The Rest in Peace Thread (RIP)

[Queen Boo]

Oh sh*t I forgot Radio Birdman are Australian too.

They're also great though I do prefer the Saints, they were more raw while Radio Birdman had a more polished almost classic rock-esque sound.

[rostasi]

Gilbert Gottfried

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by The Batlord

I'm sorry, what?

[rostasi]

Orlando Julius

His Modern Aces album has been released as a two-fer with the Afro Sounders album.
His Modern Aces ensemble took advantage of the sounds of highlife coming out of a just recently independent Ghana
and fused it with soul, jazz and a smattering of Cuban swing. When you hear what was popular in the mid-60s Nigeria -
singles like Topless, Jagua Nana, E Se Re Re, and Ololufe you can understand its immediate popularity.
The key differences between these two bands is that although both are tremendous, you get a bit more jazz and funk
along with some more daring playing from Julius and more stretching out by the band in the Afro Sounders line-up.

By the early to mid 70s, Orlando Julius' star-power was beginning to be eclipsed by Fela and so America called and he
answered by, first, starting another band called, Umoja, then was whisked away by Hugh Masekela to play in his band.
Touring, teaching and collaborations followed with a long stint with the Heliocentrics. Two good places to start.

[rostasi]

Having the opportunity to study with Hermann Nitsch was one of those decisions that,
at first, was a difficult one to have to make. Very clearly, aspects of his work repulsed me,
but I had to weigh those against the fascinating aspects of ritual that were entrancing.
Sometimes, one has to recognize the repulsive and find a way to creatively substitute
those aspects with manners - ways of working - that will create your very own inner and
outer ritualisms to overcome those initial mental obstacles. Today: a daylong listening ritual.

One of many recordings today: the 51-Disc set:

[rostasi]

[rostasi]

My friend Cynthia...

Cynthia “Plaster Caster” Albritton

[TheBig3]

Sorry for your loss, rostasi

[rostasi]

I'd been expecting this for a long time - especially after he said he wasn't touring anymore. Only saw him perform once - and it was a double bill with Tangerine Dream. Just yesterday morning I was watching a segment from a live show he did where he set the sequencers going and left the stage (probably to go pee) and come back to extoll the beauty of sequencers to his audience who were entranced during those few minutes he was off-stage. Haven't always gone along with his sometimes unnecessarily abrasive attitudes about music or his 80's output that really sounds dated these days (at least, to me), but for over 50 years, he's always been a strong presence in my musical listening - from bedroom listening during my (pre)teen years to the time a couple of decades ago when I bought a 400-disc player for the house and filled it with just his music and let it play for months - to my current anticipation of his new work that extends his fascination with Dune.

Klaus Schulze

[Exo]

Originally Posted by rostasi

to the time a couple of decades ago when I bought a 400-disc player for the house and filled it with just his music and let it play for months[/B]