Shows / random musing

Thanks to those who came out to the Music Room last night, and to the other bands that played. My next show is Saturday the 25th at the Little Advances House. I think I play first.

I was thinking today about how great this first Lyonnais album is, if you have a chance take a listen to the player below. Lyonnais are one of the best bands in Atlanta, so check out their hearty mix of post-punk and drone... it's something different. They pressed the album onto tape and I think you can still message them through their Facebook page to get a copy.

Great Records #2

#2. Eliane Radigue "Geelriandre & Arthesis" 1972-1973 French LP. Two pieces, each just shy of thirty minutes, and it's some of the most brilliant work in the minimalism field.

What this record has in spades is subtlety. It blows my mind. The synthesizer is used as a generator of tone, with slight shifts and alterations in sound to create atmosphere. Not really knowing anything about concepts of minimalism won't hurt a listener here; this is just great music.

Great records #1

From time to time, I like to write about random records. My hope is that you might track them down and give them a listen.

#1. White Hospital "Holocaust" 1984 Japanese LP. It's not quite what you would think, coming from that scene . This record isn't really in the school of Merzbow or Government Alpha, it's really more avant garde with a tinge of early industrial. It's not "noise" in the newer sense of that genre, just something different. This album is one of the few records I've heard in my lifetime that seemed to really be able to mix beauty and brutality, and to make it work. "Holocaust" really made an impression on me when I first heard it; I even tried for a couple months to start a band called Hospital Whites!