We are in 1982. The success and the carrer of the Police have by now been stabilized after four great records, a more beautiful than the follower, one more important than the other. The last one, Ghost in the Machine (1981), sees them in great shape. Synchronicity, the milestone, the apogee, the definitive zenith that…
Category: Writings
RMHQ: Headquarters four lonely records by Roy Montgomery, Grapefruit, 2016
https://badabingrecords.bandcamp.com/album/r-m-h-q-headquarters Roy Montgomery is a composer, guitarist and lecturer from Christchurch, New Zealand. Montgomery was born in 1959 in London, England and moved with his family to Cologne in Germany where he lived until the age of four. His father was German and his mother was from the UK. As his mother worked for the…
Importance, aesthetics and role of the 45rpm’s covers of music for classical guitar on #neuguitars #blog
7” are an iconic format in popular music. For generations they have inspired foolish teenagers propagating the sound of rockabilly, rock and pop music everywhere, turning themselves into collectible objects. But. But it’s not entirely true: there was a time when even classical music ended up on 45 rpm and the classical guitar was certainly…
Le copertine dei 45 giri di chitarra classica su #neuguitars #blog
I 45 giri sono un formato iconico nella musica popolare. Per generazioni hanno ispirato folli di teenager propagando il suono del rockabilly, del rock e della musica pop in ogni dove trasformandosi poi in oggetti di collezione. Ma. Ma non è del tutto vero: c’è stato un tempo in cui anche la musica classica finiva…
Outsider: A new intelligent and artistical musical journey by Cinzia Milani on #neuguitars #blog
Outsider: A new intelligent and artistical musical journey by Cinzia Milani In 1987 the essayist, musicologist and colonial subject expert Edward W.Said wrote this brilliant essay entitled “Music and feminism” which began in this way: “It is an interesting fact about feminism, and about the place of music in contemporary culture, that very little has…
Outsider: L’intelligenza (artistica e non solo) e il percorso musicale di Cinzia Milani su #neuguitars #blog
Outsider: L’intelligenza (artistica e non solo) e il percorso musicale di Cinzia Milani Nel 1987 il saggista, musicologo e esperto di tematiche coloniale Edward W.Said scrisse questo brillante saggio intitolato “Musica e femminismo”1 che iniziava in questo modo: “È un indizio interessante, per quanto riguarda le vicende del femminismo ma anche per quanto riguarda il…
John Zorn: possible examples of “late style” on #neuguitars #blog
No sense of harmony, no sense of time Don’t mention harmony, say “What is it? What is it? What is it?” Give a little shock, and he raises his hand Somebody shouts out, says “What is it? What is it? What is it?” Talking Heads, Blind Is it possible to find in John Zorn examples…
John Zorn: possibili esempi di stile tardo su #neuguitars #blog
John Zorn: possibili esempi di stile tardo No sense of harmony, no sense of time Don’t mention harmony, say “What is it? What is it? What is it?” Give a little shock, and he raises his hand Somebody shouts out, says “What is it? What is it? What is it?” Talking Heads, Blind E’ possibile…
“Materiale Resistente 1945-1995” and “Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018”. It’s time for a new Resistance on #neuguitars #blog
“Materiale Resistente 1945-1995” and “Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018”. It’s time for a new Resistance The times are back. The times are the same. Two records. These are records for these times. In April 1995, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the liberation of Italy from fascism, the Consorzio Produttori Indipendenti, one of the…
“Materiale resistente 1945-1995” e “Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018”. E’ tempo di nuova Resistenza su #neuguitars #blog
“Materiale resistente 1945-1995” e “Songs Of Resistance 1942-2018”. E’ tempo di nuova Resistenza I tempi tornano. I tempi sono gli stessi. Questi sono dischi per questi tempi. Due dischi per la precisione. Nel aprile del 1995, in occasione del cinquantesimo anniversario della liberazione d’Italia dal fascismo, il Consorzio Produttori Indipendenti, una delle migliori realtà mai…
Long live Radiohead (and also Paolo Angeli) on #neuguitars #blog
Long live Radiohead (and also Paolo Angeli) At the end of 2018 Paolo Angeli realized his last record 22.22 Free Radiohead and I found myself facing a problem: how to adequately review this disc having only a brief knowledge of this group? I admit. When Radiohead raged in the late 90s and early 2000s, my…
Lunga vita ai Radiohead (e anche a Paolo Angeli) su #neuguitars #blog
Lunga vita ai Radiohead (e anche a Paolo Angeli) Quando alla fine del 2018 Paolo Angeli ha realizzato il suo ultimo disco 22.22 Free Radiohead mi sono trovato di fronte a un problema, come recensire adeguatamente questo disco avendo solo una conoscenza sommaria di questo gruppo? Lo ammetto. Quando i Radiohead furoreggiavano alla fine degli…
The clarinet and the guitar in contemporary music on #neuguitars #blog
It may seem strange, but both in the field of classical and contemporary music there is a void regarding the repertoire for classical guitar and clarinet duo. A void that has been partially filled by three CDs entirely dedicated to this particular formation. I note with a little bit of pride as these three CDs…
Il clarinetto e la chitarra nella musica contemporanea su #neuguitars #blog
Può sembrare strano ma sia nell’ambito della musica classica che in quella contemporanea si registra un vuoto per quanto riguarda il repertorio per duo chitarra classica e clarinetto. Un vuoto che è stato parzialmente colmato da tre cd interamente dedicati a questa formazione particolare. Faccio notare con un certo orgoglio che si tratta di tre…
Fennesz: PLAYS and Agora, more than twenty years of experimental music on #neuguitars #blog
Fennesz: PLAYS and Agora, more than twenty years of experimental music http://www.fennesz.com/ https://fenneszreleases.bandcamp.com/track/umbrella https://touch33.net/catalogue/to115-fennesz-agora.html The new record release, new after a prolonged silence of almost 5 years from the previous cd “Bécs”, made in 2014, by Austrian guitarist Christian Fennesz aroused in me the desire to make a sort of time travel, returning to those…
Fennesz: PLAYS e Agora, più di vent’anni di musiche e di ricerca su #neuguitars #blog
Fennesz: PLAYS e Agora, più di vent’anni di musiche e di ricerca http://www.fennesz.com/ https://fenneszreleases.bandcamp.com/track/umbrella https://touch33.net/catalogue/to115-fennesz-agora.html La nuova uscita discografica, nuova dopo un silenzio prolungato di quasi 5 anni dal precedente “Bécs” del 2014, del chitarrista austriaco Christian Fennesz ha suscitato in me il desiderio di fare una sorta di salto temporale, tornando a quei momenti…
A journey through the guitar’s music of Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924-2012) on #neuguitars #blog
A journey through the guitar’s music of Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924-2012) “Since the modernist movement in music was accepted earlier and more decisively in Sweden than in Denmark, Borup-Jørgensen’s enduring ties with Sweden where he grew up may partly explain the persistent modernist aspects of his work. He was one of the few Danish composers to…
Un viaggio attraverso la chitarra di Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924-2012) su #neuguitars #blog
Un viaggio attraverso la chitarra di Axel Borup-Jørgensen (1924-2012) “Since the modernist movement in music was accepted earlier and more decisively in Sweden than in Denmark, Borup-Jørgensen’s enduring ties with Sweden where he grew up may partly explain the persistent modernist aspects of his work. He was one of the few Danish composers to attend…
Mark Wingfield: Tales From The Dreaming City, The Stone House and Lighthouse on #neuguitars #blog
Mark Wingfield: Tales From The Dreaming City, The Stone House and Lighthouse http://www.markwingfield.com/ http://moonjune.com/catalogue.html https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-dreaming-city-hd https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/lighthouse-hd https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/the-stone-house-hd British guitarist Mark Wingfield seems to be a perfect synthesis of what a contemporary rock guitarist can be understood today. His music, his own musical vision are the result of a training course that moves between rock, jazz…
Mark Wingfield: Tales From The Dreaming City, The Stone House e Lighthouse su #neuguitars #blog
Mark Wingfield: Tales From The Dreaming City, The Stone House e Lighthouse http://www.markwingfield.com/ http://moonjune.com/catalogue.html https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/tales-from-the-dreaming-city-hd https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/lighthouse-hd https://markwingfield-moonjune.bandcamp.com/album/the-stone-house-hd Il chitarrista britannico Mark Wingfield sembra essere una perfetta sintesi di ciò che si può intendere per un chitarrista rock contemporaneo. La sua musica, la sua stessa visione musicale sono il frutto di un percorso di formazione che…
