In anticipation of a new mix of Czech and Slovak music compiled by Gurun Gurun’s Jára Tarnovski to be published next month at A CLOSER LISTEN, I’m republishing this mix and interview from Fall 2011, originally published by The Silent Ballet. CZ/SK [MIX by Jára Tarnovski] http://www.gurunas.net/ http://gurungurun.bandcamp.com/album/gurun-gurun http://www.homenormal.com/ TSB’s Joseph Sannicandro talks to…
“Our inherited symbols of order and beauty have been divested of meaning.” Leo Marx This is something of an unusual mix: an edited soundwalk consisting of field-recordings made during the Sonic Delights festival at Caramoor in Katonah, NY. Richard Allen has already written about this exhibition (here and here, including plenty of photographs) which motivated…
Originally published by ACL A simple three-note melody is quietly sounded out as electronics buzz and swarm their way into the foreground, a low tone gently swelling in the back. A bird cries above, water sloshes lightly in the harbor. What is conjured up is not quite bliss, but something more ecstatic, outside-of-itself while still…
This is an excerpt taken from the raw material for a sound installation I’m currently developing. The original recording is Marino Zuccheri’s Parete 1967, a concrete tape composition designed to accompany a projection by the painter Emilio Vedova in the Italian Pavilion during Expo 67 in Montreal. This recording was made during the summer…
Vasco Viviani, of Old Bicycle Records, recently wrote a very nice review of the Les Rumeurs tape for Radio Gwen (in Italiano) in Switzerland. I’ve taken the liberty of translating it into English. Thanks to Vasco for this! Stefan Christoff & Joseph Sannicandro – Les Rumeurs De La Montagne Rouge, En Chœur, Convergent howlarts.net …
THE NEW OBJECTIVE – Ukiyo-e Gōmune, or, alternate soundtrack to Revenge S03e01 by Lostchildrennetlabel on Mixcloud THE NEW OBJECTIVE – with a real gone mama, don’t let me take your style by Lostchildrennetlabel on Mixcloud
Canadian artist Kyle Bobby Dunn spent a few years doing the Brooklyn thing before returning to the Great White North. Happily based in Montreal for the last year, KBD celebrates the release of his epic triple LP/double CD album Kyle Bobby Dunn & The Infinite Sadness, released by Students of Decay, with a truly special…
The curators of the Victoriaville festival (FIMAV) haven’t pulled any punches this year, putting together what may be their most impressive program ever for their 30th anniversary edition. Artistic titans like Meredith Monk, Marshall Allen (Sun Ra), Fred Frith and Evan Parker have been at it longer than most of us have been alive. Not…
A series of radio segments combating austerity politics, aired on CKUT 90.3 fm, Montreal’s community radio station, aired during the Fall semester of 2013.
Article originally published May 15, 2014 at Cult MTL For their 30th edition, the organizers of the FIMAV festival in Victoriaville reached back throughout their archives to assemble an all-star program, but rather than just bring in big name performers who have been on the world stage since the ’60s, they made sure to balance the…
Montreal’s most dedicated protest rock group Thee Silver Mt Zion Memorial Orchestra will be playing a very special record release show at the Rialto on [Thursday Feb 6th]. They’ll be hitting the road hard in the next few months all over Europe and the States to celebrate their latest record, Fuck Off Get Free…