This Island Earth
Sunday September 1st, 2019 with PeterB
A selection of faves, and a full play of an AMAZING rendition of Terry Riley's 'In C' Brooklyn Raga Massive style!!
Making best use of the looooong weekend, with many loooong tracks, and loooong sets. Including a full play of a TOTALLY INCREDIBLE re-imagining of Terry Riley's revolutionary minimalist piece 'In C', Brooklyn Raga Massive style!! JUST WOW!!
Dust off your very best headphones, right now...
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| Slither (Theme) Anoushka Shankar and Karsh Kale - Breathing Under Water - Manhattan Records (2007 ) |
| Starting with some auditory "brain mints" to clear your ears for things to come… |
| Lotus Feel [live] John McLaughlin - Remember Shakti - Polygram, 1999 |
| Raghupati Raghav Raja Ram Utsav Lal - The Fluid Piano - Fluid Piano Recordings, 2016 |
| Featuring a TOTALLY INCREDIBLE re-imagining of Terry Riley's revolutionary minimalist piece 'In C' -- this time from Brooklyn Raga Massive. Played in full today. Of the many, many versions of this piece, this raga-fied imagining of it is one of my personal favorites. Expansive, highly trance-inducing, pure complex minimalist bliss to totally blow your mind. JUST WOW!
Here's how 'In C' works, basically: There is a constant rhythm drone on middle C, that drives the whole piece from start to end and kinda makes it all hang together. The drone is the first, and last, heard, and always present. Overlaid are 53 sequences of tones, ranging from single notes to multiple bars, to be played in rough order at the individual musicians' choosing. All in key of C, played at any speed, with any number or mix of musicians and instruments. There is no set sequence. There might be a conductor ... or not. If I got the math right, that means there are pretty much infinite variations possible, and ranging from just a few minutes to until all the players drop dead from exhaustion. Put down whatever homework, housework, or whatever else you are currently pretending to do. And clamp on your very best head-phones. Sit back, and just absorb. |
| Raga Bihag Alap Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 1 - 8 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 9 - 11 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 12 - 13 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 14 - 16 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 17 - 21 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 22 - 27 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 28 - 34 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 35 - 41 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 42 - 47 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cell 48 Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Cells 49 - 53 (Jhalla) Terry Riley / Brooklyn Raga Massive - Terry Riley In C - Northern Spy Records, 2017 |
| Just a pile of recent-ish faves! |
| Lullaby for JS Ljova - SoLò Ópus - Independent, 2019 |
| JEJê Black Classical - Candomblé - On The Corner Records, 2016 |
| Near the Ocean Family Atlantica - Cosmic Unity - Soundway Records, 2016 |
| El Río Family Atlantica - Cosmic Unity - Soundway Records, 2016 |
| Visa Family Atlantica - Cosmic Unity - Soundway Records, 2016 |
| Okoroba Family Atlantica - Cosmic Unity - Soundway Records, 2016 |
| Dzimani Monoswezi - A Je - World Music Network, 2017 |
| Tasaddu' (Rupture)  Maurice Louca - Benhayyi Al-Baghbaghan (Salute the Parrot) - Nawa Recordings, 2014 |
| Ramsoo Kimmo Pohjonen - Sensitive Skin - Odine, 2015 |
| Eno! Byrne! OH MY! |
| Vocal Outtakes Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Expanded Version) - Nonesuch Records, 2005 |
| Two Against Three Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts (Expanded Version) - Nonesuch Records, 2005 |
| Qu'ran Brian Eno & David Byrne - My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts - Sire, 1981 |
| I Am an Ape David Byrne & St. Vincent - Love This Giant - 4AD, 2012 |
| Tutti Forgetti Brian Eno - My Squelchy Life - Opal, 2015 |
| Fickle Sun (ii) The Hour Is Thin (feat. Peter Serafinowicz) Brian Eno - The Ship - Warp, 2016 |
| Fickle Sun (iii) I'm Set Free [Velvet Underground cover] Lou Reed / Brian Eno - The Ship - Warp, 2016 |
| Exit, stage left. With some more McLaughlin that needs a full play some day. Full circle... |
| Mukti [live] John McLaughlin (comp. Hariprasad Chaurasia) - Remember Shakti - Polygram, 1999 |
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Welcome! Hope y'all enjoy today's program. Go dust off your best headphones for In C, raga style, coming up!
1:08 PM, September 1st, 2019