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• pennies from heaven
  A long time ago, a million years BC The best things in life were absolutely free But no one appreciated a sky that was always blue And no one congratulated a moon that was
• as slow as possible
  Though this is a belated post on the short documentary ' Es wird einmal gewesen sein ', which screened at IFFR , there is plenty of time to write about its subject - 630 y
• iffr: no one knows about persian cats
  Iranian-Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi returns to the IFFR with ' No One Knows About Persian Cats ', a rare and exciting look into the underground music scene of Teheran.
• the whitest boy alive
  Quite unexpectedly, and after a lukewarm start, The Whitest Boy Alive in Paradiso on Tuesday turned into one of the most exciting concerts of the year, contagious, danceab
• maqam
  For some electronic sounds like you've never heard before, check out the new Minz track 'Maqam', from his ' Back to Móstoles ' EP. An epic nine minute piece, it slowly bui
• do something real
  Do something real sidewalks chasing citizens racing do something real bloodhounds closing in on opposing men do something real crows like rats like cats on vacation do som
• oblique strategies
  In 1975, musician Brian Eno and painter Peter Schmidt created a deck of cards containing short statements or questions. Called ' Oblique Strategies , over one hundred wort
• jazzed
  Another favorite at the Dutch Film Festival was the Flemish short animation 'Jazzed', by Anton Setola . Following a jazz musician on a riotous night out, the story, set to
• trances
  Some more Moroccan cinema... ' Trances ' ('Al-Hal', 1981) is a vintage documentary about the legendary group ' Nass El Ghiwane '. Formed in the late '60s in Casablanca, th
• the xx
  Lots of praise going out to a bunch of 20-year-olds from London, as after their singles ' Crystalised ' and ' Basic Space ' The xx finally released their debut album 'xx'.
• how to be invisible
  Kate Bush has a great recipe for invisibility, from her latest album, ' Aerial '. The main ingredient: "a pinch of keyhole". I found a book on how to be invisible Take a p
• in b flat
  In B Flat is an online collaborative music project with contributions all in b flat , brought together as youTube videos. There's no rhythm, just sounds, so you can play a
• bat for lashes
  With one of the coolest names around and an equally original voice, Bat for Lashes is carving out a genre all of her own. Her 2006 debut, 'Fur and Gold', already earned he
• 100 films
  Bit of an abstract milestone, but the previous post marked the 100th entry tagged with film on this blog. That's 100 reviews (well, not quite, some are just quotes or link
• running with the beast
  Great stylized aggression in this music video for 'dirt rock' band zZz 's ' Running with the Beast ', from their same-titled new album. Directed by Roel Wouters , the vide
• auditorium
  Auditorium is a very elegant puzzle game by cipher prime . In a kind of playful synesthysia, the goal is to create music by directing colored light beams. With a visually
• bleeder
  Emiliana Torrini , the Icelandic Italian singer with the angelic voice, proved herself a talkative entertainer at Paradiso last night, chatting and joking in between her m
• tinariwen
  Just when you think you've heard it all, guitar-wise, a band like Tinariwen comes along sounding completely different. Even though they've adopted the electric guitar, the
• everything that happens
  Curious new collaboration by David Byrne and Brian Eno , almost 30 years after ' My Life in the Bush of Ghosts '. Their new album, called ' Everything That Happens Will Ha
• bein' green
  North Sea Jazz hasn't been an exclusively jazz festival for a long time, expanding ever further into soul, funk, blues, world music and catch-all 'fusion'. By now, in its
• morocco: gnawa
  Back to Morocco, where the traditional music of gnawa , or gnaoua, provides a fascinating representation of the different ethnic and religious groups that have shaped it.
• illusions
  Another classic but lesser-known Billy Wilder film, ' A Foreign Affair ' (1948) was criticized when it came out for "moral bankruptcy", but seeing it today it's the film's
• glass & zoo
  Surprisingly little of the work of Bert Haanstra , the old Dutch master of poetic documentaries, is available online. There is a collected works DVD box , but why isn't th
• galaxie 500
  Having recently rediscovered Galaxie 500 , it's amazing to find how undated their music still sounds, and how little known they remain. As has often been remarked before,
• the thousand yard stare
  ...crackle-drenched yearning and bustling syncopations haunted by the ghosts of rave... ...weird soul music, hypersoul, lovingly processing spectral female voices into vap
• iffr: modell 5
  Already over a decade old, Granular Synthesis' 1996 installation ' Modell 5 ' still makes for an incredibly intense audiovisual experience. It was shown at V2 during this
• begone dull care
  As a tribute to Oscar Peterson , here's a unique vizualisation of his legendary piano work: an abstract animation called ' Begone Dull Care ' (1949) by experimental filmma
• selling plastic vs. music
  In two Wired articles, David Byrne talks with Thom Yorke , Brian Eno and others about the shifting business model of music. What is called the music business today (...) i
• how fortunate the man with none
  You saw sagacious Solomon You know what came of him, To him complexities seemed plain. He cursed the hour that gave birth to him And saw that everything was vain. How grea
• ambient music
  By now a sprawling genre of electronic music - characterized by a very fine and wavery line between boring and soaring - the idea of ambient music has an intriguing histor
• singing in tongues
  It'll be hard to put into words the experience of seeing Lisa Gerrard live, last night at the Rotterdamse Schouwburg (not your ideal concert venue, but with Nighttown clos
• sweeney todd
  Man: Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd. His skin was pale and his eye was odd. He shaved the faces of gentlemen Who never thereafter were heard of again. He trod a path that
• control
  Who better to make a film about Joy Division and its troubled lead singer Ian Curtis than photographer Anton Corbijn ? In 1979 the band's music inspired Corbijn to move to
• good copy bad copy
  An interesting Danish documentary on the friction between copyright and creativity, ' Good Copy Bad Copy ' cites free culture movements ranging from Sweden's Pirate Bay to
• ladysmith black mambazo
  Legendary South-African choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo have had a prolific career since being formed by Joseph Shabalala in the '60s. After collaborating with Paul S
• love in the time of science
  Slightly bizarre going to Mexico to discover music from Iceland... But Emiliana Torrini 's 'Love in the Time of Science' (from '99) proved to be the perfect soundtrack for
• minz un/mute ep
  Finally out, Minz ' debut 'Un/mute EP' ( Perspectiv Records ) is self-described "deep electronic dance music with attention to detail, influenced by techno, house, acid an
• motel mozaïque 2007
  At Rotterdam music festival Motel Mozaïque , discovery of the weekend was Norwegian 120 Days , with some intense, sweeping electronic rock influenced by Spacemen 3 , kraut
• iffr: half moon
  Saving the best for last at the Film Festival Rotterdam , with Bahman Ghobadi 's new film ' Half Moon ' ('Niwemang'). Two years after his heart-wrenching ' Turtles Can Fly
• iffr: build a ship, sail to sadness
  Another road movie and another poetic title at the Film Festival Rotterdam , with Laurin Federlein 's debut film 'Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness'. It is perhaps best summed
• old joy
  Kelly Reichardt 's ' Old Joy ' is a subtle meditation on the transience of friendship and youthful ideals. So subtle, in fact, that most of its underlying drama remains im
• skyroads
  The classic and highly addictive game SkyRoads , now in an online Flash version: SWFRoads . Great soundtrack too!
• resfest 10
  Already in its tenth edition, Resfest now tours 43 cities around the world, showcasing new talent and innovation in short films, animation, music videos and motion design.
• yo la tengo
  Yo La Tengo need little introduction, do they? Having been around for almost 20 years now, shunning the commercial spotlight and building an impressively wideranging catal
• remf: umfeld
  'Umfeld', a surround sound DVD project by techno producer Jochem Paap ( Speedy J ) and filmmaker Scott Pagano , premiered at V2 this weekend as part of the Rotterdam Elect
• remf: biosphere vs. pierre bastien
  What a contrast, at the Rotterdam Electronic Music Festival , between the performances of Geir Jenssen ( Biosphere ) and Pierre Bastien . The one, Jenssen, bent over his l
• love detective
  We slept in this morning and she had to get ready in a hurry - no time for her usual attention to detail - and she ran out the door, slamming it behind her, leaving her ke
• life forms
  Far away from slides-as-art or reality-tv-as-art , the new London Kinetica Museum has an interesting exhibition called 'Life Forms'. Ranging from ingenious machines and ro
• orchestra baobab
  Recorded in 1982 and rereleased in 2001, 'Pirate's Choice' is the legendary album by Senegalese band Orchestra Baobab , the resident band of night club Baobab in Dakar thr
• urban zulu
  One more South African discovery: Busi Mhlongo 's awesome album ' Urban Zulu '. As producer Will Mowat said: "This is maskanda for the millennium. Listen and be humbled."
• klopjag
  South African pop band Klopjag is as cool as their name, and their lyrics in Afrikaans are both clever and endearing (to Dutch speakers). This is 'Rol van die dice', from
• bush of ghosts
  Cool remix site for ' My Life in the Bush of Ghosts ', the 1981 album by David Byrne and Brian Eno . Update: For some old-school remixing, check out Bruce Connor 's found-
• who knows where the time goes
  Many versions have been recorded of the song ' Who knows where the time goes ', written by Sandy Denny and sung by her on the Fairport Convention album ' Unhalfbricking '.
• the lost you
  Brilliant new single from Hood , from the album 'Outside Closer'. Poppier than their usual layered post-rock soundscapes but still pretty weird, flirting with hip-hop beat
• blue bob
  Sure i knew David Lynch was involved in music, creating soundtracks for his films (' Eraserhead ') and writing lyrics for Julee Cruise (used in ' Twin Peaks ') and Jocelyn
• entuziazm
  Dziga Vertov 's ' Entuziazm: Simfoniia Donbassa ' ('Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass', 1930) was one of the first sound films in the Soviet Union. If Vertov's classic '
• englabörn
  Iceland's Jóhann Jóhannsson performed with the Englabörn Ensemble in the Laurenskerk last night, as part of the Reykjavik to Rotterdam festival and the larger Scandinavia
• cinematic orchestra
  Not sure if i can recommend a soundtrack without having heard it with the film. But this one holds up well enough on its own: The Cinematic Orchestra 's new soundtrack to
• songs and sounds
  To put on repeat, this addictive little pop song by Dutch duo Solo ! Solo - 'Songs and Sounds' @ 3voor12.vpro.nl
• crystallized music
  Cool animation visualizing a jazz piece by John Coltrane , 'Giant Steps' ('59). The structural approach of John Coltrane to music is associated with architectural thinking
• the sound of zzz
  Some real rock 'n roll from Amsterdam - who would've thought! zZz ("pronounce like the French say 'Jazz', without the 'J' and 'A'..."), creates a fresh 'n sleazy racket wi
• the history of sampling
  Cool web project chronicling the history of sampling in music. Check: jessekriss.com/projects/samplinghistory (You need a Java plugin.)
• iffr: terry riley
  Closing event of the Rotterdam Film Festival 's Exploding Cinema -- otherwise of, ehm, varied quality this year -- was a rare European concert by the 69 year old founding
• dutch hope in days of fear
  Admittedly a little late i've only just been discovering the legendary dutch cabaret of Neerlands Hoop in Bange Dagen (1968-1979), formed by Freek de Jonge and the recentl
• blaseity dinted by tv on the radio
  Not often completely wowed by new music anymore, but this one has been on repeat all weekend: Young Liars EP - TV on the Radio (Something like Soul Coughing meets Peter Ga

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