inside the careenium

Tabuh-Tabuhan was composed in Mexico in 1936, and performed before the ink was barely dry by Carlos Chavez and the National Orchestra of Mexico City. It was written after I had already spent four years in Bali engaged in musical research, and is largely inspired, especially in its orchestration, by the various methods I had learned of Balinese gamelan technic. The title of the work derives from the Baliness word tabuh, originally meaning the mallet used for striking a percussion instrument, but extended to mean strike or beat - the drum, a gong xylophone or metallophone. Tabuh-Tabuhan is thus a Balinese collective noun, meaning different drum rhythms, metric forms, gong punctuations, gamelans, and music essentially percussive.

To transfer the intricate chime-like polyphonic figuration of the gamelan keyed instruments and gong-chimes, I have used a 'nuclear gamelan' composed of two pianos, celesta, xylophone, marimba and glockenspiel. These form the core of the orchestra.

2009-06-02T00:07:00.000-07:00

lamonte young

and the forever bad blues band

dorian blues in g (part one)

2009-05-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

nikolai medtner

the night wind sonata

for piano

played by marc-andre hamelin

2009-05-02T22:28:00.000-07:00

steve reich

tehillim

iii

iiii

2009-04-22T16:33:00.000-07:00

two radiocastsproduced by jacob adler

sorabji's gulistan

(1 hour)

performances of the piano nocturne gulistan by michael habermann and k.s. sorabji

insightful analyses at the piano by habermann

interviews with the composer

. . .

. . . . . . .

advanced rhythm thru karnatic techniques

(19:48)

a brief introduction to rhythmic concepts in karnatic music

as an aid to unraveling the rhythmic complexity in western music

2009-03-08T23:05:00.000-07:00

taraf degrief

live concert

belz, ukraine

unknown date

2009-02-24T10:43:00.000-08:00

mendelssohn

Organ Sonata 6

played by Ilona Kubiaczyk-Adler

mvmt 1

mvmt 2

mvmt 3

2009-02-06T20:42:00.000-08:00

son house

monologue

between midnight and day

t-model ford

if i had wings

2009-02-02T22:40:00.000-08:00

northern cree

Makwa #9 (chicken dance)

the big bopper (crow hop)

home of the warriors (sneak up)

2009-01-28T21:58:00.000-08:00

scriabin

piano sonata 6

played by anton kuerti

2009-01-22T20:51:00.000-08:00

henri mulet

nef

vitrail

campanile

2009-01-20T12:24:00.000-08:00

Arvo Pärt

Mein Weg Hat Gipfel Und Wellentäler

played by Lorenzo Ghielmi

Metzler Orgel at the Pfarrkirche Hopfgarten

2008-12-26T23:22:00.000-08:00

the sea organ

The musical Sea Organ (morske orgulje) is located on the shores of Zadar, Croatia, and is the world’s first musical pipe organ that is played by the sea. Simple and elegant steps, carved in white stone, were built on the quayside. Underneath, there are 35 musically tuned tubes with whistle openings on the sidewalk. The movement of the sea pushes air through, and – depending on the size and velocity of the wave – musical chords are played. The waves create random harmonic sounds.

listen to the sea organ

2008-12-25T23:13:00.000-08:00

trencito de los andes

one

two

three

2008-12-10T23:24:00.000-08:00

bach

gelobet seist du, jesu christ.aria

matthæus passion.chorus

collegium vocale gent conducted by philippe herreweghe

2008-12-09T23:09:00.000-08:00

ryoji ikeda

2008-12-06T19:43:00.000-08:00

coltrane

song of praise

live at the half note

with McCoy Tyner on piano

Jimmy Garrison on bass

and Elvin Jones on drums

2008-12-04T21:26:00.000-08:00

busoni

Fantasia Contrappuntisticafor piano

played by john ogdon

2008-10-16T23:09:00.000-07:00

froberger

canzon in a

played by ilona kubiaczyk

2008-09-24T14:15:00.000-07:00

banana seat girl

vokeheads

deadman dj

(please turn up your speakers)

2008-09-04T23:15:00.000-07:00

sonido 13

in de theaterzaal

one

two

harry cherrin: saxophone

jason alder: bass clarinet, electronics

jacob adler: piano, electronics

recorded live in amsterdam, 2008

2008-08-27T22:55:00.000-07:00

automata

for automechanical organ and 2 pianos
by jacob adler

performed by zeelab (ilona kubiaczyk and jacob adler),
final concert of the musica moderna festival in Łodz, Poland

2008-08-13T23:06:00.000-07:00

gyorgy ligeti

piano etudes

played by pierre-laurent aimard

book one

I. disordre

II. cordes a vide

III. touches bloquees

IV. fanfares

V. arc-en-ciel

VI. Automne a varsovie

2008-07-22T22:19:00.000-07:00

girolamo frescobaldi

cento partite sopra passacagli

played by guy whatley

2008-07-08T10:16:00.000-07:00

who wants a body massage?

for piano and saxophone

by jacob adler

played by harry cherrin and jacob adler

2008-06-07T08:49:00.000-07:00

james joyce

Anna Livia Plurabelle

2008-06-07T08:36:00.000-07:00

julia holter

live set at dublab

voice

2008-05-24T14:21:00.000-07:00

two child evangelists

William Hudson III - Sermon, Part 2

To This End Was I Born (Age 4)

2008-05-20T12:43:00.000-07:00

Antonio Eugenio Martinez

Puno De Tierra

Volver Volver

2008-05-20T11:55:00.000-07:00

youtube videos on the careenium, page 2

2008-05-20T11:38:00.000-07:00

rappin' with gas

2008-04-18T15:14:00.000-07:00

4th piano symphony

Live radio broadcast by pianist Reinier van Houdt

Introductory Comments & 1st Movement

Comments & Rare Interview With Sorabji

2nd Movement: Preludio corale - Interludio - Ostinato - Vivace

3rd Movement

opus clavicembalisticum (part 1)

Performed live in New York by Jonathan Powell
1: Introito

Symphony No. 3 "Jami"

a MIDI rendition by David Carter as there has never been any performance by an actual orchestra.
1st Movement

2nd Movement

3rd Movement

4th Movement "Canto"
.

and more...

Passeggiata Veneziana (Jonathan Powell, Live)

Tango Habanera (Jonathan Powell, Live)

Djami (Jonathan Powell, Live)

20 Frammenti Aforistici (Jonathan Powell, Live)

St Betrand de Comminges (Jonathan Powell, Live)

http://jonathanpowell.wordpress.com

2008-02-10T01:50:00.001-08:00

lamonte young
composition 1960 #7

performed at de krijtberg by
captain kerk:

jacob adler
jason alder
david boos
harry cherrin
bas halsema
lucas malec carmen ojeda
rocio solis ruiz

Composition 1960 #7 is a graphic enigma, consisting of two pitches whose frequencies are related by a ratio of 3:2 - "to be held for a long time." According to Lamonte Young, "When there are long sustained tones, it is possible to better isolate and listen to the harmonics. The harmonics can assume a greater relevance to the fundamental musical material, allowing greater opportunity to work with them and to produce other tones that are related to them. The harmonic series is a clearly audible model for understanding the structure of "just intonation." Just intonation is that system of tuning in which every frequency is related to every other frequency as the numerator or denominator of some whole number fraction. Just intonation is based on the natural principles of overtones and resonances as our ears hear them and our voices produce them, that is, as they are found in nature."

2007-12-22T13:49:00.000-08:00

organ music

of jacob adler

a fluffy summer cumulus doubling in size every 10^-34 seconds

you have a herd of about one trillion bacteria grazing on your fleshy plains

a paramecium swimming in a droplet of water betwixt eye and bone

lau ghing gas evenings belong to chocolate labs

performed on the fab fritts, tempe, az

2007-12-15T16:42:00.000-08:00

ars nova

new music in the old kerk

oude kerk, amsterdam

november 10, 2007

(click to enlarge poster)

mein junges leben hat ein end

(jan pieterszoon sweelinck)

swoops down outta the kerk

(jacob adler)

ricercar - hommage a sweelinck

(albert de klerk)

improvisation

(erik-jan eradus)

hexachord fantasie

(jan pieterszoon sweelinck)

music for organ and 12 players

(ton de leeuw)

performed by organists:

ilona kubiaczyk

milena dukanovic

erik-jan eradus

david boos

jacob adler

and a large ensemble of players

2007-12-06T12:45:00.000-08:00

overheard at a crowded jewish restaurant, amsterdam

2007-12-06T11:39:00.000-08:00

bob ashley

outcome inevitable

2007-12-02T13:47:00.000-08:00

henry purcell

music for viols

fantazia in b flat

fantazia in g

2007-11-25T16:42:00.000-08:00

mohammed ‘jimmy’ mohammed

(click photo to enlarge)

music from ethiopia

Ayleedashem Lebe

Sethed Seketelat

2007-11-21T16:02:00.000-08:00

allen ginsberg sings september on jessore road

2007-09-30T12:43:00.000-07:00

lord, i just can't keep from cryin'

oh death, where is thy sting

oh death

r. crumb cartoon on the life of charley patton

2007-09-29T10:37:00.000-07:00

lamonte young

the well-tuned piano

link: tuning system explained

2007-09-05T14:21:00.000-07:00

james tenney

spectral variations no.1, for player piano

for ann (rising)

2007-08-20T07:41:00.000-07:00

automata

(2007) by jacob adler

performed by matthijs lunenburg, marieke franssen, ilona kubiaczyk, jacob adler, jason alder, guido de flaviis, roberto genova

2007-05-27T15:40:00.000-07:00

watch john cage on a tv game show in 1960

2007-05-27T15:32:00.000-07:00

Manischewitz Presents The Jewish Cowboy : Harold Stern from Centerville, Texas

2007-05-19T10:37:00.000-07:00

zbigniew bargielski

trigonalia

for guitar, accordion, percussion and orchestra

2007-05-13T05:07:00.000-07:00

naji hakim

hommage a igor stravinsky

for big ass honker

prelude

danse

final

2007-04-17T08:57:00.000-07:00

from her debut album at 12 years old:

Álfur út úr hól

(cover of 'fool on the hill' by the beatles)

Bænin

Alta Mira

Arabadrengurinn

Búkolla
Fúsi Hreindýr

2007-04-15T02:35:00.000-07:00

the rite of spring

performed and transcribed for organ by bernhard haas

(part I)

2007-03-23T05:12:00.000-07:00

stanislaw lem

two short stories

2007-03-20T07:27:00.000-07:00

hindemith

"Langsames Stuck und Rondo" für Trautonium (1935)

2007-03-11T04:29:00.000-07:00

einstein on the beach

by philip glass

live at the van gogh museum, amsterdam

train

bed

dance

performed by martha bosch, susanna ten wolde, carmen ojeda, jared welsh, jason alder, ilona kubiaczyk, jacob adler

2007-03-04T07:15:00.000-08:00

jean guillou

hyperion,

or the rhetoric of fire

organ of st. eustache, paris

2007-02-04T14:30:00.000-08:00

music and art from bali

gamelan 1

gamelan 2

gamelan 3

gamelan 4

gamelan 5

gamelan 6

bali art

2007-01-10T13:00:00.000-08:00

tom waits

alice

a good man is hard to find

calliope

fish & bird

the part you throw away

2007-01-03T03:00:00.000-08:00

jim roche

Bubble Blower, 1972 (5:08)

Straight Razor, 1972 (9:14)

Mama Bear, 1972 (8:50)

Lucky T's Texaco, 1975 (6:17)

Fight It Out, 1972 (11:46)

Swoops Down Outta The Sky, 1975 (12:33)

Cadillac, 1973 (5:52)

Store Up Your Treasures in Heaven, 1974 (7:29)

Whatcha Doing Down There Boy, 1975 (7:32)

Whatsda Matter Wid Jew, 1977 (5:33)

2006-12-20T12:25:00.000-08:00

glass

music in 12 parts

part 1

part 2

part 4

2006-12-18T13:32:00.000-08:00

charles tournemire

improvisations
performed by tournemire
on the cavaille-coll organ in st.clotilde, paris
recorded in 1930

2006-12-09T14:33:00.000-08:00

max reger

music for organ

fantasy on 'alle menschen müssen sterben'

introduction and passacaglia

fantasy and fugue on b-a-c-h

2006-11-25T15:54:00.000-08:00

hans-ola ericsson

music for organ and electronics

agnus dei - '...branching out...'

canzon del principe

(gesualdo-ericsson)

vocalise

2006-11-16T15:47:00.000-08:00

bob dylan

farewell, angelina

it's alright ma (i'm only bleeding)

talkin' bear mountain picnic massacre blues

mama, you been on my mind

seven curses

talkin' hava nagilah blues

gates of eden

last thoughts on woody guthrie

2006-11-07T13:50:00.000-08:00

stephen wolfram explains a new kind of science

richard feynman on the pleasure of finding things out

kim griest on the mystery of empty space: bosons, vacuum energy and extra dimensions

supercomputer simulation movies

dark matter distribution in the universe at the present time

time evolution of two merging galaxies over a period of 2 billion years

daniel dennett reads from 'kinds of minds'

2006-11-02T15:49:00.000-08:00

franck

harmonium music

piece in ut mineur

entree, andantino poco lento

piece en fa dieze mineur

offertoire funebre en fa dieze mineur, poco lento

2006-10-26T15:39:00.000-07:00

the final testament of

shmuel schenderovitch

belz

mother mine

i don't want to steal anymore

the sick tailor

dreaming dreams

what is the meaning

2006-10-14T04:34:00.000-07:00

harry partch

delusion of the fury [excerpts]
Sanctus -- An Entr'acte

Pray For Me Again

video of partch explaining how to make rose petal jam

the bewitched

play and hear partch's (virtual) instruments

twelve intrusions

download bbc documentary on partch (torrent)

corporeal meadows

2006-10-12T16:30:00.000-07:00

einojuhani rautavaara

piano sonata 1: christus und die fischer

etude 1

etude 4

etude 6

piano sonata 2: the fire sermon

2006-10-05T08:24:00.000-07:00

sir leonard kaikhosru shapurji 'kick-a-horseshoe' sorabji dudley

interlude

le jardin parfume

2006-10-04T03:44:00.000-07:00

steve reich

six marimbas

eight lines

2006-09-28T13:29:00.000-07:00

ives

Three Quarter-Tone Pieces for Two Pianos (1924)

Largo

Allegro
Chorale

2006-09-24T12:50:00.000-07:00

Shiv Kumar SHARMA, Misra Piloo

2006-09-16T08:57:00.000-07:00

stravinsky

ebony concerto

for jazz ensemble

mvmt 1

mvmt 2

mvmt 3

les noces

for 4 pianos, percussion, and singers

iii

iiii

2006-08-30T14:01:00.000-07:00

alexander krein

preludes for piano, opus 3

iii

iiii

iiiii