony #5Prokofiev: Violin Concerto #1Prokofiev: Violin Concerto #2Koto Ensemble of the Ikuta SchoolM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-22018668154935226622009-04-20T22:45:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:46:24.529-07:00Philip Glass: 1000 Airplanes on the RoofPhilip Glass: The IllusionistM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-76766342984782595342009-04-13T22:44:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:45:48.189-07:00Mogwai: Mr. BeastTycho: Past is Prologue(notable bike record:)Jethro Tull: BenefitM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-37186327664594820522009-04-06T22:44:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:44:30.013-07:00Dosh: Pure TrashDosh: The Last TakeM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-35803727314531486362009-03-30T22:43:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:44:06.036-07:00Dosh: Wolves & WishesSir Richard Bishop: Polytheistic FragmentsM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-23724542278190418552009-03-23T22:43:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:43:33.674-07:00Chessie: MeetFabio Orsi: Audio For Lovers, Disc OneM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-84448805630435115322009-03-09T22:42:00.000-07:002009-06-22T22:42:48.999-07:00Christ.: Blue Shift EmissionsChrist.: Seeing & DoingM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-31383788432734799012009-03-02T22:42:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:42:14.812-07:00Yellow6: Painted SkyM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-90228190844763525202009-02-23T22:41:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:41:53.733-07:00Ravel: ValseVarese: AmeriquesGershwin: An American in ParisM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-17633423501404639942009-02-16T22:40:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:41:14.360-07:00Manitoba: Start Breaking My HeartM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-58828542580803664112009-02-09T22:40:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:40:35.310-07:00SCHUBERT'S TRAGICSchubert: Symphony #4 ("Tragic")M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-41743312837403362912009-02-02T22:39:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:39:58.029-07:00INCA ORE // AREA CInca Ore: Birthday of Bless YouArea C: Sea of RainsM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-26962062002969040672009-01-26T22:38:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:39:19.099-07:00FREESCHA // GHQ // PHASENFreescha: What's Come Inside YouGHQ: Everywhere at OncePhasen: Quarterlife CrisisM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-32140483963518946302009-01-19T22:35:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:35:58.749-07:00FSAFlying Saucer Attack: FurtherFlying Saucer Attack: Distant StationM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-5369887065840173322009-01-12T22:34:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:37:35.791-07:00RED SPAROWESRed Sparowes: "Every Red Heart Shines Towards the Sun"M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-8186460233812325572009-01-05T22:33:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:37:28.642-07:00SMETANASmetana: String Quartet #1 ("From My Life")M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-84650675638951955522008-12-29T22:33:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:33:51.664-07:00PETER WRIGHTPeter Wright: At Last a New DawnM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-70971902776677970932008-12-22T22:31:00.000-08:002009-06-22T22:33:11.897-07:00XENIS // TAIGA // PHASEN // RED SPAROWESXenis Emputae Travelling Band: A Selenographic LensTaiga Remains: Beehive SutraPhasen: Yesterday Was TomorrowRed Sparowes: AphorismsM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-32535441032884472242008-12-15T14:22:00.000-08:002008-12-23T14:31:41.709-08:00YELLOW6 // VODKA SOAPYellow6: SthlmI learned about Yellow6 originally from a 3way split album that included Rothko, and unfortunately, I haven't been able to separate their styles from each other. Thus, I'd characterize this as also whirring reverb and melancholic delay, mostly relaxing, slow, mostly electric, pseudo-chamber, definitely slow wordless post-rock. I've been seeking out more M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-48182214729584479952008-12-08T14:18:00.000-08:002008-12-23T14:22:48.834-08:00ROTHKO // STEVE GUNNRothko: Eleven Shades of InterventionI forgot about this group for a long time. This is amazing stuff. Somber bass-driven sparse reverb delay and shimmer. Whirring, sighing, undulating, trembling. It was perfect for the three-hour walk I took along the ocean while in Pacific Grove for a microbiology conference. Oh, I yearn for more music like this. And I learned how M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-68307958422451146102008-12-01T14:11:00.000-08:002008-12-23T14:18:23.230-08:00SARASATE // MACHINEFABRIEKSarasate: ZigeunerweisenI went to see the Japanese film, Zigeunerweisen, at the Pacific Film Archive. This musical piece was a central theme and even plot item of the film. Great film, but moreover, great piece of music. I ended up downloading every version I could get my hands on. One version actually played an arrangement that included gypsy instrumentation, and M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-66957463872885515282008-11-24T14:06:00.000-08:002008-12-23T14:11:17.139-08:00JASPER TX // SKATERSJasper 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 M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-49000110564141255782008-11-17T14:00:00.000-08:002008-12-23T14:05:56.693-08:00WEEK OF 081117: DEATH CHANTS // ELUVIUM // LIGETI // SCRIABINDeath Chants: I Have Seen A Thousand Swim Through SkiesA 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 SlothI think this came from a split album with someone else. I am in love with this M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-32068808333094635012008-11-10T13:54:00.000-08:002008-12-23T13:59:44.228-08:00WEEK OF 081110: LIGETI // SHOSTAKOVICH // STRAVINSKYLigeti: 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 M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-70122244296475381912008-11-03T13:52:00.000-08:002008-12-23T13:54:38.103-08:00WEEK OF 081103: FURSAXA // UTONFursaxa: Kobold MoonNew album! In love! Listen!!!!! Glorious hymns and loops and pseduo-spirituality. Uton: We're Only In It For The SpiritMuch easier to listen to than the previous Uton album I listened to a couple weeks ago.M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-80322130469996842862008-10-27T13:49:00.000-07:002008-12-23T13:52:04.693-08:00WEEK OF 081027: MOZART'S 25TH // BF/BSMozart: Symphony 25I listened to four different versions. This is actually the first Mozart I've ever listened to in any deep way. It wasn't bad, but I think I'll go back to Beethoven and the melancholic Romantics.Black Forest / Black Sea: PortmanteauI forgot about this band. Very nice electric space folk drone atmospheres.M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-10517742003957733672008-10-20T13:46:00.000-07:002008-12-23T13:49:44.117-08:00WEEK OF 081020: UTON // KOTOUton: Shiva BluesGood electric klanging cleansing false-drone.Japan Music: Koto TraditionsI can never get enough of this stuff. If I ever get some stability in my life I would purchase a koto. I once had the privilege to try one out, when a koto orchestra came to Berkeley for a lecture/performance/demonstration.M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-48424385997211807012008-10-13T21:07:00.000-07:002008-10-19T21:26:35.524-07:00WEEK OF 081013: SCHUMANN // BEETHOVEN // HAYDNSchumann: DavidsbundlertanzeSome of Schumann's piano work doesn't appeal to me immediately, but I know that with repeated listens I am able to probe into it to find his fractured mind. By the end of the week I don't want to stop listening to it.Haydn: String Quartet, Op.20,no.6I decided that this week I would have to find something less somber to M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-23480592734122427832008-10-06T21:02:00.000-07:002008-10-19T21:06:59.598-07:00WEEK OF 081006: BRAHMS SECOND SYMPHONYBrahms: Symphony #2 (Op.73), D MajorThere was no better choice for the record of the week this week, following Kirsten Brydum's murder, than to invest myself in the frustration of a Brahms symphony. Even in a major key, the man manages to infect you with his paranoia and nervousness. Whatever worried him is beyond me, but clearly there is a lot to loathe M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-72307848273296297972008-09-29T20:47:00.000-07:002008-10-19T21:01:45.779-07:00WEEK OF 080929: MARK MCGUIRE // SCHUMANNMark McGuire: Light MovementThis week has become a monument in my life, and the music could not be more apt. It is simply a gracious coincidence that I selected this solo shimmering work of a member of Emeralds the day before I found out about the dismal murder of my friend, Kirsten Brydum. In the midst of my homelessness (and a small personal murder I've M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-27173632914435303492008-09-22T20:41:00.000-07:002008-10-19T21:02:19.034-07:00WEEK OF 080922: RACHMANINOV PRELUDESRachmaninov: Preludes (minor keys only)I had a good success last week with Chopin's minor-key preludes (I had been hankering for something as splendid as Chopin's Nocturnes), noting with ever more cogency that it is minor-key works that I enjoy. I have once stated that "(noise and) dissonance are just extra colors with which one can paint a beautiful picture",M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-26658320355607033792008-09-15T16:42:00.000-07:002008-09-20T16:44:00.262-07:00WEEK OF 080915: CHOPIN MINOR PRELUDES // RACHMANINOV'S 3RD CONCERTOChopin: Preludes (Op.28) (minor keys only)Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto #3 (Horowitz)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-70538946264553614062008-09-08T16:41:00.000-07:002008-09-20T16:42:13.140-07:00WEEK OF 080908: MANFRED SYMPHONYTchaikovsky: Manfred SymphonyM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-34123759980734466832008-09-01T16:39:00.001-07:002008-09-20T16:41:11.937-07:00WEEK OF 080901: BEETHOVEN: SERIOSO / MANDOLIN / EGMONTBeethoven: Serioso Quartet (#11, Op.95)Beethoven: Mandolin WorksBeethoven: Egmont Overture (Op. 84)M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-42129052240671026102008-08-25T16:38:00.000-07:002008-09-20T16:39:35.411-07:00WEEK OF 080825: UNFINISHED SYMPHONIES // EMERALDSSchumann: "Zwickau" SymphonyBeethoven: Unfinished SymphonySchubert: Unfinished SymphonyEmeralds: Solar BridgeM.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-11999524621942723092008-08-18T15:57:00.000-07:002008-09-20T16:21:28.418-07:00WEEK OF 080818: ASHTRAY NAVIGATIONS // HAYDN SONATASAshtray Navigations: A Mayflower GarlandThis music is like a curtain; klanging, billowing. It's one of those teleportational incantations that whirrs as you float around the globe. What's-his-name is getting better and better at combining aloof noise with incomparable beauty. This creates a splendid environment, if one can hear past the high M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448893.post-90739415644536563472008-08-11T20:50:00.000-07:002008-09-20T17:55:13.966-07:00WEEK OF 080811: HAYDN SYMPHONIES (FAREWELL & DRUMROLL)Haydn: Symphony 45 (Farewell)While walking down the stone stairs to go home one evening, I chanced upon Ore, a friend who formerly was a hallmate in my workplace. Upon our cordial catching up, I slipped to Ore that I had been listening to Schubert. I have often slipped casual comments to him about my growing interest and experiments with M.Melnickihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13146097609423882559noreply@blogger.com0