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13. Antoine Brumel (performed by Huelgas Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel), Missa “Et Ecce Terrae Motus,” Sony Classical, 1506-1510 (recorded 1990), France If it isn’t obvious by the end of this entry, you should be warned that I lack sufficient knowledge of Renaissance music to argue the greatness of Antoine Brumel’s Earthquake Mass. It is instinct.Continue reading “Thirty-three for Thirty-three, pt. 5 (13-11)”

The new Mediavuelta beat tape is available! The album is twenty-one sample based beats and two bookending poems. Jack Diller (instagram.com/skoobala) contributed a superbly overloaded album cover.

Five years ago, today, I released my first beat tape, Fade Off The Bigs. Two-hundred and thirty four beats, thirteen albums, a dozen or so guitar solos later, and we are offering a retrospective of the ongoing Ananalog beat project. The download is free. Included is one favorite beat off all twelve Mediavuelta and MFSPContinue reading “Nature Designs New Fruit”

Check the link on the top right of the page for the weekly, hour long Ananalog radio program. The show will be open format, with an emphasis African, Latin, soul and jazz music. The first two edition are already live. https://ananalog.org/ananalog-weekly-radio-hour/

18.  Les Rallizes Dénudés, “People Can Choose / Field of Artificial Flowers*,” Heavier Than A Death In The Family,  Phoenix, 1977?, Japan Two truths: loaded and overloaded. Setting off an avalanche with fists, where each snowflake is a microwave at full popcorn with the door smacking open and shut, where the ski lift is tippingContinue reading “Thirty-three for thirty-three, pt. 4 (18 – 14)”

22. Abelardo Carbonó y Su Conjunto, “Palenque,” s/t, Producciones Fonograficos Felito, 1982 (Colombia) I’m generally reluctant to use a marketing term like “tropical” to describe music. It risks the sin of exotcizing that has justifiably relegated mountains of once poshly issued RCA and Philips ethnographica to the mildewed corners of warehouse book stores. The mostlyContinue reading “Thirty-three for thirty-three, pt. 3 (22 – 19)”

26. György Ligeti, London Sinfonietta Voices, “Éjszaka – Reggel”, A Capella Works, Sony Classical, 1955 (Hungary)  Ligeti’s twin settings of Sándor Weöres’ short poems, “Éjszaka” and “Reggel” (night and morning) are brief, but dramatic and rich with natural and psychological meaning. He amplifies Weöres’ text. The London Sinfonietta Voices recordings interpret Ligeti’s gestures to fullContinue reading “Thirty-three for thirty-three, pt. 2 (26-23)”

I am just past thirty-three and a third years old in April of 2020. When I turned thirty I considered posting a list of the thirty best songs – an aesthetic portrait written in the FM radio language of national bank holiday weekends. I couldn’t narrow the list to thirty, so the article was neverContinue reading “Thirty-three for thirty-three, pt. 1 (33 – 27)”

1. MF Doom (Mediavuelta remix), “Go With the Flow (12” version)“, Operation: Doomsday, Foldle ‘Em / Metal Face, 1999 / 2008 / 2018, USA   June haze remix of the original version of Doom’s “Go With The Flow.” I have the recording as collected on the 2008 Metal Face reissue of the oft reissued Operation: Doomsday.Continue reading “Minnesota Private Radio, Two, 9.6.18”

1. Mediavuelta, “Apex Predator”, Secretariat Don’t Wash Dishes, Ananalog, 2017, USA Ananalog’s family beatmaker, Mediavuelta, leads off with a short loop and a track that features a bass drop like a Persian leopard dropping from an ancient cypress to snap your neck. 2. Bahamadia, “True Honey Buns”, Kollage, Chrysalis, 1996, USA Party prep jam seesContinue reading “Minnesota Private Radio, One, 4.16.18”