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A silence song
So much silence stretching above me Around me too Has it deafened me Has it closed my ears Has the silence itself brought about this rapture Between silence and sound Between the cry and the cull If man raises one voice I’ll raise two then One for loss One for losing One for death And…
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in memoriam joseph shabalala
ARCHIEFSTUK Het Parool van 24-03-2003, Pagina 9, Kunst, Recensie Zang als scherpe zwarte bijl JAÏR TCHONG Vanavond in Carré: de Zuid-Afrikaanse groep Ladysmith Black Mambazo, die eind jaren tachtig wereldberoemd werd door de samenwerking met Paul Simon. Het verhaal begint eerder. MEER DAN veertig jaar geleden richtte zanger Joseph Shabalala in Ladysmith, Zuid-Afrika de a-capellagroep…
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mlah
One of the albums (and live performances! 24 april 1992 in Tivoli Utrecht with good friends M. and L.) that got me into the idea that there is so much more music to discover outside of the Anglosaxon pop format was Mlah by Les Négresses Vertes. Still love that album, especially Oran and L’homme des…
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Laban
Salif Keita, dinsdag 25 juni in Koninklijk Theater Carré. Dit vind ik een van zijn mooiste nummers.
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een kerkdienst voor de filmkunst*
Dziga Vertov’s Anniversary of the Revolution (1918) was long lost, but thanks to Nikolai Izvolov, IDFA could screen a glorious full version of this epic film – perhaps the first documentary film in world history. Bass Sambeek (Cinesonic) made it happen with a live soundtrack, provided by Kate NV – electronics, Anna Azernikova – soprano,…
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The Ex
Some bands are beyond the usual spectrum. The Ex I consider to be one of these unique bands, the expression ‘hors categorie’ was made up for them. They defy any categorisation (that lazy habit of the music industry) and keep on moving towards unknown territory. And it isn’t nostalgia working here, please no. Without a…
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Music for mallet instruments, voices and organ (Steve Reich, 1973)
https://youtu.be/rCiGDdEdrks Just came across this fantastic version of Steve Reich’s Music for mallet instruments, voices and organ (1973), by ensemble Alarm will Sound. I can vividly imagine this music to sound during the creation of a universe – or two. Great interview (in Dutch, Groene Amsterdammer, 1985) by Frits van der Waa here.
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IM Franco et le TPOK Jazz
Franco Luambo Makiadi (6 juli 1938 – 12 oktober 1989)
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Byrne interviews Byrne
In an attempt to bypass promotional interviews for the movie Stop Making Sense (1984), Byrne decided to interview himself. Besides being outrageously funny performing as several interviewer types, Byrne as interviewee excels as usual with some razorsharp observations like ‘music is very physical, and often the body understands it before the head’. Hence the legendary…
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all anxieties tranquilized
Network (Sidney Lumet, 1976. Met: Faye Dunaway, Peter Finch, William Holden, scenario: Paddy Chayefsky). Arthur Jensen: You have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won’t have it! Is that clear? You think you’ve merely stopped a business deal. That is not the case! The Arabs have taken billions of dollars…
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