Quote of the Week: “It is hard to leave the subject of Minimalism without mention of Count Basie, master of the art of leaving out.” That’s Bernard Holland in his entry as part of a roundup, last week, …
Sound art artifacts at the Montclair Art Museum in Montclair, New Jersey (montclairartmuseum.org):
1. Man Ray’s “Objet Indestructible” (Indestructible Object), 1923/1965, is a metronome of lacquered black wood to which is affixed by paper clip a photo of the eye …
The cello lends itself to ambient music, what with the instrument’s human scale, its inherent depth of sound, its deep self-reflecting resonance. It’s a fascinating instrument, physically imposing yet often relegated to the background, especially in most writing for string …
A new album’s due out shortly from Cepia, titled Natura Morta, and the releasing label, Ghostly International, has made a full track, “Opening Parade” (MP3), available as a teaser. Cepia’s had two previous appearances in the Disquiet Downstream: back …
The new entry at term (12k.com/term), the occasional netlabel for experimental music that’s a branch of musician Taylor Deuree’s 12k label, is a half-hour drone recorded just last month by Swiss musician Pe Lang. Drones are categorized more often …
The guitarist Robert Fripp, a pioneer in live looping, regularly posts free MP3s of his work — solo, in unique small ensembles, and with his various bands, most notably King Crimson. These files don’t remain online at his site, …
Former skateboard champ Tommy Guerrero makes either the closest thing the jam band circuit has come to slo-core, or the closest hip-hop has come to ambient music, or the closest thing the graffiti world has come to lounge …
Quote of the Week: Osamu Tezuka is the subject of a retrospective exhibit, Marvel of Manga, at the Asia Art Museum (asianart.org) in San Francisco. (Full disclosure: I am employed by one of the exhibit’s …
“The design is such that the sound of the book being opened onto a table has infrasonic content, too low for human hearing. The book briefly vibrates at eighteen hertz, which is the resonant frequency of the human eyeball. … …
High atop the Roppongi Hills Mori Tower in Tokyo sits the Mori Art Museum, a contemporary venue with a global vision. It floats 53 stories above the city, but before you even get to see the art your eyes have …