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Bear in Heaven/Twin Sister @ Castaways

This Wednesday, 9/29/10

Bear in Heaven:

#29.1 - BEAR IN HEAVEN - FOR BEAUTY
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Twin Sister:

Twin Sister - "I Want A House" from Ian Perlman on Vimeo.

Could Heaven ever be like this?

Killer track

Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Ever Be Like This (Leftside Wobble Edit) by Leftside Wobble

Waves+Waves+more Waves =

Tristan Perich's latest: 1-Bit Symphony

Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony (Part 1: Overview) from Tristan Perich on Vimeo.

H/T: The Rest is Noise.

Marc-André Hamelin's Left Hand

Classical pianist/composer Marc-André Hamelin has released a new record, twelve etudes, for which there are a few video performances. I must say that I am not incredibly familiar with Hamelin's work, but what I have heard I have always enjoyed immensely. His recent work is truly remarkable. Etude no. 7 is written solely for the left hand.



Do the Math, the Bad Plus Blog has an interview with the man.

Ann Steel...

where have you been all my life?

Barthes’s Hand

The New Yorker has published some of literary theorist and critic Roland Barthes's journals on the topic of mourning his mother (behind paywall). Accompanying the magazine piece, the New Yorker has published a few of his journals with original images and translation.

New Bad Plus LP- Never Stop

Streaming at NPR



A follow up interview at the Blog Supreme

Robert Wright and Frank Wilczek

Here is an interesting discussion between the science writer Robert Wright and Nobel Prize winning physicist and Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics at MIT, Frank Wilczek discuss his new book, The Lightness of Being, metaphysics, and quantum theory. I saw Wilczek speak at the University of Minnesota back in 2006 discussing his Nobel prize work and current research. Very interesting then and very interesting here.

New Röyksopp Album

Streaming until the release on Sept. 13th 2010

Deerhunter

Antonio Damasio @ Aspen Institute

Damasio is one of the most important neuropsychologists ever and here is a 1 hr+ long interview with David Brooks of the NYTimes at the Aspen Institute.

Downloads and vids.

Seattle based, U.S.F: Branss

House music from 1989 Marshall Jefferson aka Virgo: Do You Know Who You Are?

Minneapolis based, Love Lake: Ghost

Another one from Love Lake: Curses


Italian band, Drink to Me:

New Flying Lotus video:

Ontario, CN based Mathemagic

Mathemagic - Breaststroke from EyeBodega on Vimeo.

Ithaca Music

If you have not heard Hank Roberts and his cello then check these out. Old 1988 footage from Berlin with Joey Baron (dr) and Bill Frisell (g) and others.



2007, Chapterhouse, Ithaca, NY

Savory Jazz Collection

The National Jazz Museum has begun the digitization process of the old Savory collection, named after the 1930s audio engineer, William Savory. The NY Times has a great piece documenting the process. Looks like these recordings had gone unheard for 70 years! Regarding the actual recording technology, money quote:

Part of what makes the Savory collection so alluring and historically important is its unusual format. At the time Savory was recording radio broadcasts for his own pleasure, which was before the introduction of tape, most studio performances were issued on 10-inch 78-r.p.m. shellac discs, which, with their limited capacity, could capture only about three minutes of music.

But Mr. Savory had access to 12- or even 16-inch discs, made of aluminum or acetate, and sometimes recorded at speeds of 33 1/3 r.p.m. That combination of bigger discs, slower speeds and more durable material allowed Mr. Savory to record longer performances in their entirety, including jam sessions at which musicians could stretch out and play extended solos that tested their creative mettle.

“Most of what exists from this era was done at home by young musicians or fans, and so you get really bad-sounding recordings,” Mr. Schoenberg said. “The difference with Bill Savory is that he was both a musician and a technical genius. You hear some of this stuff and you say, ‘This can’t be 70 years old.’ ”