Other Mixes By Siobhan
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rhythmicon --> rhythmicana
| Artist | Song | |
| AGF | Private Birds (Westernization Completed, 2003) | |
| Boards Of Canada | Happy Cycling (Music Has The Right To Children, 1998) | |
| Spektrum | Interference (Radio) (Enter The...Spektrum, 2004) | |
| Year Future | Win / Win (Year Future EP, 2003) | |
| Tarantula Hawk | Part 2 (Tarantula Hawk, 2000) | |
| Schneider Tm | Moist (Moist, 1998) | |
| Nitin Sawhney | Dead Man (Philtre, 2005) | |
| Coldcut | Autumn Leaves [Irresistible Force remix] Back To Mine: Nick Warren, 1999) | |
| Sarah Leonard | Main Diable La (A History Of Britain Soundtrack, 2001) | |
| Kraftwerk | Tour de France [excerpt] (Tour de France, 1983) | |
| Peaches | Fuck The Pain Away (The Teaches Of Peaches, 2000) | |
| Felix Da Housecat | Metropolis (Metropolis Present Day? Thee Album!, 1995) | |
| Love As Laughter | Eeyore Crush It (The Greks Bring Gifts, 1996) | |
| Greg Davis | Archer [excerpt] (Somnia, 2004) | |
| Fennesz | Made In Hongkong (Endless Summer, 2001) | |
| Tom Waits | Cemetery Polka (Rain Dogs, 1985) | |
| Tempus Est Iocundum | L'homme armT (Airs et Chansons de la Tradition Chevaleresque, 2002) | |
| Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam (dir. Riccardo Chailly) | Jazz Suite No. 2 [Suite For Promenade Orchestra]: II. Lyric Waltz (Shostakovich:The Jazz Album, 1993) | |
| Mates Of State | Ha Ha (Team Boo, 2003) | |
Comment:
A mix about rhythm, and containing a variety of artists whose approach to rhythm ranges from using strict, metronome-like beats to sheer improvisation. I've also thrown in a couple of commonly known rhythms - polka; waltz - just to demonstrate the range of rhythms themselves. As such, putting the whole thing together was a bit of a challenge! Thanks to the Oxford Concise Dictionary of Music for help with the notes below:The rhythmicon was invented in 1931 by American avant-garde composer Henry Cowell (1897 - 1965) and Russian Lev Theremin (1896 - 1993). A keyboard-based electronic percussion instrument, it was essentially designed to capture and reproduce the complex rhythms used frequently by Cowell in his compositions. As well as combining different rhythmic structures, Cowell also developed new types of notation used in music, and his flexibly written orchestral scores allowed musicians to "reassemble" and improvise sections. As a side note, Lev Theremin is, of course, best known for inventing the instrument which bears his name: it's controlled by two high frequency circuits and played using movements of the hands. There are several great mixes on this site (here's one) which demonstrate its sound.
Rhythmicana, meanwhile, was a composition written by Cowell exclusively for the rhythmicon.
(And remember, as Fats Waller said: "You get that right-tickin' rhythm, man, and it's ON!")
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This looks great! I might steal the idea for a mix of my own... Have you heard any Moondog? I think his stuff would fit in with this pretty well.
Very well done!
Yes...nicely done, Siobhan.
Russolo would be proud.
Russolo would be proud.
Wow. This looks extremely tasty. Zum Anbei¯en. ;)
very very tasty and groovy
Very nice.
great mix -- i can't wait to get my hands on some of these songs -- thanks!
Looks great Siobhan! Not what we'd normally expect from you
Wow. This is very impressive Siobhan. Tres groovy!
Er, I love the Tom Waits song, like the Boards of Canada song, the Kraftwerk track and that Peaches song (the only one of hers that I can stand, really) and... well... *furrows brow at the rest, as he hasn't heard them*
Interesting concept. I like the range of artists... looks very enjoyable!
This looks really interesting. I've only heard a handful of these artists as well, but the concept is very intriguing!
Yes, very impressive.
excellent idea!