[archive 09.22.11: House of Alchemy Special]
DOWNLOAD: The Upstate Soundscape, 9.21.11 (House of Alchemy Special) 1) Six Organs of Admittance, “Rivers of Transfiguration,” The Sun Awakens (Drag City) 2) Grasshopper, “I Sang a Sad Song Today,”...
View Article[Visually Sound Sunday: Steve Baczkowski Live @ Hallwalls]
Check out this turntable performance/demonstration from Steve Baczkowski that was recorded at Hallwalls this past Wednesday night. If you dig this track down Baczkowski’s Tone Arm release under...
View Article[preview 11.30.11: Experimental DJs Baczkowski, Rust Worship, Marclay and more]
Tonight on the Upstate Soundscape we’re gonna stick with the experimental DJ thread since the previous two posts on Steve Baczkowski and Paul Haney aka Rust Worship proved to be so popular. We’ll hear...
View Article[Archive 11.30.11]
1) Parashi, “Broken Element,” Counterweight (Tape Drift) 2) Location Ensemble, “Diversion # 3,” Live in Saratoga 11.12.11 3) Christian Marclay, “Neutral,” Records, 1981-1989 (Atavistic) 4) John Cage,...
View Article[Preview 02.01.12: Vault Show, New Skell/HOA/caesura and more]
Got a whole bunch of good stuff lined up for tonight, including new tracks fresh in from the House of Alchemy, cae-sur-a, and Skell labels. Keir Neuringer w/ DJ Sniff Good show going down at the Vault...
View Article[Visually Sound Sunday: Pre-Music Consciousnesses -Going to Cargill 'S' 2]
Stumbled on this while doing some research. A couple minutes into the video you’ll see Steve Baczkowski blasting his horn inside the Cargill grain silo found just south of Buffalo. Even over YouTube,...
View Article[Archive 05.02.12: House of Alchemy Special]
1) Afghanistan, “Cicada Song,” And Bide Your Time 2) Mister Matthew, “Innerspaced (excerpt),” Telecut Powers (Gift/Draft Tapes) 3) Digital Dog Party, “Life’s Intermission,” 4) Steve Baczkowski and...
View Article[Archive 06.20.12.]
1) Thoughts on Air, “Hop Scotch,” Randem Tandem (Old Frontiers) 2) Liars, “The Exact Colour of Doubt,” WIXIW (Mute) 3) Peaking Lights, “LO HI,” Lucifer (Mexican Summer) 4) Sandro Perri, “Changes...
View Article[Soundcloud Group Featured Track: Improv Ork, 'Graphic Music']
As the 2012 edition of Infringement Festival nears, how about we take a look back at a great performance from last year’s fest? Here is one that Buffalo’s John Bacon, percussionist and member of...
View Article[Review: Bul-Bul Tarang Gang, 'Kali']
Bul-Bul Tarang Gang packs a punch. Their Kali cassette released under the Sloow Tapes label symphonically channels the creator and destroyer, Indian Goddess Kali, the “black night.” Kali blurs...
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