This Island Earth
Sunday April 9th, 2017 with PeterB
Experimental, jazzy, spacey, mellow, noisy, and piano-driven Raga. What could go wrong?
Today's adventure features Raga, driven by "fluid piano", a mash-up of experimental and ambient sounds and fusions, Afro-driven grooves and beats, plus a touch of noisy space travel for good measure. All over the pan-galactic musical map in other words.
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| Slither (Theme) Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale - Breathing Under Water - Manhattan Records, 2007 |
| First, an aural breath mint, to set a tone, and mood. A bit more of the terrific Cities and Memory project in 'globe-sourced' soundscaping. |
| A mesmerising repetition (Fisherton, England) Warren Daly / Cities and Memory - Sacred Spaces - Independent / Bandcamp, 2017 
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| "Fluid Piano". This exceptionally cool instrument allows for different tunings to be set before and during performance, including note-bending and micro-tonal scales, using a set of sliders. (See the image above.) Thus enabling it to be used in classical Indian and other middle-eastern and Asian styles. Yup, piano-driven Raga. Who knew? ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!!
The instrument was created over a ten year period by Geoff Smith (UK based composer and musician), and is played here by Utsav Lal (just 24 years old). A video of it being played is on YouTube here - recommended watching for sure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7ti6HUX5xQ For a play of the other two pieces from this amazing recording (and a much more clever explanation too) you can visit David Dalle's April 6th show here: http://cod.ckcufm.com/programs/105/31807.html |
| Panihari (Water Lady) Utsav Lal - The Fluid Piano - Fluid Piano Recordings, 2016 |
| Raga Todi Utsav Lal - The Fluid Piano - Fluid Piano Recordings, 2016 |
| Experimental jazzy spacy fusion-ish… |
| Tensta - Malmö Nils Berg Cinemascope - Vocals - HOOB Records, 2013 |
| Nike Pauline Oliveros / The Deep Listening Band - Deep Listening - New Albion, 1989 |
| Polished Metallic Rumblings Joerg Kaufmann and Johannes Welsch - Now & Zen - Sonic Flame, 2017
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| Raise a cup of kindness (Weightless dub mix) Lenka Lichtenberg & Eccodek - Lenkkodek: Open My Ears - EP - Sunflower Records, 2017 
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| Open my eyes (Peripheral vision mix) Lenka Lichtenberg & Eccodek - Lenkkodek: Open My Ears - EP - Sunflower Records, 2017
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| Off to some mostly Afro-driven beats and grooves. |
| Samba Si Kairi Vieux Farka Touré - Samba - Six Degrees Records, 2017
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| Maya (feat. Idan Raichel) Vieux Farka Touré - Samba - Six Degrees Records, 2017
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| Tell Me P.R.O. (People Rock Outfit) - Blacky Joe - Soundway Records, 2016 |
| Make It Fast, Make It Slow ROB - Make It Fast, Make It Slow - Soundway Records, 2012 (re-issue, originally Essiebons 1977) |
| Ya A Ya A Ya A Ya A Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - Lalibela - Independent / Bandcamp, 2017 (re-issue, originally Pyramid Records 1974)
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| My Africa Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids - King of Kings - Independent / Bandcamp, 2017 (re-issue, originally Pyramid Records 1974)
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| Just Like You (Interlude) Nomadic Massive - The Big Band Theory - CFM Musik / Coop Les Faux-Monnayeurs, 2016
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| Konba Nomadic Massive - The Big Band Theory - CFM Musik / Coop Les Faux-Monnayeurs, 2016
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| Heliocentrics, including new stuff coming soon. And some other noisy space travel, to finish off … |
| A World of Masks The Heliocentrics - Out There - Stones Throw Records, 2007 |
| Chapter 10: Trust the Cosmos (Believe In the Universe) The Heliocentrics & Melvin Van Peebles - The Last Transmission - Now-Again Records, 2014 |
| Bali Bronze Lloyd Miller & The Heliocentrics - (OST) - Strut Records, 2010 |
| Made Of The Sun [pre-release track] The Heliocentrics - A World Of Masks - Soundway Records, 2017
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| Afrikan Spaceship (Ras G Ghettoscifi Remix) Gonjasufi - Mandela Effect - Warp, 2017
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| Hardcore Nêgo Benjão - Real Rio: rock, pop, noise and electronic music from Rio de Janeiro - Mais Um Discos, 2016 |
| Bathroom Sex Leo Justi - Real Rio: rock, pop, noise and electronic music from Rio de Janeiro - Mais Um Discos, 2016 |
| En La Mano Del Payaso Chinese Cookie Poets - Real Rio: rock, pop, noise and electronic music from Rio de Janeiro - Mais Um Discos, 2016 |
| Saturn Moon Sun Ra & His Astro-Solar-Infinity Arkestra - Singles Vol. 2: 1962 - 1991 - Strut, 2016 |
| Exit, stage left. Full circle… |
| Between Two Worlds (Pendock, England) Rob Knight / Cities and Memory - Sacred Spaces - Independent / Bandcamp, 2017
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1:06 PM, April 9th, 2017