downstream / Cyber-Tuba MP3
In his effort to expand upon the tuba’s harmonic range, musician Benjamin Klein has paired it with a laptop, using electronic mediation to plumb the deep end as have few others before him. The result is A Hymn to Zoltan …
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downstream / Field Recorded MP3s
Many netlabels are devoted to electronic music, and much of that music is based on field recordings, but few of those netlabels are devoted to field recordings. Enter wanderingear.com, the most recent release on which, Lori Beckstead and Dave …
[ January 13, 2007 / bookmark ]
field notes / Virtual DJ’ing Tonight
In the 10 years I’ve published Disquiet.com, I’ve been asked twice to DJ, both in the past month or so. The first was for an event featuring Annie Sprinkle, and I explained that my reluctance had nothing to do with …
[ January 10, 2007 / bookmark ]
downstream / New-Folk MP3
Late last year, the five-strong Primordial Undermind released Loss of Affect on the Strange Attractors label. The album’s a triumph of less-ism, not so much minimalism, with its Zen patterns and often terse vocabulary, but music far more select and …
[ January 9, 2007 / bookmark ]
downstream / Ambient Metal MP3
Wondering what Disquiet.com’s humble suggestions as to the best commercial recordings of 2006 might sound like? Well, for starters, the Southern Lord record label’s “Listen” page includes a full track from numerous among its recent releases, including the dirge-rock of …
[ January 5, 2007 / bookmark ]
downstream / 5 Vantages on an MP3 Theme
In the classic story “Rashomon,” several individuals witness or are involved in a crime, but when they each recount the event after the fact, they tell markedly different versions. That tale, published by writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa in 1915 and immortalized …
[ January 5, 2007 / bookmark ]
downstream / Fripp-Eno MP3
Most major musicians, especially in the age of the Internet, don’t go away. They drift off the mainstream media’s line of sight and set up cottage industries. Guitarist legend Robert Fripp exemplifies this. Over at dgmlive.com (”DGM” standing for …
[ January 4, 2007 / bookmark ]
downstream / Click Tone Drone MP3s
The monohm.com netlabel offers little in the way of context for its releases, less than a handful of terms, tags really, for each of its freely downloadable sets of music. Take its most recent entry, Post Zero, credited to …
[ January 3, 2007 / bookmark ]
downstream / Dissolving Silent MP3
The holidays may be behind us, but holiday music isn’t necessarily. Courtesy of the Dark Winter netlabel (darkwinter.com) comes a refreshing take on “Silent Night.” This “Shepherds Quake” remix employs a music box version of the song, which both …