Episodes
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
2015 jAZZ
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
Sunday Dec 27, 2015
This collection isn't necessarily a "best of 2015" , it's just some of my favorite jazz tunes from the past year.
It begins with one of my favorite albums of the year in any genre - The Thompson fields by The Maria Schneider Orchestra. The title track is remarkable. The Jaga Jazzist album was a big surprise for me. I've listen to them on and off for years but had lost interest for some reason. The track in this mix is strange, futuristic electronic/jazz cut that I have listened to a ton this year. The other two great discoveries were albums from Kamasi Washington and Kendrick Scott Oracle, definitely worth checking out.
Is there any jazz out there that really engaged you in 2015? I'd love to hear about it in the comments.
Enjoy
T R A C K L I S T :
- 00:00 Maria Schneider Orchestra - The Thompson Fields
- 09:50 Jaga Jazzist - Oban
- 15:12 Kamasi Washington - The Magnificent 7
- 20:57 Andy Sheppard - Tipping Point
- 26:37 Kendrick Scott Oracle - we are the drum
- 32:00 food - this is not a miracle
- 36:00 Hidden Orchestra - the Revival
- 39:50 Chris Potter Underground Orchestra - Imaginary Cities(part 2)
- 48:12 Jakob Bro - Copenhagen
- 52:24 Giovanni Guidi Trio - The might it rained forever
- 59:10 Vijay Iyer Trio - Geese
- 63:45 Ben Monder - Zythum
- 70:10 Maria Schneider Orchestra - Walking by Flashlight
- 75:10 end
Saturday Dec 19, 2015
Best of 2015 Ambient
Saturday Dec 19, 2015
Saturday Dec 19, 2015
These year end lists are always difficult. But at least the top 3 spots this year were easy selections -
Alva Noto - Xerrox, Vol. 3
Max Richter - Sleep
Chris Walla - Tape Loops
- 00:00 Alva Noto - Isola from Xerrox, Vol. 3
- 07:20 Max Richter - Return 2 from Sleep
- 12:35 Chris Walla - Kanta's Theme from Tape Loops
- 17:05 Benoit Pioulard - Shut-ins on Sunday from Sonnet
- 19:20 36 - Sunriders part 2 from Sine Dust
- 23:40 Olan Mill - Live at the Millenium Barn from Cavade Morlem
- 29:00 Mikael Delta & Hior Chronik - How to Define Existence from The First Ray
- 33:00 Bersarin Quartett - Bedingungslos from III
- 36:06 Contact - Brian Eno: Discreet Music
- 44:22 Marconi Union - Aftermath from Departures
- 48:40 Spheruleus - The Railroad from Chronota
- 55:05 Goldmund - Turncoat from Sometimes
- 57:57 Nils Frahm - Merry from Solo
- 61:45 Adam Bryanbaum Wiltzie - The endless battle of the maudlin ballade part 2 from Travels in Constants Vo. 24
- 64:40 Horizon Fire - Earthlight from Earthlight
- 67:26 end
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
The moon plays the ocean like a violin
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
Sunday Dec 06, 2015
As with all mixes this one had a specific starting point or inspiration - the incredible new album from Max Richter - Sleep. It's 8 hours long! 8 hours! Here's a link to purchase the full version...
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/4795267
I'm a sucker for high concept projects so I was interested from the start. Add that to the fact that I am a fan of Richter's music and I knew I'd probably love it. And yup, I do. It's the perfect combination of Richter's classical style with an ambient sensibility.
I knew I had to make a mix with tracks from the Sleep album. I decided to keep the whole mix in the classical realm. A lot of the tunes are new like the Besarin Quartet stuff. Some cuts I've been waiting to use for awhile now, like the John Luther Adams cut.
As much as I like the Max Richter tracks I think my favorite track in the mix is Pie Jesu. The cut is from The Wine of Silence by Andrew Keeling, David Singleton and Robert Fripp. The music is based on Fripp's soundscape series, guitar improvisations that use tape loops and echo and reverb. From there Keeling and Singleton scored the soundscapes for orchestra. They finally subjected the orchestral recording to further electronic manipulation. The result is transcendent. It's a beautiful, beautiful album.
The title of the mix comes from a favorite Andrew Bird song, Night Sky, and I thought it fit somehow. I really like the way each piece dissolves into the next on this mix. I hope you like it too.
Enjoy
T R A C K L I S T
- 00:00 Nick Cave & Warren Ellis - Farwell at Tinguit
- 02:15 Max Richter - Patterns(cypher)
- 05:55 David Wingo - Opening(Take Shelter ost)
- 6:55 John Luther Adams - The Light that Fills the World
- 11:20 Bersarin Quartet - die nachte sind erfullt...
- 15:50 Brambles - Such Owls as You
- 20:25 Monty Adkins - Sendai Threnody
- 22:35 Robert Fripp, Andrew Keeling, David Singleton - Pie Jesu
- 29:40 Max Richter - Nor Earth, Nor Boundless Sea
- 37:10 Olan Mill - Tallole
- 40:35 Aphex Twin - Rhubarb orc. 19.53 rev
- 46:40 Keaton Henson - Elevator Song
- 49:45 Bersarin Quartet - verflossen ist das gold der tage
- 53:00 Islands of Light - Gypta
- 56:14 end