Bird / Period - B.A.L.L.
B.A.L.L. was a U.S. underground band of the late 80's, formed by 2 former members of Shockabilly, Mark Kramer and David Licht, both also of Bongwater, and by two members of Half Japanese, Don Fleming and Jay Spiegel. They produced 4 albums which were a kind of acid rock, psychedelic parody brought up to date with the 80's U.S. underground sound.
Childish Prodigy - Kurt Vile
Kurt Vile (born 1980 in Philadelphia) is an American guitarist and singer. Previously the lead guitarist in the band The War on Drugs, he began his solo career in 2008. Though his name is sometimes assumed to be a pseudonym due to its similarity to German composer Kurt Weill, it is in fact his birth name, as given by his parents Donna and Charles Vile. Vile began his musical career in 2003 creating lo-fi home recordings with frequent collaborator Adam Granduciel.
#2009 #indie-folk #lo-fi #matador #indie rock
L'Oeuvre Electronique (Disc 2) - Luc Ferrari
Luc Ferrari (February 5, 1929 – August 22, 2005) was a French composer, particularly noted for his tape music. Ferrari was born in Paris and studied the piano under Alfred Cortot, musical analysis under Olivier Messiaen and composition under Arthur Honegger. His first works were freely atonal. In 1954, Ferrari went to the United States to meet Edgard Varèse, whose Déserts he had heard on the radio, and had impressed him. This seems to have had a great effect on him
they were dreaming they were stones - Murmer
history: patrick mcginley (aka murmer) is an american born sound and performance artist who has lived and worked in europe since 1996. from 1996 until 1998 he lived in paris, france, where he studied theatre, and began his sound experiments in the context of those studies. moving to london, uk, in 1998, he began a collection of found sounds and found objects that would become the basis of all his work. he has composed works for several theatre performances
#katarakt #expander #ambient #drone #field recordings
Glynis Jones - Music From The BBC Radiophonic Workshop LP4