Frank Bretschneider is one of the few composers who can make a glitchy racket actually sound like it makes sense. Beautifully recorded and composed.
Music Videos
[Video] Pere Ubu – Visions of the Moon
Perhaps the finest avant-punk band to ever come from Cleveland, Pere Ubu is in fine form with a track from their 2014 release, Carnival of Souls.
[Video] Karlheinz Stockhausen – Klavierstück XIV
Pianist Bernhard Wambach deftly interprets this 1984 composition by Karlheinz Stockhausen.
[Video] Throbbing Gristle – Hot on The Heels of Love
Since when is Industrial Music supposed to be romantic? When it’s performed by it’s inventors. Here’s Throbbing Gristle in a sublime moment.
[Video] Karjalan Sissit – Kapitulieren? Nein!
Surrender? Never? Why would you if the ambient music you make is as brutal as that of Karjalan Sissit?!
[Video] Irfan – Otkrovenie
Dead Can Dance are responsible for a flowering of ethereal music. From labels like Projekt Records to incredible bands, like Irfan, who hail from Bulgaria, they’ve opened the doors to some truly beautiful music.
[Video] Vasco Bulgarelli – Amapola (Canzone Spagnola)
I’m surprised that there is so little information about Vasco Bulgarelli online, but it seems ‘Amapola’ is a Neapolitan classic. It seems the Spanish left a lot of good in that city (how much we got back in return is debatable, but I loved the city nonetheless).
[Video] Charles Mingus – Prayer For Passive Resistance
Jazz. Where you can be a revolutionary without uttering a single word (maybe a few moans and shouts here and there, perhaps…).
Happy birthday to you, Charles Mingus. RIP.
Heartfelt thanks to ThE JaZzerZ for posting this originally.
[Video] Can – You Doo Right
Sometimes, it’s absolutely pleasant to let one’s self go with a long, twenty-minute psychedelic jam. Krautrock-style, of course.
Here is Can during their peak.
[Video] Eli Fara – Kolazh Serenatash
Eli Fara is a rather beautiful singer from Korçë, Albania. She does a sort-of pop-folk-chanteuse bit, and does it stunningly well.