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RE: EISLERMATERIAL: Heiner Goebbels (2002 - ECM)
by Ben Axelrad 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Thanks for the review, Steve. The ECM website mentions that this was written in response to the murder of a Palestianian father & son in Gaza. Was this evident from either the music (I'm assuming not, since the vocals are wordless?) or performance? Has Monk been politically active or vocal in the past, or is she operating from a more general humanist basis? Thanks, Ben >From: "Steve Smith" <ssmith36(a)sprynet.com> >Reply-To: <ssmith36(a)sprynet.com> >To: "'Ben Axelrad'" ><soulfrieda(a)hotmail.com>,<zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Subject: RE: EISLERMATERIAL: Heiner Goebbels (2002 - ECM) >Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:37:05 -0500 > >'Mercy' is beautiful. I saw it performed on Friday night. There was a nice >review in the New York Times on Monday, which you can still read for free >on >the website. But as always with Meredith Monk, I'd have a really hard time >telling you much that would distinguish this project/album from all the >others (except for 'Atlas,' which follows a more straightforward >narrative), >unless you saw it. Oh, except that John Hollenbeck did his own percussion >arrangements and is *all over* this show. > >Haven't received the Lachenmann yet, nor the Goebbels, for that matter. > >Steve Smith >ssmith36(a)sprynet.com >NP - Swans, "Feel Happiness," 'Swans Are Dead' (Young God) > >-----Original Message----- >From: zorn-list-admin(a)mailman.xmission.com >[mailto:zorn-list-admin@mailman.xmission.com]On Behalf Of Ben Axelrad >Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 7:07 PM > >If I can piggyback on this one, has anyone heard these other new ECM >releases: > >Meredith Monk - Mercy >Helmut Lachenmann - Schaunkungen am Rand (sp?) _________________________________________________________________ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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meredith monk
by mwisckol＠ocregister.com 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

in response to the inquiry, here are my initial thoughts: Meredith Monk, ``mercy'' (ECM) -- For the past 35 years, Monk has been exploring alternative vocal techniques and developing a corollary music. Her innovations have helped shaped the distinctive singing of Kate Bush, Laurie Anderson and Björk, whose current concert set includes Monk's ``Gotham Lullaby.'' At this point, Monk's broad palette of sighs, nasalizations and throat singing benefit from the novelty having worn off a bit, allowing the listener to bask more easily in the wonder of the music itself. Her first album since 1997's intimate ``Volcano Songs,'' ``mercy'' returns to the more richly layered ensemble approach of several earlier outings. A seven-voice choir, keyboards, violin and clarinets variously congregate for some of the most concise and potent displays yet of Monk's ritualistic vision. Her trademark repetition and metamorphosis of short motifs run throughout, with the occasional piano lines lending a wind-up music- box effect. Cries emerge here and there, as if for help -- on ``doctor/patient,'' the word ``help'' is in fact repeated. Yet the haunting textures are braided with a whimsy that contributes to charmingly ambiguous moods and emotions. Grade: A- (Martin Wisckol/The Register)

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Ruins
by Thierry Raguin 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Has anyone bought the latest Ruins album on Ipecac: Tzomborgha? Any thoughts on this? Thx. - TR

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Relaxing Music
by Zachary Steiner 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Any good, interesting recommendations for music to listen to when you are under stress? Thanks. Zach

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Re: Chung's Messiaen
by Crowmeat Bob 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

the recording of 'Des Canyons aux Etoiles' I have was conducted by Salonen with Paul Crossley on piano. According to the liner notes, it's one of his major orchestral works of allegorical christian mysticism. It features the sort of becomings-avian that characterize much of Messiaen's piano work. There are extended solo sections for the piano and to a lesser extent the horn and percussion soloists. Parts of the full orchestra sections are a little bombastic, but not to the point of self-parody. It doesn't seem to me to have anything quite like the intensely distorted rhythmic passages of Turangalila, but it's full of really nice passages that only Messaien could have produced, particulary with some of the tuned percussion and piano sections. The bonus on the 2-CD set that I have (CBS Masterworks) is that it includes two other, smaller, but at least as good (and probably better), works: Oiseaux Exotiques (1956) and Couleurs de la Cite Celeste (1963) It's definitely worth a listen to get your own take on it. and there are no doubt Messiaen scholars greater than I who recognize subtler values in the piece. --crawtome bob pence >From: thesubtlebody <thesubtlebody(a)yahoo.com> >To: zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Re: Chung's Messiaen >Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:18:49 -0800 (PST) > >While there's discussion of Messiaen, has anyone heard >"Des Canyons Aux Etoiles", particularly the recording >just (re)issued by Montaigne? I'm curious if this is >a remarkable composition among Messiaen's others. >I've never heard much about it. > >-----s > >np: Sofia Gubaidulina, "Viola Concert" (D-G, 20/21) > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > >_______________________________________________ >zorn-list mailing list >zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com >To UNSUBSCRIBE or Change Your Subscription Options, go to the webpage below >http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/zorn-list _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

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relaxing indeed....
by tyrone d.c.washington 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

as someone pointed out, you can do this 2 ways: something nice: phill niblock - touch works for hurdy gurdy brian eno - shutov assembly or disc 3 of the instrumental box set any minimal jamaican dub like king tubby, scientist etc. john fahey - any takoma album really (niceness never stops so something un-nice to blow the steam....it works too.) black flag - first four years minor threat - first 2 ep's discordance axis - anything the locust - anything (and since this is a Zorn-list:) Naked City - Torture garden. NOTHING CAN TOP GOOD OL' HARDCORE!! go figure. -brother tyrone- ------------------------------------------------- Get your free @Elvis e-mail account at Elvis.com! http://www.elvis.com

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Re: Relaxing Music
by TagYrIt＠aol.com 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

I was thinking the ambient/electronic side of Discreet Music too actually. Dale. In a message dated 12/10/2002 11:55:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, ssmith36(a)sprynet.com writes: > Subj: RE: Relaxing Music > Date: 12/10/2002 11:55:43 PM Eastern Standard Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:ssmith36@sprynet.com">ssmith36(a)sprynet.com</A> > To: <A HREF="mailto:zorn-list@mailman.xmission.com">zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com</A> > Sent from the Internet > > > > My choices are usually Brian Eno's 'Music for Airports' or Chitti Babu's > 'Art of the Veena, Vol. 2.' >

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Re: Relaxing Music
by pm.carey＠utoronto.ca 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

* Zachary Steiner wrote: >Any good, interesting recommendations for music >to listen to when you are under stress? Too many to list, but when you don't want to fight stress with stress... Hildegard von Bingen - "Heavenly Revelations" (Naxos) Erik Satie - "Early Piano Works" 2CD (Philips) Cocteau Twins - "Victorialand" João Gilberto - "Aguas de Março (1972)" Nara Leão - "Dez Anos Depois" Keren Ann - "La Disparition" Françoise Hardy - "Ma jeunesse.." ou "La Question" Vangelis - "Blade Runner OST" Lots of goodies on ECM... -Patrick NP: Soledad Bros. - "Steal Your Soul..."

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re: Merzbow recommendations
by pm.carey＠utoronto.ca 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

* "Bruno Bissonnette" <burningwater(a)hotmail.com>: >Definitely get "Rainbow Electronics" on Alchemy, it's the tops. Agreed. Also "Pulse Demon" (Relapse), great 80's stuff like "Antimonument", "Ecobondage" & "Batztoutai...", and the lovely "Music For Bondage Performance" discs (1 & 2) on Extreme. >Also absolutely necessary is "Noisembryo", the label is Eskimo I think. That's "Releasing Eskimo" out of Sweden. A good one, although I never kept it when I cut my Merz collection down from some 50 items to 10 or so... -Patrick NP: Soledad Bros. - "Steal Your Soul..."

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RE: Relaxing Music
by Andy Marks 11 Dec '02

11 Dec '02

Brian Eno - Music for Airports Robert Rich - Trances/Drones -----Original Message----- From: Zachary Steiner [mailto:zsteiner@butler.edu] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 5:01 PM To: zorn-list(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Relaxing Music Any good, interesting recommendations for music to listen to when you are under stress? Thanks. Zach

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