Archive for the 'avant-garde' Category

Painkiller

I’ve noticed the touch of drums by Mick Harris right from the first listening. The entire result of this project is insanely beautiful. Amhakara:

Started by John Zorn (saxophone) of many, many things, most notably Naked City, Mick Harris (drums) of Scorn, Napalm Death, and Bill Laswell (electric bass) of Praxis, Material, Tabla Beat Science, in 1991, [...]

4 July 2010 at 16:51 - Comments

DiscorgyMix I

Minha Galera – Not so Shallow Mix  by  Minha Galera Track List 1. Povarovo – J.S Bach 2. Teargas & Plateglass – Plague Burial 3. Leila – Mettle 4. Amon Tobin – Chomp Samba 5. Moondog – Why Spend the Dark Night With You 6. Al Chem – No Hopper 7. Instituto Mexicano del Sonido – Tristeza Hawaiana 8. King [...]

16 March 2010 at 03:04 - Comments
Razvan
Wicked.
4 November 10 at 14:23
arolF
so i could never expect to hear someone play leila, moondog and sibot in the very same mix. you killed ...
30 January 11 at 05:03

Estradasphere

Dubway (all vocal)

Estradasphere is a band of multi-instrumentalists from an unlikely variety of musical backgrounds. Timb Harris (violin/trumpet), Jason Schimmel (guitar/banjo/keyboards/vocals), Tim Smolens (upright and electric bass/vocals), Kevin Kmetz (Tsugaru Shamisen/guitar/keyboards), Adam Stacey accordion/keyboards/clavinet), and Lee Smith (drums/percussion) were trained in disciplines ranging from classical and jazz to metal. This diverse instrumental and [...]

2 February 2010 at 03:39 - Comments

Chaos Royale

Chaos Royale sounds like “a truck carrying a dancehall soundsystem crashing into a death metal gig, in a nitroglycerine factory”. Luke Chaos, UK born and Tokyo based music producer, remixer and vocalist, combine Hardcore Hip-Hop, Dubstep, Death metal, Avant-Garde classical, Reggae, Noise and all kinds of heavy sounds into a new style of music. Anna SuperNova:

31 January 2010 at 15:44 - Comments
Audiodrome
what a beautiful surprise chic fusion of generes thank you sibot
14 March 10 at 11:53

Klaus Nomi – Wasting my time

9 January 2010 at 18:12 - Comments

The Real Tuesday Weld – One of THOSE bands that gets stuck on repeat

Sometimes you feel like you know this music from somewhere and you listen to it on and on, trying to figure out where you know it from until it becomes so familiar like it’s been with you from the beginning. The real tuesday weld is one of those bands that, if you were in highschool again, [...]

8 May 2009 at 05:10 - Comments

The amazing voice of Sainkho Namtchylak

Boomerang:

Sainkho Namtchylak is an experimental singer, born in 1957 in a secluded village in the south of Tuva, an autonomous Russian state bordering Mongolia. She has an exceptional voice, spanning seven octaves and proficient in overtone singing; her music enmeshes avant-jazz, electronica, modern composition and Tuvan influences.

24 April 2009 at 10:32 - Comments

Vladimir Ussachevsky

I love how it sound the Prelude to Wagner’s ‘Parcifal’ on Vladimir Ussachevsky’s electroacoustique composition: Wireless Fantasy (1960)

11 February 2009 at 18:07 - Comments

Michel Colombier

L’Alpagueur

10 February 2009 at 19:56 - Comments

Matmos – Concrete pop

They’re friends with Bjork! Now that I have your attention, please enjoy this bizarre experiment, that can only be classified as as a pop version of the musique concrète genre. Undone

Alarm Call

In 1998, Matmos remixed the Björk single Alarm Call. Subsequently, Matmos worked with Björk on her albums Vespertine (2001) and Medúlla (2004), as well as [...]

11 December 2008 at 11:19 - Comments