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Ches Smith
Gordon McChesney "Ches" Smith is an American musician, whose primary instruments are drums, percussion, and vibraphone. He recorded and performed an album of his own solo percussion pieces entitled ''Congs for Brums'' (2006). In 2010 he released ''Noise to Men''. Discography As leader/co-leader *2006 – ''Congs for Brums'' (Free Porcupine Society) *2010 – ''Noise to Men'' (Self Released) *2010 – ''Finally Out of My Hands'' (Skirl) *2012 – ''Psycho Predictions'' (88) *2013 – ''Hammered'' (Clean Feed) *2014 – ''International Hoohah'' (ForTune) *2016 – ''The Bell'' (ECM) *2018 – ''A Complete and Tonal Disaster'' (Self Released) *2021 – ''Path of Seven Colors'' (Pyroclastic) *2022 – ''Interpret It Well'' (Pyroclastic) As sideman ;with Tim Berne *2012 – ''Snakeoil (album), Snakeoil'' (ECM) *2013 – ''Shadow Man (Tim Berne album), Shadow Man'' (ECM) *2015 – ''You've Been Watching Me'' (ECM) *2015 – ''Spare'' (Screwgun) *2017 – ''Incidentals'' (ECM) *2020 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major form of musical expression in traditional and popular music. Jazz is characterized by swing and blue notes, complex chords, call and response vocals, polyrhythms and improvisation. Jazz has roots in European harmony and African rhythmic rituals. As jazz spread around the world, it drew on national, regional, and local musical cultures, which gave rise to different styles. New Orleans jazz began in the early 1910s, combining earlier brass band marches, French quadrilles, biguine, ragtime and blues with collective polyphonic improvisation. But jazz did not begin as a single musical tradition in New Orleans or elsewhere. In the 1930s, arranged dance-oriented swing big bands, Kansas City jazz (a hard-swinging, bluesy, improvisationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knife Play
''Knife Play'' is the debut studio album by Xiu Xiu, released on February 19, 2002. Content A sticker on the cover of the album reads "When my mom died I listened to Henry Cowell, Joy Division, Detroit techno, the Smiths, Takemitsu, Black Sabbath, Sabbath, Gamelan, 'Black Angels (Crumb), Black Angels' and Cecil Taylor". The title is a reference to knife play. Noted themes include familial dysfunction, violence and despair; "Hives Hives" is a cover of the IBOPA song "Hives" that references AIDS and HIV, and "Dr. Troll" is about a young transgender girl who teaches a class of preschoolers. "Suha" is about the titular 25-year old woman, and features lyrics describing how Suha wants to commit suicide by cop. "Luber" is about a child named Luber who Jamie Stewart encountered buying The Smashing Pumpkins, Smashing Pumpkins records while working at a Record shop, record store in San Jose. "Poe Poe" is about a Sugar baby, sugar daddy, "I Broke Up (SJ)" is about the violent breakup of a re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Angels Volume 9
A book is a medium for recording information in the form of writing or images, typically composed of many pages (made of papyrus, parchment, vellum, or paper) bound together and protected by a cover. The technical term for this physical arrangement is ''codex'' (plural, ''codices''). In the history of hand-held physical supports for extended written compositions or records, the codex replaces its predecessor, the scroll. A single sheet in a codex is a leaf and each side of a leaf is a page. As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage reflecting that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's ''Physics'' is called a bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Book Of Horizons
''Book of Horizons'' is the fourth studio album by Secret Chiefs 3, released May 25, 2004. accessed June 22, 2018 ''Book of Horizons'' was the first Secret Chiefs 3 album to reveal the satellite bands that form the actual band under their own names. Out of the seven bands only one, NT Fan, was not heard on the album at all. The other six are The Electromagnetic Azoth, UR, Ishraqiyun, Traditionalists, Holy Vehm and FORMS. Since the release of ''Book of Horizons'' the satellite bands have seen several releases of their own. Content "The Owl in Daylight" is inspired by the final, unfinished novel of the same name by renowned |
Secret Chiefs 3
Secret Chiefs 3 (or SC3) is an American avant-garde group led by guitarist/composer Trey Spruance (of Mr. Bungle and formerly, Faith No More). Their studio recordings and tours have featured different lineups, as the group performs a wide range of musical styles, mostly instrumental, including surf rock, Persian, neo-Pythagorean, Indian, death metal, film music, and electronic music. The band's name is derived from the "Secret Chiefs" said to inspire and guide various esoteric and mystical groups of the previous two centuries. Spruance has expressed interest in, and drawn inspiration from, various mystical or occult systems such as Sufism, Kabbalah, Hermeticism, and alchemy. Satellite bands In 2007, it was announced that Secret Chiefs 3 has always been a general name for seven different bands, each representing a different aspect of Spruance's musical and philosophical interests. The seven bands are Electromagnetic Azoth, UR, Ishraqiyun, Traditionalists, Holy Vehm, FORMS, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Torn
David M. Torn (born May 26, 1953) is an American guitarist, composer, and producer. He is known for combining electronic and acoustic instruments and for his use of looping. Background Torn has contributed to recordings by artists as diverse as David Bowie, k.d. lang, John Legend, Madonna, Tori Amos, Bill Bruford, Tony Levin, Mick Karn, David Sylvian, Chocolate Genius, Michael Shrieve, Steve Roach, Patrick O'Hearn, Andy Rinehart, Matt Chamberlain, Meshell Ndegeocello and Don Cherry. In addition to his composition work, Torn's music has been featured in a wide variety of films, including '' Friday Night Lights'', ''Velvet Goldmine'', ''Adaptation'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''The Departed'', ''Fur'', ''The Hoax'', ''Kalifornia'', ''Traffic'', '' Reversal of Fortune'', ''Tibet'', and ''Three Kings.'' He studied with Leonard Bernstein (within the "Music for Young Composers" series), as well as with guitarists John Abercrombie, Pat Martino, Paul Weiss and Arthur Basile. Torn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nina (Xiu Xiu Album)
''Nina'' is a Nina Simone tribute album recorded by Xiu Xiu. It was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013 to generally favorable reviews. Recording The idea for the album came while frontman Jamie Stewart was on tour with Swans. ''Nina'' was recorded in a day. The album features Jamie Stewart's voice, Ches Smith on drums, Tim Berne and Tony Malaby on saxophones, Andrea Parkins on accordion, and Mary Halvorson on guitar. The latter four had experience in avant jazz. The album reimagines rather than recreates Nina Simone's songs. It was released on Graveface Records on December 3, 2013. Reception ''Nina'' received a "generally favorable" score of 65 (out of 100) from the ratings aggregator Metacritic, which indicates "generally favorable" reviews. Nate Chinen from ''The New York Times'' described the album as accentuating Simone's "spooky, unsettling side". He adds that Stewart's vocals add to the "psychodrama" in "Four Women" and "the wildness" in "Wild Is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Always (Xiu Xiu Album)
''Always'' is the eighth studio album by Xiu Xiu, released on February 28, 2012. Recording ''Always'' saw the return of Devin Hoff to Xiu Xiu's lineup. The album was produced by Deerhoof's Greg Saunier and mixed by John Congleton. Lyrical themes The songs "Beauty Towne" and "Black Drum Machine" revisited subjects from earlier Xiu Xiu songs. "Beauty Towne" revisited the subjects of " Clowne Towne," while "Black Drum Machine" finished the narrative to " Black Keyboard."Xiu Xiu - Always Polyvinyl Record Co. Retrieved 16 March 2012. "Joey's Song" was dedicated to Jamie Stewart's brother, while "Gul Mudin" was ded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dear God, I Hate Myself
''Dear God, I Hate Myself'' is the seventh studio album by American indie rock band Xiu Xiu released on February 23, 2010. This is their first album since the departure of Caralee McElroy. The album features new member Angela Seo on piano, synthesizer and drum programming, with production by frontman Jamie Stewart and Deerhoof's Greg Saunier. This album marked a departure from the more analogue styles of ''Women as Lovers'' and '' The Air Force'', and shifted stylistic choices to a more chiptune style, utilizing the Nintendo DS' KORG DS-10 software to program drum and synthesizer tracks. Lyrically, the album touches on themes such as body image, eating disorder, race, self-loathing, parental pressure and Stewart's idolization of fictional characters such as Butters Stotch and Pandapple. The album was supported by three singles, "Dear God, I Hate Myself", "Gray Death", and "This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy)". Composition Many of the songs on ''Dear God, I Hate Myself'' were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Women As Lovers
''Women as Lovers'' is the sixth studio album by American avant-garde band Xiu Xiu. It was released on January 29, 2008, by Kill Rock Stars, and shares its title with the Martin Chalmers translation of Elfriede Jelinek's 1975 novel '' Die Liebhaberinnen''. Prior to its release, the album was reported to be "more approachable or communicative on a basic human level" than anything else the band has released. The first track, "I Do What I Want When I Want", was released on December 11 via Pitchfork Media's "Forkcast", and is also available free of charge from Kill Rock Stars' webstore. The release through the iTunes Store includes seven exclusive bonus tracks, whilst 500 limited edition copies were packaged with a DVD called "''What's Your Problem?''", containing four tour films, 100 photos, and sixteen music videos. Track listing All songs are written by Xiu Xiu, except "Under Pressure" written by Queen and David Bowie. "You Are Pregnant You, You Are Dead" contains additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good For Cows
Good For Cows is an experimental jazz band from Oakland, United States. Their line-up consists of Xiu Xiu's current drummer Ches Smith and former Xiu Xiu bassist Devin Hoff Devin Hoff is an American bassist, composer and arranger. Hoff has collaborated with Julia Holter, Nels Cline, Sharon Van Etten, Shannon Lay, Cibo Matto, Kira Roessler, Good For Cows, Xiu Xiu, and others. Hoff has also released three albums of .... Beginning Band claims they formed in Oakland, CA in 1999 "''when no one else would show up for band practice''". Discography References American jazz ensembles from California Asian Man Records artists {{US-jazz-band-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Remixed & Covered
''Remixed & Covered'' is a 2007 double album by Xiu Xiu. One disc contains cover versions of the band's songs, whilst the other contains remixes of their originals. Track listing Disc One (''Covered'') #Larsen - "Mousey Toy" (originally from ''La Forêt'') #Oxbow - "Saturn" (originally from ''La Forêt'') #Sunset Rubdown - "Apistat Commander" (originally from '' A Promise'') #Marissa Nadler - "Clowne Towne" (originally from ''Fabulous Muscles'') #Good For Cows - "Sad Pony Guerilla Girl" (originally from ''A Promise'') #Kid 606 - "Fabulous Muscles" (originally from ''Fabulous Muscles'') # Why? - "The Wig Master" (originally from '' The Air Force,'' title adds "The") #Her Space Holiday - "I Love The Valley OH!" (originally from ''Fabulous Muscles'') # Devendra Banhart - "Support Our Troops" (originally from ''Fabulous Muscles,'' title omits "OH! (Black Angels OH!)") Disc Two (''Remixed'') #"Hello From Eau Claire" (Remixed by Gold Chains) (originally from ''The Air Force'') #"Cere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
