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Joined: May 09 2005
Location: United States
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Topic: Anderberg Home for The Musical Disturbed-improvs. Posted: February 22 2014 at 22:57
From
about 1987 to 1992, myself and two others friends decided to start a
band that concentrated solely on all improvisational music. We never
tried to become professional, we just did it for fun. All of our
sessions were recorded in a home studio, which resulted in hours
worth of recordings. Ten years later one of those friends, who had
all of the tapes, almost threw them all away when another fellow
member said “Don’t, give them to me.” He started to listen to
the old tapes, and was amazed at some of the spontaneous music that
was created and that came out of nowhere. He then started to edit the
sessions, give them names and convert them to digital format. In
2002, CNET had a music posting website where anyone could post their
music. We posted five tracks between 2002 and 2004, when the website
shut down. We were in the improvised music section of the site, and
by 2004 enjoyed the highest amount of downloads in that section, with
well over 15,000 people listening. The Editors of the site would give
short reviews of what they liked, a luxury not afforded to others,
but did include us. Here is what they had to say: EDITORS PICK: “As
you listen to these songs, you may ask yourself ‘Am I losing my
mind?’ And while the group plays bizarre instrumental music, they
don’t lose site of the rhythm, and they might just take you into
hypnotically interesting, if difficult musical territories.” Since
the site shut down, we have not posted any tracks publicly. One of
the members recently stared to experiment with videos and he started
to post on You Tube. He asked me and the other member of the band if
we wanted to post any of the old sessions with video? Myself and the
other member had recently listened to former King Crimson drummer
Michael Giles and his Mad Band, who improvises in a similar fashion.
We realized that we did this years before his band, although the
improvisational aspects of King Crimson was always a big influence on
us. So, here are five tracks, different ones than the CNET posts,
with videos. Some may like them, others will say it’s complete
sh*te! Remember, it’s pretty rough and raw, but none the less, here
they are. And there will be more to follow.
Joined: June 21 2006
Location: Switzerland
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Posted: February 23 2014 at 13:33
It's the most rewarding way I know for a band to engage into music and discover amazing "places"...I'm not fascinated by vulnerability but yes I enjoy the tensions between smooth and harsh ! The second and third are my favorites.
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