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by loudav
Wed Jul 27, 2011 11:09 pm
Forum: I Hate Film
Topic: What do "Match Point" and "The Man Who Cried" have in common
Replies: 2
Views: 3861

What do "Match Point" and "The Man Who Cried" have in common

There's one clear answer. I think you have to have watched both movies to know. I tried googling it, and i didn't find a shortcut. Well?
by loudav
Tue Jul 05, 2011 9:05 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project AGP182
Replies: 0
Views: 965

Avant Garde Project AGP182

This one went up last Friday, but I forgot to announce it here... AGP182 is the second of two installments featuring volume 2 of the long out-of-print ReR Quarterly, produced by Recommended Records. Released at irregular intervals of no less than three months, the series continued through three volu...
by loudav
Fri Jun 24, 2011 5:11 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 181 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 1056

Avant Garde Project 181 is up and running

The AGP at long last continues a series of transcriptions that began with AGP141-144. AGP181 and AGP182 are from volume 2 of the long out-of-print ReR Quarterly, produced by Recommended Records. Released at irregular intervals of no less than three months, the series continued through three volumes ...
by loudav
Fri Jun 17, 2011 9:01 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 180 is up and running
Replies: 1
Views: 1074

Avant Garde Project 180 is up and running

AGP180 is a transcription of one of the rarest LPs ever to be included in the AGP, which was provided through the generosity of an exceptionally dedicated AGP partisan. It was released on the Romanian label Electrecord, and presents selections from the International Week of New Music in Bucharest, R...
by loudav
Sun May 22, 2011 1:06 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 179 is up and running
Replies: 1
Views: 1202

Avant Garde Project 179 is up and running

AGP179 features the first set of twelve-tone compositions by the first person to invent a twelve-tone system of composition (a year or two before Schoenberg). The twenty piano pieces comprising Atonale Music, op. 20 were composed by Josef Matthias Hauer in 1920-22. More information about Hauer, his ...
by loudav
Fri May 13, 2011 6:24 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 178 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 795

Avant Garde Project 178 is up and running

AGP178 is one more in an occasional series of installments of "found" avant-garde music,meaning that the recordings are not avant garde compositions per se, but I have for years enjoyed listening to them in the same spirit as I listen to late 20th century music. See AGP28, 44-47, and 145 for other s...
by loudav
Fri May 06, 2011 7:35 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 177 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 786

Avant Garde Project 177 is up and running

AGP177 is the second of two featuring music played on the Ondes Martenot--one of the first electronic instruments, invented by Maurice Martenot in 1928. The Wikipedia article on the instrument has some nice information and pictures. The LP transcribed for AGP177 was recorded in 1968 for Erato, and r...
by loudav
Fri Apr 29, 2011 7:04 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 176 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 854

Avant Garde Project 176 is up and running

AGP176 is the first of two featuring music played on the Ondes Martenot--one of the first electronic instruments, invented by Maurice Martenot in 1928. The Wikipedia article on the instrument has some nice information and pictures. The LP transcribed for AGP176 was released in 1980 on disques Ades (...
by loudav
Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:10 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 175 is up and running
Replies: 2
Views: 2231

Avant Garde Project 175 is up and running

The Avant Garde Project celebrates its dodransbicentennial (quartoseptcentennial?) with the only out-of-print recording of Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire that I could find in my stacks. It is sung/recited by Mary Thomas with The Fires of London, and was released on LP on Unicorn Records RHS 319...
by loudav
Fri Apr 15, 2011 8:13 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 174 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 864

Avant Garde Project 174 is up and running

AGP174 is the first of an occasional series of new 24-bit transcriptions of LPs included in earlier AGP installments, using the Linn Akiva phono cartridge and Linn Ekos SE tonearm that I added to my system after transcribing AGP157. The new cartridge/tonearm combination improves resolution of detail...
by loudav
Fri Apr 08, 2011 6:57 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 173 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 874

Avant Garde Project 173 is up and running

AGP173 is the second of two devoted to a remarkable set of five LPs released by Nonesuch Records in 1968 and 1974, entitled Spectrum: New American Music, and featuring some of the best contemporary American composers of the time. One CD has since been released with selections from volumes II, IV, an...
by loudav
Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:34 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 172 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 873

Avant Garde Project 172 is up and running

AGP172 is the first of two devoted to a remarkable set of five LPs released by Nonesuch Records in 1968 and 1974, entitled Spectrum: New American Music, and featuring some of the best contemporary American composers of the time. One CD has since been released with selections from volumes II, IV, and...
by loudav
Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:22 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 171 is up and running
Replies: 3
Views: 2056

Re: Avant Garde Project 171 is up and running

Happy to help. I really should have gotten around to this one ages ago.
by loudav
Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:18 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 171 is up and running
Replies: 3
Views: 2056

Avant Garde Project 171 is up and running

AGP170 is the second of two devoted to the music of the Croatian composer Ivo Malec, who was one of the founding members of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) in Paris. This and AGP170~ comprise a transcription of a long out-of-print 2LP set on INA-GRM records (9105 MA): http://www.discogs.com...
by loudav
Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:23 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project 170 is up and running
Replies: 1
Views: 1375

Avant Garde Project 170 is up and running

AGP170 is the first of two devoted to the music of the Croatian composer Ivo Malec, who was one of the founding members of the Groupe de Recherches Musicales (GRM) in Paris. This and AGP171 comprise a transcription of a long out-of-print 2LP set on INA-GRM records (9105 MA): http://www.discogs.com/I...
by loudav
Fri Mar 11, 2011 8:36 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: The Avant Garde Project rises from the dead
Replies: 3
Views: 3046

The Avant Garde Project rises from the dead

The Avant Garde Project celebrates its fifth anniversary with its first new installment in over a year. AGP169 is a 24-bit, 44.1 kHz transcription of a remarkable, long out-of-print LP from 1982 on The Beak Doctor label, featuring the prepared piano of Greg Goodman with guest artistry by Jon Rose on...
by loudav
Tue Feb 23, 2010 11:07 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project torrent 168 is up and running
Replies: 3
Views: 2407

Re: Avant Garde Project torrent 168 is up and running

polypx wrote:This is beautiful. Thanks Lou.
Yes--it doesn't seem to be one of his most celebrated works, but it's one of my favorites--and what a nice, clean recording! Thanks for letting me know you've enjoyed it.
by loudav
Fri Feb 12, 2010 7:25 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project torrent 168 is up and running
Replies: 3
Views: 2407

Avant Garde Project torrent 168 is up and running

AGP168 is a 24-bit, 48 kHz transcription of a lovely recording of Witold Lutoslawski's Preludes and Fugue for 13 Solo Strings, performed by the Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by the composer. This recording was released on LP in 1977 on the Aurora label (AUR 5059) and does not appe...
by loudav
Fri Feb 05, 2010 10:37 am
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project torrent 167 is up and running
Replies: 0
Views: 805

Avant Garde Project torrent 167 is up and running

AGP167 is a 24-bit, 44.1 kHz transcription of a long out-of-print 2LP set of The Complete Music of Carl Ruggles (CBS Masterworks M2 34591). This set has never been re-issued on CD, nor is there any other commercially available collection of these works, which is just weird and shows up the occasiona...
by loudav
Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:09 pm
Forum: I Hate Music
Topic: Avant Garde Project torrent 166 is up and running
Replies: 1
Views: 1061

Avant Garde Project torrent 166 is up and running

AGP166 is a 24-bit, 48 kHz transcription of the LP "Open Air Suit" by the avant-garde jazz trio Air. The group was formed in 1971 by Henry Threadgill, who played saxes and flute, double bassist Fred Hopkins, and drummer Steve McCall. This LP is their fifth, and their first for the Novus/Arista label...