¡Sabor! I didn’t expect something so salsa-ish to ever come from Hungary, but Barrio Latino Hungría does a stellar job in updating the Latin Jazz sound quite nicely.
Month: March 2018
[Music] Throbbing Gristle – The Third Mind Movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0V8IBBmkgAw
Throbbing Gristle’s 2009 release was something of a swansong for the band before the death of founding member and Coil legend Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson.
Truly, with this release, they went out on top.
[Music] 破地獄/Scattered Purgatory – 山險峻/Sua-Hiam-Zun
Scattered Purgatory are a heavy psychedelic band out of Taipei, Taiwan, whose influences seem to include Krautrock bands like Can and Amon Düül II, as well as Japanese psychedelic-folk bands like Ghost.
[Music] Various Artists – Zanzibara / Volume Nº1
This is a mindblowing compilation of Tanzanian music when the country was not yet united (Zanzibar and Tanganyika were apart just before they came together in 1964). German ethnomusicologist Werner Graebner, producer of the Zanzibara series on Buda Musique, is responsible for putting this comp together for French label Ouch! Records. Give the whole album a deep listen. Much rumba, taraab and Swahilia popular music styles to be found here.
[Music] Tom Waits – Small Change (Remastered)
Today is a very happy day! It loooks like Tom Waits’ seminal albums, including Small Change, my favorite of this batch, have been remastered for Bandcamp!
Sherlock Holmes visto por Jorge Luis Borges
The master speaks!
De surpresa, encontro no poema de Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) que hoje transcrevo as razões porque pouco me entusiasmam as aventuras de Sherlock Holmes. Simultaneamente, e pelas razões opostas, percebo como me colo às aventuras deslindadas por Maigret. Trata-se, afinal, e tão só, de casos de humanidade neste último personagem e ausência dela no primeiro.
Humanidade reconhecível, desde logo, nos gestos mínimos de comer e amar, e que em Maigret são omnipresentes tanto no carinho sóbrio com que o personagem Maigret trata Madame Maigret como na presença constante do acto de comer enquanto gesto essencial de convívio e partilha com os restantes personagens que povoam os enredos das histórias.
Nada disto existe no personagem Holmes, como bem argumenta Jorge Luis Borges, pleno de razão, no poema Sherlock Holmes, referindo a sua ausência no personagem:
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É casto. Nada sabe do amor. Não quis.
Esse homem tão viril renunciou à arte
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[Music] 20 Years of Southern Lord’s Dark and Heavy Art
The label’s roster has always featured a wide breadth of sonic explorers, from ambient artists through very heavy metal and post-metal acts to jazz fusion.
via 20 Years of Southern Lord’s Dark and Heavy Art — Bandcamp Daily
It’s amazing to think that this label has been around for 20 years, and I missed a good fifteen of those due to ignorance. May they have another happy 20.
[Music] Various Artists – Nostress Netlabel Anniversary Compilation Number 7: The Quantum Differences of Universal Sounds
This is one of the few times you won’t see me share a Bandcamp link for a release like this. My colleague Andrey Kireyev let me know about this release, and I’m very much thankful he did!
Nostress Netlabel isn’t a one-trick-pony label. The genres covered include Psychedelic, Post Rock, Avant-garde, Electronic and Electroacoustic music. The breadth of what they are covering is incredible, and the label is offering this compilation as a FLAC file release for free.
This is a great way to acquaint yourself with one of the best netlabels operating today.
[Technical] Topics Section Added
Today, I decided to add a Topics section to the website. We have listed Film, Literature, Music and Typography sections, mainly blogs, so far.
Expect this to grow and grow as time passes.
[Photography] Inspired by Peshmerga, Kurdish woman picks up camera
Photographer Khozga Hasan has been documenting Kurdish Peshmerga fighters who have been battling the Islamic State in Iraq. Erbil, Iraq-based Rudaw News’ website has the article here for your perusal.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 