Andrea Zarza Canova and I only met twice but I have very vivid memories of both our encounters. The first time was in Madrid, where I was spending a few days before playing at a festival. The second time was in London, where she gave me a tour of the astonishing British Library Sound Archives,…Lire la suite NTS – AUGUST 2021 W/ PAM & ANDREA ZARZA CANOVA
Neo-Classical
NTS – JANUARY 2021 W/ PAM, BELEC & SAINTE-RITA
The price to pay for a promotional article on OYT was to contribute to our monthly radio show on NTS. Sainte-Rita & Belec did their part admirably by submitting an exhilarating mix of 1990's Europe optimist house pop and quirky downtempo cuts. https://www.mixcloud.com/NTSRadio/okonkole-y-trompa-w-pam-belec-and-dj-sainte-rita-27th-january-2021/ I did little to respect the theme as the first hour of…Lire la suite NTS – JANUARY 2021 W/ PAM, BELEC & SAINTE-RITA
SPRING MARIMBAS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_QCXVtVf-w&t=10s Tom Van Der Geld - March April Marimba From Tom Van Der Geld - Small Mountain - Music From Four Marimbas Released on Wergo, 1986, Germany Born in 1947 in Boston, Tom Van der Geld belongs to a generation of musicians who were in contact with a then very modern approach to music at…Lire la suite SPRING MARIMBAS
A LETTER FROM HOME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5Z-Se_K6Ek&t=964s "Blue" Gene Tyranny - Out Of The Blue/ A Letter From Home About Sound And Consciousness From "Blue" Gene Tyranny - Out Of The Blue Released on Lovely Music Ltd., 1978, US By far the largest musical piece - as much by its duration and complexity than the themes it addresses - ever mentioned here,…Lire la suite A LETTER FROM HOME
A SCENE AT THE SEA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeefDaqWMG0 Hajime Mizoguchi - Gift From "La Mer" From Hajime Mizoguchi - Halfinch Dessert Released on CBS, 1986, Japan Hajime Mizoguchi studied the cello at the prestigious Tokyo University of Fine Art and Music, successfully graduating in 1985, one year before releasing his debut album, Halfinch Desert. Mainly working for the film industry since then, the…Lire la suite A SCENE AT THE SEA