February 2012
8 posts
FACT mix 316: Julia Holter. →
Thirty minutes of mostly field recordings, stitched together under the title of “All My Love For You.” Julia Holter’s new album Ekstasis is set for release on March 8th, 2012.
I’m smitten.
WatchReintroducing constraint, reintroducing some difficulty. Looking forward to hearing KAP004: Dieter Rams - Reconstructions.
Watch“It seems to me that the past is always happening now. In the present we are always memory.” Trish Keenan
WatchLiesa Van der Aa, meet Julia Holter.
WatchJulia Holter, meet Liesa Van der Aa.
January 2012
6 posts
Holy Warbles is dead, long live Holy Warbles →
In memory of “a shining beacon of excellence […] made it possible to exist outside the horror of cultural homogeny, to find enlightenment in music, in art, beyond the popular mandate […]”
“A night, where it doesn’t get dark for the lightnings. […]
Because ideas,...”
– Adrian Leverkühn on ‘… inspirations, challenges & realizations (in writing music); a tumult of problems which break in together with their solutions’ - Doctor Faustus by Thomas Mann.
Watch‘Last year’s darlings’ Mixtape.
Some fierce & brave.
Some playful.
Some schmaltz too…
Stay healthy, 2012!
December 2011
15 posts
WatchTea Cosy Mixtape
Patched and hand-stitched: some stock music, some ‘musica electronica’, a little exotica…
Happy listening.
Watchhumanfeather:
“I AM LIKE THIS” - A DOCUMENTARY ON THE EUROPEAN DIY MUSIC SCENE
Hello everyone, We are seriously proud to announce that our documentary “I AM LIKE THIS” had been accepted in VERKAMI.COM, a crowd-funding web site promoting the LOW-FI culture. Through it, we will try to rise up some money to comply with all the expenses we will face during the realization of the project. YOU CAN...
WatchXmas Dreams (via Digitalis Limited)
Teeme Muusikat.
Amazingly, otherworldly...
WatchENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE - Everything I Have, I Give To You. I’d post anything featuring Donald Sutherland. And I do happen to be very fond of ‘Ensemble Economique’
WatchThe drudgery, the inevitable, the repetition made tolerable.
Not without Radio Belbury.
Thanks @mersenne
WatchUndomondo tribute to Jack Rose.
Jack Rose who passed away two years ago on this day.
Befitting tribute - melancholic homage to timeless artist and elegance.
November 2011
16 posts
Watchundomondo:
Rafael Toral - FACT PT Mix 041
An even more interesting mix by the electroacoustic giant Rafael Toral, where he plays early jazz a la Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Count Basie et al.
WatchRicardo Donoso’s fine solo pursuits until now humbly resided in tape-culture obscurity. Known as “morning dance music”.
(via @foxydigitalis)
WatchUndomondo Radio 116
There’s such pleasure in exploring a small and well respected community of music lovers (mixcloud, soundcloud, tumblr). Much more than in accepting today’s Spotify/FB-invitation.
Adventure and effort is everything.
Now shall we dance?
WatchENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE - To Feel The Night As It Really Is. (via Root Blog - Frequent Drool)
"Into the Music Library" →
It’s the music which has surrounded us our whole lives, but which most of us have never quite heard let alone listened to… and nearly all of it made in the UK.
Sometimes called ‘Source music’, ‘Mood Music’ or as it’s best known, ‘Library music’: a hugely important part of British sonic history.
“Into the Music Library” (via...
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October 2011
13 posts
