January 7, 2012

viva marcello carlin

Viva Marcello Carlin … and the internet! Just read the man's musings on music - and beyond!
http://cookham.blogspot.com/
http://nobilliards.blogspot.com/
http://nopunctum.blogspot.com/
http://hemingwoid.blogspot.com/
http://garbocathedral.blogspot.com/
http://twitter.com/#!/marcellocarlin
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Marcello+Carlin
http://www.zero-books.net/index.php?id=99&p=750
http://www.zero-books.net/authors/marcello-carlin&i=9
http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/critics/2011/686093/
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/soulseeking/rip-totp.htm
http://www.saidthegramophone.com/archives/said_the_guests_marcello.php
http://thequietus.com/articles/06022-marcello-carlin-the-blue-in-the-air-britney-spears
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/soulseeking/consummation-of-consumption.htm
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/this-sentient-soul-this-living-breath.htm
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2011/08/these-totp-best-ofs-i-have-shored-against-my-ruins-the-blue-in-the-air/
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/weekly_article/not-so-fast-we-cant-slow-down-jam-and-lewis-a-warped-british-perspective.htm
http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/pop_playground/writing-about-music-where-have-we-been-where-are-we-where-are-we-going-2003-edition.htm
http://freakytrigger.co.uk/search/?cx=001133180466749097833%3A3chbiorvjmy&cof=FORID%3A10&ie=UTF-8&q=Marcello+Carlin
http://www.ilxor.com/ILX/ThreadSelectedControllerServlet?boardid=40&threadid=34801&bookmarkedmessageid=47
http://musicsoundsbetterwithtwo.blogspot.com/
ttp://stereogirl.diaryland.com/
http://lenann.pitas.com/

January 2, 2012

russell joyce & syd mills & barrett james' golden hair

Russell Mills recorded this James Joyce poem (from 1907's "Chamber Music", untitled poem V) with top lass Clodagh Simonds of Mellow Candle and of Fovea Hex, for his album "Undark Two: Pearl + Umbra" (1999). Syd Barrett had already recorded it somewhere in 1968-1969, for his brilliantly titled debut "The Madcap Laughs" (Harvest 1970), an lp which saw members of Soft Machine, Humble Pie and Jokers Wild contribute. More on Russell Mills here + in a future post …

December 30, 2011

spirogyra's electric eden

While Jeanette Leech was writing her fab folk book … Rob Young was working on another excellent volume - not just about folk: "Electric Eden - unearthing Britain's visionary music" (Faber && Faber 2010-08-05, ISBN 9780571237524). I haven't finished reading it yet but it's a real treasure trove of information, making it an impossible task to list the acts he brings into view. (Kevin Ayers, David Bowie, Joe Boyd, Anne Briggs, Vashti Bunyan, Shirley Collins, Donovan, Nick Drake, Fairport Convention, Bill Fay, Forest, Fotheringay, Roy Harper, (Mike) Heron, the Incredible String Band, Bert Jansch, Kaleidoscope [UK], John Martyn, Mellow Candle, Mighty Baby, Mr Fox, Parchment, Pentangle, Pink Floyd, John Renbourn, Soft Machine, Steeleye Span, Traffic, Trees ànd Talk Talk have been dealt with, of course. Surprisingly, Michael Chapman, Fresh Maggots, Mushroom and Tractor hardly get a mention.) On pages 512 & 513, for instance, Mr. Young describes the (three album) legacy of UK folk act Spirogyra (mainly Martin Cockerham & Barbara Gaskin) … Don't confuse them with the US fusion jazzers Spyro Gyra who debuted in 1978!
http://www.electriceden.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Young
http://www.psychedelicfolk.com/Spirogyra.html
http://www.thewire.co.uk/details/contributors/?contributor=10
http://www.faber.co.uk/work/electric-eden/9780571237524/
http://www.readysteadybook.com/Article.aspx?page=robyoung
http://www.tinymixtapes.com/features/book-review-electric-eden
http://sidsmith.blogspot.com/2010/07/podcasts-from-yellow-room-xxix.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/aug/07/electric-eden-folk-rob-young
http://growlikeweeds.com/2011/05/10/rob-young-reading-from-electric-eden/
http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2010/07/electric-eden-music-young-folk
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/07/entertainment/la-et-robyoung-20110607
http://fionnchu.blogspot.com/2011/04/rob-youngs-electric-eden-book-review.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/13/books/electric-eden-by-rob-young-book-review.html
http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2011/07/11/110711crbn_brieflynoted4
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/electric-eden-by-rob-young-2331733.html
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2011/10/interview-with-rob-young-author-of-electric-eden-unearthing-britains-visionary-music.html
http://www.artrick-playground.com/article/Interview-with-Rob-Young-author-of-aElectric-Eden-Unearthing-Britainas-Visionary-Musica/619/510396

November 30, 2011

hans fenger's music project at the langley schools

Once upon a time in the mid-1970s there was a man named Hans Fenger who taught music in the Langley School District outside Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) … We've already reviewed the "Innocence & Despair" cd - featuring 1976 & 1977 recordings by students of the Wix-Brown, Lochiel South Carvolth and Glennwood Elementary schools - in [uzine 02.06]. Since, George Plasketes has published an interesting chapter on the project in his book "B-sides, undercurrents and overtones: peripheries to popular in music, 1960 to the present" (Ashgate 2009-06, ISBN 9780754665618). All hail Brian Lind!
http://www.bastamusic.com/catalog/langley-schools-music-project
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Langley_Schools_Music_Project
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1132233
http://www.bar-none.com/langley-schools-music-project.html
http://www.scrammagazine.com/scram-magazine-fifteen
http://www.appelstein.com/langley/
http://myspace.com/langschool
http://www.hansfenger.com/
http://www.keyofz.com/langley/
http://www.keyofz.com/langley/story.html
http://www.keyofz.com/langley/hanslett.html
http://www.keyofz.com/langley/kids.htm

November 23, 2011

2011-11-24 lkj kvs bxl

2011-11-24, 21 o'locco: Pablo Moses, Linton Kwesi Johnson (LKJ) & Dennis (Blackbeard) Bovell will play live at the Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg (KVS) in Brussels as part of the Festival des Libertés 2011 … Do check last Summer's interview with Mr. LKJ by Karel Michiels:
http://www.standaard.be/artikel/detail.aspx?artikelid=Q23DIRI0
http://www.reggae.be/magazine/interviews/column/795
http://literature.britishcouncil.org/linton-kwesi-johnson
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton_Kwesi_Johnson
http://www.spikemagazine.com/1298kwes.php
http://nottsdub.co.uk/books/linton/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Bovell
http://www.roots-archives.com/artist/20
http://www.reggae-wise.eu/LKJ.htm
http://www.lintonkwesijohnson.com/

November 21, 2011

bleep exorcist

It's been over twenty years ago today when Richard H Kirk of Cabaret Voltaire teamed up with Richard Barratt aka dj Parrott for the Sweet Exorcist duo … where LFO met TAGC on acid … The duo's 1990 & 1991 recordings for Warp - cat. no. WARP1 is their classic "Clonk's Coming" album - have now been compiled on the "RetroActivity (When Everything's Ready On The Dark Side Of The Moon Play The Five Tones )" 2cd (WARPCD218, 2011) which adds another six previously unreleased tracks from the same era, mostly early versions or alternate takes. The lyrics to "Per clonk 6 alt." quote the Temptations' "Message from a black man" (1969, written by Norman Whitfield & Barrett Strong). Hey and this is interesting too!

November 19, 2011

where are you from?

The "Where Are You From? (Christophe Lemaire And Now-Again Records Present A Series Of Global Psychedelic Rock, Funk And Folk Grooves. 16 Tracks From 1968 Until The Present Day)" v/a cd on Now-Again (NA 5073, 2011) has been compiled by Christophe Lemaire, a Frenchman who has worked for Lacoste (dig their brilliant L!VE! collection) and who has now replaced Jean-Paul Gaultier at Hermès … Great to see gypsy hippie Damon end up in the hands of Paris' beau monde and other filthy rich, too ;-

Bonus book for those of you wanting to get a degree or into waxing academical: http://www.ashgate.com/default.aspx?page=637&calctitle=1&pageSubject=568&pagecount=5&title_id=8700&edition_id=12010

September 23, 2011

after low

Finally, three Bowie covers off 2002's "After Low" v/a cd - which came with the book "Fascination: the Bowie show" (featuring writing and art by Douglas Coupland, Ann Magnuson, Rick Moody and many more).