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The Magnetic Garden: Mandalas - Mandalas (Self-released, 2013)
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013. Mandalas - Mandalas (Self-released, 2013). Hello friends. While you're awaiting my next post, I thought I would share with you another of my personal projects. Mandalas. Is an album my girlfriend and I recorded in 2009. All of our recordings were dangerously close to being lost on the same defunct laptop that held the tracks that would become my other album, Discoveries In A Brief Moment Of Clarity. Or for free at our bandcamp page. March 30, 2014 at 3:46 AM.
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The Magnetic Garden: Stomu Yamash'ta: Henze/Takemitsu/Davies - Prison Song/Seasons/Turris Campanarum Sonantium (Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre, 1972
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Friday, October 4, 2013. Stomu Yamash'ta: Henze/Takemitsu/Davies - Prison Song/Seasons/Turris Campanarum Sonantium (Éditions de l'Oiseau-Lyre, 1972. He is heard on this album performing Hans Werner Henze's Prison Song. And Peter Maxwell Davies' Turris Campanarum Sonantium. Henze wrote Prison Song. One for four performers and one for a solo performer. The instruments heard here were crafted by gifted instrument sculptors Francois and Bernard Baschet. All are made of metal save for the "trombone". Yes, a w...
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The Magnetic Garden: October 2012
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Friday, October 26, 2012. Joan La Barbara - Reluctant Gypsy (Wizard, 1980). Joan La Barbara is an American composer whose career has been devoted to exploring the human voice as a compositional tool. She is married to legendary electronic music composer Morton Subotnick. With whom she has worked alongside since the late '70s. She has also worked with other influential composers such as Phillip Glass, Robert Ashley, John Cage and Morton Feldman. Friday, October 5, 2012. Orchestra and dancers, but it is he...
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The Magnetic Garden: January 2013
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013. I have to apologize for my slow output over the past couple months. My vinyl transferring set up has had to undergo a few changes and it may be a while yet before it's back in order. I'm in the process of refurbishing a Philips GA 212; see photo. It's a fine turntable with a very clean sound and I anticipate an increase in the sound quality of my transfers. I recorded Discoveries In A Brief Moment of Clarity. And visit my bandcamp here. Tuesday, January 15, 2013. Explore stri...
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The Magnetic Garden: September 2012
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Sunday, September 16, 2012. Jacques Diennet - Mante (hat ART, 1987). Jacques Diennet is a French electronic music composer and is often considered France's pioneer of "live" digital music. He became acquainted with digital composition in the late 70's while visiting the US where he worked alongside Robert Ashley and Jon Appleton, the latter of whom introduced him to the Synclavier. Diennet can be heard playing a Synclavier II on the three compositions that make up Mante,. Wednesday, September 5, 2012.
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The Magnetic Garden: August 2012
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Monday, August 13, 2012. Musique Concrète (Candide, 196? Pierre Schaeffer helped form Studio d'Essai. De la Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française. In France during World War II. Initially serving the French Resistance, Studio d'Essai became a hub for musical development centered around implementing electronic devices in compositions. It was from this group that musique concrète. Was developed. A type of electroacoustic music. Saturday, August 11, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Selections from my persona...
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The Magnetic Garden: July 2012
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012. Bill Fontana - Landscape Sculptures With Foghorns (KQED-FM, 1982). The scope of this early piece from sound sculpture artist Bill Fontana is to create an audible map of the San Francisco Bay area. Listeners are able to hear various locations simultaneously, delayed by the distances the sound has to travel. Here is an explanation of the process, taken from the back cover-. Different from accustomed field recordings, Landscape Sculptures. John Surman - Westering Home (Island, 1972).
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The Magnetic Garden: February 2013
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Wednesday, February 27, 2013. Michael Galasso - Scenes (ECM, 1983). The late violin virtuoso Michael Galasso, born 1949 Louisiana, began studying music at the age of three and gave his first solo performance by the age of eleven. He began his career as a composer in the early '70s writing scores for some of Robert Wilson's plays. Scenes. Wednesday, February 20, 2013. Dariush Dolat-Shahi - Electronic Music, Tar and Sehtar (Folkways, 1985). And recorded Electronic Music, Tar and Sehtar. Born 1947 in Sendai...
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The Magnetic Garden: François and Bernard Baschet – Structures For Sound (Boîte à Musique, 1965)
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Monday, June 3, 2013. François and Bernard Baschet – Structures For Sound (Boîte à Musique, 1965). July 7, 2013 at 3:22 AM. These were played by the composers and the instrument builders on The Ed Sullivan Show, about the time of this LP release. August 12, 2013 at 10:17 AM. April 14, 2014 at 11:46 AM. Dont know if this blog is still live, but just wanted to say thanks for this. October 9, 2016 at 2:21 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Selections from my personal record collection.
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The Magnetic Garden: December 2012
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Friday, December 21, 2012. Hector Zazou - Geographies (Crammed Discs, 1984). Although the fifth title in Crammed Discs' Made To Measure series, G. Was the first full length LP to be released by the late French Algerian compser Hector Zazou. Zazou first gained recognition as part of the minimal synth duo ZNR , whose releases date back to the mid '70s. Until his untimely death in 2008, he led a pro lific car eer composing his own material and. Collaborating with and producing other artists. Where he talks ...