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Category Archives: Recorded Music
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Doug Haire – “Ilwaco”
When I was in college there were two compact discs that I particularly enjoyed going to bed to because of the way the songs fell in sequence and engaged with my drifting into sleep. Disc Two of the Lou Reed … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Niko Haritos – “The Collective”
I’ve known Niko Haritos for a while now as a drummer (I know he’s popped up on a Ball of Wax or two in that capacity over the years), so it’s interesting that his first contribution as a solo artist … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: electric bird noise – “stcesni eht fo ecnad”
I don’t know much about electric bird noise. I assume it’s one person with a guitar and a looper and a dream, but as far as I know it could be a duo, or even a whole ensemble. EBN has … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: The Fosbury Flops – “ape MAJOR”
“ape MAJOR,” by The Fosbury Flops (a Vardaman Ensemble/Harvey Girls side project), drops in with a chattering synth effect which fades in and out of the mix throughout its duration, but it’s the clipped and gently flanged vibraphone that washes … Continue reading
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Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Afrocop – “MOAB Shield”
Afrocop has been delighting Seattle with their idiosyncratically spacey, dubby, experimental grooves for several years now, but this is their first time gracing a volume of Ball of Wax, and I couldn’t be more delighted to have them aboard. I … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Peter Colclasure – “Long Form 1”
In this space I recently sang the praises of Peter Colclasure’s compositions for piano – which, as far as I know, are usually composed and performed in the traditional way of writing down music, and then playing it. “Long Form … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: slicnaton – “Storch”
From the opening lines, slicnaton’s “Storch” sounds like menace slowly being poured over a smoldering fire. I imagine that scene from Apocalypse Now where a sweat-drenched and terrified Martin Sheen makes his way into the jungle temple to slay his … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Steven Arntson – “The Squirrel”
A squirrel. A concertina. This is not a pair that should make for 11-plus minutes of captivating music – even if you figure in the fact that we’re talking about our native Pine Squirrel in general, and not one particular … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Virgin of the Birds – “Laura and Jennifer, Bright in Some Soft Sky”
It’s a semi-sunny sunday Seattle afternoon in February and the piano slowly plays its themes in the background. There are celestial keyboard-sounding chords fading in and out. I’m half conscious, like the music that plays. I’m reflective. It’s as if … Continue reading
Ball of Wax 51 Songs: Andrew Weathers – “Walk Backwards a Lightning, Rattle Down the Sky”
And now we pare it down to just the guitar. Longtime Ball of Wax friend Andrew Weathers beamed in this transmission, recorded live at Stanford’s mighty KZSU, from his newish home in Littlefield, Texas. Iit builds slowly, as longer works … Continue reading