David Dalle
Thursday September 23rd, 2021 with David Dalle
Deep listening from Iceland, Canada, Argentina. Sun Ra "In Some Far Place" part IV.

We begin today's show with a set that will really reward deep listening. Best lying comfortably with good speakers or headphones and generous volume. We will start with "Caeli" by the Icelanders Bara Gisladottir and Skuli Sveerrisson. Gisladottir is a double bassist and composer who works a lot in avant-garde and improvised music. Sverrisson is also a bassist, though he usually plays electric bass. On this two hour album they indulge in deep improvisations with the two basses and electronics. Music that is primal and elemental, sometimes menacing, mournful and always beautiful. I've been sinking into this music often since it was released. "Primal and elemental" accurately describes the music of Icelandic composer Anna Thorvaldsdottir as well. Nature inspires much of her music, but it is a craggy, volcanic, windswept, sometimes even dangerous nature, yet grand and beautiful. The hard-to-find first album dedicated solely to her music from 2011 was reissued this year. Amongst these Icelandic peaks and depths we hear some mournful and haunting Kamancello.