Esa was a danceband from Cameroon who blended electronic sounds and disco bass into their soukous (African rumba) sounds. 14 musicians participated in the creation of this first record, released in 1986. Stephan Dayas Nguea, who produced and provided vocals on this album, is still carrying on as a solo act and still using the Esa id. This is my favorite from the Esa discography and a hard one to find, so a good one to share. Hope you enjoy.
Microneurosurgery with video tapes - Spinal Space-Occupying Lesions, by dr. Stergios Tegos
(Medical Publications, Konstandaras, Athens 1998)
This publication by dr. Tegos is divided into three sections, the first giving a general review of the commonest pathology of the spinal cord, the second detailed descriptions of 35 representative patients, and the third contains video recordings of the operations of these patients. The tapes contain no less than 12 hours of video, and as dr. Tegos puts it; "To provide a more pleasant, relaxing and less monotonous experience even for established neurosurgeons, Vangelis Papathanasiou has composed music for each of the operations separately." Be sure to check out the enclosed pages for a description of Vangelis' technique of "immediateness" for composing this massive amount of tunage. Our providing friend, who wants to remain anonymous, spent the christmas chopping up the 12 hours of tape for us to enjoy. Thank you for the effort! Here's a vid of case 24 to "enjoy", and check out the comments for links to the entire lot.
The Cut were a Norwegian New Wave/Synthpop group with a German singer/keyboardist who also wrote most of the songs. Volker Zibell also did the album artwork. Shadow Talks was their first album released in 1981 in Norway and, in this case, 1982 in Germany. Zeroy has had a nice long vacation from Blogsville, but I'm back with a fresh batch of new jams. More to come . . .
The growing bin PROUDLY presents a wonderful, deep and eclectic mix by L.A. based musician, hobby gardener, cat & dog friend and music lover Wolfgang a.k.a. Zuckerzeit a.k.a. Zucker Chimney.
Being a big fan of his mixes I am correspondingly VERY happy to host one of these beauties now .
Please spread your "Savant Wings" and take an hour long trip around the music world starting in Wolfgang's garden in California (see pics). Fly over to Germany, or to Japan, Spain and Brasil. From Norway over Hungary to the Netherlands, Mexico or Africa and back to Japan - then listen again : )
Finally some japanese music again. Deep, spiritual, percussive and highly organic - no synthesizers needed. It might be perfect for this time of the year.... More info on the release here.
Happy new year folks!
Having heard some of Pilhofer's fine librarymusic in the classical vein, I was curious about this jazzy album. It has its moments, and do check out Pilhofer's liner notes.
Snowfall Quiet Storm Christo Retendor Douar Nevez Über Dem Berg The Cavern Isle Royal For The Rest Of My Life (Thank you, Chee!) Hangover In Hannover Christmas In Spain (Edit for Afro & Tako) Take My Number Pane Caldo Transylvanian Countess Il Nostro Caro Angelo Standing Together Il Vendedor De Promesas (also for this one!!!)
Michael Bundt is a well known name among fans of obscure electronics. Here's his third solo album released in 1980 on Blubber Lips . It's a good bit more experimental than the predecessor, the lovely cosmic ether-pop record "Neon" - in fact even weirder than his first. Be prepared and grab your shades....
PS. maybe someone remembers the c64 game "Maniac Mansion"? I have always thought "The Tower Of Osc" would have been a nice addition to the soundtrack of that game. The tentacle song maybe? Chow chow!
followers of the blog may have realized that things slowed down a bit at the bin. i hope you don't mind if we give you a little more time to digest the music posted here from now on. what counts for food counts for music as well. and the other way around. if you're interested in enjoying not only music with relish - here's likeminded folks: SLOW FOOD. more info.
PS. Don't worry! We'll have some nice Xmas gifts for you.....
sorry to disturb the download feast but it's tea time, folks.
prepare for the winter and get some woolen socks.
when you come back in turn up the heating, get the water boiling and listen to this if you please.
Cheers, Basso
Playlist: Stereolab - The Incredible He Woman ( you're missed!) Hector Zazou's La Perversita - I Love You S... (Stefanie of course) Nick Drake - River Man Bora Rokovic - Soft Hands Had The Rain Carla Bley - Dining Alone Allaudin WIlliam Matthieu - Scales Of Scales Fairouz - Habaitak Bil Saif Version I Heat Brothers - Maimoun Archaische Klangfarben - Schlangentanz (as deep as it gets ; ) Rava - Verde Que Eu Te Quero Ver The Crusaders - Serenity Fila Brazillia - Soft Music Under Stars
you can also download these shows when joining the deepfrequency family here....... no tons of spam mails to be expected when doing so, just a few invitations to df parties (4 times a year, it's not fucking facebook!!!)
Mort Garson - Signs Of The Zodiac (A&M Records, SP 4211-4222)
Moog-wizard, Mort Garson contributed some fine tunes for this peculiar set of twelve records, one for each sign of the zodiac. If only the narrators could give it a rest from time to time, to enjoy the moog-noodling, but no.. Here's the lot, enjoy!
Our friend Michael from NOISE IN MY HEAD offered to share a wonderful piece of OZ Electronics. How could we resist? May I pass the mic to Michael:
"Recorded in the same year as their landmark debut, Sunday Night at the Total Theatre sees Cybotron's core Steve Braund and Geoff Green hypnotise a theatre of attentive space cadets with otherworldly drones and a chugging beat. I feel a rather romantic connection with this private press given that it was performed on a Sunday eve in Melbourne, just like our weekly radio show 30+ years later. Parallel worlds converge when transmitted on the FM airwaves. Unfortunately not the easiest piece to find from the Cybotron catalogue, the LP was apparently given away at a subsequent concert. Those were the days. Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Ian MacFarlane who played in a later incarnation of the live Cybotron experience and also made three brilliant long playing tapestries of kooky solo synth miniatures. He shared some interesting insight into why the band were such pioneers of their era. You can hear that here: http://www.noiseinmyhead.com.au/index.php?/archive-2011/161011-w-ron-morelliian-macfarlane/"
Before I forget: Last weeks Joy of cooking has been archived some days ago and is including some amazing edits by Jantronix Schulte and Abel as well as a couple of recent faves by yours truly.
Playlist: Tarney Spencer - It's Really You Jan Schulte Edit Hiroshi Sato - Say Goodbye Edit Abel - Aegean Sea Ken Elliot - Are You Ready Jörg Reiter - A New Surprise Merge - Back In Style Norbert Gottschalk - Turnaround Bossa Jean Pierre Thanes - La Course De Jeune Homme Five Pipes - Red Clay ARtful - Waiting Andreas Schifferdecker - Vertigo Macky Feary Band - You're Young
Hugest thanks to ONEDOTZERO.COM.PT who sent me on a trip to the beautiful shores of Portugal and made it possible to see some of Porto's record stores after a long night of incredible short films, nicest people, wonderful white wine (Douro!!!) and lots of music....
Back to the record shop: My wrecked eyes hoped to see some Rão Kyao LPs there and to my deepest pleasure they did.
Now here's the first one that I found last summer already and kept enjoying it ever since. It's a beautiful mix of oriental melodies and fado inspired jazz. A very unique sound and that's what I love it for. Check it out! Cheers, Basso
I have just received a note about the relaunch of the good old Force Inc. label and it's "first" release being the MARROW - PLUS MINUS NULL lp. I haven't been paying proper attention to minimal for quite some time and now this one made me wake up. Probably because there's some melody and that lovely bit of melancholy in it... If you too like it deep and crystal clear check it out here.
(sorry for the youtube teaser, the guys are very precautious with their material, even their promo.mp3s are cut (!!!) and there's no soundcloud as well....)
Enjoy the music! We strongly encourage you to go out and dig the stuff out at your local recordshop, fleamarket, ebay, discogs or simply at GROWING BIN RECORDS.
The sound of a mp3 is NOTHING compared to a vinyl record in VG+ condition or a nice reissue on whatever medium.
All the here featured LPs are out of print. Let us know if they're not or if the owner of the rights doesn't like them being promoted. We will remove the "material" instantly!
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