[requires both audio and video]Jonasquin on YT (previously) has written a wholly original motet in the 16th century style after Desprez upon the cantus firmus "Seven Nations Army", for the words of Psalm 10, verses 2, 3, 7-11.Comment would be superfluous.2026 Mar 20: Jonasquin YT: "A 16th century motet for the US President"Click through to the video on YT to see the translation in the description. comments
I’ve been on record—geddit?—here stating that MP3s are my preferred audio format. MP3 is no longer patent encumbered, it’s widely compatible with anything I throw them onto, and the quality difference between 320 Kb/s MP3s and higher fidelity formats like FLAC (and ALAC) were imperceptible to me. That was true at the time, but I’ve since proven myself wrong. I can hear the difference. Though it took a few changes in my circumstances to realise. Last year in Vietnam (shoot, I still haven’t pos...
Following two successful British tours earlier in 1966, the first with The Krew as backing band and the second with The League of Gentlemen, promoter Roy Tempest brought Lee Dorsey back for a final tour that autumn. According to Disc & Music Echo, the tour kicked off on 14 October and the main backing group … Continue reading Lee Dorsey’s British tour in October-November 1966 →
Mike Westbrook turns 90 today. To celebrate that milestone, the master of long-form compositions for large ensemble has released the latest in a series of solo piano albums in which he explores music that means a great deal to him, in the process exposing the roots of his own creative journey. Some of those albums […]
Proc Fiskal – “Imagemage” (bc) Micofcourse – “Hi, Bye” (Tre Mission Remix) (bc) Versalife – “Culprit” (bc) The post New Hots Hots 14 first appeared on Palms Out Sounds.
After Spice Girls, Mel C had a period - like so many of us - of experimenting with the cloud. When she came out of it, she wrote this song: When the cloud costs more than I can understand When uptime is not what I had planned When AWS goes out and there's no end in sight When Azure can't keep up all through the night I turn 2 U Like the admin reaching for a Sun I turn 2 U 'Cause it's the better one I can set it up When US-EAST is down I turn 2 U When my boxes are racked with redundancy They h...
"Concentric Macroscope is about transmissions—about radio waves and about communication, what’s said and unsaid. It’s about the transmission of information, and about echoes, and repetition. It’s about the invention of languages."
Hey, everyone! You may remember my post from 2024 over my friend Jon R. Mohr’s album he released that summer, Bioluminescent Soundwaves. Well, I’m happy to report that Jon has come out with a brand new song, Death is a Beautiful Cobalt Blue. This eleven-minute composure featuring the vocals of Julie Elven is a piece that […]
According to this website, Indianapolis native George Chandler was serving in the US military in northern Italy when he formed this soul quartet with fellow expatriate servicemen Rudy Rollins, Charles Cannon and Stanley Evans. The Four Kents formed a backing group called The Submarines in mid-1968 to support them live, which comprised a mix of … Continue reading The Four Kents’ British tour June 1968 →
A closer look at specific metal tracks at the granular level, this week we take a closer look at Demilich’s The Sixteenth Six-Tooth Son of Fourteen Four-Regional Dimensions (Still Unnamed)
During January 1966, promoter Roy Tempest brought Lee Dorsey over for a British tour on which he was backed by The Krew (https://garagehangover.com/lee-dorseys-january-1966-british-tour/). The response was so positive that Tempest lined-up another tour that kicked off three months later. According to a review in the Derby Evening Telegraph in its 30 April issue, page 7, … Continue reading Lee Dorsey’s British tour April-May 1966 →
Pentangle - Fillmore East, New York City, February 7, 1969We’re just hitting all the Doom & Gloom favorites this week — Sonic Youth, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Can … and Pentangle! Recently, the Guardian published a short essay by broadcaster, writer and DJ Zakia Sewell, who details how her teenage experience at a Pentangle reunion show in 2008 led to a broader understanding of being “half-white, half-black; half-British, half-Caribbean, and on the faultline between what sometimes felt like tw...
It’d be an overstatement to say the spirit of Ryuichi Sakamoto has followed me around on this trip – I’ve actually had very little opportunity to listen to music – but it is noteworthy that I saw the seeing sound, hearing time installation featuring his work at Hong Kong’s M+ gallery, and then when record […] The post Yellow Magic Orchestra – “Rydeen” appeared first on Space Echo.
Synthpop clowns, grunge country, genre-fuck, and my tip for the Eurovision 2026 win
Erin Corbett's "The Tree, The Rot, The Bloom" is out now, and it's really good. You should listen to it!
I was originally challenged to do this by Annie, last year, but have moved my blog to Pika since then so, I’m reposting it here. Enjoy! What are five of...
The Von Pip Podcast returns after a break with 60 minutes of the finest music from the past, the present, and the future (and guests too).
When The Pudding launched its Cultural Borders of Song map in 2018, it offered a compelling snapshot of global music tastes. But the map stalled in 2021 - and hasn't been updated since. For a truly up-to-date view, the new Cultural Borders map delivers a live glimpse of what the world is listening to right now.Cultural Borders is an interactive map of global music trends. Click anywhere on the
More musical mayhem from The Explodo Boys. Chris Harwood: lead vocal and bass, Gerry Kruger: guitar, George Kuczek:drums, Dan Rowles: keyboards.
