Barbara Ess, The Disappearance of the Mind/Body Problem (1988)
Barbara Ess, the boundary-pushing photographer and musician, died on Thursday, aged 73. Her death was confirmed by her gallery, Magenta Plains, though a cause has not yet been made public. As a photographer, Ess is most widely recognised for her large, emotive images made with a pinhole camera, one of the earliest methods of recreating an image that has been around for centuries. As a musician, Ess played a major role in the relatively short-lived but highly influential No Wave genre, a music marked by often a-tonal melodies and dramatic live performance, which emerged in New York City in the late 1970s.
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, March 4th, 2021 09:40
A compilation of space age prog and disco novelties curated by Jon Savage recalls an era when the future was still something to look forward to
A recent Sunday broadsheet interview with the former rock critic Nick Kent raised eyebrows for his assertion that he stopped writing about music in 2007 as “there was no mystery, and rock’n’roll needs mystery.” Like Principal Skinner in black leather and a beanie hat, Kent had assessed the landscape and come to the shock conclusion that it was the kids who were wrong.
I couldn’t find the statement annoying, though, as some did, as it cemented what was quite obvious when I read Kent’s anthology
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Nick Cave and Warren Ellis extends back almost 30 years, and bisects joy, success, and unimaginable loss. One of the most striking aspects of new album âCARNAGEâ then is its singular place in their deep, lengthy catalogue. Itâs not - as many fans hoped - a return toÂ
Grinderman. Equally, with its electronic spasms, taut strings, and choral leanings, the record doesnât feel like aÂ
Bad Seeds record, at least not in any standard sense.
Constructed amid the dystopia of 2020, âCARNAGEâ instead stands as something unique, the sound of two vastly experienced musicians removing themselves from expectations, and constructing something both beautiful and visceral, tender and blood-thirsty, wholly terrifying and completely absorbing.
Alan Vega s Unreleased Album Mutator Unearthed by Sacred Bones
Hear the newly shared track Nike Solider
Mutator, the record is set to arrive via Sacred Bones on April 23.
According to the label, the album marks the first in a series of archival Vega records set for release.
Mutator was recorded between 1996 and 1998 by Vega and his frequent collaborator and wife Liz Lamere, who discovered the lost tapes in 2019. Shortly after, she and Jared Artaud began the process of mixing and producing the songs.
Right now, you can hear the album s Nike Solider down below via an accompanying video. Working on this album, I was blown away by the sheer intensity and raw power of Alan s ability to transform sound and deliver inimitable one-take vocal performances, said Artaud in a statement. Nike Soldier is a supreme example of Alan s unparalleled instincts.
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