Portraits LP on Important records out January 24th!

The first official document of the massive group mind project, recorded in Oakland California in 2010 with Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, Evan Caminiti & Jon Porras (Barn Owl), Lisa McGee (Higuma, Vestals), Gregg Kowalsky & Marielle Jakobsons (Date Palms), Maxwell August Croy (En) Steven Dye & Tony Cross (Tarentel alum) and Michael Elrod (Date Palms, Barn Owl & The Alps). Three tracks of long form in the zone drone. Edition of 500 with lovely screen printed jackets.

Portraits – D (Edit) 

Portraits – Sa 

In Thin Air
Mixed in real time by Spencer D.
One hour of overlapping minimalist and electronic music.

Tracklist:
Richard Greyson – “Rain” from Live Electronic Music
Carl Stone – “Woo Lae Oak” from Woo Lae Oak
Paul Dresher – “Other Fire” from Another Coast: New Works from the West
Pascal Comelade “Paralelo” from Paralelo
John Wiggins “Pieces/Parts” from All the Truth at Once
Franco Battiato/Guisto Pio – “Martyre Céleste” from Juke Box
Alvin Curran – “On my Satin Harp” from Canti e Vedute del Giardino Magnetico
Lou Harrison – “Avalokiteshvara” from Pacifika Rondo & Other Works
Jean-Michel Jarre – “Diva” from Zoolook
Michael Vlatkovcich – “When do Clowns Cry” from 9113
Daniel Lentz – “Slow Motion Mirror” from After Images
David Cunningham/Flying Lizards – “Cirrus” from Fourth Wall
Jacque Lejeune – “Second Poème Chant 4” from Le Cantique des Cantiques
Uakti – “A Lenda” from Mapa
Ramuntcho Matta – “Avatar” from Ramuntcho Matta
Codona – “Trayra Boia” from Condona 3
Michael Hoenig – “Voices Of Where” from Departure from the N. Wasteland
Ingram Marshall – “Gradual Requiem, Pt. 2” from Fog Tropes/Gradual Requiem
Satoshi Ashikawa – “Still Park Ensemble” from Still Way
Robert Archer – “The Chorus of the Hills and Skies” from Nature’s Dream Harp

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Djivan Gasparyan
I Will Not Be Sad in This World
Opal Records, CD
1989

01. A Cool Wind is Blowing (4:04)
02. Brother Hunter (4:06)
03. Look Here, My Dear (4:06)
04. I Will Not Be Sad In This World (6:18)
05. Little Flower Garden (5:04)
06. Your Strong Mind (6:39)
07. The Ploughman (4:49)
08. Dle Yaman (4:02)

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Rootmix
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

01. Winter Solstice – All Alap (01:27:43)

Bahauddin Dagar (Rudra Veena) – Raga Bhairav – Alap
Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) – Raga Durgawati – Alap
Aruna Narayan (Sarangi ) – Raga Madhuvanti – Alap
Imrat Khan (Surbahar) – Raga Marwa – Alap
Hariprasad Chaurasia (Bansuri) – Darbari Kanada – Alap
Abdul Lateef Khan (Sarangi) – Raga Bhairavi – Alap
Ali Akbar Khan (Sarod) – Darbari Kanada – Alap
Debashish Bhattacharya (Slide Guitar) – Raga Saraswati – Alap
Shiv Kumar Sharma (Santoor) – Raga Janasamohini – Alap

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Paiter Merewá
Songs of the Surui Indians from Brazil

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Includes artwork and liners.

Thanks Alex!

ENSEMBLE ECONOMIQUE – Everything I Have, I Give To You from kohnkepik

Iannis Xenakis: Formalized Music: Thought and Mathematics in Composition (PDF)

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