Small list
A small weekend night list with favorite pieces.
01. Bach - Aria from Goldberg Variation [hp]
My idea of perfect music, serene and well balanced. Elegant. A piece is so delicate, it reveals the temprament of any musicians who plays it. Either it's there, or not.
02. The Nels Cline Singers - Suspended Head
A small group lead by avant jazz guitarist Nels Cline, amazing works. Their CD is worth owning.
03. Matmos - The Struggle Against Humanity
High quality IDM. It deserves wider recognition for their cutting edge work. A decade from now, we will still dabble with what they are doing. There is certain poignant hope in their mechanical like texture. Very elegant.
04. Lauren K. Newman - Bleak, Ruined Choir of One
She is a brave one, screaming her head off. Her pieces are like a giant storm, coming in and wiping everything out with raw emotion.
05. The 90 days men - The Methodist
An obscure Chicago mathrock group. Three decades ahead of their time.
06. Fridge - Lign
This 40 seconds work sums up perfectly what post-rock is. It says what it has to say then end. Honest and sweet.
image : Cesàro Fractal
5 Comments:
At 10:20 PM, February 17, 2006,
Anonymous said…
The songs are all good: bach, matmos, some fridge, not their best songs but very good.
The reason I comment though is to say that those fractals are amazing, and they look very good on the post. Check this link for some fractal art:
http://enchgallery.com/
At 11:57 AM, February 18, 2006,
Moka said…
It seems this blog has really become popular... we're receiving spam again... even with the word verification...
Madpercolator is so lucky for seeing matmos live. I think that the song they play with a cage is called "for felix and all the rats", they make the cage sound like strings, really impressive. Didn't knew they made out on stage, now I like them even more...
The whole list is really good squashed, thanks.
At 8:04 PM, February 20, 2006,
Eric said…
Ooh. I really like the 90 Day Men. I've seen them live a few times over the years and I heard one of them is now in Tv On The Radio. Also, Nels Cline is also in Wilco. Great post!!!
At 8:29 PM, February 20, 2006,
Unknown said…
crish and oum said...
hey squashed,
we are alive, but too busy/lazy to keep up with all our internet endeavors as of late."
as long as you are not being kidnapped by robot and transported half way across galaxy. It happens you know. :p
oh. a picture and a short blurb goes a long way. I do that when I got nothing to say but need to update blog. hah. evil isn't it?
At 9:52 PM, February 20, 2006,
Unknown said…
Eric said...
Ooh. I really like the 90 Day Men. I've seen them live a few times over the years and I heard one of them is now in Tv On The Radio. Also, Nels Cline is also in Wilco. Great post!!!
8:04 PM, February 20, 2006
I didn't know some of the 90 days men join TVoR. (They recently close up their webpage. which is weird. now they only have the southern page)
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