#Miguel Atwood Ferguson

[nofatclips]

To Believe by The Cinematic Orchestra featuring Moses Sumney

[iamlisteningto]

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson’s Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1

[thatlaidbackdude]

My Favorite Albums Of 2023

Andre 3000 - New Blue Sun

Jonathan Blake - Passage

Killer Mike - Michael

Larry June & The Alchemist - The Great Escape

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1

Noname - Sundial

Säje - Säje

Terrace Martin & Alex Isley - I Left My Heart In Ladera

Terrace Martin & James Fauntleroy - Nova

Victoria Monét - Jaguar II

[burlveneer-music]

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1 - massive (52-track) new album with an amazing cast of guest musicians (Brainfeeder)

14 years in the making, “Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1” comprises 52 tracks / 3.5 hours of music composed, arranged and produced by Miguel with contributions from 50+ friends including Kamasi Washington, Thundercat, DOMi & JD Beck, Jeff Parker, Carlos Niño, Austin Peralta, Bennie Maupin, Gabe Noel, Jamael Dean, Jamire Williams, Burniss Travis II, Deantoni Parks, Josh Johnson, Marcus Gilmore and many more. Based in his hometown of Los Angeles, Miguel is one of the preeminent musicians, orchestrators, arrangers and composers of our time. “Les Jardins Mystiques Vol.1” is his long-awaited inaugural album. It presents us with a passionate statement of intent, a labor of love, and a realm of beautiful possibilities. “Les Jardins Mystiques” is a project that throws open and shares Miguel’s musical universe. It took shape over a dozen years, largely self-funded by Miguel, and showcasing his distinctly elegant musicianship (on violin, viola, cello and keyboards among other instruments) alongside his free-spirited dialogues with more than 50 instrumentalists. Volume 1 is the first in a planned triptych, which will collectively comprise ten-and-a-half-hours of original, refreshingly expansive music. Miguel connected with his guest musicians in versatile ways: through convivial studio dialogues; over remote communication during the pandemic era; and via the energy of live performances at LA venues including Del Monte Speakeasy (the gorgeously invigorating, piano-led “Dream Dance”) and Bluewhale (including “Ano Yo” with vivacious alto from Devin Daniels, and the cosmic harmonies of “Cho Oyu”). Bennie Maupin, the legendary US multi-reedist whose repertoire includes Miles Davis’s fusion opus Bitches Brew, plays bass clarinet on the entrancing opening number, “Kiseki”. “Les Jardins Mystiques” reflects Miguel’s ethos that music is a natural, vitally unaffected life force. The titles across Volume 1’s tracks draw from international languages and traditions, including Spanish, Swahili, Sanskrit, Ancient Greek, Japanese and Hebrew, as well as the Buddhist practice that has been key to Miguel’s life since his twenties (“It’s very joyous and very hard, because it says that there’s no retirement age in human revolution,” he says). The tracks contrast in length, from “Zarra”’s vivid burst of analogue synths to the alluringly chilled melody of “Kairos (Amor Fati)”, yet there’s a gloriously unconstrained flow throughout, and each piece seems to unfurl and blossom into its own wondrous world.

[mitjalovse]

The veteran musicians somehow end up looking in their own pasts to make the sense of their own possible futures, if that makes a lick of sense then. I mean, some manage to tour by playing their most famous albums, yet a couple like to rerecord them. Cale belongs to the category of these musicians, but don't hold that against him. Sure, he could've picked a better album for that than Music For A New Society. M:FANS, the remake, is not bad, one just find the latter a bit unnecessary thanks to the spectre of the original that remains one of Cale's greatest LPs thanks to the latter's haunting minimalism. I sort of get what Cale wanted to do with M:FANS, i.e. he wanted to check what happens with the grief later. Still, he should've tackled an album of original material for this theme.

[theretirementhome]

Carlos Niño & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Through A Child's Eyes

Buy it here.

[onthecrescentofthehill]

fanmix I made for burrow’s end featuring moodog, bill callahan, josé gonzález and more. these stoats are taking over my life…

thanks!

full track list below:

No, The Wheel Was Never Invented - Moondog

Look at What the Light Did Now - Little Wings

Waters Of March -Tok Tok Tok

Free's - Bill Callahan

Sun Giant - Fleet Foxes

Just Like Anything - Jackson C. Frank

Build a Nest (feat. Ruby Parker) - Jeff Parker, Ruby Parker

Below The Valleys - Louis Cole

Mourning Dove - Jon McKiel

Sleeping Bear, Sault Ste. Marie - Sufjan Stevens

The Lonesome Border, Pt. 1 - Dear Nora

Just Before Dawn - Sonnymoon, Miguel Atwood-Ferguson

The Nest - José González

Rare Things Grow - Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

Running, Returning - Akron/Family

[thomasmartinnutt]

Chance Encounters #005

https://www.mixcloud.com/thomasmartinnutt/

Magdaléna Manderlová, Akio Suzuki, Alessandro Bosetti, Stephen Vitiello, Aho Ssan (feat. Nyokabi Kariūki), Biliana Voutchkova & Charmaine Lee, Coppice, Douglas Quin, William Parker & Hamid Drake, Rajesh Mehta, Gabi Losoncy, Thomas DeAngelo, Carlos Niño and Miguel Atwood-Ferguson, Laraaji, Voice Actor, Jen Powers, Cole Pulice & Matthew J. Rolin, Lilien Rosarian, Dick Raaijmakers, John Grzinich, Eric La Casa & Seijiro Murayama, Heiner Goebbels, Erlend Apneseth Trio, Erik Griswold, Natalie Beridze, Joep Beving, Timothy Leary, Brian Eno with Jon Hopkins & Leo Abrahams

[passionjunkies]

My last playlist with:

H.E.R. - Any Worse (Squeak’s Song)

Karriem Riggins & Madlib - Stomping Gamay

Cyrille Aimee - Back to You

Joel Ross - nublues - fade

Yussef Dayes - Chasing the Drum - A COLORS SHOW

Vijay Iyer - Prelude: Orison

Nathan Badu - Diamonds in the rough

August Cooke - Like Rivers

Mad Keys - Kiatus Haiote

Miguel Atwood-Ferguson - Ano Yo

Sophie Faith - Dopamine

Pocket Sun - Jupiter

Dina Ögon - Det läcker

Little Brother - Glory Glory

1999 WRITE THE FUTURE - MiNt cHoCoLaTe (feat. Conway the Machine)

Benny The Butcher - One Foot In (with Stove God Cooks)

Reek Osama - Art Of War

P-Ro - Queen of Hearts

Doctor Bionic - Wire Fraud

Flash Pig - In the Mood for Love

Golf Trip - Killing Flowers - Pale Jay Remix

Killer Mike - RUN - Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley Version

JJ Whitefield - Sidist - Remix

Dirg Gerner - Lonely Town - Alternate Version

BEAM - FU

Gabriel da Rosa - Cafuné

Elzhi - RIP (Radio International Programming)

King Canyon - Charmer

The Bees - Sky Holds The Dub

oh caroline - Skin and Bones

The South Hill Experiment - Deep Green

Mocky - Just a Little Lovin'

Okonski - Paradiso

Thee Sinseers - For You

Michael Nau - Painting A Wall

Liam Bailey - Disorder Starts At Home

Brainstory - Gift Of Life

Lady Wray - Come On In (Les Imprimés Remix)

[sivavakkiyar]

I thought the Irreversible Entanglements album Protect Your Light was another great one this year. On a lot this time of year, also Moor Mother’s Jazz Codes.

The Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is another one from this year, a real treasure to have w/ the Andre. Strange strengths from myriad places, etc. I’ll probably keep appending these

[twoblackcats-com-blog]

standing in my own way, part two by Dave Binyon Via Flickr: Music: Please Right Click and select "Open link in new tab" www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbMviIQabng Daedelus & Joshua Idehen - Standing in My Own Way, Part Two (feat. Katie Dove Dixon & Miguel Atwood-Ferguson)

[burlveneer-music]

My WVUD playlist and stream, 12/25/2023

Kelpe - Carillon Chimes Joanna Brouk - Chimes and Bells Charlemagne Palestine - DINGGGDONGGGDINGGGzzzzzzz ferrrr SSSOFTTT DIVINI TIESSSSS!!!!!!!!! (excerpt) Rob Mazurek - Vassilios Filippakopoulos Smiles Ryuichi Sakamoto - Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence Chassol - Water, Voices & Snow Nils Frahm - Nue Jamire Williams - Collaborate with God (feat. Chassol) [Miguel Atwood-Ferguson String Mix] Cate Brooks - Julmust Sven Wunder - Snowdrops Blackmore's Night - Winter (Basse Dance) Alice Coltrane - Galaxy In Turiya Barrett Martin Group - Enchantment Joys Union Group - Laughter In the Sky Daniel Herskedal - Ice Crystals Manu Delago - Alpine Brook Time Wharp - Spiro World Stephan Micus - Part 3: Tin Whistle, 3 Stone Chimes Hauschka - Snow Andy Bell & Masal - Tidal Love Conversation in That Familiar Golden Orchard Isao Tomita - Snowflakes Are Dancing