drowned by voices

arthur de eriomém - drowned by voices (japanese traditional music for fourshakuhachi discovered by riley kelly lee and ralph samuelson)for dianeimage - tarrl lightowlertitle from david toop's sinister resonance

remnants from paradise

music - favourites of 2008- asher & ubeboet - cell memory - wind measure recordings- aidan baker - fragile movements in slow motion - universal tongue- aidan baker - book of nods - beta-lactam ring records- william basinski - the river - 2062- william basinski & richard chartier - untitled 1 - 3 - line- christopher bissonnette - in between words - kranky- james blackshaw - litany of echoes -

where fuzzy edges and hues of color can lead one to wander...

luna-3 soviet moon images, october 7, 1959'it seemed i was observing the earth from the outside. i was in great empty space and saw the planets rolling quietly.'františek kupka*quote from four possible landscapes liner notes, steve roden'i am in the middle of a mass of thousands of very small particles that are brilliantly lit up like they are luminescent. they are bright yellowish green, about

indian melancholia & a knock on the window pane

ali akbar khan(melancholia since 01/2008)(music):-sundaram balachander: magic music of india, 1963 (indian veena player)-sundaram balachander: sounds of the veena, 1967-sundaram balachander: man from madras, 1968-pandit vishwa mohan bhatt: saltanah (with simon shaheen), 1997 (hindustani guitar player [guitar is modified with the addition of several drone strings and eight sympathetic strings and

for some men live in darkness

closing sequence fromgeorg wilhelm pabst's the three penny opera, 1931music by kurt weill from the play by bertolt brechtcinematography by fritz arno wagnerrelated business:(cds):-lotte lenya sings kurt weill's the seven deadly sins & berlin theatre songs(lenya's 1957 recordings of sins and 1955 recording sings berlin theatre songs)-lotte lenya sings weill, the american theatre songs (recorded in

...songs are sung

some new items:-edvard munch: the complete graphic works by gerd woll (harry n. abrams 2001)-joseph cornell and the ballet by sandra leonard starr (castelli feigen corcoran 1983)-joseph cornell by diane waldman (george braziller 1977)-george de la tour by jacques thuillier and fabia claris (flammarion 1993)-anni albers: pictorial weavings (mit 1959)-austerlitz by w.g. sebald-the shadow-line: a

transcending the universe, time, etc.

spinning trees from andrei tarkovsky's ivanovo detstvo, 1962(best of 2007)music:-3/4hadbeeneliminated: theology (soleilmoon recordings)-amiina: kurr (ever records)-asher: in camera (homophoni)-asher: untitled composition (for b) (leerraum)-asher: the depths, the colors, the objects & the silence (mystery sea)-william basinski: shortwave music (2062)-william basinski: el camino real (2062)-the

a mystery drone soundscape journey along the shores of an unfathomable glistening sea....

yui onodera: suiseimoljebka pvlse: driftsondchristopher willits + ryuichi sakamoto: ocean firesigur rós: heima steinbrüchel: basisnew music:-yui onodera: suiseiand/oar, 2007so far, one of my favourite discs of 2007, simply beautiful and delicate, produced and designed by dale lloyd, one of his (and/oar) best yet.(suisei is a work composed from field recordings and pump organ. with suisei, each

( as defined dreams of moments sometimes )

antonella de messina: the annunciation, 1476determined moments from recent dreamsokreślane momenty od niedawnych snówsince a short time defined moments dreamszaczynając od (od czasu; od tego czasu, jak) krótki czas określał sny momentówfrom beginning ( since; from this time, as defined dreams of moments ) short time (sometimes)od rozpoczęcia ( zaczynając od (od czasu; od tego czasu, jak); od tego

some alchemists, by facilities, came to observe these intentions (metaphysical) like the true alignment of the alchemy

steve roden, surface shifts, 2005 (aka car drawings)(post inspired by recent performances in los angeles at the hammer musuem: steve roden & william basinski)steve roden(alchemy was known as the spagyric art after the greek words meaning to separate and to join together, or: some sublime cds i have been listening to):-amnesia (live in berlin, 2004)-one stone. and arcs and ears.-9-sided room-ear/

abstractions, monochromes and minimalism, part 3 (music & drone related)

erik satiela monte young: the well-tune pianoperformance space for luigi nono's prometeo, architect: renzo pianothe classical library of theartofmemory contributor arthur de eriomém.a more up-to-date list here.john luther adams-in the white silencebéla bartók-mikrokosmos-bartok plays bartok: bartok at the piano 1929-41-44 duos for two violins-complete string quartets (quatuor végh)benjamin

illshapen or black or deranged, fugitive of all order, strangers in everyland

m swiezynski (regency san francisco)with new music, from the collection of arthur de eriomém-david sylvian: when loud weather buffeted naoshima, samadhisound 2007with clive bell, christian fennesz, arve henriksen, akira rabelais, and david sylvian-ov: noctilucent valleys, soft abuse 2007with christine boepple & loren chasse-guiseppe ielasi: august, 12k 2007-m83: digital shades vol. 1, m83 2007-

at last a new dawn, three rooms, cello recycling/cello drowning & breizhiselad described by paul celan

musical examples of melancholia and the divine:peter wright: at last a new dawn, 2007 * "peter wright plays disconnected avant guitar gloop distilled through a series of electronic filters and single malt, heavily influenced by guitar pop, free jazz/improv, atonal guitar noise, cats and city trash.. he was born at 43.3170s, 172.6330e and currently lives at 51.4450n, 0.1510w.(some) influences:

melancholia, music, books, film & the sound of duchamp's large glass

(some nice business that has come my way)vikki jackman: of beauty reminiscingasher: the depths, the colors, the objects & the silence****music****-larsen and friends: abeceda (with david tibet, jòhann jòhannsson, baby dee, and the amazing julia kent)2007 important(a great band and performance, especially the lovely cello playing of julia kent)-jgrzinich / mnortham: the absurd evidence1998

keith berry & distant melodies

58º north dvd, images by iain stewart & sound by keith berry(excerpt here)keith berry and the beauty of distant melodiessome ideas on "distant melodies":1. being in a museum at night, with no light, standing in front of a leonardo da vinci, only barely able to make anything out, just some dark colors and shapes.2. being on a ship at night, in the middle of the ocean, knowing you are surrounded by

music, melancholia

more encounters with musical melancholia:(just a list of some things i have heard lately)lou reed: hudson river wind meditations, 2007for melancholic yogalou reed: berlin, the bed, sad song, and the kids from berlin, 1973jason lescalleet: the pilgrimhomage to lescalleet's father that passed away from cancerdavid lang: the passing measures, 2001bass communion: ghosts on magnetic tape, 2004"

new music, here and there

some new music i picked up, and many discs i heard while traveling through the wilds of north carolina, from my two knowledgeable tour guides.new arrivals (chartier, jgrzinich, roden and basinski):richard chartier + asmus tietchens: fabrications such delicate handling and transforming of asmus tietchens' sound work by richard chartier. much like the cover's image by chartier, the listener moves

yasujiro ozu - hitokomakura & one stone. and arcs and ears.

2 recent releases of sound artists dealing with "transcendental" filmmakers (ozu & bresson).yasujiro ozu:and/oar's 2 cd set: yasujiro ozu - hitokomakuraand/oar has invited sound artists to choose one or more "pillow shots" from ozu's films and create sound works.and/oar goes on to explain: "pillow shots" are short poetic pauses that appear between the acting segments of his films. the term "

extract - portraits of soundartists

new release from nonvisualobjectsformat: book (hardcover, 96 pages) + 2 cdslimited edition: 500graphic design my raphael mosercd 101 keith berry | finger pointing at the moon02 richard chartier | a field for recordings 203 taylor deupree | live in osaka04 heribert friedl | nbvto05 richard garet | précis06 andy graydon | microclimates for paliku07 bernhard günter | listen to what you see (audio---

having replied with his "good evening", he became surpised at himself

many fine books on melancholia,that i look forward to browsing when visiting the home of mr. arthur de eriomémtitle from f. dostoevsky: the eternal husband 1870 (page 154 pevear/volokhonsky)