Shadows of the Unseen (5)

Here’s the fifth installment of the “Shadows of the Unseen” series of cinematic mixtapes. This one includes some obscure film soundtracks by the likes of Bebe and Louis Barron, Philippe Arthuys and Ivo Malec, Barre Phillips and John Surman, Martin Cooper and David Hughes, and many more. While Bebe and Louis Barron are rightly celebrated for … Continue reading Shadows of the Unseen (5)

Snippets from the Infinite Cinema

“Art is the enemy of the present; it always wants to change it by introducing other tenses. It alters the percieved world by introducing new rhythms, forgotten, ignored, invisible, impossible” R. Murray Schafer I finally finished my article on Arthur Lipsett (available here, in Dutch), which will be published in Gonzo Circus in January. It’s … Continue reading Snippets from the Infinite Cinema

If you can Hear it, you can Have it (1)

“You can’t steal a gift. If you can hear it, you can have it” – Dizzy Gillespie to Phil Woods in 1956, talking about Charlie Parker’s music and its influence on Woods I’m preparing a little article for RUIS about music in the era of intellectual property, network technology and remix culture, partly in response … Continue reading If you can Hear it, you can Have it (1)