Among the hardest things you can try to write as a layman is a decent review of a jazz record. The same is probably true for most professional critics as well, if the level of what is written in the dailies is anything to go by, at least.
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March 14, 2010Just a brief update and some links, to what has to be one of the most hidden gems in contemporary Swedish music: Thomas Feiner & Anywhen.
According to URLai, a rather amusing web service, I am 66-100 years old (see it here). Amusing indeed.
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January 28, 2010It had to come from death metal. Of course.
It is truly remarkable, and a sign of the progression of ages, that whenever we speak of rock music we see it as a profound expression of western thinking and culture. Remarkable in the sense that rock music (and its derivatives) owes its roots to Africa, and is in structure essentially a form of noise – where truly western, in the sense of European, music strives to eliminate as much noise as possible in both instrument and lyrics. It amuses me no end that some cultures see rock music as the pinnacle threat set upon them by the west.
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November 20, 2009Brief note on the unexpected popularity of “Dark Eyes”.
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November 20, 2009To be sophisticated and thoughtful isn’t exactly to be modern in these times of banality. The John Abercrombie Quartet, however, is precisely that.
Video of Esbjörn Svensson Trio, “From Gagarins point of view”.
Filed under: Featured / Introspection / Music / Theory
October 29, 2009By chance, or RSS, I can upon an interview by my long standing favorite, David Sylvian. Having recently released the much-debated record, “Manafon”, he explains in a precise yet leisurely manner his view on his own work.
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August 13, 2009Video of The Cinematic Orchestra’s “To Build A Home”
featuring Patrick Watson Live @ The Barbican in London, 2007
There is a house built out of stone
Wooden floors, walls and window sills…
Tables and chairs worn by all of the dust..
This is a place where I don’t feel alone
This is a place where I feel at home…
Cause, I [...]