“Anne-F Jacques creates microscopic worlds of whirring machines, steampunk flea circuses of motorized sonics birthed from her collection of mechanical discs and wheels (‘rotating surfaces’), meticulously calibrated and often adjusted with weights or blocks to interfere with their natural balance…”
A lovely overview / Introduction to the work of Anne – F Jacques –
Belated Friday Focus
Here are the last couple of Friday Focusses, which I forgot to post here –
Facebook Group that supports artists and a place to share noise, experimental, ambient, drone, glitch, field recordings, free improv, circuit bent, musique concrète, free jazz, anti-folk…
Worth bookmarking.
A platform showcasing innovative female artists in digital art & electronic music
Website – http://blog.wmnetwork.fr/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/wmnetworkparis
International Women’s Week
Although it is International Women’s Day on Wednesday 8th, March, I’m posting up as much as I can this week on all platforms, to celebrate the achievements of electronic music creators.
Here are a few articles to start, that may be of interest –
Listening as Activism: The “Sonic Meditations” of Pauline Oliveros
40 Years Of Women In Electronic Music
How Daphne Oram’s radical turntable experiments were brought to life after 70 years
Femme Electronic: Uganda’s Platform for Female DJs and Electronic Music Producers.
The Voice of Moving Meditation – An Interview with Meredith Monk
Today’s Discovery – Campo Cercano (Near-field) by Mene Savasta
This is a little different to my usual Discoveries as it does contain songs but it just caught my ear this morning and it is composed, arranged, produced and played by Mene Savasta, an artist from Buenos Aires.
“It is an intimate and experimental album where songs and freer compositions merge in an integral way. My voice and keyboards are orchestrated with soundscapes I recorded over recent years. At Campo Cercano, Mene Savasta sang, played synths and programmed sequences. The remaining orchestration are fragments of the aural enviroment, recorded at different times and places with a portable recorder.”
Campo cercano (Near-field) was released as a website that offers an interactive visual experience – http://www.campocercano.com/
Review Reblog – Dalot ~ Mutogibito
How could I have not reblogged this? Thought I had, so apologies to all.
We believe we’ve found the perfect album for Mother’s Day! With Mutogibito, Dalot (Maria Papadomanolaki) returns to her roots, while celebrating the newness of motherhood. She’s made an album which her young daughter Athena will likely enjoy now and brag about later.
The endearing cover art (by Violetta Testacalda) is reminiscent of nesting dolls, with a mothering twist. Those dolls don’t cradle each other like these images do. The album sways with comfort, like a child in her mother’s arms; bells and mobiles abound; and in the end, a lullaby rocks the child to sleep.
While the gentle opening track (“s2s”) sounds like recent Dalot, the album’s key tracks “Tear” and “Lift” hearken back to an earlier time. In these pieces (and to a lesser extent, “Arrival”), one can hear hints of early shoegaze and post-rock. Yes, Dalot dares to use these vintage terms and bears them with pride. With…
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Today’s Discovery – We Need No Swords podcast 14: Marlo Eggplant
An Album a Day pt4
For the past couple of years I’m Gary (@noyokono) on twitter has a challenge for February – MWE
“Music Writer Exercise: Each day in February, listen to 1 full album you’ve never heard, from start to finish. Write one tweet about it. #MWE”
Ok, I’m no writer and although I listen to a lot of music everyday, this does spur me to listen to new discoveries. I did this last year and I’m attempting it again and here are the last albums –
MWE#22 – Challenging intriguing chansons of stifled anger and noise for grown-ups – LET THEM GROW by Maja Osojnik
MWE#23 – Experimental Grime, hints of Vaporwave and warped electro Gospel. A revelation that’s quite special –
MWE#24 – Black Quantum Futurism – Space-Time Collapse I – Connecting history with the future in multi layered sonic collages.
MWE#25 – Melodic chillout that moves the feet – Online Dating by Tryphème
MWE#26 – Alice Kemp – Uneasy listening with dark undercurrents creating claustrophobic atmospheres –
MWE#27 Sarah Rasines pyr124 –Gameboy, found sounds, loops + glitches create hypnotic toe tapping rhythmic patterns
MWE#28 Anne Gillis – Lxgrin – Relentless nightmarish experiments in voice, loops and repetition = Challenging and cathartic
Today’s Discovery – All I can think about is this by Oddstep Deployment Unit
Today’s Discovery is difficult to categorise but covers experimental, kosmische musik, Folktronica and voices –
Review Reblog – Talugung / _blank
Review Reblog -Beast Nest’s “Songs for Puppies”- Heathen Harvest
Sharmi Basu, the intricate powerhouse behind the project Beast Nest, seemingly has the rare power of sleight of hand. Her ability to pull the rug out from under you whilst catching you and projecting you into another time, place, space continuum is infinate considering the finite nature of material recordings. Songs for Puppies reads like…
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