https://scotray.bandcamp.com/album/second-earth https://longsongrecords.bandcamp.com/album/second-earth Qualche tempo fa scrissi un post dedicato al mondo di Jim McAuley. In quel post scrivevo come Jim McAuley appartenesse a quella curiosa categoria di musicisti a cui non basta muoversi all’interno delle coordinate note del loro strumento. Tutto vero. Sono anni che seguo questo musicista e ogni volta riesce sempre a stupirmi….
The new possibilities of Second Earth, by Jim McAuley and Scot Ray, Long Song Records, 2019 on #neuguitars #blog
https://scotray.bandcamp.com/album/second-earth https://longsongrecords.bandcamp.com/album/second-earth Some time ago I wrote a post dedicated to the world of Jim McAuley. In that post I wrote how Jim McAuley belonged to that curious category of musicians who do not just move within the known coordinates of their instrument. All true. I have been following this musician for years and every…
Talking About Records: Dominic Frasca, Deviations, 2005, Cantalupe Music on Neuguitars Youtube Channel
Dominic Frasca plays music composed by Marc Mellits, Philip Glass and himself, released by Cantalupe Music in 2005. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_Frasca Tracklist: 1 Dometude Composed By – Frasca*, Mellits* 2 Forced Entry Composed By – Dominic Frasca 3 Lefty’s Elegy Arranged By [Arr.] – Dominic Frasca Composed By – Marc Mellits 4 Deviations Composed By – Dominic…
Stefano Pilia live @ All’Improvviso September 30th 2019 Viterbo Italy on #neuguitars #blog
Neuguitars Blog is proud to show you the concert made by Stefano Pilia in Viterbo at All’Improvviso, September 30th 2019. Recording made by Antonio Tonietti. Stefano Pilia played his last record “Girum Imus Nocte Et Consumimur Igni” (We turn round in the night and, behold, we are consumed by fire), his solo guitar work released…
Catherine Sikora + Matteo Liberatore – at Record Shop. Brooklyn – Nov 30 2019 by Don Mount on #neuguitars #blog
Catherine Sikora – tenor / soprano saxophone Matteo Liberatore – guitar Many thanks to Don Mount for this video!
Ambient 4: Isolationism. Oscure chitarre, angoscia e gelo in una musica ancora attuale su #neuguitars #blog
Nel gennaio del 1995 il critico musicale inglese Simon Reynolds pubblicò su ArtForum un articolo intitolato “ISOLATIONISM, genre survey/thinkpiece”. http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2007/11/isolationism-genre-surveythinkpiece.html In questo articolo Reynolds indagava all’interno di un nuovo sotto genere musicale coniato dal critico Kevin Martin, definito come Isolazionismo. Con questo termine si cercava di dare una connotazione a una vasta rete di rifugiati…
Ambient 4: Isolationism (full compilation) 1994 on #neuguitars #blog
KK Null & Jim Plotkin – Lost (Held Under) Jim O’Rourke – Flat Without A Back Ice – The Dredger Raoul Björkenheim – Strangers :Zoviet*France:* – Daisy Gun Labradford – Air Lubricated Free Axis Trainer Techno Animal – Self Strangulation Paul Schütze – Hallucinations (In Memory Of Reinaldo Arenas) Scorn – Silver Rain Fell (Deep…
Ambient 4: Isolationism. Dark guitars, anguish and frost in a still alive music genre on #neuguitars #blog
In January 1995 the English music critic Simon Reynolds published on ArtForum an article entitled “ISOLATIONISM, genre survey/thinkpiece”. http://reynoldsretro.blogspot.com/2007/11/isolationism-genre-surveythinkpiece.html In this article Reynolds investigated a new musical sub-genre coined by the critic Kevin Martin, defined as Isolationism. With this term they tried to give a connotation to a vast network of refugees, disenchanted by rock…
Rehearsals’ Session for the new album Shimmering Behavior of IN/ELEKTRA, Industrial Coast, 2019 on #neuguitars #blog
Neuguitars blog is very proud to exclusively show you the Rehearsals’ Session of the new album Shimmering Behavior by IN/ELEKTRA duo (Silvia Cignoli and Valentina Guidugli), released by indipendent label Industrial Coast, 2019 https://www.inelektramusic.com https://industrialcoast.bigcartel.com/product/in-elektra-shimmering-behaviour https://inelektra.bandcamp.com/releases https://soundcloud.com/inelektra What kind of music IN/ELEKTRA plays? Industrial? No. Shimmering Behavior shows a common horizon, a plateux of sounds…
Day 2 – Rehearsals’ Session for the new album SOLAR WINDS by guitar ace Raoul Björkenheim, Long Song Records on #neuguitars #blog
Neuguitars blog is very proud to exclusively show you the Rehearsals’ Session of the new album SOLAR WINDS by avangarde jazz guitarist Raoul Björkenheim, released February 11, 2020 by Italian Indipendent label Long Song Records Avant jazz and rock guitar ace Raoul Björkenheim pays tribute to his musical hero and paragon John Coltrane, with this…
Japanese Guitar Music 4 (Toru Takemitsu, Ichiro Nodaira, Tami Nodaira) played by Shin-ichi Fukuda with Shigenori Kudo, Naxos 2018 su #neuguitars #blog
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573911 La chitarra classica sembra essere stata il mezzo ideale per Takemitsu, uno strumento in grado di combinare sottigliezze sonore con una vasta gamma di timbri. Takemitsu è stato universalmente riconosciuto come uno dei compositori più formidabili del XX secolo per la chitarra classica. Ha portato allo strumento una sensibilità unica, mostrando un talento fantasioso…
Japanese Guitar Music 4 (Toru Takemitsu, Ichiro Nodaira, Tami Nodaira) played by Shin-ichi Fukuda with Shigenori Kudo, Naxos 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
https://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573911 The classical guitar was an ideal medium for Takemitsu, combining subtleties of sonority with a wide range of timbres. Within a short time, he was acknowledged as one of the 20th century’s most formidable masters of writing for guitar. He brought to the instrument a unique sensibility and an imaginative flair for its colours…
Talking About Records: Mauro Franceschi, Electric Guitar Solo, 2001, Arx Collana on Neuguitars Youtube Channel
Mauro Franceschi plays music composed by: Steve Mackey, Loren Mazzacane, Atle Gundersen, Mark Howell, Tim Brady, this record was released in 2001 by the Italian indipendent label Arx Collana. 1 Cairn… 2 Moonyean 3 Scintillation 4 Cement 5 Invention #8…of Julie’s Dance… 6 Minimal Surface – Slide Guitar & Tape 7 Infinite Melodies II 8…
Day 1- Rehearsals’ Session for the new album SOLAR WINDS by guitar ace Raoul Björkenheim, Long Song Records on #neuguitars #blog
Neuguitars blog is very proud to exclusively show you the Rehearsals’ Session of the new album SOLAR WINDS by avangarde jazz guitarist Raoul Björkenheim, released February 11, 2020 by Italian Indipendent label Long Song Records. Avant jazz and rock guitar ace Raoul Björkenheim pays tribute to his musical hero and paragon John Coltrane, with this…
Perturbazione, citazione e sospensione in Tajs! di Officina F.lli Seravalle su #neuguitars #blog
OFFICINA F.LLI SERAVALLE “Tajs!” L’Officina dei Fratelli Seravalle è un luogo curioso. Fondamentalmente è uno di quei luoghi dove le memorie si accumulano in pile ordinate lungo le pareti, vicino agli attrezzi di lavoro, e dove vengono ritrovate, rilette, interrogate e riproposte in modi nuovi e curiosi. Facendo questo L’Officina assolve anche a un altro…
Disturbance, quotes and suspension in Tajs! by Officina F.lli Seravalle on #neuguitars #blog
http://www.lizardrecords.it/officina-f-lli-seravalle-tajs/ Seravalle Brothers’s Workshop (Officina) is a curious place. Basically it is one of those places where memories accumulate in neat piles along the walls, closer and around tools, and where they are found, reread, interrogated and re-proposed in new and curious ways. By doing this, the Workshop also fulfills another task: it not only…
Wendy Eisenberg and Luisa Muhr play at The Outpost – Jan 16 2020 on #neuguitars #blog
Video made by Don Mount Luisa Muhr – dance, voice Wendy Eisenberg – guitar Don Mount’s video channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0MRoIYg2VLoYyT8CzGv6Bw
Sonic Madonna o CICCONE YOUTH? «The Whitey Album» Blast First, ed/lp, 1988 su #neuguitars #blog
Ciccone Youth. Sonic Youth. Sonic Ciccone. Com’è ascoltare il Whitey Album dopo più di trent’anni dalla sua uscita? All’epoca fece scalpore. Ma come? I Sonic Youth! Gli alfieri sonici della scena più avangarde rock newyorkese che omaggiano Madonna, la signora del pop per eccellenza? Della serie che ci rimani male. Specialmente se nel 1988 procurarsi…
Sonic Madonna or CICCONE YOUTH? «The Whitey Album» Blast First, ed/lp, 1988 on #neuguitars #blog
Ciccone Youth. Sonic Youth. Sonic Ciccone. What is it like to listen to the Whitey Album more than thirty years after its release? At the time it was a blast! How? Sonic Youth!? The sonic ensigns, bearers of the avant-garde New York rock scene payed homage to Madonna, the lady of pop par excellence?! You…
Talking About Records: Franco Donatoni Chamber Music, Freon Ensemble, Stefano Cardi (2007, Stradivarius STR 33773) on Neuguitars Youtube Channel
Music composed by the Italian composer Franco Donatoni for classical guitar and ensemble, released by the Italian indipendent label Stradivarius in 2007. Tracklist: 1) Algo (1980) per chitarra 2) Algo IV (1996) per chitarra e 12 strumenti 3) Poll (1998) per 13 esecutori 4) Refrain IV (1996) per viola cello pic.cl.cel.vib. 5) About (1979) per…
