Lawrence English is a composer, an artist, and a “philosopher of listening.” He joins us today to discuss a field recording trip to a remote Amazonian jungle that led to his latest album, A Mirror Holds the Sky.
Month: September 2021
The Aquarium Drunkard Show: SIRIUS/XMU (7pm PDT, Channel 35)
Ease Yourself And Glide. Via satellite, transmitting from northeast Los Angeles — the Aquarium Drunkard Show on SIRIUS/XMU, channel 35. 7pm California time, Wednesdays.
34.1090° N, 118.2334° W
Power Of Soul :: The Music Of CTI
CTI occupies a liminal space in the world of jazz – funky enough for the listener who may see straight-ahead as unapproachable, yet refined and technical enough to earn a nod of respect from world-class jazz musicians. Few labels with as consistent and signature a sound have been able to bridge generational gaps with such ease, attracting both wizened jazz hipsters and sample-heads alike.
Julien Lourau’s new lp, Power of Soul, treats these selections from CTI’s catalogue in a similar, straddling manner.
Venezuela 70: Cosmic Visions Of A Latin American Earth
Released in 2016, and followed with a second volume in 2018, Soul Jazz’s Venezuela 70: (Cosmic Visions of a Latin American Earth: Venezuelan Experimental Rock in the 1970’s) is a heady brew and one hot stew of a melting pot, blending Latin rhythms and Venezuelan roots with krautrock, baroque pop, intergalactic jazz, spaced-out garage rock, exotica lounge, and technicolor psych-pop.
Bela Koe-Krompecher :: Transmissions
This week on Transmissions, a conversation with author and label head Bela Koe-Krompecher on the rock & roll underground of Ohio and his new book, Love, Death & Photosynthesis.