3/31 Now Ready + Fun with Ligeti's Metronomes

Hello, again. The 3/31 edition of Laughter is now available at the Wordpress site!

Perhaps you'd enjoy taking a look at this fine video before visiting that link.

György Sándor Ligeti was featured at the beginning of today's show and has many fine works, but this one is especially unusual and fun. It doesn't really get going until after the 50 second mark so you can jump to that point and not miss a thing.

Check back, soon - This site is going to change pretty dramatically soon and while it will still update with regards to the Wordpress site, it's functionality will no longer have anything to do with my radio show. I will be linking to that site from ZBC as soon as I can get back in the studio and change the website displayed on the playlist.

Thanks for listening,
Luke

3/24 Show available @ Wordpress + Stars of the Lid Tour Reminder

Hello, again! The 3/24 edition of Laughter is currently available at the Wordpress site. A new review has also been posted there (on Brainwashed, too). More updates soon to come, including some rare and out of print music that I've not had an easy time finding anywhere on the internet.

Thanks for listening and enjoy...

RIP Arthur C. Clarke

“The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.“

One of the world’s greatest writers has died. I’ll never forget the way 2001 made me feel the first time I saw it: tiny and monumentally blessed.

Rest in peace.

3/17 show at Wordpress, ft. Raymond Scott

Head over to my site @ Wordpress to download the current show. The site is now completely updated and features a massive number of videos and music related to the one and only Raymond Scott. This may be a name most of you are familiar with, but if you find yourself asking, "Who is this Raymond Scott?" then don't waste another second and click on the link. There is, as usual, 2 hours worth of music to download as well as plenty of background information about this innovator of electronic music.

This site may eventually come to serve another purpose for me, but for now check both sites every once in a while to catch the latest updates. I'm thinking of starting a mailing list to keep everyone up to date, but that'll have to wait a little while longer.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy!

3/10 Show Available at Wordpress Site

Hello again, everyone- from now on I'll be updating the Wordpress site first and this site later, if at all. Extra things may still show up here from time to time, but I'll make note of it on the other site if that happens to be the case. Until everyone gets used to the new address, I'll continue to link from this site to the other. The Autechre mix is still available and this week's show just went online. Please leave any comments or questions on that site or send me an email and I'll be glad to write back. Hopefully I can get Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus to visit us here again and perhaps lure them into an interview (if you're still out there watching, don't be shy).

Thanks for stopping in and enjoy!

Luke

Portishead News and an Autechre Treat

Head on over to the Wordpress version of Laughter to grab a nice 2+ hour Autechre mix I recently uploaded. The .zip file will only be available for a few days, so grab it while you can.

Also, the new Portishead has leaked. I've got a little write-up about it over at the other site, too, but I won't be uploading that. If you want to read what I have to say about it head on over there. If you want to download it then just start doing some Google searches; Google is virtually the best MP3 file-sharing software available if you use the advanced search function properly.

I've also posted some new links in the sidebar under Organized Noise; give them a look.

Thanks for stopping by...

Dates and Times for Northeast Regional Noise and Power Electronics Festival

Shane Broderick from Boston's twodeadsluts onegoodfuck sent me an email informing me that dates and times have been solidified for the Northeast Regional Noise and Power Electronics Festival. Here is the updated schedule:

NORTHEAST REGIONAL NOISE AND POWER ELECTRONICS FESTIVAL
At America's Longest Running Drag Club
Jacques Cabaret / Underground (website)
79 Broadway - Boston, MA (map)
21+ ONLY and $10/Day

Friday March 14th 2008
6pm - 930pm

Bloodyminded
Twodeadsluts Onegoodfuck
Karlheinz
Cathode Terror Secretion
Sharpwaist

Saturday March 15th 2008
3pm - 8pm

Ahlzagailzehguh
Halflings
Angeldust
FFH
Shallow Waters
Craniopagus
Bereft
Sewer Goddess
Nurture Abuse

Performing after the noise shows on upstairs stage:
"The Cast Of Mis-Leading Ladies"
Kris Knievil, Destiny, Mizery Lakia Mondale, & Fena Barbitall.

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If you want to hear some of these bands before deciding whether or not to attend check out this post, which contains a number of links to various Myspace pages and free music. Many of these bands are well known for their live performances and for good reason. If you're intrigued even a little bit go out and see these bands do what they do, you won't soon forget it.

More updates, soon, including out-of-print and hard-to-find recordings from Luke's CD-R vault.

Image courtesy of Doug Savage, from Adam Kellie, who has evidently begun the "fantastic" drinking game my last show spawned.

3/3 show, Adam Kellie, E.E, Angel, Extras, and the Word "Fantastic"

Plenty to talk about this week, but I will keep most of it brief. There are two very different shows available for you to download this week (that's four hours of music). The first show is this week's edition of Laughter, featuring the talents of Boston-area resident Adam Kellie and former Somerville resident Peter Koniuto (more about them below) as well as Ohio-based noise mastermind E.E and the epic, dark, nearly transcendent trio called Angel. I posted some information about E.E and Wise Owl Records in a previous post, but I want to stress how impressed I am by The End of Deconstruction. A review of this double-CD release is still forthcoming, so please be patient. Angel is Ilpo Väisänen (Pan Sonic), Hildur Guðnadóttir (Lost In Hildurness) and Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM). I'll simply state that their collaboration only barely resembles any of their independent work.

Adam Kellie was gracious enough to provide me with some of his music over the last month and after repeated listens I found myself more and more impressed with his work. The track I played, "Khatanga," was recorded in 2000 by Peter Koniuto, who also provided all the percussive work and many of the loops used for the song. If you check out Red Sun Soundroom you can listen to his work as Pseudophone for free. Multi-instrumentalis Adam Kellie, in addition to being a talented musician, is also a photographer. Over the course of a couple e-mail conversations he explained to me how he approaches both mediums:

"I don't really consider [my work] 'electronic' music.' I find it more organic than that. The process has, for me, been a mood/tone based creation-experience... [I'm] not necessarily trying to show off my guitar chops, but rather trying to create a mood or sense of place... Which leads me to my photography. I've tried to tell a story, create a mood, or relate feeling in my photos as well as in my music. Composition has always been a priority for me.... Photography is something that I've studied and loved for a long time (since high school or before) and I find that I'm able to do it in bite-size chunks..."

His music is, without a doubt, visually evocative and highly structured, but neither rigid nor cold. I picked "Khatanga" for this week's show specifically because it blended musical styles so effortlessly; Can, Coil, The Orb, Talking Heads, Brian Eno - there's a lot going on in this song. It's likely you'll be hearing more from Adam Kellie on Laughter in the future - for now check out his blog and leave him a comment.

Here are the download links and the playlist for this week's show, check below for two more hours of music.

download - Laughter 3/3/2008 - Part I
download - Laughter 3/3/2008 - Part II

01. Liars “Plaster Casts of Everything” from Liars (2007) on Mute

02. Dead Meadow “The Queen of All Returns” from Old Growth (2008) on Matador

03. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds “Red Right Hand” from Let Love In (1994) on Mute U.S.

04. Magazine “I Wanted Your Heart” from Secondhand Daylight (1979) on Virgin

05. Codeine “3 Angels” from Pickup Song/3 Angels 7" (1991) on Glitterhouse

06. Steven R. Smith “In Light” from Owl (2007) on Digitalis Industries

07. Bear in Heaven “For Beauty” from Red Bloom of the Boom (2007) on Hometapes

08. Neu! “Hallogallo” from Neu! (1972) on Astralwerks

09. White Rainbow “Mystic Prism” from Prism of Eternal Now (2007) on Kranky

10. Scraping Foetus off The Wheel “Throne of Agony” from Nail (1985) on Self Immolation/Some Bizzare

11. Zeni Geva “Autobody” from Disgraceland 7" (1993) on Alternative Tentacles

12. Autistic Daughters “A Boxful of Birds” from Jealousy and Diamond (2004) on Kranky

13. Adam Kellie and Peter Koniuto “Khatanga” (2000) on Red Sound Room — http://pixelsound.blogspot.com/

14. Nudge “Love-In Accident” from Elaborate Devices for Filtering Crisis (2003) on Tigerbeat6

15. E.E & the Owl Archimedes “Liminal State” from The End of Deconstruction (2008) on Wise Owl Records

16. Angel “Aftermath: The Mutation” from Kalmukia (2008) on Editions Mego

17./18. Eliane Radigue “Jestun Mila” from Jetsun Mila (2007) on Lovely Music

18. Irr. App. (Ext.) “A Distended Particular” from Dust Pincher Appliances (2003) on Crouton

Today also marked the beginning of spring break for everyone at Boston College and as a result WZBC is short a few DJs this week. So, there was a second Laughter-related broadcast over the air waves, except this one had no particular format and featured WZBC's own dj dani. Any further broadcasts made by us shall be known as Brown Mustard and will likely feature a similarly odd-ball playlist. This show was put together on the spot and is basically us having fun in the studio. It features way more talking by me than I would like and a severely high number of instances of the word "fantastic." I want to promise everyone I will not be using that word ever again on any show in which I play a part. In fact, I intend to wipe this word completely from my vocabulary... except for those instances where it is most appropriate and no other word will do. In fact, why not play a drinking game using these mp3s? Get your friends together and every time I say the word "fantastic," take a drink...

I will refrain from talking so much during any show unless I am asked by somebody to do so - I say some pretty stupid things, but if you ignore that you'll find that the show is a lot of fun...

I hope you enjoy this extra broadcast. dani has a show on WZBC every Monday from 7am-10am (just before me). She plays consistently fantas... excellent music and you should listen to it.

Thanks for stopping by!

download - Brown Mustard 3/3/2008 - Part I
download - Brown Mustard 3/3/2008 - Part II

01. Joy Division “Twenty Four Hours” from Closer (1980) on Qwest

02. Neptune “Blue Glass” from Gong Lake (2008) on Radium/Table of the Elements

03. Brown Jenkins “Dagonite” from Dagonite (2007) on Moribund Records

04. Om “Unitive Knowledge of the Godhead” from Pilgrimage (2006) on Southern Lord

05. The Fucking Champs “Thor Is Like Immortal” from IV (2007) on Drag City

06. Skinny Puppy “Worlock” from Rabies (1989) on Nettwerk

07. You've Got Foetus on Your Breath “I Am Surrounded By Incompetence” from Deaf (1981) on Thirsty Ear

08. The Tear Garden “The Center Bullet” from The Tear Garden (1986) on Nettwerk

09. The Legendary Pink Dots “Ego Tripper” from The Legendary Pink Box (1989) on Play It Again Sam

10. Bonnie Prince Billy “Madeleine-Mary” from I See a Darkness (1999) on Palace Records

11. Abruptum “Hostes Orco Hostium Legiones Dis Manibus Pacis Ruptores Ultioni” from Evil Genius (2007) on Southern Lord

12. Funeral “Heartache” from Tragedies/Tristesse (2006) on Freedom Findland

13. Richard Crandell “Diagonal” from Wayfaring Strangers: Guitar Soli (2008) on Numero Group

14. Jandek “Know Thy Self” from Ready for the House (1978) on Corwood

15. The Bird Names “New Mexico” from Wooden Lake/Sexual Diner (2007) on Unsound Records

16. V/VM “WINDuckyQuacker” from Help Aphex Twin 1.0 (2001) on V/VM Test

17. Agoraphobic Nosebleed “Vapor Lock” from Bestial Machinery (2005) on Relapse

18. Josh “Nasha Pyar Da ft. Smurfette” from Mausam (2006) on VIP Records

19. Tonal Oak “In the Kitchen” from Man Trouble (2007)

20. Leng Tch'e “Tightrope Propaganda” from Marasmus (2007) on Relapse

21. Feu Thérèse “Les déserts des azurs” from Ca Va Cogner (2007) on Constellation

22. Neoangin “I Miss Diego” from Scratchbook (2007) on Alive

Testing new website, Myspace, Facebook

Quick update, here -

1. Today's show will be posted when I get back home, tonight. Look for two shows; both Laughter and the show with WZBC's dj dani. The latter is chaotic to say the least and I use the word "fantastic" way too much throughout.
   
2. I'm testing Wordpress out right now and coming to enjoy all the extra functionality their website provides for publishers and users. If you check the sidebar you'll see a link to my site at Wordpress (or you can just click that link). I'll be updating that site as well as this one for a time, but if I enjoy Wordpress enough I'll likely move the site over there.
   
3. I'm also creating a Myspace and Facebook page for Laughter. The Myspace page is also linked in the sidebar. Stop on over, say hello. The Facebook page is upcoming. Once you see that link, say hello there, too.

Check back soon for the shows.

Thanks for visiting.