’til time will die by Undine For more about Undine’s work see: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MusicUndine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/musicundine/ Official site: http://undinemusic.com/um/undine.asp Twitter: https://twitter.com/MusicUndine
I was looking for an excuse to sing with some of my favourite musicians: Nick Roth, Francesco Turrisi and my sister Deirdre O’Leary. I’d had the pleasure of working extensively with all of them in the past, but never all together at once. Since we all come from and inhabit different musical worlds I had … Read more
Thought Experiments from Time’s End History …is not homogenous, empty time, but time filled by the presence of the now. (Walter Benjamin, XIV, Theses on the Philosophy of History). Grammar expresses a human desire to control time. Regimented in terms of right and wrong, grammar draws lines by which people can … Read more
It was the silence. The sound of total silence. A deep peaceful vibration carrying the bells from a church I never knew I could hear from this window. The acoustic of silence was able to carry it as if it was across the street, like an apartment in Paris or Vienna, but here in NYC … Read more
‘Art is only a ‘substitute’ as long as the beauty of life is deficient’ (Piet Mondrian, ‘Pure Art and Pure Plastic Art’ (1937)).[i] My work notebooks are full of quotes I have written out similar to this. Looking through the notebooks I have made over the past twelve years I find I am drawn … Read more
Considered Silence An artist’s journey is one from noise to silence. In the beginning they need and want to be heard yet, at some point, silence will be required to stay sharp. They should never choose the sound of their own voice over the work. Staying quiet is not what artists are very … Read more
Cassandra Voices · Nicola Bigatti presents: The Gruppo di Improvvisazione Nuova Consonanza. Without music, life would be a mistake. Friedrich Nietzsche ‘Library Music’ is a vast catalogue of Italian records made mainly in the 1960s and 1970s by some of the finest musicians in the country, with Rome and Milan the centres of this … Read more
“It was like somebody realized you could take the surface of a song, paint a door on it, open it and walk through.” Mary Gaitskill, Veronica I’m going to start with a secret: I haven’t written a single good song since last August. It was the night after the sudden death of one of … Read more
We’re living in a time where musical forms and styles are fusing more than ever. However, this is an ancient process that has been happening ever since humans have sang, travelled, and interacted with each other. People have always moved around the world with their songs, dances, instruments, and thus, the music evolves. With technology, … Read more