I feel like I struck solid gold today! Thanks to the brilliant lads over at Shellac Head, a fine reissue label one should explore deeply, I’m able to dig into a pile of fine Sudanese music. Only the most committed bin divers know about these tracks. At $5, it’s a steal!
Month: December 2015
[Music] Elvis Ajdinović i Orkestar Meke Ajdinovića – Elvisov cocek
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE7YYoBc4k4
The town of Guca, Serbia is home to one of the greatest gypsy brass festivals in the world. Here’s a sample from one of the new names exploding onto the gypsy brass scene, Elvis Ajdinović.
[Music] Keith Jarrett Trio – You Took Advantage Of Me
There isn’t a setting where Keith Jarrett is bad in. He is particularly powerful, however, when paired with Jack DeJohnette and Gary Peacock on drums and double bass.
[Music] Dario Elia feat. Happy 55 – Petržalka
I’m proud to share a performance by my friend in Italy (and a guest in the Balkans and Russia), Dario Elia! Here he is working with local Russian musicians Alessandro Pintus (live electronics), Yaroslav Borisov (piano, keyboards), Aleksandr Bitiutskikh (drums), Gennady Chukhlov (clarinet) and Nikita Bondarenko (live electronics).
[Music] Jón Leifs – Requiem, Op. 33b
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncRi2iXZJEk
Iceland’s greatest contribution to classical music. Jón Leifs needs far more promotion in the world of classical music, as do so many talents resting over there. They do pop and rock very well, but their contemporary classical scene is rather amazing.
[Music] Morton Feldman – Three Voices I-II
The proper title of this piece by Morton Feldman is Three Voices, for soprano & tape, or 3 sopranos (1982). It’s not one of his most famous pieces, but certainly is a favorite of mine.
[Music] David Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos) & Roy Hargrove – Smile In A Wave LIVE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=az-7-IUhti4
I can’t tell you what the name of the song is, but David Fiuczynski and band, with much help from the legendary Roy Hargrove, tear the roof off with this jam.
[Music] Flint Glass – Teotihuacan
Flint Glass are a Parisian band specializing in innovative electronic music. Too bad they don’t have more samples available, as this one is quite impressive.
[Music] Lonsai Maïkov – Paraklesis
It’s appropriate to celebrate the feast day of St Spyridon, the patron saint of my local church, with some Orthodox apocalyptic music, courtesy of Lonsai Maïkov out of France.
[Music] Shellac – Dude Incredible
Amazing. Post-punk with a brutal prog influence, courtesy of Steve Albini’s Shellac, which rose from the ashes of Big Black, and actually bettered that legacy.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 