Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
foxy digitalis reviews wondrous horse
here
Double bass and piano weren’t used in the recording of this album.
Which is significant, as the list of instruments used makes up four
entire lines of the press sheet (and a considerable part of the liner
notes) and includes just about everything from theremin to Turkish saz,
from violin to shruti box and from xylophone to drum machine. While
such eclecticism isn’t always a good thing, Vanessa Rossetto and
Salvatore Borrelli (aka etre) somehow make it work: The eleven tracks
on “Cavallo Meraviglioso” are given enough room to breathe, even the
meandering eleven-minute track “Ogni intuizione Ë il tangibile segno
del declino” never gets lost on its way to bucolic bliss.
Rossetto and Borrelli hail as an Italian/American duo, but I feel that
they would sit nicely in the Finnish scene as well, what with
Rossetto’s vocals reminding me of Islaja or Kuupuu. Wondrous Horse’s
dreamy free folk really is that good. I’m particularly fond of the
gentle strumming on tracks like – wait – “Il tempo ha posato sei voci
she gridano” but this playful, yet focussed album is enjoyable from
start to finish. Ah, and Valerio Cosi appears on one of the tracks as
well: “Questi Orizzonti Scomparsi” – even their track titles sound like
music! 7/10 -- Jan-Arne Sohns (10 December, 2008)
Double bass and piano weren’t used in the recording of this album.
Which is significant, as the list of instruments used makes up four
entire lines of the press sheet (and a considerable part of the liner
notes) and includes just about everything from theremin to Turkish saz,
from violin to shruti box and from xylophone to drum machine. While
such eclecticism isn’t always a good thing, Vanessa Rossetto and
Salvatore Borrelli (aka etre) somehow make it work: The eleven tracks
on “Cavallo Meraviglioso” are given enough room to breathe, even the
meandering eleven-minute track “Ogni intuizione Ë il tangibile segno
del declino” never gets lost on its way to bucolic bliss.
Rossetto and Borrelli hail as an Italian/American duo, but I feel that
they would sit nicely in the Finnish scene as well, what with
Rossetto’s vocals reminding me of Islaja or Kuupuu. Wondrous Horse’s
dreamy free folk really is that good. I’m particularly fond of the
gentle strumming on tracks like – wait – “Il tempo ha posato sei voci
she gridano” but this playful, yet focussed album is enjoyable from
start to finish. Ah, and Valerio Cosi appears on one of the tracks as
well: “Questi Orizzonti Scomparsi” – even their track titles sound like
music! 7/10 -- Jan-Arne Sohns (10 December, 2008)
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
’fall’ available for free download on bagatellen
“fall” achieves industrial ambiance through strings and whispers, and manages to confound a little. Eleven minutes of evolution is poised for at least another 20. Yet concision is eloquence, and “fall” is mighty effective in that regard. Vanessa’s Whoreson In the Wilderness gets regular play around here, so it’s extra nice to feature her music for “listen”.
Environmental recordings, viola, and cello; Recorded and mastered by Vanessa Rossetto, Austin, October 2008.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
collab with barry chabala up at compost & height
From Viola City began life as viola improvisations made in response to environmental sounds in recorded in New York City by Vanessa. Barry took that piece and processed it through a program he wrote in ChucK.
free download here
free download here
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
massive new 3 disc comp w.2 tracks by me
one mighty acts of god track and one by catrider (me & michael donnelly) and lots of others from a whole lot of people!
here
'Hand Rolled Oblivion' 3xCDr $30(US)
"3 jam packed cdr's containing 52 tracks gathered together over the last two years featuring tracks from mymwly regulars , friends and collaborators from all over this fucked up planet working/walking in the fields of noise , neofolk , psych and experimental music…'this is an epic compilation that will surely create a history and a legend that will reverberate through the long corridors of time from now into forever.' Or not." Packaged in hand assembled , 5 piece card thing.
Disc one: inhibitionists , no guru , catrider , hronir , cadavre esquis , kageplane , lamppukello and the north sea , ThrouRoof , mac temple , terracid , futurians with s.t.u.d. , autumn galaxy , charles curse , wolf skull , mark dagely , soulighters , ffehro , Corsican paintbrush]
Disc two: medroxy progesterone acetate , the golden oaks , innig , ajilvsga , autistic daughters , c.g.o.d. , eastern fox squirrels , jitka , bloom , akhet , mansion , chuffo and the grillers , blank realm , soarwhole , eye baba , mosseisly , 6majik9
Disc two: alligator crystal moth , cja , demented thrugg , dyja , dinmuckf , helen southall , horn and talon , iced bird spiral , mshing , didgebaba , brothers of the occult sisterhood , oriente lux , planadin , the mighty acts of god , the north sea , v , xelaeondion
here
'Hand Rolled Oblivion' 3xCDr $30(US)
"3 jam packed cdr's containing 52 tracks gathered together over the last two years featuring tracks from mymwly regulars , friends and collaborators from all over this fucked up planet working/walking in the fields of noise , neofolk , psych and experimental music…'this is an epic compilation that will surely create a history and a legend that will reverberate through the long corridors of time from now into forever.' Or not." Packaged in hand assembled , 5 piece card thing.
Disc one: inhibitionists , no guru , catrider , hronir , cadavre esquis , kageplane , lamppukello and the north sea , ThrouRoof , mac temple , terracid , futurians with s.t.u.d. , autumn galaxy , charles curse , wolf skull , mark dagely , soulighters , ffehro , Corsican paintbrush]
Disc two: medroxy progesterone acetate , the golden oaks , innig , ajilvsga , autistic daughters , c.g.o.d. , eastern fox squirrels , jitka , bloom , akhet , mansion , chuffo and the grillers , blank realm , soarwhole , eye baba , mosseisly , 6majik9
Disc two: alligator crystal moth , cja , demented thrugg , dyja , dinmuckf , helen southall , horn and talon , iced bird spiral , mshing , didgebaba , brothers of the occult sisterhood , oriente lux , planadin , the mighty acts of god , the north sea , v , xelaeondion
Monday, September 8, 2008
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