Wednesday, October 29, 2008






































Bluetooth works like this?



The Nurse With Wound List by tukid20
  • All-7-70
  • Alternative TV
  • Alvaro
  • Ame Son
  • AMM Music
  • Amon Duul
  • Amon Duul II
  • Anima
  • Annexus Quam
  • Arbete Och Fritid
  • Arcane V
  • Archaia
  • Archimedes Badkar
  • Area
  • Gilbert Artman
  • Art Bears
  • Art Zoyd III
  • Arzachel
  • Robert Ashley
  • Ash Ra Tempel
  • Association PC
  • Il Balletto Di Bronzo
  • Banten
  • Franco Battiato
  • Han Bennink
  • Jacques Berrocal
  • Biglietto Per L'inferno
  • Birge Gorge Shiroc
  • Blue Sun
  • Raymond Boni
  • Don Bradshaw Leather
  • Brainstorm
  • Brainticket
  • Brast Burn
  • Brave New World
  • Anton Bruhin
  • Bruhwarm Theatre
  • Franz De Byl
  • John Cage
  • Can
  • Captain Beefheart
  • Chamberpot
  • Checkpoint Charlie
  • Chene Noir
  • Chillum
  • Chrome
  • Cohelmec Ensemble
  • Jean Cohen-Solal
  • Collegium Musicum
  • Roberto Colombo
  • Companyia Electrica Dharma
  • Comus
  • Cornucopia
  • Creative Rock
  • Cromagnon
  • David Cunningham
  • Dadazuzu
  • Wolfgang Dauner
  • Debris
  • Decayes
  • Dedalus
  • Dharma Quintet
  • Dies Irae
  • Doodooettes
  • Philippe Doray
  • Jean Dubuffet
  • Dzyan
  • Eiliff
  • Emtidi
  • Eroc
  • Etron Fou LeLoublan
  • Exmagma
  • Patrizio Fariselli
  • Faust
  • Luc Ferrari
  • Fille Qui Mousse
  • Floh De Cologne
  • Food Brain
  • Walter Franco
  • Friendsound
  • Fred Frith
  • Gash
  • Ron Geesin
  • Gila
  • God in Disguise
  • Gomorrha
  • Gong
  • John Greaves and Peter Blegvad
  • Fernando Grillo
  • Grobschnitt
  • Group 1850
  • Jean Guerin
  • Friedrich Gulda
  • Guru Guru
  • Hairy Chapter
  • Hampton Grease Band
  • Henry Cow
  • Heratius
  • Hero
  • Hugh Hopper
  • Horde Catalytque Pour La Fin
  • Ibliss
  • L'infonie
  • International Harvester
  • Iskra Island
  • Jan Dukes De Grey
  • King Crimson
  • Basil Kirchin
  • Kluster
  • Frank Kolges
  • Kollektiv Rote Rube
  • Komintern
  • Kraftwerk
  • Krokodil
  • Steve Lacy
  • Lard Free
  • Le Forte Four
  • Lily
  • Limbus 3 and 4
  • Bernard Lubat
  • Alvin Lucier
  • Magma
  • Colette Magny
  • Mahjun
  • Mahogany Brain
  • Malfatti and Wittwer
  • Michael Mantler
  • Albert Marcoeur
  • Maschine No. 9
  • Mate and Vallancien
  • Costin Miereanu
  • Min Bul
  • Modry Efekt
  • Anthony Moore
  • Mothers of Invention
  • Moving Gelatine Plates
  • Fritz Muller
  • Thierry Muller
  • Musica Elettronica Viva
  • Music Improvisation Company
  • Mythos
  • Napoli Centrale
  • Neu!
  • Nico
  • Night Sun
  • Nine Days Wonder
  • Nosferatu
  • Nu Creative Methods
  • Oktober
  • Yoko Ono
  • Operation Rhino
  • Opus Avantra
  • Out of Focus
  • Ovary Lodge
  • Tony Oxley
  • Parker and Lytton
  • Pataphonie
  • Pauvros and Bizien
  • Pere Ubu
  • Pierrot Lunaire
  • Plastic Ono Band
  • Plastic People of the Universe
  • Pole
  • Pop Group
  • Michel Portal
  • Red Crayola
  • Red Noise
  • Reform Art Unit
  • Steve Reich
  • Achim Reichel
  • Residents
  • Catherine Ribeiro and Alpes
  • Terry Riley
  • Rocky's Filj
  • Ron Pates Debonairs
  • Roth Ruhm and Wiener
  • Ray Russell
  • Terje Rypdal
  • Martin Saint Pierre
  • Samla Mammas Manna
  • Gunter Schickert
  • Second Hand
  • Secret Oyster
  • Seesselberg
  • Semool
  • Sonny Sharrock
  • Silberbart
  • Siloah
  • Soft Machine
  • Sperm
  • Sphinx Tush
  • Karlheinz Stockhausen
  • Stooges
  • Demetrio Stratos
  • Supersister
  • Tamia
  • Tangerine Dream
  • Technical Space Composers Crew
  • Mama Bea Tekielski
  • Third Ear Band
  • Thirsty Moon
  • This Heat
  • Jacques Thollot
  • Thrice Mice
  • Throbbing Gristle
  • Paolo Tofani
  • Tomorrow's Gift
  • Ton Steine Scherben
  • Trans Museq
  • Uli Trepte
  • Twenty Sixty Six and Then
  • Univers Zero
  • Christian Vander
  • Velvet Underground
  • Verto
  • Patrick Vian
  • Michel Waisvisz
  • Igor Wakhevitch
  • Trevor Wishart
  • Woorden
  • Robert Wyatt
  • Xhol Caravan
  • Xhol
  • La Monte Young
  • Frank Zappa
  • Zweistein
  • Znr
  • Agitation Free
  • Pekka Airaksinen
  • Airway
  • Albrecht D
  • Alcrataz
  • Algarnas Tradgard
  • Anal Magic and Reverend Dwight Frizzel
  • Aqsak Maboul
  • Steve Beresford
  • Philippe Besombes
  • Cabaret Voltaire
  • Henri Chopin
  • Crass
  • Come
  • Deep Freeze Mice
  • Der Plan Deutsch-Amerikanischen Freundschaft
  • Dome
  • Cupol
  • Roger Doyle
  • Family Fodder
  • Flying Lizards
  • Free Agents
  • Jef Gilson
  • Glaxo Babies
  • Good Missionaries
  • Grand Magic Circus
  • Ragnar Grippe
  • Pierre Henry
  • Juan Hidalgo
  • Horrific Child
  • Martin Davorin Jagodic
  • Osamu Kitajima
  • Lemon Kittens
  • Magical Power Mako
  • Mama Dada 1919
  • Mars
  • Mnemonists
  • Moolah
  • Negativland
  • New Phonic Art
  • Nihilist Spasm Band
  • Orchid Spangiafora
  • Poison Girls
  • Public Image Ltd.
  • Bomis Prendin
  • Boyd Rice
  • Claudio Rocchi
  • Smegma
  • Sally Smmit
  • Snatch
  • Taj Mahal Travellers
  • Ghedalia Tazartes
  • Tokyo Kid Brothers
  • Tolerance
  • L. Voag
  • Lawrence Weiner
  • James White and the Contortions
  • Whitehouse
  • Wired
  • Iannis Xenakis
  • Ya Ho Wha 13






































Rainbows All Over Your Blues


Think of John Sebastian @ Woodstock & smile!



































Curves in the Air



Like Shinsuke Nakamura






































Somewhere Over the Rainbow



The weather may be a little freaky of late but it can be very pretty!

Monday, October 27, 2008



















































Part 7 of a 2-Part Trilogy: Favourite album titles of all time

Kasai Allstars – In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned into a Swimming Fish & he Ate the Head of his Enemy by Magic (Crammed).

This album was made in Kinshasa, Congo.






























Black Windmill


Do you sometimes feel short-changed by soundtracks?

I spent a few uneventful days crawling about in my loftspace trying to find that elusive Roy Budd masterwork. I was hoping to use the choral intro for a compilation cd. I had watched the movie recently & this sparked the quest.

I was so disappointed to discover it was not on the cd perhaps for copyright reasons.

I will have to search elsewhere.








































Nacho McNovo


If nacho realises his dream & plays for his adopted country, I for one will stop signing that anthem from the terraces.












































Daylight Saving Time

As the clocks go back, I wonder how pcs can make sense of this process, when I cannot get the purpose behind this nonsense!

Thursday, October 23, 2008















































Part 5 in a 4 Part Trilogy: Favourite Album Titles of All Time



Perhaps you are feeling a little down due to missing Jackie Leven & instead you chose to watch the Buoys Vs Men?

Wayne Rooney & Christian Ronaldo were outstanding, the latter is so obviously talented, but the former for me showed such power, turn of speed & agility, I was stunned with his performance.


Back to those 2 album titles by 1-Speed Bike.

  • Droopy Butt Begone
  • Someone told me Life Gets Easier in Your 50s

I nearly feel off my lifesize statue of Henrik Larsson

Sunday, October 19, 2008





































Old Wheaties

The main benefit of download culture, & I wish to emphasise, the cultural aspect, is that you get to hear items that you would not buy due to lack of info/funds…etc….

This means that sometimes you come across an artist or cd that totally takes you by surprise & blows your socks off!

This morning for me it is: Wheaty Mattiasch – Old Wheaties (there is an album called New Wheaties).

Old Style Real Music. Where does it sit? Alt. Country, Alt. Folk, Freak Folk, Acid Folk?

It is just so good. Remember the first time you heard Pearls Before Swine or the Holy Modal Rounders, back in 69, man.





































Procrastination is the Mother of All Indecisiveness

Spoilt for choice 7 a.m. Sunday, still dark & wet outside.

What cd could lift my spirits & help me wash down that essential bowl of java.

Therein lies the problem. Should it be something dreamy & background like Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro or Goldfrapp’s ‘Felt remixes’ or something uplifting & funky like Barry Adamson’s ‘Murky World of’ or perhaps an item more demanding like the compilation ‘The Garden is Full of Forking Paths’.

On the latter title, it was pointed out that this is a book title, but I am unsure as to whether the colleague was referring to a recent book of modern short experimental stories or the J.L. Borges original.

The correct decision on the choice of music is crucial for setting my mood right for the day, so I decided on the ‘Felt remixes, but this only causes anxiety as I want to listen to the basic album now.

One of the tracks is a remix by either the king of the tango: Astor Piazzola or the Gotan Project, now I am off on another tangent.

Another task for another day. It is a wonder I finally get out of the house.

Saturday, October 18, 2008


Sometimes There is No Need for Words



































Observations from Orbit, Part 9



Although they are often tagged with the label 'psychedelia' I would suggest a re-think is required here. The japanese band Ghost, I would say are closer to Can or Faust.

On another of those 'must listen' trips Ghost are getting their much - deserved, time on my current playlist.


Ok maybe we describe them with both tags: psychedelia & krautrock although I believe they will appeal to both sets of avid listeners.









































Observations from Orbit, part 322


On a recent visit to St Machan's Graveyard in the Campsies, I was struck by the large skull & crossbones marker at the entrance.

It has nothing to do with pirates or johnnie depp or even keith richards, but this symbol is often found on Scottish graves, but this is the first time I have seen it prominently displayed at the graveyard gate.


Trying to source the reason why opens more doors than it closes. The Freemasons & Knights Templar are masters of disinformation.

The most innocent theory would suggest it was just an anti papist signal in place of angels & saints.















Marches


For anyone who really knows me, it would come as no surprise, that I would be listening to Lawrence Abu Hamdan’s Marches e.p. at 8 a.m. on a Saturday.




This is 18 minutes (2 tracks) from an artwork involving a sound piece of ? people marching, although it sounds more like walking fast. I am reminded of flamenco beats.




For me I was disappointed that there was not more sounds elsewhere leaking into the piece, but there you go you can’t have everything!

This album will find a place beside some of the rather obscure cds in my collection e.g. like ‘Dog Pound, Found Sound’ that amazing double cd of dogs barking non-stop. I would recommend playing this on constant repeat, if you are going on holiday & you don’t want the neighbours to raid your fridge.




Perhaps this might be a regular update on this blog ‘obscure objects of delight’….i am sure I have other cds in the same vein as the 2 mentioned above. I will sleep on this.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

















































Power to the People Right Now

Great 'Wire' article this month that illustrates how download culture has put the music back into the hands of the people & cut the profits of the multinational corporations.

Perhaps this will mean there will be less money around for weapons of mass destruction, less toxins & poisons & more love.

Maybe I am stretching the bounds of niaivity too far?
















































Get Jewels on Your Antlers



I just realised that the outstanding Jewelled Antler Collection of 3" cds has been released in a 4 cd pack.

Not everyone's cup of red bush, I suppose, but it is hot stuff around this house.

It includes: The Ivy tree, Hala Strana, Uton & Kemilliset Ystavat (always fond of Finnish freakery!), Thuja, Fursaxa.

No
2 tracks
sound the same, no 2 bands sound the same or even sane. Miss at your peril.




































Fridge Magnet

My next door neighbour keeps emptying my fridge.

The Happy Highlanders are half way up (or should that be half way down?) Mount Balde @ Lake Garda & I am losing so much free time working on assessments for my ITALL Literacies course.

George Burley is quite rightly kicking ass & my neighbour keeps ram raiding my fridge.

Yesterday everything was halfed...e.g. cheery pie & an exceptionally succulent Pineapple.

Could someone please tell me what's going on?