Wednesday, August 11, 2004  

Arthur Russell, "Keeping Up"
from The World of Arthur Russell (Soul Jazz, 2004; rec. 1993)

Akira Rabelais, "1390 Gower Conf. II. 20I can noght thanne unethes spellethat I wende altherbest have rad."
from Spellewauerynsherde (Samadhi Sound, 2004)

Two distinctly different ways to make music sound simultaneously ghostly and full. I want to go deep with an essay on this topic, about how disembodied sounds can coalesce to create a solid whole, but laaaawd, my allergies are acting up, and who can write with a runny nose?

The World of Arthur Russell deserves all the praise it has received, and I would love to hear Bjork cover "Keeping Up." The Arthur Russell renaissance begins now---or rather, earlier this year when everyone was writing about The World... and Calling Out of Context.

Akira Rabelais says, "I'm a composer writing software, not an engineer making music." Whatever, brah! Propeller cap or not, you rock my world (in the softest way possible). Spellewauerynsherde is on David Sylvian's Samadhi Sound, and it consists of electronically processed field recordings of Icelandic a cappella laments. Most beautiful record of 2004?

Much love to Beau Beau, Ewa & Baby Cam.
Off to Oslo.

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