Little Annie interview for 06:00am

06: How have you felt today?

Happy laced with trepidation

06: What is home? What is a city? What is a jungle?

Its my favorite place to be -my apartment -but New York itself has been a bit generic lately- waiting for it to change again - The jungle is where I m writing from-Mexico (well theres a mangrove alligators and iguanas about half mile from where I m sitting so the jungle is close-

06: Why is it that you can't sing the blues while drinking milk?

Because dairy products are awful for the vocal chords- and you cant fake the blues - if you ain't lived it it sounds disingenuous no matter what you be drinking-

06: All the radios in the world start to broadcast the same song simultaneously. Which song would you like it to be?

AS by Stevie Wonder -

06: What time do you get up in the morning? Do you look in the mirror when you get up?

I got up at 6.15 but had slept so badly ended up going back to bed till 9,- I usually do look in the mirror - guess

I do..

06: What did you do for fun when you were a teenager?

Trouble, Hitch hiked with my friend Diane to meet people - hung out in the park- heroin

06: Are you afraid of falling in love?

No -Im afraid of not falling in love-

06: Have you ever had any big disappointment? What has been your biggest disappointment?

Yes, too many to list- but I bounced back -if you mean one I couldn't bounce back from quickly, one without redemption , yes, but its locked in my heart -not for the public and still cant understand it, so till i know what it means Im unable to discuss it -

06: If someone could be cuddling you right now, who would you want it to be?

my dog, My family, Michael Jackson, liked to have cuddle him, Clive Owens-Michael Kenneth Williams (the guy who played Omar on The Wire

06: Did you ever take acid?

Yes , as a teenager

06: Do you think that people should live in outer space?

No-we have to learn how to live on earth first-

06: Were you the coolest kid in high school?

Only went for 1 year and I was too hip to be cool -

06: Have you ever lost your interest in music? If yes, why?

Yes - when life has overwhelmed art - and at times when the business clogged up my ears with nonsense - frustration -times when you just want to get to work but have a mountain of business blocking the way -

06: Do you have a favorite song?

Yes

06: What is your idea of happiness?

being being on stage, singing, knowing my loved ones are safe, cuddling my dog, singing along with my favorite song while painting -everything thats not unhappiness

06: What is your inspiration?

all that is, all that could be, all that shouldn't be /

06: Do you think that your music is sexy?

Sometimes

06: What made you decide to become a musician ?

never really decided - my voice has a mind of its own

06: What on your body is hurting or bothering you?

I have the flu right now so everything

06: What is on your wrists right now?

a braces, a silver and topaz bracelet – tattoos

Can you send us a picture of someplace or something that best illustrates your current state of mind to post along with your answers?

[see above]

06: THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

Thank You!

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Virilio - Signature

VIRILIO / SIGNATURE

Refraction without the appearance of colour.

http://www.notype.com/drones/cat.e/pan_079/

Credits

Corinna Triantafyllidis: tympani, tamtam, synthesizer, drum machine, voice.

Dimitris Papadatos: electronics, guitar, turntables, synthesizer, voice.

Recorded in Acacia Studio – Athens Greece (2013)

Written & Performed by Virilio.

Produced by Dimitris Papadatos & Corinna Triantafyllidis.

Mastered by Martijn Comes.

Thanks: Constantine, Martijn, Daria.

nihilist spasm band 'breaking wind' LP

As nicolas was heading for his roaring forties birthday, we were wondering whether we should issue a release to celebrate the occasion or should we throw a party or whatever. On the one hand lots of radical changes had taken place in the rekem HQ during the last year and found the four of us in a state of flux. On the other, a release idea to which you can always return and use as a sound diary, was bringing shivers from the absurd heyday and ultimately we couldn't resist the idea of doing one. Whom to invite for it? Without any second thought, the name of the Nihilist Spasm Band stuck to our minds. A band of friends who -for nearly half a century- hold regular Monday-night meetings/improvisations, their music has been a companion to our explorations in the world of obscure music, ever since our first encounter with it almost 23 years ago. And the recording and title the NSB suggested to us couldn't have fit any better, marking a crossroads in our lives with their free-as-the-wind sound that will now accompany new journeys.

Nihilist Spasm Band 

rekem records

Michael Adamis Electroacoustic Works

Rekem and Mafia presents:

MICHAEL ADAMIS

A Selection of Electroacoustic Works 1964-1977
(Deluxe 2xCD & booklet)

(rekem03/mafia02)

"Absolutely essential release of one of the most prominent personalities in the music world. Michael Adamis was recognised as a pioneering composer who created a contemporary musical genre upon the Greek tradition. He has managed to create an original electroacoustic soundscape, leaving a clear aesthetic mark among contemporary and Byzantine music. These works offer a remarkable example of his pioneering and diverse creative course, revealing a search for new means of expression. Tape, voice, distortion, concrete and electronic sounds, use of early synths. For the first time a Super Deluxe Double CD & Booklet edition is released with a selection of previously unreleased electroacoustic works from the 1964-1977 period."

let s go to russia

Δεν πρέπει ποτέ να ξεχνάμε το ηθικό χρέος κάθε ανθρώπου απέναντι στους πολίτες που κατοικουν το σώμα του, αυτόν τον πολυσύνθετο αστερισμό από κόκαλο. 

     Κυβέρνηση αυτών των πολιτών είναι η ανθρώπινη συνείδηση, που δεν πρέπει ποτέ να ξεχνά πως η ανθρώπινη ευτυχία είναι το σύνολο των κόκκων άμμου της ευτυχίας όλων των υπηκόων της. Ας διαφυλάξουμε τον κόσμο τους κι ας θυμόμαστε πάντα πως κάθε τρίχα στο ανθρώπινο κεφάλι είναι ένας ουρανοξύστης, που απ' τα παράθυρά του χιλιάδες Σόνιες και Κόλιες κοιτούν τον ήλιο. 

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Όμως η εξίσωση της ανθρώπινης ευτυχίας βρέθηκε και λύθηκε μόνο όταν οι άνθρωποι κατάλαβαν πως περιελίσσεται σαν μία αδύναμη κληματαριά γύρω από τον κορμό του κόσμου. Να ακούς το θρόισμα των καλαμιών, να αναγνωρίζεις τα μάτια και την ψυχή ενός φίλου σ' ένα καβούρι που πλαγιοδρομεί στην ακροθαλασσιά με τη δαγκάνα του υψωμένη, δίχως να ξεχνά τους πολεμικούς κανόνες - αυτά δίνουν μεγαλύτερη ευτυχία από όλα εκείνα που φέρνουν δόξα ή τη λαμπρή φήμη ενός, ας πούμε, στρατηλάτη. 

     Η ανθρώπινη ευτυχία είναι ένας δευτερογενής ήχος. Περιελίσσεται και περιστρέφεται γύρω από τον θεμελιώδη ήχο του κόσμου. 

     Η ευτυχία είναι το χλωμό φεγγάρι που γυροφέρνει τις Γαίες που κυκλώνουν τον Ήλιο, τα αγελαδίσια μάτια μίας γατούλας που ξύνει τ' αυτί της, τα χαμομήλια την άνοιξη, τον παφλασμό των θαλάσσιων κυμάτων.

     Αυτοί είναι οι θεμελιώδεις ήχοι της ευτυχίας, οι σοφοί πατέρες της, η παλλόμενη σιδερένια ράβδος που είναι αρχαιότερη από την οικογένεια των φωνών. Μ' ένα λόγο, ο άξονας περιστροφής της. 

   Να γιατί τα παιδιά της πόλης, ξεκομμένα από τη φύση, είναι πάντοτε δυστυχισμένα ενώ για τα παιδιά του χωριού η ευτυχία είναι κάτι αξεχώριστο σαν τη σκιά τους. 

     Ο άνθρωπος άρπαξε την επιφάνεια του Πλανήτη από τη σοφή κοινότητα των ζώων και των φυτών και ζει τώρα μες στη μοναξιά. Δεν έχει κανέναν να παίξει κυνηγητό ή κρυφτό. Στο άδειο δωμάτιο τον περιβάλλει το σκοτάδι της ανυπαρξίας, δίχως συντρόφους, δίχως παιχνίδι. Με ποιόν να διασκεδάσει; Ολόγυρά του ένα κενό "όχι". Οι ψυχές των ζώων, εξόριστες από τα σώματά τους, ρίχτηκαν πάνω του και τώρα οι στέπες του είναι υποταγμένες στο δικό τους νόμο.

     Χτίσανε πόλεις των ζώων μές στην καρδιά του.

     Θα 'λεγες πως άνθρωπος πνιγόταν από τον ίδιο του τον άνθρακα.

     Η ευτυχία του ήταν μια κάσα τυπογράφου απ' όπου έλειπαν πολλά αριθμητικά ψηφία, στοιχεία απαράιτητα για κάθε υπολογισμό, τα δύο, τα τρία. Και χωρίς αυτούς τους αριθμούς το Μέγα Πρόβλημα δεν μπορεί να τεθεί. Τους έπαιρναν μαζί τους στον τάφο τα ζώα αποχωρώντας, τους ατομικούς αριθμούς του κάθε είδους.

     Ολόκληρες πράξεις της εξίσωσης της ευτυχίας εξαφανίστηκαν, σαν σκισμένες σελίδες κάποιου χειρόγραφου. Το σκοτάδι έπεφτε απειλητικό.

     Αλλά τότε συνέβη ένα θαύμα: θαραλλέα πνεύματα ξύπνησαν τον Ιερό φαιό πηλό που καλύπτει κατά στρώματα τη γη, ξύπνησαν την κοιμωμένη της ψυχή από ψωμί και κρέας. Η Γη και πάλι έγινε τροφή, και κάθε κοιλάδα γιορτινό τραπέζι. Στα ζώα και τα φυτά αποδόθηκε ξανά το δικαίωμα στη ζωή, αυτό το υπέροχο δώρο. 

     Κι εμείς είμαστε πάλι ευτυχισμένοι: ένα λιοντάρι κοιμάται στα γόνατά μου κι εγώ κάθομαι εδώ καπνίζοντας το αέρινο γεύμα μου. 

Βελιμίρ Χλέμπνικωφ, Ζαούμ

     

that nearly- god ...

arbit city group meet mitch bucannon

some guns

sorry I havent written in so long 

Derek Paul Boyle - Good Under Pressure

DEREK PAUL BOYLE

Jakob Ullman interview for 06:00am

06: How would you describe your music to someone that has not experienced it?

The music I´m interested in (and so the music I compose I think) is very quiet and of rather long duration. I think one can hear better if one has to concentrate on hearing. But it is a laborious process. Some people become angry about such an imposition.

06: What was your father like?

It`s not easy to answer this question in short terms. I think the best description of my father is, that he was a “survivor”. He survived the Nazi-terror-regime in Germany (with the help of British bombs, otherwise the GESTAPO would have found and killed him). He survived Neonazi-attacks in the early western Germany; he survived prison in East Germany later. With this background he became member of the civil-rights-movement in East Germany and even politician (member of the European Parliament). At the end of his life he tried to survive his deep frustration seeing the recurrence of war in europe and the treason of the European idea and values. He died in 2004.

06: What’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned from Cage’s work?

The most valuable lesson I learned from John Cage as person: if you want to make music in freedom, you have to follow the instructions of the composers very, very carefully. If you want to compose freedom music you have to imagine (and to prepare) situations which are clear and adequate to practical circumstances of musical practice and – at the end – don´t try to be the owner of your work!

06: Do you find new surprises in sound every day? Are you constantly discovering new sounds?

I´m really sad that it is nearly impossible to discover new sounds every day. The world is too loud!

06: Do you have any expectations at all of the audience that comes to hear your music?

I should say that I have no expectations, but I would be glad if the audience will hear.

06: When you’re working on a piece of music, do you work on one piece of music alone, or do you work on several pieces at once?

When I work on a piece of music, I can concentrate only on one piece. After finishing the score I abolish the sketches so my mind is free for new things.

06: Are you pleased with the recordings of your music?

I´m very thankful for all the musicians who helped to record some pieces I composed. But I like performances more. Recordings are documents, performance is life.

06: For whom do you write?

If for “anybody” I write for “music”. In art it is not allowed to serve a purpose.

06: What is in your opinion the purpose of music in society, what is the purpose of art in society?

See above. And: if there is something like “purpose of art” then only to make visible and audible that the most important and most necessary thing for human existence have no purpose and no value (nobody can pay for them!).

06: Do you vote? What is your opinion about the current sociopolitical situation in Europe?

To vote one needs a party or an organisation, which try to work for aims, I can support in the sphere of politics. In Germany I do not see any party which is unconditional covenant to pacifism, is working for social justice without the heresy of limitless growth, respects people of all cardinal direction as equal human beings and knows that Germany is until today responsible for the worst crimes the world has ever seen.

So, how shall I vote?

I think it is seen from this my opinion of the current situation in Europe too.

06: You’re also a professor of music, a teacher of composition?How do you divide your time between the teaching and your own composing?

It´s very difficult to find the time to compose in the face of the obligations as professor of music. The result is: I did not compose so much in the recent years.

06: Can you send us a picture of you and a picture of something that best illustrates your current state of mind?

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