new project of Willhelm Grasslich from <Uncle Grash's Flying Circus>. definitely worth your attention
mercoledì 27 luglio 2016
martedì 26 luglio 2016
Sounds from underground/File N°047
<<Dogless>>. I'm just listening it from few days and can't stop. why? because it's so genuine and good. and the melodies are great. I'm not looking for more.
0. name of the band
Dogless
1. where are you from?
I'm originally from the Detroit area in Michigan but lived in many places growing up, including Mexico, California, and Illinois.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I mainly use my acoustic and electric guitars, a bass, and a drum set. I record using a pretty basic setup: a condenser mic, a simple soundboard, and my Mac. I write songs in a variety of ways, it just depends how I am feeling. Most the time though I just mess around on my acoustic guitar until a song starts to form.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
My personal favorite genres are indie rock and punk/emo. Emo and pop punk are in a creative resurgence right now with a lot of bands putting out amazing records. I love the DIY culture of emo and punk bands, where they write and record whatever they are feeling. I don't necessarily feel a part of any scene, but I do gravitate to the emo scene
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
The internet has really helped the "underground" scene. People like myself are able to record and put up music for anyone to listen to, it's awesome. There's a ton of great stuff floating around the internet for people to hear. I'm glad blogs like yours help people find new stuff to listen to.
5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
I don't really play live anymore. I have moved a lot over the past year and haven't had the time to. I like to focus my extra time on writing and recording, it's what I enjoy the most.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I see my albums as a snapshot of my mental state at whatever point in my life I recorded them at. I try to name them in a way that accurately sums up that time. I was going through a very tough time with a lot of huge changes in my life when I recorded "Wait, Where am I?". I often felt lost and unable to process everything that was going on. When I go back and listen to my old albums I can remember how I felt at the time and what I was thinking. It's important to me that I continue to document things, even if I'm the only one listening.
0. name of the band
Dogless
1. where are you from?
I'm originally from the Detroit area in Michigan but lived in many places growing up, including Mexico, California, and Illinois.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I mainly use my acoustic and electric guitars, a bass, and a drum set. I record using a pretty basic setup: a condenser mic, a simple soundboard, and my Mac. I write songs in a variety of ways, it just depends how I am feeling. Most the time though I just mess around on my acoustic guitar until a song starts to form.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
My personal favorite genres are indie rock and punk/emo. Emo and pop punk are in a creative resurgence right now with a lot of bands putting out amazing records. I love the DIY culture of emo and punk bands, where they write and record whatever they are feeling. I don't necessarily feel a part of any scene, but I do gravitate to the emo scene
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
The internet has really helped the "underground" scene. People like myself are able to record and put up music for anyone to listen to, it's awesome. There's a ton of great stuff floating around the internet for people to hear. I'm glad blogs like yours help people find new stuff to listen to.
5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
I don't really play live anymore. I have moved a lot over the past year and haven't had the time to. I like to focus my extra time on writing and recording, it's what I enjoy the most.6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I see my albums as a snapshot of my mental state at whatever point in my life I recorded them at. I try to name them in a way that accurately sums up that time. I was going through a very tough time with a lot of huge changes in my life when I recorded "Wait, Where am I?". I often felt lost and unable to process everything that was going on. When I go back and listen to my old albums I can remember how I felt at the time and what I was thinking. It's important to me that I continue to document things, even if I'm the only one listening.
giovedì 14 luglio 2016
Sounds from underground/File N°046
looking for psychedelic dream pop from Poland? try <<Lilylivered>>, her two Eps will bring you into a surrealistic atmosphere worthy of David Lynch's films. big chance to become a cult.
0. name of the band
Lilylivered (solo act)
1. where are you from?
Poland
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I make my music mainly in the entirely virtual realm of VST plugins, simulators, etcetera. I also play guitar which I've been using a lot more lately on new tracks. I use my laptop mic to record physical instruments and vocals, which results in a kind of sound that I've grown to be fond of, despite the frustrating quality and floods and floods of ambient noise. I do lots of overdubs and often mix tracks into oblivion. When it comes to composing, it differs, but I tend to start off with a vocal melody, often some crazy vocalization, I play keys or guitar, or just toy with sounds, looking for something that would catalyze a bigger idea.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
To be honest, it's pretty tricky for me to think about my music in any bigger context of a "scene" – it feels very private, even though I do share it on the internet which may seem like the complete opposite of privacy, no matter how many people actually listen to you. That being said, so incredibly many musicians already write and record like that – at home, in a very DIY way – that this itself creates a kind of translucent community. And, really, as much as anyone can feel that their music don't merge with any bigger perspective, it's never really true – we are all reusing and reproducing and being inspired and being defiant towards what already exists.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
It depends on how you define that word. In general, I'm against the concept of genres, labels, however funny that might sound. Obviously, I know why those terms are useful and why they’re being used, but in the context of how cross-genre music has become now, sometimes it seems terribly obsolete and even detrimental to try to label everything. If you understand underground music as music that is not being commercially promoted, then, well, it's all over the place, and SoundCloud is a true underground music cornucopia. And that’s fantastic.
5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
I don't play live, except for in an alternate universe.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I started gathering my songs into EPs because they naturally began to form into little groups bound together by some particular feeling and representing certain periods in my life very vividly. The way I make music is very intuitive, sometimes if feels beyond any logic, and often I don't entirely differentiate between lyrics and music itself. And so, all my EPs, including the one I'm working on now, have very strong and very different from one another sonic themes unifying them. I get bored really fast which works for the best when it comes to music, I think.
0. name of the band
Lilylivered (solo act)
1. where are you from?
Poland
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
I make my music mainly in the entirely virtual realm of VST plugins, simulators, etcetera. I also play guitar which I've been using a lot more lately on new tracks. I use my laptop mic to record physical instruments and vocals, which results in a kind of sound that I've grown to be fond of, despite the frustrating quality and floods and floods of ambient noise. I do lots of overdubs and often mix tracks into oblivion. When it comes to composing, it differs, but I tend to start off with a vocal melody, often some crazy vocalization, I play keys or guitar, or just toy with sounds, looking for something that would catalyze a bigger idea.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
To be honest, it's pretty tricky for me to think about my music in any bigger context of a "scene" – it feels very private, even though I do share it on the internet which may seem like the complete opposite of privacy, no matter how many people actually listen to you. That being said, so incredibly many musicians already write and record like that – at home, in a very DIY way – that this itself creates a kind of translucent community. And, really, as much as anyone can feel that their music don't merge with any bigger perspective, it's never really true – we are all reusing and reproducing and being inspired and being defiant towards what already exists.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
It depends on how you define that word. In general, I'm against the concept of genres, labels, however funny that might sound. Obviously, I know why those terms are useful and why they’re being used, but in the context of how cross-genre music has become now, sometimes it seems terribly obsolete and even detrimental to try to label everything. If you understand underground music as music that is not being commercially promoted, then, well, it's all over the place, and SoundCloud is a true underground music cornucopia. And that’s fantastic.
5. do you play live? how public react to your music?
I don't play live, except for in an alternate universe.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I started gathering my songs into EPs because they naturally began to form into little groups bound together by some particular feeling and representing certain periods in my life very vividly. The way I make music is very intuitive, sometimes if feels beyond any logic, and often I don't entirely differentiate between lyrics and music itself. And so, all my EPs, including the one I'm working on now, have very strong and very different from one another sonic themes unifying them. I get bored really fast which works for the best when it comes to music, I think.
domenica 3 luglio 2016
Sounds from underground/File N°045
I love experimental pop songs like these proposed to us by <<Tedwyn James>>. and in summer I love them even more. <Mingus, You> is a Lp of 10 wonderful tracks that will become one of your favorite albums of this summer. I bet
0. name of the band
Tedwyn James is the name of the music. My name is Choicey.
1. where are you from?
I was born in Ottawa. I grew up in Edmonton. I live in Vancouver. I am from Canada.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
Physical instruments are played and recorded: guitars, a Wurlitzer, and an amplifier with a broken reverb tank that I still need to fix. My recording philosophy is to place a microphone where it sounds good enough then I leave it. I don't think much about it partly because I write, record, and revise at the same time. Sometimes it sounds terrible. Other times there are some pretty mistakes.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
Music is open and fluid. Listen to what moves you. Play what makes you feel. I don't think much about being part of a scene. My friends play and listen to all types of great music so I hang out with them and learn. I meet different people and get exposed to different sounds that way.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
No. Everything is at ground level or in the clouds so it's all relative.
5. do you play live? how does the public react to your music?
The first live show will be on July 21 at an art space in town. I've never played in front of humans before, only cats, dogs, and raccoons that wander into my room.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
My recordings are uncoordinated experiences and thoughts filtered through sound.
0. name of the band
Tedwyn James is the name of the music. My name is Choicey.
1. where are you from?
I was born in Ottawa. I grew up in Edmonton. I live in Vancouver. I am from Canada.
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
Physical instruments are played and recorded: guitars, a Wurlitzer, and an amplifier with a broken reverb tank that I still need to fix. My recording philosophy is to place a microphone where it sounds good enough then I leave it. I don't think much about it partly because I write, record, and revise at the same time. Sometimes it sounds terrible. Other times there are some pretty mistakes.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
Music is open and fluid. Listen to what moves you. Play what makes you feel. I don't think much about being part of a scene. My friends play and listen to all types of great music so I hang out with them and learn. I meet different people and get exposed to different sounds that way.
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
No. Everything is at ground level or in the clouds so it's all relative.
5. do you play live? how does the public react to your music?
The first live show will be on July 21 at an art space in town. I've never played in front of humans before, only cats, dogs, and raccoons that wander into my room.
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
My recordings are uncoordinated experiences and thoughts filtered through sound.
venerdì 1 luglio 2016
Sounds from underground/File N°44
here we come again after a long break. and we come back with a wonderful project from Poland called <<CRØSSENS>>. funeral pop that to me has also some kind of outsider music approach and that makes it so so good. surely not obvious sounds and that's another reason why you'll love it.
0. name of the band
CRØSSENSE
1. where are you from?
Poland
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
Oh, it'll be fail but... I can't play any instruments. But, hm, I'm using virtual instruments like piano or violin. I'm trying to make my compositions by matching the sounds. If they sound good, they match, then I leave it and find another sounds to mix with them. It's really nice process because I got a lot of sounds that don't match to my vision but sound cool so I save them for another song or even another project.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
Hm... me finding in a music context... That's interesting. I think I'm not a part of any scenes now. Yeah, of course we can say that my music is alternative or give my songs another tags but I don't know if they always be like that. I can't say that tomorrow I will make another song with piano because I can do something totally electronic. I think music nowadays is really interesting because we have so many measures that we can use and we don't need to limit ourselves. Ain't it amazing?
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
Yes, totally! But I think underground could be anything right now. For example public opinions. We see on TV, Internet and other media very popular opinions, popular points of view and there are other people who think in different way. That's underground for me. Something different from these things we can see really quick by only turning the TV on. We see only materials about Muslim terrorism attacks and a lot of people aren't aware of the fact that Muslims are also the victims and there are organizations like RIRA. But if they want, they can check it. But they won't find it so clear on the net or radio. Same thing is with music. We can listen to good songs by only typing 'popular songs 2016' in the Google but if we want to discover some new interesting sounds, we need to spend much more time to find it. That's the underground for me. Something different and something not so easy and obvious.
5. do you play live? how does the public react to your music? Well, I don't. It could be amazing to connect with public and play they my songs live but I didn't have an opportunity to present my music live. Well, maybe if we'll count some parties with friends but for bigger crowd... I haven't played yet. Maybe it'll change someday, who knows!
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I would say my music represents me, my feelings. I'd love to have skills to describe the world I see, everyday situations but it's not so easy. When I focus on my emotions I know I can say a lot so it becomes to me so simply. I sing about myself and I also sing about the situations from the world, for example in 'Questions'. There are some incidents that I cannot leave without my opinion. So... yeah, mostly ma experiences are the inspiration for my records.
0. name of the band
CRØSSENSE
1. where are you from?
Poland
2. what kind of instruments/equipment you use? do you use some particular record technique? which is your method of composition?
Oh, it'll be fail but... I can't play any instruments. But, hm, I'm using virtual instruments like piano or violin. I'm trying to make my compositions by matching the sounds. If they sound good, they match, then I leave it and find another sounds to mix with them. It's really nice process because I got a lot of sounds that don't match to my vision but sound cool so I save them for another song or even another project.
3. what do you think about the music context nowadays and how you place yourself in? do you feel a part of any scene?
Hm... me finding in a music context... That's interesting. I think I'm not a part of any scenes now. Yeah, of course we can say that my music is alternative or give my songs another tags but I don't know if they always be like that. I can't say that tomorrow I will make another song with piano because I can do something totally electronic. I think music nowadays is really interesting because we have so many measures that we can use and we don't need to limit ourselves. Ain't it amazing?
4. do you think that nowadays has still sense talking about "underground"?
Yes, totally! But I think underground could be anything right now. For example public opinions. We see on TV, Internet and other media very popular opinions, popular points of view and there are other people who think in different way. That's underground for me. Something different from these things we can see really quick by only turning the TV on. We see only materials about Muslim terrorism attacks and a lot of people aren't aware of the fact that Muslims are also the victims and there are organizations like RIRA. But if they want, they can check it. But they won't find it so clear on the net or radio. Same thing is with music. We can listen to good songs by only typing 'popular songs 2016' in the Google but if we want to discover some new interesting sounds, we need to spend much more time to find it. That's the underground for me. Something different and something not so easy and obvious.
5. do you play live? how does the public react to your music? Well, I don't. It could be amazing to connect with public and play they my songs live but I didn't have an opportunity to present my music live. Well, maybe if we'll count some parties with friends but for bigger crowd... I haven't played yet. Maybe it'll change someday, who knows!
6. Genesis P-Orridge said "Our records were documents of attitudes and experiences and observations by us and other determinedly individual outsiders. Fashion was an enemy, style irrelevant.". What do your records represent to you?
I would say my music represents me, my feelings. I'd love to have skills to describe the world I see, everyday situations but it's not so easy. When I focus on my emotions I know I can say a lot so it becomes to me so simply. I sing about myself and I also sing about the situations from the world, for example in 'Questions'. There are some incidents that I cannot leave without my opinion. So... yeah, mostly ma experiences are the inspiration for my records.
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