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Q&A – Jeff Witscher 1

1: Analog or Digital?
both, digital lately

2: What time did you wake up today?
8 & then 9

3: Last thing you read?
“sad little breathing machine” by matthea harvey

4: Whats your first memory?
laying on the carpet at my grandparents house

5: Tea Or Coffee?
coffee

6: Last thing you cooked?
chorizo w/ fried egg, kale & focaccia bread

7: If you’re reborn who or what would you like to be? n
Normandy landings, D day

8: What inspires you?
passion

9: Last record you played?
lazy magnet “I’ve yet to meet the redeemer” 7″

10: Favorite piece of musical equipment?
currently, ms 2000 & memory man w/ hazarai

11: Last movie you saw?
The Return by Andrey Zvyaginstev

12: Who do you love?
my family & friends

13: Do you have any pets?
watching over rose this month

14: Are you useful?
yes

15: Biggest fear?
being erased & eternity

16: What do you value the most?
honesty & sincerity

17: Famous last words?
nail gun to kneecap drop

Jeff  Witscher lives in Portland Or. and records under the name Rene Hell. He’s also the boss behind the great Agents Of Chaos label.

ROOTMIX – ARP – AUTUMN MIX 8

Arp
Autumn Mix

01.  Bridget St John – A Day Away
02.  The Moon – Give Me More
03.  Mark Fry – Narrow
04.  Sven Libaek – Ride A White Horse (Tiny Surf)
05.  Bert Jansch & John Renbourne – The Time Has Come
06.  Nirvana – Lonely Boy
07.  Peter Walker – Spring
08.  Panda Bear – Untitled 1
09.  Roscoe Holcomb – Knife Guitar
10.  Kimio Mizutani – Sabbath Day’s Sable
11.  Moondog – Synchrony Nª2 (Kronos Quartet)
12.  Montreal – Infinity
13.  François De Roubaix – Xavier Et La Maison D’arrêt
14.  Christine Perfect – I’d Rather Go Blind
15.  Gimmer Nicholson – Wesak
16.  Marianne Faithful – Vanilla O’Lay
17.  The Carolyn Hester Coalition – Calico Sky
18.  Tsegué–Maryam Guèbrou –  Evening Breeze
19.  Yes –  Yesterday & Today
20.  The Entourage Music Ensemble –  Composition For Viola
21.  Jacques Dutronc – Amour, Toujours, Tendresse, Caresse
22.  Lubos Fiser –  The Punishment
23.  Anne Briggs – Blackwater Side
24.  The United States of America – Love Song For The Dead Che
25.  Basil Kirchin – Negatives

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Arp is our good buddy Alexis Georgopoulos. His new record, ‘The Soft Wave’ is out now on Smalltown Supersound. It’s basically that perfect late summer / early fall evening record you’ve been looking for. Also, starting next week, you can catch Arp live in the deep south opening for Caribou. Dates are here.

Jonas Asher & Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – NYFF Recording (Edit) 8

Thanks to everyone who came out to the shows for the NYFF, we had a great time. Here’s a clip of our rehearsal for the Saturday show…

Jonas Asher & Jefre Cantu – Ledesma
Bushwick Rehearsal
10.2.2010

[audio:https://rootstrata.com/rootblog/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/jefre-jonas.mp3|titles=jefre & jonas]

Greg Davis – Tracers Mix 16

Greg Davis
Tracers
October 2010

1) Neu! – Nazionale from NEU! 4
2) Craig Leon – One Hundred Steps from VISITING
3) Steve Roach – Growth Sequence from NOW
4) Spacecraft – Lumiere de Lune from PARADOXE
5) Monoton – Circle from MONOTONPRODUKT 07
6) Edgar Froese – Pinnacles from PINNACLES
7) Ariel Kalma – Planet – Air from OSMOSE
8) Tom Cameron – Balsa from MUSIC TO WASH DISHES BY
9) Zed – Bene Gesserit from VISIONS OF DUNE
10) Richard Pinhas – Sur le Theme de Bene Gesserit V from CHRONOLYSE
11) Bil Vermette – Katha Visions from KATHA VISIONS
12) Ashra – Deep Distance from NEW AGE OF EARTH
13) Kraftwerk – Europe Endless from TRANS-EUROPE EXPRESS
14) Gene Bowen – Desert’s Edge from BOURGEOIS MAGNETIC
15) Conrad Schnitzler – Ballet Statique from CON
16) Klaus Schulze – Totem from PICTURE MUSIC
17) John Bender – 36A3 from I DON’T REMEMBER NOW
18) Michael Stearns – Fireflies’ Delight from M’OCEAN
19) Matthew Young – No Reason from RECURRING DREAMS
20) Laurie Spiegel – Patchwork from THE EXPANDING UNIVERSE
21) Heldon – Moebius from ALLEZ TEIA
22) Tyndall – Bahuauah from REFLEXIONEN
23) JD Emmanuel – Moving Out of the Body from ANCIENT MINIMAL MEDITATIONS
24) K. Leimer – Field Characteristics from CLOSED SYSTEM POTENTIALS
25) Michael Garrison – Aurora Dawn Part 4 from AURORA DAWN
26) Horacio Vaggione – Ending from LA MAQUINA DE CANTAR

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Ilyas Ahmed – NYC – Friday – 10-8-2010 1

More info HERE.

Liz Harris & Ilyas Ahmed Duo – live in-store at Aquarius Records – September 5th 2010. 2

Father – Invisible Cindy 0

Look for a Father cassette on RS in the near future.

Paul Clipson – Jefre Cantu-Ledesma – Grasslung – New York Film Festival – Oct 2nd & 3rd 0

NEW YORK FILM FEST PRESENTS: VIEWS OF THE AVANT-GARDE

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SATURDAY OCTOBER 2ND 2010
10PM

PAUL CLIPSON “UNTITLED GALAXY”
2010, APPROX 30 MIN, SUPER 8, COLOR
Live Sound by Jefre Cantu-Ledesma & Jonas Asher (Grasslung)

BRUCE MCCLURE “FIST I – IMPROPER FRACTIONS”
SOUND, APPROX 30 MIN, 16MM

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SUNDAY OCTOBER 3RD 2010
10PM

PAUL CLIPSON “CRESCENT”
2010, APPROX 30 MIN, COLOR, SUPER 8
Live Sound Jefre Cantu-Ledesma

BRUCE MCCLURE “FIST II – INTO A SOT SPOT”
2010, APPROX 30 MIN, 16MM, SOUND

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BOTH EVENTS AT 10PM
FURMAN GALLERY IN WALTER READE THEATRE, AT LINCOLN CENTER
MORE INFO HERE: http://www.filmlinc.com/nyff/2010/views

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