Muzag

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Member Since: 2/17/2002
Total Mixes: 55
Total Feedback: 1578

Other Mixes By Muzag

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Experiments In Mood #24: Oh, What Lies As This Fire Silently Rises

Artist Song
Muzag Field Recording  Collage 
Espers  Dead Queen 
Muzag Field Recording  Ben 
Nouvelle Vague  Fade To Grey 
Anatol Liadov (Stephen Coombs)  Barcarolle in F# major, Op.44 
Nouvelle Vague  Fade To Grey (reprise) 
Muzag Field Recording  Elan Valley: Distant Sheep, Angry Wrens 
Blind Willie Johnson  Dark Was The Night, Cold Was The Ground 
Bert Jansch  Poison 
Richard Crandell  Steelhead 
Muzag Field Recording  Howth: Battle of the Pipe Bands, 2006 
Terry Riley  Dorian Reeds [extract] 
Muzag Field Recording  Abergynolwyn: Lambs 
Josephine Foster  There Are Eyes Above 
Erica Kundidzora Azim  Bangidza 
Fennesz  The Point Of It All 
Van Dyke Parks  Donovan's Colours 
Triosk meets Jan Jelinek  Munmorah 
Duke Ellington and his Orchestra  East St. Louis Toodle-oo 
Hanne Hukkelberg  Searching 
Frederick Chopin (Balßsz Szokolay)  Fantasie-Impromptu in C# minor, Op.66 
Christophe Rault  Bells on a French Mountain  
Fairport Convention  Meet On The Ledge 
Karen Dalton  Sweet Substitute 
Greg Davis  Slightly Asleep [extract] 
Muzag Field Recording  Paris: Boating on the Lac de Bois de Boulogne 

Comment:

I nearly categorized this one as a Folk mix; there's nowt so queer as folk.

This mix opens with a collage of sounds including a Parisian cafe, the market in Houmt-Souk, Djerba, Amazonian tribal songs and Bastille market.

When you get to track 11 you hear the sonic experience that is the East of Ireland Pipe Band Championships. The first time I came across this ten years ago it was not altogether welcome, but then neither was the hangover I had at the time. I thought I was on a simple Sunday morning mission to get milk and the paper. But on the walk to the shop, there seemed to be a mass of different pipe bands all playing different tunes simultaneously.
Track 11 is a recording from this year's championship. To set the scene, you have one pipe & drum band performing for the judges but queuing up behind them you have another five or six awaiting their slot and practising all the while. As you walk along the harbour front you get the sound of all the various bands merging into each other creating, to these ears, a sonic synergy. Indeed yes, the more the merrier.


Competition Time

OK, should you wish, a couple of competitions:

[1] A free (physical) copy goes to the first person (barring that smart of trouser Curtis fella ;) ) to name that unusual instrument that appears not once but twice on this mix.
[2] A free copy plus two from the archive to the first person that can name the two bands/artists that appear subliminally in the Frennesz track Available
here.
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Feedback:

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Mixxer
Date: 10/30/2006
Hey Gary, you are back in the field making recordings - wonderful! OK, I am going for prize #1: dobro? klezmer? lute?
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 10/30/2006
Another amazing excursion into Muzag's field(s)...(& I see you've been on the lamb). I'll field this one, later, after you've posted your link.
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Luke79
Date: 10/30/2006
Very interested but alas download will not download for me : (((
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hemizen
Date: 10/30/2006
Looks great, it's quality not quanity that counts (at least thats what i tell the ladies).
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Mark Petruccelli
Date: 10/30/2006
This looks intriguing. Great Blind Willie and Karen Dalton tracks. Could 1) be a theremin?
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valis
Date: 10/30/2006
I had to rub my eyes and confirm I was seeing the mixer's name right. ALWAYS good to see a Muzag appearance here! (Given the artists here I do know I can get a sense of the glory of this.)
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Leif Averageson
Date: 10/30/2006
This looks heavenly, as always. Can't wait to give it a proper listen. I am in awe of your talents, sir. You're the most creative mixer on the site, bar none. Great to see a new instalment.
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g.a.b. l@bs
Date: 10/30/2006
Couldn't help meself...;-]

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Muzag
Date: 10/30/2006
The fields are alive, indeed! ;-D
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musicgnome
Date: 10/30/2006
Mouth agape. I gaze upon this in awe. Amazing. MoTW.
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Rob Conroy
Date: 10/30/2006
I can tell right away that I'm going to think this is jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Thanks for the link...
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p the swede
Date: 10/30/2006
looks nice, love to hear it
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French Connection
Date: 10/30/2006
Always great to see you on the submissions board. This looks quite exceptional 8-10 looks inspired.
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Siobhan
Date: 10/30/2006
Great to see another one from you!! If the other EIM mixes I've heard are anything to go by, I know this will be - to use Rob's words - jaw-droppingly gorgeous. The closing few tracks look beautiful. Can't wait to hear it.
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lanhamyodel
Date: 10/30/2006
A beautiful mix indeed. I like that mbira piece. Is that the instrument you were looking for?
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lanhamyodel
Date: 10/30/2006
I think one of the artists in track 16 is Joan Baez. But the other?
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Jenergy
Date: 10/30/2006
Beautiful and reflective. I've nothing to offer on your contests, but can offer my gratitude and awe.
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Muzag
Date: 10/30/2006
Mr Lanhamyodel has it on the instrument. Richard Crandell & Erica Kundidzora Azim both feature mbira's - and both come from excellent albums if anyone is interested; Mbira Magic & Mbira Dreams respectively. Well done Claude, I'll be in touch :)
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Bear
Date: 10/31/2006
Puts the 'art' in artofthemix. Lovely.
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Luke79
Date: 10/31/2006
Inspired and inspiring.Thanks for the download, much appreciated!
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DJ Karen Adams
Date: 11/2/2006
Wunderstruck!
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lanhamyodel
Date: 11/3/2006
Gary, inquiring minds want to know who those lovely ladies are that appear subliminally on the wonderful Fennesz track.
Btw, I listened to this mix a few times now, and each time I am discovering something new: the way the tracks are related to each other through instrumentation or mood; a bleat here or there; an excellent transition...this is a really great mix.
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Muzag
Date: 11/4/2006
Hi Claude, you were correct with Joan Baez (congrats!), the other version is by the not-quite-so-hip Percy Faith & his Orchestra.Anyway, I'm glad you're enjoying it. Thanks to you and everyone else for your nice comments :)
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locovinagre
Date: 11/5/2006
Wow. I'm enjoying it as I type. The previous 23 are as nice as this one? Thanks for sharing this gem.
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lo-fi jr.
Date: 11/5/2006
Man, that's a great Jansch track. I'm running a travelouge movie in my mind while listening to this amazing trip. Congrats on MotW.
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Curtis_Burns
Date: 11/5/2006
Fooking brilliant as usual. But, let me get this straight, 'cause I'm a smart dresser, I can't participate in your little competition! Well, I never. Congratulations anyway and congratulations to Lanhamyodel for nailing the piano played by people who are all thumbs.
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musicgnome
Date: 11/5/2006
Ahah!!! See: October 30, 2006 Entry
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Salman1
Date: 11/6/2006
Well deserved MOTW. Just listened to this over the weekend and everything just seamlessly flows together very beautifully. I love your field recording, and how you incorporate them into your mixes. Excellent.
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Mesh
Date: 11/7/2006
Wow.
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Orchid
Date: 11/7/2006
Good lord, your mixes are on another level entirely. Downloading now... I look forward to what's sure to be another brilliant installment in the series. Congrats!
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deja_vu_all_over_again
Date: 11/7/2006
Been offline for a week or so, and came back to this little gem. Looks amazing; sure it will sound amazing also. Downloading now. Congrats on MOTW, too!
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sammyg123
Date: 11/8/2006
My first day off today in..lord knows & this was first on my 'Must Listen List'. And it's fabulous. I loved the espers, Jansch & Josephine Foster tracks and the Fairport-Davis stretch. It flows like a dream. I loved it. Many congrats on a thoroughly deserved MOTW. Of course now I'm unhappy at missing the previous 23, but I can't wait till for 25!
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sport !
Date: 3/4/2007
Wow! Well-deserved MOTW and great cover art as well.
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tornadoZ
Date: 3/29/2007
this one's incredibly beautiful. I agree with what Salman1 said. the 4-5-6 & 11-12-13 & 19-20-21 transitions are inspiring! loved how the sound of sheep overlapped with the tracks on either side. I'm glad this one evidently made mix of the week at some point. a belated congratulations!