Alessandro Cortini is an Italian composer and keyboardist based in Los Angeles. He’s an occasional member of Nine Inch Nails, and makes quite a good company man working with Trent Reznor in a style reminiscent of the 1980s Belgian Hard Beat scene, but on his own, he veers off into Kosmische Musik territory, reminding one of artists like Klaus Schulze in this track.
Alternative/Indie
[Music] Dead Can Dance – Fortune Presents Gifts Not According to the Book
The lyrics of this track by Dead Can Dance, off their 1988 album titled Aion, can be found in the words of the Spanish lyric poet, Luis de Góngora.
Click here to read an article in Spanish on the poet’s influence on the band.
[Music] Sara Ayers – This Is What I Wanted
Sara Ayers is an electronic musician from England whose works deserve a heavy reappraisal, considering she’s almost forgotten out of England and maybe Germany.
[Music] Bp. Service – Hangtérképet nyomnak a gépek
Bp. Service were one of Hungary’s finest Industrial bands. I had the pleasure of working with the members many years ago.
[Music] Nurse With Wound & Stereolab – Exploding Head Movie
There’s little in this track outside of atmospherics to suggest that Nurse With Wound contributed much to this particular track, but Stereolab gives a very nice Neu!-inspired groove to this track in homage of Krautrock.
[Music] Current 93 & HÖH – The Dream Of A Shadow Of Smoke
This track by neofolk giants Current 93, in collaboration with composer, soundtrack musician, and now pagan head priest HÖH (Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson) was released on the album Island (Iceland) in 1991.
[Music] Daniel Dorobantu – Pamantul Straveziu
Our friend Daniel Dorobantu, whose ambient electronic work as a solo artist and with his group Thy Veils never ceases to impress, has a new video and release out. You can purchase this at his Bandcamp site.
[Music] The Cyclist Conspiracy – Mashallah Plan – Virility EP
I thank my old friend Mileta of the ever-stunning Serbian-language music blog valtazarzauberquelle, who turned me on to a band whom he perfectly described as a Byzantine psychedelic groove band. It’s as if Popol Vuh stumbled into Orthodoxy instead of Eastern mysticism.
To read Mileta’s review, click here.
[Music] Aankondiging Pintotonics n+1 en OORSPRONG concerten
‘Muziek bestaat niet. Het is hooguit een illusie’.
Misha Mengelberg
PINTOTONICS n+1
Huis de Pinto
St Antoniebreestraat 69
1011 Hb Amsterdam
020-3700210 > reserveren
20 :00 deuren open
20:30 start solo set
23:00 einde
Entree 10 + 7 (studenten/cjp)
PROGRAMMA 9 JANUARI
Solo set
Luis Vicente/trompet
Ensemble set
Tecla Gato Trio
Pablo Vazquez/contrabas
Caro Thierhs/altviool
Gustavo Obligado/alt sax
PROGRAMMA 27 JANUARI
extra PINTOTONICS n+1 editie
‘MICRO 2 PIANO TRIO’S FESTIVAL:’OUT of STEP’
Meesterpianist en ccomponist Guus Janssen en opkomend piano talent Matt Piet (Chicago) komen ieder met een eigen trio.
Set 1
Guus Janssen/piano
Ziv Taubenfeld/bas-klarinet
George Hadow/drums
Set 2
Matt Piet/piano
Raoul van der Weide/contrabas
Frank Rosaly/drums
PROGRAMMA 13 FEBRUARI
Solo set
Wilbert de Joode/contrabas
Ensemble set
Mary Oliver/viool+altviool
Camille Verhaak/klarinet
Nicolas Chientarolipiano
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OORSPRONG@BIMHUIS – 13 Januari 2017!
BIMhuis
Piet Heinkade 3
1019 BZ AMSTERDAM
020-7882150
Entree: 18 + discount check (www.bimhuis.nl)
19:30 deuren open
20:30 start 1e set
23:00 afterparty met DJ Superinca (Ibelisse Guardia) en DJ Strange Edge/Agrarian Dreams (Arnold de Boer)
in BIMhuis cafe
Instant light design: Petyr Veenstra
Video registratie: Alexis Kazazis
Curatoren: Julyen Hamilton/dans – Gagi Petrovic/electronica – John Dikeman/akoestische imrpovisatie
SET 1
Miri Lee/dans
Manel Sala/dans
Julyen Hamilton/dans
SET 2
Maya Fridman/cello+ stem
Djurdjica/piano+diy electronica
Angelo Custodio/stem+performance+electronica
Albert Manders/fluiten+performance
SET 3
Elsa Bergman/contrabas
Audrey Lauro/alt sax
Rogier Smal/slagwerk
Met dank aan STEIM, George Hadow, BIMhuis, Guillaume Heurtebize, Stephane Kaas, Oscar Jan Hoogland, Jochem van Tol/DokZaal, Ibelisse Guardia/DokZaal, Henk Zwerver, Kristien Sonnevijle, Alexis Kazazis en Presentsoundsamsterdam.
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OORSPRONG editie 23 Janauri 2017
DokZaal
PLantagedoklaan 8-121018 CM AMSTERDAM
www.plantagedok.nl
oorsprong.wordpress.com
www.bimhuis.nl
www.steim.nl
www.presentsoundsamsterdam.nl
19:00 deuren
19:30 start 1e set (LET OP: OORSPRONG begint vroeg!)
Entree 6
Curatoren: Joost Vrouenraets/dans – Thijs Geritz/electronica – Camille Verhaak/akoestische improvisatie
Nadere blinddate+instant composing lineups informatie volgt.
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[Music] Gralitsa – Upon A Circle, Upon A Gold
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After a track on Soundcloud, I decided to purchase this mini-LP from Gralitsa, a musician whose work crosses the genres of world music, post-rock, progressive rock and soundtrack music with great ease. It’s worth picking up.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 