Thursday, December 30, 2010

[mp3]: Bekkar, "Mix for Imohtep"

Here it is, Bekkar's "Mix for Imhotep" as featured on this week's episode of the Soundscape. Thanks to Bekkar for making it available for free download. If you plan on partying it up on New Year's Eve this is perfect set to listen to that night or even the next day when you are recuperating. Enjoy.


 

1. Autechre - Kalpol Introl
2. Fairmont - Supercluster
3. Z2 - Black Finished Chrome
4. Helmut Wolfgruber, Herbert Gollini - Track 1
5. Andre Kraml - Koerbchen
6. Seph - Log 2
7. Jatoma - Paper Lights
8. Ni - Imugem Orihasam
9. Mastra - Reminded (Pawas mix)
10. DIgitaline - Avalache
11. Seph - Alquimia
12. Oni Ayhun - OAR003-B
13. Speedy J - Symmetry
14. Plaid - Spudink

Tuesday, December 28, 2010

[archive]: The Soundscape 2010 Year in Review Part 2 (12.27.10)

 1) Alva Noto, "Garment (For a Garment)," For 2 (12k)
2) Kurt Vile, "Losing Momentum (for Jim Jarmusch)," Square Shells (Matador)
3) Circuit de Yeux, "Barrel Down," Ode to Fidelity (De Stijl)
4) Ducktails, "Mirror Image," Mirror Image 7" (shdwply)
5) Hype Williams, "Rescue Dawn," Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, and Start Gettin' Reel (De Stijl)
6) Rangers, "Airport Lights," Suburban Tours (Olde English Spelling Bee)
7) LA Vampires & Zola Jesus, "Searching," LA Vampires & Zola Jesus (Not Not Fun)
8) Lord Huron, "Into the Sun," Into the Sun
9) Painted Palms, "All of Us," Canopy
10) James Blake, "CMYK," CMYK EP (R&S)
11) Commix, "Japanese electronics (Instra:mental Moog Remix)," Re:Call to Mind (Metalheadz)
12) Minilogue, "Seconds (Thermalbear ReThink Remix)," Remixed Part 2 (Traum)
13) Chris Svoboda, "Gibson's Meow," Mid-Way Placenta
14) Baths, "lovely Bloodflow," Cerulean (Anticon)
15) Mortiz von Oswald Trio, "Untitled 1," Live in New York (Honest Jon's Records)
16) NDF, "Since We Last Met," (DFA)  
17) Actress, "Hubble," Splazsh (Honest Jon's Records)
18) To Rococo Rot vs Kaito, "Everlasting Forwardness (Traversable Wormhole Mix), Bekkar bootleg
19) High wolf, "The Sheperds 1," Shangri L.A. (Moamoo/Art Union)
20) Astral Social Club, "Free Wheels," Happy Horse (Happy Prince)
21) Ikonika, "Video Delays"
22) Bekkar, Mix for Imhotep

Monday, December 27, 2010

[Preview]: 2010 Year in Review Part 2

Tune in tonight to hear the second part of The Soundscape's 2010 year in review. We'll check out some of the best stuff from the past  year including tracks from Alva Noto, Ducktails, Circuit des Yeux, Rangers, James Blake, Actress, Astral Social Club, and many more.


Ducktails (Photo from undomondo.com)




We'll also have a very special in-studio guest this week when our friend Bekkar stops by. Bekkar will play us some of his favorite stuff from the past year including Commix, NDF, and Ikonika.

Iknoika (Image from Passionweiss.com)
 This year's been a blast and we are looking forward to an even better 2011. But first, we'll be closing out out 2010 right when Bekkar premiers his brand new mix for us, Mix for Imhotep.

Tune in tonight for the first listen to Bekkar's mix of progressive, breaks, and electronica. Then check back with the blog on Wednesday because Bekkar will make available the entire mix for free download. 

Show starts at 8pm. 

Needles

Thursday, December 23, 2010

[video]: How to Dance to Dubstep

This is the funniest fucking thing I have ever seen. Talk about hitting the nail on the head.


 

DBGB's should fly this bird in to appear on dubstep night. They could set it up with the DJ and it could show the dubstep massive what's up. Yeh! Holla!!! Da Dirty Bird is gonna lock it down at DBGB's!!

Tuesday, December 21, 2010

[mp3]: Pat Cain and Jax Deluca, "Water, Wind"

Here is a teaser for tonight's show at The Vault. Check out the link for full info. 

The mp3 comes from a collaboration between Pat Cain and Jax Deluca that was posted to The Soundscape Group. I also played their song "Broken Sails" last night on the show. 

According to Deluca's website, both songs are previews of an upcoming disc based around their collaboration at Alfred's Institute for the Electronic Arts. 

Cain and Deluca will perform tonight as Gut Flora, along with some other folks including Gabe Gutierrez & Steve Baczkowski. Show starts at 9:30 with a suggested $3 donation.
water, wind - Pat Cain & Jax Deluca (IEA Residency at Alfred University, 10/2010)

"These tracks were recorded at the Institute for Electronic Arts at Alfred University, Oct. 17-21, 2010.

Pat and myself had quite an interesting time trying to record these tracks, as we had to do it piece by piece instead of one long shot - the room we recorded in had a couple dismantled pianos - guts exposed - some organs - and a doepfer. You'll notice these as drones in the background of some of these tracks. The metallic loud grating noise is Pat's neat little vibrating device from a baby rocker placed on a metal grid, rigged with a contact mic."

[archive]: 2010 Year in Review Part 1 (12.20.10)

Mark McGuire, "The Vast Strucutre of Recollection," Living with Yourself (Editions Mego)
Marcus Fischer, "Between Narrow and Small," Monocoastal (12k)
Solo Andata, "Carving," Ritual (Desire Path Recordings)
Craig Vear, "Intertidal Pool," Summerhouses (Cluster / Mille Plateaux)
Loscil, "Dub for Cascadia," Endless Falls
Forest Swords, "Visits," Dagger Paths (Olde English Spelling Bee)
Matmos and So Percussion, "Aluminum," Treasure State (Cantaloupe)
Forest Feeling, "Mark Up Not Code," Forest Feeling
Sunburned Hand of the Man, "Now Lift the Outer Finger," A (Ecstatic Peace)
Bob Ohrum, "Every Time I close my eyes" Elevated (Relaxed Machinery)
Zs, "Black Crown Ceremony II: Six Realms," New Slaves (The Social Registry)
Pete Swanson, "U.O.A.," Where I Was (Private Pressing)
Pat Cain and Jax Deluca, "Broken Sails," IEA Residency at Alfred University (Oct. 2010)
Vladee Divac, "TECHNICAL," Technical Foul
Twinsistermoon, "Then Fell the Ashes," Then Fell the Ashes (Blackest Rainbow)
Steve Reich, "I. Fast 8:39 (Performed by Eight Blackbird)," Double Sextet and 2x5 (Nonsuch)
Oneohtrix Point Never, "Returnal," Returnal (Editions Mego)
Stereolab, "Neon Beanbag," (Atlas Sound Remix)," Not Music (Drag City/Duphonic)
Caribou"Kaili," Swin (Merge)
Beta Cloud, "Marsh of Sleep" Lunar Monograph (Laughing Bride Media)
Memoryhouse, "Elena," Choir of Empty Rooms
Keith Fullerton Whitman, "Disingenuity," Disingenuity b/w Disingenuousness (Pan)

Monday, December 20, 2010

[Preview]: 2010 in Review (Part 1)

Tune in tonight to The Soundscape on WTF 94.9 Buffalo Free Radio for the first in a two-part review of 2010. We'll look back and sample some of the great experimental music that came out this year, including Solo Andata, Zs, Steve Reich, Caribou, Oneohtrix Point Never, Loscil, Marcus Fischer, and much more. 

Zs (Photo originally from Brooklyn Vegan)
It was a good year for the Buffalo experimental community as well and we'll also take a look back at some of the great experimental music that came out of Buffalo this year. We'll be spinning tracks from Beta Cloud, Bob Ohrum, and a live take by Jax Deluca and Pat Cain. 

Beta Cloud

Show starts at 8pm. Don't miss it. 

And stay tuned for Part 2 of the  Year in Review next week when we'll continue our look back on 2010. 

We'll also take a look ahead to 2011 with the help of Bekkar, who is planning on stopping by the studio to premiere his new mix or us. I heard a rough draft of it back in November and it was pretty tight, so don't miss it. Perfect soundtrack for New Year's Eve (or the morning after). 

Needles

Future of Music Coalition's Statement on the Passing of the Local Community Radio Act


Legislation paves the way for more Low Power FM stations in American towns and cities

Friday, December 17, 2010

PopMatters' Best Experimental Music of 2010



You can check out my year-end list for PopMatters on 2010's best experimental music. 


List includes a full introduction on the experimental scene in 2010, plus full reviews of the releases chosen.

Needles

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

[mp3]: Featured Soundcape Group Track


This week's featured Soundscape Group track comes from The Freemandown Duo. The two-piece improv group features Buffalo/Rochester's own synth-constructor and guitar player Martin Freeman alongside his reed-blowing partner Ed Downey. This track comes from their recent release on the Output:Noise label, titled simply Live. 


Freemandown Duo - Penelope

"Penelope" would have fit in great with this week's episode of The Soundscape which focused on nothing but improv music. (Truth is, I meant to play it during the show but totally forgot to slot it in.) So here you go the Freemandown Duo, a whole blog post to yourself! 

Enjoy,

Needles

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

[Archive]: 12.13.10


The Soundscape 12.13.10 by Needles Numark

1) Tony Conrad, Edley O'Dowd, and Genesis Breyer P. Orridge, "Part 3," Live at WFMU's Strength Through Failure
2) Glenn Kotche, "Monkey Chant (Live)"
3) Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid, "Mom's Marmalade," Live
4) Hey Exit, "Live at 381 Congress Street Boston, 10/22/10"
5) Beau Sievers, "New England Digital-Untitled Improvisation"
6) Anbis, "Construction for Improvised Flute and Electronics"
7) Ornette Coleman, "Love Call," Love Call (Blue Note)
8) Alberty Ayler, "Holy Holy," Witches and Devils
9) John Coltrane, "Living Space" Living Space (Impulse! Records)
10) Sun Ra, "Sea of Sounds," Space is the Place (Grp Records)
11) Steve Baczkowski, Ed Klavoon, Ravi Padmanabha and Michael McNeill, "Untitled"
12) Cooper-Moore, "Duet with Elliot Sharpe," Live at Brecht Forum (1.17.09)
13) M. Nageswara Roa, "Anuragamuleni," The Ten Graces Played on the Vina Music of South India
14) Rangda, "Plain of Jars," False Flag (Drag City)
15) Icarus, "Three False Starts," Tweet the Birdy Electric (Leaf Label)
16) Four Tet, "Hands," Live in Copenhagen (2004)
17) Taylor Duepree and Christopher Willits, "Live @ Tonic, 11.26.02"

Monday, December 13, 2010

[Preview]: A Special Improv Edition of The Soundscape

Tune in tonight to The Soundscape on WTF 94.9 Buffalo Free Radio at 8pm for a special show dedicated to Improv music of all kinds. 

We'll hear come classic free jazz from Coltrane, Ayler, Coleman, and Sun Ra, along with some cool new stuff from Rangda, a collaboration between Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance and Sir Richard Bishop.  

Rangda (Photo marginally from Brooklyn Vegan)
We got plenty of experimental live jams from the likes of Four Tet, Cooper-Moore and Elliot Sharpe, Christopher Willits and Taylor Duepree, and a recent collaboration between Tony Conrad, Genesis Breyer P. Orridge, and Edley O'Dowd, along with a few others. 

Tony Conrad and Genesis Breyer P. Orridge
We'll also hear a special live unreleased jam from Buffalo jazz players Steve Baczkowski, Ed Klavoon, Ravi Padmanabha and Michael McNeil. 

And don't worry....we won't subject you to any of that 20-minute guitar solo hippie jam band shit. So you can leave those glowsticks in the closet and that granola in the fridge 'cuz this ain't gonna be a Phish party. Serious experimental Improv only.

Show starts at 8pm.

Needles

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

[mp3]: A Recording of the NYC FM Radio Dial from the Night John Lennon Died 30 Years Ago


Radio Dial on the Night of Lennon's Death, 12.9.80 by The Soundscape

I stumbled on this clip awhile ago. No idea who made it, but it is poignant to say the least. 

Thirty years ago today, John Lennon was shot in front of his home  by a deranged fan whose name is not worth mentioning. Upon the announcement of Lennon's death, someone in the New York City area spun through the FM radio dial and recorded various broadcasts that range from news updates, grieving fans calling in to talk shows, and Beatles songs.  

Thirty years later this recording is haunting to say the least. If you ever considered yourself a Lennon fan, this clip is worth a listen.

Surround:Visual - A Multimedia/Dance Performance with Live Music

Tonight in Buffalo a true multimedia event is taking place over at Babeville. You can check out the Facebook page for all the info, but here is the quick rundown if you don't already know what's up.

Photo originally from Artvoice.com
Surround:Visual a Multimedia/Dance Performance with Live Music will feature a total of 25 performers across 3 mediums: dance, video, and music. The performers will present a collaboration that is intended to, from the sound of it, engulf the audience in a sensory overload experience. The audience is in the middle, enclosed by a circle of video projections and surround-sound audio. Dancers will then roam in between the screen and the audience.

There will be two 50-minute improvisational performances.The show is free, but a donation is encouraged.

List of performers:

Dancers: Erin Bahn, Beth Elkins, Nancy Hughes, Angela Lopez, Leanne Rinelli, Bonnie Jean Taylor, and Elyssa Bourke.

Video artists: Cory Gath, Courtney Grim, Carl Lee, Tammy McGovern, Brian Milbrand and Vince Mistretta

Musicians: Jim Abramson, Kathleen Ashwill, Steve Baczkowski, Michael Basinski, Gabe Beam, Kevin Obrien Cain, Jenece Gerber, Mike Kimaid, Keir Neuringer, KG Price and T. Andrew Trump 

Check out this video of the group rehearsing for tonight's show:




Both performances are supported in part with funds from the Experimental Television Center’s Presentation Funds which are supported by The New York State Council on the Arts and the Strategic Opportunity Stipends Program through New York Foundation for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. The project also received a generous donation of steel from ALP Steel Corp.

Reactionary Ensemble Blog:

http://reactionaryensemble.blogspot.com/

Presented by Beyond/In WNY:

http://beyondinwny.org/

THE EVENT IS A BENEFIT FOR HALLWALLS !!!!!


Tuesday, December 7, 2010

[Archive] The Soundscape 12.06.10


The Soundscape 12.6.10 by Needles Numark

1) The Fun Years, "Little Vapors," God Was Like, No (Barge Recordings)
2) Richard Skelton, "Old Rachels (Part 2)," Landings (Type)
3) Failing Lights, "Serve in Silence," Failing Lights (Intransitive)
4) Chapels, "Untitled," No Voids (House of Alchemy)
5) Tim Six, "Evoked Machine"
6) Augustine Leudar, "The Wild Hunt,"  Installation at Eden Project in UK
7) Dolphins into the Future, "Observations Through the Halocline of the Worlds 1," The Music of Belief       (Release the Bats)
8) Six Organs of Admittance, "Cover Your Wounds With the Sky," Luminous Night (Drag City)
9) Coil, "Godhead=Deathbed," Scatology (Force & Form)
10) Cinnamon Aluminum, "Godhead," Mad Monty in the 8th Dimension of Nine
11) The Gibbets, "Baby Ain't Happy," Playground (Fubar Bundy Presents)
12) David Lynch, "I Know," Good Day Today/I Know (Sunday Best)
13) SJ Esau, "Wears the Control" Wrong Faced Cat Feed Collapse (Anticon)
14) Reactionary Ensemble, "Surround: Audio Variations II" Live at Burchfield Penny Art Center, 11.10.10
15) Memoryhouse, "Untitled," Choir of Empty Rooms (We Are Bandits)
16) Zelienople, "Indifferent Dreams," Give It Up (TypeP
17) Boom Bit, "Pulse All Over (Peel Session Version)," Corymb (Lex Records)
18) Broken Social Scene, "Professor Sambo," Lo-Fi for the Dividing Nights (Arts & Crafts)
19) Christopher Willits, "Sun Body," Tiger Flower Circle Sun (Ghostly)
20) Forest Feeling, "Wowbagger," Forest Feeling
21) Krob, "Time," Soundscape Group 
22) Black to Comm, Live on Rare Frequency 11.03.10, Rare Frequencies Podcast Special Ed. 48 
23) Beta Cloud, "Bay of Billows," Lunar Monograph (Laughing Bride Media)

Monday, December 6, 2010

[Preview] Tonight's Show

Tune in tonight to The Soundscape to hear new music from Failing Lights, Forest Feeling, The Fun Years, and Cinnamon Aluminum.

Mike Connelly of Failing Lights (Photo Originally from Intransitive Recordings)
We'll also hear a new song from Mulholland Drive director David Lynch, a live recording from Black to Comm, and other semi-recent stuff from Christopher Willits, Dolphins into the Future, and Richard Skelton.

David Lynch
Plus local sounds from Chapels, Beta Cloud, The Gibbets, and a live outtake from the Reactionary Ensemble's performance at Birchfield-Penny Art Center back in November. 

We'll also check in on some Soundcloud artists like Pied Piper and Krob.

Tune in at 8pm. Check back with the blog tomorrow for full playlist info and an archived version of the set. 

Needles

Sunday, December 5, 2010

[video]: Kyla Kegler "Buffalo Grain Music"

I've always wondered what would happen if a sound artist made use of the giant, rotting grain elevators located just south of the city. This video here from Kyla Kegler offers a hint at the possibilities.

in this video you travel by bicycle through downtown buffalo, ny, through the deserted ruins and into the old abandoned grain elevators.

all of the sound in the video is live and natural to the environment. the music comes from the incredible acoustics in the grain funnels, and is only voice and sounds made by touching the sides of the funnel while sitting inside of it.

if you get bored at the beginning, skip to 15 minutes ahead, to see the music.

Thursday, December 2, 2010

[mp3] Featured Soundcloud Group Track: Martin Freeman, "Schuele"


Schuele by Martin Freeman

This week's featured Soundcloud Group track comes courtesy of Buffalo's own Martin Freeman. According to Freeman's Soundcloud page, "Schuele" was "recorded live with shortwave radio, the growler (homemade synth) and guitar pedals."

Martin is involved in a number of projects including Repeater, Freemandown Duo, and Obody. What's really interesting is that a lot of the sounds Freeman uses are made with home-made synthesizer gear. You can follow Freeman's Tumblr blog where he details the equipment he makes, which you can buy as well. Sound samples of his home-made gear can he heard at his Soundcloud page

If you're looking for a piece of gear to give you that grainy, analog sound that computer software just can't replicate, I suggest you look into Mr. Freeman's gear.       

Don't forget to head over to the Soundscape's Soundcloud Group to check out what everyone is up to. Upload your own stuff, too, and I'll feature it on the blog and on the show. 

Needles

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Kickstarter for Surrounded:Visual Show



The upcoming Surrounded:Visual event set to take place at Babeville on Wednesday, December 8 needs help raising funds. The Reactionary Ensemble and nimbus dance group are hoping to raise $2,500 in order to meet their needed funding for the event.

Right now they are at $210.

Head over to their Kickstarter page for more details on the event (which sounds fucking awesome, by the way) and what you can get by donating anywhere from $10-$500. Donations as low as $1 can be made as well.

The money will go toward the materials needed for the the screen used in the performance, costumes for the dancers, ultrasonic range sensors and stipends for the artists involved in the project.

Monday, December 6 is the deadline for raising the funds.