„a new flowie on the branch“
one crack leaves,
one crack comes:
welcome, Markus Reuter!
read: „25 years of Drawn From Life“
Lieber Markus, 2021 waren die Klanghorizonte noch fünf Stunden lang, nachts von 1.00 Uhr bis 6.00 Uhr – und damals, im Juni, war dies die Playlist der ersten Stunde: du warst in guter Gesellschaft! Portico Quartet: III (from Terrain) / Sons of Kemet: Envision Yourself Levitating, from Black To The Future / Anthony Joseph: Calling England Home, from The Rich Men Can Only Be Defeated When Running For Their Lives / Vijay Iyer: Touba, from Uneasy / Anthony Joseph: Maka Dimweh, from The Rich Men Can Only Be Defeated When Running For Their Lives / KURT WAGNER SPEAKING / Lambchop: a track from Showtunes / Peter J. Schwalm & Markus Reuter: from Aufbruch
3 Kommentare
Michael
It takes a while,
but it will happen.
M
Alle zwei Jahre im Schnitt kommt ein Neuer. Die Arbeitsverträge haben sich nur in einem Punkt geändert. Jeder Neue verpflichtet sich ab November 2026, mindestens einen Beitrag pro Monat zu schreiben.😉
Anonym
Weiteres aus und über jene Radionacht im Juni 2021:
„Es hat einen ganz anderen Effekt, wenn man sich im üblichen, meinethalben erprobt-analytischen, Jargon, über die Band The Mountain Goats auslässt, oder ob man, in Bezug auf ihr Werk „Dark In Here“, die vier Texte allein den Songs voranstellt. Dann spürt man erst mal, wie diese Diskrepanz sich anfühlt, von geschmeidig vorgetragenen Liedern, und ihren abgründigen Stories. Eine andere Art von Verfremdung, und die Stimme ist der „go-between“ zwischen beiden Welten.“
SIX KINDS OF DARKNESS
These „six kinds of darkness“ refer to the six records of hour one handling that thing called darkness in various, even illuminating ways.
Again, apart from „Dark in Here“, no album would be regarded as patricularly „dark music“, and even John Darnielle’s song cycle has its uplifting moments. Thrilling it is anyway, from start to end.
And the safari of the North Men, well, they must have a decent amount of light sources on board for their special mission.
By chance, days ago, I saw that old John Carpenter movie „Dark Star“, a low-budget sci-fi noir classic with a touch of humour and some bossa nova – always a joy, in fantasy or real life, to see what the astronauts‘ choices are when listening to music on their missions to unknown and distant worlds.
In case of Eivind Aarset‘s forthcoming work, Mojo writes:
„However far out Aarset travels, he never loses touch with melody, and his ninth album as leader could be his best.“
One of the, well, darkest albums of the night will be the new record by Schwalm & Reuter, full of rare noise (to name-drop their label), a duo that will be part of the second night hour, and that has already earned critical praise, with a vocabulary oscillating between „nightmarish“, „black hole music“ and „Swans-esque blocks of sonic fear“.
„For listeners willingly or not in the throes of this spellbinding trip, Schwalm & Reuter morph from the deeply cerebral to an equally penetrating visceral, then back again; that range of dynamics depends on the natural proclivity of the listener or a spontaneous surrender to temptation, to turn up the volume.“
Even that can be a joyous ride, and why so?
Cause,
in every second of
listening to „Aufbruch“,
you feel very, very awake.
Call it survival instincts!
Safe journey.
Markus
Danke, lieber Michael. Ich bin gerne dabei und verpflichte mich hiermit zumindest für ein Jahr auf „one-per-month“!