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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: November 03, 2010, 05:29:08 am »

could be.. i'm only going by the iTunesrelease date.. which was october 20th of this year.. 6 days ago... but, for sure itunes could be behind the ball on this.. and i don't keep up with thrill jockey much to know the true release date...

nice 38 mins though!

the new Mountains.. "Etching" ... bought it on iTunes last night...

New Mountains? Isn't that the live LP from last year (on Thirll Jockey) or did I miss out on something? If so, gonna do some digital crate digging.

Ok thanks,.
Just looked it up at the Thrill Jockey website and it is indeed the live LP from last year, which is indeed a lovely piece.




EDIT: oops answered already.

Today so far:
Kallabris - The Standard of a Fly (Entr'acte, 2010)
John Cale - Sun Blindness Music (Table Of The Elements, 2001)
Phill Niblock - Touch Food (Touch, 2003)


Really making a big dive into classical drone music. Yesterday ordered Triology de la morte by Eliane Radigue and The Electronic Harpsichord by C. C. Hennix. And think I should really get me some LaMonte Young and Tony Conrad soon (only have Conrad's Bryant's Park Memorial).
If anyone has some more useful recommendations in this field feel welcome.

Here's a few of my Drone favourites. All different approaches, but I'd highly recommend em all..
Alan Lamb - Primal Image
Charlemagne Palestine - Godbear
Ellen Fullman - Body Music
Henry Flynt - You are my Everlovin'
Richard Lainhart - Ten Thousand Shades of Blue

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: October 26, 2010, 05:14:14 pm »

So Percussion/Matmos - Treasure State. Quirky (not always a good thing), but quite beautiful too.

The Stylistics -"You are Everything" - I love the electric sitar and dreamy phasing keyboards. Just let it loop on repeat play..in fact there's a few "trippy" production touches on this album.

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SELF PROMOTION / "Dronestock" 23 October at Loop, Melbourne

« on: October 21, 2010, 05:01:52 pm »

I'll be performing a live soundtrack to Mark Reid's video "This is not a Window"  at 3.45pm as part of the following event..

Dreamland Recordings is proud to present: DRONESTOCK

5 hours of guitar, drones, noise & visuals.

DRONESTOCK is an audiovisual gathering featuring some of Melbourne's best atmospheric sound practitioners & a mixture of established, as well as up & coming musicians; all stylistically varied but sharing a common interest in the creation of guitar based drone music.


Featuring: THE GHOST OF 29 MEGACYCLES - ZAC KEILLER - SETH REES - THE LONELY DRONE - CONSTANT LIGHT - TIM CATLIN - SAM FILMER.

 
Taking place within the cozy confines of Loop Projects Space on Saturday October 23rd with an extra early show from 3pm to 8pm, Dronestock is the perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon, aiming to be a highly immersive audiovisual experience.

LOOP / 23 Meyers Place, Melbourne.

Sat Oct 23rd  $8.00.   Starts 3pm sharp.
 
For full details and to hear a track by each performer, head on over to the Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=150664718291707

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SELF PROMOTION / 10/4/2010 Brooklyn, NYC - Bar Matchless

« on: October 03, 2010, 10:28:24 am »

For those  in the New York area..

October 4th 2010  8:30PM

Bar Matchless
557 Manhattan Ave
Brooklyn, New York

Tim Catlin
Tandem Electrics
Goblin War Trio
Family Treasures

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: instant drone pedal

« on: October 02, 2010, 10:54:44 am »

just bought one and really like it a lot.  using it with an empress parametric EQ before it goes to the looper, but I can think of a few possibilities for it.
nice and simple and does what it advertises..

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: NYC

« on: September 28, 2010, 05:56:38 pm »

thanks for all the suggestions.
will be checking out the Highline once weather gets dry again..
I will check out Kims also..I remember it as a good place when it was on St Marks, but that was a while ago now.

Seeing Loren Connors, Tom Carter, Kyle Bobby Dunn at Union Pool tonight which should be good I hope.

Enjoyed Byron Westbrook set at Issue Project Room last night also..

T.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: Looper - 2880 or Boomerang?

« on: September 28, 2010, 05:48:22 pm »

I bought the 2880 and it seems great so far. I think I've got the general hang of how to use it - will be using it at a gig on the 4th, so we'll see then.

I am leaning towards the extra foot controller. seems like it would be pretty useful.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: NYC

« on: September 23, 2010, 07:29:40 am »

Guess I don't need to start a new topic for this..

Recently arrived in NYC and here until October 8th. 
Have bought a swag of CDs at Other Music (and will go back again for some more..) Downtown music Gallery and Earwax records are also on my list of shops..

Does anyone have any recommendations for shows to see? (music/art)
Or other things to check out?

On my list at present is:
Art: Brion Gysin at New Museum, Maya Deren's Legacy at MOMA, Hipster, Hustlers and handball players at the Met
Sound: Elian Radigue at Issue Project Room, Keith Fullerton Whitman, Expo 70,  Tom Verlaine

thanks
Tim

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: September 23, 2010, 07:11:35 am »

SWANS - COP/YOUNG GOD
So extremely dark and depressing....

well yeah that's how I'd put it too...

I forgot to add: 'but somehow really beautiful'

Now: Olivia Block & Kyle Bruckmann "Teem"
easy listening compared to SWANS ;-)

I am really scared to check out the "new Swans record".
Should I bother? Or can this be compared to a new Devo, Bauhaus, etc. record (in other words: don't bother, you cannot unhear it, it will spoil your picture of what this band means to you)?

There's a special edition of the Swans album, available tommorrow (21st) at the Young God Records site. I think I'm gonna give it a try. Haven't heard the album, but i like later period Swans, and Angels of Light...

I heard some of the special disc and it sounded amazing..I believe its remixed material from the sessions.
Track I heard was a long drone piece reminiscent of the Body Lovers/BodyHaters album he did a while back.
(if you can track that one down it's well worth checking out.  a fantastic album)

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: Looper - 2880 or Boomerang?

« on: September 14, 2010, 05:19:24 pm »

yep, 2880 is awesome. everybody needs one, I have the footpedal but it really depends how much of a "guitarist" you are if you need it. mine is boxed as I do not "play guitar" that much at the moment.
one more thing: pitch function in semitone = big big love
I never used the usb access or midi sync though and some people say it sucks (midi sync)

yeah the semitone pitch function sounds great.. hey, nothing against octaves, but a few more options is always good.
can't imagine I'll use the midi sync at all either.

will try the footpedal with my guitarist hat on.  I always find it amusing/annoying that the demonstration videos they usually have for guitar pedals are always very "musical". ie either lots of shredding or supposedly impressive playing or use of looping / delays in an obvious song-structured manner.  ( I suppose thats how most people will use them 'though.) always have to imagine what other uses the pedal could for.

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OTHER MUSIC / Re: What are you listening to?

« on: September 13, 2010, 05:47:07 pm »

a wide range of stuff depending on mood:

Eduard Artemiev - Zerkalow/Stalker ost
Michael Nyman - A Zed and Two Noughts ost
Henry Mancini - Experiment in Terror ost
Meredith Monk - Dolmen Music
Augustus Pablo - Original Rockers
White Rainbow - Prism of Eternal Now

(I'll also own up to some Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult and King Crimson whilst doing the vacuuming yesterday..)

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Re: Looper - 2880 or Boomerang?

« on: September 13, 2010, 05:29:11 pm »

thanks for your replies. 
yes Gareth I meant the 'rang 111. I have also heard the software is not ready yet. I use ebow a lot, so the input level problem would be a negative.

sounds like the 2880 will be as good as it looks. I'm not so fussed about clicks as I think all loopers will do that (except my old beloved Digitech PDS 800!). guess we have all developed ways of getting around this. (volume swells, silence etc)
not so fussed about undo either, but at least you could record a seperate loop and fade the "bad" loop out..

Taylor I wouldn't describe myself as an accomplished guitarist either, but I often like to use harmonics or manipulate the volume tone knob when playing, so the foot controller would be useful for that.

yes,  the eventide could also be good. I recently got an eventide pitchfactor which I like a lot.

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ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC / Looper - 2880 or Boomerang?

« on: September 13, 2010, 07:35:04 am »

Hi everyone..

My first post here. Hopefully you can help. 
I'm looking at buying a new loop pedal. At this stage it looks like a choice between a Boomerang or an EHX 2880. I'm  leaning towards the 2880 as it seems to have a more intuitive interface and lots of recording time.  Just wondering if anyone has played both of these or if anyone would recommend one over the other? (Looks like I'd need the additional foot pedal that comes with the 2880 to make it more useable?)

At present I use a Line 6 DL4 delay/looper which I really like...only problem is the longest loop time is 28 seconds. However its really intuitive and easy to use and I really like that I can fade loops in/out with an expression pedal. it looks like the Boomerang allows fade ins/outs also and from what I gather the 2880 allows manual fades using the sliders. (which is good, but if you have two hands on a guitar, probably not that easy.) The mixdown capability of the 2880 is also pretty cool..