Oued Said story

From the famous french TV show "L'oeil du cyclone", this compilation of the "Scopitones", ancestors of the actual musical clips, around the Maghreb' s music, in the 60s, when immigration from north of Africa was significant in France.

Directed In 1999 by our friends Anaïs Prosaïc & Michèle Collery, this show contains few jewels with Salah Sadaoui, Mohamed Mazouni, Noura, Idir, Dahmane El Harrachi, Abdel Halim Hafez, Rachid Mesbahi, Sabbah, Hamadi Laghbabi, Farid El Atrache & many others.

a scopitone

  with french subtitles & remarkable dances' parts

 

La máquina de escribir

Para sonreír...

Soft Machine - 1968

‪Souvenirs, souvenirs! 
1968 : "Ce Soir On Danse"  on french TV with Soft Machine, a great performance when the band was formed 
with just 3 members: Robert Wyatt, Mike Ratledge & the brilliant Kevin Ayers who was the pioneering founder of the group and made this memorable new sound that caught on quickly in the psychedelic 1960s!‬ As well Kevin Ayers was closely associated with the Canterbury Scene.

1. "A Certain Kind"
2. "Save Yourself"
3. "Priscilla"
4. "Lullabye Letter"
5. "Hope For Happiness"

Hard format

A nice website, reaching to the sublime in music design...

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Rain tree

"Rain tree", for 2 marimbas & 1 vibes, a Toru Takemitsu 's delicate piece from 1981

performed by Eriko Daimo, Johan Bridger, and Patrick Raab

Noise 2

"Sound come into its own". What does that means? ... it means that noises are as useful to new music as so-called musical tones, for the simple reason that they are sounds...

~ Christian Wolff ~

"Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating."

~ John Cage  -  "The future of music: Credo"  (1937)  ~

Noise

Noise,
Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization.

~ Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary  (1911) ~ 

Noise,
Noise is the primitive and collective consciousness of music.
... If "noise" means uncomfortable sound, then pop music is noise to me...

 ~ Masami Akita, aka Merzbow , interview with Oskari Mertalo (twentieth century) ~

Kuba mambo

From the famous french TV series "L'oeil du cyclone" in 1992,
an amazing compilation of cuban movies' excerpt,
with Rita Montaner - in a strange version of the famous Lecuona's song "Maria la O" - ,
Beny Moré, Celia Cruz, Manolo Fernadez, Estrellita Rodriguez, Orquesta Havana Casino,
Orquesta Casino de la Playa, Orchesta de Mujeres Anacaona at the Saratoga Hotel - where had sung Omara Portuando - and many other artists.
Archives from the 40s, 50s & 60s.

french subtitles & remarkable dances' parts

L'OEIL DU CYCLONE-014 > Kuba mambo from alain burosse on Vimeo.

Record's factory

Lol Coxhill

Lol Coxhill, musical genius passed away last night in London

Morgan Fisher - "miniatures"

Remember the brilliant 51 "Miniatures", collected by Morgan Fisher  in 1980 with short pieces wrtitten by Robert Fripp, 1/2 Japanese, Robert Wyatt, Gavin Bryars, Kevin Coyne, Joseph Racaille, Lol Coxhill, Alejandro Viaño, Hector Zazou, and many others.
You can listen the Robert Fripp's one on "Miniatures, the blog" as well other pieces from that famous LP.

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Evil nigger

"you can't wear Gucci shoes and be a nigger"  -  Julius Eastman

Samedi 7 juillet 2012  @  Palais de Tokyo - Paris
Répétition publique : 14H-17H
Conférence sur Julius Eastman et Evil Nigger par Jean-Christophe Marti: 17H30-18H15
Concert : 19H

Composition pour quatre pianos interprétée par Matthieu Acar, Antoine Alerini, Violaine Debever et Nathanael Gouin
Direction musicale: Jean-Christophe Marti

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Julius Eastman's spoken introduction to the Northwestern University concert 6.1.1980.

The death of William Burroughs

A poetry movie with John Giorno directed by Antonello Faretta.