The "classical" music you buy from Boomkat (2010): a thread to discuss Sylvain Chauveau, Johann Johannsson, Peter Broderick, Olafur Arnalds and others

Some new Richard Skelton oddities:

http://www.corbelstonepress.com/support.htm

New Nils Frahm:

http://soundcloud.com/erasedtapes/sets/nils-frahm-screws

Michael Tanner on his new album:

The Cloisters, Michael reveals, was conceived during a time of deep personal dissatisfaction with the drone/ambient/classical minimalist ‘scene’ – one seemingly populated by “the same 30 blokes, making the same music in Ableton [loop-based music software], more often than not sporting the same beard. It was made under an awareness that I was lumped in with them, and internalising if/how I was really so different. It became an attempt to see if I could retain the style of music I’ve been making for 12 years now, but still try and get out of the box, so to speak.”

Never really thought about the process behind making this music and/or Ableton. Can we name the 30 blokes?

There's another Skelton album, too, by the way.

More importantly can we name the beard?

Haven't managed to work out who any of these bearded people might be.

This sounds nice ...

http://www.gogoyoko.com/album/Stafnbui

Some new-old Richard Skelton:

http://www.corbelstonepress.com/archival-riftmusic2.htm

Weird. Would have had Skelton down as popular on here.

I think he is? But I don't ever hear his stuff when it comes out - by a long-standing arrangement, my wife buys it and keeps it until my birthday/Christmas. So probably I'll have something to say about it in January!

I really like the new Olafur Arnalds album, but it is very straightforward in a way that a lot of the stuff in this thread (at least, the stuff I am familiar with) doesn't seem to be.

Any thoughts on the new Nils Frahm?

http://www.clashmusic.com/videos/nils-frahm-toilet-brushes

Must admit I prefer him when he is just tapping away at the keys than we he is doing anything more than this.

"when" not "we"

ha, i was blown away listening to 'says' the other day and checked out some other pieces...i love the more percussive, effected-out, synth-heavy pieces a lot, but the piano-only ones i heard don't hit me as hard.

Says is awesome, really into the rest of the album too. Great bedtime listening.

I swear, I have never heard of Nils Frahm, and suddenly he is EVERYWHERE this week. Will have to investigate further.
I am enjoying Toilet Brushes!

How was the Olafur Arnalds album?

* I think he is? But I don't ever hear his stuff when it comes out - by a long-standing arrangement, my wife buys it and keeps it until my birthday/Christmas. So probably I'll have something to say about it in January!

― toby, Monday, June 3, 2013 5:49 AM (6 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink*

How was Xmas, toby?

I think it's been saved for my birthday (next week)...

Happy Birthday toby ...

^ I hope she didn't renege on the arrangement ...

New Jacaszek album ... can't figure out how to order a copy from Poland, mind.

http://www.nck.pl/artykuly/101279-piesni.html

http://pitchfork.com/advance/321-mccanick/

^ New Johann Johannsson

Right then ... I've got a £20 voucher to spend at Boomkat. Half might go on a Jacaszek re-issue. The rest?

Do you already have the latest Olafur Arnalds disc? That one particularly resonated with me. His seasoning of the album with the occasional song works really well.

http://sonicpieces.bigcartel.com/product/otto-a-totland-pino-2nd-edition-ltd-cd

^ This is very nice, by the way.

Loving this and the album it comes from:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLpEb8TbyRI

This album has been knocking me out today - Hildur Gudnadottir: Saman, released a couple of weeks ago.

http://youtu.be/joDTBhYmITE

Need more of this type of thing...

Anything good/recent?

No?

There's a new ep just released by Lucy Claire. It's only two tracks and three remixes but it's kinda great overall. Wish she'd make a full album soon.

lucyclaire.bandcamp.com/album/collaborations-no-1

Did anyone get into Lubomyr Melnyk's Corollaries?

Well I have now...thanks.

and this too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYn7WpgLg48

I'd only heard James Blackshaw before via the Brethren of the Free Spirit albums which I liked also.

From last year, but I've really been enjoying Christina Vantzou's No. 2 lately. Goes well with the recent weather - chill breezes blowing through the over-ripe vegetation of late summer, the cold hand of death poised to pull a grey veil across a weakening sun, that sort of cheery thing

I've been listening to the Vantzou too. That and her first album, also great.

Wasn't tempted by "Corollaries" when it first came out - played clips on Youtube and dismissed it as "novelty" - but heard again recently and it suddenly sounded impressive. Prompted me to pluck a Charlemagne Palestine album from the shelves but it sounded far too hardcore after a day at work.

Not feeling Vantzou but will give another go.

Augh, apparently I need to check this thread more regularly, just finding out about the Hildur Guðnadóttir album now! (Such is the nature of buying most of my stuff on vinyl and my local no longer carrying CDs...I'm starting to miss some of this stuff when it lands.)

(ps yes I know that it's on vinyl but my local shops don't carry that style o'music on vinyl, generally)

Just found out Gudnottir is playing in LA later this fall, opening for A Winged Victory for the Sullen.

Okay, I've been listening to little else other than William Ryan Fritch lately. His latest solo release, Leave Me Like You Found Me and his upcoming collaboration with Jon Mueller, Death Blues' Ensemble, are both exceptional. Although the latter isn't out until next week, it's streaming on Soundcloud right now.

https://soundcloud.com/holly-lalanne/weird-little-piece-rough

i first heard of WRF via this remix, but he's been popping up a lot lately: https://hushhushrecords.bandcamp.com/track/night-rising-william-ryan-fritch-remix

any suggestions for more pretty, minimal piano music ala Nils Frahm, 'drukqs', etc?

Jacaszek tour:

POLAND
12.09 Gdansk
Jacaszek + Sylwester Luczak (video+lights) feat. Ania Smiszek-Wesolowska (cello)
http://www.nck.org.pl/pl/wydarzenie/2254/koncert-michal-jacaszek-sylwester-luczak

13.09. Zielona Góra
Jacaszek+Trzaska
https://www.facebook.com/events/1450505958570522/

USA TOUR

26.09 PORTLAND at Mississippi Studios
Jacaszek feat. Beth Fleenor (clarinet)performing for a special Ghostly International Showcase presented by Project Pabst.
http://www.mississippistudios.com/event/638875-jacaszek-portland/

27.09 DECIBEL FESTIVAL Seattle, Venue: The Triple Door
Jacaszek feat. Beth Fleenor (klarnet, klarnet basowy)
http://dbfestival.com/db2014/optical/5-ghostly-international

30.09 LOS ANGELES „The Golem” live score at Cinefamily, SPECTREFEST
http://www.cinefamily.org/films/spectrefest-2014/#the-golem-w-live-score-by-jacaszek

USA tour supported by Adam Mickiewicz Institute and Gdansk Municipal Office.

Tour managed by SpectreVision

Mind you, I've yet to play the Touch album all the way through ...

Skelton watch: http://www.corbelstonepress.com/nimrod.htm