Interplanetary Interlude #11: The Owl in the Sarcophagus

Playlist

1. Kaneda- Geinoh Yamashirogumi
2. Death Rides a Horse- Ennio Morricone
3. Tetsuo- Geinoh Yamashirogumi
4. Chasmaeon- Ga'an
5. Doll's Polyphony- Geinoh Yamashirogumi
6. Still I'm Sad- The Yardbirds
7. Where is Yesterday?- The United States of America
8. Shohmyoh [edit]- Geinoh Yamashirogumi
9. Voice and Bowed Percussion- Arrington de Dionyso & Ravi Padmanabha
10. Mutation- Geinoh Yamashirogumi
11. Hymn of the Cherubim- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
12. Aguirre- Popol Vuh
13. Z Point- David Grubbs
14. Requiem- Geinoh Yamashirogumi

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Most of this interlude comes from the soundtrack to the classic anime Akira. The rest was suggested by the polyphonic and choral elements of its great soundtrack. Ennio Morricone and Popul Vuh are also soundtrack masters, of Italian and German cinema respectively. David Grubbs was a member of one of the best post-rock acts of the 90's, Gastr del Sol. The episode's title is as usual pilfered from Wallace Stevens. Perhaps you could read while you listen. 

Debussy, "Preulude to the Afternoon of a Faun"

After Beethoven, the two most important composers of the 19th century are Wagner and Debussy. The later two explored chromaticism in similar but distinct ways. Ok, enough pedantry:

In the Bloom of Madness Pt 2: Un-Raveling Bolero

In the Bloom of Madness pt 1: Louis Wain Before & After Schizophrenia

"He has made the cat his own. He invented a cat style, a cat society, a whole cat world. English cats that do not look and live like Louis Wain cats are ashamed of themselves."- H.G. Wells

Buttress O'Kneel, The Four Seasons

Four different recordings of Vivaldi's Four Seasons superimposed on one another. This is not a deconstruction, like Brian Eno's variations on Pachelbel's Canon in D, but rather kind of kaleidic amplification. 

Wagner Today

Today is Wagner's 200th birthday.

Charles Ives: The Unanswered Question

Here's an excellent video from NewMusicXX explaining the composition and intent of the great American composer Charles Ives' "The Unanswered Question."

This is Bach's "Crab Canon," basically a musical palindrome. Sometimes I hear people call music from the 1950's and earlier "old." My response (in my head, mostly) is always, "You're kidding, right?" I did a brief series on modern versions of Bach  on my old blog.

Episode #2: Offerings for Wicked King Wicker

Playlist

1. Opening Music (from The Wicker Man)- Magnet
2. Dancing Gods- The Silver Apples
3. Procession- Magnet
4. Augurs of Spring: Dances of the Young Girls/Ritual of Abduciton (from Rite of Spring)- Igor Stravisnky
5. Searching for Rowan- Magnet
6. Song of Wandering Aengus- Ceoltoiri
7. Suspiria- Goblin
8. Chop Chop- Magnet
9. I Have Always Been Here Before- Roky Erickson
10. Lullaby- Magnet
11. Song for Adonis- Savage Republic
12. O Adonis- Savage Republic
13. Masks/Hobby Horse- Magnet
14. Vikings- The Black Angels
15. Nibelungen- Nico
16. The Wizard Blew His Horn- Hawkwind
17. Eye-Shaking King- Amon Duul II
18.The Return of Rubezahl- Amon Duul II
19. Supercoven- Electric Wizard
20. Sumer is a Cumen In- Magnet




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Episode #1: Interplanetary Music Blasts Off!

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Playlist

1. Blast Off!- The Monks
2. Rocket USA- Suicide
3. Rocket #9 Takes Off for the Planet Venus- Sun Ra
4. Starship- MC5
5. Astronomy Domine- The Pink Floyd
6. Interstellar Overdrive- The Pink Floyd
7. Kometenmelodie 1- Kraftwerk
8. Yes! I am a Long Way from Home- Mogwai
9. We Travel the Spaceways- Sun Ra
10. Nepture, the Mystic- Gustav Holst
11. Requiem for Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Two Mixed Choirs, & Orchestra- Gyorgy Ligeti