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Author Archives: Steven Scribner
Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Pigeon Radio – “Benthos”
Darkness of the deep. Unseen resonances drift/float/hover in nowhere. That echo is a sea-star buried in mud. That other hum is an eel threading through murk. Deepness of the dark. Obscure sounds linger/pulse/murmur in oblivion. That chord is bioluminous jellyfish … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Green Light Cameras and Saint Nefarious – “What It Is and Where It Is and Why It Is and How It Is”
Questions, so many questions! Answers: This is what it is, and this is where it is, and this is why it is. But that one chord stays there, immobile, stubbornly seeking more answers (What? Where? Why?) while the other chords … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 68 Songs: Monika Tiken – “The Opening”
From the dark fog of our imaginations, Monika Tiken‘s contemplative soprano sax emerges singing of the beginnings of things. Then just as quickly it is gone, back into hazy light (maybe it was never here at all?). We await what … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 67 Songs: Mt Fog – “Sunny Afternoon”
Walking down the street on a sunny afternoon, singing this happy walking song, I was hoping . . . The keyboard music follows along; watching, listening, commenting on my mood — I catch glimpses of it like a mountain materializing … Continue reading
defineartworks – “We Come in Peace”
A brief ambient interlude, a little under two minutes but suggesting a much greater span. We (they?) come in peace, but the arrival is also tinged with nostalgia for infinite time and endless space. Ball of Wax Volume 66 by … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 66 Songs: The Magic of Multiples – “Mimas”
The Magic of Multiples brings multitudinous multitracking (of voices) over asymmetrical meter: we’ve heard this before, somewhere in the shadows of our memory, but it remains just beyond the edge of identification. Ball of Wax Volume 66 by The Magic … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 65 Songs: Darryl Blood – “Wait Until Tomorrow”
Misty midnight outside of . . . somewhere . . . Glimpses of piano music echo in a void, yet they are somehow near. The notes are hesitant, forgetful; the song, sad and unfinished. The pianist ends his playing for … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 65 Songs: Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy and Jim Davis – “Hope Smotes”
Doom-laden minimalist synth bass loops and shudders, frozen in perpetual battle with deep drumming from the edge of abyss. Yet, somehow, we can dance to this. Ball of Wax Volume 65: The Future by Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy and Jim Davis
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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Great Unwashed Luminaries and Red Weather Tigers
Great Unwashed Luminaries: “Warren Quarantino” Ambient spooky groove or groovy spooky ambience: the choice is yours. Red Weather Tigers: “The Lighthouse” Bells and Biblical law echo down through the fog-shrouded eons.
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Ball of Wax 60 Songs: Holly & the Dead Saints and The Deep Cove
Holly & the Dead Saints: “A Clean and Faded Calico Dress” ’80s lo-fi is recalled in these mysterious goings-on about a court and broken sticks and a calico dress, sandwiched between spates of bass and catchy drumming. The Deep Cove: … Continue reading
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