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music tagged with: improvisation

Daniel Barbiero – Not One Nor

Daniel Barbiero – Not One Nor
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Daniel Barbiero

“Not One Nor”

Not One Nor presents two works made of discrete events foregrounding the materiality of a large string instrument in its role as a resonating chamber. Both pieces are constructed out of a limited number of gestures and/or pitches and points on the instrument’s geography with the intention of producing an immersion in sound as material, interspersed with contrasting pauses.

Not One Nor for prepared double bass calls for shifting variations in timbre through the use of three gestures corresponding to three different regions of the instrument.

Eighteen Events for Double Bass alternates eighteen prescribed sound actions with an equal number of non-actions to create an image of the flux of aural perception.

Daniel Barbiero: composer, double bass and prepared double bass.
Composed and recorded winter into spring 2012.
Recorded in Silver Spring, Maryland USA.
Mastering by Mark Beazley.

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posted 08 October 2012

julia a. miller – solo variations

julia a. miller – solo variations
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julia a. miller

“solo variations”

julia a. miller is a sound artist, guitarist, improvisor, composer, visual artist, curator and educator. a founding member of the chicago scratch orchestra, julia performs frequently as a guitarist with the electroacoustic trio auris, the group gmlet eye, and as a frequent soloist and collaborator in experimental and avant garde chamber music and free improvisation. julia is a faculty member at the music institute of chicago and an adjunct assistant professor in sound at the school of the art institute in chicago.

her first album for pyr, solo variations, is a live recording of guitar improvisations captured at one of the sunday solos series at the experimental sound studio in chicago. shred feedback electronics. guitar as multiple instruments. percussive drone. pure tone barrage. spider fingers. liquid rips through space. bent time.

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posted 02 October 2012

Claudio Nunez – The tension of the strings

Claudio Nunez – The tension of the strings
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Claudio Nunez

“The tension of the strings”

“The tension of the strings” is a set of 7 free improvisations or, as I like better: 7 compositions in real time for classical guitar solo with some extended techniques and a little of everything in terms of textures, styles, harmonic, rhythmic and melodic explorations.”
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posted 17 September 2012

Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt – Wounded Warriors

Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt – Wounded Warriors
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Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt

“Wounded Warriors”

Tracks:

1. Wounded Warriors
2. Jesus Nazareno of the Tapes
3. Appalachian Spring
4. Diaries

Wounded Warriors is released on Censored Productions under creative common license.

Thanks for downloading!

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posted 15 September 2012

Live at Banka

Live at Banka
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Mars-96

“Live at Banka”

An improvised noise-rock from Ilia Belorukov project band Mars-96 concert on 16 June 2012 at Banka Bar in Saint Petersburg. Ilia Belorukov is musician from Saint Petersburg. He works in the direction of improvised, noise and electroacoustic music. He’s a member of different projects such as Wozzeck, Wooden Plants, Benzolnye Mertvecy and others.
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posted 14 September 2012

Steve Beresford, Anna Homler, Richard Sanderson – Berlin Toy Bazaar

Steve Beresford, Anna Homler, Richard Sanderson – Berlin Toy Bazaar
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Steve Beresford, Anna Homler, Richard Sanderson

“Berlin Toy Bazaar”

I’ve had this recording on my shelves for nine years and I’m delighted to be able to release it.This is a very high quality live recording of a concert in Berlin from November 2003.

The trio of Californian experimental vocalist Anna Homler and British free improvisers Steve Beresford and Richard Sanderson first met at the Copenhagen Festival of Experimental Music in 1999 in a concert of “Toys ‘n’ Noise” put together by the toy player Martin Klapper. They have continued to play together whenever possible since.

Steve Beresford – Toys, Low Grade Electronics, Sampler, Effects
Anna Homler – Vocals, Toys, Objects
Richard Sanderson – Toys, Elffects, Sampler, Accordion

Release includes a 12 page PDF booklet of notes and photographs.

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posted 12 September 2012

TÜNEL – Climb

TÜNEL – Climb
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TÜNEL

“Climb”

Second release on Nostress Netlabel for the duet Tünel, “Climb” is the soundtrack of an imaginary mountaineering documentary. This time, the duet propose a 7 tracks LP, 7 steps for some kind of a disaster film soundtrack…This improvised music consists of dronings textures mixed with fleeting dissonant melodies, hypnotic sounds and fiew field recordings…
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posted 31 August 2012

philip corner – for dancers in france

philip corner – for dancers in france
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philip corner

“for dancers in france”

philip corner is an: action musician. trombone/alphornist, occasional vocalist, pianist, percussionist, theorist, visual artist. composer, improvisor, educator, collageur, assembleur, calligrapher. student of jahoda, cowell, messiaen, luening, borduas, cage, taubman. teacher in new york high schools and livingston college. fluxologist, resident composer for judson dance theatre, experimental intermedia foundation. member of: tone roads chamber ensemble. sounds out of silent spaces. gamelan son of lion. his focus is: listen. silence. resonance. surroundings. action. ecstasy.

for dancers in france is an exploration of the tibetan bowl, balinese cymbals, tam-tam, temple blocks, the forest, rain and the interaction of dancers. four long pieces stretch out over two hours, an exercise in listening and feeling. says corner “the flat gong gives a spectrum of Dense Vibrations which would be called dissonant if they were not the essence of harmony. all you need to do is listen.”

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posted 01 August 2012

Radio Royal – RRDL02

Radio Royal – RRDL02
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Radio Royal

“RRDL02”

Prague based duo Radio Royal uses all the kinds of waste sound (audio feedback, hiss, hum, scratched vinyls) and found audio ( old cassetes, magnetic tape and vinyls) and turns them into the specific mixture of noise and easy listening. Quite contemporary sound is all created by digging into old media and using some old fashion equipment like tape echos and cheap reverb. Federsel: no input mixing board, four track cassette recorder,language repeater,guitar Ferenc: turntables, walkman, language repeater, kaoss pad.
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posted 01 August 2012

Empirical Evidence – Ether Voyage + (evp transmission)

Empirical Evidence – Ether Voyage + (evp transmission)
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Empirical Evidence

“Ether Voyage + (evp transmission)”

NOSTRESS NETLABEL Opening

July 21st 2011, in the historical-cultural monument Steri (Palazzo Steri in Palermo), inside of 2011 summer Folkalab edition, the Nostress Netlabel Opening with the performance of Empirical Evidence (Aldo Ammirata), representative artist in the electronic and electroacoustic experimentation that elaborates a new musical project for the occasion. In his performance, composed by sounds and conflicting atmospheres, overlap sonority from the ancient and modern taste through the use of tools of the western and oriental culture. The whole performance has been transmitted live streaming video from the independent record house Radical Matters Editions Label directed by Sandro Gronchi. Thanks to him for this first collaboration as media partner. Exaclty one year later Nostress Netlabel decides to publish that performance as a special NN Performing release.

ETHER VOYAGE + ( evp trasmission);

The night before the performance I will lay in a part of the city a recording magnetic tape with no human presence there, (“retrocasuality”). During my performance a friend of mine will send me the nocturnal recorded files, unknowed for me, that I will manipolate with softwares. I will use stringed instruments from western tradition (cello) and eastern tradition like “esraj” together will interact with the rest of the sounds, presences tryng to destabilizing and causing a derangment with the digital dimension. The concert-performance wants to be a research and an evidentiation of the metaphysical sound, of the microsounds and its effects on the human perception and and inspired to the work of: Leif Elggren (Elgaland-Vargaland) C.M. Von Haussvolff Nikola Tesla and Konstantin Raudive.
Empirical Evidence

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posted 21 July 2012

sound collision alliance – 53:38

sound collision alliance – 53:38
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sound collision alliance

“53:38”

sound collision alliance is a group of three composers who were brought together by their shared interest in exploring the world outside the western classical conservatory style of sound creation. the three composers – darren bartolo, sam krahn, and sarah ritch – rarely discuss melodic or harmonic structure before playing. instead, they use improvisation as a means to investigate the interplay of sound. they experiment with the spatial, harmonic, and chronological elements of sound in order to create a forum to experience vibrations and resonance in an uninhibited environment.

53:38 is the first album from sound collision alliance and was recorded in one session over the course of 6 hours. the sounds created range from pure spontaneous noise to repetitive rhythmic grooves. in addition to guitars, cello and laptop you will also hear gu zheng, guitars, cello, and slinky.

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posted 17 July 2012

exercise – I

exercise – I
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exercise

“I”

exercise is a collaboration between leonardo amico and leonardo belardinelli. leonardo amico is a laptop noise improviser with combustione & liberazione and runs the zine/music label orgonomy records. leonardo belardinelli is a former guitarist of the black metal band visceral delirium.

on their first album for pan y rosas, amico and belardinelli recorded a live improvisation session with a guitar and drums. the guitar was later removed, leaving only the drums. leonardo amico then used a laptop to process the drums live. the result is two long tracks of free drumming moving in a stream of consciousness loose narrative flow. sparse high-pitch microbeats and subtle sounds furiously torn into pieces. distorted, multi-toned, multi-layered, spun in every direction.

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posted 02 July 2012

Live at Hidden Agenda

Live at Hidden Agenda
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ASTMA (Alexei Borisov – Olga Nosova)

“Live at Hidden Agenda”

Live at Hidden Agenda (March 17 2012, Hong Kong)

Beyond free rock, noise rock & avant rock!!

Alexei Borisov: (voice, guitars, harmonica, electronics)
Olga Nosova: (voice, drums, contact mics, effects)

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posted 01 July 2012

?alos – ricordi indelebili

?alos – ricordi indelebili
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?alos

“ricordi indelebili”

?alos is musician/experimental performer stefania pedretti’s solo project that began in 2003. her performances blur the lines between performance art, experimental music, improvisation, video art and force the audience to actively participate. the feminine figure and its role in history and contemporary society is at the heart of her performances.

on her first album for pan y rosas, ?alos explores personality, mutilated beauty, psychological themes and emotions using beats, guitar, piano, violin and cello. the sound is: violin drones and breaths. incantations. break-beat guitar crunch. chant. now wave skree/chime. synthetic toy noise. sirens. bass sing song. electro rumble. string scratch. descension piano.

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posted 21 June 2012

iky iky / Bird Paradigma – What About Future? ….

iky iky / Bird Paradigma – What About Future? ….
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iky iky / Bird Paradigma

“What About Future? Elements Of Informal Thought”

Deep in the recesses of the underground is work so evocative that the review by the youthful noise enthusiast and ambient connoisseur could not hope to articulate it. Perhaps I can help bring light to where these sounds might be coming from and why they deserve your time and ears, but words cannot touch the language of true art with soul, just as a soul cannot be touched by the flesh and yet needs the body to be anything more than the change of vapid stone through unseen time. If you listen closely to this collaboration between iky iky and Bird Paradigma, then you will enjoy the luxury of listening to a language that you cannot speak, and yet you can understand. The speaker of the language can evoke emotions within your breast and communicate a message that all deep listeners can share in a vague sort of approximate way, but yet nobody who bears witness knows where the utterance roots from. You have never heard such phonation, and yet it moves you like a poem in your native mother tongue. I say this to extenuate my main point about this album, which I try to convey pettily with meager teenage english; this album is pure poetry, plain and simple. Abstract but with underlying form, as if listening to a language you do not understand. And yet, one does not need to understand the language proclaimed by an operatic maestro. The love and anxiety in such a song helplessly spews forth. the love and anxiety of one of my heroes iky iky (Laetitia Schteinberg) is an expertly crafted language that forces its way into our ears so ardently as to overwhelm us. An artist deeply tormented by the powers that be, her immense soundscapes will move you and put you on parallel with her most personal emotions, tortured and yet beautiful. We share in the sonic temple of her solace and contemplate life within her poetic sound stylings, so vocal and so mysterious like foreign tongue. And then there is Bird Paradigma, and the work of this aloof artist is equally emotional and artistic. Using a palette of sounds that makes the language uttered here a difficult one for many to listen to, but the care put into every solid millisecond of this incredibly astounding piece of unique sound makes it an impenetrable listen that will grow more and more impossible to understand with each listen (I’ve already listened to it three times). So please, listen to this.
posted 18 June 2012

Alex Charles – Trevenec

Alex Charles – Trevenec
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Alex Charles

“Trevenec”

Linear Obsessional is delighted to release a new and delightfully single-minded EP from Alex Charles (whose “Hourse” was an early “hit” for Linear Obsessional). “Trevenec” follows the sound of single bell, repeating and feeding in on itself until more and more levels are added as other sounds and voice enter the mix, gradually accreting into a richly textured and dense drone.
This 15 minute live piece comes with a PDF version of Alex Charles’ inspirational self-published pamphlet “Making Money in a Post MP3 World” (now out of print) which was originally given away at Alex’s gigs….
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posted 17 June 2012