[...]Gravity is the most lighthearted of Frith's solo output, actually. It is Frith's celebration of dance from all cultures. Perhaps it is the streak of dance-music appreciation that caused him to collaborate on the musical score to Sally Potter's The Tango Lesson. Percussion is light and largely marked with handclaps. The guitars sound twangy and bring folk instrumentation to mind. Violins and horns add a jubilant feel to the music. Many musicians help vary the sound of each track and some of these guests are from Samla Mammas Manna, the Muffins, and Henry Cow. Gravity is an entertaining and multicultural pocket folk festival.
The debut Nurse With Wound album lies halfway between the more tuneless explorations of Krautrock and the new industrialism practiced by Throbbing Gristle and Cabaret Voltaire. Across three lengthy tracks, obtuse guitar freak-outs are used to frame distorted synthesizers and mostly rhythm-less drum machines. Though it frequently defies easy analysis, Chance Meeting is one of the more glowing examples of uncompromising industrial-noise of the 1970s.
Ich sah die besten Köpfe meiner Generation vom Wahn zerstört hungrig hysterisch nackt im Morgengrauen durch Negerstrassen irrend auf der Suche nach einer tüchtigen Spritze Süchtige mit Engelsköpfen lustentbrannt nach uralter sphärischer Verbindung zum Sternendynamo in der Maschinerie der Nacht die arm zerfetzt hohläugig und blau im übernatürlichen Dunkel von Armerleutswohnungen rauchend sassen schwimmend über dem Häusermeer in Musikekstase die unter der S-Bahn ihr Hirn dem Himmel entblössten und mohammedanische Engel auf Mietskasernendächern erleuchtet taumeln sahn die durch die Universitäten gingen mit strahlend kühlen Augen mit Träumen mit Drogen mit aufpeitschendem Alpdruck Alkohol Schwanz und endlosen Hoden
Drums and Guns possesses the unique, subtle beauty and power we’ve come to expect from Low, but the record is also profoundly exciting in ways that it’s easy to forget music can be.
Okkyung Lee (cello and composition), with Anthony Coleman (keyboards),
Shelley Hirsch (voice) and jim pugliese (percussion) present a set of songs that evoke unspoken emotions, sighs, heartache and tenderness through unconventional yet expressive musical ways.
A native of korea, okkyung lee has been developing her own voice in a contemporary cello performance, improvisation and composition. using her solid classical training as a springboard, she incorporates jazz, sounds, korean traditional music, noise with extended techniques and create her unique blend of music[...]
