Review of Om On by Pierluigi Billone, Kairos, 2018 https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0015057kai http://www.pierluigibillone.com/it/home/ “I concentrate energies, literally: I create centers of attraction for sound energies and their life of possible relationships. In sound’s initial life I meet and recognize its lines of force, recognizable tendencies, the possible bonds that become the first strengths’ points of a construction:…
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#Review of 22.22 Free Radiohead by Paolo Angeli, AnMa ReR PA 11, 2019 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of 22.22 Free Radiohead by Paolo Angeli, AnMa ReR PA 11, 2019 http://www.paoloangeli.com/ Attention attention. You read correctly: the album officially comes out in 2019, in January, after the Epiphany. From December 6, the new single is available, Nude. This review is based on the absolute preview that Paolo Angeli has kindly wanted to…
#Review of Rosso Improvviso by Arturo Tallini, EMA Vinci Records, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Rosso Improvviso by Arturo Tallini, EMA Vinci Records, 2018 http://www.emavinci.it/store/prodotto/rosso-improvviso-di-arturo-tallini http://arturotallini.com/ JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Ciaccona dalla Partita n.2 in Re minore BWV 1004 – Arturo Tallini’s version ALBERTO GINASTERA Sonata op. 47 for guitar 1. Esordio 2. Scherzo 3. Canto 4. Final BRUNO MADERNA Serenata per un satellite Arturo Tallini’s version LUCIANO BERIO…
#Review of The Maid with The Flaxen Hair by Mary Halvorson, Tzadik, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of The Maid with The Flaxen Hair by Mary Halvorson, Tzadik, 2018 http://billfrisell.com/news http://www.maryhalvorson.com/ http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=4024 1. Moonlight in Vermont 2. The Maid with the Flaxen Hair 3. Scarlet Ribbons for Her Hair 4. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning 5. Shenandoah 6. The Nearness of You 7. Black is the Color of…
#Review of Ultima Rara-The Bussotti Circle Contemporary Music for Guitar and Voice by Hans-Jürgen Gerung (chitarra e voce), CD Gerung-Arts&Music, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Ultima Rara-The Bussotti Circle Contemporary Music for Guitar and Voice by Hans-Jürgen Gerung (chitarra e voce), CD Gerung-Arts&Music, 2018 https://www.edition-gerung.de/intro/ https://www.amazon.com/Ultima-Rara-Bussotti-Circle-Gitarre-Stimme/dp/B07GXTHKRN https://open.spotify.com/album/4lcHsxei8NI16fNOdZihBt Luigi Esposito 1 Wanted: Door – 1st Movement 2 Wanted: Gift – 2nd Movement 3 Wanted: Se i sentieri – 3rd Movement 4 Wanted: Rock Star – 4th Movement 5 Wanted:…
#Review of Electric Creatures by Giacomo Baldelli, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Electric Creatures by Giacomo Baldelli, 2018 http://www.giacomobaldelli.it/ https://www.audioglobe.it/artist.php?iId=54828 1- G. Baldelli – And Watch – 2018 Kate Soper – Voce / World Premiere Recording 2- Eve Beglarian – Until it Blazes – 2001 3- Andrea Agostini – Three Electric Creatures – World Premiere Recording 4- Ryan Pratt – Two – 2018 World Premiere…
#Review of Decostructing Dowland, by Lorenzo Ricchelli and Gabriele Zanetti, Da Vinci Classics, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Decostructing Dowland, by Lorenzo Ricchelli and Gabriele Zanetti, Da Vinci Classics, 2018 https://davinci-edition.com/product/c00119/ https://open.spotify.com/album/4HmDn2s4JiwgZnpkGfz6wY 1 Can She Excuse My Wrongs? (John Dowland) 1:16 2 Deconstructing Dowland (Natasha Barrett) 9:22 3 Sequenza VIIb (Luciano Berio) 6:59 4 Spiral (Karlheinz Stockhausen) 4:52 5 Crossing (Nicky Hind) 8:48 6 The Garden of Love (Jacob Ter Veldhuis)…
John Cage’s week: John Cage Electronic Music for Piano by Tania Chen withThurston Moore, David Toop, and Jon Leidecker, Omnivore Recordings, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
John Cage Electronic Music for Piano by Tania Chen withThurston Moore, David Toop, and Jon Leidecker, Omnivore Recordings, 2018 https://omnivorerecordings.com/shop/electronic-music-for-piano/ http://johncage.org/pp/John-Cage-Work-Detail.cfm?work_ID=59 Contemporary music piano player Tania Chen, Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), David Toop (former member of The Flying Lizards, writer and recording artist on Brian Eno’s Obscure label) and Jon Leidecker (aka Wobbly, who has…
John Cage’s week: Dream, American Music for Electric Guitar di Sergio Sorrentino, Mode Records, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Dream: American Music for Electric Guitar di Sergio Sorrentino, Mode Records, 2018 https://www.sergiosorrentinoguitarist.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Dream-American-Music-Electric-Guitar/dp/B07B684MTY Dream (adapted for electric guitar by Sorrentino); David LANG: Warmth for 2 electric guitars ; Jack VEES: Alpha Aloha for 2 electric guitars & sound processing; Elliott SHARP: Mare Undarum; Alvin CURRAN: Rose of Beans; Morton FELDMAN: The Possibility of a…
John Cage’s week: Changes Chances by Elena Càsoli, 2006, Stradivarius on #neuguitars #blog
Changes Chances by Elena Càsoli, 2006, Stradivarius http://www.elenacasoli.com/ http://www.stradivarius.it/scheda.php?ID=801157033718400 1. Changes (1983) – CARTER Elliot – (1908 2012) – New York – USA 2. Four6 (1992) – CAGE John – (1912-1992) – USA 3. Ascencion (1993) – RILEY Terry – (1935) – Colfax – STATI UNITI 4. Barabas (1995) – RILEY Terry – (1935) –…
John Cage’s week: Equivoci by Maurizio Grandinetti, Manifesto, 2003 on #neuguitars #blog
Equivoci by Maurizio Grandinetti, Il Manifesto, 2003 http://www.mauriziograndinetti.net/ http://www.mauriziograndinetti.net/Cds.html 1. And The Earth Shall Bear Again° 2. Fancy P.73 * 3. Totem Ancestor° 4. Fantasia P.1 * 5. A Room° 6. Fancy P.6 * 7. Music for Marcel Duchamp° 8. John Langton’s Pavan * 9. Prelude ° 10. Summer (preservation)° 11. Farewell * 12. In…
John Cage’s week: Goodbye 20th Century by Sonic Youth (1999, Sonic Youth Record SYR 4) on #neuguitars #blog
Goodbye 20th Century by Sonic Youth (1999, Sonic Youth Record SYR 4) http://www.sonicyouth.com/ http://sonicyouth.com/mustang/lp/lp15.html “Countless sound thinkers have interpreted the music; the point, as Sonic Youth have always maintened, is to change it.”1 Tracks: 1. Edges 16:03 2. Six (3rd take) 3:03 3. Six For New Time 8:06 4. +- 7:01 5. Voice Piece For…
John Cage’s week: Go Guitars by Seth Josel (1998, oodiscs 0036) on #neuguitars #blog
Go Guitars by Seth Josel (1998, oodiscs 0036) http://sethjosel.de/ https://www.amazon.com/Septet-Go-Guitars-Guitar-Too/dp/B000007TA8/ref=ntt_mus_dp_dpt_1 1 Septet 6:55 2 Go Guitars 12:00 3 Guitar too, for four 30:28 4 Solitude Sessions I 6:48 5 Solitude Sessions II 13:36 6 Five 5:00 Composed By – James Tenney (tracks: 1), John Cage (tracks: 6), Lois V. Vierk (tracks: 2), Phill Niblock (tracks:…
John Cage’s week: Just West Coast by John Schneider (1993, Bridge Records BCD 9041) on #neuguitars #blog
Just West Coast by John Schneider (1993, Bridge Records BCD 9041) http://www.johnschneider.la/ https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003GIZ/bridgerecords-20 Lou Harrison Suite No. 2 Percussion – Gene Sterling (9:39) 1 – Jahla 1:51 2 – Waltz For Evelyn Hinrichsen 1:57 3 – Threnody 2:33 4 – Sonata In Ishartum 1:41 5 – Beverly’s Troubadour Piece 1:33 6 La Monte Young Sarabande…
Hans Reichel, Shanghaied On Tor Road, FMP, 1992 on #neuguitars #blog
Hans Reichel Shanghaied On Tor Road, FMP, 1992 Sub title: “The World’s 1st Operetta Performed On Nothing But The Daxophone” http://www.daxo.de/ https://destination-out.bandcamp.com/album/shanghaied-on-tor-road Tracks: 1 Give Me Money 3:35 2 Shanghaied On Tor Road (1) 4:28 3 Prelude To “Alleycats Never Complain” 1:17 4 Der Tunnelwart (Big Lulem) 4:02 5 Machines Make Me Happy 7:30 6…
#Review of Moontower by Craig Green + David King, Long Song Records, 2012 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Moontower by Craig Green + David King, Long Song Records, 2012 https://www.craigjgreen.com/ http://www.longsongrecords.com/discography/moontower/ About ten years ago the King of Convenience duo made a cute easy listening record (they fearfully winked toward Simon & Garfunkel) entitled “Quiet is the new loud.” This title has bounced me in mind listening to the second…
#Review of Craig Green + David King, 2009 Long Song Records on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Craig Green + David King, 2009 Long Song Records https://www.craigjgreen.com/ http://www.longsongrecords.com/discography/craig-green-david-king/ It’s a long time that I am noticing a curious and unusual approach among two worlds among them in appearance incompatible: the “hight cultured” music of clear academic and contemporary extraction and the avant-garde music that comes from the free jazz, hardcore…
#Review of “Furore” by Simone Massaron, Long Song Records, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of “Furore” by Simone Massaron, Long Song Records, 2018 http://www.longsongrecords.com/discography/simone-massaron-furore/ I had almost forgotten what a good guitar player Simone Massaron is. It’s nonsense I know, but it can happen, especially when you follow a guitarist carefully for a long time, you obsessively listen to his records and you fall in love with his…
#Review of Talknoise by Ernesto Orrico and Massimo Garritano, Manitù Records, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of Talknoise by Ernesto Orrico and Massimo Garritano, Manitù Records, 2018 Talknoise. Nomen est omen. I could not find a more appropriate name for this project managed and designed by Ernesto Orrico on vocals and Massimo Garritano on electric guitar. A musical project that lies halfway between theater, reading, noise, poetry, social denunciation, satire,…
#Review of The Switch, Body/Head, Matador Records, 2018 on #neuguitars #blog
Review of The Switch, Body/Head, Matador Records, 2018 http://bodyheadmusic.com/ https://bodyhead.bandcamp.com/album/the-switch Sturm und Drang for guitars. No beats. No rhythm. Slow. A dark, dense, almost inexorable sonic ecosystem. An alchemy of intentions, of sounds that are surprisingly integrated and shared. Kim Gordon doesn’t really seem to want to abdicate her role as a first woman in…
