I envy my friends in Amsterdam, as they tend to have a full range of incredible concerts and performance series. For more information, contact our friend, Raoul van der Weide, via e-mail or directly through his website for more information on Oorsprong.
A Miscellany of Tasteful… is proud to announce the release today of a record I’ve been waiting to hear for months now. Jeffrey Roden is an old friend from my days working at Aron’s Records and Lumpy Gravy, a restaurant and record shop located in Hollywood, and owned by animator Gábor Csupó. Today is the official release of his latest album, Threads Of A Prayer: Volume 1.
More about the album. Solaire Records out of Germany collaborated with Jeffrey, and the first thing I noticed was the tastefully minimalistic artwork and packaging, which reminded me of something ECM Records would have been proud to release. The notes on the music are copious, but the compositions themselves are the stars of the day.
There is a slow, gently plodding pace to the first disc of this album. Sandro Ivo Bartoli performs the pieces with an understated gentleness that would be comparable to the best of Harold Budd and his collaborations with Brian Eno. I have been fortunate to review a series of truly enveloping music the past few weeks, and this one is the best of the lot.
Disc two is remarkable in a different way. There are elements of the compositions of Arvo Pärt and Henryk Górecki. This isn’t Holy Minimalism, but it is something akin to it. The music is calming, expertly composed, and is perfect for deep listening and thinking the day away.
If this is only Volume 1, I await Volume 2 with a happy anticipation.
This gem came as a surprise in my email box. Andrew Rubin is a classical guitarist based in Central California. He was apparently discovered by Jon Anderson of yes, and they collaborated on this suite, influenced in part by the work of Spanish composer Joaquin Rodrigo.
He’s 21 years old, making some of the most joyous music I’ve heard in some time. Imagine what he’s going to be capable of at 40. Andrew is going to be one worth following closely.
I wish to thank my friend Neea for introducing me to one of the most enjoyable pieces of work I’ve heard in some time, allowing me to get lost in my work. Fans of minimalist composers like Steve Reich and the early Berlin Electronic School of Music will enjoy this. Pahat Kengät sit comfortably between Krautrock, contemporary classical music, New Age and a mellow form of techno.
It’s been some time since John Zorn was featured here. Here’s some nice music to chill out to this weekend.
I think Jeff Gburek’s music will merit its own genre. I haven’t had the pleasure of hearing too many people who could blend experimental music, ambient and some indescribably primal music together so seamlessly
I took two deep listens to the album. The first allowed me to listen to the structure of the music as is, and the compositions are sublime. The second listen I did while I finished up a couple of projects, and the sounds felt as though they were perfectly composed for my working space.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycovYqK72bU
Tonight’s cut is a piece by Peter Eötvös, performed by the Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra, with Hans Zender serving as conductor.
The best composers make you forget they’re composing music. They offer something like a cinéma pour l’oreille, or a cinema for the ear, to their listeners. In an age before music videos blighted the listening experience, a great composition would allow you to submerge yourself into a piece and envision a world the composer may be trying to create for you.
This is the experience I’ve had in listening to Jeff Gburek, a true citizen of the world and one of the most interesting experimental composers active today. He and his parter Karolina Ossowska cover a great deal of ground on this release. There are elements of soundtrack music (think 60’s futurist films), contemporary classical music (some pieces reminded me of the legendary Egyptian-Greek composer Jani Christou) and there were even touches of progressive rock and improvisational music which came to mind.
This is easily among the top five releases of the year for these ears. Jeff’s work is worth hunting for, and you can find a good deal of it here on his Bandcamp site.
Maarja Nuut is a vocalist from Estonia. Her work straddles experimental music, tape manipulation and the ethnic music from her native land.
Many thanks to our friend Raoul van der Weide, who let us know about this upcoming event at the Huis de Pinto!
PINTOTONICS n+1 edition October 10th 2016
HUIS DE PINTO
St Antoniebreestraat 69
1011 HB AMSTERDAM
www.huisdepinto.nl
020-3700210 > reservatons20:00 doors open
20:30 start solo set
23;00 end of eveningEntrance 10 + 7 (studenst/cjp)
SET 1 SOLO
RAOUL VAN DER WEIDE/Contrabass, Crackle Box, Sound Objects
Facebook & www.raoulvanderweide.nlSET 2 ENSEMBLE
Mask QuartetAda Rave/tenor sax & clarinet & toys
Mette Rasmussen/alto sax
Susana Santos Silva/trumpet
Kaja Draksler/piano
www.bimhuis.nl/agenda/octoberThis unique quartet assembles richly talented young european woman improvisers.
Ada, Mette, Susana and Kaja will perform also at the BIMhuis October Meeting festival on 7, 8 and 9 October playing in different
combinations with a bunch of other young and creative Europena impovisers.
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