Bernie Worrell, who helped shape the sounds of Parliament-Funkadelic, and added a rich, funky palette to the Talking Heads, has died of cancer. He was 72 years old.
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[Music] Willem Breuker – Psalm 164
Sounding something like a pipe organ in a 1910s-era movie theater, here is Willem Breuker banging about on a keyboard. He was known as a saxophonist, clarinetist and bandleader, but was fearless when it came to improvising music.
[Music] Frank Zappa – Chunga’s Revenge
Some fine free-experimental madness from Frank Zappa. This is the title track off of Chunga’s Revenge.
[Music] on buh records’ incredible sound essentials collection (six gems from the depths of the peruvian avant-garde) — The Hum Blog
[Music] Infrequent Seams Spring Festival in NY — Avant Music News
Source: Infrequent Seams. New York’s Infrequent Seams record label presents three nights of experimental music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn at the Firehouse Space. Friday June 10, 7pm: Devin Maxwell CD Release: Works 2011-2014 Red Desert Ensemble (Devin Maxwell / Katie Porter) Jen Baker’s Polyverse Ensemble with Ingrid Laubrock & Anais Maviel Providence Research Ensemble (Providence, RI) […]
via Infrequent Seams Spring Festival in NY — Avant Music News
[Music] Yoshi Wada – Off The Wall
Emmanuel Elone of PopMatters reviews a collection of works by Japanese composer Yoshi Wada from his new release, Off The Wall, available here.
[Music] Ibrahim Maalouf – Movement I
New music from Franco-Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf and his troupe.
[Music] The Durutti Column – LC (Full Album)
The Durutti Column produced what I feel is one of the most perfectly atmospheric albums ever made, crossing post-punk, jazz and ambient music.
[Music] Daphne Oram – Oramics (Full Album)
Before Industrial music changed experimental music into something far more sinister, Daphne Oram and her contemporaries were having fun making odd sounds.
[Music] Edgard Varèse – Tuning Up
Not Edgard Varèse’s most famous piece, but it’s amazing just the same.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 