We don’t have a lot of Circassian music coming around these days, but this cut by Zaid Hajarat is a winner.
[Music] Синкопированная Тишина (Syncopated Silence) – Протобаян
To my knowledge, Syncopated Silence doesn’t even have an album available yet, but they’re causing quite a lot of interest in the prog world, especially those who like avant-progressive and zeuhl music.
They have their own website here, but it’s in Russian.
[Music] Laboratorium – Quasimodo
Laboratorium present high-quality fusion from Poland.
Some notes on this record…:
Artist: Laboratorium
Album: Quasimodo
Year: 1979
Genre: Jazz Fusion, Contemporary Jazz
Country: Poland
Label / Catalogue: Metal Mind Productions / MMP CD 0454 DG (Reissue)
Line-up:
Janusz Grzywacz – piano, Fender-Rhodes electric piano, ARP-Odyssey synthesizer
Marek Stryszowski – vocals, alto & soprano saxophones
Paweł Ścierański – guitar
Krzysztof Ścierański – bass
Mieczysław Górka – drums
Tracklist:
01 Przejazd / The Journey 0:00
02 I’m Sorry, I’m Not Driver 1:35
03 Etiudka / Little Etude 8:42
04 Śniegowa Panienka / The Snow Girl 10:08
05 Lady Rolland 18:24
06 Quasimodo 20:08
07 Kyokushinkai 30:59
08 Ikona / An Icon – In Memory Of Zbigniew Seifert 33:53
— Bonus Live Tracks —
09 Etiudka 40:09
10 Śniegowa Panienka 42:43
11 Odjazd 53:51
12 Zdrowie Na Budowie 1:00:26
Tracks 1-8 recorded at Polskie Nagrania Studios, Warsaw, on March 1979
Tracks 9-12 recorded live in Krákow, 1979
Originally released as Polskie Nagrania Muza SX 1784 (Polish Jazz Vol. 58)
[Music] Leszek Możdżer – Komeda
Detail notes from Leszek Możdżer’s tribute to his countryman Krzysztof Komeda:
00:00 Svantetic
03:35 Sleep Safe and Warm
10:01 Ballad for Bernt
14:20 The Law and The Fist
25:18 Nighttime, Daytime Requiem
38:59 Cherry
42:57 Crazy Girl
48:50 Moja Ballada
Leszek Możdżer – Piano,
Martin Noël – Cover Art,
Paweł Potoroczyn – Executive Producer,
Tadeusz Mieczkowski – Mastering,
Sylwia Kicka – Production,
Grzegorz Czachor – Recording Production, Mixing,
Marcin Piechowski – Technical Support.
[Film] ‘Kwaidan’ and ‘House of Bamboo’: Visions of, and From, the Rising Sun
The New York Times’ J. Hoberman reviews Masaki Kobayashi’s classic interpretation of Kwaidan. The collection comes from Irish-Greek author Lafcadio Hearn’s anthology of the same name.
[Music] Sparklehorse – Weird Sisters
A real tragedy. Sparklehorse, led by Mark Linkous, were indie rock darlings, collaborating and touring with artists as wide-ranging as Fennesz and Radiohead. Unfortunately, Linkous also suffered with drug addiction and ensuing health problems for years, and took his life in 2010.
[Music] Kolt – Zophist’s Respite
Post-rock, math-rock, prog-metal… Not quite sure how to describe Kolt, a band out of Skopje, Macedonia, but I like their energy a lot!
[Music] Ertuğrul Erkişi – Saba Taksim
Ertuğrul Erkişi is a composer of Turkish Sufi music. I’m quite new to his work, but this is pleasant.
[Typography] Fedra Sans now supports Inuktitut
I love typography, but I rarely post on it. This needs to be remedied!
Typotheque is one of my favorite foundries. They release font after font of amazing quality. They have one of the most elegant and readable fonts, called Fedra Sans.
They’ve recently released a font for Inuktitut, one of the main languages of the Inuit people. It blends beautifully with the original font.
[Music] Madredeus – Alfama
Portugal’s gift to the world, Madredeus collaborated with Jürgen Kniepper in making the soundtrack to his film Lisbon Story. This track is featured on their soundtrack, available here.
A Miscellany Of Tasteful Music 