#ligeti quartet

[jgthirlwell]

05.04.24 Ligeti Quartet play Anna Meredith at Roulette for the Bang On A Can Long Play Festival

[16strings]

György Ligeti: String Quartet No.1, performed by Esmé Quartet

 Tongyeong International Music Festival 2023 Tongyeong Concert Hall

[theretirementhome]

Ligeti Quartet, Anna Meredith - Honeyed Words

[sivavakkiyar]

Ornette Coleman, Dedication To Poets & Writers

from the ESP-Disk album Town Hall. This string quartet is probably the earliest recorded piece of Coleman’s chamber music (makes me think of Bartok & Ligeti).

[burlveneer-music]

My WVUD playlist and stream, 5/13/2023

Penguin Cafe - In Re Budd (Strings Version) Quinteto Armorial - Ponteio Acutilado Carnascialia - Gamela Ligeti Quartet & Anna Meredith - Nautilus Marta & Tricky - Today Sexmob - Banacek Echoes of Zoo - Quarter Tone Starlings EABS Meets Jaudi - Sun Orchestra Gold - Gende Leagus - Hyperion (feat. Nordnorsk Jazzensemble) Octurn / Ictus - Jung, Pt. 3 Dave Lombardo - Journey of the Host Dave Okumu & The 7 Generations - My Negritude Leyla McCalla - Le Bal Est Fini Atsuko Chiba - So Much For Kendo Nagasaki - Drumbeat Micro Onions Cavern Deep - Koyaanisqatsi ¡Pendejo! - La Reina de la Ametralladora The Exorcist GBG - Kronos Morkobot - Zorgongollac Jack White - What's the Trick? Altin Gün - Rakıya Su Katamam Sunbörn - Metropolis Savana Funk - Elephant Cazayoux - Wrecking Krewe

(listen on Mixcloud)

[thedimpause]

🎵 My Top weekly artists as logged by last.fm:

Laf (22 plays) Lotte Betts-Dean & James Girling (13) Orpheus Chamber Orchestra (12) Sean Khan & The Modern Jazz & Folk Ensemble (8) Lotte Betts-Dean & Ligeti Quartet (7)

[bamboomusiclist]

12/5 おはようございます。Jean Jacques Perrey / The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound Of Jean Jacques Perrey VSD-79286 等更新しました。

Monica Zetterlund / Waltz for Debby 6378508 Claudine Longet / We've Only Just Begun Z30377 Boots Mussulli / Boots Mussulli H6506 All Star Stompers / This Is Jazz l-402 Stan Getz / Jazz At Storyville rlp407 Lionel Hampton Quartet / Lionel Hampton Plays Love Songs mgv-2018 Booker Ervin / the in Between Bst84283 George Wallington / Jazz at Hotchkiss mg12122 Vladimir Shafranov / Live at Groovy kolp35 Astor Piazzolla / Libertango CLN25039 Buddy Tate / Midnight Slows 33.026 Bireli Lagrene / Routes To Django AN1002 Eberhard Weber / Following Morning ecm1084st Eberhard Weber / Later That Evening ECM1231 War / Why Can't We Be Friends? UA-LA441-G Notations / Notations gm5501 Blowfly / Blowfly On TV WW-2021 John Lee Hooker / Blue 683269JCL Gyorgy Ligeti / Requiem - Lontano - Continuum WER60045 Jean Jacques Perrey / The Amazing New Electronic Pop Sound Of Jean Jacques Perrey VSD-79286

~bamboo music~

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[deepartnature]

The Avantgarde Series

"I recently received a 21CD box set from the Deutsche Grammophon label, reissuing almost all of the two dozen albums they put out between 1968 and 1971 in their Avantgarde series. Four boxes, each containing six LPs, were released, one each year, premiering works by composers including Luciano Berio, John Cage, Cornelius Cardew, Luc Ferrari, Vinko Globokar, Mauricio Kagel, Roland Kayn, Gyorgy Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Krszystof Penderecki, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and many others. There are string quartets, organ pieces, vocal works, electronic and tape compositions, things that sound like weirdo theater happenings, and pretty much anything else you can imagine. ..."

[atwitchyship]

a rant about music feels

Yall I have listened to Real Fancy Music (a concert at Jordan Hall) and I am officially a fan of Ligeti, a composer from Hungary from the 20th century (I didn't look up the dates) and guys, some of his music is BANANAS but the piece I heard today was FANTASTIC.

So good.

I never thought I'd love dissonance like I enjoyed it today. The patterns of sound, the way he played with volume and timing, so he was constantly giving you these... sound experiences! So different from anything else.

(some of it was even pleasant!)

More important than nice harmonies though, was the textures of the sound. Like, some of it was incredibly thin and quiet but busy, like spinning incredibly thin thread out of wool. And some of it was all similar notes and similar volumes, but they were like... a half or quarter note off so it was like watching water on a lake- the same level but always shifting.

And the way they'd pass notes and patterns between each other (it was a string quartet), and then bust out with some explosion of energy!

And we also listened to some pieces by Kurtag, which were also great but I don't really have the energy to rant about. But Kurtag's even still alive! In his 90's, but alive.

What an awesome night.

[chorusfm]

Ben Copperhead – “Franny and the Songbirds” (Video Premiere)

Today is a great day to share the latest single and music video from indie-folk songwriter Ben Copperhead. On this eclectic new song called “Franny & The Songbirds,” Copperhead channels his love of other indie-folk artists like Father John Misty, Leonard Cohen, and Surfjan Stevens into his own unique psychedelic package. The song comes from Copperhead’s new LP, Wailing Viridescence, out everywhere music is sold on April 28th. I was also able to catch up with this talented artist for a brief interview below. How does “Franny & The Songbirds” fit into your general vision as a creative, and what made you choose it as the second single to help introduce your new LP? I’ve been writing string trio arrangements for many of my songs since 2015. Composing a string arrangement for “Franny” allowed me to dive deeper into the harmonic and rhythmic possibilities. This song let me expand my creativity by arranging a quartet instead of just a trio. The strings complimented the song without getting in the way of the vocals and I was very pleased about the recording quality.  “Franny” has a catchy melodic hook and one of my favorite bridges, which I wrote with my nylon string guitar. It offers a different kind of listening experience than other songs on the record. It was cool that the music video director, Jonathan Levy, really wanted to do this song. There were so many right reasons to make this song my second single. Alongside your previous single “Copperhead Vagabond” how would you say “Franny & The Songbirds” fits into the general theme spread across your new LP? Sonically and thematically, where did you take inspiration from? Franny and the Songbirds is a different type of song than Copperhead Vagabond. It’s a song that is about my cat Franny-Kaede. It’s somewhat thematic, because there’s another song, Feline Feminine, on the album that is about my other cat, Hanamaru. My cat friends are an inspiration and keep me connected to something unexplainable in words. Sonically, I took inspiration from older folk, pop, and jazz records with strings, like the Beatles, Nick Drake, or Jimmy Scott’s ‘The Source’. But I also love Ligeti and other modern and classic composers like Ravel and Debussy. Having studied how some of my favorite records were recorded and produced in the late 50s and 60s gave me inspiration to try something different. When crafting the forthcoming LP, where did the creative process begin? How does this LP differ from your previous Baby Copperhead work? The process began by writing new songs that I was excited about and having a desire to record most of it on my own. I’d been learning how to record with a reel to reel tape recorder and really loved the results I got, especially with vocals and acoustic instruments. I like the process of recording while playing my instrument and singing at the same time. There’s also the challenge of recording in my bedroom because there’s an above ground subway directly across the street.  I have approx 5 minutes to get an entire take before the walls start shaking. Not an ideal setting for recording, but it makes me really focus, since time is of the essence. It’s about setting parameters, which is different from the way I’ve done previous albums. I put myself in charge this time, and thru trial and error figured out how to get the sounds that I wanted. For previous Baby Copperhead records, I’ve had to rely solely on another engineer to make those decisions. That can be nice when you want to just focus on the music, but maybe the results are not what you want. It’s important to be self reliant,  but you still need that objectivity about your own work or it could become self indulgent. Kramer helped finalize the album by taking out a few tracks that didn’t fit and recommended adding a few older gems. He’s got a lot of experience and knows how to make great records. --- Please consider becoming a member so we can keep bringing you stories like this one. ◎ https://chorus.fm/features/ben-copperhead-franny-and-the-songbirds-video-premiere/

[jgthirlwell]

playlist 04.30.23

Ligeti Quartet and Anna Meredith NUC (Mercury KX) Fever Ray Radical Romantics (Mute) Lana Del Ray Do You Know That There’s A Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (Polydor) Warm Human Hometown Hero (Bandcamp) Deerhoof Miracle-Level (Joyful Noise) Netherlands Severance (Svart) Mini Mansions Mini Mansions (Ipecac) Flying Lotus You're Dead (Warp) Tim Hecker No Highs (Kranky) Nathan Fake Crystal Vision (Cambria Instruments) Metallica 72 Seasons (Blackened) York Holler Spharen / Der Ewige Tag (Neos) Songhoy Blues Optimisme (Fat Possum)

[see-arcane]

what kind of music do you listen to for inspiration?

I focus better with music that has no lyrics, and for my horror scribbling I usually listen to disturbing soundtracks that lean more toward phantasmagoric; like you're in a dream that's about to take a hard swerve toward a nightmare. The Suspiria album by Goblin, horror movie themes done by Vitamin String Quartet, and the Cat People soundtrack are all good. If I'm aiming for cosmic-level terror vibes, I just play, "Requiem: II. Kyrie" by György Ligeti on a loop. (The eerie song from 2001: A Space Odyssey.)

But if it's while I'm hyping myself up about a character/scene without actually locking in on writing, I'm a little all over the place. If I had to name a genre, I'd say Villain Songs (badass) and Villain Songs (tragic). Right now my top most-repeated songs are:

"E.V.O.L." by Marina and the Diamonds

"Choke" and "Mx. Sinister" by I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME (yes, an actual band name)

"Pet Sematary" by The Ramones

"H B I C" (Head Bitch In Charge) by Gin Wigmore

"In the Room Where You Sleep" by Dead Man's Bones

and, for variety,

"Killer Klowns" and "Booby Trap" by The Dickies

[postpunkindustrial]

01. Kate Bush - This Woman's Work [EMI, 1989]

02. Iannis Xenakis - Polytope De Cluny [Mode, 2008] [org. 1972-74]

03 Maja Ratkje - Octo [Rune Grammofon, 2002]

04. Pierre Bastien - Le Décalajdésson [Lowlands, 1999]

05. Ken Thomson w/JACK Quartet - Thaw [Cantaloupe Music, 2013]

06. Tom Bruynei - Reflexes

07. Rajmil Fischman - Alma Latina [Lorelt, 2001]

08. Paul Lansky - Idle Chatter [Bridge Records, 1994]

09. Unknown Artist - Alchemy

10. Lhasa - El Desierto [Les Disques Audiogramme Inc., 1997]

11. Bernard Parmegiani - Dynamique De La Résonance [Editions Mego, 2013] [org. 1975]

12. Lukas Ligeti - Chimæric Procession [Tzadik, 2008]

13. Oliver Coates - Another Fantasy [PRAHRecordings, 2014]

14. Nomadic - Trek 19 [Touchin' Bass, 2007]

15. Kaija Saariaho - Sept Papillons - For Solo Cello [Ondine, 2005] [org. 2000]

16. Chris Clark - Caveman Lament [Warp Records, 2001]

17. Horacio Vaggione - Agon [1998]

18. Curtis Roads - Tenth Vortex [Asphodel, 2005] [org. 2000]

19. Handel / Taverner Choir, Taverner Players, Andrew Parrott - Chorus: He Sent A Thick Darkness Over The Land [Virgin Veritas, 1990]

20. Carl Michael Von Hausswolff - As Far As It Goes Without

21. Original Swimming Party - Weeping Song II [2014]

22. Iancu Dumitrescu - Multiples (I) [Edition Modern, 2000] [org. 1971]

23. Efterklang - Cutting Ice To Snow [Leaf, 2007

[donospl]

JAZZOWE REKOMENDACJE: Laura Jurd „Stepping Back, Jumping In”

JAZZOWE REKOMENDACJE: Laura Jurd „Stepping Back, Jumping In” #laurajurd #editionrecords

Edition Records, 2019

Nazwisko i osobę Laury Jurd słuchacze kojarzą przede wszystkim z prowadzonym przez nią zespołem Dinosaur, którego dwie ostatnie płyty zostały wysoko ocenione, zdobywając między innymi nominacje do prestiżowej Mercury Prize. „Stepping Back, Jumping In” jest owocem zamówienia ze strony londyńskiego centrum kulturalnego Kings Place.

Laura Jurd jako kurator i osoba…

[continuo-docs]

Mesías Maiguashca – Música para cinta magnética (+) instrumentos (1967​-​1989) 2xLP, Buh Records, April 2021 https://buhrecords.bandcamp.com/album/m-sica-para-cinta-magn-tica-instrumentos-1967-1989

Another carefully curated, landmark release from Peruvian label Buh Records, after their reissue of the legendary Walter Smetak LPs. This time it's an anthology of Ecuadorian electroacoustic music composer Mesías Maiguashca, born in Quito in 1938. After classical music studies in Ecuador and abroad (USA, Argentina, Germany), Maiguashca relocated to Germany in the mid-1960s where he worked in famous studios like Cologne's WDR, Karlsruhe's ZKM as well as Paris' IRCAM, and has since led an international career as educator, composer and performer. Titled 'Music for magnetic tape and instruments', this 2xLP is an overview of Maiguashca's work circa 1967–89 encompassing musique concrète, electroacoustic composition, as well as electronic music combined with live instruments like percussion, string quartet or organ.

The album starts with the musique concrète piece Ayayayayay, from 1971, a brilliant tape recorder collage from a variety of outdoor sound recordings done in Ecuador, including environmental and street recordings, animals, conversations, radio broadcasts, political speech or folk music. Cleverly assembled, sometimes transformed through ring modulator or other sound effect, these sounds are in a constant dialogue between each other and contrasted with synthesizer –the latter used as counterpoint, transition device or simply texture– to form a lively and colorful soundscape, at times nostalgic or ironic.The earliest and shortest piece here is El Mundo En Que Vivimos [The World We Live In], from 1967, a great musique concrète collage of found sounds and electronic music. We hear folk music instruments like koto or shô, as well as Western string instruments and bells, all interknitted with pure electronic tonalities from some voltage controller or what sounds like radio waves and static noise. Tape-manipulated parts are a real joy to listen and I only wish the piece would be a little longer.

The other works on the disc combine live instruments with electronic music. Intensidad y Altura, from 1979, is a piece for percussion instruments and synthesizer. The percussion –drum, cymbal, marimba, gong– favors non rhythmic, semi-aleatoric sounds while the synthesizer itself alternates between church organ-like, long-held notes and sequences of very nuanced and subtle, tape-manipulated synth sounds. Various modes of dialogue between percussion and synthesizer are explored throughout with an extreme attention to pitch and tone – the title means Intensity and Pitch. Whether in contrast or in homophony, these sounds at times combine into some purely magical sound epiphanies.

Composed in 1989, The Wings of Perception I is part of a cycle of 6 compositions inspired by books of Carlos Castañeda. The string quartet part uses advanced playing techniques of contemporary music (glissando, pizzicato, sforzando, noises, etc), à la Ligeti or Lachenman. The tape section was recorded using a specially-build cubic structure with various hanging metal objects used to create specific, unpitched sounds. For my own taste, though, this percussion section is a bit subdued in the final mix and the string section a tad too polished and conventional, so that nothing really stands out in the end.

Nemos Orgel (1989) pairs church organ played by Zsigmond Szathmáry with prerecorded organ and synthesizer sounds from an earlier 1971 Maiguashca piece titled Übungen. Inspired by Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this is a wonderful exploration of organ textures and abstract, long-held synthesizer notes, creating a truly mystic and otherworldly music. The analog synthesizer takes the lead in the second half and the music becomes rather weird at times. The entire piece succeeds in offering a beautiful, organic amalgamation of acoustic and electronic sounds, an apt equivalent of Captain Nemo's fantastic underwater organ.

As you can see, the Música Para Cinta Magnética anthology is a fine selection of tracks and comes with superb sound quality, a perfect introduction to Mesías Maiguashca's work.

[review by Laurent Fairon]