#A.R.T. Wilson

[tocafitas]

Synth de ninar

Músicas instrumentais tranquilas pra relaxar e dormir. Têm até duas clássicas clássicas, uma abrindo cada lado… E tudo feito com sintetizadores analógicos. E é aí que vem a maluquice. Ao mesmo tempo que têm faixas muito relaxantes (vide a sequência de “La Petite Fille de la Mer” e “Lullaby for Heidi”), também tem uma atmosfera de retrofuturismo que às vezes lembra videogame antigo e às vezes é…

[trevlad-sounds]

Bermuda Spiral

Tegu–2×7 00:00 Drapizdat, Reather Weport–Pattern #5 04:50 Noyce–Bare 07:54 Shakali–Juoluat 10:46 Wave Temples–Blue Bermuda 17:33 Azu Tiwaline–Terremer 20:43 Cartas de Japón–Toay 25:55 Union Jack–Water Drums 31:25 Baka Forest People Of South East Cameroon–Liquindi 2 39:56 Kilchhofer–Skimo 40:49 Yatha Bhuta Jazz Combo–Thats How I Feel 45:39 Sara Berts–Mayflies 48:48 another fine day–ammonite spiral 52:42 A.R.T Wilson–Rebecca’s Theme (Water) 1:00:02 Danny Scott Lane–Eleven 1:04:07 2muchachos–Thaw 1:07:10

[mixamorphosis]

There is a bit of a back story to this Winter Chill mix, which developed into a series that grew arms and legs. This initial mix came about off the back of a comment that I made on my personal Facebook page (when I had one), where I said something along the lines of wanting to do a purely ambient mix, something I had not done before. I'd been picking up the odd ambient record, or there were tracks I was enjoying on compilations, or b-sides of records and within artist albums, but it wasn't a genre I'd spent a lot of time in at this point. Andy Pye, the man behind Balearic Social, posted a reply on my post suggesting that if I did one, he would like to do a second part and that he'd air the mixes on his Balearic Social radio show. We agreed the mixes should be entirely beat free and I set about digging through my collection. A short time later, Matthew Foord suggested he'd also love to join in and do the same, and before we knew another seven people followed. 

So, a series of weekly ambient mixes was born during the Winter of 2015 in to 2016. Towards the end of the winter series, someone suggested we carry it on and do seasonal mixes throughout the year and at the end of the year I suggested doing a Back To Mine type run, and that also grew into a year long series. At the time I thought it was great, I enjoyed being a part of something and really put a lot of effort into things, especially when posting everyone's mixes to the blog, making sure the artwork was consistent, that tracklists were accurate (they often were not), sourcing links to the tracks like I do with my own mixes and writing a little about those who were taking part, plugging their own projects and socials etc. It's time consuming. I don't think any of that really mattered to the majority that were taking part, but to me it mattered. I think most were just excited at being on Purple Radio, which I think was the station the B.S show was hosted on. Gradually, over the course of the year, my involvement / input was sidelined by one or two people who seemed to just assume control of things and I just felt a bit disappointed come the end of it. I'm not sure disappointed is the right word, I'm not sure what is, but considering how it started and the time and effort I'd put in, I did feel quite flat about it and I think it added to me feeling like I shouldn't really engage on Facebook, or involve myself in projects with lots of other people in the music world; it's rarely straight forward or easy in my experience.

Anyway, that's a bit of the back story. I'm only going to be posting my own mixes on here. If you want to find the other contributions, perhaps have a look for them via Soundcloud, Mixcloud or Hearthis. If you can find them, the Faction mix was a particular favourite, as are a lot of his mixes, and worth hunting down.

The image, should you be interest, is of Bennachie. A range of hills in the Garioch area of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

Tracklist

01. Floating Points - Elaenia - (Pluto) 02. Cass. - Emotioncode - (Emotional Response) 03. youAND:THEMACHINES - Desire - (Ornaments) 04. Dave Harrington ft. Tamara - Things Behind The Sun - (Other People) 05. Drvg Cvltvre - Moment 03 - (New York Haunted) 06. Joan Bibiloni - Val, I Vuw Ya - (Music From Memory) 07. Gigi Masin - Tharros - (The Bear On The Moon Records) 08. Karamika - Ton 9 - (ESP Institute) 09. Luke Wyatt - Time For Thick (Not Waving Remix) - (Emotional Response) 10. Chrome Canyon - Light - (Throne Of Blood) 11. Vangelis - Love Them From Blade Runner - (Off World / East West) 12. Gigi Masin - Consequences Of Goodbyes - (The Bear On The Moon Records) 13. Commodity Place - Clouds Inside Me - (Pocket Panther Records) 14. Vermont - Sharav - (Kompakt) 15. Proton Kinoun - Peripheral System - (Omnitropic) 16. 55 Cancri e - Belsebubs Tårar (del 1) - (Music For Dreams) 17. A.R.T. Wilson - Sarah's Theme (Air) - (Growing Bin Records) 18. Jonny Nash - A Shallow Space - (Melody As Truth) 19. Secret Circuit - Easter Island Electric Brain - (Emotional Response) 20. ambientsketchbook - A New Star - (Self Released) 21. Gunnar Haslam - Discouraged - (Mister Saturday Night Records) 22. Suzanne Kraft - Renee Sleeping - (Melody As Truth) 23. Hatchback - Horizon - (Be With Records) 24. Kettenkarussell - Drift - (Giegling)

[artsyfartsypaige]

Guess who saw the A.R.T production of Gatsby the other night?!?!?! It was truly an amazing show (I legit cried during it) and I would love to bring up some of the highlights. In a few scenes, my only thought was “the tumblr is gonna love this”. It was a phone free show so I don’t have photos of the stage or actors but I’m happy with discuss.

1) The stage was made of metal car parts, glittery string curtain and two black marble staircases. It was kinda split between Gatsby’s world and the Valley of Ashes.

2) The actor for Nick, Ben Levi Ross, was probably the funniest actor in the show. He had great line delivery. He was also super short and literally everyone towered over him.

3) on everyone’s costumes, there was a coating of dirt/rust at the bottom. It was such a cool little detail.

4) Nick has a small panic attack when fireworks go off at the party and this is how him and Gatsby meet. They sit together on the bottom of the stairs and it legit felt like a rom com meet cute.

5) yes, Nick makes out with McKee. He spends every party scene from that point on flirting with some guy or making out with a member of the ensemble.

6) I’m not totally sure if Gatsby is still a bootlegger in this version but they show him killing a man so he’s definitely involved in some sketchy business.

7) Wolfsheim signs a song called “Look like heaven but feel like hell” which was my favorite. It’s him explaining Gatsby’s fake origins to Nick. Gatsby gets to do a full dance number and quick change into his pink suit.

8) They added some backstory to Myrtle and Wilson that they lost a daughter in the Spanish flu. It was a sad but sweet detail as to why they’re the way they are.

9) In the tea party scene, Nick pushes Gatsby back onto stage after he runs out in a panic.

10) Gatsby doesn’t die in the pool, Wilson shoots him on the staircase.

11) Gatsby’s father is indigenous which is LOVED! I’ve always imagined Gatsby to be indigenous and so seeing that others had the interpretation was amazing.

12) overall beautiful music. A lot of raw emotion and a wide range. Wolfsheim’s song and “The Damage you do” by Tom and Daisy were my favorites.

Let me know if have any questions about anything!!! I really want to discuss the show!! Here’s the book I brought signed by the cast!!!

[songsofherlilacvibe]

A.r.t Wilson - Rebecca’s Theme (Water)

A.r.t Wilson - Rebecca’s Theme (Water)

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Rebecca's Theme (Water) | A.R.T. Wilson

[classicalmusicdaily]

Anna Goryachova was born in Leningrad (Saint-Petersburg). In 2008 she graduated with distinction from the Vocals Faculty of the Rimsky-Korsakov St Petersburg State Conservatory (class of Tamara Novichenko and subsequently class of Galina Kiseleva). From 2009 to 2011 she trained under Renata Scotto and Anna Vandi at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia (Rome) and also under Romualdo Savastano at the A.R.T. Musica academy (Rome). From 2008 to 2011 Anna was a soloist at the Mikhailovsky Theatre and the St Petersburg Chamber Opera. In 2010 she was nominated for Russia’s Golden Mask National Theatre Award for her performance of the role of Donna Elvira in the opera Don Giovanni staged by Yuri Alexandrov. In 2011 under the direction of Alberto Zedda she made her debut at the Vlaamse Opera (Flemish Opera) in Antwerp as the Marchesa Melibea (Il viaggio a Reims, Mariame Clément’s production). From 2012 to 2017 Anna was a soloist at the Opernhaus Zürich, where she performed the roles of Adalgisa (Bob Wilson’s production of Norma), Rosina (Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia), Polina (The Queen of Spades), Magdalena (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Zerlina (Don Giovanni), Eustazio (Handel’s Rinaldo), Zelim (Vivaldi’s La verità in cimento), Masha (Eötvös’ Three Sisters), Marchesa Melibea and so many others. She has collaborated with such conductors as Teodor Currentzis, Nello Santi, Fabio Luisi, Alain Altinoglu, Enrique Mazzola, Riccardo Frizza, Ottavio Dantone, Stefano Montanari and Daniele Rustioni among others. Took part in the world premiere of Christian Jost’s opera Rote Laterne (2015). In 2012 Anna sang the role of Alcina (Orlando paladino) at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris and made her debut at the Rossini Festival in Pesaro (Italy) as Edoardo (Matilde di Shabran) staged by Mario Martone and conducted by Michele Mariotti. In 2020 at the Grand Théâtre de Genève she sang the roles of Angelina (La Cenerentola) and Sesto (La clemenza di Tito, staged by Milo Rau) in addition to making her debut at the Vienna State Opera in the role of Olga (Dmitri Tcherniakov’s production of Eugene Onegin); in Vienna she subsequently performed the roles of Angelina and Carmen. In 2022 as Angelina she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre (St.Petersburg). In the 2020–21 season Anna received Valencia’s “Best Mezzo-Soprano of the Season” award for the role of Angelina in La Cenerentola, staged by Laurent Pelly at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía. We all know that this has been a pretty tough time for the socio-political environment, which affected also the arts in a considerable way, and it was so beautiful to see you and your Ukrainian colleague hugging each other during the standing ovation. What do you think about this matter, about the way theaters, but also the society, took actions towards the Russian artists? Honestly, during these 3 months I have never found any change of attitude from my colleagues, nor from the theaters. The political conflict should not affect the cultural environment. Indeed, you all seemed such an united team on stage and behind it! Was it your first Carmen in the amazing production of Calixto Bieito, which such a passionate stage parter as Vittorio Grigòlo, for his debut at Don José? There was such an amazing energy coming from the stage towards us, in the audience! Thank you so much, I already sung in this production in Madrid in 2017. It’s a very intense staging. And I was very much touched to see the standing ovations in Wiener Staatsoper every evening. I never met Vittorio before and we really enjoyed playing and singing together. It was a perfect artistic match, I think! I adore Vittorio! He is not only an incredibly talented artist, but he is also a very nice person offstage. And his role debut was sensational! reposted from https://opera-charm.com/

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A.R.T. Wilson - Overworld (2014)

[hontokana]

2014 - A.r.t. Wilson - Overworld

[trevlad-sounds]

Bermuda Spiral

Tegu-2x7 00:00 Drapizdat, Reather Weport-Pattern #5 04:50 Noyce-Bare 07:54 Shakali-Juoluat 10:46 Wave Temples-Blue Bermuda 17:33 Azu Tiwaline-Terremer 20:43 Cartas de Japón-Toay 25:55 Union Jack-Water Drums 31:25 Baka Forest People Of South East Cameroon-Liquindi 2 39:56 Kilchhofer-Skimo 40:49 Yatha Bhuta Jazz Combo-Thats How I Feel 45:39 Sara Berts-Mayflies 48:48 another fine day-ammonite spiral 52:42 A.R.T Wilson-Rebecca’s Theme (Water) 1:00:02 Danny Scott Lane-Eleven 1:04:07 2muchachos-Thaw 1:07:10

[mixamorphosis]

Different Strokes show number 5 saw me joined by The Starkiller. I really thought it was a long shot when I asked him to be a part of this show. Not only does he put out his own original material that takes in shades of disco, nu-disco, acid, techno and more, his reworks that he has put out over the years are genuinely on another level to most people that put out edits and remixes, and it's this quality that has brought him around 80,000 followers on Soundcloud alone... that is impressive numbers for that platform and someone that isn't "mainstream". So, I was genuinely over the moon to be sharing the stage with him; another [insert Wayne's World 'we're not worthy' gif] moment.

Both mixes are very eclectic, there's AOR, disco, italo, rock, electronica and let's go with the catch all term of (is it?) balearic. By this point, if you've listened to the other mixes that were part of this show, the premise of what I was aiming for was to have people not knowing what they were going to get from show to show, or even at times from track to track. The whole thing for me was that there is way too much good music out there that people don't hear because they gravitate towards one or two specific fields of music, and for me, the whole interest in "DJing" was about bringing new things to other people. I kind of felt this show captured this pretty well.

Anyway, onto the mixes...

Part 1 - The Starkiller

Tracklist

01. Wishbone Ash - Time Was - (MCA) 02. Love Inks - Rock On - (Hell, Yes! Records) 03. Rachel Sweet - It's So Different Here (Stiff Records) 04. Shuggie Otis - Aht Uh Mi Hed - (Epic) 05. Elkin & Nelson - Carnavalito 1 - (CBS) 06. Supermax - Nightgroove (Long Version) - (Hansa) 07. Alan Parsons Project - Wouldn't Want To Be Like You (Rough Mix) - (Arista) 08. Telex - Victime de la Société - (Vogue) 09. Bob Chance - It's Broken - (Morrhythm Records) 10. Klaps - All the Way You Move (Dub Version) - (Cynetic Records) 11. New Jersey Connection - Love Don't Come Easy (Space Ranger Edit) - (Plimsoll) 12. Bibi Flash - Histoire d'1 Soir - (Clever) 13. Sandy Marton - People From Ibiza - (Ibiza Records) 14. Dur-Dur Band - Dooyo - (Awesome Tapes From Africa) 15. Bombers - Supermax - (West End Records) 16. Kabbala - Ashewo Ara - (Red Flame) 17. Queen Samantha - Take A Chance - (T.K. Disco) 18. Ole I'Dole - Space, Action, Sex og Blod - (Notabene Records) 19. The Cure - Why Can't I Be You (Young Edits Remix) - (Not On Label) 20. Blind Date - Your Heart Keeps Burning - (Ariola)

Linked Tracklist [HERE]

Download [HERE]

Part 2 - Me

Tracklist 

01. Javier Bergia - Himalaya - (Emotional Rescue) 02. Fϋxa - Cool Breeze - (Emotional Response) 03. Session Victim - See You When You Get There - (Delusions Of Grandeur) 04. Vision Of Panorama - Southern Breeze - (Aficionado Recordings) 05. Up, Bustle & Out - Silks, Perfumes & Gold - (Ninja Tune) 06. A.R.T Wilson - Sun Sign Cancer - (Growing Bin Records) 07. Akasha - Brown Sugar (PFM Cosmic Journey Mix) - (Wall Of Sound) 08. Tempelhof & Gigi Masin - Session One - (Throne Of Blood) 09. Kate Bush - Running Up The Hill (Heavy Disco Edit) - (Modern Artifacts) 10. Khruangbin - A Calf Born In Winter - (Late Night Tales) 11. Alexander Aultman - Today, One Year Ago - (Touched - Music For Macmillan Cancer Support) 12. Secret Circuit - Straightline - (Emotional Response) 13. Gunnar Haslam - Nameless - (L.I.E.S) 14. Jagwar Ma - The Throw (Sound Of The Universe Remix Part 1) - (Multi Culti) 15. Jagwar Ma - The Throw (Sound Of The Universe Remix Parts 2 & 3) - (Multi Culti) 16. Cosmo Vitelli - Irritable - (Throne Of Blood) 17. Jana Kirschner - Idu - (Double Drop) 18. Bill Evans - Peace Piece - (Milestone Records)

Linked tracklist [HERE]

Download [HERE]

[thesunlounge]

Reviews 025: Aporia

Cheers to Dub Disco for dropping one of the coolest packages all year and for turning me on to the sunshine brilliance of Aporia. Dub Disco presents Aporia houses five tracks of near-perfect flower power balearic pop, four of which are from Aporia’s 2016 release Almost Tropical (check it here). And though the dreamy futon themed interludes from that album are omitted, we instead get four insane remixes by the likes of LITS801, Aussteiger, Cosmic Palms, and S&W that bring the tracks closer to the dance floor while retaining the shimmering tropical atmospherics.

Aporia - Dub Disco presents Aporia (Dub Disco, 2018) The high point for me among the originals on side B is “Stereo Moon”, with its swinging beat, shuffling acoustic riff, and melancholic “Wicked Game” leaning guitar lead. There are moments where the song floats away from shore, blue skies above and no worries, and the vocals hit you in the heart, alternating between beautiful lyricism and wordless melodies. The woozy synths, airy beat, and forlorn vocals of opener “Celestial Castles” hover somewhere between transcendent indie and flowery psychedelia, recalling nothing so much as The Olivia Tremor Control or even Circulatory System. Incredible. “Jupiter’s Goldcoast” is intriguing, as the equatorial chord progression underlying everything sounds directly lifted from A.R.T. Wilsons “Rebecca’s Theme (Water)”. The mix is embellished with more energy in the beat and additional aquatic keyboard fx, and Aporia’s narcotic sunshine vocals move everything towards blissed out island pop perfection. “Honolulu Sunset” occupies similarly balearic territory, starting epic and sad as soaring vocals overwhelm the mix, before backing down into a peaceful folkiness with phased string synths in that 70’s prog style. And as a cinematic breakbeat drops, the vibe is totally starry-eyed and reaching ever skyward. The final Aporia original, “First Nail in the Coffin” features Amelia Murray (Fazerdaze) and was not on Almost Tropical. A skeletal drum machine beat backs Aporia’s and Amelia’s vocals in heavenly harmony over huge hopeful piano chords, and everything builds towards shining layers of ambient post-punk riffing over propulsive rhythmics.

The A-side features two remixes each of “Jupiter’s Goldcoast” and “Stereo Moon”. Starting with “Jupiter’s Goldcoast”, LITS801 presents their epic length “Lights on the Island Remix”. Seabirds and the sounds of waves, all under psychedelic echoes, accompany a downbeat disco pulse accented by breezy hand percussion. An up front and housey bassline joins the A.r.t. Wilson pads and the vibe is slow, epic, and club ready...very Coyote. Liquid guitar drops from the sky, processed backwards and forwards, spacey and oceanic, and Aporia’s vocals are reduced to hypnotic sibilance sent through multi-hued delays and reverbs. S&W’s “Drummachine Dub” of this same track is a cruising slice of balearic electro, featuring bouncing bass synths and gigantic swaggering drum machines. The A.r.t. Wison pads are embellished by submarine pings and effected guitar, though the mix stays minimal and dubby, allowing everything tons of space and depth. For “Stereo Moon”, Aussteiger’s “Underwater Love RMX” foregrounds the romantic Chris Isaak guitar lead alongside an uptempo beat, everything gliding on good vibes as vibrato organs mix with Aporia’s incredible vocals. The energy elevates with climactic tom-tom builds as panning synth solos color over the emotional guitar patterns. And the Cosmic Palms “Moon Mix” glides like slow motion Wally with the bubbly beat, tropical multi-layered sequences, and breezy pads.The vocals are morphed into unrecognizable forms and the intoxicating guitar riff is chopped and edited into something completely new. It’s a motorik slow-kraut groove out, but in that mid 2000’s kind of way.

(all images taken from my personal copies)

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[theretirementhome]

A.R.T. Wilson - Overworld

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Playlist: Summer Moments, Triple R FM, January 15, 2022

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Laraaji - All Pervading

Mystic Moods Orchestra - The Awakening

Phil Stroud - Australiana

Cults Percussion Ensemble - Baia

Glass Beams - Mirage

Gigi - Tew Ante Sew

Wau Wau Collectif - Mouhamodou Lo and his Children

Steven Cooper - Key West Afternoon VII

Curtis Mayfield - The Makings Of You

Eddie Kendricks - My People…Hold On

Knxwledge - jstowee

Madlib - Road of the Lonely Ones

Kae Tempest - More Pressure

Space Afrika - Preparing the Perfect Response

Gil Scott-Heron, Brian Jackson - Peace Go With You, Brother (As-Salaam-Alaikum)

Abiodun Oyewole - Harlem

Ron Everett - Glitter of the City (Song by Tahira)

Prince Far I & the Arabs - Long Life

Khan Jamal, Bill Lewis - The Waterfall

Bobby Hutcherson - Little B’s Poem

Celestial Being - Raise The Vibration

Haruomi Hosono, The Orb - Laughter Meditation (The Reality Of Impossible Orbjects)

A.R.T. Wilson - Past Life Regression

Sidney Poitier, Doris Belack -  Ere Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes

William Parker - The Golden Light (Hymn)

Emily A. Sprague - Piano 1

Kuumba-Toudie Heath - Kamili