Patti Smith

Peter Gabriel, Chris Martin, Youssou N'Dour, Cat Stevens, Paul Shaffer, Linda Rondstadt, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Sheryl Crow, Glenn Frey, Stevie Nicks, Bruce Springsteen, E Street Band, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic, Courtney Love, Wendy O'Connor, Joan Jett…

...Matthew Smith (b. 1953) builds up his Symphony No. 8 in Four Movements (2003) from the raw sounds of six 1/16-size Suzuki violins, eight jaw harps, strings, and percussion and his Symphony No. 4 in Five Movements (2001) from a smaller assortment of stringed instruments. The bowed sounds and overlapping percussive tracks combine into distorted abstract patterns akin to electro-acoustic music, often with eerie, futuristic touches; Smith's use of open strings in fifths also anchors his music in the past by summoning memories of sixteenth century viols.

Jean-Luc Godard - Nouvelle Vague
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 321 MB | Full Artwork: 284 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: ECM New Series # ECM 1600/01 | Country/Year: Germany 1997
Genre: Jazz, Non-Music, Soundtrack | Style: Dialogue, Spoken Word, Contemporary

Even more extreme is the notion that an entire soundtrack ­ dialogue, music, sound effects ­ might be considered a musical event apart from the film and the venturesome German ECM label has just made this experiment with Jean Luc Godard's 1990 Film Nouvelle Vague. The French art film uses a wide variety of classical and pop music, from Hindemith to Patti Smith and the effect is that of brilliant collage. On the soundtrack disc, sound-effects intrude and modulate into music and voices, like electronic music. Music becomes part of real life, and the music invades the dialogue…

Jean-Luc Godard - Nouvelle Vague
EAC+LOG+CUE | FLAC: 321 MB | Full Artwork, 284 MB | 5% Recovery Info
Label/Cat#: ECM New Series # ECM 1600/01 | Country/Year: Germany 1997
Genre: Jazz, Non-Music, Soundtrack | Style: Dialogue, Spoken Word, Contemporary

Even more extreme is the notion that an entire soundtrack ­ dialogue, music, sound effects ­ might be considered a musical event apart from the film and the venturesome German ECM label has just made this experiment with Jean Luc Godard's 1990 Film Nouvelle Vague. The French art film uses a wide variety of classical and pop music, from Hindemith to Patti Smith and the effect is that of brilliant collage. On the soundtrack disc, sound-effects intrude and modulate into music and voices, like electronic music. Music becomes part of real life, and the music invades the dialogue…

Over 100 tracks that smashed through the bloated excesses of arena rock and disco in the late '70s, cross-licensed from everywhere. Blitzkrieg Bop Ramones; White Riot Clash; Personality Crisis New York Dolls; Neat Neat Neat Damned; See No Evil Television; Free Money Patti Smith; Sonic Reducer Dead Boys; In the City Jam; Pablo Picasso Modern Lovers; Boredom Buzzcocks; Mongoloid Devo; Wasted Black Flag by far the most complete punk collection ever assembled. A 116-page book contains essays, track-by-track commentary and personal recollections!

Over 100 tracks that smashed through the bloated excesses of arena rock and disco in the late '70s, cross-licensed from everywhere. Blitzkrieg Bop Ramones; White Riot Clash; Personality Crisis New York Dolls; Neat Neat Neat Damned; See No Evil Television; Free Money Patti Smith; Sonic Reducer Dead Boys; In the City Jam; Pablo Picasso Modern Lovers; Boredom Buzzcocks; Mongoloid Devo; Wasted Black Flag by far the most complete punk collection ever assembled. A 116-page book contains essays, track-by-track commentary and personal recollections!