This is from the release Sulukule: Rom Music of Istanbul. Kemanî Cemal was a Turkish musician from the neighborhood of Sululuke.
Month: July 2016
[Music] Abir Nehme – Ya Mariam
One of Lebanon’s jewels, Abir Nehme is singing here in Syriac.
[Music] Ensemble N’Caged / Ensemble 4’33” / Ad Libitum Orchestra – Last Waltz (Alexei Aigui, Conductor)
Sergey Kuryokhin’s bizarrely beautiful Last Waltz was performed at the Moscow Conservatory in late 2015. It featured the talents of Ensemble 4’33” (whose leader, Alexei Aigui, also served as conductor), Ensemble N’Caged and the Ad Libitum Orchestra.
[Music] New From ALFRED 23 HARTH, “Kepler 452b Edition” (KSE #336) — Kendra Steiner Editions
ALFRED 23 HARTH “Kepler 452b Edition” An allegory of life in an alien area CDR album, KSE #336 full-sized CDR’s ($8.00 each, ppd. in US—outside US, minimum order of TWO albums….first two albums are $20.00 postpaid, then $8 each postpaid after that ) Payment via paypal to django5722(at)yahoo(dot)com Please include a note with your paypal […]
via new from ALFRED 23 HARTH, “Kepler 452b Edition” (KSE #336) — Kendra Steiner Editions
[Music] The Equals – Police On My Back
Though The Clash made this tune famous in its generation, the original version was performed by The Equals, who featured a very young Eddy Grant as a member of the band.
[Music] Masayuki Takayanagi – Sun In The East
Here’s some beautiful racket, courtesy of Masayuki ‘Jojo’ Takayanagi, one of the finest skronk guitarists Japan ever produced.
[Music] 45 Brothers – Showtime b/w The Zone — Flea Market Funk
It’s good to see a 45 like “Showtime” by 45 Brothers come out. With a B Boy mindset and a definite hip hop pedigree, this forty five, no doubt is strictly for my breakers, my uprockers, and my people that want to get down. Like seriously get down. High octane and tempo with plenty of […]
[Music] Pierre Henry – Prismes (1973)
The elder statesman of electroacoustic music, Pierre Henry, with a composition that could almost pass for dubsetp these days.
[Music] Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetez – Amanke Dionti
Ablaye Cissoko and Volker Goetez release a quiet, meditative work here.
[Literature] Print Is Not Dead — Dysfunctional Literacy
“Print is dead,” I said as my family entered the book store. It was a stupid thing to say, I admit, and probably rude. I’ve never said “God is dead” while walking into a church. It’s just that the first thing I noticed was a bunch of people staring at their phones. Staring at their […]
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 