Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Best Coast "When I'm With You"

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM

The Sleepytime Gorilla Museum opened its doors to the public in 1916, only to show them a well-managed fire. Its doors were closed shortly thereafter and remained so for the rest of the century. Almost. The last year of the 20th century found the improbable trio of words once again adorning a placard posted outside a derelict urban building, with the addendum- "No Humans Allowed." Indeed, the awkward re-inaugural movements were witnessed by a lone banana slug (Ariolimax dolichophallus)-- a suitable beginning for a group that would soon shelter Oakland California's hindmost interpreters of Anti-Humanist literature. Their incessant travels since 2001 have brought new life to the Movement. Like their namesake and its instigators (Futurist Lala Rolo and Black-Mathematician John Kane) the new museum embraces the essential weakness of the Movement. But also like their predecessors they reject the elitism of the avant-garde in favor of a reckless populism: They are entertainers. Though not without humor, their often wide-ranging musical and theatrical choices are rarely ironic. This sincerity extends to a passionate craftsmanship, as evidenced by:

1. The LIVE SHOW, a costumed festival of hyperventilating self-derangement, which has yet to include much of a puppet show, but has included human performers of varying stiffness (see Ink Boat).
2. The ALBUMS- Grand Opening and Closing (2001 Seeland/Chaosophy), a collection of boisterous laments for the failure of the millennial apocalypse; Live (2003 Sickroom), a collage of mishaps and singularities from various stages; and Of Natural History (2004 Mimicry), a setting, in part, of a debate between two contradictory pillars of 20th C. Anti-Humanism: The Futurists versus the Unabomber.
3. The INSTRUMENTS, many of which are homemade creations of bassist/producer/mechanic Dan Rathbun: The Slide-piano Log, the Percussion Guitar, the Electric Pancreas, the Vatican, & the Pedal-action Wiggler; or rare: Autoharp, Glockenspiel, Toy Piano, & Viking Rowboat.
4. The ROAD approached as (A) a place of potential learning: the bloody history of our doomed nation, its warm and varied current inhabitants- our hosts and their regional splendors, and (B) a scar which conducts us in our lumbering Green Bus into the temples of Nature: Forests, swamps, deserts, mountains, and coasts, with national parks and rest stops alike as places of reverence and study, sources of sound and vision, many of which appear on Of Natural History.
5. The FOOD, prepared on the bus kitchen in large pots, in quantities befitting a seven+ person crew, mixing local ingredients with reliable spices, beans, and the "other black meat"- coffee.

The list of SGM-related projects reads like a who's who of SGM-related projects:
Carla: Tin Hat Trio, Two-Foot Yard, Book of Knots, InkBoat dance theater company
Nils: Faun Fables, InkBoat
Matthias: Book of Knots, Skeleton Key, Vic Thrill
Michael: Immersion Composition Society, Japonize Elephants
Dan: InkBoat, Producing SGM and countless others

Moe!: Moe!kestra (massive conducted ensembles), Vacuum Tree Head
Frank: Species Being
David: Thin Pillow, Thinking Plague

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Interview Part 1 - 4.20.09

Sleepytime Gorilla Museum Interview Part 2 - 4.20.09

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - Grand Opening And Closing [2001]

1. Sleep is Wrong — 6:35

2. Ambugaton — 5:38

3. Ablutions — 6:05

4. 1997 — 4:48

5. The Miniature — 0:59

6. Powerless — 9:30

7. The Stain — 6:46

8. Sleepytime (Spirit is a Bone) — 10:16

9. Sunflower — 7:52

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SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM - Of Natural History [2004]

1. A Hymn to the Morning Star" - 5:40
2. The Donkey-Headed Adversary of Humanity Opens the Discussion" - 6:01
3. Phthisis" - 3:44
4. Bring Back the Apocalypse" - 4:10
5. FC: The Freedom Club" - 10:48
6. Gunday's Child" - 6:56
7. The 17-Year Cicada" - 3:41
8. The Creature" - 6:00
9. What Shall We Do Without Us?" - 2:38
10. Babydoctor" - 13:59
11. Cockroach" - 2:12

12. (Hidden Track) - 5:56

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SLEEPYTIM GORILLA MUSEUM - In Glorious Times [2007]

1. The Companions — 10:04
2. Helpless Corpses Enactment — 5:57
3. Puppet Show — 4:21
4. Formicary — 5:46
5. Angle of Repose — 7:59
6. Ossuary — 4:49
7. The Salt Crown — 9:09
8. The Only Dance — 4:20
9. The Greenless Wreath — 7:06
10. The Widening Eye — 5:14
11. The Putrid Refrain — 2:55

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Monday, August 2, 2010

KILIMANJARO DARK JAZZ ENSEMBLE

TKDE started off as an audiovisual project back in 2000, influenced by old silent movie directors such as Murnau and Lang, but also the animations of Jan Svankmeijer or the films of the Quay Brothers.

Jason Köhnen and Gideon Kiers, started creating soundtracks to old silent movies (Nosferatu, Metropolis) and progressively composed new music inspired by these images which eventually became TKDE.

Trombonist Hilary Jeffery (originally from the UK, residing in Amsterdam) joined in 2004 and introduced Swiss born Nina Hitz ...
The debut album 'The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble' was recorded with this line up, and was released on UK electronica label Planet Mu early 2006.
TKDE expanded to six when Eelco Bosman and French vocalist Charlotte Cegarra joined the ensemble in 2007. In 2009 Chrome Hoof's Sarah Anderson added the ensemble as violinist.

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is a new alter ego we have spawned in which we will be releasing and performing with several TKDE members + special guests every now and then.
A side project focussing on Improv/Jazz/Doom/Drones...heavy and evil!!
The second Mount Fuji live improv album will be appearing around Summer of 2009.

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation

The Kilimanjaro Dark Jazz Ensemble - "There Be Dragons" [2009]

1. A1 Lead Squid
2. A2 Caravan!
3. B1 Embers
4. B2 Sirocco
5. B3 Mists Of Krakatoa
6. C1 Sharbath Gula
7. C2 Samhain Labs
8. D1 Seneca
9. D2 The MacGuffin

DOWNLOAD - TKDJ - HERE BE DRAGONS

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble -“Bird’s Lament” [ 2009]

1. Tribute to Moondog

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The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - “Mutations EP” [2009]

1. Caos Calmo
2. München
3. Serpent
4. Twisted Horizons
5. Shadows
6. Symmetry of 6's
7. Horns of King David
8. Avian Lung

DOWNLOAD - TKDE - MUTATIONS EP

The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble - “S/T” [2006]

1. The Nothing Changes
2. Pearls For Swine
3. Adaptation of the Koto Song
4. Lobby
5. Parallel Corners
6. Rivers Of Congo
7. Solomons Curse
8. Amygdhala
9. Guernican Perspectives
10. Vegas
11. March Of The Swine

DOWNLOAD - TKDE - S/T

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - “Succubus” [ 2009]

1. The Sexy Midnight Torture Show
2. Erotic Love Queen
3. Strange Dreams
4. Castles By The Sea
5. The Admirals Game
6. The Morning After
7. Perverted Pleasure Party
8. A Bad Trip
9. A Place For Fantasies
10. Murder Amongst Mannequins
11. Fleeing The Scene
12. Deadly Rehearsals
13. Faustin

DOWNLOAD - TMFD - SUCCUBUS

The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation - “Doomjazz Future Corpses!” [2007]

1. Doomjazz Future Corpses!

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TOE

Toe is a Japanese music group. While mentioned in many post-rock circles, their song structure and dynamics are similar to many popular math rockartists.

Toe is composed of Kashikura Takashi on drums, Mino Takaaki on guitar, Yamane Satoshion bass guitar, and Yamazaki Hirokazu on guitar. Toe has formally played with this line-up since the band’s inception in 2000. They are currently one of three bands on the indie label Machu Picchu[1], along with the bands mouse on the keys andEnemies. This is a label formed by the members of Toe.

The vast majority of the music is instrumental and features the swift and acute drumming of Takashi. The band is also known for its melodic, clean guitar settings. Additionally, the compositions have repetition from typical rock motifs, but use very subtle changes in beat and rhythm to form a unique sound. The band has changed their sound over their musical tenure by incorporating acoustic guitars, rhodes piano, and vibraphones in their most recent releases.

The band tours regularly in Japan, and can most notably be compared to acts such as Pele and The Album Leaf.

SOURCE

For Long Tomorrow
2009.12.09.Release.
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