ERDEM HELVACIOGLU - ALTERED REALITIES
Bridge to Horizon
[7:34]10.7 Mb
Sliding on A Glacier
[7:39]9.8 Mb
Frozen Resophonic
[6:43]9.5 Mb
Dreaming on A Blind Saddle
[8:00]11.3 Mb
Shadow My Dovetail
[8:48]12.5 Mb
Pearl Border
[7:15]9.8 Mb
Ebony Remains
[7:10]11.1 Mb
Erdem Helvacioglu "Altered Realities" Album Review
Captivating electro-acoustic music
Here is what it says in the liner notes of the CD:
"Altered Realities is an album of solo acoustic guitar and live electronics. All of the compositions were recorded in real-time, directly to DAT (Digital Audio Tape) without any overdubs, mixing, editing, post-processing, or the use of previously recorded material. All of the textures were created based only on the acoustic guitar signal with no other sound source used during the recording. Within these textures, there are long sustaining single notes, beautiful shimmering chords and rhythmic clusters. With no post-processing, no editing and no use of previously recorded material, the moment that is recorded is the moment that we hear on the CD."
This is possibly the most fitting description of the music presented on this 53-minute disc. Written and recorded entirely by Turkish composer Erdem Helvacioglu, whose resume includes stints with artists as diverse as Kevin Moore (check out his solo material for creepy cinematic pieces), drone metal masters Merzbow, and Kazuya Ishigami among others, Altered Realities is in a way similar to the way Kip Winger recorded his first solo album where he would ask guitarist Andy Timmons to improvise without letting him hear the compositions beforehand and record his parts on the spot, and therefore capturing the magic of the moment -- bits that could only be produced once in a lifetime. The songs here give off a similar vibe. They are pure and simple, stretching single acoustic guitar notes into eternity atop curiously arranged keyboard shimmering and weird rhythmic angles. Helvacioglu's acoustic guitar is crystal clean but it does sparkle with scintillating urgency during certain climactic moments. The compositions mostly flow timidly through minimalistic soundscapes, but some sections bravely venture into electronic territory, such as the violent "Frozen Resophonic" with its protruding static and white noise blanketing a peaceful acoustic melody. Not all of the album maintains an ethereal feel, however. The composer's darker side comes through on the suspense-laden "Dreaming on a Blind Saddle", which could be imagined as a worthy film soundtrack.
This is by no means an easy album, but will be very rewarding to the patient listener. The fact that this "huge" atmosphere was built almost instantly is reason to check the album out alone. There is a reason why Kevin Moore worked with him on his solo material, and still continues to use his samples at live shows. (He recently performed to a small audience of about hundred people and used Helvacioglu's captivating guitar samples to evoke a similar atmosphere heard on his CD's.)
Erdem Helvacioglu is a great musician with incredible potential and unparalleled compositional ability. Give his music a listen.
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Tracklisting- Bridge to Horizon . Sliding on a Glacier . Frozen Resophonic . Dreaming on a Blind Saddle . Shadow My Dovetail . Pearl Border . Ebony Remains
NICO - THE CLASSIC YEARS
I'm not Saying
[2:51]2.6 Mb
The Last Mile
[2:29]2.3 Mb
Ill Be Your Mirror
[2:17]2.1 Mb
Femme Fatale
[2:41]3.8 Mb
All Tomorrows Parties
[2:51]4.3 Mb
The Fairest of the Seasons
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These Days
[3:33]5.2 Mb
Little Sister
[4:25]6.4 Mb
Chelsea Girls
[7:25]10.5 Mb
No One is There
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Aris Song
[3:23]4.8 Mb
Frozen Warnings
[4:05]6.3 Mb
Nibelungen
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Janitor of Lunacy
[4:02]6.1 Mb
Abschied
[3:04]4.7 Mb
Affraid
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Secret Side
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You Forgot to Answer
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The End
[9:29]13.3 Mb
Nico "The Classic Years" Album Review
You are beautiful and you are alone
Imagine the center of the song is a singer who cannot sing. Not an insurmountable obstacle, but one requiring special sensitivity in material and production. Often it's here and worth the effort to listen - a sound rarified and lunar.
Inelegant and primitive, Nico sounds best when supported by baroquefolk violins. (There's no dialectic when the VU backs her.) She gets an oblique, decomposing cabaret vibe going - it's despairing but never pretentious.
Marlene Dietrich doing Tom Waits - only much more glacial.
BUCKETHEAD - FUNNEL WEAVER
The Blind Centipede
[0:54]1.2 Mb
Kurtz Temple
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Covert
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Death Card
[1:03]1.4 Mb
R I P
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Plans Within Plans
[0:41]0.9 Mb
Eye in the Sky
[0:57]1.4 Mb
Freezer Burns
[0:58]1.3 Mb
Sky Drones
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Operation Gateway
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Bantam Rising
[1:44]2.4 Mb
Combat Shadow
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Azzims Lectures
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Channel of Secrets
[0:44]0.9 Mb
Comet Shower
[1:20]1.7 Mb
The Worm Turns
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Silhouettes Against the Sky
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Sleeper Agents
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Recreational Cryonics
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The Blind Sniper (Fred Rogers)
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Atlantis Found
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The Spiders Web
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Blue Crystal
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Reaping the Whirlwind
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The Hills Have Eyes
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The Other Side of Midnight
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Sea the Hollow Man
[0:49]0.7 Mb
Unsound Methods
[1:05]1.2 Mb
Hall of Records
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Aluminum Clouds
[1:27]1.9 Mb
Lost Threads
[1:22]2.1 Mb
Killing Mask
[2:45]3.7 Mb
Rattlesnake Hill
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4 Phantom
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Stub Pylons
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Armour Piercing Projectiles
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Stolen Identities
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The Sriek of Revenge
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Card Trick
[1:25]1.6 Mb
Caretaker of Memory
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The Kingdom of Nie
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Kangaroo Kranes
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High Seat with the Devil
[1:17]1.7 Mb
Jessy
[1:31]1.7 Mb
From the Foxholes
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(F L I P)
[0:44]0.7 Mb
Frozen Head
[1:52]2.4 Mb
Who is the Enemy
[0:35]0.7 Mb
Nappler Radar
[0:53]1 Mb
Buckethead "Funnel Weaver" Album Review
Great ablum
I love all of Buckethead's albums, this is another good one to add to the collection, plus it has so many songs!
THE ED PALERMO BIG BAND - TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF WHEN YOU DANCE
Rdnzl
[8:52]12.5 Mb
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
[6:23]10.1 Mb
Dwarf Nebula Processional March and Dwarf Nebula
[6:07]9.5 Mb
Pound for A Brown on the Bus
[6:01]9.3 Mb
Sleep Dirt
[5:33]8.7 Mb
Gumbo Variations
[5:54]9.5 Mb
Mom and Dad-Oh No
[9:09]13.4 Mb
Moggio
[5:33]8.8 Mb
The Ed Palermo Big Band "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance" Album Review
top notch jazz interpretations
I love zappa. But before I ever heard FZ's work, I was a jazz musician. I've always been a fan of frank's more jazz-influenced work, and this cd is just fantastic. High quality musicianship throughout the album combine with fresh, interesting arrangements that are faithful to the originals but still cool in their own way. If you like frank and you like big band jazz, give this one a try, you won't be disappointed.
Video Ed Palermo Big Band
The Ed Palermo Big Band plays the music of Frank Zappa at the CD release party of "Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance." It features Napoleon Murphy Brock and was taken on December 27, 2006 at the Cutting Room in NYC.
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